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Tennis At The 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's Doubles
Italy's Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini defeated the Individual Neutral Athletes' Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider in the final, 2–6, 6–1, 0–7to win the gold medal in women's doubles tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics. It was Italy's first Olympic gold medal in tennis, and Errani completed the career Golden Slam (becoming the seventh woman to do so, after the Williams sisters, Pam Shriver, Gigi Fernández, Barbora Krejčíková, and Kateřina Siniaková) and became the oldest player to win an Olympic tennis gold. In the bronze medal match, Spain's Cristina Bucșa and Sara Sorribes Tormo defeated Czechia's Karolína Muchová and Linda Nosková, 6–2, 6–2. It was Spain's first Olympic medal in women's tennis since 2008. The women's doubles tennis event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place from 27 July to 4 August 2024 at the Stade Roland Garros, in Paris, France. There were 64 players (32 teams) from 21 nations. Krejčíková and Siniaková were the defending ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pam Shriver
Pamela Howard Shriver (born July 4, 1962) is an American former professional tennis player and current tennis broadcaster, pundit, and coach. She was ranked as high as world No. 3 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles. During the 1980s and 1990s, Shriver won 133 WTA Tour-level titles: 21 in singles and 112 in doubles. This includes 22 Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major titles, 21 in women's doubles and one in mixed doubles, as well as an Olympic gold medal in women's doubles at the Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles, 1988 Seoul Olympics, partnering Zina Garrison. Shriver and regular doubles partner Martina Navratilova are the only women's pair to complete the Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam in a calendar year, winning all four majors in 1984 WTA Tour, 1984. Playing style Shriver was well known for her variety, including sharp volleys and all-round solid technique a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Tennis Federation
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is the governing body of world tennis, wheelchair tennis, and beach tennis. It was founded in 1913 as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by twelve national tennis associations. there are 211 national and six regional associations that make up the ITF's membership. The ITF's governance responsibilities include maintaining and enforcing the rules of tennis, regulating international team competitions, promoting the game, and preserving the sport's integrity via anti-doping and anti-corruption programs. The ITF partners with the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) to govern professional tennis. The ITF organizes annual team competitions for men (Davis Cup), women ( Billie Jean King Cup), and mixed teams ( Hopman Cup), as well as tennis and wheelchair tennis events at the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games on behalf of the International Olympic Committee. The ITF sanctions circuits th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sports Business Journal
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Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, fourth-most populous city in the European Union and the List of cities proper by population density, 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2022. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, culture, Fashion capital, fashion, and gastronomy. Because of its leading role in the French art, arts and Science and technology in France, sciences and its early adoption of extensive street lighting, Paris became known as the City of Light in the 19th century. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an official estimated population of 12,271,794 inhabitants in January 2023, or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's Tennis Association
The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) is the principal organizing body of women's professional tennis. The association governs the WTA Tour, which is the worldwide professional tennis tour for women, and was founded to create a better future for women's tennis. The WTA's corporate headquarters is in St. Petersburg, Florida, with its European headquarters in London and its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Beijing. The Women's Tennis Association was founded in June 1973 by Billie Jean King, and traces its origins to the inaugural Virginia Slims tournament, arranged by Gladys Heldman, sponsored by Joe Cullman, CEO of Philip Morris, and held on 23 September 1970 at the Houston Racquet Club in Houston, Texas. Rosie Casals won this first event. When the Women's Tennis Association was founded, Billie Jean King was one of nine players that comprised the WTA, also referred to as the Original 9, that included Julie Heldman, Valerie Ziegenfuss, Judy Dalton, Kristy Pigeon, Peaches Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennis At The 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's Doubles
The United States' Serena Williams and Venus Williams defeated Spain's Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual in the final, 6–2, 6–0 to win the gold medal in Women's Doubles tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics. In the bronze medal match, China's Yan Zi and Zheng Jie defeated Ukraine's Alona Bondarenko and Kateryna Bondarenko, 6–2, 6–2. This was the Williams sisters' second Olympic gold medal in Women's Doubles. The tournament was held from 10 August to 17 August at the Olympic Green Tennis Centre in Beijing, China. The DecoTurf surface rendered the event a hardcourt tournament. China's Li Ting and Sun Tiantian were the reigning gold medalists, but Li retired from tennis in 2007. Sun partnered with Peng Shuai, but they were defeated in the first round by Belarus' Olga Govortsova and Darya Kustova. Medalists Calendar Seeds Draw Key * INV = Tripartite Invitation * IP = ITF place * ALT = Alternate * r = Retired * w/o = Walkover Finals Top half ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Nosková
