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Williams Sisters
The Williams sisters are two American professional tennis players: Venus Williams (b. 1980), a seven-time major singles champion, and Serena Williams (b. 1981), a 23-time major singles champion, both of whom were coached from an early age by their parents Richard Williams and Oracene Price. The Williams sisters partake in “one of the elite ‘country club’ sports in America,” a sport that was not—along with many others—open to female participation in the past (Smith & Hattery, 75). When the sport was introduced as a form of leisurely activity in the United States, “many clubs would not allow women to be members” (Smith & Hattery, 76). Furthermore, their status as successful African American athletes within a historically White sport—in spite of openly racist backlash they encountered during their careers—has been credited with opening up the sport of tennis to a truly multicultural audience. Both sisters have been ranked by the Women's Tennis Association at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venus And Serena 1993 And 2001
Venus is the second planet from the Sun. It is often called Earth's "twin" or "sister" planet for having almost the same List of Solar System objects by size, size and mass, and the closest orbit to Earth's. While both are rocky planets, Venus has an Atmosphere of Venus, atmosphere much thicker and denser than Earth and any other rocky body in the Solar System. Its atmosphere is composed of mostly carbon dioxide (), with a global sulfuric acid cloud cover and no List of largest lakes and seas in the Solar System, liquid water. At the mean surface level the atmosphere reaches a temperature of and a atmospheric pressure, pressure 92 times greater than Earth's at sea level, turning the lowest layer of the atmosphere into a supercritical fluid. Venus is the List of brightest natural objects in the sky, third brightest object in Earth's sky, after the Moon and the Sun, and, like Mercury (planet), Mercury, appears always relatively close to the Sun, either as a "morning star" or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 Australian Open – Women's Singles
Serena Williams defeated her sister Venus Williams in the final, 7–6(7–4), 3–6, 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2003 Australian Open. It was her first Australian Open singles title and fourth consecutive major singles triumph, completing the "Serena Slam", both a non-calendar year Grand Slam and the career Grand Slam. It was Venus' record fourth consecutive runner-up finish at a major, losing every final to Serena. Serena saved two match points en route to the title, against Kim Clijsters in the semifinals (where at one point in the third set Serena was 1–5 down). Jennifer Capriati was the two-time defending champion, but lost to Marlene Weingärtner in the first round. Capriati's loss marked the first time the defending Australian Open champion lost in the first round, and the first time at any major that the defending champion lost in the first round since Steffi Graf at the 1994 Wimbledon Championships. With Lindsay Davenport's defeat in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zurich Open
The Zurich Open was a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament for women, formerly held every winter in Zürich, Switzerland. It was classified on the WTA Tour as a Tier I tournament from 1993 until 2007. In its final year, 2008, it was downgraded to a Tier II event. The Open was held at the Hallenstadion, a multifunctional sports arena. It takes 150 specialist workers and 300 tonnes of material to prepare the Hallenstadion into the Zurich Open tennis venue. The event has two tennis courts available for tournament play. Past champions of the tournament include former world number ones Steffi Graf, Lindsay Davenport, Martina Hingis, Venus Williams, Justine Henin and Maria Sharapova. Swiss champions included Hingis, Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière (formerly of Bulgaria) and Patty Schnyder Patty Schnyder (born 14 December 1978) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristine Kunce
Kristine Kunce (née Radford; born 3 March 1970) is a former professional tennis player from Australia who competed during the mid-1980s through the 1990s. Kunce reached a career-high ranking of world No. 45 on 15 August 1994, and a career high in doubles of 25 on 19 September 1994. She won six doubles titles on the WTA Tour during her career. Her best performance at a Grand Slam was at the 1994 Wimbledon Championships, where she was knocked out in the fourth round by eventual champion Conchita Martínez Conchita Martínez Bernat (born 16 April 1972) is a Spanish former professional tennis player and current coach. She was the first Spaniard to win the women's singles title at Wimbledon, doing so in 1994. Martínez also was the runner-up at th .... WTA finals Doubles: 13 (6 titles, 7 runner-ups) ITF finals Singles (6–6) Doubles (15–16) References External links * * * 1970 births Australian female tennis players Hopman Cup competitors Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cătălina Cristea
Cătălina Cristea (born 2 June 1975) is a former tennis player from Romania. She was ranked No. 59 in singles (21 July 1997) and No. 40 in doubles (17 August 1998). She retired from professional tennis in September 2001, before returning in 2005; she ultimately retired September 2005 aged 30. Playing for Romania Fed Cup team, Cristea has a win–loss record of 20–13. Junior Grand Slam finals Doubles (0–1) WTA career finals Doubles: 4 (1–3) ITF Circuit finals Singles (1–3) Doubles (6–1) Head-to-head record ''Players who have been ranked world No. 1 are in boldface.'' * Lindsay Davenport 0–2 * Mary Pierce 0–3 * Conchita Martínez 0–1 * Natasha Zvereva 1–0 * Jana Novotná 0–1 * Elena Likhovtseva 0–4 * Alexandra Fusai 0–2 * Nathalie Tauziat 0–1 * Corina Morariu 1–2 * Lisa Raymond 0–1 * Karina Habšudová 1–1 * Ai Sugiyama 1–2 * Amélie Mauresmo 1–0 * Nadia Petrova Nadezhda Viktorovna "Nadia" Petrova ( ; born 8 June 1982) is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regions Morgan Keegan Championships And The Cellular South Cup
