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2009 ASB Classic – Doubles
Mariya Koryttseva and Lilia Osterloh were the defending champions, but chose not to participate that year. In the final, Nathalie Dechy and Mara Santangelo defeated Nuria Llagostera Vives and Arantxa Parra Santonja Arantxa Parra Santonja (; born 9 November 1982) is a Spanish former tennis player. She turned professional in 2000 and retired in 2019. In her career, Parra Santonja won eleven doubles titles on the WTA Tour The WTA Tour (also known as the ..., 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 2–10 Seeds Draw Draw External links WTA tournament draws {{DEFAULTSORT:2009 ASB Classic - Doubles WTA Auckland Open 2009 WTA Tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathalie Dechy
Nathalie Dechy (born 21 February 1979) is a former professional tennis player from France. Dechy is a three-time doubles Grand Slam champion, winning the 2006 US Open women's doubles title with Vera Zvonareva, the 2007 French Open mixed doubles title with Andy Ram, and the 2007 US Open women's doubles title with Dinara Safina. Her biggest singles achievement is reaching the semifinals of the 2005 Australian Open. At the 2008 Wimbledon Championships, she faced world No. 1 and reigning French Open champion, Ana Ivanovic Ana Schweinsteiger (name at birth, née Ivanovic; born 6 November 1987) is a Serbian 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 Tenn .... She had a match point during the second set, before losing in the super-tiebreak, 7–6, 6–7, 8–10. Since 2015, Nathalie Dechy has been the director of the Biarritz Tennis Tournament, a women's tennis tourn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aiko Nakamura
(born 28 December 1983), is a Japanese former professional tennis player. In July 2008, she was the second highest WTA-ranked Japanese singles tennis player, at No. 107, after Ai Sugiyama. Nakamura was born in Tennōji-ku, Osaka. Like her role-model Monica Seles, she had a double-handed forehand and backhand, but served right-handed. She won four singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. In 2006, she reached the final of the Japan Open in Tokyo, where she lost 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 ... in three sets. Nakamura also played for the Japan Fed Cup team. She retired from professional tennis in 2012. WTA Tour finals Singles: 1 (runner-up) Doubles: 1 (runner-up) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 10 (4–6) Doubles: 6 (3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raquel Kops-Jones
Raquel Atawo (née Kops-Jones; born December 8, 1982) is an American former professional tennis player, who is currently the head woman's tennis coach for the Washington State Cougars. She is primarily a doubles specialist, winning 18 WTA doubles titles, including two Premier-5 titles at the 2012 Toray Pan Pacific Open and the 2014 Cincinnati Masters, and reaching the semifinals of the 2014 Australian Open, 2015 Wimbledon Championships and 2016 Wimbledon Championships, all alongside her regular partner, fellow American Abigail Spears. Before serving as the head coach at Washington State, Atawo was an assistant women's tennis coach for Auburn University and a volunteer coach for University of California women's tennis. Biography Raquel's mother is Nancy Kops, and her father was Lawrence Jones. She has two sisters, Renee and Khristy. She married Toby Atawo on July 18, 2015. Career Her best results in doubles at Grand Slam events have been reaching the semifinals at the Austr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carly Gullickson
Carly Gullickson (born November 26, 1986) is an American former professional tennis player. Her best singles ranking is No. 123, which she reached in July 2009. Her career-high doubles ranking is No. 52, achieved in April 2006 at age 19. She is the daughter of former Major League baseball player Bill Gullickson, and the older sister of tennis player Chelsey Gullickson. Carly won the 2009 US Open mixed-doubles event, partnering with Travis Parrott. Gullickson retired from tennis in 2013. She married Australian tennis coach Cameron Eagle. They reside in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Grand Slam finals Mixed doubles: 1 (1 title) WTA career finals Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up) ITF finals Singles: 10 (2–8) Doubles: 24 (18–6) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gullickson, Carly 1986 births Living people American female tennis players Sportspeople from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida Tennis players from Florida Tennis players from Cincinnati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Ditty
Julie Ditty Qualls (January 4, 1979 – August 31, 2021) was an American professional tennis player. She had her WTA Tour breakthrough when she reached the semifinals of the Bell Challenge. It took her into the top 100 for the first time in her career, on November 5, 2007, at No. 91. She beat Alizé Cornet and Vania King before falling to Julia Vakulenko in three sets. In 2007, she was drafted by the Boston Lobsters of the WTT pro league. Career 2008 In 2008, Ditty qualified for the Open Gaz de France tournament in Paris where she lost to the No. 6 seed and former world No. 1, Amélie Mauresmo. During the Proximus Diamond Games in Antwerp, she made it through the first round by defeating Alona Bondarenko, who was seeded eighth, and got to the second round there before falling to qualifier Timea Bacsinszky 5–7, 4–6, after having leads in both sets. Her win over world No. 22, Alona Bondarenko, was best-ever career win. In August, Julie defeated Yuan Meng in the first round ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kairangi Vano
Kairangi Vano (born 8 November 1989) is a New Zealand born Cook Islands professional tennis player. Her career high WTA singles ranking was 678, which she reached on 6 October 2008, high WTA doubles ranking was 712, which she reached on 21 June 2010. She has won one ITF Doubles titles. Playing for New Zealand Fed Cup team at the Fed Cup, Vano has a win–loss record of 3–2. Vano made her WTA main draw debut at the 2009 ASB Classic, in the doubles main draw partnering Shona Lee. They lost their only match to Edina Gallovits-Hall and Eva Hrdinová; and earned $860 in prize money. She won the Women's singles and partnering Brittany Teei Women's doubles Gold medal at the 2009 Pacific Mini Games in Rarotonga for Cook Islands. She lost Women's Team final New Caledonia won Silver medal at the 2009 Pacific Mini Games in Rarotonga Rarotonga is the largest and most populous of the Cook Islands. The island is volcanic, with an area of , and is home to almost 75% of the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shona Lee
