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María Paulina Pérez
María Paulina Pérez García (born 10 January 1996) is a Colombian professional tennis player. On 28 August 2023, she peaked at No. 115 in the WTA doubles rankings. On 12 September 2022, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 619. Pérez has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour and 13 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Playing for Colombia, Pérez has a win–loss record of 13–15 in Billie Jean King Cup competition (as of September 2024). Career Pérez made her WTA Tour debut at the 2013 Copa Colsanitas, partnering her sister Paula Andrea in doubles. The twins lost their first-round match against Alizé Cornet and Pauline Parmentier. Ranked a then career-high world No. 273 in doubles, she reached her first WTA Tour final at the 2023 Monterrey Open, partnering Yuliana Lizarazo. They won their maiden title, defeating Kimberly Birrell and Fernanda Contreras Gómez. As a result, she moved up 130 positions in the doubles rankings, into the top 150. Partnering ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barranquilla
Barranquilla () is the capital district of the Atlántico department in Colombia. It is located near the Caribbean Sea and is the largest city and third port in the Caribbean region of Colombia, Caribbean coast region; as of 2018, it had a population of 1,206,319 making it List of cities in Colombia by population, Colombia's fourth-most populous city after Bogotá, Medellín, and Cali. Barranquilla lies strategically next to the delta of the Magdalena River, (originally before rapid urban growth) from its mouth at the Caribbean Sea, serving as a port for river and maritime transportation within Colombia. It is also the main economic center of the Atlántico (Colombia), Atlántico department in Colombia. The city is the core of the Metropolitan Area of Barranquilla, Barranquilla metropolitan area, with a population of over 2 million, which also includes the municipalities of Soledad, Atlántico, Soledad, Galapa, Atlántico, Galapa, Malambo, Atlántico, Malambo, and Puerto Colomb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pauline Parmentier
Pauline Parmentier (; born 31 January 1986) is a French former tennis player. Her career-high WTA singles ranking is 40, which she attained on 21 July 2008. On 30 April 2012, she peaked at No. 89 on the WTA doubles rankings. She won four singles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as ten singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She competed in the singles and women's doubles events at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and had been playing for France in the Fed Cup since 2010, with a win–loss record of 7–14. Parmentier retired following the 2020 French Open. Personal life Parmentier was born in the northern French town of Cucq to Dominique and Jean-Philippe. She has two older brothers named Olivier and Julien. Pauline began playing tennis at age six and trained for five years at the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy. Career 2000–2003 In 2000, Parmentier played only one tournament on the ITF Women's Circuit; she lost her main-draw opening match in both the singles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wimbledon Championships
The Wimbledon Championships, commonly called Wimbledon, is a tennis tournament organised by the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in collaboration with the Lawn Tennis Association annually in Wimbledon, London. It is chronologically the third of the four Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tennis events each year, held after the Australian Open and the French Open and before the US Open (tennis), US Open. It is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely regarded as the most prestigious. Wimbledon has been held since 1877 and is played on outdoor grass courts; it is the only tennis major still played on grass, the traditional surface. It is also the only major that retains a night-time curfew, though matches can now continue until 23:00 under the lights. The tournament traditionally takes place over two weeks in late June and early July, starting either on the last Monday in June or the first Monday in July and culminating with the Ladies' and Gentlemen's Sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Open
The French Open (), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a tennis tournament organized by the French Tennis Federation annually at Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. It is chronologically the second of the four Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tennis events every year, held after the Australian Open and before Wimbledon Championships, Wimbledon and the US Open (tennis), US Open. It was established in 1891 but it did not become a Grand Slam event until 1925. The French Open begins in late May and continues for two weeks. The tournament and venue are named after the French aviator Roland Garros (aviator), Roland Garros. The French Open is the premier clay court championship in the world and the only Grand Slam tournament currently held on this Tennis surface, surface. Until 1975, the French Open was the only major tournament not played on Grass court, grass. Between the seven rounds needed for a championship, the clay surface characteristics (slower pace, higher bounce), and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Open
The Australian Open (stylized ΛO) is a tennis tournament organised by Tennis Australia annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria (state), Victoria, Australia. It is chronologically the first of the four Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tennis events every year, held before the French Open, Wimbledon Championships, Wimbledon and the US Open (tennis), US Open. The Australian Open typically starts around the middle of January and continues for two weeks, concluding with the men's final traditionally held on the last Sunday of the month. It features men's and women's singles, men's, women's and mixed doubles, juniors’ championships, wheelchair, legends, and exhibition events. Until 1987, it was played on grass courts, but since then three types of hardcourt surfaces have been used: green-coloured Rebound Ace up to 2007 and blue Plexicushion from 2008 to 2019. Since 2020, it has been played on blue GreenSet. First held in 1905 as the Australasian Championships in Athle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Slam (tennis)
