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Núria Roig
Núria Roig-Tost (born 19 April 1984) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. A right-handed player from Reus, Roig reached a best singles ranking on the professional tour of 292 in the world. She played mostly on the ITF Women's Circuit, ITF Circuit, where she won a total of seven titles, one in singles and six in doubles. Her only WTA Tour main draw appearance came at the 2005 Copa Colsanitas Seguros Bolivar, 2005 Copa Colsanitas, where she partnered Laura Pous Tió in the doubles event. ITF finals Singles (1–4) Doubles (6–5) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Roig, Nuria 1984 births Living people Spanish female tennis players Tennis players from Catalonia Sportspeople from Reus 21st-century Spanish sportswomen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reus
Reus () is the capital of Baix Camp, in Camp de Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The area has long been an important producer of wines and spirits, and gained continental significance during the time of the Phylloxera plague. Currently it is known for its commercial activity, as a center for rock climbing, and as the birthplace of architect Antoni Gaudí. Name The origin of the name ''Reus'' is a subject of debate. One of the theories is that Reus comes from the Latin word used to describe convict prisoners (''reus''), and as such, it would be a Roman penitentiary. Currently, the most accepted theory is that the name has Celtic languages, Celtic roots, from the root ''red'' that originated the name ''redis'' (or ''reddis''), that approximately meaning 'place on the way' or 'crossroads settlement', or said alternatively, an inhabited place in a cross-road. History Foundation and early history Around 1150 Robert d'Aguiló repopulated the region of Reus, after receiving it on 3 Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helena Bešović
Helena Bešović (born 28 September 1984) is a former Bosnian tennis player and former head coach of the University of Houston women's tennis team. During her career, she won three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit, and reached best WTA rankings of 733 in singles and 631 in doubles. Playing for Bosnia and Herzegovina in 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 ... competitions, Bešović has a win–loss record of 5–3. ITF Circuit finals Singles (0–3) Doubles (3–1) Fed Cup participation Singles (3–0) Doubles (2–3) ReferencesHelena Besovic – Tennis Coach External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bešović, Helena 1984 births Living people Bosnia and Herzegovina female tennis players Sportspeople from Bihać Houston Cougars women's tennis coa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paula García (tennis)
Paula García (born 19 March 1979) is a retired Spanish tennis player. García has a career-high singles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of 139, achieved on 23 May 2005. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 214, set on 6 June 2002. García won five International Tennis Federation, ITF singles titles and four ITF doubles titles. She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2003 Abierto Mexicano Telefonica Movistar – Women's singles, Abierto Mexicano, after coming through the qualifying rounds. García made her WTA Tour debut in a doubles draw at the 2005 Open Gaz de France – Doubles, 2005 Open Gaz de France, partnering Caroline Schneider. She announced her retirement from professional tennis in 2008. ITF finals Singles (5–5) Doubles (4–3) References External links * * 1979 births Living people Spanish female tennis players Sportspeople from Alicante Tennis players from the Province of Alicante {{Spain-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara Errani
Sara Errani (; born 29 April 1987) is an Italian professional tennis player. Errani is one of only seven women who have completed a career Grand Slam (tennis)#Golden Slam, Golden Slam in doubles. She is an Olympic Games gold medalist, a former doubles List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1, achieved on 10 September 2012, major champion in doubles and mixed doubles, and a finalist in singles. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 5 on 20 May 2013. With nine singles titles and 35 doubles titles (including eight majors, eight WTA 1000 titles, and an Olympic gold medal), she is the Italian tennis player with the highest number of career titles. In doubles, she entered the top 10 on 11 June 2012, remaining there for 94 straight weeks and was the year-end number-one doubles player in both 2013 and 2014, and has held the top ranking for a combined total of 87 weeks. Errani's breakthrough season occurred in 2012 WTA Tour, 2012. At the 2012 Aust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriela Velasco Andreu
Gabriela Velasco Andreu (born 1 April 1985) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. Velasco Andreu won 12 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit in her career. On 20 June 2005, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 369. On 17 July 2006, she peaked at No. 229 in the doubles rankings. Velasco Andreu made her WTA Tour debut at the 2003 Copa Colsanitas The Copa Colsanitas is a women's professional tennis tournament held in Bogotá, Colombia, at the Country Club de Bogotá. Held since 1998, this WTA 250 tournament is played on outdoor clay courts A clay court is one of the types of tennis c .... She retired from professional tennis in 2007. ITF finals Singles (0–4) Doubles (12–17) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Velasco Andreu, Gabriela 1985 births Living people Spanish female tennis players 21st-century Spanish sportswomen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torrent, Valencia
