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Jaqueline Cristian
Jaqueline Adina Cristian (born 5 June 1998) is a Romanian professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 49 in singles and No. 108 in doubles. She is currently the No. 1 Romanian player. Cristian has won one WTA 125 title, as well as 14 singles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Circuit. Career 2015–2020: WTA Tour debut Cristian made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2015 BRD Bucharest Open, 2015 Bucharest Open in the doubles event, partnering Elena-Gabriela Ruse. In March 2017, she received a qualifying wildcard for the 2017 Miami Open, Miami Open. Cristian reached her maiden WTA Tour final at the 2019 Bucharest Open in the doubles event, again partnering Ruse. 2021: Breakthrough & top 100 She reached the quarterfinals of a WTA event for the first time as a qualifier at the WTA 500 2021 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy, St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy where she lost to fourth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova. In September, she re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2025 Transylvania Open
The 2025 Transylvania Open was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the fifth edition of the Transylvania Open, and part of the WTA 250 series of the 2025 WTA Tour. It was held at the BT Arena in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, from 3 until 9 February 2025. Champions Singles * Anastasia Potapova def. Lucia Bronzetti, 4–6, 6–1, 6–2 Doubles * Magali Kempen / Anna Sisková def. Jaqueline Cristian / Angelica Moratelli, 6–3, 6–1 Singles main draw entrants Seeds * Rankings are as of 27 January 2025. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: * Ana Bogdan * Simona Halep * Elena-Gabriela Ruse The following players received entry using a protected ranking: * Julia Grabher * Jodie Burrage The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Anna Bondár * Francesca Jones * Ella Seidel * Daria Snigur * Sara Sorribes Tormo * Marina Stakusic The following player received ent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
ITF Women's World Tennis Tour
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] [Amazon] |
Count Dracula
Count Dracula () is the title character of Bram Stoker's 1897 gothic horror novel ''Dracula''. He is considered the prototypical and archetypal vampire in subsequent works of fiction. Aspects of the character are believed by some to have been inspired by the 15th-century Wallachian prince Vlad the Impaler, who was also known as Vlad Dracula, and by Sir Henry Irving and Jacques Damala, actors with aristocratic backgrounds that Stoker had met during his life. One of Dracula's most iconic powers is his ability to turn others into vampires by biting them and infecting them with the vampiric disease. Other characteristics have been added or altered in subsequent popular fictional works, including books, films, cartoons, and video games. Stoker's creation Bram Stoker's novel takes the form of an epistolary tale, in which Count Dracula's characteristics, powers, abilities, and weaknesses are narrated by multiple narrators, from different perspectives. Count Dracula is an undead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Simona Halep
Simona Halep (; born 27 September 1991) is a Romanian 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 64 weeks, including as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players#Year-end No. 1 players, year-end No. 1 in 2017 WTA Tour, 2017 and 2018 WTA Tour, 2018. Halep won 25 WTA Tour-level titles, including two Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, majors at the 2018 French Open – Women's singles, 2018 French Open and the 2019 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles, 2019 Wimbledon Championships. A 2008 French Open – Girls' singles, French Open junior champion and former junior world No. 1, Halep first broke into the world's top 50 at the end of 2011, the top 20 in August 2013, and the top 10 in January 2014. She won her first six WTA titles in the same season in 2013, the first to do so since Steffi Graf in 1986. This led to her being ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2021 Transylvania Open
The 2021 Transylvania Open was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard court, hard courts. It was the first edition of the Transylvania Open, and part of the WTA 250 tournaments, WTA 250 series of the 2021 WTA Tour. It was held at the BT Arena in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, from 25 October until 31 October 2021. Second-seeded Anett Kontaveit won the singles title. By winning the title, Kontaveit qualified for the 2021 WTA Finals, WTA Finals. Finals Singles Anett Kontaveit defeated Simona Halep, 6–2, 6–3 * It was Kontaveit's fifth career WTA singles title, and her fourth of the year. Doubles Irina Bara / Ekaterine Gorgodze defeated Aleksandra Krunić / Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove, 4–6, 6–1, [11–9]. * It was the first WTA Tour level doubles title won by either Bara or Gorgodze. Singles main draw entrants Seeds * Rankings are as of October 18, 2021. Other entrants The following players received Wild card (sports), wildcards into the main draw: * Irina Bara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2021 Astana Open
