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Henriette Kjær Nielsen
Henriette Kjær Nielsen (born 6 January 1970) is a Danish former professional tennis player. Kjær Nielsen was a member of the Denmark Fed Cup team, Denmark Federation Cup team between 1988 and 1992, featuring in a total of seven ties, all as a doubles player. Most notably, in 1988 she teamed up with Tine Scheuer-Larsen to win the deciding rubber against Argentina's Bettina Fulco and Mercedes Paz, which gave Denmark a berth in the World Group quarter-finals. ITF Circuit finals Doubles: 6 (5–1) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kjær Nielsen, Henriette 1970 births Living people Danish female tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ITF Women's Circuit
The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a series of professional tennis tournaments run by the International Tennis Federation for female professional tennis players. History It serves as a developmental circuit for the WTA Tour, which is run by the independent Women's Tennis Association (WTA). There are several hundred ITF Women's Circuit tournaments each year, spread across all six inhabited continents, with prize money ranging from US$15,000 to US$100,000. Players who succeed on the ITF Women's Circuit earn sufficient points to be eligible for qualifying draw or main draw entry to WTA tournaments. Until 2011 the ITF Women's Circuit was the level immediately below the main WTA Tour, but in 2012 the WTA introduced an intermediate level, the WTA 125 tournaments. There is also an ITF Men's Circuit, but it only incorporates the lower-level Futures tournaments. Mid-level men's tournaments, equivalent to the WTA 125 tournaments and the bigg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virág Csurgó
Virág Csurgó (born 10 November 1972) is a Hungarian former tennis player. Csurgó won six singles and 17 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit in her career. On 20 November 1995, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 160. On 21 September 1998, she peaked at No. 84 in the WTA doubles rankings. Csurgó reached the second round in both women's singles and doubles at the 1996 Summer Olympics. She wasn't originally entered in the singles event but was added when another competitor had to withdraw at the last minute. With only five minutes to take the court, she arrived at the match wearing her practice shorts and a T-shirt, and went on to defeat Aleksandra Olsza before falling to Kimiko Date is a Japanese former professional tennis player. She reached the semifinals of the 1994 Australian Open, the 1995 French Open and the 1996 Wimbledon Championships, and won the Japan Open a record four times. She reached a career-high ranking ... in the second round. Csurgó al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970 Births
Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). Between 10,000 and 14,621 are killed and 30,000 injured. * January 15 – After a 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria, Biafran forces under Philip Effiong formally surrender to General Yakubu Gowon, ending the Nigerian Civil War. February * February 1 – The Benavídez rail disaster near Buenos Aires, Argentina (a rear-end collision) kills 236. * February 10 – An avalanche at Val-d'Isère, France, kills 41 tourists. * February 11 – ''Ohsumi (satellite), Ohsumi'', Japan's first satellite, is launched on a Lambda-4 rocket. * February 22 – Guyana becomes a Republic within the Commonwealth of Nations. * February – Multi-business Conglomerate (company), conglomerate Virgin Group is founded as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna-Karin Svensson
Anna-Karin Svensson (born 8 May 1974) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. Biography Svensson played on the professional tour in the 1990s, with a best ranking in singles of 280 in the world. As a doubles player, she had a breakthrough year in 1996 when she won seven ITF titles, to reach a career-high ranking of 160. Across 1996 and 1997 she featured in eight 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 ... ties for Sweden. In Fed Cup play, she had a 4–4 record in singles and won both of her two doubles matches. ITF finals Singles (1–3) Doubles (14–10) See also * List of Sweden Fed Cup team representatives References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Svensson, Anne-Karin 1974 births Living people Swedish female tennis players 20t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofie Albinus
Sofie Albinus (born 21 September 1972) is a former professional Danish tennis player. Albinus, on 3 February 1992, reached her best singles ranking of world number 163. On 20 August 1990, she peaked at world number 120 in the doubles rankings. Playing for Denmark Fed Cup team, Denmark at the Fed Cup, Albinus has a win–loss record of 13–11. ITF finals Singles (7–2) Doubles (9–2) References External links * * * 1972 births Living people Danish female tennis players 20th-century Danish women {{Denmark-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimberly Po
Kimberly Po (born October 20, 1971) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. In her career, she won the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon in 2000, partnering Donald Johnson. She also was a runner-up at the US Open in women's doubles in 2001, partnering Nathalie Tauziat, as well as at the 1999 US Open in mixed doubles, with Johnson. Po won six top-level doubles titles. Her career-high world rankings were world No. 6 in doubles (in 2001) and No. 14 in singles (in 1997). Her best singles performance at a Grand Slam event came at the 1997 Australian Open when she reached the quarterfinals before being knocked out by Amanda Coetzer Amanda Coetzer (born 22 October 1971, in Hoopstad) is a South African former professional tennis player. Coetzer finished in the WTA rankings top 20 for ten consecutive seasons (1992–2001), peaking at world No. 3. She reached three Grand Sla .... Po married Oliver Messerli in 2001, and was known thereafter as Kimberly Po-M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alysia May