Torrent (; ) is a city located within the metropolitan area of the city of Valencia, Spain. It is the largest municipality of the Horta Oest ''comarca'', with 83,962 inhabitants (2020). It is situated some 7 km from Valencia city proper, to which it is connected via the metro. The two metro stations in Torrent are called ''Torrent'' and ''Torrent Avinguda'' on lines 1, 2 and 7. It is bordered by Aldaia, Alaquàs and Xirivella in the north, Picanya and Catarroja in the east, Alcàsser and Picassent in the south and Montserrat, Godelleta, Turís and Xiva in the West. All of the cities are part of the province of Valencia. Geography There are only a few remarkable mountains in the municipal territory: El Vedat (142 m), Morredondo (157 m), Barret (142 m), Cabeçol de l'Aranya (228 m) and the Serra Perenxisa (329 AMSL). About a 20% of the territory is mountainous. Torrent is crossed by a gully ('' Barranc de Torrent'') which flows into the Albu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annette Kolb (tennis)
Annette Kolb (born 14 September 1983) is a German former professional tennis player. Kolb has won one singles and six doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit in her career. On 6 February 2006, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 344. On 17 July 2006, she peaked at No. 242 in the doubles rankings. Kolb made her WTA Tour debut at the 2006 Banka Koper Slovenia Open. Kolb retirement from professional tennis 2007. Career Kolb started playing tennis aged 7. On 2 January 2001, she reached her best singles junior ranking of world No. 42. On 12 December 2001, she peaked at No. 16 in the doubles rankings. She finished her junior career with a record of 82–68. Her biggest success was the final of the junior 2001 French Open in doubles. Together with Neyssa Etienne lost a Czech Petra Cetkovská Petra Cetkovská (; born 8 February 1985) is a retired Czech tennis player. Having turned professional in 2000, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 25, on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fuerteventura
Fuerteventura () is one of the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean, geographically part of Macaronesia, and politically part of Spain. It is located away from the coast of North Africa. The island was declared a biosphere reserve by UNESCO in 2009. Fuerteventura belongs to the Province of Las Palmas, one of the two provinces that form the autonomous community of the Canary Islands. The island's capital is Puerto del Rosario, where the Insule Council is found (the government of the island). Fuerteventura had 124,152 inhabitants (), the fourth largest population of the Canary Islands and the third of the province. At , it is the second largest of the Canary Islands, after Tenerife. From a geological point of view, Fuerteventura is the oldest island in the archipelago. Toponymy The island's name is a compound formed by the Spanish words ''fuerte'' (either "strong" or "fort") and ''ventura'' ("fortune"). Traditionally, Fuerteventura's name has incorrectly thought to have been a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adriana González Peñas
Adriana, also spelled Adrianna, is a Latin name and feminine form of Adrian. It originates from present day Italy and Spain. Translations *Arabic: أدريان *Belarusian: Адрыяна (Adryjana) * Bulgarian: Адриана (Adriana) *Chinese Simplified: 阿德里安娜 (Ādélǐānnà) *Chinese Traditional: 阿德里安娜 (Ādélǐānnà) *Greek: Αδριανή (Adriani) * Gujarati: એડ્રીયાના (Ēḍrīyānā) *Hebrew: אדריאנה *Hindi: एड्रियाना (Ēḍriyānā) *Indonesian: Adriana *Japanese: アドリアーナ (Adoriāna) *Kannada: ಆಡ್ರಿಯಾನಾ (Āḍriyānā) *Korean: 아드리아나 (Adeuliana) * Latvian: Adriāna (Adriaana) *Persian: آدریانا *Polish: Adrianna *Russian: Адриана *Serbian: Адријана (Adrijana) *Tamil: அட்ரியானா (Aṭriyāṉā) *Telugu: అడ్రియానా (Aḍriyānā) * Ukrainian: Адріана *Yiddish: אַדריאַנאַ Adriana ;Given name *Adr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia Vakulenko
Julia Olehivna Vakulenko (; born 10 July 1983) is a Ukraine-born former tennis player. She achieved her career-high ranking of No. 32 in November 2007. In April 2008, Vakulenko renounced her Ukrainian citizenship, and then announced her decision to acquire the citizenship of Spain where she's lived for the last ten years.Известная теннисистка отказалась от украинского гражданства '''', April 23, 2008 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barcelona
Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within city limits,Barcelona: Población por municipios y sexo – Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (National Statistics Institute) its urban area extends to numerous neighbouring municipalities within the province of Barcelona and is home to around 5.3 million people, making it the fifth most populous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline-Ann Basu
Caroline-Ann Basu (born 11 July 1983) is a former professional tennis player from Germany. Basu has a career high WTA singles ranking of 396 achieved on 15 September 2003. She also has a career high WTA doubles ranking of 270 achieved on 14 April 2003. Partnering Kildine Chevalier, Basu won her first $40k tournament in March 2003 at the ITF Monterrey in Mexico. Basu played college tennis in the USA. She played for the Georgia Bulldogs of University of Georgia.Basu was born in Wolfsburg Wolfsburg (; Eastphalian language, Eastphalian: ''Wulfsborg'') is the fifth-largest city in the Germany, German state of Lower Saxony, on the river Aller (Germany), Aller east of Hanover and west of Berlin. Wolfsburg is famous as the locat ... Her mother and father are doctors. She has two brothers and can speak five languages. In 1999 she won the Junior tournament Copa del Cafe in San José, Costa Rica. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 2 (0 titles, 2 runner-up) Doubles: 10 (4 titles, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
