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2010 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem
The 2010 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 10th edition of the tournament, and was on the International category of the 2010 WTA Tour. It took place in Fes, Morocco, from 26 April until 1 May 2010. Seventh-seeded Iveta Benešová won the singles title. Entrants Seeds * Rankings as of April 19, 2010. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: * Lina Bennani * Nadia Lalami * Fatima Zahrae El Allami The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Gréta Arn * Claire de Gubernatis * Simona Halep * Laura Pous Tió Finals Singles Iveta Benešová defeated Simona Halep, 6-4, 6-2 *It was Benešová's first title of the year and second of her career. Doubles Iveta Benešová / Anabel Medina Garrigues defeated Lucie Hradecká / Renata Voráčová, 6–3, 6–1 External links ITF tournament edition detailsTournament draws {{2010 in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WTA International Tournaments
The WTA International Tournaments was a category for professional tennis tournaments of the Women's Tennis Association from the 2009 WTA Tour until 2020, which replaced the previous Tier III and Tier IV categories. The winner of a WTA International adds 280 points to her WTA ranking. For the 2020 season, there were 32 tournaments, all knock-out tournaments with a prize money for every event at $275,000 ($775,000 for Shenzhen, and $525,000 for Guangzhou and Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a List of cities in China, city and Special administrative regions of China, special ...). Events Internationals Defunct Winners by tournament Singles Current tournaments Previous tournaments See also * WTA Premier tournaments * WTA 250 tournaments {{WTA International tournaments * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petra Martić
Petra Martić (; born 19 January 1991) is a Croatian professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 14, achieved in January 2020. Martić has won two singles titles on the WTA Tour, one singles and one doubles tournament on WTA Challenger Tour, plus four singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Early and personal life Petra Martić was born in Split, Yugoslavia to Nenad (father) and Sandra (mother). She grew up in the village of Duće, 30 km from Split, and moved to Split at the age of 10. Her father died in a car accident when Petra was five. Petra is quoted saying that her mother is a hero to her for managing to go through all this and raising Petra by herself, and that this motivates her to excel in tennis and bring joy to her family. Tennis career 2006–2009: Early career The best result in her junior career was the quarterfinals in 2006 US Open. In 2007, she played her first WTA Tour main draw match as a wild card a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renata Voráčová
Renata Voráčová (; born 6 October 1983) is a Czech professional tennis player. Voráčová has won 11 doubles titles on the WTA Tour and three on WTA 125 tournaments, as well as 15 singles and 56 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 11 October 2010, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 74. On 21 August 2017, she peaked at No. 29 in the WTA doubles rankings. Background and early life Voracova's father, Frantisek, owns a gas company, while her mother, Vlasta, manages a sports center. She also has brother, David, that is a professional dancer and still studying. She started playing tennis at age of 7. Junior achievements As a junior, Voráčová reached a career-high ranking of world No. 4 in singles and No. 3 in doubles. One of the highlights of her junior tennis career was winning the 2001 French Open doubles title, alongside Petra Cetkovská. Career 2017 At the Wimbledon Championships, Voráčová made the second week of a Grand Slam tournament for the ... [...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 20 ITF titles in singles and nine in doubles. At the WTA level, she was a singles runner-up at the Morocco Open in Fés, losing the final in two sets to Kiki Bertens. In 2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple Inc., Apple's first iPhone (1st generation), iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakis ..., 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. WTA career finals Singles: 1 (runner-up) Doubles: 1 (runner-up) Grand Slam performance timelines Singles Doubles ITF finals Singles: 31 (20–11) Doub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simona Halep
Simona Halep (; born 27 September 1991) is a Romanian professional tennis player. She has been ranked world No. 1 in singles twice between 2017 and 2019, for a total of 64 weeks, which ranks eleventh in the history of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) rankings. Halep was the year-end No. 1 in 2017 and 2018. She has won two Grand Slam singles titles: the 2018 French Open and the 2019 Wimbledon Championships. From 27 January 2014 to 8 August 2021, Halep was ranked in the top 10 for 373 consecutive weeks, the eighth-longest streak in WTA history. During this seven-year span, she finished each year ranked no lower than No. 4. She has won 24 WTA Tour singles titles and finished runner-up 18 times. A 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 calendar year in 2013, and was the first to do so since St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claire De Gubernatis
Claire de Gubernatis (born 18 July 1986) is a French professional tennis player. As of 13 September 2010, she reached her highest singles rankings of 196. Her best doubles ranking was 233, which she achieved on 9 April 2007. At the Morocco Open in Fes, she made her first appearance in the main draw of a WTA Tour tournament, reaching the second round as a qualifier where she fell to the eventual winner, Iveta Benešová Iveta Benešová () (formerly Melzer, cs, Melzerová; born 1 February 1983) is a Czech former tennis player. She began playing tennis at age of seven and turned professional in 1998. She won two WTA Tour singles and 14 doubles tournaments, and .... ITF Circuit finals Singles 11 (5–6) Doubles: 11 (7–4) External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gubernatis, Claire De 1986 births Living people French female tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gréta Arn
