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2006 Sunfeast Open – Singles
Anastasia Myskina was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year. Martina Hingis Martina Hingis (, ; born 30 September 1980) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 209 weeks ( fifth-most of all time) and as the world No. ... won the title, defeating Olga Poutchkova 6–0, 6–4 in the final. Seeds Results Finals Top half Bottom half Qualifying Seeds Qualifiers Draw First qualifier Second qualifier Third qualifier Fourth qualifier References External linksSingles Draw {{DEFAULTSORT:2006 Sunfeast Open - Singles 2006 WTA Tour [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martina Hingis
Martina Hingis (, ; born 30 September 1980) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 209 weeks ( fifth-most of all time) and as the world No. 1 in women's doubles for 90 weeks, holding both No. 1 rankings simultaneously for 29 weeks. Hingis won 43 WTA Tour-level singles titles and 64 doubles titles, including a total of 25 major titles: five in singles, 13 in women's doubles (including the Grand Slam in 1998), and seven in mixed doubles. In addition, she won the season-ending Tour Finals two times in singles and three in doubles, an Olympic silver medal in doubles, and a record 17 Tier I singles titles. Hingis set a series of "youngest-ever" records during the 1990s, including youngest-ever Grand Slam champion and youngest-ever world No. 1. Before ligament injuries in both ankles forced her to withdraw temporarily from professional tennis in early 2003, at the age of 22, sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ankita Bhambri
Ankita Bhambri (Hindi: अंकिता भाम्बरी; born 28 October 1986) is an Indian former professional tennis player and coach. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 332, which she achieved in May 2006. Her highest doubles ranking is world No. 299, which she reached in October 2005. In her career, Bhambri won a total of nine singles and nine doubles titles at tournaments of the ITF Circuit. She has played on the WTA Tour on five occasions, losing in round one at Hyderabad (2004), Hyderabad & Kolkata (2005), and Bangalore & Kolkata (2006). Playing for India Fed Cup team, Bhambri has a win–loss record of 8–14. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 18 (9–9) Doubles: 17 (9–8) Personal life Ankita's sister Sanaa Sanaa, officially the Sanaa Municipality, is the ''de jure'' capital and largest city of Yemen. The city is the capital of the Sanaa Governorate, but is not part of the governorate, as it forms a separate administrative unit. At an el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shikha Uberoi
Shikha Devi Uberoi (born 5 April 1983) is an Indian-American former professional tennis player, who formerly represented India in international tournaments and a former Indian No. 1. After Nirupama Sanjeev, she is also the second Indian female player in history to crack the top 200 rankings by the WTA. Biography Oberoi was born to father Mahesh (who was a table-tennis player for India) and mother Madhu in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Her family moved to Princeton, New Jersey when she was an infant. She has one older sister (Diya) and three younger sisters ( Neha, Nikita and Nimita). Her four sisters are also tennis players - Shikha is by far the most successful, and the only one to represent India (the other sisters represent the United States). She is the niece of actor Suresh Oberoi and first cousin of actors Vivek Oberoi and Akshay Oberoi. She also holds an Overseas Citizenship of India card. She was named the Zee Astitva Athlete of the Year 2007. She was one of the top-10 faste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hana Šromová
Hana Šromová (born 10 April 1978 in Kopřivnice) is a Czech former tennis player. Šromová won eight singles and 35 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a series of professional tennis tournaments run by the International Tennis Federation for female professional tennis players. History It serves as a developmenta ... in her career. On 19 June 2006, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 87. On 24 July 2006, she peaked at No. 63 in the doubles rankings. Personal Šromová was coached by Lubomír Gerla for the last six years. Her father, Jiří Šrom, is a construction technician; her mother Hana is a kindergarten teacher; she has one brother, Jiří. Šromová started playing tennis at age seven, introduced to the sport by her parents, who both played tennis. Favorite surface is indoor hardcourts; biggest weapon is forehand. Most memorable experience was traveling to India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alla Kudryavtseva
Alla Alexandrovna Kudryavtseva (; born 3 November 1987) is a retired Russian tennis player. Kudryavtseva won one singles title and nine doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as two singles titles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 4 October 2010, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 56. On 8 September 2014, she peaked at No. 15 in the WTA doubles rankings. On 2 November 2021, Kudryavtseva announced on Instagram that she had retired from the sport. Professional career Early career Kudryavtseva debuted on the WTA Tour at the 2004 Kremlin Cup, where she could not succeed beyond the qualifying rounds. In the following season, her best WTA Tour result was reaching the first rounds of the Nordea Nordic Light Open in Stockholm in singles and the Banka Koper Slovenia Open in doubles. Her first major appearance was at the 2006 Australian Open, where she could not win a qualification round. The same result was seen at the other three Grand Slam (tennis), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberta Brianti
Alberta Brianti (born 5 April 1980) is a former professional tennis player from Italy. On 13 June 2011, Brianti achieved her career-high singles ranking of 55. On 13 February 2012, she peaked at No. 68 in the doubles rankings. She won one singles title on the WTA Tour in her career, at Fes, Morocco in 2011. Biography She is coached by Laura Golarsa Laura Golarsa (born 27 November 1967) is a former Italian professional 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 o ... and Niccola Vercellino. Her parents are Attilio and Rita, and her brothers are Andrea (engineer) and Alessandro (student). She began playing tennis at age 6 when her family introduced her to the sport at a local club. Her favourite surface is hard. She speaks Italian, English and French. Her favourite tournaments are Wimbledon and Stuttgart Open. WTA career finals Singles: 2 (1– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanaa Bhambri
