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2010 Barcelona Ladies Open
The 2010 Barcelona Ladies Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 4th edition of the Barcelona Ladies Open, and an International-level tournament on the 2010 WTA Tour. It took place at the David Lloyd Club Turó in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, from April 10 through April 17, 2010. Entrants Seeds * Rankings are as of April 5, 2010. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: * Lourdes Domínguez Lino * Arantxa Parra Santonja * Laura Pous Tió The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Alizé Cornet * Simona Halep * Sílvia Soler Espinosa * Maša Zec Peškirič Champions Singles Francesca Schiavone def. Roberta Vinci, 6–1, 6-1 *It was Schiavone's first title of the year and 3rd of her career. Doubles Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci def. Timea Bacsinszky / Tathiana Garbin, 6–1, 3–6, 0–2*It was Errani's fourth doubles title and Vinci's fifth doubles title. It was also the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesca Schiavone
Francesca Schiavone (; born 23 June 1980) is an Italian former professional tennis player. She had career-high rankings of world No. 4 in women's singles and No. 8 in women's doubles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Schiavone won eight WTA Tour-level singles titles, including a major at the 2010 French Open, the first Italian woman to win a singles major. To date, Schiavone is the last one-handed backhand player to win a major women's title. Schiavone was also runner-up in singles at the 2011 French Open and in women's doubles at the 2008 French Open. She helped Italy win the Fed Cup in 2006, 2009 and 2010, and has the most match wins of any player for the Italian team. Schiavone played the longest ever women's singles match at a major, defeating Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–4, 1–6, 16–14 in the fourth round of the 2011 Australian Open after 4 hours and 44 minutes. Schiavone announced her retirement from the sport at the 2018 US Open, and shared aspirations of winn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carla Suárez Navarro
Carla Suárez Navarro (; born 3 September 1988) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. A former top 10 singles player, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 6 on 29 February 2016, and a best WTA doubles ranking of 11, on 27 April 2015, and won two singles and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She first came to prominence by reaching the quarterfinals of the 2008 French Open – Women's singles, 2008 French Open as a qualifier, in what was her first appearance in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament. That year she also began representing Spain Fed Cup team, Spain in the 2008 Fed Cup. She reached another six Grand Slam quarterfinals in her career. These events were the 2009 Australian Open – Women's singles, 2009 Australian Open, where she defeated Venus Williams en route, the 2013 US Open – Women's singles, 2013 US Open, where she lost to eventual champion Serena Williams, the 2014 French Open – Women's singles, 2014 French Open, where she l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Barcelona Ladies Open
The 2010 Barcelona Ladies Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 4th edition of the Barcelona Ladies Open, and an International-level tournament on the 2010 WTA Tour. It took place at the David Lloyd Club Turó in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, from April 10 through April 17, 2010. Entrants Seeds * Rankings are as of April 5, 2010. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: * Lourdes Domínguez Lino * Arantxa Parra Santonja * Laura Pous Tió The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Alizé Cornet * Simona Halep * Sílvia Soler Espinosa * Maša Zec Peškirič Champions Singles Francesca Schiavone def. Roberta Vinci, 6–1, 6-1 *It was Schiavone's first title of the year and 3rd of her career. Doubles Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci def. Timea Bacsinszky / Tathiana Garbin, 6–1, 3–6, 0–2*It was Errani's fourth doubles title and Vinci's fifth doubles title. It was also the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tathiana Garbin
Tathiana Garbin (; born 30 June 1977) is an Italian retired tennis player. She was Gold Medalist at the 1997 Mediterranean Games and Italian capitan in leading the Italian national team (composed by Jasmine Paolini, Sara Errani, Martina Trevisan, Elisabetta Cocciaretto and Lucia Bronzetti) to victory in the 2024 Billie Jean King Cup. She was best known for her upset of the defending champion and the reigning world No. 1 Justine Henin, in the second round of the 2004 French Open. The winner of one singles and 11 doubles WTA Tour titles, she reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 22 on 21 May 2007, and her highest doubles ranking of No. 25 on 27 August 2001. Other high–ranked players whom she defeated include Jelena Dokić, Chanda Rubin, Flavia Pennetta, Agnieszka Radwańska, Nadia Petrova, Marion Bartoli, and 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 r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timea Bacsinszky
Timea Bacsinszky (; born 8 June 1989) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. A former top ten singles player, Bacsinszky reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 9, on 16 May 2016. She won four singles and five doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as 13 singles and 14 doubles titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Circuit A former prodigy on the junior tennis circuit, Bacsinszky semi-retired from tennis in 2011 at the age of 22 following a major foot injury. After playing a qualifying match at the 2013 French Open, she made a full comeback onto the WTA Tour in 2014 with success, winning her opening-round match at three of the Grand Slam (tennis), major events and upsetting world No. 4 and five-time Grand Slam winner Maria Sharapova en route to the quarterfinals in 2014 Wuhan Open – Singles, Wuhan, earning her a first ever year-end top 50 ranking. Her breakthrough year in singles came in 2015, winning a career-best 15 consecutive matches spanning t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maša Zec Peškirič