Gréta Arn (born 13 April 1979) is a Hungarian retired tennis player of Danube Swabian German descent. She has won two titles on the WTA Tour, the 2007 Estoril Open in Portugal, and the 2011 ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand, as well as four ITF titles in singles. She reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 40 on 16 May 2011. She has picked up wins against Mary Pierce at the 2002 Acura Classic and Maria Sharapova at the 2011 ASB Classic. Personal life Arn was born in Budapest, Hungary. After playing for Germany with dual Hungarian citizenship for nine years, she chose for the 2008 Fed Cup to compete for Hungary alongside Ágnes Szávay. She also chose to play for her nation of birth full-time. Career In 1997, Arn won her first title on the ITF Women's Circuit, winning a $10k event at Stockholm. In 1999, she won her second ITF title at the $10k event at Glasgow. In 2004, at Bad Saulgau, she won her third $10k title. In 2006, Arn won a $25k event in Fort Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatima Zahrae El Allami
Fatima-Zahra El Allami (born 26 March 1989 in Meknes) is a Moroccan former professional tennis player. Tennis career In her career, El Allami won three singles titles and 12 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 1 November 2010, she reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 433. In July 2009, she peaked at No. 420 in the WTA doubles rankings. She had been awarded a wildcard for the Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem The Morocco Open or Rabat Grand Prix (for sponsorship reasons called the Grand Prix de SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem), is a women's professional tennis tournament currently held in Rabat, Morocco. This WTA Tour event is classified as an Internati ... every year since 2007, but she never passed the first round. Playing for Morocco Fed Cup team since 2008, El Allami has a win–loss record of 19–11. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 8 (3–5) Doubles: 18 (12–6) External links * * * 1989 births Living people Moroccan female tenni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadia Lalami
Nadia Lalami Laaroussi (born 28 April 1990) is a Moroccan former professional tennis player. In her career, she won two singles titles and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 19 September 2011, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 322. On 29 August 2011, she peaked at No. 427 in the doubles rankings. Playing for Morocco Fed Cup team, Lalami has a win–loss record of 18–12. Career At the 2011 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem in Fes, she upset the top seed and world No. 24, Aravane Rezaï Aravane Rezaï (; fa, ارغوان رضایی ''Arghavān-e Rezāyi'' , born 14 March 1987) is an Iranian–French tennis player. She has defeated many top players on the WTA Tour, such as Justine Henin, Venus Williams, Victoria Azarenk ..., in the second round, becoming the first Moroccan player to reach the quarterfinals of a WTA tournament. ITF finals Singles (2–2) Doubles (2–4) References External links * * * 1990 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lina Bennani
Lina Bennani (born 4 July 1991) is a Moroccan former professional tennis player. Born in Casablanca, Bennani participated in six Fed Cup ties for Morocco between 2008 and 2011, mostly as a doubles player. She won her only singles rubber, over Malta's Elaine Genovese in 2010. Bennani, who won three ITF doubles titles, competed in the main draw of her home WTA Tour tournament, the Morocco Open, once in singles and four times in doubles. At the 2011 Pan Arab Games The 2011 Pan Arab Games also known as the 12th Pan Arab Games took place in Doha, Qatar from 6 to 23 December 2011. This was the first time that the country had hosted the multi-sport event. Khalifa International Stadium was the main venue for th ... in Doha, Bennani won bronze medals in the singles and team events for Morocco. ITF finals Doubles: 4 (3–1) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bennani, Lina 1991 births Living people Moroccan female tennis players Sportspeople from Casablanca 21st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Card (sports)
A wild card (also wildcard or wild-card and also known as an at-large berth or at-large bid) is a tournament or playoff berth awarded to an individual or team that fails to qualify in the normal way; for example, by having a high ranking or winning a qualifying stage. In some events, wildcards are chosen freely by the organizers. Other events have fixed rules. Some North American professional sports leagues compare the records of teams which did not qualify directly by winning a division or conference. International sports In international sports, the term is perhaps best known in reference to two sporting traditions: team wildcards distributed among countries at the Olympic Games and individual wildcards given to some tennis players at every professional tournament (both smaller events and the major ones such as Wimbledon). Tennis players may even ask for a wildcard and get one if they want to enter a tournament on short notice. In Olympics, countries that fail to produce athle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucie Hradecká
Lucie Hradecká (; born 21 May 1985) is a Czech former professional tennis player. A three-time Grand Slam doubles champion and 26-time WTA Tour doubles titlist, she reached her career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4 in October 2012. She was also an integral member of the Czech Republic's national team and helped her country to win five titles at the Fed Cup (now Billie Jean King Cup) between 2011 and 2016, in addition to winning two Olympic medals in both women's doubles with Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková in 2012 and in mixed doubles with Radek Štěpánek in 2016. Hradecká also reached the top-45 in singles and placed runner-up in seven tour-level singles finals. She announced her retirement from the sport upon the end of the 2022 season. In 2006, Hradecká won her first WTA Tour title in doubles in 2006 with partner Renata Voráčová at the Slovenia Open. Five years later, she made her breakthrough at the Grand Slam tournaments when she won her first of two women's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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