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2013 National Bank Challenger Saguenay
The 2013 Challenger Banque Nationale de Saguenay was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 8th edition of the tournament and part of the 2013 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000 in prize money. It took place in Saguenay, Quebec, Canada between October 21 and October 27, 2013. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds *1 Rankings are as of October 14, 2013 Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Françoise Abanda * Marie-Alexandre Leduc * Sonja Molnar * Jillian O'Neill The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Élisabeth Fournier * Tori Kinard * Lena Litvak * Caitlin Whoriskey Champions Singles * Ons Jabeur def. CoCo Vandeweghe, 6–7(0–7), 6–3, 6–3 Doubles * Marta Domachowska / Andrea Hlaváčková def. Françoise Abanda / Victoria Duval Victoria Duval (born 30 November 1995) is an inactive American tennis player. Duval has won one singles title and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 developmental circuit for the WTA Tour, which is run by the independent Women's Tennis Association (WTA). There are several hundred ITF Women's Circuit tournaments each year, spread across all six inhabited continents, with prize money ranging from US$15,000 to US$100,000. Players who succeed on the ITF Women's Circuit earn sufficient points to be eligible for qualifying draw or main draw entry to WTA tournaments. Until 2011 the ITF Women's Circuit was the level immediately below the main WTA Tour, but in 2012 the WTA introduced an intermediate level, the WTA 125 tournaments. There is also an ITF Men's Circuit, but it only incorporates the lower-level Futures tournaments. Mid-level men's tournaments, equivalent to the WTA 125 tournaments and the bigg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alizé Lim
Alizé Lim (born 13 July 1990) is a French tennis player. Her career is WTA singles ranking is world No. 135, reached on 26 May 2014, and her doubles ranking is No. 148, attained on 7 November 2016. Career Alize Lim made her Grand Slam debut at the 2011 French Open where she and her French partner Victoria Larrière received a wildcard for the doubles main draw, and lost to sixth seeds Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Meghann Shaughnessy, 2–6, 1–6, in the first round. In 2014, Alize Lim made her major singles debut at the French Open with a wildcard and again lost in the first round of the main draw, to occasional training partner and then-world No. 1, Serena Williams, 2–6, 1–6. Alize Lim worked with Eurosport during the 2022 Australian Open, and presented their coverage of the event with Mats Wilander, Tim Henman, and Johanna Konta. She also presented the 2024 Summer Olympics for France Télévisions on the online channel dedicated to the event. Personal life Born in France ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Duval
Victoria Duval (born 30 November 1995) is an inactive American tennis player. Duval has won one singles title and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In August 2014, she reached her best singles ranking of No. 87. In 2012, she had won the USTA Girls' 18s National Championships. Early life Duval was born in Miami and spent some of her childhood in Haiti, including time training at the JOTAC Tennis Academy in Port-au-Prince. While living in Port-au-Prince, Duval was robbed at gunpoint and held hostage at her aunt's house at the age of 7. Victoria's mother gave up her neonatal practice and moved Victoria and her two brothers to south Florida. Her father stayed behind to continue the gynecology and obstetrics practice he had helped build in Port-au-Prince. To continue improving Vicky's tennis game, Nadine moved with her to Atlanta. It was here that she worked with coach Brian de Villiers, at the Racquet Club of the South. In January 2010, Vicky was training in Atlanta w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caitlin Whoriskey
Caitlin Whoriskey (born February 19, 1988) is an American former professional tennis player. She played collegiately at the University of Tennessee, where she was a three-time All-American. Whoriskey finished runner-up in doubles at the 2010 NCAA Women's Tennis Championship, playing with Natalie Pluskota. She recorded a victory in her first-ever ITF tournament as a professional, partnering with Kaitlyn Christian and taking the doubles crown at the 2010 Mt. Pleasant Pro Classic. Personal life On November 4, 2023 Caitlin married her long-time boyfriend Brett Rolison, DPT. College career Whoriskey played her college tennis for co-head coaches Mike Patrick and Sonia-Hahn Patrick at the University of Tennessee. She recorded 92 singles victories and 113 doubles wins in her four years at UT. Her doubles total ranks fourth in school history. She was a three-time ITA All-America selection: twice in doubles (2009–10) and once in singles (2009). She captured the doubles championship a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lena Litvak
