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2013 Aegon GB Pro-Series Barnstaple – Doubles
Akgul Amanmuradova and Vesna Dolonc were the defending champions, having won the event in 2012, but both players decided not to participate in 2013. Naomi Broady and Kristýna Plíšková won the tournament, defeating Raluca Olaru and Tamira Paszek Tamira Shelah Paszek (born 6 December 1990) is an Austrian tennis player. On 11 February 2013, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 26. On 6 May 2013, she peaked at No. 93 in the doubles rankings. Paszek has won three single ..., 6–3, 3–6, 0–5 Seeds Draw References Draw {{DEFAULTSORT:Aegon GB Pro-Series Barnstaple - Doubles 2013 ITF Women's Circuit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naomi Broady
Naomi Broady ( ; born 28 February 1990) is a British former tennis player. She won one WTA Tour doubles title, as well as nine singles titles and 20 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 7 March 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 76. On 22 May 2017, she peaked at No. 56 in the doubles rankings. Background Born in Stockport, Naomi Broady is a sister of tennis player Liam Broady and has another brother, Calum and a sister Emma. She attended Priestnall School. Broady began playing tennis at the age of seven and was the British under-18 girls' champion in 2007. Career 2004–2008: Junior Circuit Broady competed on the junior ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Circuit from January 2004 until June 2008. She won one singles title in April 2006 at the Sutton ITF Junior Tournament and lost in the quarterfinals of four others, one of which was the 2008 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' singles, 2008 Wimbledon girls' event, where she was beaten by Noppawan L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Webley-Smith
Emily Webley-Smith (born 14 July 1984) is a British professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 240, achieved on 7 November 2011. She also has a best WTA doubles ranking of No. 113, set on 2 November 2015. Webley-Smith has won four singles and 26 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She has also reached the second round of her home Grand Slam event, Wimbledon, on one occasion in 2004. Personal life Emily Webley-Smith was born in 1984 in Thornbury, Avon, which is now in South Gloucestershire. Her mother, Jane, is a PE teacher and her father, Mike, an amateur footballer and cricketer. She also has a sister named Hannah. Her first introduction to tennis was playing swingball in her garden and in the cricket grounds where her father was the club captain. Webley-Smith plays right-handed with a two-handed backhand. Her favourite surface is grass. In her spare time of late, she plays on the touchtennis tour against amateurs and other prof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demi Schuurs
Demi Schuurs (; born 1 August 1993) is a Dutch professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. On 22 October 2018, she peaked at No. 7 in the doubles rankings. In February 2015, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 512. She has won twenty doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as one singles title and 20 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Career Juniors Schuurs won the junior events of the doubles tournaments at 2011 Australian Open and 2011 US Open. Professional 2018–2020: Four WTA 1000 titles, world No. 7, WTA Finals debut & semifinal She qualified for the 2018 WTA Finals doubles event, partnering Elise Mertens where she reached the quarterfinals. 2021–2022: Fourth WTA Finals with fourth different partner and two times semifinalist She qualified for the 2021 WTA Finals with Nicole Melichar and reached the semifinals for a second time. In 2022, she also qualified for her fourth WTA Finals in a row with a fourth different partner, Desirae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jade Windley
Jade Windley (born 22 April 1990 in Lincolnshire) is a British former tennis player. In her career, Windley won three singles and 16 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 7 April 2014, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 279, and she peaked at No. 159 in the doubles rankings. ITF finals Singles: 6 (3–3) Doubles: 25 (16–9) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Windley, Jade 1990 births Living people People from East Lindsey District English female tennis players British female tennis players Tennis players from Lincolnshire 21st-century English sportswomen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melanie South
Melanie Jayne South (born 3 May 1986) is a former English tennis player. She won six singles and 24 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 2 February 2009, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 99. On 9 March 2009, she peaked at No. 120 in the doubles rankings. Her greatest success in a Grand Slam tournament came in the first round of the 2006 Wimbledon Championships when she came back from one set down to beat world No. 14, Francesca Schiavone, in a match witnessed by Martina Navratilova. At the time, South was ranked No. 305 in the world and had reached the main-draw courtesy of a wildcard. Not since the third round of the 1998 tournament, when Samantha Smith beat then-world No. 7, Conchita Martínez, had a British woman beaten an opponent of a similar ranking at Wimbledon. She lost in the second round to Shenay Perry, the world No. 62. Outside of Wimbledon, South reached the first round of the 2009 Australian Open without needing to qualify or receiving a wild ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camilla Rosatello
