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Sorana Cîrstea
Sorana Mihaela Cîrstea (; born 7 April 1990) is a Romanian professional tennis player. In singles, she achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 21 on 12 August 2013. In doubles, her career-best ranking is No. 35, which she reached on 9 March 2009. On the WTA Tour, she has won two singles and six doubles titles. Cîrstea's greatest achievements are the final at the 2013 Rogers Cup – Women's singles, 2013 Rogers Cup and the 2025 Mutua Madrid Open – Women's doubles, 2025 Madrid Open doubles title with Anna Kalinskaya. Early and personal life Sorana Cîrstea was born to Mihai and Liliana in Bucharest. She resides in Târgoviște, her parents' home town. She has a younger brother, Mihnea. Cîrstea was introduced to tennis at the age of four by her mother. Sorana's father owns an ice cream factory in Târgoviște. She has cited Steffi Graf and Roger Federer as her idols. Career 2005–2006: Last junior years and turning professional Cîrstea is a former ITF Junior Circuit to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 Transylvania Open
The 2025 Transylvania Open was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the fifth edition of the Transylvania Open, and part of the WTA 250 series of the 2025 WTA Tour. It was held at the BT Arena in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, from 3 until 9 February 2025. Champions Singles * Anastasia Potapova def. Lucia Bronzetti, 4–6, 6–1, 6–2 Doubles * Magali Kempen / Anna Sisková def. Jaqueline Cristian / Angelica Moratelli, 6–3, 6–1 Singles main draw entrants Seeds * Rankings are as of 27 January 2025. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: * Ana Bogdan * Simona Halep * Elena-Gabriela Ruse The following players received entry using a protected ranking: * Julia Grabher * Jodie Burrage The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Anna Bondár * Francesca Jones * Ella Seidel * Daria Snigur * Sara Sorribes Tormo * Marina Stakusic The following player received ent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 French Open – Women's Doubles
Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková defeated Eri Hozumi and Makoto Ninomiya in the final, 6–3, 6–3 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 2018 French Open. It was their first Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major title Krejčíková–Siniaková doubles team, together. Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Šafářová were the defending champions, but did not compete together this year. Mattek-Sands partnered Latisha Chan, but was defeated in the second round by Irina Bara and Mihaela Buzărnescu. Šafářová partnered Svetlana Kuznetsova, but was defeated in the second round by Sorana Cîrstea and Sara Sorribes Tormo. Despite losing in the first round with different partners, Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina jointly attained the List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 doubles ranking at the end of the tournament. Chan and Tímea Babos were also in contention for the top ranking. Seeds Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Sectio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Federer
Roger Federer ( , ; born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 310 weeks (List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players#Weeks at No. 1, second-most of all time), including a record 237 consecutive weeks, and finished as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players#Year-end No. 1 players, year-end No. 1 five times. Federer won 103 singles titles on the ATP Tour, the second most since the start of the Open Era in 1968, including 20 Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major men's singles titles (among which a record eight men's singles Wimbledon Championships, Wimbledon titles, and an Open Era joint-record five men's singles US Open (tennis), US Open titles) and six ATP Finals, year-end championships. For nearly two decades, Federer was a leading figure in men's tennis alongside Rafael Nadal a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steffi Graf
Stefanie Maria Graf ( , ; born 14 June 1969) is a German 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 a record 377 weeks, and finished as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players#Year-end No. 1 players, year-end No. 1 a record eight times. Graf won 107 singles titles on the WTA Tour, including 22 Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major women's singles titles, the second-most since the start of the Open Era in 1968 and the All-time tennis records – women's singles#Grand Slam singles totals, third-most of all time. She is the only tennis player, male or female, to have won each major singles tournament at least four times — a List of Grand Slam women's singles champions#Career Grand Slam, quadruple career Grand Slam. A teen phenom, Graf became the youngest-ever player to appear in the main draw of a major at the 1983 French Ope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evenimentul Zilei
''Evenimentul Zilei'' is a formerly physical and now exclusively online newspaper in Romania. Its name translates to "The event of the day" or "Today's event". History and profile ''Evenimentul Zilei'' was founded by Ion Cristoiu, Cornel Nistorescu, and , and the first issue was published on 22 June 1992.Media Index. Evenimentul Zilei Euro Topics. Retrieved 6 December 2013 Ion Cristoiu, one of the 3 founders of the newspaper, was also its first director, but he is currently columnist at the same newspaper The newspaper reached its peak daily circulation of 675,000 in 1993. In 1997 chief editor Ion Cristoiu quit and this job was taken by Cornel Nistorescu. The newspaper was purchased along with its parent company Publishing in 1998 by the German company |
