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Sharon Fichman
Sharon Fichman ( ; born December 3, 1990) is a Canadian former tennis player. She achieved career-high WTA rankings of 77 in singles (May 2014) and 21 in doubles (January 2022). In 2005, Fichman won the gold medal in women's singles at the 2005 Maccabiah Games in Israel, at the age of 14. She was ranked No. 5 on the ITF Junior Circuit in December 2006. Fichman was inactive from May 2016 to April 2018, but returned to tennis in doubles at the 60k event in Indian Harbour Beach, reaching the quarterfinals with Jamie Loeb. She qualified for the 2021 WTA Finals with Giuliana Olmos. Personal life Fichman, who is Jewish, was born and raised in Forest Hill in Toronto, Canada. She is a citizen of both Canada and Israel. Her parents, Julia and Bobby, emigrated from Romania to Israel in 1982, and then to Canada in 1989. Bobby was a semi-pro tennis player, and is now a nuclear engineer. Her mother is a computer engineer and also a tennis fan. Fichman started playing tennis at the ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Open GDF Suez De Cagnes-sur-Mer Alpes-Maritimes
The 2013 Open GDF Suez de Cagnes-sur-Mer Alpes-Maritimes was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the sixteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2013 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $100,000 in prize money. It took place in Cagnes-sur-Mer, France, on 6–12 May 2013. WTA entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings as of 29 April 2013 Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Caroline Garcia * Myrtille Georges * Sesil Karatantcheva * Virginie Razzano The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Vera Dushevina * Irina Ramialison * Anne Schäfer * Daniela Seguel The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a lucky loser: * Maryna Zanevska Champions Singles * Caroline Garcia def. Maryna Zanevska 6–0, 4–6, 6–3 Doubles * Vania King / Arantxa Rus def. Catalina Castaño / Teliana Pereira 4–6, 7–5, [10–8] External lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold Medal
A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture. Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have been awarded in the arts, for example, by the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, usually as a symbol of an award to give an outstanding student some financial freedom. Others offer only the prestige of the award. Many organizations now award gold medals either annually or extraordinarily, including various academic societies. While some gold medals are solid gold, others are gold-plated or silver-gilt, like those of the Olympic Games, the Lorentz Medal, the United States Congressional Gold Medal and the Nobel Prize medal. Nobel Prize medals consist of 18 karat green gold plated with 24 karat gold. Before 1980, they were struck in 23 karat gold. Military origins Before the establishment of standard military awards, e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia Glushko
Julia Glushko (or Yulia, ; born 4 January 1990) is an Israeli former tennis player. She won 11 singles and 14 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Her best results at a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournament were reaching the third round of the US Open in 2013, and the French Open in 2014 in singles. In September 2015, she reached the final of the 2015 WTA 125K series, WTA Challenger event in Dalian, where she was defeated by Zheng Saisai. On 23 June 2014, Glushko reached her best singles ranking of world No. 79. On 4 November 2013, she peaked at No. 109 in the doubles rankings. She won the 2011 Israeli National Women's Singles Championship. Playing for Israel in the Fed Cup, she had a win–loss record of 29–29. Early and personal life Glushko was born in Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR, USSR, and is fluent in Hebrew, Russian language, Russian, and English language, English. She started playing tennis at the age of four. Her parents, Sergei and Olga, are tennis instructors. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justine Henin
Justine Henin (; born 1 June 1982) is a Belgian 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 117 weeks, including as the year-end No. 1 in 2003 WTA Tour, 2003, 2006 WTA Tour, 2006 and 2007 WTA Tour, 2007. Henin won 43 WTA Tour-level singles titles, including seven Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, majors (four at the French Open, two at the US Open (tennis), US Open and one at the Australian Open), as well as an Olympic gold medal at the Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's singles, 2004 Athens Games and two WTA Finals, Tour Finals titles. Coming from a country with little success in the sport, Henin helped establish Belgium as a leading force in women's tennis alongside Kim Clijsters, leading it to its first Fed Cup crown in 2001 Fed Cup World Group, 2001. Henin was known for her all-court style of play and for being one of the few ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forest Hill Collegiate Institute
Forest Hill Collegiate Institute (FHCI) is a public high school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the Forest Hill neighbourhood. Having about 900 students and 55 teachers, it is part of the Toronto District School Board. Prior to 1998, it was within the Toronto Board of Education (TBE). The school takes pride in its wide range of clubs, committees, teams and student spirit. The motto for the school is ''Non nobis solum'' ("Not for Ourselves Alone"). History The history of Forest Hill Collegiate began in January 1948 when the first Grade 9 classes attended Forest Hill Village Public School. The school received its own building when it first officially opened on September 29, 1949 by the Forest Hill Board of Education. This post-war modern school is designed by architects Page and Steele. In 1992, Forest Hill C.I. underwent major renovations and was completed in March 1994. Page and Steele provided by the renovations and design. Student leadership Student Council T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Open (tennis)
The Canadian Open (; also known as the Canada Masters, and currently branded as the National Bank Open presented by Rogers for sponsorship reasons) is an annual professional tennis tournament held in Ontario and Quebec, Canada. It is played on outdoor hardcourts. The men's competition is an ATP Masters 1000 event on the ATP Tour, and the women's competition is a WTA 1000 event on the WTA Tour. It is the second-oldest active tennis tournament in the world, with Wimbledon the oldest. Prior to 2011, the two competitions were held during separate weeks in the July–August period; now the two competitions are held during the same week in August. The events alternate each year between the cities of Montreal and Toronto. Since 2021, in even-numbered years the men's tournament is held in Montreal while the women's tournament is held in Toronto, and vice versa in odd-numbered years. The Toronto tournament is held at Sobeys Stadium and the Montreal tournament is held at IGA Stad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 US Open (tennis)
