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Tennis At The 2006 Asian Games – Women's Singles
Women's singles at the 2006 Asian Games was won by Zheng Jie of the People's Republic of China. Schedule All times are Arabia Standard Time ( UTC+03:00) Results ;Legend *r — Retired *WO — Won by walkover John Baxter Taylor and William Robbins (athlete)">William Robbins to refuse to race in protest. A walkover, also W.O. or w/o (originally two words: "walk over"), is awarded to the opposing team/player, etc., if there are no other players avail ... Final Top half Bottom half ReferencesWomen's singles draw {{DEFAULTSORT:Tennis at the 2006 Asian Games - Women's singles Women's singles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khalifa International Tennis And Squash Complex
The Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex is a tennis and squash (sport), squash complex in Doha, Qatar. The center is owned and operated by the Qatar Tennis Federation. It is the home venue of the ATP World Tour's Qatar ExxonMobil Open and Women's Tennis Association, WTA event Qatar Total Open. It formerly hosted the year-ending WTA Tour Championships in 2008–2010. It has also hosted the tennis and squash competitions at the Tennis at the 2006 Asian Games, 2006 Asian Games, as well as Padel World Championship in 2021 and 2024. History Professional tennis in Qatar started with exhibition tournaments featuring distinguished players. Due to the success of these games, it was decided that an official organization should be created for the same. On 9 April 1984, the Qatar Tennis Federation was established. In 1987 tennis was introduced to major sports clubs in Qatar. Games were held at four major sports clubs – Al Arabi, Al Saad, Al Ahli, and Al Rayyan. In 1991 facil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoo Mi
Yoo Mi (born 9 May 1986 in Seoul) is a former South Korean tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 299, and a best doubles ranking of 203, both achieved on 8 September 2014. Yoo made her WTA Tour debut at the 2009 Hansol Korea Open, where she had been given a wildcard into the singles main draw. She lost in the first round to Meghann Shaughnessy. Playing in Fed Cup for South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ..., Yoo has a win–loss ratio of 10–10. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner-ups) Doubles: 35 (18 titles, 17 runner-ups) External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yoo, Mi 1986 births Living people South Korean female tennis players Tennis players from Seoul Sportspeople from Daegu Tennis players at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manar Al-Jazaf
Manar (), sometimes Al Manar (with the Arabic definite article "al-"), may refer to: Manar People *Andy Manar (born 1975), Democratic member of the Illinois Senate *Houari Manar (1981–2019), Algerian raï singer *Manar al-Sharif, Syrian peace activist Places *Manar Dam, a dam on the Manar river near Kandhar, Maharashtra, India *Mannar Island (formerly Manar), an island in Sri Lanka *Mannar, Sri Lanka (formerly Manar), a town in Sri Lanka Al Manar *Al-Manar, a Lebanese television station affiliated with Hezbollah **Al-Manar Football Festival, a football award ceremony organised by Al-Manar * ''Al-Manār'' (magazine), a defunct Egyptian Islamic magazine * Al-Manar Centre, a Salafi mosque in the Cathays district of Cardiff, Wales * Al Manar District, a district in the Dhamar Governorate, Yemen * Al Manar National School, a national school in Handessa, Sri Lanka * Al-Manar University of Tripoli, a university in Tripoli, Lebanon *Tunis El Manar University The University of Tunis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romana Tedjakusuma
Romana Tedjakusuma (born 24 July 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Indonesia. She made her debut in professional competition in January 1990, aged 13, at an ITF tournament in Jakarta. In 1993 and 1994, she played in a number of Grand Slam Junior Championships. Partnered by Park Sung-hee, she reached the semifinals of the 1993 Wimbledon Junior Championships. During 1994, she also competed in three professional Grand Slam tournaments. Her best result at that level was her third round appearance in the Australian Open. She was part of Indonesia's team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. She and partner Yayuk Basuki reached the second round of the women's doubles event, where they were defeated by Jana Novotná and Helena Suková. Tedjakusuma has had two hiatuses during her professional career: from 1997 to 1998, and from 2002 to 2004. Since her return in 2005, she has won 14 further doubles titles and one singles title on the ITF Circuit. In April 2009, she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latisha Chan
Latisha Chan (born 17 August 1989), formerly known by her Chinese name Chan Yung-jan (; ), is a Taiwanese professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles. She has won 33 career titles in doubles, including a Grand Slam title at the 2017 US Open alongside Martina Hingis, as well as nine at WTA 1000-level. Chan also finished runner-up at three other Grand Slam events, the 2007 and 2015 Australian Open, and the 2007 US Open. In mixed doubles, she has won three Grand Slam titles: the 2018 French Open, 2019 French Open, and 2019 Wimbledon Championships, all with Ivan Dodig. Highlights of her singles career include reaching the semifinals at the 2006 Japan Open and the final at the Bangkok Open in 2007. She reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 50 on 11 June 2007, and became world No. 1 in doubles on 23 October 2017, the second Taiwanese player to do so, after Hsieh Su-wei. She again topped the doubles rankings on 13 August 2018, and has spent a tot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venise Chan
