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Guangzhou International Women's Open
The Guangzhou Open (formerly the Guangzhou International Women's Open) is a tennis tournament held in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China. Held since 2004, the inaugural tournament had Li Na Li Na (born 26 February 1982) is a Chinese former professional tennis player. She was WTA rankings, ranked world No. 2 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association. Li won nine WTA Tour-level singles titles, including two Grand Slam (t ... as the first Chinese singles title winner. Past finals Singles Doubles References External links Guangzhou Overview WTA Tour Tennis Tennis tournaments in China [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guangzhou
Guangzhou, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Canton or Kwangchow, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Guangdong Provinces of China, province in South China, southern China. Located on the Pearl River about northwest of Hong Kong and north of Macau, Guangzhou has a history of over 2,200 years and was a major terminus of the Silk Road. The port of Guangzhou serves as a transportation hub for China's fourth largest city and surrounding areas, including Hong Kong. Guangzhou was captured by the United Kingdom, British during the First Opium War and no longer enjoyed a monopoly after the war; consequently it lost trade to other ports such as Hong Kong and Shanghai, but continued to serve as a major entrepôt. Following the Second Battle of Chuenpi in 1841, the Treaty of Nanking was signed between Robert Peel, Sir Robert Peel on behalf of Queen Victoria and Lin Zexu on behalf of Daoguang Emperor, Emperor Xuanzong and ceded British Hong Kong, Hong Kon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Singles
Yan Zi (tennis), Yan Zi was the defending champion, but lost in first round to Olga Puchkova. Anna Chakvetadze won the title, defeating Anabel Medina Garrigues in the final 6–1, 6–4. Seeds Draw Finals Top half Bottom half References External links Official results archive (ITF) Official results archive (WTA) {{DEFAULTSORT:Guangzhou International Women's Open - Singles, 2006 Guangzhou International Women's Open, 2006 Singles 2006 WTA Tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Singles ...
Shahar Pe'er was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year. Jarmila Groth won her first WTA tour title, defeating Alla Kudryavtseva in the final 6–1, 6–4. Groth won the tournament without dropping a single set. Seeds Main draw Finals Top half Bottom half External links Main drawQualifying draw References {{DEFAULTSORT:Guangzhou International Women's Open - Singles, 2010 2010 WTA Tour 2010 Singles 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses in other fields, ranging from science to s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberta Brianti
Alberta Brianti (born 5 April 1980) is a former professional tennis player from Italy. On 13 June 2011, Brianti achieved her career-high singles ranking of 55. On 13 February 2012, she peaked at No. 68 in the doubles rankings. She won one singles title on the WTA Tour in her career, at Fes, Morocco in 2011. Biography She is coached by Laura Golarsa Laura Golarsa (born 27 November 1967) is a former Italian professional 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 o ... and Niccola Vercellino. Her parents are Attilio and Rita, and her brothers are Andrea (engineer) and Alessandro (student). She began playing tennis at age 6 when her family introduced her to the sport at a local club. Her favourite surface is hard. She speaks Italian, English and French. Her favourite tournaments are Wimbledon and Stuttgart Open. WTA career finals Singles: 2 (1– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shahar Pe'er
Shahar Pe'er (, ; born ) is an Israeli retired tennis player. Pe'er won five singles and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as four singles and three doubles titles on the International Tennis Federation, ITF circuit in her career. She reached her best singles ranking of world number 11, the highest of any Israeli tennis player in history, in January 2011. She peaked at number 14 in the doubles rankings in May 2008. Pe'er is widely regarded as the most successful Israeli female tennis player in history, having twice reached a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam quarterfinal in singles and appeared in the doubles final of the 2008 Australian Open, with Victoria Azarenka of Belarus. She won her first senior national title at the age of 14, and won the Junior Girls’ Australian Open title when she was 16. Playing for Israel Fed Cup team, Israel at the Fed Cup, Pe'er has a win–loss record of 39–28. She also represented Israel in two Olympics. Early life Pe'er was bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Singles
Vera Zvonareva was the 2009 defending champion, but chose not to participate that year. Shahar Pe'er won the title, defeating Alberta Brianti Alberta Brianti (born 5 April 1980) is a former professional tennis player from Italy. On 13 June 2011, Brianti achieved her career-high singles ranking of 55. On 13 February 2012, she peaked at No. 68 in the doubles rankings. She won one sin ... in the final 6–3, 6–4. Seeds Draw Finals Top half Bottom half External links Main drawQualifying draw {{DEFAULTSORT:Guangzhou International Women's Open - Singles, 2009 2094 Singles 2009 WTA Tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WTA International Tournaments
