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Markéta Štusková
Markéta Zeitler Štusková (born 9 April 1974) is a Czech former professional tennis player. Štusková, who comes from Rožnov pod Radhoštěm, made her only WTA Tour main-draw appearance in 1992, playing doubles at the 1992 HTC Prague Open, Prague Open with Petra Holubová. During her career she won four ITF Women's Circuit, ITF doubles titles, including $25,000 tournaments in Vall d'Hebron and Sopot. Now living in Austria, Štusková is the mother of amateur golfer Lea Zeitler, who represented Austria at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. ITF finals Doubles: 11 (4–7) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stuskova, Marketa 1974 births Living people Czechoslovak female tennis players Czech female tennis players Czech emigrants to Austria People from Rožnov pod Radhoštěm Tennis players from the Zlín Region ... [...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] |
Érd
Érd (; ; , ) is a town in Pest County, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary. It is a city with county rights. History The area has been inhabited since ancient times. Archaeological findings indicate that prehistoric humans lived here 50,000 years ago. Érd itself was first mentioned in documents in 1243. The name comes either from the word ('forest') or from ('stream'). During the Ottoman wars in Europe, Ottoman occupation of Hungary, Érd was captured by the Turks in 1543, after the castle of Székesfehérvár fell. The Turks built a motte-and-bailey, motte castle and a mosque here. During this time, the area was called Hamzsabég (Hamzabey). In 1684, the army led by Charles V, Duke of Lorraine defeated the Turks near Érd. In 1776, Érd became an ''oppidum'' (town). It is possible that it already had been an oppidum before the Ottoman occupation. In the early 20th century, Érd became the property of the Károlyi family. The town grew, but remained mainly an agricultural to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginia Ruano Pascual
Virginia Ruano Pascual (; born 21 September 1973) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. She had moderate success in singles, winning three WTA Tour titles as well as reaching two major quarterfinals and a top-30 ranking, but she had been far more successful in doubles. She won 43 career doubles titles, including eleven at Grand Slam tournaments: ten in women's doubles (eight partnering Paola Suárez, and two partnering Anabel Medina Garrigues) and one in mixed doubles (partnering Tomás Carbonell). Between 2002 and 2004, along with Suárez, she reached nine consecutive Grand Slam tournament finals (won five) and they reached at least the semifinals of the last twelve Grand Slam tournaments they played. Their winning run came to an end when they lost in the 2009 Wimbledon semifinals. Alongside Suarez, the pair was named as a ITF World Champions for the three consecutive years in a row (2002-2004). Personal life Her father, Juan Manuel Ruano, worked for Iberia Ai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estefanía Bottini
Estefanía Bottini Alemany (born 3 February 1974), known as Estefanía Bottini, is a former professional tennis player from Spain. Biography Bottini played on the professional tour in the 1990s, reaching a best singles ranking of 159 in the world. Her best performances on the WTA Tour came in her home city of Barcelona, making the second round once, in 1991, then in 1992 taking world number 13 Nathalie Tauziat to three sets. At the 1995 US Open she and Gala León García Gala León García (born 23 December 1973) is a former 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 of t ... made the women's doubles main draw as lucky losers from qualifying and reached the second round. ITF finals Singles (0–4) Doubles (3–4) Notes References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bottini, Estefania 1974 births Living people Spanish f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valencia
Valencia ( , ), formally València (), is the capital of the Province of Valencia, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia (river), Turia, on the east coast of the Iberian Peninsula on the Mediterranean Sea. It is the Ranked lists of Spanish municipalities, third-most populated municipality in the country, with 825,948 inhabitants. The urban area of Valencia has 1.5 million people while the metropolitan region has 2.5 million. Valencia was founded as a Roman Republic, Roman colony in 138 BC as '. As an autonomous city in late antiquity, its militarization followed the onset of the threat posed by the Spania, Byzantine presence to the South, together with effective integration to the Visigothic Kingdom of Toledo in the late 6th century. Al-Andalus, Islamic rule and acculturation ensued in the 8th century, together with the introduction of new irrigation syst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Van Buuren
Amy van Buuren (born 20 May 1969) is a Dutch former professional tennis player. Debuting on the professional tour in the late 1980s, van Buuren was most successful as a doubles player, with a best ranking of 114 in the world. In 1991, she featured in the main draw of three Grand Slam tournaments, reaching the second rounds of the French Open and Wimbledon Wimbledon most often refers to: * Wimbledon, London, a district of southwest London * Wimbledon Championships, the oldest tennis tournament in the world and one of the four Grand Slam championships Wimbledon may also refer to: Places London * W ..., both partnering Gaby Coorengel. ITF finals Singles (0–2) Doubles (4–12) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Buuren, Amy van 1969 births Living people Dutch female tennis players 20th-century Dutch sportswomen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaby Coorengel
