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2002 Australian Open – Women's Singles Qualifying
This article displays the qualifying draw for women's singles at the 2002 Australian Open. Seeds Qualifiers Lucky losers # Pavlina Nola 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 External links WTA Draws Archive2002 Australian 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 founded in 1913 as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by twelve national tennis associations. there are 211 nat ... {{DEFAULTSORT:2002 Australian Open - Women's Singles Qualifying Women's Singles Qualifying Australian Open (tennis) by year – Qualifying ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 Australian Open
The 2002 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Melbourne Park in Melbourne in Australia. It was the 90th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 14 through 27 January 2002 and attracted an attendance of 518,248. Andre Agassi and Jennifer Capriati were the defending champions. Agassi, chose to withdraw from the tournament due to wrist injury. Thomas Johansson won his first Grand Slam title, while Capriati successfully defended her title defeating three-time champion Martina Hingis in the final. Kia Motors began its sponsorship of the Australian Open in this season replacing Ford. Seniors Men's singles Thomas Johansson defeated Marat Safin, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4, 7–6(7–4) *It was Johansson's 1st title of the year, and his 7th overall. It was his 1st (and only) career Grand Slam title. Women's singles Jennifer Capriati defeated Martina Hingis, 4–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–2 *It was Capriati's 1st title of the year, and her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenka Němečková
Lenka Němečková (born 20 April 1976) is a Czech former professional tennis player. Němečková was born in Brno. She has a career-high WTA rankings, WTA singles ranking of 72, achieved on 12 January 1998. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 85, achieved on 28 April 1997. Němečková won one doubles title on the WTA Tour and four singles and 16 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Němečková (married Janoušková) retired from professional tennis in 2006. WTA Tour finals Singles: 1 (runner-up) Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) ITF finals Singles (4–9) Doubles (16–15) External links * * 1976 births Living people Tennis players from Brno Czech female tennis players Long stubs with short prose {{CzechRepublic-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena Tatarkova
Elena Tatarkova or Olena Tatarkova ( Ukrainian: Олена Tатаркова, born 22 August 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Ukraine. She won four doubles titles on WTA Tour, and four singles and 25 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Her best career result came in doubles; she reached the 1999 Wimbledon final with partner Mariaan de Swardt, which they lost to Lindsay Davenport and Corina Morariu. Tatarkova also made the 2001 French Open doubles semifinals with Justine Henin Justine Henin (; born 1 June 1982) is a Belgian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 117 weeks, i .... She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 45, and highest doubles ranking of No. 9, both in 1999. Since retiring from professional tennis in 2004, she married Timothy Feltham in September 2007 and is mother to Stanle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ansley Cargill
Ansley Cargill (born January 5, 1982) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Cargill won four singles titles and four doubles titles on tournaments of the ITF Women's Circuit. She reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 90 in May 2003. In 2006, she won the $50k Hammond event, defeating top seed Tatiana Poutchek of Belarus, 6–1, 6–3 in the quarterfinals, and No. 4 seed Tatiana Perebiynis of Ukraine in the final. That year, she also won the $25k tournament in Vancouver where she was defending champion. On the WTA Tour, she reached one singles quarterfinal at Sarasota, FL in 2003. She defeated world No. 13, Patty Schnyder of Switzerland, in the first round, and world No. 31, Tamarine Tanasugarn of Thailand, in the second round before losing to world No. 22, Nathalie Dechy of France. She also reached one WTA Tour doubles final at Tokyo, the Japan Open in 2003, with Ashley Harkleroad of the United States, they lost to Maria Sharapova and Tamarin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonella Serra Zanetti
Antonella Serra Zanetti (born 25 July 1980; ) is a former professional tennis player from Italy. On 30 January 2006, Serra Zanetti achieved her career-high singles ranking of world No. 60. On 8 May 2006, she peaked at No. 47 in the doubles rankings. In her career, she won two doubles titles on WTA Tour, as well as six singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit 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 developmenta .... Personal Antonella was coached by Patricio Remondegui, her favorite surface is hardcourt. Father Alessandro is in banking; mother Arianna is an art history teacher; older brother Andrea and younger sister Alessia are students. Older sister Adriana also retired as professional tennis player. Antonella Serra Zanetti retired from the professional tour 2009. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bahia Mouhtassine
Bahia Mouhtassine (born 23 August 1979) is a Moroccan former professional tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking is No.139, achieved on 24 June 2002. She is the highest ever ranked player from Morocco. Biography Mouhtassine is the first female Moroccan player to feature at the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament. She lost in the first rounds of the 2002 Australian Open and 2003 French Open to Spanish Anabel Medina Garrigues and Czech Zuzana Ondrášková, respectively. In her career, Mouhtassine won eleven ITF Women's Circuit singles titles and nine doubles titles. She also played on many WTA Tour events, won six gold medals at the Pan Arab Games and one gold at the Mediterranean Games, representing Morocco. Mouthassine's biggest career win was at the Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem in Casablanca in 2004. She upset third-seeded Katarina Srebotnik, who was ranked 183 spots above her, in straight sets. She has also beaten Sania Mirza at an ITF final in Rabat in 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gloria Pizzichini
