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Yuan Yue
Yuan Yue (; ; born 25 September 1998) is a Chinese professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 36 in singles, set in May 2024, and No. 60 in doubles, achieved June 2025. Career 2018: WTA Tour debut Yuan made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the Jiangxi International Open in the doubles tournament, partnering with Liu Yanni. 2022: Major and top 75 debuts She made her Grand Slam main-draw debut at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships as a lucky loser. At the next major, at the US Open, she reached the third round for the first time after qualifying by defeating Jaimee Fourlis and Irina-Camelia Begu without losing a set. 2023: First WTA 1000 win and WTA Tour final She qualified for the 2023 Australian Open to make her debut at this major, and she also qualified for the Wimbledon Championships. Yuan received a wildcard for her home tournament, the China Open, and defeated Elise Mertens for her first WTA 1000 win. She reached her first WTA Tour fina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yue Yuan
Yue Yuan (; ; born July 23, 1987) is a Chinese beach volleyball player. She competed alongside Wang Fan in the women's beach volleyball tournament in the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i .... References External links * * * * 1987 births Living people Chinese women's beach volleyball players Olympic beach volleyball players for China Asian Games silver medalists in beach volleyball Asian Games bronze medalists in beach volleyball Asian Games silver medalists for China Asian Games bronze medalists for China Beach volleyball players at the 2010 Asian Games Beach volleyball players at the 2014 Asian Games Beach volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 French Open – Women's Doubles
Coco Gauff and Kateřina Siniaková defeated Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini in the final, 7–6(7–5), 6–3 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 2024 French Open. It was Gauff's first major women's doubles title and Siniaková's eighth. Hsieh Su-wei and Wang Xinyu were the defending champions, but chose not to participate together. Hsieh partnered with Elise Mertens, but lost in the second round to Emma Navarro and Diana Shnaider; Mertens was vying to complete a career Grand Slam. Wang partnered with Ena Shibahara, but lost in the third round to Gauff and Siniaková. Mertens regained the WTA No. 1 doubles ranking from Hsieh at the end of the tournament. Erin Routliffe and Laura Siegemund were also in contention for the top ranking at the beginning of the tournament. 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 20 May 2024. Ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irina-Camelia Begu
Irina-Camelia Begu (born 26 August 1990) is a Romanian tennis player. She reached a career-high WTA ranking, WTA singles ranking of world No. 22 , in August 2016. Two years later, she reached her highest ranking in doubles, also No. 22. She is currently the No. 2 Romanian player. Begu has won five singles titles and nine doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She also has won three singles titles on the WTA 125 tournaments, WTA Challenger Tour, with 12 singles and 19 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. As a junior, she reached semifinal at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships, partnering with Oksana Kalashnikova. Later, as a senior, she continued with Grand Slam doubles success. She reached the semifinal at the 2018 Australian Open and quarterfinals of the 2017 French Open and 2018 Wimbledon Championships. In singles, she has the round of 16 as her best Grand Slam result at the 2015 Australian Open, 2016 French Open and 2022 French Open. In singles, she reached one Premier final, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaimee Fourlis
Jaimee Fourlis (born 17 September 1999) is an Australian tennis player of Greek descent. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 147, achieved on 18 July 2022, and a highest doubles ranking of world No. 138, reached on 2 March 2020. Partnering Jason Kubler, Fourlis was runner-up in the mixed doubles at the 2022 Australian Open. She has won one WTA 125 doubles title and 10 on the ITF Women's Circuit as well as nine ITF singles titles. Personal life She grew up in Melbourne and attended Northcote High School. Her family comes from Agrinio and Thessaloniki, Greece. Her Greek Orthodox name is Dimitra. Career 2014–2016: ITF debut, first title Fourlis made her ITF Women's Circuit debut in Glen Iris in March 2014. Her first win came in October 2014 in Cairns when her opponent Carolin Daniels retired. In 2016, she commenced the year at the Perth $25k event, where from qualifying she won eight matches en route to her first title. Fourlis reached the girls' doubles sem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 US Open (tennis)
The 2022 US Open was the 142nd edition of tennis' US Open and the fourth and final tennis major ( Grand Slam event) of the year. It was held on outdoor hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City. Daniil Medvedev and Emma Raducanu were the men's and women's singles defending tournament champions. Raducanu lost to Alizé Cornet in the first round, while Medvedev lost to Nick Kyrgios in the fourth round. Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Świątek won the men's and women's singles titles, respectively. Carlos became the first male player from the 2000s (born in 2003) and Iga became the second female player from the 2000s (born in 2001), to win the tournament's singles titles. Tournament The 2022 US Open was the 142nd consecutive edition of the tournament and took place at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park of Queens in New York City, New York, United States. The tournament was played on hard courts and too ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Wimbledon Championships
The 2022 Wimbledon Championships was a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tier tennis tournament that took place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. Novak Djokovic successfully defended his gentlemen's singles title to claim his 21st Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major title, defeating Nick Kyrgios in the final. Ashleigh Barty was the reigning ladies' champion, but did not defend her title after retiring from professional tennis in March 2022. The ladies' singles title was won by Elena Rybakina, who defeated Ons Jabeur in the final. This year, the AELTC Wimbledon ban on Russian and Belarusian players, barred Russian and Belarusian players from competing because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In reaction, the Women's Tennis Association, WTA, Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP, and International Tennis Federation, ITF withdrew ranking points from the tournament. Tournament The tournament was played on Grass court, gras ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liu Yanni
Liu Yanni ( zh, s=刘燕妮, p=Liú Yànnī; ; born 11 June 1999) is a Chinese tennis player. She has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 527, achieved on 31 December 2018. Liu 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 ... main-draw debut at the 2018 Jiangxi International in the doubles tournament, partnering Yuan Yue.http://wtafiles.wtatennis.com/pdf/draws/2018/1077/MDD.pdf References External links * * 1999 births Living people Chinese female tennis players 21st-century Chinese sportswomen {{China-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Jiangxi International Women's Tennis Open
The 2018 Jiangxi International Women's Tennis Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 5th edition of the event, and part of the International category of the 2018 WTA Tour. It took place in Nanchang, China, from July 23 – 29, 2018. Points and prize money Point distribution Prize money Singles main draw entrants Seeds * Rankings are as of July 16, 2018 Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Yang Zhaoxuan * Zhang Shuai * Zheng Wushuang The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw: * Margarita Gasparyan The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Hiroko Kuwata * Liang En-shuo * Peangtarn Plipuech * Karman Thandi * Xu Shilin * Xun Fangying The following players received entry as lucky losers: * Momoko Kobori * Junri Namigata Withdrawals * Jana Čepelová → replaced by Ayano Shimizu * Bojana Jovanovski Petrovi ... [...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] |
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] |