Gaby Coorengel (born 27 November 1969) is a Dutch former professional tennis player. Coorengel reached a career-high singles ranking of 229 and won four ITF titles. As a doubles player, she had her best years in the early 1990s, in partnership with Amy van Buuren, reaching a best ranking of 117 in the world. The pair made the second round of both the French Open and Wimbledon Wimbledon most often refers to: * Wimbledon, London, a district of southwest London * Wimbledon Championships, the oldest tennis tournament in the world and one of the four Grand Slam championships Wimbledon may also refer to: Places London * W ... in 1991. ITF finals Singles: 5 (4–1) Doubles: 14 (6–8) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Coorengel, Gaby 1969 births Living people Dutch female tennis players 20th-century Dutch sportswomen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorien Wamelink
Dorien Wamelink (born 24 December 1970) is a Dutch former professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 252 in singles, achieved on 15 July 1991, and 253 in doubles, reached on 15 July 1991. Her only WTA Tour main-draw appearance came at the 1991 Pilkington Glass Championships Wamelink, where she came through qualifying to make the main draw where she was defeated by Puerto Rican Gigi Fernández Beatriz "Gigi" Fernández (born February 22, 1964) is a Puerto Rican former professional tennis player. Fernández won 17 Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major doubles titles and two Olympic gold medals representing the United States, and reach ... in the first round, in straight sets. ITF finals Singles (2–0) Doubles (3–1) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wamelink, Dorien 1970 births Living people Dutch female tennis players 20th-century Dutch women 21st-century Dutch women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena Likhovtseva
Elena Alexandrovna Likhovtseva ( ; born 8 September 1975) is a Kazakhstani-born Russian former tennis player. She turned professional in January 1992, at the age of 16. Together with Mahesh Bhupathi she won the Wimbledon Mixed doubles in 2002 and the Australian Open mixed-doubles championship with Daniel Nestor in 2007. She also was runner-up in a number of other contests, including the 2000 and 2004 US Open – Women's doubles, the French Open mixed doubles in 2003, the Australian Open women's doubles in 2004, the French Open mixed doubles in 2006. In the 2004 Summer Olympics, she won the first round of the women's doubles competition with partner Svetlana Kuznetsova but was defeated in the second. Grand Slam finals Doubles: 4 (0–4) Mixed doubles: 5 (2–3) WTA Tour finals Singles: 8 (3–5) Doubles: 56 (27–29) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 4 (2–2) Doubles: 9 (6–3) Grand Slam performance timelines Singles Doubles Mixed doubles Head-vs.- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olga Lugina
Olga Lugina (born 8 January 1974) is a Ukrainian former professional tennis player. She competed in the Fed Cup a number of times, from 1993 to 1995. Career Lugina won two doubles titles on the 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 .... She also won one singles title and ten doubles titles on the ITF Circuit in her career. On 27 April 1998, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 96. On 31 October 1994, she peaked at No. 45 in the doubles rankings. Lugina retired from the pro tour in 1999. WTA Tour finals Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up) ITF Circuit finals Singles (1–4) Doubles (10–7) References 1974 births Living people Ukrainian female tennis players Soviet female tennis players {{Ukraine-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bamberg
Bamberg (, , ; East Franconian German, East Franconian: ''Bambärch'') is a town in Upper Franconia district in Bavaria, Germany, on the river Regnitz close to its confluence with the river Main (river), Main. Bamberg had 79,000 inhabitants in 2022. The town dates back to the 9th century, when its name was derived from the nearby ' castle. Cited as one of Germany's most beautiful towns, with medieval streets and buildings, the old town of Bamberg with around 2,400 Timber framing, timber houses has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1993. From the 10th century onwards, Bamberg became a key link with the West Slavs, Western Slavic peoples, notably those of Poland and Pomerania. It experienced a period of great prosperity from the 12th century onwards, during which time it was briefly the centre of the Holy Roman Empire. Holy Roman Emperor, Emperor Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor, Henry II was buried in the old town, alongside his wife Cunigunde of Luxemburg, Kunigunde. The town' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karina Habšudová
Karina Habšudová (; born 2 August 1973) is a Slovak former professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as 10 in the world (1997). Together with Karol Kučera, she won the 1998 Hopman Cup, Hopman Cup in 1998. Her best performance at a Grand Slam tournament came when she got to the quarterfinals of the 1996 French Open – Women's singles, 1996 French Open, defeating Kristin Godridge, Nathalie Tauziat, Martina Hingis, and Anke Huber before losing to Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, 8–10 in the third set. She also had a successful junior career. She won the girls' singles at the 1991 US Open (tennis), 1991 US Open, and was junior No. 1 for some time. Biography Born in Bojnice, Czechoslovakia, Habšudová originally trained as a gymnast but at the age of ten, she switched to tennis under the encouragement of her mother, herself a former amateur tennis player. By the age of fourteen, she had already become the top junior player in Czechoslovakia. In 1990, she was crowned ITF ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
