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Françoise Abanda
Françoise Abanda (born February 5, 1997) is a Canadian professional tennis player. She reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 111 on October 9, 2017, and her highest WTA doubles ranking of 197 on September 8, 2014. She achieved a career-high combined junior rank of No. 4 on April 29, 2013 Early life Françoise started playing tennis at age seven, after her elder-by-three-years sister Élisabeth started playing two years earlier. She has been a member of Canada's National Training Centre in Montreal since 2009. Her parents, Blaise Abanda and Cecile Essono Ahibena, are from Cameroon. Her sister Élisabeth also played tennis professionally and studied at Barry University. Tennis career 2011–12 In 2011, Abanda reached the third round of the junior US Open in singles. In May 2012, she was eliminated in the third round of the junior French Open in singles, and in the quarterfinals in doubles. She lost in the semifinals of the Junior Wimbledon in June 2012 in both singles and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships. This was the final Grand Slam to have 12 qualifiers to make it in the main draw. Seeds Qualifiers Lucky losers Qualifying draw First qualifier Second qualifier Third qualifier Fourth qualifier Fifth qualifier Sixth qualifier Seventh qualifier Eighth qualifier Ninth qualifier Tenth qualifier Eleventh qualifier Twelfth qualifier References 2018 Wimbledon Championships – Women's draws and resultsat the International Tennis Federation {{DEFAULTSORT:2018 Wimbledon Championships - Women's Singles Qualifying Women's Singles Qualifying Wimbledon Championship by year – Women's singles qualifying Wimbledon Championships The Wimbledon Championships, commonly called Wimbledon, is a tennis tournament organised by the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irina Falconi
Irina Falconi Hartman (; born Irina Alejandra Falconi; May 4, 1990) is an Ecuadorian-born United States, American former professional tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 63, which she reached in May 2016. Her career-high in doubles is world No. 70, set in June 2013. Born Irina Alejandra Falconi in Portoviejo, Ecuador, she moved to Manhattan, New York, as a toddler. At the age of 14, she and her family moved to Florida. In 2021, Falconi married Travis Hartman and their daughter Isabella was born. Professional career Falconi played college tennis at Georgia Tech where she was a two times ITA All-American and 2010 ACC Player of the Year. She was given a wildcard into the 2010 US Open (tennis), 2010 US Open qualifying tournament and managed to qualify defeating Mona Barthel, Anastasia Pivovarova and Stéphanie Dubois. She went out in the first rounds of the Australian Open, the French Open, and Wimbledon. The 2011 US Open (tennis), 2011 US Open was more successful f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Rodríguez (tennis)
Victoria Aracely Rodríguez Arroyo (born 22 April 1995), known as Victoria Rodríguez (), is a Mexican professional tennis player. She has reached career-high WTA rankings of world No. 216 in singles and No. 113 in doubles. Rodríguez has won nine singles titles and 25 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, as well as one WTA 125 doubles title. Playing for Mexico Fed Cup team, Rodríguez has a win–loss record of 5–7 (doubles 4–4) as of August 2024. Career Rodríguez made her 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 ... debut at the 2013 Abierto Mexicano, partnering Marcela Zacarías in doubles. The Mexican pair won their first-round match against fellow Mexican wildcards Ximena Hermoso and Ana Sofía Sánchez, only to lose in the quarterfinals t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ciudad Victoria
Ciudad Victoria () (English: ''Victoria City'') is the seat of the Victoria Municipality, Tamaulipas, Municipality of Victoria, and the capital of the Mexican List of states of Mexico, state of Tamaulipas. It is located in the Northern Mexico, northeast of Mexico at the foot of the Sierra Madre Oriental. It borders the municipality of Güémez Municipality, Güémez to the north, Llera, Tamaulipas, Llera to the south, Casas, Tamaulipas, Casas Municipality to the east, and the municipality of Jaumave, Tamaulipas, Jaumave to the west. The city is located from Monterrey and from the Mexico–United States border, US - Mexico border. Ciudad Victoria is named after the first List of heads of state of Mexico, president of Mexico, Guadalupe Victoria. In 1825 Ciudad Victoria became the state capital. It is home to higher education institutions such as the Autonomous University of Tamaulipas and the Technological Institute of Ciudad Victoria. Ciudad Victoria International Airport, Gener ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundary, maritime boundaries with the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Caribbean Sea to the southeast, and the Gulf of Mexico to the east. Mexico covers 1,972,550 km2 (761,610 sq mi), and is the List of countries by area, thirteenth-largest country in the world by land area. With a population exceeding 130 million, Mexico is the List of countries by population, tenth-most populous country in the world and is home to the Hispanophone#Countries, largest number of native Spanish speakers. Mexico City is the capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city, which ranks among the List of cities by population, most populous metropolitan areas in the world. Human presence in Mexico dates back to at least 8,000 BC. Mesoamerica, considered a cradle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anastasia Rodionova
