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María Fernanda Landa
María Fernanda Landa (born 29 July 1975) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. Biography Landa competed on the WTA Tour from 1995 and made all of her main-draw appearances in the doubles format, in which she reached 108 in the world. As a singles player, she won six ITF titles, with a best ranking of 183. She qualified for the main draw of the women's doubles at the 1996 US Open with Marlene Weingärtner and with the same partner was runner-up at the 1999 WTA Madrid Open. At the 1999 Wimbledon Championships, Landa and Weingärtner received direct entry and were beaten in the first round by eventual champions Lindsay Davenport and Corina Morariu. She also competed in the mixed-doubles draw at Wimbledon that year with Diego del Río. She now runs a tennis school in Tigre, Buenos Aires Tigre (, ''Tiger'') is a city in the Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, situated in the north of Greater Buenos Aires, north of Buenos Aires city. Tigre lies on the Paran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles
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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] |
Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Lourdes Domínguez Lino (; born 31 March 1981) is a former tennis player from Spain. She reached career-high rankings of world No. 40 in singles and 45 in doubles. Biography Tennis career In the 1999 Roland Garros, she won the junior girls' singles, defeating Stéphanie Foretz in the final. In 2000, she played her first WTA Tour main draw at Madrid. In 2002, she won her first main draw match at Bogotá. In Porto, she defeated then-No. 33 Cristina Torrens Valero. In August, Lino was suspended from the tour for three months, after testing positive for cocaine that March. In 2005, she reached the top 100 for the first time. In Bogotá, she made it to the final as a qualifier, losing to Flavia Pennetta Flavia Pennetta (; born 25 February 1982) is an Italian former professional tennis player. She became Italy's first top-ten female singles player on 17 August 2009 and the first Italian to be ranked List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis pla .... She ended at No. 77 in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catalina Castaño
Catalina Castaño Álvarez (; born 7 July 1979) is a Colombian former tennis player. Her highest singles ranking is world No. 35 which she achieved July 2006. In her career, she won ten titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, six in singles and four in doubles, as well as one doubles title on both the WTA Tour and Challenger Tour. Castaño defeated top-20 players such as Nicole Vaidišová, Anna-Lena Grönefeld, Patty Schnyder, Paola Suárez, Li Na and Lucie Šafářová. She was coached by Peruvian-born British citizen Pablo Giacopelli since 2004. Career summary 1999–2004 In 1999 she won her first ITF title in Santiago. The following year she won two ITF titles in Midlothian and Cali. In 2001, she reached the quarterfinals in her home tournament of Bogotá, Colombia (Tier III). In 2002, Castaño advanced the semifinals in Bogotá. She reached four ITF finals, winning two of them - in Gorizia and Campobasso. She won 39 matches in the year and lost 18. In 2004, she reached the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bettina Fulco
Bettina Mónica Fulco (born 23 October 1968) is a retired tennis player from Argentina. She reached her highest ranking of world, No. 23 on 10 October 1988. She began playing tennis at age ten, at the university club in her hometown of Mar del Plata, having been inspired to start because of the increased interest in the sport in Argentina due to Guillermo Vilas' success. As a junior, Bettina was among the best in the world, reaching the finals of the Orange Bowl 18-and-under championships in 1986, and finishing second in the junior rankings in 1986. She turned professional in 1987. Like many South American players, Bettina Fulco was considered a clay-court specialist, and reached the quarterfinals of the French Open in 1988. Bettina beat Martina Navratilova in Houston 1994 for her biggest career victory. She also achieved victories over Conchita Martínez, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Hana Mandlíková, Katerina Maleeva, Manuela Maleeva, Magdalena Maleeva, Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, Lori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Schwartz (tennis)
Barbara Schwartz (; born 27 January 1979) is an Austrian 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 two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ... player. She turned professional in 1995 at the age of 16, and reached a career-high WTA ranking of 40 in November 1999, after reaching the quarterfinals at the Roland Garros that year, her best performance in a Grand Slam event. Schwartz was unranked on the computer at the end of 2005. She retired from the tour in November 2006. WTA career finals Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups) ITF finals Singles (6–2) Doubles (6–0) References External links * * * * 1979 births Living people Austrian female tennis players People from Mödling District Tennis players from Vienna Tennis players from Lower Austria {{Austria-ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariana Díaz Oliva