Anna Kalinskaya
Anna Nikolayevna Kalinskaya ( rus, Анна Николаевна Калинская, , ˈanːə kɐˈlʲinskəjə, Ru-Anna_Kalinskaya.ogg; born 2 December 1998) is a Russian professional tennis player. She reached career-high rankings of world No. 11 in singles on 28 October 2024, and No. 48 in doubles in May 2025. On the WTA Tour, she has won four doubles titles. She also has won one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour, and seven singles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Her best singles performance at a major event is reaching the quarterfinals at the 2024 Australian Open. She began her career at age 17 by winning the girls' doubles title at the 2016 Australian Open, alongside Tereza Mihalíková. Previously, she made the final at the 2015 French Open in the girls' singles event. She also made the final of the 2015 US Open in the doubles event, with compatriot Anastasia Potapova. In 2025, she won her biggest doubles title with Sorana Cîrstea at the WTA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 Mutua Madrid Open – Women's Doubles
Sorana Cîrstea and Anna Kalinskaya defeated Veronika Kudermetova and Elise Mertens in the final, 6–7(10–12), 6–2, 2–10to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 2025 Madrid Open. They saved a championship point in the match tiebreak. Cristina Bucșa and Sara Sorribes Tormo were the defending champions, but Sorribes Tormo chose not to participate this year, having announced an indefinite break from professional tennis. Bucșa partnered Shuko Aoyama, but lost in the first round to Anna Danilina Anna Sergeyevna Danilina (; born 20 August 1995) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani tennis player. She has been ranked as high as No. 9 in doubles by the WTA. She is a Grand Slam mixed-doubles champion, having won the 2023 US Open with Harri Heliö ... and Irina Khromacheva. Seeds Draw Finals Top half Bottom half Seeded teams The following are the seeded teams. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of 14 April 2025. Other entry information Wildcards Pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Rogers Cup – Women's Singles
Serena Williams defeated Sorana Cîrstea in the final, 6–2, 6–0 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2013 Canadian Open. The victory gave Williams her third Canadian Open title, her eighth title of the season, and her 54th career WTA Tour title. Petra Kvitová was the defending champion, but lost to Cîrstea in the quarterfinals. Seeds The top eight seeds In botany, a seed is a plant structure containing an embryo and stored nutrients in a protective coat called a ''testa''. More generally, the term "seed" means anything that can be sown, which may include seed and husk or tuber. Seeds are the ... receive a bye into the second round. Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Bottom half Section 3 Section 4 Qualifying Seeds Qualifiers Lucky losers Qualifying draw First qualifier Second qualifier Third qualifier Fourth qualifier Fifth qualifier Sixth qualifier Seventh qualifier Eighth qualifier Ninth qualifier Tenth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Women's World Tennis Tour. The men's equivalent is the ATP Tour. Season format 2024–present In 2024, the WTA made all WTA 1000 events mandatory. The WTA Elite Trophy did not return: * Grand Slam tournaments (4) *Year-ending WTA Finals (1) * WTA 1000 tournaments: Ten events with prize money ranging from US$2 million to US$10 million. * WTA 500 tournaments: 17 events with prize money from US$700,000 to US$900,000. *WTA 250 tournaments: 23 events, with prize money at US$250,000. 2021–2023 The WTA Tour underwent a slight change in the classification of tournaments in 2021, which were reorganized on with similar nomenclature to that used on ATP Tour: * Grand Slam tournaments (4) *Year-ending WTA Finals (1) *Penultimate event WTA Elite Trop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 strung with a cord to strike a hollow rubber tennis ball, ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's tennis court, court. The object is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. If a player is unable to return the ball successfully, the opponent scores a Point (tennis), point. Playable at all levels of society and at all ages, tennis can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including Wheelchair tennis, wheelchair users. The original forms of tennis developed in France during the late Middle Ages. The modern form of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis. It had close connections to various field (lawn) games such as croqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennis At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's Doubles
Defending gold medalists Serena Williams and Venus Williams of the United States successfully defended their title, defeating the Czech Republic's Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the gold medal in Women's Doubles tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics. The Williams sisters did not drop a set en route to their third gold medal in doubles, becoming the first players in tennis history to win four Olympic gold medals, with the pairing also winning the doubles golds in 2000 and 2008, and Venus winning the 2000 singles and Serena winning the 2012 singles events. In the bronze medal match, Russia's Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova defeated the United States' Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond, 4–6, 6–4, 6–1. The tournament was held from 28 July to 5 August on the grass courts of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London of the United Kingdom. All matches were the best of three sets, with tie-breaks used for the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
