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Danica Krstajić
Danica Krstajić (born 1 March 1987) is a Montenegrin former professional tennis player. She started her tennis career on 10 August 2003, playing for Serbia and Montenegro; and from June 2006 on, she was playing for Montenegro. Her career-high rankings include No. 223 in singles (October 2007) and No. 162 in doubles (July 2007). She won six ITF tournaments in both singles and doubles. She tried to qualify for a couple of WTA Tour tournaments: in 2005 in Luxembourg and in Hasselt, in 2006 in Warsaw and Linz Linz (Pronunciation: , ; ) is the capital of Upper Austria and List of cities and towns in Austria, third-largest city in Austria. Located on the river Danube, the city is in the far north of Austria, south of the border with the Czech Repub ..., and in 2007 again in Linz. ITF Circuit finals Singles (6–2) Doubles (6–4) External links * * * 1987 births Living people Montenegrin female tennis players Serbia and Montenegro female tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montenegrins (ethnic Group)
Montenegrins (, or ) are a South Slavic ethnic group that share a common ancestry, culture, history, and language, identified with the country of Montenegro. Montenegrins are mostly Orthodox Christians; however, the population also includes Catholics, Muslims and irreligious people. The Montenegrin language is the official language of Montenegro. Historically, the Montenegrin nation comprised many tribes. Most tribes formed in the 15th and 16th centuries, about the time when the Ottoman Empire established its control of the medieval state of Zeta. Today, the tribes are mainly studied within the frameworks of social anthropology and family history, as they have not been used in official structures since the time (1852-1910) of the Principality of Montenegro; however, some tribal regions overlap with contemporary municipal areas. The kinship groups give a sense of shared identity and descent. Outside of Montenegro and Europe, Montenegrins form diaspora groups in (for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikola Fraňková
Nikola Fraňková (born 7 February 1988) is a Czech former tennis player. In her career, Fraňková won one singles title and 18 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 9 March 2009, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 249. Her best doubles ranking was 157 on 14 September 2009. Fraňková won four $25,000 doubles events in 2006, and in 2009 participated in three WTA Tour qualifying draws, at Warsaw, Portorož and Tashkent, losing in the first round in each. Juniors She and Ágnes Szávay ended runners-up to Victoria Azarenka and Marina Erakovic in the 2005 Australian Open girls' doubles final. But Fraňková won the girls' doubles at the 2005 US Open, with Russian Alisa Kleybanova Alisa Mikhailovna Kleybanova (, born 15 July 1989) is a Russian former tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 20, achieved in February 2011. In her career, she won two singles titles and five doubles titles on the WTA Tour. .... ITF Circuit finals Singles: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alphen Aan Den Rijn
Alphen aan den Rijn (; or "Alphen on the Rhine") is a city and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The city is situated on the banks of the river Oude Rijn (Utrecht and South Holland), Oude Rijn (Old Rhine), where the river Gouwe (river), Gouwe branches off. The municipality had a population of in , and covers an area of of which is water. The municipality of Alphen aan den Rijn also includes the communities of Aarlanderveen, Benthuizen, Boskoop, Hazerswoude-Dorp, Hazerswoude-Rijndijk, Koudekerk aan den Rijn en Zwammerdam. The city is located in what is called the 'Groene Hart, Green Heart' of the Netherlands, which is a somewhat less densely populated centre area of the Randstad. The name "Alphen" is probably derived from the name of the castellum, Roman fort ''Albaniana (Roman fort), Albaniana'', meaning "settlement at the white water". Its remains still lie underneath the city centre. History The area around Alphen aan den Rijn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentina Sassi
Valentina Sassi (born 12 July 1980) is an Italian tennis coach and an instructor of the United States Professional Tennis Association (USPTA). She is a former professional tennis player and a doubles bronze medalist for Italy at the 2001 Mediterranean Games. Born in Seravezza, Sassi made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the Madrid Open in 2001, as a qualifier. In 2002, she reached her best singles ranking of 144, making main-draw appearances at Oporto and Casablanca that year. Sassi, a right-handed player, won six singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, before retiring in 2008. Career Sassi started playing tennis when she was six years old before developing into a professional tennis player. She made her WTA Tour debut at the Madrid Open in 2000, and competed in the majors of Roland Garros, Wimbledon and Australian Open, and the Internazionali di tennis in Rome. In 2004, she won the Italian Absolute Championships. At the peak of her career, Sassi played in dou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyra Nagy
Kira Nagy (born 29 December 1977) is a former tennis player from Hungary. During her professional years, she won 18 singles and ten doubles titles at tournaments of the ITF Women's Circuit. Kira won her first match on the WTA Tour in 2007 at the Palermo Ladies Open, defeating German Tatjana Malek 6–2, 7–5, before losing to Émilie Loit. She competed in the 2007 US Open, where she drew 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 wee ... in the first round, losing 2–6, 1–6. This was her second Grand Slam tournament, after qualifying for the US Open in 2000. Nagy retired from tennis 2014. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 33 (18 titles, 15 runner-ups) Doubles: 22 (10 titles, 12 runner-ups) ITF Junior Circuit Singles (3–2) Doubles (0–2) External lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renata Voráčová