The U.S. National Indoor Championships was a tennis tournament that was last held at the Racquet Club of Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Also known as the U.S. International Indoor Championships. The event was played on Hard court, indoor hard courts and usually took place in February. For much of its more than 100-year history it was a combined men's and women's tournament but in 2014, its final year, only a men's tournament was held. The event was previously known under various sponsored names including the Memphis Open, the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships, the Kroger St. Jude Championship, and the Volvo Championships. It was called throughout most of its history the National Indoor Championships. History The tournament began in March 1898 when the inaugural edition was played at the Newton Winter Tennis Club in Newton Centre, Massachusetts, Newton Center. The men's singles was the only event played and was won by Leo Ware who defeated Holcombe Ward in the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Career Golden Slam
The Grand Slam in tennis is the achievement of winning all four major championships in one discipline in a calendar year. In doubles, a Grand Slam may be achieved as a team or as an individual with different partners. Winning all four major championships consecutively but not within the same calendar year is referred to as a "non-calendar-year Grand Slam", while winning the four majors at any point during the course of a career is known as a "Career Grand Slam". The term Grand Slam is also attributed to the Grand Slam tournaments, referred to as Majors, and they are the world's four most important annual professional tennis tournaments. They offer the most ranking points, prize money, public and media attention, the greatest strength and size of the field and, in recent years, the longest matches for men (best of five sets, best of three for the women). The tournaments are overseen by the International Tennis Federation (ITF), rather than the separate men's and women's tour orga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennis At The Summer Olympics
Tennis was part of the Summer Olympic Games program from the inaugural 1896 Summer Olympics, but was dropped after the 1924 Summer Olympics due to disputes between the International Lawn Tennis Federation and the International Olympic Committee over how to define amateur players. After two appearances as a demonstration sport in 1968 and 1984 (with a U-21 age limit), it returned as a full medal sport at the 1988 Summer Olympics open for all players regardless of their age and status and has been played at every summer Games since then. Medals In 1896, 1900, 1904, 1988, 1992, semifinal losers shared bronze medals. In all other years, a playoff match for the bronze medal was staged. The Olympic tournaments have increased in perceived importance since their reintroduction, with some players, critics and sports pundits considering winning gold at the Olympics just as prestigious as winning a major title and some considering it even more prestigious. Gold medal records Serena Will ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles
Serena and Venus Williams defeated Tímea Babos and Yaroslava Shvedova in the final, 6–3, 6–4 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships. It was the Williams sisters' sixth Wimbledon doubles title, and their 14th and last major doubles title overall. Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to Babos and Shvedova. Seeds Qualifying Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Bottom half Section 3 Section 4 References External links Ladies' Doubles draw at the |
2010 French Open – Women's Doubles
Serena and Venus Williams defeated Květa Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik in the final, 6–2, 6–3 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 2010 French Open. It was their second French Open doubles title together and twelfth major title together overall. With the win, they became the sixth and seventh women to complete a non-calendar-year Grand Slam in doubles. Additionally, the Williams sisters jointly gained the world No. 1 doubles ranking for the first time, becoming the first sisters to be co-ranked world No. 1 in doubles. They also completed their second career Golden Slam in women's doubles. Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual were the defending champions, but chose not to compete together. Ruano Pascual partnered with Meghann Shaughnessy, but lost in the first round to Cara Black and Elena Vesnina. Medina Garrigues partnered with Liezel Huber, but lost in the semifinals to the Williams sisters. Seeds Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Sectio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles
Defending champions Serena and Venus Williams defeated Samantha Stosur and Rennae Stubbs in the final, 7–6(7–4), 6–4 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships. It was their fourth Wimbledon title together and ninth major title together overall. For the second consecutive year, the pair did not lose a set during the tournament. As also in the previous year, the Williams sisters contested the singles final as well, with Serena emerging victorious. It was also the first component in an eventual non-calendar-year Grand Slam for the sisters. Seeds Cara Black / Liezel Huber ''(semifinals)'' Anabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano Pascual ''(semifinals)'' Samantha Stosur / Rennae Stubbs ''(final)'' Serena Williams / Venus Williams (champions) Hsieh Su-wei / Peng Shuai ''(first round)'' Daniela Hantuchová / Ai Sugiyama ''(second round)'' Victoria Azarenka / Elena Vesnina ''(third round, withdrew due to heat illness)'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