The 2006 US Open began August 28 and finished on September 10, 2006. Roger Federer was successful in defending his 2005 title, defeating 2003 champion Andy Roddick in the final. Kim Clijsters was unable to defend her title due to injury. 19-year-old Maria Sharapova won her second Grand Slam title, defeating Justine Henin-Hardenne in the final. It was Henin-Hardenne's third Grand Slam final loss of 2006, having lost the Australian Open and Wimbledon finals earlier in the year. Seniors Men's singles Roger Federer defeated Andy Roddick, 6–2, 4–6, 7–5, 6–1 *It was Federer's 8th title of the year, and his 41st overall. It was his 9th career Grand Slam title, and his 3rd (consecutive) US Open title. Women's singles Maria Sharapova defeated Justine Henin-Hardenne, 6–4, 6–4 *It was Sharapova's 3rd title of the year, and her 13th overall. It was her 2nd career Grand Slam title, and her 1st US Open title. Men's doubles Martin Damm / Leander Paes defeated J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Anastasia Sergeyevna "Nastia" Pavlyuchenkova (; born 3 July 1991) is a Russian professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles WTA rankings, ranking of world No. 11 on 8 November 2021. Pavlyuchenkova has won twelve singles titles on the WTA Tour, and contested a Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major final at the 2021 French Open – Women's singles, 2021 French Open. A junior prodigy, Pavlyuchenkova won three junior major titles and became the junior world No. 1 aged just 14. She was continuously ranked inside the world's top 50 from November 2008 to June 2022. Her biggest singles titles to date came at two WTA Premier tournaments, Premier-level tournaments, the 2014 Open GDF Suez – Singles, 2014 Open GDF Suez and the 2014 Kremlin Cup – Women's singles, 2014 Kremlin Cup. In addition to her 2021 French Open final appearance, Pavlyuchenkova has contested eight other major quarterfinals. Pavlyuchenkova has also had success in doubles, having won six doubles titl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mélanie Gloria
Mélanie Gloria (born June 19, 1987) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. Gloria won five singles and six doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 12 September 2005, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 287. On 29 September 2003, she peaked at No. 578 in the doubles rankings. In 2004 at the Challenge Bell, she upset the second seed Daniela Hantuchová in the second round. She lost in the quarterfinals to María Emilia Salerni María Emilia Salerni (born 14 May 1983), known as "Pitu Salerni", is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. On 25 February 2008, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 65. On 23 September 2002, she peaked at No. 45 in t .... Personal life Gloria is of Portuguese descent. Her parents Helena and Jorge were born in Peniche and some members of her family still live there. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runner-ups) Doubles: 7 (6 titles, 1 runner-up) References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forest Hill, Toronto
Forest Hill is a neighbourhood and former village in Midtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located north of Downtown Toronto. The village was amalgamated into Toronto in 1967 and the area has retained its name as a neighbourhood. Along with other neighbourhoods such as Rosedale, Toronto, Rosedale and Bridle Path, Toronto, The Bridle Path, it is one of Toronto's wealthiest neighbourhoods, with an average income, among income recipients 15 or older in private households, of $157,600 in Forest Hill South and $89,700 in Forest Hill North, compared to the $59,250 average income in Toronto's Census Metropolitan Area and $54,450 in Canada as a whole. History Forest Hill was originally incorporated as a village in 1923, and later amalgamated by the province into the City of Toronto in 1967, along with the Village of Swansea, Toronto, Swansea. The village was named after the summer home of John Wickson, the father of Toronto architect Frank Wickson; previously, it had been known as Spadina H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuliana Olmos
Giuliana Marion Olmos Dick (born 4 March 1993) is an Austrian-born Mexican professional tennis player. Olmos, a graduate of USC, has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 6, achieved on 10 April 2023. She has won seven doubles titles on the WTA Tour. With her partner Desirae Krawczyk, she became the first Mexican player in the Open era to reach a WTA Tour final, at the 2018 Monterrey Open. In 2019, she became the first Mexican player to win a title on WTA Tour, taking the doubles crown at the Nottingham Open. In 2020, she became the first Mexican woman to win the Mexican Open, also with Krawczyk. And at last in 2022, she became the first Mexican woman to enter the top 10 in the WTA rankings in either singles or doubles. She has a best singles ranking of world No. 343, achieved on 4 March 2019, and has won four singles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Early life Olmos is the daughter of a Mexican man and a Mexican-Austrian woman, who was born in the Austrian city of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 WTA Finals
The 2021 WTA Finals, also known by its sponsored name Akron WTA Finals Guadalajara, was the WTA Finals, women's year-end championship tennis tournament run by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) as part of the 2021 WTA Tour. It took place at the Panamerican Tennis Center in Zapopan, Mexico from 10–17 November 2021. Champions Singles * Garbiñe Muguruza def. Anett Kontaveit, 6–3, 7–5 Doubles * Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková def. Hsieh Su-wei / Elise Mertens, 6–3, 6–4 Tournament Following the cancellation of the 2020 WTA Finals, the tournament was originally scheduled to take place at the Shenzhen Bay Sports Center in Shenzhen, China but due to travel restrictions owing to the COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China, it was announced on September 13, 2021 that the tournament would move to Guadalajara for the year. This is the first time Mexico will host the WTA Finals. The tournament will be the 50th edition of the singles event and the 45th of the do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