Venise Chan (; born 30 May 1989) is a former tennis player from Hong Kong. Chan, who reached No. 1 in Hong Kong and No. 340 in WTA rankings, also played college tennis for the University of Washington. Early life Chan was born in Hong Kong.(2007 to 2011 University of Washington) Chan is fluent in Cantonese, Mandarin, English, and some Japanese. Tennis career At age 12 years 318 days, Chan became the youngest female since Paulette Moreno in 1977 to contest a Ladies' Open singles final in Hong Kong when she reached the title decider at the 2002 Hong Kong National Tennis Championships. She made her debut for the Hong Kong Fed Cup team in 2006, and has a 16–6 record. She won her sixth career pro circuit title at the $10k Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt. In her career, she won six women's singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She is also the youngest player from Hong Kong (16 years and 5 months) to lift a women's singles title and the only one to do so on her pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Jin-hee (tennis)
Kim Jin-hee (born 14 June 1981) is a South Korean former professional tennis player. Career Jin-hee attempted to qualify for a number of WTA Tour events, but has failed to qualify in most of them. She lost to Liza Andriyani in the first round of qualifying in Bali, 2002. However, she qualified for the 2002 Japan Open, where she lost in the first round. In 2003, she lost in the second round of qualifying at the Pan Pacific Open, before she took part in the Hyderabad Open where she lost in the qualifying round to Manisha Malhotra. However, she also failed to qualify for the Japan Open before gaining entry into the main draw as a lucky loser and losing to Maria Sharapova Maria Yuryevna Sharapova (, ; born 19 April 1987) is a Russian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 21 weeks. Sharapova won 36 WTA Tour-level sin .... In 2004, she played at the Korea Open losing in the firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denise Dy
Denise Dy (born 16 May 1989) is a Filipino female professional tennis player. She has been the head women's tennis coach at Fresno State University since 2020. Dy has career-high WTA rankings of 1139 in singles and 715 in doubles. She won two ITF doubles titles, and 14 medals at the Southeast Asian Games, representing Philippines. Playing for Philippines 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 ..., Dy has a win–loss record of 9–6. ITF Circuit finals Singles (0–1) Doubles (2–1) Fed Cup participation Singles Doubles References External links * * * 1989 births Living people Filipino female tennis players Sportspeople from San Jose, California Tennis players at the 2006 Asian Games Tennis players at the 2014 Asian Games SEA Gam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akgul Amanmuradova
Akgul Charievna Amanmuradova (; born June 23, 1984) is an inactive professional tennis player from Uzbekistan. At 1.90 metres in height, she is one of the tallest female tennis players in history. Amanmuradova has won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as ten singles and 16 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 26 May 2008, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 50. On 18 January 2010, she peaked at No. 36 in the WTA doubles rankings. Amanmuradova has twice reached the final of the Tashkent Open in her native Uzbekistan, losing in 2005 to Michaëlla Krajicek and in 2009 to Shahar Pe'er. She has also reached the final of the 2011 President's Cup in Nur-Sultan. Career 2000–2006 Amanmuradova played her first WTA Tour match in her home town of Tashkent where she lost in the first round. She played her first ITF tournaments in 2002, and reached the semifinals in Mysore and finals in Manila and Hyderabad, both times losing to Sania Mirza. 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamarine Tanasugarn
Tamarine Tanasugarn (, , ; born 24 May 1977) is a Thai former tennis player. Born in Los Angeles, she turned professional in 1994, and has been in the top 20 in both singles and doubles. Tanasugarn's career-high WTA ranking is No. 19, achieved on 13 May 2002, which is the highest ranking ever achieved by a Thai female player. She won four singles and eight WTA doubles titles, and was briefly a doubles partner with Maria Sharapova, with whom she won two titles in 2003. Her career-high doubles ranking was 15, which she achieved on 13 September 2004. With Liezel Huber, she reached the 2004 US Open doubles quarterfinals, and at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, she reached the women's doubles semifinal with Marina Erakovic. Her biggest individual success came in 2008, when she reached the singles quarterfinals at Wimbledon. In her career, Tanasugarn has defeated former and current No. 1 players, including Amélie Mauresmo, Jennifer Capriati, Jelena Janković, Dinara Safina and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akiko Morigami
is a Japanese former tennis player. She turned professional in 1998. On 15 August 2005, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 41. Morigami won one singles title in her career, defeating top-seeded Marion Bartoli in 2007 in the final of the Prague Open. She reached two other singles finals, both in Cincinnati (falling to Patty Schnyder in 2005, and losing to Anna Chakvetadze in 2007). At the 2006 French Open, she upset then-world No. 3, Nadia Petrova, in the first round. Morigami retired after the 2009 Japan Open. In the first round, she defeated qualifier Anastasia Rodionova in three sets, and in the second, she lost to the eventual champion, Samantha Stosur Samantha Jane Stosur (born 30 March 1984) is an Australian former professional tennis player. She is a former List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles, a ranking which she first achieved on 6 February 2006 and ..., 1–6, 2–6. This was her last match on the pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