The Grand Slam in tennis is the achievement of winning all four major championships in one discipline in a calendar year. In doubles, a Grand Slam may be achieved as a team or as an individual with different partners. Winning all four major championships consecutively but not within the same calendar year is referred to as a "non-calendar-year Grand Slam", while winning the four majors at any point during the course of a career is known as a "Career Grand Slam". The term Grand Slam is also attributed to the Grand Slam tournaments, referred to as Majors, and they are the world's four most important annual professional tennis tournaments. They offer the most ranking points, prize money, public and media attention, the greatest strength and size of the field and, in recent years, the longest matches for men (best of five sets, best of three for the women). The tournaments are overseen by the International Tennis Federation (ITF), rather than the separate men's and women's tour orga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 WTA Tour
The 2023 WTA Tour (branded as the 2023 Hologic WTA Tour for sponsorship reasons) was the global elite women's professional tennis circuit organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2023 tennis season. The 2023 WTA Tour calendar comprised the Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the WTA 1000 tournaments, the WTA 500 tournaments, the WTA 250 tournaments, the Billie Jean King Cup (organized by the ITF), the year-end championships (the 2023 WTA Finals and the WTA Elite Trophy), and the team events United Cup (combined event with Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP) and Hopman Cup (sanctioned by the ITF). 2023 also marked the return of the WTA to China, after COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China, strict COVID-19 protocols in the country and the disappearance of Peng Shuai, disappearance of former tennis player Peng Shuai. Schedule This is the complete schedule of events on the 2023 calendar. ;Key ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Despina Papamichail
Despina Papamichail (; born 9 February 1993) is a Greek professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 147, reached on 20 June 2022. Her highest doubles ranking is No. 93, achieved on 4 December 2023. Papamichail has won two doubles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour as well as 15 singles and 37 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Playing for the Greece Fed Cup team, Papamichail has a win–loss record of 31–29 (as of May 2024). Career Papamichail made her WTA Tour main-draw debut as a lucky loser at the 2021 Abu Dhabi Open, losing to third seed Karolína Plíšková in the first round. In June 2021, she won the inaugural $60k Charleston Pro event by defeating Gabriela Cé in the final. She was selected to play for Greece at the 2023 United Cup, recording a win over Isabella Shinikova. Papamichail qualified for the 2023 Pan Pacific Open and defeated lucky loser Sakura Hosogi, before going out in the second round against sixth seed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Lourdes Carlé
María Lourdes Carlé (; born 10 February 2000) is an Argentine professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 71, achieved on 6 May 2024, and a doubles ranking of world No. 124, achieved on 11 November 2024. She has won one singles title and three doubles titles on the WTA 125 tournaments, WTA Challenger Tour. On the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Circuit, she has won 13 singles titles and five doubles titles thus far. On the ITF Junior Circuit, Carlé had a career-high ranking of No. 9, achieved in November 2017. She played one season of college tennis for the Georgia Bulldogs women's tennis, Georgia Bulldogs in the United States in 2018–19, helping the team win the Southeastern Conference (SEC) regular season title, and was named to the All-SEC second team and SEC All-Freshman team. Playing for Argentina Fed Cup team, Argentina in Billie Jean King Cup, Carlé has a win–loss record of 8–4 (as of May 2025). Career Juniors Grand Slam per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 WTA Argentina Open
The 2023 WTA Argentina Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the third edition of the tournament which was also part of the 2023 WTA 125 tournaments. It took place at the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club in Buenos Aires, Argentina between 27 November and 3 December 2023. Singles entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 20 November 2023. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Julieta Estable * Luisina Giovannini * Guillermina Naya * Lucciana Pérez Alarcón The following player received entry as an alternate: * Gabriela Cé The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Amina Anshba * Ekaterine Gorgodze * Varvara Lepchenko * Anna Rogers Withdrawals ;Before the tournament * Emiliana Arango → replaced by Solana Sierra * Irina-Camelia Begu → replaced by Robin Montgomery * Anna Bondár → replaced by Despina Papamichail * Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro → ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofia Sewing
Sofia Sewing (born July 22, 1999) is an American professional tennis player. She has reached a career-high ITF junior ranking of world No. 9, as well as WTA rankings of 455 in singles and 125 in doubles. Over her career, Sewing has won four singles and 14 doubles titles at tournaments of the ITF Circuit. In December 2023, she reached her first final on the WTA Challenger Tour, partnering with María Paulina Pérez in Buenos Aires, Argentina, but they lost the match in a super-tiebreaker to María Lourdes Carlé and Despina Papamichail Despina Papamichail (; born 9 February 1993) is a Greek professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 147, reached on 20 June 2022. Her highest doubles ranking is No. 93, achieved on 4 December 2023. Papamichail .... WTA Challenger finals Doubles: 1 (runner-up) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups) Doubles: 25 (14 titles, 11 runner-ups) References External links * * University of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernanda Contreras Gómez
Fernanda Contreras Gómez (born 8 October 1997) is a Mexican tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 139 by the WTA, achieved on 3 October 2022, and a doubles ranking of 99, achieved on 8 May 2023. She played collegiately for Vanderbilt University. College career As a junior at Vanderbilt, Contreras won the USTA/ ITA All-American Intercollegiate Championship to become Vanderbilt's first Riviera/ITA Singles Tournament Champion on 8 October 2017. She defeated Aliona Bolsova in the championship match. Contreras finished the season with a 44–10 record, setting the program record for most victories in a season, and was named singles and doubles All-American. She reached the semifinals of the Oracle ITA Fall National Championships and the semifinals in the NCAA singles draw. Contreras ended her collegiate career with the most wins in Commodore history with 138 career wins. Professional career 2018–2020 She made her debut for the Mexico Fed Cup team in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