Gloria Pizzichini (born 24 July 1975) is an Italian former tennis player. On 18 November 1996, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 45. In the same year, she won her only WTA Tour title. In the 1996 "M" Electronika Cup final, she defeated domestic player Silvija Talaja 6–2, 6–0 to collect the trophy. In her career, Pizzichini defeated players such as Julie Halard, Iva Majoli and Ruxandra Dragomir. She was the first player to be beaten by Elena Dementieva in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, at the 1999 Australian Open. Personal life Born to Enzo and Maria Pizzichini, Gloria began playing tennis aged seven. She has a sister, Francesca, and a brother, Paolo. Pizzichini cited Stefan Edberg Jan Stefan Edberg (; born 19 January 1966) is a Swedish former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in both men's singles and men's doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), one of two players in the ... as her ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova (born 27 June 1985) is a Russian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as high as world No. 2 in singles and world No. 3 in doubles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Kuznetsova won 18 singles and 16 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including two singles Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, majors at the 2004 US Open – Women's singles, 2004 US Open and 2009 French Open – Women's singles, 2009 French Open, and two doubles majors at the 2005 Australian Open – Women's doubles, 2005 and 2012 Australian Open – Women's doubles, 2012 Australian Opens. Kuznetsova first took part in a WTA Tour event in 2001. Her first major title came at the 2004 US Open over compatriot Elena Dementieva, making her the third Russian woman to win a major. Kuznetsova's second major singles title was the 2009 French Open, defeating compatriot Dinara Safina in the final. At the 2006 French Open – Women's singles, 2006 French Open and the 2007 US Open ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandra Fusai
Alexandra Fusai (born 22 November 1973) is a former professional tennis player from France. Fusai was born in Saint-Cloud, Hauts-de-Seine. Starting from September 1989 when she turned professional, Fusai played four tournaments (all of them part of the ITF Women's Circuit) on the international tennis circuit in 1989. She played right-handed and lived in Nantes during her career. She retired from the professional tennis circuit in April 2003 when she discovered that she was pregnant with her first child. Fusai's highest WTA rankings were No. 37 and No. 6 respectively, both attained in 1998. Her career prize money earnings reached the one million USD-mark in 1999. Fusai won six singles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She reached her only career WTA Tour singles final in Warsaw in 1995, losing to Barbara Paulus of Austria in three sets. She was a losing singles quarterfinalist on six occasions and a losing singles semifinalist on three occasions in WTA tournaments. Fusai neve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristie Boogert
Kristie Boogert (born 16 December 1973) is a Dutch former professional female tennis player. She retired in 2003 due to chronic elbow pain. On 5 February 1996, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 29. She has not won any singles titles, but did win three titles in doubles. At the 1994 French Open championships, she won the mixed doubles title with countryman Menno Oosting. Her biggest achievement came during the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where she won the silver medal in doubles, partnering Miriam Oremans. They were beaten by Venus and Serena Williams Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WT ... in the final. Olympic finals Doubles: 1 (silver) Grand Slam finals Mixed doubles: 1 (runner-up) WTA Tour finals Singles: 1 (runner-up) Doubles: 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Taylor (tennis)
Sarah Taylor (born November 6, 1981) is a tennis coach and former professional American tennis player from New York City. Her highest ranking was World No. 68 on March 31, 2003. Taylor made her debut in a Grand Slam tournament at the 2001 US Open where she beat World No. 41 Marlene Weingärtner in the first round. She won the silver medal at the 2003 Pan American Games, losing the final to Milagros Sequera 7–5, 4–6, 6–1. Family background Sarah's mother, Sally, is a paralegal who was a nationally ranked junior player (No. 6 in girls 14s, No. 1 in doubles). She has two older brothers, Jeff, who played college tennis at the University of California at Berkeley, and Robert, who played at the University of Colorado. She moved from Raleigh, North Carolina to Bradenton, Florida in 1994 to attend the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy. Results 2002 In addition to a 1998 title, captured an ITF Circuit singles title three years consecutively, most recently at ITF/Fullerton-USA, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie-Ève Pelletier
Marie-Ève Pelletier (; born May 18, 1982) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. She reached career-high rankings by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of 106 in singles and 54 in doubles. Tennis career 1998–2013 Marie-Ève played in one career Grand Slam singles match in 2004, at the Australian Open, qualifying for the tournament before losing in the first round to Akiko Morigami. She is the previous winner of two events on the ITF Women's Circuit, the 2000 Virginia Beach and 2005 Waikoloa tournaments. Her best result in a WTA Tour event came at the 2005 Hyderabad Open, where she reached the quarterfinals. The biggest win of her career was when she beat then-world No. 16, Li Na, in straight sets in the first round of the 2006 Rogers Cup. She won in June 2012 the third singles title of her career at the $25k tournament in El Paso, beating Ashley Weinhold in the final. Pelletier retired from pro tennis on 9 January 2013, after her loss in the first round of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
