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2004 AP Tourism Hyderabad Open – Singles
Tamarine Tanasugarn was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Maria Kirilenko. In the final, Nicole Pratt Nicole Pratt (born 5 March 1973) is a retired tennis player from Australia. Pratt was born in Mackay, Queensland. She is the middle sibling of five children of cane farmers and was taught to play by her father, George, who was a top junior pl ... defeated Kirilenko 7–6(7–3), 6–1 to win her title. Seeds Draw Finals Top half Bottom half References Draws {{DEFAULTSORT:2004 AP Tourism Hyderabad Open - Singles 2004 WTA Tour Bangalore Open ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicole Pratt
Nicole Pratt (born 5 March 1973) is a retired tennis player from Australia. Pratt was born in Mackay, Queensland. She is the middle sibling of five children of cane farmers and was taught to play by her father, George, who was a top junior player. She attended school in Calen and received a tennis scholarship to the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra. She turned professional at 18. She became Australia's No. 1 ranked female player in January 2001. She won her first WTA Title at the Hyderabad Open and reached the third round of the Australian Open in 2004. In August 2006, at age 33, Pratt reached her first ever Tier I quarterfinal at Toronto. Soon after this she rose back up into the top 100. During 2007 she was drafted by the Boston Lobsters of the WTT pro league. At the 2008 Australian Open, after losing her first match to Nadia Petrova, a tearful Pratt announced her retirement from professional tennis. She then coached Australian female player, Casey Dellacqua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatiana Poutchek
Tatiana Poutchek (; ; born 9 January 1979) is a retired tennis player and current captain of the Belarus Billie Jean King Cup team. Her career-high ranking is No. 55 in the world, achieved on 22 July 2002. Many of Poutchek's greatest career results came in Tashkent reaching one singles final and seven doubles finals winning five. In 2002, she made her only WTA Tour singles final there, losing to Marie-Gayanay Mikaelian. In doubles, she won eight titles on the WTA Tour (five in Tashkent, two in Guangzhou, and one in Baku) between 2002 and 2010, and 20 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 ... between 1997 and 2009. WTA career finals Singles: 1 (runner-up) Doubles: 15 (8 titles, 7 runner-ups) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 10 (3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreea Vanc
Andreea Ehritt-Vanc (born 6 October 1973) is a Romanian former professional tennis player. Vanc played predominantly in doubles, and won two WTA Tour titles. Her best performance at the major tournaments is third round: at the 2005 Australian Open and the 2005 French Open The 2005 French Open was the 104th edition of the tournament. On the men's side, Rafael Nadal, seeded fourth at his first French Open, was a strong favorite to win the singles title after winning the Monte Carlo and Rome Masters. Guillermo Coria .... She achieved her career-high rank of No. 40 on 8 May 2006. WTA career finals Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 21 (13–8) Doubles: 49 (24–25) External links * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ehritt-Vanc, Andreea Sportspeople from Timișoara Romanian expatriates in Italy Romanian female tennis players 1973 births Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galina Fokina
Galina Fokina () (born 17 January 1984) is a Russian former tennis player. Fokina has won a total of 35 titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Her career-high WTA rankings are world number 168 in singles and number 79 in doubles, both achieved in 2002. In 2004, she took part in the Hyderabad Open but lost in the second round of the WTA Tour event to Marion Bartoli Marion Bartoli (; born 2 October 1984) is a French former professional tennis player. Bartoli won the 2013 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles, 2013 Wimbledon Championships singles title, after previously being runner-up in 2007 Wimbledo .... Fokina retired from professional tennis in 2013. WTA Tour finals Doubles: 1 (runner-up) ITF Circuit finals Singles (11–5) Doubles (24–12) References *Kournikova Loses in 1st Round of Kremlin Cup, ''The Moscow Times'', 4 October 2001 (Reuters) *, GoTennis.ru External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fokina, Galina 1984 births Living people Tennis players fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yan Zi (tennis)
Yan Zi ( zh, s=晏紫; born 12 November 1984) is a retired Chinese-Hong Kong tennis player. Career summary In 2005, at the age of 20, Yan Zi won her only WTA Tour singles title at the Guangzhou International Open. In singles, she first reached the world top 100 in January 2006, achieving a then career-high of world No. 72 that March before failing to defend her breakthrough run of results the previous year and dropping back outside the top 100 that October. Her ranking had slumped to 262 by February 2007 after a year of disappointing results, but her results then picked up again over the rest of 2007; and she regained the top 100 for the first time in ten months after a spectacular run at the Tier I Canada Masters in August, reaching the semifinals before finally being defeated by world No. 1, Justine Henin, in straight sets. In doubles, her highest ranking is No. 4; she won two Grand Slam titles, partnering with Zheng Jie. While she has been good at doubles, her singles pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mervana Jugić-Salkić
