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2012 Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas
The 2012 Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 15th edition of the Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas, and was on the International category of the 2012 WTA Tour. The tournament was played at the Club Campestre El Rancho in Bogotá, Colombia, from 13 to 19 February. Unseeded Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino won the singles title. Finals Singles * Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino defeated Alexandra Panova 6–2, 7–5 *It was Arruabarrena-Vecino's only singles title of the year and the 1st of her career. Doubles * Eva Birnerová / Alexandra Panova defeated Mandy Minella / Stefanie Vögele, 6–2, 6–2 Singles main draw entrants Seeds *1 Rankings as of February 6, 2012 Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: * Catalina Castaño * Karen Castiblanco * Yuliana Lizarazo The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Inés Ferrer Suárez * Sesil Karatantcheva * Paul ... [...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] |
Sara Errani
Sara Errani (; born 29 April 1987) is an Italian professional tennis player. Errani is one of only seven women who have completed a career Grand Slam (tennis)#Golden Slam, Golden Slam in doubles. She is an Olympic Games gold medalist, a former doubles List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1, achieved on 10 September 2012, major champion in doubles and mixed doubles, and a finalist in singles. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 5 on 20 May 2013. With nine singles titles and 35 doubles titles (including eight majors, eight WTA 1000 titles, and an Olympic gold medal), she is the Italian tennis player with the highest number of career titles. In doubles, she entered the top 10 on 11 June 2012, remaining there for 94 straight weeks and was the year-end number-one doubles player in both 2013 and 2014, and has held the top ranking for a combined total of 87 weeks. Errani's breakthrough season occurred in 2012 WTA Tour, 2012. At the 2012 Aust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yaroslava Shvedova
Yaroslava Vyacheslavovna Shvedova (; born 12 September 1987) is a Kazakhstani former professional tennis player. Before 2008, she represented her country of birth, Russia. She won one singles title and 13 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, plus one singles and one doubles title on WTA 125 tournaments, as well as four singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 29 October 2012, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 25. On 22 February 2016, she peaked at No. 3 in the doubles rankings. Shvedova made three major singles quarterfinals: at the 2010 and the 2012 French Open, and also at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships. She won two Grand Slam women's doubles titles, at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships and the 2010 US Open, partnering American player Vania King in both. Shvedova is also one of only seven players to record a golden set (i.e. a set in which every point is won by the same player) in the Open era. She achieved this feat 2012 at Wimbledon in her m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paula Ormaechea
Paula Ormaechea (; born 28 September 1992) is an Argentine tennis player based in Italy. She has won sixteen singles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 21 October 2013, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 59.World Group II Playoffs: Canada vs. Argentina 5–0/ref> 2011 Her first tournament was an ITF event in Colombia, where she lost to Alexandra Cadanțu in straight sets in the first round of qualifying. After this, she played the Copa Colsanitas, but again lost in qualifying, this time in the second round. Despite her bad run, Paula rebounded and won an ITF tournament in Santiago, Chile one month later. She then played four ITF events during May, reaching the final of one, but losing to top seed Lucie Hradecká. Paula then played the qualifying for the Brussels Open, her first Premier tournament. She got to the final round of qualifying after defeating Catalina Castaño and Andrea Hlaváčková, but was then swept aside by doubles specialist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sesil Karatantcheva
Sesil Radoslavova Karatantcheva (; born 8 August 1989) is a Bulgarian former tennis player. On 7 November 2005, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 35. On 19 April 2010, she peaked at No. 154 in the doubles rankings. In her career, she won nine singles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Karatantcheva is perhaps best known for reaching the quarterfinals of the 2005 French Open, upsetting seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams en route. Tennis career She began playing tennis at the age of five. In 2001, 12-year-old Karatantcheva won the Orange Bowl tournament for her age group, defeating Alisa Kleybanova in the final. Early in her playing days, she trained for approximately six months at the famous IMG Academy of Nick Bollettieri. 2003–2004: Early career Karatantcheva played her first professional tournament in September 2003 in Sofia, Bulgaria at the age of 14. As an unranked qualifier the next week, she defeated the No. 1, 2, and 3 seeds en route to her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inés Ferrer Suárez