The WTA International tournaments was a category for tennis tournaments of the Women's Tennis Association from the 2009 WTA Tour until 2020, which replaced the previous Tier III and Tier IV categories. As of 2021 these events have been reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments. The winner of a WTA 250 tournament adds 250 points to her WTA ranking. For the 2025 WTA Tour, 2025 season, there were 20 WTA 250, all knock-out tournaments with a prize money for every event at $275,094. Events Current WTA 250 Defunct Upgraded to WTA 500 Downgraded to WTA 125 Winners by tournament Singles Current tournaments Previous tournaments See also * WTA Premier tournaments * WTA 250 tournaments References {{WTA International tournaments WTA Tour, * Recurring sporting events established in 2009 Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2020 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peng Shuai
Peng Shuai (; ; born 8 January 1986) is a Chinese former professional tennis player. In February 2014, she was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 doubles player by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), becoming the first Chinese tennis player to achieve that ranking in any discipline. She peaked at No. 14 of the singles rankings in August 2011, and won two singles and 23 doubles titles on the WTA Tour. Peng won a gold medal at the 2010 Asian Games, defeating Akgul Amanmuradova in the singles final. At the 2013 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles, 2013 Wimbledon Championships, Peng won her first Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major title, in women's doubles with Hsieh Su-wei. She also won the women's doubles title at the 2014 French Open – Women's doubles, 2014 French Open with Hsieh. Her best performance at a major in singles came at the 2014 US Open – Women's singles, 2014 US Open where she reached the semifinals, becom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vera Zvonareva
Vera Igorevna Zvonareva ( rus, Вера Игоревна Звонарёва, p=ˈvʲerə ˈiɡərʲɪvnə zvənɐˈrʲɵvə, a=Vera zvonareva.ogg; born 7 September 1984) is a Russian former professional tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA is No. 2 and in doubles world No. 7. Zvonareva has won twelve career singles titles, including the 2009 BNP Paribas Open – Women's singles, 2009 Indian Wells Open, and reached the finals of the 2008 WTA Tour Championships – Singles, 2008 WTA Tour Championships, 2010 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles, 2010 Wimbledon Championships, and 2010 US Open – Women's singles, 2010 US Open. She was also a bronze medalist at the Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's singles, 2008 Beijing Olympics. In doubles, Zvonareva has won five Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major titles. Three came in women's doubles, first at the 2006 US Open – Women's doubles, 2006 US Open, partnering Natha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Singles
Virginie Razzano was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year. Vera Zvonareva won the title, defeating Peng Shuai in the final 6–7(4–7), 6–0, 6–2. Seeds # Vera Zvonareva (champion) # Patty Schnyder ''(withdrew due to a back injury)'' # Zheng Jie ''(semifinals)'' # Peng Shuai ''(final)'' # Gisela Dulko ''(second round)'' # Olga Govortsova ''(second round)'' # Pauline Parmentier ''(second round)'' # Mariya Koryttseva ''(second round)'' # Marta Domachowska ''(withdrew due to a viral illness)'' Draw Finals Top half Bottom half External links Main and qualifying draws {{DEFAULTSORT:Guangzhou International Women's Open - Singles, 2008 2008 Singles 8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. Etymology English ''eight'', from Old English '', æhta'', Proto-Germanic ''*ahto'' is a direct continuation of Proto-Indo-European '' *oḱtṓ(w)-'', and as such cognate wi ... 2008 WTA Tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tzipora Obziler
Tzipora "Tzipi" Obziler (; born 19 April 1973) is an Israeli former professional tennis player. She reached her career-high singles world ranking of No. 75 in on 8 July 2007, and career-high doubles ranking of No. 149 on 10 April 2000. Early and personal life She was born in Givatayim, Israel, and is Jewish. Obziler speaks Hebrew and English. After graduating from high school, she served two years in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF; the Israeli Army). Obziler attended classes at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. She and her girlfriend Hadas have a daughter together. Obziler took a break from professional tennis when the baby was born, and came back to play in 2008. Tennis career She won 14 singles and 14 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Despite her late run, she played her best tennis over the last few years and qualified for several Grand Slam events. She started playing tennis at age 10, with friends. In 1997, she won ITF tournaments in singles in Jaf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginie Razzano
Virginie Razzano (born 12 May 1983) is a French former professional tennis player. She won two WTA Tour singles titles, both in 2007. Razzano reached her career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 16 on 14 September 2009. She represented France in the Fed Cup from 2001 to 2014; her overall Fed Cup win–loss record is 16–9 (singles 10–5, doubles 6–4). Career 2005 She was chosen by Georges Goven to play in the Fed Cup first round when Tatiana Golovin had an injury and Marion Bartoli and Émilie Loit were suspended. However, she was replaced by Séverine Brémond Beltrame because of injury in the quarterfinals. 2006–2007 On 31 August 2006, Razzano upset eighth seed Martina Hingis in the second round of the US Open. On 2 January 2007, she defeated former world No. 5, Daniela Hantuchová, in straight sets in the second round at the Auckland Open. In the first round at Wimbledon, she was upset by unseeded Yvonne Meusburger. At Forest Hills, she lost in her second WTA Tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