Shona Lee (born 19 August 1988) is a retired Singaporean-born New Zealand female tennis player. Lee has won one doubles titles on the ITF circuit in her career. On 22 October 2007, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 583. On 21 July 2008, she peaked at world number 407 in the doubles rankings. Shona Lee retired from tennis 2010. Playing for New Zealand Fed Cup team at the Fed Cup, Lee has a win–loss record of 2–1. Lee made her WTA main draw debut at the 2009 ASB Classic, in the doubles main draw partnering Kairangi Vano. They lost their only match to Edina Gallovits-Hall and Eva Hrdinová Eva Hrdinová (born 15 June 1984) is a Czech former tennis player. In her career, Hrdinová won three singles titles and 19 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Cir ...; and earned $860 in prize money. Fed Cup participation Doubles ITF finals (1–3) Doubles (1–3) ITF j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Hrdinová
Eva Hrdinová (born 15 June 1984) is a Czech former tennis player. In her career, Hrdinová won three singles titles and 19 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 .... On 14 April 2008, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 168. On 18 August 2008, she peaked at No. 55 in the WTA doubles rankings. Performance timelines Singles Doubles WTA Tour finals Doubles: 5 (5 runner-ups) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 12 (3–9) Doubles: 39 (19–20) Notes References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hrdinova, Eva 1984 births Living people Tennis players from Plzeň Czech female tennis players Summer World University Games medalists in tennis FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Czech Republ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edina Gallovits
Klaudia Edina Gallovits-Hall (née Gallovits; born December 10, 1984) is a Romanian-born American former tennis player. Her career-high ranking of No. 54 she achieved on 28 April 2008. She represented Romania until April 2015, then started playing for the United States. Playing for the Romania Fed Cup team, she accumulated a win–loss record of 4–8. Personal life She married American Andrew Hall in November 2010. Her father was in the 1980 Olympics representing Romania in the Modern Pentathlon. Her sister played tennis at Florida State University. Her mother was also a world class goalie for the Romanian handball team Career In June 2007, she reached the final of the inaugural Barcelona KIA event. In February 2010, she won her first WTA Tour title in doubles, at the Copa Colsanitas in Bogotá. Her second doubles title came in September 2010 at the Guangzhou International Women's Open. In 2011, she defended her Bogotá title, winning the Copa Colsanitas alongside Anabe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalie Grandin
Natalie Grandin (born 27 February 1981) is a retired tennis player from South Africa. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of 144 as of 12 September 2005. On 14 May 2012, she peaked at No. 22 in the doubles rankings. In her career, she won one WTA doubles title as well as three singles and 25 ITF doubles titles. She was known for her variety of play and volleying ability. Grandin retired from professional tennis in January 2015. Biography She was coached by Petra de Jong. Her father, Roy, is a project manager in IT while her mother, Rosamund, is a freight forwarder. Natalie has two sisters. She is a baseliner whose favorite shot is the forehand and her favorite surface is hard court. Grandin started playing tennis at age four. She speaks English and Afrikaans Afrikaans is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language spoken in South Africa, Namibia and to a lesser extent Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe and also Argentina where there is a group in Sarmiento, Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Līga Dekmeijere
Līga Dekmeijere (born 21 May 1983) is an inactive Latvian tennis player. She has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as 20 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 26 August 2002, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 287. On 5 April 2010, she peaked at No. 54 in the doubles rankings. Dekmeijere has won her only WTA Tour, WTA tournament title at the 2008 Cachantún Cup, where she entered the doubles draw with Poland's Alicja Rosolska, defeating Mariya Koryttseva and Julia Schruff in the final. Playing for Latvia Fed Cup team, Dekmeijere has a win–loss record of 14–16. Doubles performance timeline WTA Tour finals Doubles: 7 (1 title, 6 runner-ups) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 1 (runner–up) Doubles: 30 (20 titles, 10 runner–ups) References External links * * * Official websiteESPN Profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Dekmeijere, Liga 1983 births Living people Tennis players from Riga Latvian female tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena Vesnina
Elena Sergeyevna Vesnina (born 1 August 1986) is a Russian former professional tennis player who was List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles. Vesnina is a four-time Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam champion, having won the 2013 French Open, 2014 US Open (tennis), 2014 US Open, and 2017 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles, 2017 Wimbledon Championships in women's doubles with compatriot Ekaterina Makarova, and the 2016 Australian Open in mixed doubles, partnering Bruno Soares. She reached also eight further finals in women's doubles, and four in mixed doubles. She became world No. 1 for the first time in June 2018, alongside Makarova, with the pair jointly holding the top ranking for the next five weeks. Vesnina won 19 doubles titles on WTA Tour, including the 2016 WTA Finals – Doubles, 2016 WTA Finals and eight at WTA 1000 tournaments, WTA 1000-level. She also achieved significant success in singles, reaching her career-high ranking o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
