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Ekaterina Alexandrova
Ekaterina Evgenyevna Alexandrova ( rus, Екатери́на Евге́ньевна Александро́ва, , jɪkətʲɪˈrʲinə ɐlʲɪksɐnˈdrovə; born 15 November 1994) is a Russian professional tennis player. She has won five WTA Tour singles titles, three WTA 125 titles and seven singles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 1 April 2024, she achieved her best singles ranking of world No. 15. On 26 September 2022, she peaked at No. 58 in the WTA doubles rankings. Personal life Since 2006, Alexandrova has been living and training in Prague, Czech Republic, with her parents and two siblings, a brother and a sister. They moved after travelling to the city for a youth tournament, attracted by the local availability of tennis courts compared to Russia. According to the player, the Russian Tennis Federation didn't know about her existence before 2016 and she has never been good enough to cause interest from the Czech Tennis Association in terms of citizenship switch. However, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandrov (surname)
Alexandrov or Aleksandrov, Alexandroff, Aleksandrow (; ; masculine) or Alexandrova/Aleksandrova (feminine) is a Slavic surname derived from the name Alexander and common in Bulgaria and Russia. It is shared by the following people: Science and mathematics *Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov (1912–1999), Russian mathematician, physicist, philosopher and mountaineer * Anastassia Alexandrova, Russian-American chemist * Anatoly Petrovich Alexandrov (1903–1994), Soviet/Russian physicist and academician * Ivan Alexandrov (1875-1936), Soviet engineer and academician *Pavel Alexandrov (1896–1982), Russian mathematician who introduced the Alexandrov topology * Vladimir Alexandrov, Soviet physicist Military, government, and exploration * Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov (born 1951), Bulgarian cosmonaut * Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov (born 1943), Russian cosmonaut * Todor Aleksandrov (1881–1924), Bulgarian revolutionary Arts, music, and drama * Mihail Aleksandrov (1949 ~), Lithuani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 French Open – Women's Doubles ...
Tímea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic defeated Duan Yingying and Zheng Saisai in the final, 6–2, 6–3 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 2019 French Open. Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková were the defending champions, but lost in the first round to Nadiia Kichenok and Abigail Spears. Mladenovic replaced Siniaková as the WTA doubles no. 1 by winning the title. Barbora Strýcová, Elise Mertens, Demi Schuurs, Ashleigh Barty and Zhang Shuai were also in contention for the top ranking. Seeds Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Bottom half Section 3 Section 4 References Main Draw {{DEFAULTSORT:2019 French Open Women's Doubles Women's Doubles 2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Tennis Federation
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is the governing body of world tennis, wheelchair tennis, and beach tennis. It was founded in 1913 as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by twelve national tennis associations. there are 211 national and six regional associations that make up the ITF's membership. The ITF's governance responsibilities include maintaining and enforcing the rules of tennis, regulating international team competitions, promoting the game, and preserving the sport's integrity via anti-doping and anti-corruption programs. The ITF partners with the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) to govern professional tennis. The ITF organizes annual team competitions for men (Davis Cup), women ( Billie Jean King Cup), and mixed teams ( Hopman Cup), as well as tennis and wheelchair tennis events at the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games on behalf of the International Olympic Committee. The ITF sanctions circuits th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ITF Women's World Tennis Tour
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 developmental circuit for the WTA Tour, which is run by the independent Women's Tennis Association (WTA). There are several hundred ITF Women's Circuit tournaments each year, spread across all six inhabited continents, with prize money ranging from US$15,000 to US$100,000. Players who succeed on the ITF Women's Circuit earn sufficient points to be eligible for qualifying draw or main draw entry to WTA tournaments. Until 2011 the ITF Women's Circuit was the level immediately below the main WTA Tour, but in 2012 the WTA introduced an intermediate level, the WTA 125 tournaments. There is also an ITF Men's Circuit, but it only incorporates the lower-level Futures tournaments. Mid-level men's tournaments, equivalent to the WTA 125 tournaments and the bigg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WTA 125 Tournaments
