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2008 ITF Women's Circuit (January–March)
The ITF Women's Circuit is the second-tier tour for women's professional tennis organised by the International Tennis Federation, and is a tier below the 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 .... The ITF Women's Circuit includes tournaments with prize money ranging from $10,000 up to $100,000. This article covers the ITF tour from the months of January until March. Schedule Key January February March See also * 2008 ITF Women's Circuit (April–June) * 2008 ITF Women's Circuit (July–September) References External linksInternational Tennis Federation (ITF) official website {{DEFAULTSORT:2008 Itf Women's Circuit (January-March) 2008 ITF Women's Circuit 01-03 ... [...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] |
Tereza Hladíková
Tereza Hladíková (born 14 April 1988) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. She started playing tennis at the age of 8. Hladíková reached a career-high singles ranking on 27 April 2009, as the world No. 197, and a career-high doubles ranking on 4 May 2009, as No. 186. In her career, she won two singles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Partnering Simona Dobrá, Hladíková won her first $75k tournament in June 2008 at the Smart Card Open Monet+, defeating Lucie Hradecká and Renata Voráčová Renata Voráčová (; born 6 October 1983) is a Czech professional tennis player. Voráčová has won eleven doubles titles on the WTA Tour and three on WTA 125 tournaments, as well as 15 singles and 58 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circui ... in the final. ITF finals Singles (2–2) Doubles (10–6) External links * * 1988 births Living people Czech female tennis players Sportspeople from Valašské Meziříčí Ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadja Roma
Nadja Roma (born 27 July 1988) is a Swedish former professional tennis player. Biography A left-handed player from Stockholm, Roma represented the Sweden Fed Cup team in a total of seven ties. She was used mostly as a doubles player but played twice in singles, which included a win over Ekaterina Dzehalevich of Belarus. Roma competed mainly on the ITF Circuit and won one singles and seven doubles titles during her career. She featured as a wildcard in the main draw of the 2008 Abierto Mexicano, a WTA Tour tournament in Acapulco, where she was beaten in the first round by Iveta Benešová Iveta Benešová () (formerly Melzer, ; born 1 February 1983) is a Czech former tennis player. She began playing tennis aged seven and turned professional in 1998. She won two WTA Tour singles and 14 doubles tournaments, and one Grand Slam tit .... Her younger sister Sandra also played professional tennis. ITF finals Singles: 4 (1–3) Doubles: 11 (7–4) See also * List of Swe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johanna Larsson
Johanna Larsson (; born 17 August 1988) is a Swedish former tennis player. In her career, she won two singles and 14 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, with 13 singles and 17 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Her career-high WTA rankings are 45 in singles, achieved in September 2016, and 20 in doubles, set on 30 October 2017. In 2017, Larsson qualified for the WTA Finals for the first time, with her partner Kiki Bertens, reaching the final in Singapore upsetting fourth seeds Barty and Dellacqua and second seeds Vesnina and Makarova. They lost in the final against Tímea Babos and Andrea Hlaváčková. Larsson made her debut for the Sweden Fed Cup team in 2005, eventually accumulating an overall win–loss record of 50–30. Career Early years Larsson began playing international tennis on the ITF Junior Circuit, with a career-high junior ranking at No. 79 in September 2006. During the Fed Cup in 2005, she made a significant career achievement when defeating Anna Krem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunderland, Tyne And Wear
Sunderland () is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. It is a port at the mouth of the River Wear on the North Sea, approximately south-east of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is the most populous settlement in the Wearside conurbation and the second most populous settlement in North East England after Newcastle. Sunderland was once known as 'the largest shipbuilding town in the world' and once made a quarter of all of the world's ships from its famous yards, which date back to 1346 on the River Wear. The centre of the modern city is an amalgamation of three settlements founded in the Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon era: Monkwearmouth, on the north bank of the Wear, and Sunderland and Bishopwearmouth on the south bank. Monkwearmouth contains St Peter's Church, Monkwearmouth, St Peter's Church, which was founded in 674 and formed part of Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey, a significant centre of learning in the seventh and eighth cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nina Bratchikova
Nina Bratchikova (; born 28 June 1985) is a Russian former professional tennis player. Bratchikova won one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour, and in addition nine singles and 35 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 10 December 2012, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 79. On 10 September 2012, she peaked at No. 63 in the doubles rankings. Tennis career 2010 In 2010, Bratchikova entered the ITF tournament in Moscow, where she won the doubles event partnering French Irena Pavlovic against Ukrainian sisters Lyudmyla Kichenok & Nadiia Kichenok. She also won the ITF singles event in Johannesburg, beating Tamarine Tanasugarn in the final. 2012 In January, Bratchikova qualified and made it to the third round of the Australian Open main draw in which she beat Flavia Pennetta in the first round, Alberta Brianti in the second and lost to Iveta Benešová. She made her top-100 debut (No. 92) the following week. In May, she reached to the third roun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kateryna Avdiyenko
