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Carla Suárez Navarro
Carla Suárez Navarro (; born 3 September 1988) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. A former top 10 singles player, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 6 on 29 February 2016, and a best WTA doubles ranking of 11, on 27 April 2015, and won two singles and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She first came to prominence by reaching the quarterfinals of the 2008 French Open – Women's singles, 2008 French Open as a qualifier, in what was her first appearance in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament. That year she also began representing Spain Fed Cup team, Spain in the 2008 Fed Cup. She reached another six Grand Slam quarterfinals in her career. These events were the 2009 Australian Open – Women's singles, 2009 Australian Open, where she defeated Venus Williams en route, the 2013 US Open – Women's singles, 2013 US Open, where she lost to eventual champion Serena Williams, the 2014 French Open – Women's singles, 2014 French Open, where she l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suárez
Suárez is a common Spanish surname of Germanic origin, of which Juárez (surname), Juárez is an alternative form. It is widely spread throughout Latin America as a consequence of colonization. In origin it is a Patronymic surname, patronymic meaning "son of Suero (given name), Suero" or "son of Soeiro". It may be derived from the Latin name Suerius, meaning "swineherd", in turn related to the Visigothic "''surhari''". The surname originates to the province of Asturias in northwest Spain. This surname is most commonly found in Mexico, Spain, Cuba, and Argentina. People Arts and sciences *Alex Suarez (musician) (contemporary), American bassist *Almudena Suarez, Spanish engineer *Andrea Suárez (singer) (born 1979), Thai singer *Aurelio Suárez (1910–2003), Spanish surrealist painter *Blanca Suárez (born 1988), Spanish actress *Bobby A. Suarez (1942–2010), Filipino film director *Cecilia Suárez (born 1971), Mexican actress *Claudia Suárez (born 1987), Venezuelan supermodel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 French Open – Women's Doubles
Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina were the defending champions, but lost in the second round to Julie Coin and Pauline Parmentier. Hsieh Su-wei and Peng Shuai won the title, defeating Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci in the final, 6–4, 6–1. Seeds Main draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Bottom half Section 3 Section 4 References Draw at the International Tennis Federation
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is the governing body of world tennis, wheelchair tennis, and beach tennis. It was fo ...
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Agnieszka Radwańska
Agnieszka Roma Radwańska (; born 6 March 1989) is a Polish former professional tennis player and current coach. She was ranked world No. 2 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), in July 2012. Radwańska won 20 WTA Tour singles titles, including the 2015 WTA Finals – Singles, 2015 WTA Finals, and two doubles titles. She was also the runner-up at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles, 2012 Wimbledon Championships. Radwańska was the first Pole in the Open Era to contest a Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major singles final (at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships), the first to win the WTA Finals, the first to claim a WTA Tour singles title (the 2007 Nordea Nordic Light Open – Singles, 2007 Nordic Light Open), and was part of the first Polish team to win the Hopman Cup in 2015 Hopman Cup, 2015. She was named the WTA Awards#Newcomer of the Year, Newcomer of the Year in 2006, and finished with a top-10 year-end ranking eight times. Radwańska's a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugenie Bouchard
Eugenie "Genie" Bouchard (; , ; born February 25, 1994) is a Canadian professional tennis and pickleball player. At the 2014 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles, 2014 Wimbledon Championships, she became the first Canadian-born player representing Canada to reach the final of a Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major singles tournament, finishing runner-up to Petra Kvitová. Bouchard also reached the semifinals of the 2014 Australian Open – Women's singles, 2014 Australian Open and 2014 French Open – Women's singles, 2014 French Open. Having won the 2012 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' singles, 2012 Wimbledon girls' title as a junior, she was named WTA Awards#Newcomer of the Year, WTA Newcomer of the Year at the end of the 2013 WTA Tour. She received the WTA Awards#Most Improved Player, WTA Most Improved Player award for the 2014 WTA Tour, 2014 season and reached a career-high ranking of world No. 5, becoming the first Canadian tennis player to be ranked in the top 5 i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serena Williams
Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 319 weeks (List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players#Weeks at No. 1, third-most of all time), and finished as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players#Year-end No. 1 players, year-end No. 1 five times. Williams won 73 WTA Tour-level singles titles, including 23 Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major women's singles titles — the most in the Open Era, and the All-time tennis records – women's singles#Grand Slam singles totals, second-most of all time. She is the only player to accomplish a Grand Slam (tennis)#Career Golden Slam, career Golden Slam in both singles and doubles. Along with her elder sister Venus Williams, Venus, Serena Williams was coached by her parents Oracene Price and Richard Williams (tenn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venus Williams