Mervana Jugić-Salkić (born 14 May 1980) is a Bosnian former top 100 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 st ... player. She turned professional in 1999, and reached her highest singles ranking on 21 June 2004, when she was ranked world No. 99. On 10 July 2006, Jugić-Salkić reached world No. 59 in doubles, after winning the Auckland Open in 2004 with Jelena Kostanić, and Internazionali di Modena in 2005 with Yuliya Beygelzimer. She also won 15 singles and 43 doubles events on the ITF Circuit. In her career, she defeated players such as Yan Zi, Victoria Azarenka, Bethanie Mattek, Sania Mirza, Anabel Medina Garrigues, Nuria Llagostera Vives and Sybille Bammer. Personal life Jugić-Salkić was born to Hidajet and Hašiha Jugić. She began playing tennis ... [...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] |
Sania Mirza
Sania Mirza (; born 15 November 1986) is an Indian former professional tennis player. A former doubles world No. 1, she won six major titles – three in women's doubles and three in mixed doubles. From 2003 until her retirement from singles in 2013, she was ranked by the Women's Tennis Association as the No. 1 Indian in singles. Throughout her career, Mirza has established herself as one of the most known, highest-paid, and influential athletes in India. In singles, Mirza had wins over Svetlana Kuznetsova, Vera Zvonareva, and Marion Bartoli, as well as former world-number-ones Martina Hingis, Dinara Safina, and Victoria Azarenka. She is the highest-ranked Indian female player ever, peaking at world No. 27 in mid-2007. However, a major wrist injury caused her to shift to doubles. Mirza has achieved a number of firsts for women's tennis in India, including reaching the one million-US$ mark in career earnings (currently over US$7.2 million), winning a singles WTA Tour title, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adriana Serra Zanetti
Adriana Serra Zanetti (born 5 March 1976; ) is an Italian former 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 st ... player. On 11 February 2002, she achieved her career-high singles ranking of world No. 38. On 17 June 2002, she peaked at No. 69 in the doubles rankings. In her career, she won three WTA Tour doubles titles, as well as one singles ITF title. Serra Zanetti reached one Grand Slam quarterfinal in singles, at the 2002 Australian Open. Her younger sister Antonella is also a tennis player. Adriana Serra Zanetti retired from the professional tour 2007. WTA Tour finals Doubles (3–1) ITF Circuit finals Singles (1–3) Doubles (0–4) References External links * * * 1976 births Living people Italian female tennis players Sportspeople from M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia Schruff
Julia Schruff (born 16 August 1982) is a retired professional German tennis player. Career Her career high WTA-ranking was attained on 17 April 2006, when she reached No. 52. Her highest doubles ranking was reached on 2 October 2006, when she reached No. 99. She enjoyed her breakthrough in 2003 when she reached the final at the Estoril Open in Portugal as a qualifier. During her career, she has beaten two Top 10-ranked players so far – Anastasia Myskina at the 2005 Qatar Total German Open and Elena Dementieva at the 2006 Australian Open. She also has notched wins against top players such as Jelena Janković, Katarina Srebotnik, Flavia Pennetta, Jelena Dokić, Elena Likhovtseva and Alona Bondarenko. Schruff has won her first ITF tournament in Latina, Lazio, where she defeated fellow German Andrea Petkovic Andrea Petkovic (, ; born 9 September 1987) is a German former professional tennis player. Born in Tuzla, SFR Yugoslavia, to Serbian father Zoran and Bosniak mot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Anna-Lena Grönefeld (also spelled Groenefeld; married name Herzgerodt; born 4 June 1985) is a German former professional tennis player. Competing as a professional from 2003 until 2019, she won one singles title on the WTA Tour, at the 2006 Mexican Open, and reached the quarterfinals of the 2006 French Open. She is a two-time Grand Slam champion in mixed doubles, having won the 2009 Wimbledon Championships alongside Mark Knowles, and the 2014 French Open with Jean-Julien Rojer. Grönefeld also finished runner-up in mixed doubles at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships and 2017 French Open. In women's doubles, Grönefeld won 17 career titles, most notably the 2005 Rogers Cup with Martina Navratilova, and reached seven Grand Slam semifinals. She was part of the German team which reached the final of the 2014 Davis Cup, and competed at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games. Career 2002–2006: Breakthrough In 2002, she was the singles champion of both the Belgium and Frankfurt In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vera Dushevina
Vera Yevgenyevna Dushevina (; born 6 October 1986) is a Russian former professional tennis player. She won one singles title and two doubles titles on the WTA Tour. As a junior, she won the Wimbledon Championships, beating Maria Sharapova in the final, while she reached the final of the French Open losing to Anna-Lena Grönefeld. Personal life Dushevina was born in Moscow. Beside tennis, Vera also played football and basketball. Tennis career Early years She played her first main-draw match at the 2002 Warsaw Open by qualifying, but lost to Virginia Ruano Pascual 1–6, 6–7. Her first WTA Tour match she won at the 2003 Miami Open. After qualifying, she defeated Patricia Wartusch 6–0, 6–3 but lost to fourth seed Justine Henin 3–6, 2–6 in the second round. She then won her first professional title at the ITF event in Innsbruck, Austria coming through the qualifying draw and defeating Melinda Czink in the final. In her next tournament, she reached her first W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