Sanaa Bhambri (; born 7 March 1988) is a former professional tennis player from India. Her highest doubles ranking is world No. 298, which she achieved October 2005. She won one $25k doubles event at Lagos, Nigeria in 2005 and competed in three WTA Tour tournament main draws. In her career, Bhambri won two singles titles and twelve doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Career A left-hander, Bhambri reached the semifinals of the 2003 French Open girls' doubles event, partnering fellow Indian Sania Mirza. In October 2005, partnering Ankita Bhambri, Sanaa won a $25k event at Lagos. The sister tandem won both their semifinal and final matches by seeing their opponents withdraw before a point was played. Her only 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 Wome ... ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelique Widjaja
Angelique Widjaja (; born 12 December 1984) is a retired Indonesian professional tennis player. She won the junior championships at Wimbledon in 2001, defeating Dinara Safina, and the 2002 junior French Open defeating Ashley Harkelroad. She reached a peak of No. 55 in the WTA singles rankings in March 2003, and a peak of No. 15 in the doubles rankings in February 2004. Career Widjaja started playing tennis at the age of four. She first began playing at ITF juniors events in 1998 at the age of 13. Her first professional event was an event in Jakarta in April 1999, when she was 14 years old. She enjoyed considerable success as a junior player. In 2001, she won the singles competition of the junior championships at Wimbledon, defeating Dinara Safina 6–4, 0–6, 7–5. In so doing, she became the first Indonesian to win any title at Wimbledon. In 2002, she won the doubles competition of the Australian Open Junior Championships, partnered by Gisela Dulko. That year, she also won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arantxa Parra Santonja
Arantxa Parra Santonja (; born 9 November 1982) is a Spanish former tennis player. She turned professional in 2000 and retired in 2019. In her career, Parra Santonja won eleven doubles titles on the 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 Wome .... She reached career-high rankings of world No. 46 in singles and 22 in doubles. Significant finals Premier Mandatory tournaments Doubles: 1 (runner-up) WTA Tour finals Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups) Doubles: 27 (11 titles, 16 runner-ups) ITF Circuit finals Singles (11–6) Doubles (9–11) Grand Slam performance timelines Singles Doubles External links * * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Parra Santonja, Arantxa 1982 births Living people Tennis players from Valencia Spanish female tennis players Tennis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunitha Rao
Sunitha Rao (born October 27, 1985) is an Indian-American former professional tennis player, who represented India in international tournaments. She won eight doubles titles on the ITF Circuit in her career. On July 7, 2008, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 144. On May 19, 2008, she peaked at No. 108 in the doubles rankings. Playing for India Fed Cup team, she has a win–loss record of 5–6. Rao also is the fourth female tennis player in history representing India to enter the top-200 world rankings, after Nirupama Sanjeev, Shikha Uberoi, and Sania Mirza. Personal life Rao was born in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1985 and was raised by her Telugu Indian immigrant parents Manohar and Savithri, who were from Chennai. Career 2002–2007 Rao played her first WTA Tour match at the 2002 Brasil Open, where she defeated Vanessa Henke in the first round. She was beaten by Anastasia Myskina in the second round. Rao played at the 2004 Korea Open where she was bea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rushmi Chakravarthi
Rushmi Chakravarthi (; born 9 October 1977) is an Indian former professional tennis player. She won a record 52 ITF titles, the highest number set by an Indian female player. She turned professional, after playing in the first round of the WTA Tour tournament Sunfeast Open, held at Kolkata in September 2005. Her last match on the ITF Circuit took place in June 2017 in Aurangabad. Tennis career 2005–2010 She was predominantly an ITF Circuit player. In her career, Chakravarthi played on the WTA Tour on two occasions, at the Sunfeast Open in 2005 and 2006, losing in round one both times. Her career highlight was winning four medals (of which two were gold) at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games. Rushmi has represented India at the Asian Games in 2002, 2006 and 2010. Chakravarthi lost in the qualifying of the Malaysian Open. This was her only performance in a WTA tournament outside India. She has also competed in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, where she progressed to the qua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galina Voskoboeva
Galina Olegovna Voskoboeva (; born 18 December 1984) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani former tennis player. She reached career-high rankings of world No. 42 in singles and No. 26 in doubles. Career Born in Moscow, Voskoboeva turned pro in 2002. During her career, she won five doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour. She also won three singles titles (in Mont-de-Marsan in 2003, Cuneo in 2006, and Casablanca in 2011) and 13 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. 2008–2010 In 2008, Voskoboeva managed to qualify for the Qatar Ladies Open in Doha. In the first round she defeated Eleni Daniilidou, before taking a set off world No. 5, Maria Sharapova losing 4–6, 6–4, 1–6. That same year, she reached the quarterfinals in Quebec City. In 2009, she reached the quarterfinals in Warsaw. At the US Open, she lost in the first round to Caroline Wozniacki, in straight sets. 2011 Ranked 560 in the world, Galina reached the quarterfinals of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