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 , and above the tournaments. Players who succeed in the WTA 125s earn sufficient overa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Women's World Tennis Tour. The men's equivalent is the ATP Tour. Season format 2024–present In 2024, the WTA made all WTA 1000 events mandatory. The WTA Elite Trophy did not return: * Grand Slam tournaments (4) *Year-ending WTA Finals (1) * WTA 1000 tournaments: Ten events with prize money ranging from US$2 million to US$10 million. * WTA 500 tournaments: 17 events with prize money from US$700,000 to US$900,000. *WTA 250 tournaments: 23 events, with prize money at US$250,000. 2021–2023 The WTA Tour underwent a slight change in the classification of tournaments in 2021, which were reorganized on with similar nomenclature to that used on ATP Tour: * Grand Slam tournaments (4) *Year-ending WTA Finals (1) *Penultimate event WTA Elite Trop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 strung with a cord to strike a hollow rubber tennis ball, ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's tennis court, court. The object is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. If a player is unable to return the ball successfully, the opponent scores a Point (tennis), point. Playable at all levels of society and at all ages, tennis can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including Wheelchair tennis, wheelchair users. The original forms of tennis developed in France during the late Middle Ages. The modern form of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis. It had close connections to various field (lawn) games such as croqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020–21 Billie Jean King Cup Finals
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Tennis At The 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's Doubles
Italy's Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini defeated the Individual Neutral Athletes' Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider in the final, 2–6, 6–1, 0–7to win the gold medal in women's doubles tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics. It was Italy's first Olympic gold medal in tennis, and Errani completed the career Golden Slam (becoming the seventh woman to do so, after the Williams sisters, Pam Shriver, Gigi Fernández, Barbora Krejčíková, and Kateřina Siniaková) and became the oldest player to win an Olympic tennis gold. In the bronze medal match, Spain's Cristina Bucșa and Sara Sorribes Tormo defeated Czechia's Karolína Muchová and Linda Nosková, 6–2, 6–2. It was Spain's first Olympic medal in women's tennis since 2008. The women's doubles tennis event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place from 27 July to 4 August 2024 at the Stade Roland Garros, in Paris, France. There were 64 players (32 teams) from 21 nations. Krejčíková and Siniaková were the defending ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 US Open – Women's Doubles
Elise Mertens and Aryna Sabalenka defeated Ashleigh Barty and Victoria Azarenka in the final, 7–5, 7–5, to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 2019 US Open. It was both players' first major doubles title. Barbora Strýcová retained the WTA no. 1 doubles ranking after the tournament. Kristina Mladenovic was also in contention for the top ranking at the start of the tournament. Barty and CoCo Vandeweghe were the defending champions, but chose not to participate together. Barty played alongside Azarenka and lost in the final. Vandeweghe teamed up with Bethanie Mattek-Sands, but lost in the first round to Magda Linette and Iga Świątek. Seeds Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Bottom half Section 3 Section 4 References External links2019 US Open – Women's draws and resultsat the International Tennis Federation The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is the governing body of world tennis, wheelchair tennis, and beach tennis. It was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles
Hsieh Su-wei and Barbora Strýcová defeated Storm Hunter and Elise Mertens in the final, 7–5, 6–4 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships. It was Hsieh's fourth Wimbledon women's doubles title and Strýcová's second, with the pair having teamed up previously to win the title in 2019. Hsieh completed the Channel Slam (having won the French Open partnering Wang Xinyu) with the title. Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková were the reigning champions, but withdrew due to a left leg injury sustained by Krejčiková in the singles tournament. Siniaková and Jessica Pegula were in contention for the women's doubles No. 1 ranking. Siniaková retained the top spot after Pegula lost in the third round. Seeds Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Bottom half Section 3 Section 4 Seeded teams The following are the seeded teams. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of 26 June 2023. Other entry information Wildcards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