Inés Ferrer Suárez (; born 1 June 1990) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. Ferrer Suárez won two singles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit in her career. On 9 July 2012, she reached her highest singles ranking of 202 WTA whilst her best doubles ranking was 125, on 17 September 2012. Ferrer Suárez made her 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 ... main-draw debut at the 2012 Copa Colsanitas, where she qualified for the singles tournament. ITF finals Singles (2–5) Doubles (9–21) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferrer Suarez, Ines 1990 births Living people Spanish female tennis players 21st-century Spanish sportswomen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuliana Lizarazo
Carol Yuliana Lizarazo Antolinez (born 23 May 1993) is a Colombian professional tennis player. On 5 January 2015, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of No. 335 whilst her best doubles ranking was No. 104 on 15 January 2024. She has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour with 11 singles and 17 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Lizarazo reached her first WTA Tour final at the 2023 Monterrey Open, partnering compatriot María Paulina Pérez. They won their maiden title defeating Kimberly Birrell Kimberly Birrell (born 29 April 1998) is an Australian professional tennis player. Birrell reached a career-high WTA ranking of No. 68 on 17 March 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 162 on 9 September 2024. Birrell is the current No. 1 Australi ... and Fernanda Contreras Gómez. As a result, Lizarazo moved up 75 positions in the doubles rankings into the top 125. Partnering Freya Christie, she was runner-up in the doubles at the 2023 Zavarovalnica Sava Ljubljan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Castiblanco
Karen Emilia Castiblanco Duarte (; born 9 January 1988) is a former Colombian tennis player and member of the Colombia Fed Cup team. On 24 October 2011, she reached her highest WTA ranking of 411 in singles whilst her best doubles ranking was 218 on 13 February 2012. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups) Doubles: 49 (27 titles, 22 runner-ups) Notes References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Castiblanco, Karen 1988 births Living people Colombian female tennis players Sportspeople from Cundinamarca Department Tennis players at the 2011 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for Colombia Pan American Games silver medalists in tennis Tennis players at the 2007 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games 20th-century Colombian women 21st-century Colombian sportswomen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catalina Castaño
Catalina Castaño Álvarez (; born 7 July 1979) is a Colombian former tennis player. Her highest singles ranking is world No. 35 which she achieved July 2006. In her career, she won ten titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, six in singles and four in doubles, as well as one doubles title on both the WTA Tour and Challenger Tour. Castaño defeated top-20 players such as Nicole Vaidišová, Anna-Lena Grönefeld, Patty Schnyder, Paola Suárez, Li Na and Lucie Šafářová. She was coached by Peruvian-born British citizen Pablo Giacopelli since 2004. Career summary 1999–2004 In 1999 she won her first ITF title in Santiago. The following year she won two ITF titles in Midlothian and Cali. In 2001, she reached the quarterfinals in her home tournament of Bogotá, Colombia (Tier III). In 2002, Castaño advanced the semifinals in Bogotá. She reached four ITF finals, winning two of them - in Gorizia and Campobasso. She won 39 matches in the year and lost 18. In 2004, she reached the ... [...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] |
Patricia Mayr-Achleitner
Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (née Mayr; born 8 November 1986) is a retired Austrian tennis player. Mayr-Achleitner won 17 singles titles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit in her career. On 4 May 2009, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 70. On 29 September 2014, she peaked at No. 117 in the doubles rankings. Playing for Austria in Fed Cup competitions, Mayr-Achleitner has a win–loss record of 14–15. On 4 December 2010, she married her coach Michael Achleitner. On 22 July 2015, after failing at the 2015 Gastein Ladies, Mayr-Achleitner announced that the 2015 Linz Open would be her last tournament, stating chronic back pain Back pain (Latin: ''dorsalgia'') is pain felt in the back. It may be classified as neck pain (cervical), middle back pain (thoracic), lower back pain (lumbar) or coccydynia (tailbone or sacral pain) based on the segment affected. The lumbar area ... as the reason for her retirement from professional tennis. Grand Slam per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