Kateryna is a Ukrainian form (transliteration) of Hellenic name Katherine. It may refer to: *Kateryna Boloshkevich (1939–2018), Ukrainian weaver and statesperson *Kateryna Bondarenko (born 1986), professional female tennis player from Ukraine * Kateryna Grygorenko (born 1985), Ukrainian cross country skier who has competed since 2004 * Kateryna Karsak (born 1985), female discus thrower from Ukraine *Kateryna Kozlova (born 1994), Ukrainian tennis player * Kateryna Lahno (born 1989), Ukrainian chess player * Kateryna Mikhalitsyna (born 1982), Ukrainian poet, children's writer, translator and editor * Kateryna Palekha (born 1980), athlete from Ukraine * Kateryna Pavlenko (born 1988), Ukrainian singer, lead singer of Go_A * Kateryna Rohonyan (born 1984), female chess grandmaster * Kateryna Serdyuk (born 1983), Ukrainian archer * Kateryna Serebrianska (born 1977), Ukrainian former Individual Rhythmic Gymnast *Kateryna Stupnytska (1996–2022), sergeant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizaveta Tochilovskaya
Elizaveta () may refer to: People * Elizaveta Alexandrova-Zorina, (born 1984), Russian-born writer * Elizaveta Arzamasova (born 1995), Russian actress * Elizaveta Akhmatova (1820–1904), Russian writer, publisher and translator * Elizaveta Axenova (born 1995), Russian-born Kazakhstani luger * Elizaveta Bagriana (1893–1991), Bulgarian poet * Elizaveta Bagryantseva (1929–1996), Russian discus thrower * Elizaveta Bem (1843–1914), Russian painter * Elizaveta Boyarskaya (born 1985), Russian theater and film actress * Elizaveta Bykova (1913–1989), Soviet chess player * Elizaveta Chesnokova (born 1996), Russian freestyle skier * Elizaveta Dementyeva (1928–2022), Soviet sprint canoer * Elizaveta Dubrovina (born 1993), Russian acrobatic gymnast * Elizaveta Ermolaeva (born 1930), Soviet middle-distance runner * Elizaveta Ersberg (1882-1942), Russian parlormaid to the Imperial family * Elizaveta Glinka (1962–2016), Russian humanitarian * Elizaveta Golovanova (born 1993) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasilisa Davydova
Vasilisa Davydova (; born 6 February 1986) is a former professional Russian tennis player. In her career, she won 16 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 10 July 2006, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 491. On 25 August 2008, she peaked at No. 157 in the doubles rankings. Davydova made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2006 İstanbul Cup, in the doubles event partnering Olga Panova. Partnering Maria Kondratieva, Davydova won her first k$50 tournament in July 2008 at the Dnipropetrovsk, defeating Lyudmyla Kichenok and Nadiia Kichenok Nadiia Viktorivna Kichenok (, born 20 July 1992) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. On 31 January 2022, she reached a career-high of No. 29 in the WTA doubles rankings. Kichenok has won nine doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including fo ... in the final. ITF finals Doubles: 33 (16–17) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Davydova, Vasilisa 1986 births Living people Russian female tennis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandra Martinović
Sandra Martinović (born 4 October 1979) is a Bosnian-Herzegovinian former tennis player. Her career-high WTA singles ranking is No. 187, achieved on 28 July 2008, and her best doubles ranking world No. 199, achieved on 28 April 2008. Career Martinović is the daughter of Ivo and Mara Martinović, and she began playing tennis at the age of nine. Her family moved from Bosnia and Herzegovina to Austria when she was 12, where she practiced in Hermagor. At the age of 17, she won her first WTA ranking points, and after finishing school, she moved to Germany to become a professional tennis player. She improved her ranking to 187 in 2008 when she reached the third round of qualifying for the French Open and also played qualifications at Wimbledon and the US Open the same year. In her career, she won 13 ITF singles and 11 doubles titles. In 2006, she was acknowledged as "one of the most successful players" on the European circuit by Tennis Europe, the sanctioning body of European women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darija Jurak
Darija Jurak Schreiber (née Jurak; ; born 5 April 1984) is a Croatian former tennis player. Her career-high doubles ranking is world No. 9, achieved on 15 November 2021. Her best WTA ranking in singles is 188 which she reached in April 2004. She qualified with Andreja Klepač for the 2021 WTA Finals after 20 years on the professional tour. World TeamTennis Jurak has played six seasons with World TeamTennis and was part of the 2016 San Diego Aviators team which hoisted the King Cup after winning the WTT Championships. She debuted in 2013 with the Texas Wild returning in 2014. She played her next three seasons with the Aviators from 2015 to 2017. In 2019, Jurak joined the expansion Orlando Storm for their inaugural season. It was announced that she will rejoining the Storm during the 2020 season set to begin 12 July. Jurak paired with Jessica Pegula throughout the season in women's doubles, helping the Storm earn a No. 3 seed in the WTT Playoffs. The Storm ultimately fell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