Renata Voráčová (; born 6 October 1983) is a Czech professional tennis player. Voráčová has won eleven doubles titles on the WTA Tour and three on WTA 125 tournaments, as well as 15 singles and 58 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 11 October 2010, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 74. On 21 August 2017, she peaked at No. 29 in the WTA doubles rankings. Background and early life Voracova's father, Frantisek, owns a gas company, while her mother, Vlasta, manages a sports center. She also has brother, David, that is a professional dancer and still studying. She started playing tennis aged 7. Junior achievements As a junior, Voráčová reached a career-high ranking of world No. 4 in singles and No. 3 in doubles. One of the highlights of her junior tennis career was winning the 2001 French Open doubles title, alongside Petra Cetkovská. Career 2017 At the Wimbledon Championships, Voráčová made the second week of a Grand Slam tournament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galatina
Galatina (; ; ), known before the unification of Italy as San Pietro in Galatina, is a town and (municipality) in the Province of Lecce in Apulia, southern Italy. It is situated about south of the city of Lecce. Main sights *The late Romanesque church of ''Santa Caterina d'Alessandria'', built in 1390 by Raimondello del Balzo Orsini, count of Soleto, with a fine portal and rose window. The interior contains frescoes by Francesco d'Arezzo (1435). The apse contains the fine mausoleum of the son of the founder, a canopy supported by four columns, with his statue beneath it. *The Baroque church of San Pietro (also known as Mother Church), rebuilt from 1633 on a previous Greek-rite edifice. *The Saint Paul Chapel. It houses a well which, according to tradition, was able to heal people bitten by poisonous tarantulas (those bitten are called ''tarantati'' or ''pizzicati'' in the local dialect). See also Tarantism. *The ''Pupa'', a fountain in local limestone Limestone is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline Schneider
Caroline Schneider (born 1 June 1973) is a German former professional tennis player. During her career, she won several titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Career highlights On 25 April 1994, Schneider reached her highest doubles ranking of world No. 61. Her career-high singles ranking came on 12 December 1994, when she became world No. 289. Doubles majors From 1988 to 2002, Schneider competed in 20 Grand Slam doubles tournaments, but never advanced beyond the second round. She competed six times at the Australian Open, nine times at the French Open, four times at Wimbledon and once at the US Open. ITF Women's doubles In July 1996, with her partner Kirstin Freye, she won the $25k event in Buenos Aires. In 1997, she won the $10k event in Salzburg with Austria's Patricia Wartusch; and the $25k Kyiv event with Sweden's Annica Lindstedt. In April 2006, she partnered with Romina Oprandi Romina Sarina Oprandi (born 29 March 1986) is a retired tennis player. She has dual Swiss-I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adriana Barna
Adriana Barna (born 21 May 1978) is a German former tennis player. The younger sister of former professional tennis player Anca Barna resides in Nuremberg Nuremberg (, ; ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the Franconia#Towns and cities, largest city in Franconia, the List of cities in Bavaria by population, second-largest city in the States of Germany, German state of Bav ..., Germany. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 6 (2–4) Doubles: 15 (3–12) External links * * German female tennis players German people of Romanian descent Romanian emigrants to Germany 1978 births Living people Sportspeople from Cluj-Napoca {{Germany-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Durmersheim
Durmersheim is a small town in the district of Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg, Southwest Germany and has a population of 12,112 (2020). Durmersheim is situated between Karlsruhe and Rastatt, in the valley of the river Rhine near the border to France. There is also a forest in the valley, named Hardtwald, c. 2 km east of the town. Durmersheim is twinned with Littlehampton, a town in West Sussex, England. History Founded about 600 BC, the city was occupied by duke Otto of Worms in 985. Since 1300 Durmersheim belonged to the margraves of Baden. As Germany was subdued and divided into control zones by the Allied forces after World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ..., the border of the French zone and American zone was between Durmersheim and Rheins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monika Schneider
Monika Schneider (born 12 August 1983) is a former professional tennis player from Poland. Biography Schneider, who was born in Siedlce, was ranked as high as 19th in the world during her junior career, which included wins over Jelena Janković and Svetlana Kuznetsova. A right-handed player, she played in two Fed Cup ties for Poland, against Slovenia and Romania in 2000. On the professional tour, she won two ITF doubles titles, both partnering Olga Brózda Olga Brózda (; born 26 January 1986) is a Polish former tennis player. As a professional, her career-high WTA rankings are 281 in singles, achieved in April 2008, and 135 in doubles, set in August 2009. She reached twelve finals on the ITF Wo .... Her last performance on the ITF Circuit was in November 2005. Based in the UAE, Schneider works as a coach at Dubai's Elite Tennis Academy. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 1 (runner-up) Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups) See also * List of Poland Fed Cup team representatives ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olga Brózda
Olga Brózda (; born 26 January 1986) is a Polish former tennis player. As a professional, her career-high WTA rankings are 281 in singles, achieved in April 2008, and 135 in doubles, set in August 2009. She reached twelve finals on the ITF Women's Circuit in singles, six of which she won. In doubles, she won 48 ITF titles. Her regular doubles partners were Magdalena Kiszczyńska or Natalia Kołat Natalia Kołat (; born 19 November 1987) is a retired Polish tennis player. Kołat won three singles and 19 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit during her career. On 7 April 2008, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 281. On 3 August .... ITF Circuit finals Singles: 12 (6 titles, 6 runner-ups) Doubles: 77 (48 titles, 29 runner-ups) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Brozda, Olga 1986 births Living people Tennis players from Poznań Polish female tennis players 20th-century Polish women 21st-century Polish sportswomen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