Maša Zec Peškirič (born 21 January 1987) is a Slovenian former tennis player. In her career, she won 14 singles titles and ten 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 .... On 15 June 2009, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 93. On 19 October 2009, she peaked at No. 130 in the doubles rankings. Zec Peškirič made her debut for the Slovenia Fed Cup team in April 2006. She has a win–loss record of 8–22 in the competition. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 23 (14 titles, 9 runner-ups) Doubles: 25 (10–15) External links * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zec Peskiric, Masa 1987 births Living people Sportspeople from Jesenice, Jesenice Slovenian female tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sílvia Soler Espinosa
Sílvia Soler Espinosa (; born 19 November 1987) is a retired Spanish tennis player. In her career, she won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as five singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 21 May 2012, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 54. On 28 April 2014, she peaked at No. 39 in the doubles rankings. Playing for Spain Fed Cup team, Soler Espinosa has a win–loss record of 4–11. Personal life and background Soler Espinosa is coached by Jerome Adamec. Her father works in a factory, while her mother is a housewife. She stated that her favourite court is clay. Silvia cited Steffi Graf as one of her biggest tennis idols. Tennis career Junior years In 2002, Soler Espinosa made her debut on the ITF Junior Circuit at the age of 14. That year, she won her first ITF junior title in doubles, at the International Madrid, together with Astrid Waernes-Garcia. In September 2003, she won her first singles title at Torneo ITF Junior "Ciud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simona Halep
Simona Halep (; born 27 September 1991) is a Romanian 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 64 weeks, including as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players#Year-end No. 1 players, year-end No. 1 in 2017 WTA Tour, 2017 and 2018 WTA Tour, 2018. Halep won 25 WTA Tour-level titles, including two Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, majors at the 2018 French Open – Women's singles, 2018 French Open and the 2019 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles, 2019 Wimbledon Championships. A 2008 French Open – Girls' singles, French Open junior champion and former junior world No. 1, Halep first broke into the world's top 50 at the end of 2011, the top 20 in August 2013, and the top 10 in January 2014. She won her first six WTA titles in the same season in 2013, the first to do so since Steffi Graf in 1986. This led to her being ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alizé Cornet
Alizé Cornet (; born 22 January 1990) is a French professional tennis player. She has won six singles and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as three singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Circuit. On 16 February 2009, she reached her highest WTA rankings, WTA singles ranking of world No. 11. Cornet has also made the second week at each of the four Grand Slam events, having reached the quarterfinals at the 2022 Australian Open, and the fourth round at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships, the 2015 French Open, 2015 and 2017 French Opens, and the 2020 US Open (tennis), 2020 US Open. She holds the record for the most Open Era tennis records – Women's singles#Consecutive titles, consecutive Grand Slam appearances with 69 and also in third place for Open Era tennis records – Women's singles#Career totals, overall appearances with 72. Cornet became known for defeating world No. 1 Serena Williams on three occasions in 2014. At the 2014 Du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Pous Tió
Laura Pous Tió (born 1 October 1984) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. Career Pous Tió won the gold medal at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería by defeating compatriot Nuria Llagostera Vives in straight sets. She won a total of 20 ITF titles in singles and nine in doubles. At the WTA Tour-level, she was a singles runner-up at the Morocco Open in Fés, losing the final in straight sets to Kiki Bertens. In 2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ..., she played a doubles match for the Spanish Fed Cup team against Russia. Pous Tió reached her career-high singles ranking of No. 72 on 30 January 2012. Pous Tió served a two year ban from 2007 to 2009 for an anti-doping rule violation after testing positive for banned diuretics at the 2007 Wim ... [...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] |
Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Lourdes Domínguez Lino (; born 31 March 1981) is a former tennis player from Spain. She reached career-high rankings of world No. 40 in singles and 45 in doubles. Biography Tennis career In the 1999 Roland Garros, she won the junior girls' singles, defeating Stéphanie Foretz in the final. In 2000, she played her first WTA Tour main draw at Madrid. In 2002, she won her first main draw match at Bogotá. In Porto, she defeated then-No. 33 Cristina Torrens Valero. In August, Lino was suspended from the tour for three months, after testing positive for cocaine that March. In 2005, she reached the top 100 for the first time. In Bogotá, she made it to the final as a qualifier, losing to Flavia Pennetta Flavia Pennetta (; born 25 February 1982) is an Italian former professional tennis player. She became Italy's first top-ten female singles player on 17 August 2009 and the first Italian to be ranked List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis pla .... She ended at No. 77 in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