The 2021 Astana Open was a tennis tournament organized for professional tennis players, held in Astana, Kazakhstan, in 2021 on indoor hard courts. It was primarily organized due to the cancellation of many tournaments during the 2021 ATP Tour and 2021 WTA Tour, because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. It is the second edition of the tournament for the men and the first for the women. The tournament took place in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, from 20–26 September for the men, and from 27 September to 2 October for the women. Champions Men's singles * Kwon Soon-woo def. James Duckworth, 7–6(8–6), 6–3 This was Kwon's first ever career ATP title. Women's singles * Alison Van Uytvanck def. Yulia Putintseva, 1–6, 6–4, 6–3. This was Van Uytvanck's fifth singles title, and first of the year. Men's doubles * Santiago González / Andrés Molteni def. Jonathan Erlich / Andrei Vasilevski, 6–1, 6–2 Women's doubles * Anna-Lena Friedsam / Monica Niculescu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova (born 27 June 1985) is a Russian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as high as world No. 2 in singles and world No. 3 in doubles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Kuznetsova won 18 singles and 16 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including two singles Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, majors at the 2004 US Open – Women's singles, 2004 US Open and 2009 French Open – Women's singles, 2009 French Open, and two doubles majors at the 2005 Australian Open – Women's doubles, 2005 and 2012 Australian Open – Women's doubles, 2012 Australian Opens. Kuznetsova first took part in a WTA Tour event in 2001. Her first major title came at the 2004 US Open over compatriot Elena Dementieva, making her the third Russian woman to win a major. Kuznetsova's second major singles title was the 2009 French Open, defeating compatriot Dinara Safina in the final. At the 2006 French Open – Women's singles, 2006 French Open and the 2007 US Open ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2021 St
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 sports, where it commonly denotes the first, leading, or top thing in a group. 1 is the unit of counting or measurement, a determiner for singular nouns, and a gender-neutral pronoun. Historically, the representation of 1 evolved from ancient Sumerian and Babylonian symbols to the modern Arabic numeral. In mathematics, 1 is the multiplicative identity, meaning that any number multiplied by 1 equals the same number. 1 is by convention not considered a prime number. In digital technology, 1 represents the "on" state in binary code, the foundation of computing. Philosophically, 1 symbolizes the ultimate reality or source of existence in various traditions. In mathematics The number 1 is the first natural number after 0. Each natural number, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2019 Bucharest Open
The 2019 BRD Bucharest Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the sixth edition of the tournament and part of the International category of the 2019 WTA Tour. It was held from 15 to 21 July 2019 at the Arenele BNR in Bucharest, Romania. Points and prize money Point distribution Prize money Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings as of 1 July 2019. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Irina Bara * Jaqueline Cristian * Elena-Gabriela Ruse The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw: * Bethanie Mattek-Sands The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Martina Di Giuseppe * Jaimee Fourlis * Patricia Maria Țig * Xu Shilin The following players received entry as lucky losers: * Anna Bondár * Alexandra Cadanțu * Tereza Mrdeža * Isabella Shinikova Withdrawals * Margarita Gasparyan → replaced by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2017 Miami Open
The 2017 Miami Open presented by Itaú (also known as 2017 Miami Masters) was a professional men and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 32nd edition of the Miami Open, and part of the Masters 1000 category on the 2017 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier Mandatory category on the 2017 WTA Tour. All men and women's events took place at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park in Key Biscayne, Florida, United States, from March 20 through April 2, 2017. Finals Men's singles * Roger Federer defeated Rafael Nadal, 6–3, 6–4 Women's singles * Johanna Konta defeated Caroline Wozniacki, 6–4, 6–3 Men's doubles * Łukasz Kubot / Marcelo Melo defeated Nicholas Monroe / Jack Sock, 7–5, 6–3 Women's doubles * Gabriela Dabrowski / Xu Yifan defeated Sania Mirza / Barbora Strýcová, 6–4, 6–3 Points and prize money Point distribution * Players with byes receive first round points. Prize money ATP singles main-draw entrants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Elena-Gabriela Ruse
Elena-Gabriela Ruse (born 6 November 1997) is a Romanian professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 51 and a doubles ranking of No. 32 achieved in May 2022 and 2023 respectively. She is currently the No. 2 Romanian player. Ruse won her maiden WTA Tour singles title at the 2021 Hamburg Open. She has also won six singles and eleven doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Junior career 2012–2015 Ruse won two junior singles titles and eight junior doubles titles. The biggest title of her junior career was the Grade-1 Canadian Open Junior Championships, where she beat Katie Swan in the final. Ruse also reached the semifinals of the 2014 Wimbledon girls' singles event in 2014 and the final of Eddie Herr. On the ITF Junior Circuit, she had a career-high combined ranking of 7, achieved on 18 May 2015. Professional career 2015–2016: WTA Tour debut When Ruse finished her junior career, she still did not have a professional ranking. In July 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2015 BRD Bucharest Open
The 2015 BRD Bucharest Open was a professional tennis tournament played on red clay courts. It was the 2nd edition of the tournament and part of the 2015 WTA Tour. It took place at Arenele BNR in Bucharest, Romania between 13 and 19 July 2015. Points and prize money Point distribution Prize money Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings as of June 29, 2015. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: * Ana Bogdan * Sorana Cîrstea * Patricia Maria Țig The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Cristina Dinu * Réka-Luca Jani * Darya Kasatkina * Petra Martić Withdrawals ;Before the tournament * Karin Knapp →replaced by Shuai Zhang * Ana Konjuh →replaced by Anna Tatishvili * Magda Linette →replaced by Shahar Pe'er * Pauline Parmentier →replaced by Çağla Büyükakçay Retirements * Alexandra Dulgheru (right knee injury) * Sílvia Soler Espinosa (right shoulder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