Anastasia Ivanovna Rodionova (; born 12 May 1982) is a Russian-born Australian former professional tennis player. Rodionova has won 11 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as eight singles and 13 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 16 August 2010, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 62. On 8 September 2014, she peaked at No. 15 in the doubles rankings. Her greatest career achievements have come in doubles, having reached the finals of the mixed-doubles event at the 2003 Wimbledon Championships with Andy Ram and the semifinals of the women's doubles event at the 2010 US Open with Cara Black. Rodionova suffers the ignominious distinction of being one of just four players in WTA history to be defaulted from a tournament, after hitting a ball towards spectators at the 2007 Western & Southern Open. Her younger sister Arina is also a tennis professional, and the two sisters have intermittently contested doubles tournaments together, with modest success ... [...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] |
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] |
2013 Challenge Bell
The 2013 Challenge Bell was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 21st edition of the Challenge Bell, and was part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2013 WTA Tour. It took place at the PEPS de l'Université Laval in Quebec City, Canada, from September 9 through September 15, 2013. Finals Singles Lucie Šafářová defeated Marina Erakovic, 6–4, 6–3 Doubles Alla Kudryavtseva / Anastasia Rodionova defeated Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká, 6–4, 6–3 Points and prize money Point distribution Prize money Singles main draw entrants Seeds *1 Rankings are as of August 26, 2013 Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Stéphanie Dubois * Lucie Šafářová * Aleksandra Wozniak The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Julie Coin * Sesil Karatantcheva * Melanie Oudin * Amra Sadiković Retirements * Petra Martić (gastrointestinal illness) * Betha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 US Open (tennis)
The 2013 US Open (tennis), US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor Hardcourt, hard courts. It was the 133rd edition of the US Open (tennis), US Open, the fourth and final Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, and ran from August 26 to September 9. Andy Murray and Serena Williams were the defending champions in the singles events. Williams successfully defended her title, but Murray was defeated in the quarterfinals by Stanislas Wawrinka. Rafael Nadal won the men's singles. Tournament The 2013 US Open was the 133rd edition of the tournament and was held at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City, United States. The tournament was an event run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and was part of the 2013 ATP World Tour and the 2013 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consisted of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Tevlin Women's Challenger
The 2012 Tevlin Women's Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 8th edition of the tournament and part of the 2012 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000 in prize money. It took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between October 29 and November 4, 2012. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds *1 Rankings are as of October 22, 2012 Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Françoise Abanda * Gloria Liang * Rebecca Marino * Erin Routliffe The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Sherazad Benamar * Elisabeth Fournier * Sonja Molnar * Carol Zhao Champions Singles * Eugenie Bouchard def. Sharon Fichman, 6–1, 6–2 Doubles * Gabriela Dabrowski / Alla Kudryavtseva def. Eugenie Bouchard / Jessica Pegula Jessica Pegula (born February 24, 1994) is an American professional tennis player. She has career-high rankings in singles of world No. 3, achieved O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 National Bank Challenger Saguenay
The 2012 Challenger Banque Nationale de Saguenay was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 7th edition of the tournament and part of the 2012 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000 in prize money. It took place in Saguenay, Quebec, Canada between October 22 and October 28, 2012. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds *1 Rankings are as of October 15, 2012 Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Rebecca Marino * Charlotte Petrick * Erin Routliffe * Carol Zhao The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Jan Abaza * Victoria Duval * Alexandra Mueller * Piia Suomalainen The following players received entry as lucky losers: * Macall Harkins * Françoise Abanda Champions Singles * Madison Keys def. Eugenie Bouchard, 6–4, 6–2 Doubles * Gabriela Dabrowski / Alla Kudryavtseva def. Sharon Fichman / Marie-Ève Pelletier Marie-Ève Pelletier (; born May 18, 1982) is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