Alysia May (born January 31, 1971) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Biography May, who grew up in California, is the daughter of the late David May II, who was an heir to the May Department Stores Co retail giant. The company, acquired by Macy's in 2005, was founded by Alysia's great grandfather, German born businessman David May. Her maternal step-grandfather was Hollywood director Mervyn LeRoy. She is a younger sister of tennis player Kathy May and has another sister Anita, as well as four half-sisters and two adopted brothers. She is also the aunt of ATP pro Taylor Fritz. After attending Westlake High School in Los Angeles, May was recruited by the UCLA Bruins to play collegiate tennis, then in 1990 turned professional. In the early 1990s she competed on the professional tour, most prominently as a doubles player, reaching a top ranking of 58 in the world. She featured in the main draw of the women's doubles at all four grand slam tournaments a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincenza Procacci
Vincenza Procacci (born August 20, 1966) is an American former professional tennis player. Raised in Lake George, New York, Procacci won five ITF doubles titles on the professional tour and featured in the doubles main draw of the 1989 Lipton International Players Championships, a 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 Wome ... tournament in Key Biscayne. Procacci had a career high singles ranking of 446, along with a best doubles ranking of 213 in the world. ITF finals Doubles: 11 (5–6) References External links * * 1966 births Living people American female tennis players Tennis players from New York (state) People from Lake George, New York 21st-century American women 20th-century American sportswomen {{US-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lone Vandborg
Lone Vandborg (born 5 August 1961) is a Danish former professional tennis player. Vandborg played Federation Cup tennis for Denmark in 1986 and 1987, appearing in a total of six ties. This included a World Group win over Great Britain, where Vandborg had a win over Anne Hobbs. While competing on the professional circuit she was most successful as a doubles player, with a career high ranking of 185 and seven ITF titles to her name. She featured in the main draw of the women's doubles at the 1990 Australian Open The 1990 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Flinders Park in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 78th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 15 through 28 January 1990. Seniors Men's .... ITF finals Doubles: 13 (7–6) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vandborg, Lone 1961 births Living people Danish female tennis players Tennis players from Copenhagen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nóra Köves
Nóra Köves (born 13 June 1971) is a former Hungarian 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 st ... player. She won a total of four singles and ten doubles ITF titles during her career and on 24 May 1999 peaked at No. 181 in the singles rankings. On 7 June 1999, Köves achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 138. Partnering Rebecca Jensen, Köves reached the second round of the 1994 US Open women's doubles tournament. ITF Circuit finals Singles (4–3) Doubles (10–13) References * * 1971 births Living people Hungarian female tennis players Kansas Jayhawks women's tennis players Hungarian expatriate tennis players in the United States {{Hungary-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalie Tschan
Natalie Tschan (born 13 October 1971) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. Tschan, who comes from Bern, reached a best singles ranking of No. 242 on the professional tour. She featured in the singles qualifying draw at the 1993 Australian Open and played in the main draw of the doubles, making it through to the second round with partner Alexandra Fusai Alexandra Fusai (born 22 November 1973) is a former professional tennis player from France. Fusai was born in Saint-Cloud, Hauts-de-Seine. Starting from September 1989 when she turned professional, Fusai played four tournaments (all of them p .... ITF Circuit finals Singles: 3 (1–2) Doubles: 12 (4–8) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tschan, Natalie 1971 births Living people Swiss female tennis players Sportspeople from Bern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helsingør Dagblad
''Helsingør Dagblad'' is a Danish language local newspaper based in Helsingør, Denmark. Founded in 1867 it is one of the oldest newspapers in the country. History and profile ''Helsingør Dagblad'' was established by Henrik Donatzky, a publisher, in 1867. The paper is part of North Media and is published by Søndagsavisen A/S which is also the publisher of '' Søndagsavisen''. It was formerly published by the Helsingør Dagblad A/S Group. Søndagsavisen A/S had a stake in the company until 2009 when it purchased the company from Dansk AvisTryk A/S. The paper is published in North Zealand. In 2013 ''Helsingør Dagblad'' and Swedish local paper ''Helsingborgs Dagblad (''HD'', lit. "Helsingborg's Daily Paper"), published in Helsingborg in Skåne is the largest (circ. 84,000) newspaper in Swedish outside the metropolitan cities of Malmö, Gothenburg and Stockholm. History and profile The newspaper was found ...'' initiated a cooperation to share their sources, but the proje ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