Venus Ebony Starr Williams (born June 17, 1980) is an American inactive tennis player. She has been ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA for 11 weeks, and as the List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's doubles for eight weeks. Williams has won 49 WTA Tour-level singles titles, including seven Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, majors (five at Wimbledon Championships, Wimbledon and two at the US Open (tennis), US Open), as well as an Olympic gold medal at the Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's singles, 2000 Sydney Olympics. She has also won 22 doubles titles, including 14 majors and three Olympic gold medals. Along with her younger sister, Serena Williams, Serena, Venus Williams was coached by her parents Oracene Price and Richard Williams (tennis coach), Richard Williams. Turning professional in 1994, she reached her first major final at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Fed Cup
The 2008 Fed Cup was the 46th edition of the most important competition between national teams in women's tennis. The final took place at Club de Campo Villa de Madrid in Madrid, Spain, on 13–14 September. The home team, Spain, lost to the defending champion Russia, 0–4, giving Russia their fourth title in five years. World Group Draw World Group play-offs The four losing teams in the World Group first round ties (France, Germany, Israel and Italy), and four winners of the World Group II ties (Argentina, Czech Republic, Japan and Ukraine) entered the draw for the World Group play-offs. Date: 26–27 April World Group II The World Group II is the second highest level of Fed Cup competition in 2008. Winners advanced to the World Group play-offs, and losers played in the World Group II play-offs. Date: 2–3 February World Group II play-offs The four losing teams from World Group II (Croatia, Slovakia, Belgium and Austria) played off against qualifiers from Zona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spain Fed Cup Team
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The Spain women's national tennis team represents Spain in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Real Federación Española de Tenis. They currently compete in World Group II. The team Captain, as of 2018, is former professional player Anabel Medina Garrigues. Current team * Paula Badosa * Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro * Cristina Bucșa * Nuria Párrizas Díaz * Sara Sorribes Tormo History Spain competed in its first Fed Cup in 1972. They have won the Cup five times, and finished as runners-up six times. External links * * Billie Jean King Cup teams Fed Cup The Billie Jean King Cup (or the BJK Cup) is the premier international team competition in women's tennis, launched as the Federation Cup in 1963 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The name was cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WTA Tour
The WTA Tour (also known as the Hologic WTA Tour for sponsorship reasons) is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women and organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125 series, and third-tier is the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. The men's equivalent is the ATP Tour. Season format 2024–present In 2024, the WTA made all WTA 1000 events mandatory. The WTA Elite Trophy did not return: * Grand Slam tournaments (4) *Year-ending WTA Finals (1) * WTA 1000 tournaments: Ten events with prize money ranging from US$2 million to US$10 million. * WTA 500 tournaments: 17 events with prize money from US$700,000 to US$900,000. *WTA 250 tournaments: 23 events, with prize money at US$250,000. 2021–2023 The WTA Tour underwent a slight change in the classification of tournaments in 2021, which were reorganized on with similar nomenclature to that used on ATP Tour: * Grand Slam tournaments (4) *Year-ending WTA Finals (1) *Penultimate event WTA Elite Trop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennis
Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket strung with a cord to strike a hollow rubber tennis ball, ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's tennis court, court. The object is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. If a player is unable to return the ball successfully, the opponent scores a Point (tennis), point. Playable at all levels of society and at all ages, tennis can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including Wheelchair tennis, wheelchair users. The original forms of tennis developed in France during the late Middle Ages. The modern form of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis. It had close connections to various field (lawn) games such as croqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennis At The 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's Doubles
Russia at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Russia's Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina defeated Switzerland at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Switzerland's Timea Bacsinszky and Martina Hingis in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the gold medal in Women's Doubles tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In the bronze-medal match, the Czech Republic at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Czech Republic's Lucie Šafářová and Barbora Strýcová defeated compatriots Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková, Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká, 7–5, 6–1. The tournament was held at the Olympic Tennis Centre (Rio de Janeiro), Olympic Tennis Centre in the Barra Olympic Park in Barra da Tijuca in the west zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 6–14 August 2016. The United States' Serena Williams and Venus Williams were the two-time reigning gold medalists and top seeds, but they lost in the first round to Šafářová and Strýcová. The defeat ended the Williams sisters' 15 match winning streak in women's doubles at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 WTA Finals – Doubles
Defending champion Sania Mirza and her partner Martina Hingis defeated Garbiñe Muguruza and Carla Suárez Navarro in the final, 6–0, 6–3 to win the doubles tennis title at the 2015 WTA Finals. Cara Black Cara Cavell Black (born 17 February 1979) is a Zimbabwean former professional tennis player. Black was primarily a doubles specialist, winning 60 WTA Tour and 11 ITF Women's Circuit, ITF doubles titles. A former List of WTA number 1 ranked dou ... and Mirza were the reigning champions, but Black did not qualify this year. Seeds Draw Finals Red group White group External links Doubles draw {{DEFAULTSORT:2015 WTA Finals doubles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