Mariana Díaz Oliva (born 11 March 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. She played professionally from September 1992 until 12 October 2006. Her highest ranks were world No. 42 for singles and No. 93 for doubles, both achieved in 2001. At the 2001 Bol Open, she defeated Kim Clijsters to reach the final, where she lost to Ángeles Montolio Ángeles Montolio (born 6 August 1975) is a former tennis player from Spain. Montolio reached a career-high ranking of world No. 22 in February 2002, and won three WTA Tour titles at the small events in Porto, Estoril, and Bol, as well as reac .... In 2002, she won the Internazionali Femminili di Palermo. In 2003, she also reached the Mexican Open singles final. WTA Tour finals Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) Doubles: 2 (runner-ups) ITF finals Singles: 27 (16–11) Doubles: 23 (15–8) External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Diaz Oliva, Mariana 1976 births Living people Tennis players from B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cintia Tortorella
Cintia Tortorella (born 10 December 1976) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. A right-handed player from Buenos Aires, Tortorella reached a best singles ranking of 224 while competing on the professional tour in the 1990s and won three ITF titles. As a doubles player, she made a WTA Tour main-draw appearance at the 1995 Spanish Open, and won a further six ITF tournaments. Tortorella left the tour in 1998 and played college tennis that year in San Diego for United States International University, before transferring to Pepperdine University Pepperdine University () is a private university, private Christianity, Christian research university affiliated with the Churches of Christ, with its main campus in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Pepperdine's main campus consists ... for the next three seasons. She was All-WCC for singles at Pepperdine in 2000 and 2001. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 11 (3–8) Doubles: 14 (6–8) References External li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petra Kamstra
Petra Kamstra (born 18 March 1974) is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands who won one 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 ...-title in doubles during her career. She reached her individual career-high singles ranking on 2 October 1995, when Kamstra became the No. 70 of the world. Twice she was named the Rotterdam Sportswoman of the Year (1990 and 1992). WTA Tour finals Doubles: 1 (title) ITF finals Singles (2–4) Doubles (2–2) External links * * 1974 births Living people Dutch female tennis players Tennis players from Rotterdam 20th-century Dutch women 21st-century Dutch women {{Netherlands-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miriam D'Agostini
Miriam D'Agostini (born 15 August 1978) is a former professional Brazilian tennis player. In her career, she won eight singles titles and 15 doubles titles on the 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 developmenta .... On 10 September 2000, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 188. On 10 September 2000, she peaked at number 159 in the WTA doubles rankings. Playing for Brazil Fed Cup team, D'Agostini has a win–loss record of 13–12. ITF finals Singles: 16 (8 titles, 8 runner-ups) Doubles: 36 (15 titles, 21 runner-ups) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:D'Agostini, Miriam 1978 births Brazilian female tennis players Living people Olympic tennis players for Brazil Tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Tennis play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandra Olsza
Aleksandra Olsza (; 8 December 1977) is a Polish former tennis player. Her career highlights include winning of the 1995 Wimbledon Championships in both girls' singles and doubles. At the 1996 US Open, Olsza defeated world No. 12, Magdalena Maleeva. Achievements * At the 1995 Wimbledon Championships, Olsza won titles in both girls' singles and girls' doubles (with Cara Black). * At the 1996 US Open, Olsza defeated world No. 12 player Magdalena Maleeva in the first round. * Olsza represented Poland at the 1996 Summer Olympics, but lost in the first round. Equipment Olsza used the Prince A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. The ... racquet model Precision 720. WTA career finals Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups) ITF Circuit finals Singles (1–3) Doubles (5–5) Junior Gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katarzyna Teodorowicz-Lisowska
Katarzyna Teodorowicz-Lisowska (born 28 November 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Poland. She was born Katarzyna Teodorowicz. Biography Teodorowicz, who comes from Ruda Śląska in the south of Poland, played professionally in the 1990s. She partnered with Magdalena Mroz to win Poland a Fed Cup tie against France in her first Fed Cup campaign in 1991, winning a live doubles rubber over Mary Pierce and Nathalie Tauziat. The same pair also won the decisive doubles match against Sweden in 1992 to put Poland into the World Group quarter-finals for the first time. They also teamed up together in the women's doubles at the 1992 Summer Olympics, losing in three sets to seventh seeded Argentines Mercedes Paz and Patricia Tarabini in the first round. In the 1993 Fed Cup, Poland were sent to the World Group playoffs after losing to Indonesia. They were able to win the playoff against Great Britain, with Teodorowicz teaming up again with Mroz to win the deciding doubles rub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
