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2018 OEC Taipei WTA Challenger
The 2018 OEC Taipei WTA Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 11th edition of the tournament and part of the 2018 WTA 125K series, offering a total of $125,000 in prize money. It took place in Taipei, Taiwan, on 12–18 November 2018. Singles main draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings as of 5 November 2018. Other entrants The following player received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Joanna Garland * Liang En-shuo * Sabine Lisicki * Zhang Ling * Zheng Saisai The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Jang Su-jeong * Tereza Martincová * Elena-Gabriela Ruse * Zhang Yuxuan The following player received entry as lucky losers: * Lizette Cabrera * Ng Kwan-yau Withdrawals * Jana Čepelová → replaced by Carol Zhao * Margarita Gasparyan → replaced by Lizette Cabrera * Ekaterine Gorgodze → replaced by Xun Fangying * Evgeniya Rodina → replaced by Danka Kovinić * Katie Swan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WTA 125K Series
WTA 125 tournaments are an international series of professional women's tennis tournaments organized by the Women's Tennis Association since 2012. Sometimes called the WTA Challenger tour (analogous to the men's ATP Challenger Series), 2015 it is the second highest level of women's competition, below the top-tier WTA Tour, and above the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour tournaments. Players who succeed in the WTA 125s earn sufficient overall WTA rankings, WTA ranking points to become eligible for the main draw or qualifying draw entry of WTA Tour tournaments. Results such as titles won at a WTA 125 event are separately counted from the same player's achievements at WTA Tour level tournaments. However match ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joanna Garland
Joanna Garland ( Chinese: 葛藍喬安娜; born 16 July 2001) is a professional tennis player who represents Chinese Taipei. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 175 achieved on 26 May 2025. Garland has won 16 singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Early life Garland is half-British and half-Taiwanese. Born in Stevenage, she moved with her family to Taiwan when she was ten years old. In 2016 she won the Taiwan national U18 tennis championship. By this time, Garland's parents had returned to Stevenage to look after Garland's grandparents, and took Joanna's brothers with them. Garland stayed in Kaohsiung, living with her aunt, to pursue tennis and continue her schooling, as well as competing on the ITF Junior Circuit in Asia. Junior career Coached by Hamid Hejazi, Garland had a very successful junior career and achieved her highest junior ranking of 14 on 26 February 2018. Garland reached the quarter-finals of the girls' singles at the 2018 Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xun Fangying
Xun Fangying (; ; born 14 January 1995) is a Chinese tennis player. On 24 February 2020, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 167. On 8 April 2019, she peaked at No. 176 in the WTA doubles rankings. Xun made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2015 Guangzhou International Open in the doubles competition, partnering Liu Fangzhou Liu Fangzhou (; ; born 12 December 1995) is a Chinese tennis player. On 24 April 2017, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 127. On 16 September 2024, she peaked at No. 429 in the WTA doubles rankings. Liu made her WTA Tour debu .... ITF Circuit finals Singles: 14 (7 titles, 7 runner–ups) Doubles: 24 (9 titles, 15 runner–ups) References External links * * 1995 births Living people Chinese female tennis players 21st-century Chinese sportswomen Long stubs with short prose {{China-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ekaterine Gorgodze
Ekaterine Gorgodze ( ka, ეკატერინე გორგოძე, tr, ; born 3 December 1991) is a Georgian professional tennis player. On 23 May 2022, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 108. On 15 August 2022, she peaked at No. 43 in the doubles rankings. Gorgodze has won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour, plus four doubles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour, along with 18 singles and 37 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Since her debut for Georgia Fed Cup team in 2007, Gorgodze has accumulated a win–loss record of 18–19 in singles and 8–7 in doubles (overall 26–26), as of August 2024. Career Singles She made her WTA Tour singles debut 2012 in Baku as a wildcard. In March 2021, she qualified for the Miami Open making her WTA 1000 debut but lost to Anna Kalinskaya. In April, she entered the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix as a lucky loser, making her WTA 500 debut but lost to Angelique Kerber. She made her Grand Slam debut at the 2021 Fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carol Zhao
Carol Zhao (born June 20, 1995) is a Chinese-Canadian tennis player. She reached her highest WTA singles ranking of No. 131 in June 2018, and her career-high junior rank of No. 9 on January 1, 2013. She won the Australian Open junior doubles title in 2013. Zhao was a member of the Stanford University tennis team, ending her college career with a 76–16 overall record and leading the team to win the 2016 NCAA championship. She also was the 2015 NCAA singles runner-up. She turned professional in June 2016 and was Canada's top singles player from June 11, 2018, to July 23, 2018. Early life Zhao was born in Chongqing, China, to Ping and Lily Zhao and started playing tennis at the age of five, with the encouragement of her grade school teacher. At the age of seven, she and her family emigrated to Canada and settled in the city of Richmond Hill, Ontario. In September 2010, she relocated to Montreal to be part of the National Training Centre until August 2013. Tennis career 2010–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jana Čepelová