Linda Nosková (; born 17 November 2004) is a Czech professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of No. 25 by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA, achieved on 26 August 2024, and a doubles ranking of No. 60, set on 19 August 2024. She won her first WTA Tour title at the 2024 Monterrey Open. Her best Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, Grand Slam tournament performance is reaching the quarterfinals at the 2024 Australian Open – Women's singles, 2024 Australian Open by defeating world No. 1, Iga Świątek. In August 2022, she became the youngest player ranked in the world's top 100 and in February 2023 the youngest in the top 50. On the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Circuit, she has collected six singles titles and one doubles title. Her biggest title win so far came at the $100k 2022 Reinert Open – Singles, Reinert Open in Versmold in 2022. From an early age, Nosková showed signs of becoming a promising tennis player. As a junior, she peaked at world N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karolína Muchová
Karolína Muchová (; born 21 August 1996) is a Czech professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles WTA rankings, ranking of world No. 8, achieved on 11 September 2023. Muchová has won one WTA Tour title at the 2019 Korea Open – Singles, 2019 Korea Open, and contested a Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major final at the 2023 French Open – Women's singles, 2023 French Open. Muchová turned professional in 2013. She first rose to prominence at the 2018 US Open – Women's singles, 2018 US Open, defeating world No. 12 and two-time major champion, Garbiñe Muguruza, in the second round. The following year, Muchová reached her first major quarterfinal at 2019 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles, Wimbledon by upsetting world No. 3, Karolína Plíšková. At the 2021 Australian Open – Women's singles, 2021 Australian Open, she reached the semifinals by defeating world No. 1 and home favorite, Ashleigh Barty. At the 2023 French Open, she reached her first maj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czech Republic At The 2024 Summer Olympics
The Czech Republic, officially named Czechia by the IOC, competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Czech athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except for three occasions: Athens 1896, St. Louis 1904 and Los Angeles 1984 as part of the Soviet boycott. It is the nation's eighth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics after splitting from the former ''Czechoslovakia''. The Czech Republic left Paris with a total of five Olympic medals (three gold and two bronze), the least amount of medals in the history of the country and least amount of medals since 1932 Summer Olympics. Two of the medals were awarded to the Czech team in canoeing, while the rest were awarded in fencing, tennis and track and field. Among the medalists were that year French Open and Wimbledon champion in doubles Kateřina Siniaková, who captured her second consecutive gold medal in tennis, this time with Tomáš Macháč in mixed doubles, f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spain At The 2024 Summer Olympics
Spain competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Spanish athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games from 1920 onwards, except for the 1936 Summer Olympics in Nazi Germany because the nation's government was part of the anti-fascist boycott. Spanish athletes competed in all sports except breaking, rugby sevens, weightlifting and wrestling. Medalists , width="78%" align="left" valign="top", , width="22%" align="left" valign="top", , width="22%" align="left" valign="top", , width="22%" align="left" valign="top", , valign="top" width="50%" , Competitors The following is the provisional list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that alternate athletes (AP) are not counted: Additional 23 alternate athletes (AP) were entered in artistic swimming, athletics, equestrian, field hockey, football and handball. Archery Two Spanish archers qualified for the mixed team recurve, along with the men's and w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reuters
Reuters ( ) is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters. It employs around 2,500 journalists and 600 photojournalists in about 200 locations worldwide writing in 16 languages. Reuters is one of the largest news agencies in the world. The agency was established in London in 1851 by Paul Reuter. The Thomson Corporation of Canada acquired the agency in a 2008 corporate merger, resulting in the formation of the Thomson Reuters Corporation. In December 2024, Reuters was ranked as the 27th most visited news site in the world, with over 105 million monthly readers. History 19th century Paul Julius Reuter worked at a book-publishing firm in Berlin and was involved in distributing radical pamphlets at the beginning of the Revolutions of 1848. These publications brought much attention to Reuter, who in 1850 developed a prototype news service in Aachen using homing pigeons and electric telegraphy from 1851 on, in order to transmit messages between Brussels and Aachen, in what today is Aa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