Camilla Rosatello (born 28 May 1995) is an Italian tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 225, achieved on 7 August 2017 and peaked at No. 72 in doubles on 27 May 2024. Rosatello has won two doubles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour along with one singles and 38 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On the ITF Junior Circuit, she had a career-high combined ranking of No. 30, achieved in January 2013. Rosatello has represented Italy in Fed Cup competition, where she has a win–loss record of 0–1 (as of March 2024). Career Rosatello made her WTA 1000 main draw debut at the 2018 Italian Open, where she received a wildcard into the singles draw, losing in the first round to qualifier Kaia Kanepi. She also received a wildcard for the 2023 Italian Open but lost her first round match to Claire Liu in three sets. In July 2023, Rosatello reached her first WTA Tour final at the Palermo Ladies Open with fellow Italian Angelica Moratelli, losing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giulia Gatto-Monticone
Giulia Gatto-Monticone (born 18 November 1987) is an Italian former tennis player. In February 2020, she reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 148, while her best WTA doubles ranking is 200, achieved in October 2014. Gatto-Monticone has won eleven singles titles and 26 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She has never lost a match in Fed Cup (2–0 record in doubles), contributing to have Italy win the 2020 Billie Jean King Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Pool B (Tallinn). In November 2023 Gatto-Monticone retired from tennis. Personal life and background Gatto-Monticone stated that her tennis idols are Roger Federer and Kimiko Date. Her favorite shot is forehand and favorite surface to play on is grass. Career highlights At the age of 31, in May 2019, she made her Grand Slam debut at Roland Garros. She also made her debut, after qualifying, at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships The 2019 Wimbledon Championships was a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tenn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreea Mitu
Cristina-Andreea Mitu (born 22 September 1991) is a professional tennis player from Romania. She achieved her career-high singles ranking of 68 on 8 June 2015, and her highest doubles ranking of world No. 69 on 24 October 2016. Mitu is a member of the Romania Fed Cup team. On 19 April 2015, she beat then world No. 7 Eugenie Bouchard in a Fed Cup match. Personal life and background She is coached by Adrian Marcu. Her parents are Petre and Ania. She also has a brother named Alex, who is a soccer player. She has an aggressive style of play. Andreea's favorite surface is hard (but loves grass too), while her favorite shot is forehand. She started playing tennis at age 7. Her tennis idols growing up were Jelena Dokic, Patty Schnyder, the Williams sisters, Jennifer Capriati and Martina Hingis. She also enjoys shopping, hanging out with friends and getting nails done. She stated that if weren't a tennis player, she would be a lawyer. In 2018, she gave birth to a son named Adam. Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tadeja Majerič
Tadeja Majerič (born 31 August 1990, in Maribor) is a former tennis player from Slovenia. Over her career, Majerič won nine singles and six doubles title on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. On 25 November 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 111. On 28 January 2013, she peaked at No. 227 in the WTA doubles rankings. Career 2005–2012 Majerič made her debut on the ITF Women's Circuit in April 2005 as a qualifier at a $10k event in Makarska, Croatia. She reached her first professional final in Zadar the following year, losing in straight sets to Ani Mijačika. 2006 also saw her qualify for the main draw at the Tier IV Slovenia Open in Portorož, defeating Margit Rüütel, Dominika Cibulková and Lucie Hradecká in the qualifying tournament, only to lose to fellow Slovenian Andreja Klepač in round one on her WTA Tour main-draw debut. In 2007, Majerič played her first matches in national colours for the Slovenia Fed Cup team. In August 2007, she won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heather Watson
Heather Miriam Watson (born 19 May 1992) is a British professional tennis player. A former British No. 1, Watson has won nine titles over her career, including the mixed-doubles title at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles, 2016 Wimbledon Championships, partnering Henri Kontinen, making her the first British woman to win a Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major title since Jo Durie in 1991, and the first to win a Wimbledon title since Durie in 1987. In October 2012, Watson won her first WTA Tour singles title at the Japan Women's Open, becoming the first British woman to win a WTA tournament singles title since Sara Gomer in 1988. In her junior career, Watson won the 2009 US Open – Girls' singles, US Open and a gold medal at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games. She reached No. 3 in the world on the ITF Junior Circuit. Early life and junior career Heather Watson was born in Saint Peter Port, Guernsey to Michelle and Ian Watson. Her mother is from Papua New Guine ... [...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] |
Anna Fitzpatrick
Anna Fitzpatrick (born 6 April 1989) is a British former professional tennis player. Personal life Fitzpatrick attended St Thomas of Canterbury school in Sheffield, St Mary's Roman Catholic High School, Chesterfield and Woodhouse Grove School in Apperley Bridge, City of Bradford. She has three older brothers. Growing up, she played tennis at Beauchief Tennis Club and at Graves Tennis Centre. Playing style Fitzpatrick liked to play aggressively, coming to the net as often as possible. When at the back of the court she was looking for opportunities to attack, and often tried to serve and volley to change the pace of the match. According to Fitzpatrick, her volley was ''"what erwhole game is built on"'' and her least favourite surface is clay. Career Junior (2003–2007) Fitzpatrick's first match on the junior ITF circuit came in July 2003 and her last in June 2007. During her four-year junior tennis career, she did not reach any tournament finals but reached the semi-final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