Jana Čepelová (; born 29 May 1993) is a Slovak former professional tennis player. Čepelová won seven singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 12 May 2014, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 50. On 18 May 2015, she peaked at No. 158 in the doubles rankings. Her best result at a major event was the third round of the 2012 and 2016 Wimbledon Championships. As a junior, she won the girls' doubles at the 2010 Australian Open with Chantal Škamlová. Following the birth of the daughter in 2020, Čepelová took a break from her tennis career. In 2023, she made a "quick comeback, just to say good bye and play the final Grand Slam tournaments". Personal life Čepelová was born in Košice to Peter and Jarmila and was coached by Martin Zathurecký. Career Junior career Jana Čepelová and Chantal Škamlová won the girls' doubles at 2010 Australian Open. They also won silver medals in doubles at 2010 Summer Youth Olympics. At the same even ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ng Kwan-yau
Ng Kwan-yau (; born 19 February 1997) is a Hong Kong female tennis player. Career As a professional tennis player, she has a career-high doubles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of 452, achieved February 2020. Playing for Hong Kong Fed Cup team, she has a career win–loss record of 6–5. Ng made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2016 Guangzhou International Open, where she lost to Sabine Lisicki Sabine Katharina Lisicki (; born 22 September 1989) is a German inactive professional tennis player. Lisicki turned professional in 2006, and her breakthrough came in 2009 when she reached the quarterfinals of the 2009 Wimbledon Championships ... in the first round. ITF Circuit finals Doubles (1–1) Fed Cup participation Doubles (6–4) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ng, Kwan-yau 1997 births Living people Hong Kong female tennis players Tennis players at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Hong Kong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lizette Cabrera
Lizette Faith Cabrera (born 19 December 1997) is an Australian tennis player of Filipino descent. She has a career-high singles ranking of 119 by the WTA, achieved on 3 February 2020. Early life Cabrera was born and araised in Townsville by her parents Ronnie and Maria, before moving to Brisbane to train at the National Academy. She has one sister, Izabo, and one brother, Carl. Cabrera's parents are both from the Philippines and both work in an abattoir in order to financially support her career. Career 2016 Cabrera started 2016 with a ranking of 1062. She won her first title on the professional tour in September 2016. Her year-end singles ranking was No. 257. 2017: Maiden tour match win Cabrera was given a wildcard into the Hobart International and won her first WTA Tour match against Misaki Doi in round one. At the Australian Open, Cabrera made her major main-draw debut thanks to a wildcard; however, she lost in the first round to Donna Vekic. In September, Cabrer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhang Yuxuan
Zhang Yuxuan (; ; born 19 August 1994) is a former 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 of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ... player from China. In her career, she won five singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Circuit. On 18 April 2016, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 166. On 2 November 2015, she peaked at No. 299 in the doubles rankings. Biography Zhang began playing tennis at the age of four. She gained a wildcard to the 2013 Australian Open, winning the Asia Pacific Wildcard Playoff. ''Tennis Australia'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena-Gabriela Ruse
Elena-Gabriela Ruse (born 6 November 1997) is a Romanian professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 51 and a doubles ranking of No. 32 achieved in May 2022 and 2023 respectively. She is currently the No. 2 Romanian player. Ruse won her maiden WTA Tour singles title at the 2021 Hamburg Open. She has also won six singles and eleven doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Junior career 2012–2015 Ruse won two junior singles titles and eight junior doubles titles. The biggest title of her junior career was the Grade-1 Canadian Open Junior Championships, where she beat Katie Swan in the final. Ruse also reached the semifinals of the 2014 Wimbledon girls' singles event in 2014 and the final of Eddie Herr. On the ITF Junior Circuit, she had a career-high combined ranking of 7, achieved on 18 May 2015. Professional career 2015–2016: WTA Tour debut When Ruse finished her junior career, she still did not have a professional ranking. In July 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tereza Martincová
Tereza Martincová (; born 24 October 1994) is a Czech professional tennis player. Martincová has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour and four singles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 14 February 2022, she reached her best WTA singles ranking of No. 40. On 8 August 2022, she peaked at No. 77 in the doubles rankings. Career 2013–15 In June 2013, Martincová made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the Nürnberger Versicherungscup. After coming through all three qualifying rounds, she lost to Estrella Cabeza Candela in round one. One month later, Martincová once again came through qualifying at the Baku Cup, defeating Oksana Kalashnikova in the first round, but losing to Tadeja Majerič in the second. In 2014, first WTA Tour event for Martincová was the Nürnberger Versicherungscup where she qualified for the main draw, and then lost to Anastasia Rodionova. She qualified for the Swedish Open in Båstad, before Mona Barthel defeated her in the first round. At the Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jang Su-jeong
Jang Su-jeong (; born 13 March 1995) is a South Korean professional tennis player. On 11 July 2022, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 114. On 22 May 2023, she peaked at No. 82 in the WTA doubles rankings. Jang has won one singles and one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour. She has also won 12 tournaments in singles and 17 in doubles on the ITF Circuit. Playing for South Korea in the Billie Jean King Cup, Jang has a win-loss record of 18–11 as of February 2025. Career Jang won her first ITF Circuit title in Bundaberg, Australia in March 2013, winning the doubles tournament alongside Lee So-ra, defeating Miki Miyamura and Varatchaya Wongteanchai in the final in three sets. At the 2013 Korea Open she reached the quarterfinals with a three-set win over Ons Jabeur Jang lost in the last eight to Lara Arruabarrena. She qualified into the singles main draw of the 2022 Australian Open for her major debut, losing in the first round to Danka Ko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |