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2011 E-Boks Sony Ericsson Open
The 2011 e-Boks Sony Ericsson Open was the second edition of the tennis tournament e-Boks Danish Open, an international-level tournament on the 2011 WTA Tour. It was the second edition of the tournament. It took place on indoor hard courts in Farum, Denmark between 6 and 12 June 2011. WTA entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of May 23, 2011. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Julia Boserup * Malou Ejdesgaard * Karolína Plíšková The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Mona Barthel * Alexa Glatch * Johanna Konta * Galina Voskoboeva Fibals Singles Caroline Wozniacki defeated Lucie Šafářová, 6–1, 6–4 * It was Wozniacki's 5th title of the year and 17th of her career. She defended her title. Doubles Johanna Larsson / Jasmin Wöhr defeated Kristina Mladenovic / Katarzyna Piter Katarzyna Piter (; born 16 February 1991) is a Polish professional tennis player who specializ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WTA International Tournaments
The WTA International tournaments was a category for tennis tournaments of the Women's Tennis Association from the 2009 WTA Tour until 2020, which replaced the previous Tier III and Tier IV categories. As of 2021 these events have been reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments. The winner of a WTA 250 tournament adds 250 points to her WTA ranking. For the 2025 WTA Tour, 2025 season, there were 20 WTA 250, all knock-out tournaments with a prize money for every event at $275,094. Events Current WTA 250 Defunct Upgraded to WTA 500 Downgraded to WTA 125 Winners by tournament Singles Current tournaments Previous tournaments See also * WTA Premier tournaments * WTA 250 tournaments References {{WTA International tournaments WTA Tour, * Recurring sporting events established in 2009 Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2020 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jelena Dokić
Jelena Dokic (; ; born 12 April 1983) is an Australian tennis commentator, sports analyst, former professional player and public speaker. Her highest ranking as a tennis player was world No. 4, in August 2002. She won WTA Tour events on all surfaces during her career. In the 1999 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles, 1999 Wimbledon Championships the 16-year-old Dokic achieved one of the biggest upsets in tennis history, beating Martina Hingis 6–2, 6–0 in the first round. This remains the only time the women's world No. 1 has ever lost to a qualifier at Wimbledon. Dokic went on to reach the quarterfinals of that competition, only her second Grand Slam championship. Dokic rapidly ascended through the rankings after her Wimbledon breakthrough, but her time in the world elite was beset by off-court struggles. Her relationship with her outspoken father and coach Damir Dokić, on whose advice she switched allegiance to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in November 2000, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katarzyna Piter
Katarzyna Piter (; born 16 February 1991) is a Polish professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. In May 2014, she reached her career-high ranking of No. 95 in singles and in July 2022, No. 66 in doubles. She has won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour and one WTA 125 doubles title, as well as eight singles and 26 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Career In July 2013, at the Palermo Ladies Open, Piter won her first title on the WTA Tour. She and partner Kristina Mladenovic upset Karolína and Kristýna Plíšková in the final, in a super-tiebreak. Partnered with Fanny Stollár, she also won the doubles title at the 2023 Budapest Grand Prix, defeating Jessie Aney and Anna Sisková inna champions tiebreak in the final. The pair defended their title in Budapest the following year, beating Anna Danilina and Irina Khromacheva in the final which again went to a deciding champions tiebreak. Piter and Stollár were runners-up in the doubles at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristina Mladenovic
Kristina "Kiki" Mladenovic (born 14 May 1993) is a French professional tennis player and a former List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles. Her best singles ranking is world No. 10. She is a nine-time Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam champion, having won the 2016 French Open – Women's doubles, 2016 and 2022 French Open – Women's doubles, 2022 French Open women's doubles titles partnering Caroline Garcia, and the 2018 Australian Open – Women's doubles, 2018 Australian Open, 2019 French Open – Women's doubles, 2019 and 2020 French Open – Women's doubles, 2020 French Opens and 2020 Australian Open – Women's doubles, 2020 Australian Open with Tímea Babos. In mixed doubles, Mladenovic won the 2013 Wimbledon Championships and 2014 Australian Open alongside Daniel Nestor, and the 2022 Australian Open – Mixed doubles, 2022 Australian Open with Ivan Dodig. She has also reached a further six major finals across women's and mixed doubles. Mlad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galina Voskoboeva
Galina Olegovna Voskoboeva (; born 18 December 1984) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani former tennis player. She reached career-high rankings of world No. 42 in singles and No. 26 in doubles. Career Born in Moscow, Voskoboeva turned pro in 2002. During her career, she won five doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour. She also won three singles titles (in Mont-de-Marsan in 2003, Cuneo in 2006, and Casablanca in 2011) and 13 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. 2008–2010 In 2008, Voskoboeva managed to qualify for the Qatar Ladies Open in Doha. In the first round she defeated Eleni Daniilidou, before taking a set off world No. 5, Maria Sharapova losing 4–6, 6–4, 1–6. That same year, she reached the quarterfinals in Quebec City. In 2009, she reached the quarterfinals in Warsaw. At the US Open, she lost in the first round to Caroline Wozniacki, in straight sets. 2011 Ranked 560 in the world, Galina reached the quarterfinals of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johanna Konta
Johanna Konta (born 17 May 1991) is a British-Australian former professional tennis player. Konta won four singles titles on the WTA Tour, along with eleven titles in singles and four in doubles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She was British No. 1 and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 4 on 17 July 2017. She reached the semifinals of the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the French Open. Born to Hungarian parents in Sydney, Australia, Konta moved to England when she was 14. She has Hungarian, Australian and British citizenship. She switched her sporting allegiance from Australia to Great Britain after she became a British citizen in May 2012. Konta achieved a steep rise in her ranking by the WTA from the spring of 2015 to late 2016, climbing from 150th to inside the world's top 10, becoming the first Briton to be ranked amongst the WTA's top ten since Jo Durie was ranked fifth over 30 years prior. This period included her best Grand Slam result up to that time, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexa Glatch
Alexa Glatch (born September 10, 1989) is an American former tennis player. Junior career She started playing tennis at the age of five. As a junior player, she won the prestigious Easter Bowl title in the Girls-14s and Girls-18s divisions and the Orange Bowl in the Girls-16s division in 2004. She achieved a world junior ranking of No. 5 in 2005, advancing to the 2005 US Open finals in both singles and doubles. She lost the singles final to junior, and future senior world No. 1, Victoria Azarenka. She represented the United States in numerous international competitions including Junior Fed Cup. Professional career Glatch turned professional in 2005 and in that year reached the semifinals of the Forest Hills Tennis Classic and the second round of the US Open. She was in an accident in November 2005; her injuries included a broken right wrist and left elbow. It took her eight months until she could start regularly playing competitive tennis again. In 2007, she won the Southla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mona Barthel
Mona Barthel (born 11 July 1990) is a German tennis player. On 18 March 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 23. On 14 September 2015, she peaked at No. 63 in the doubles rankings. Barthel has won four singles and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, one doubles title on the WTA 125 tournaments, WTA Challenger Tour as well as five singles titles and one doubles title on the International Tennis Federation, ITF Circuit in her career. Early life Mona Barthel was born in Bad Segeberg to Wolfgang Barthel, who won the shot put event at the 1970 European Junior Athletics Championships in Paris, and Dr. Hannelore. She was raised in a tennis-playing family, and took an interest in the game at age 3. She has cited Steffi Graf as an inspiration. Barthel moved to Neumünster, where she completed her Abitur in 2009, having attended the Klaus Groth Schule. Career 2007–2010: Early career Barthel played her first ITF tournament in July 2007 in Frinton where she qualif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karolína Plíšková
Karolína Plíšková (; born 21 March 1992) is a Czech professional tennis player. She has been ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), holding the position for a total of eight weeks, and has been ranked world No. 11 in doubles. Plíšková has won 17 singles and five doubles titles on the WTA Tour, and has reached two major singles finals at the 2016 US Open and the 2021 Wimbledon Championships. As a junior, Plíšková won the girls' singles event at the 2010 Australian Open. She has also played for the Czech Republic in Billie Jean King Cup competition where she has scored a win-loss record of 15–8 (as of September 2024). She is known for her powerful serve and forehand. Personal life Plíšková was born in Louny to Radek Plíšek and Martina Plíšková, and has an identical twin sister, Kristýna, who is two minutes older and is also a tennis player. She currently lives in Monte Carlo. In 2018, she married Michal Hrd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malou Ejdesgaard
Malou Ejdesgaard (born 13 March 1991) is a Danish former tennis player. She was a member of the Denmark Fed Cup team from 2010Caroline's Blog: Hello from Ponte Vidra, Florida (6 April 2010) They tried to gain an entry to the 2012 Summer Olympics in doubles.Official Website of Caroline WozniackiCaroline To Play Doubles in 2012 Olympics in London (9 March 2010) Ejdesgaard has played with Wozniacki in five tournaments – in 2008 at Odense, in 2010 at Ponte Vedra Beach, Charleston & Copenhagen, and in 2011 at Copenhagen Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the ....WTA TourCopenhagen Gallery(8 August 2010) They lost in the first round and twice in the second round, respectively. ITF Circuit finals Singles (0–1) Doubles (7–11) Team competition Fed Cup Singles Do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia Boserup
Julia Boserup (born September 9, 1991) is an American retired tennis player. Boserup was born in Santa Monica, California to two Danish parents and began working with famed coach Robert Lansdorp at the age of 6. She moved to Boca Raton, Florida, at age 13 to train at the USTA's National Training Center. Boserup turned professional in 2008. Boserup reached the third round of the 2016 Wimbledon Championships and achieved her highest WTA singles ranking of world No. 80 in 2017. After suffering multiple injuries over 11 years on Tour, Boserup announced her retirement from professional tennis in May 2019. After her retirement from professional tennis Boserup earned her MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. After graduating from Booth, Boserup joined global business advisory firm A.T. Kearney as a Management Consultant. In 2024, Boserup was elected to the Board of Directors of the WTA, where she currently serves as the 1-100+ Singles and Doubles-Only Repr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Card (sports)
A wild card (also wildcard or wild-card and also known as an at-large berth or at-large bid) is an invitation to a tournament or a playoff berth awarded to a team or individual that does not qualify via an automatic bid. In some events, wildcards are chosen freely by the organizers. Other events have fixed rules. Some North American professional sports leagues compare the records of teams which did not qualify directly by winning a division or conference. International sports In international sports, the term is perhaps best known in reference to two sporting traditions: team wildcards distributed among countries at the Olympic Games and individual wildcards given to some tennis players at every professional tournament (both smaller events and the major ones such as Wimbledon). Tennis players may even ask for a wildcard and get one if they want to enter a tournament on short notice. For Summer Olympic Games, some National Olympic Committees, whose nations are underrepresented ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