Lena Litvak (born November 15, 1988) is a former tennis player. In her career, she won one singles title and eight doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 6 July 2009, Litvak reached her career-high singles ranking of 325. On 17 September 2012, she peaked at No. 228 in the doubles rankings. Career In addition to playing tennis, Litvak attended Harvard University Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma .... There, she tried to balance college and professional tennis. Litvak played the 2014 Washington Open, losing in the first round with Alexandra Mueller. Her last appearance on the pro tour was in February 2015, in the qualifying draw of an ITF tournament in Michigan. ITF finals Singles (1–0) Doubles (8–6) Notes References External links * * 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tori Kinard
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Élisabeth Fournier
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Jillian O'Neill
Jillian is both a feminine given name and a surname. A spelling variant of Gillian, it originates as a feminine form of the given name Julian, Julio, Julius, and Julien. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Jillian Armenante (born 1968), American television and film actress * Jillian Rose Banks (born 1988), American musical artist * Jillian Becker (born 1932), South African novelist * Jillian Bell (born 1984), American comedian, actress, and screenwriter * Jillian Camarena-Williams (born 1982), American shot putter * Jillian D'Alessio (born 1985), Canadian kayaker * Jillian Mai Thi Epperly (born c. 1973/4), creator of Jilly Juice * Jillian Evans (born 1959), Welsh politician * Jillian Grace (born 1985), American model * Jillian Hall (born 1980), American professional wrestler * Jillian Hunter, American author * Jillian Keiley, Canadian director * Jillian Kesner-Graver (1950–2007), American actress and historian * Jillian Kraus (born 1986), American water polo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonja Molnar
Sonja Molnar-Palmer (born April 29, 1990) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. She reached a career- high singles ranking of 488 by the WTA in January 2014. She played for the Iowa Hawkeyes from 2009 to 2012 and turned professional after. Molnar played her last match in August 2015 at the Challenger de Gatineau. Tennis career 2008–12 Molnar made her debut in July 2008 at the $25k event in Waterloo, reaching the second round in singles and the quarterfinals in doubles. Molnar decided to go to College instead of turning professional in 2009 and was a four-time All-Big Ten performer for the Iowa Hawkeyes until 2012. She was also named Big Ten Freshman of the Year in 2009 and finished her career with 100 singles victories for only 32 losses, the third highest total in program history. She also amassed a 69–44 record in doubles. In August 2012, Molnar was awarded a wildcard to play qualifying at the WTA tournament in Montreal, but lost to Mirjana Lučić-Baroni in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Françoise Abanda
Françoise Abanda (born February 5, 1997) is a Canadian professional tennis player. She reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 111 on October 9, 2017, and her highest WTA doubles ranking of 197 on September 8, 2014. She achieved a career-high combined junior rank of No. 4 on April 29, 2013 Early life Françoise started playing tennis at age seven, after her elder-by-three-years sister Élisabeth started playing two years earlier. She has been a member of Canada's National Training Centre in Montreal since 2009. Her parents, Blaise Abanda and Cecile Essono Ahibena, are from Cameroon. Her sister Élisabeth also played tennis professionally and studied at Barry University. Tennis career 2011–12 In 2011, Abanda reached the third round of the junior US Open in singles. In May 2012, she was eliminated in the third round of the junior French Open in singles, and in the quarterfinals in doubles. She lost in the semifinals of the Junior Wimbledon in June 2012 in both singles and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sachia Vickery
Sachia Vickery ( ; born May 11, 1995) is an American professional tennis player. She reached a career-high of No. 73 in the WTA rankings on 30 July 2018. Vickery, a former USTA junior national champion, has also won three singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Her best results on the WTA Tour came at the 2018 Auckland Open and the 2018 Monterrey Open, where she reached the semifinals. Early life and background Vickery was born in Florida to Paula Liverpool and Rawle Vickery. Her parents had both lived in Linden, the second largest city in the Caribbean nation of Guyana, and her mother is originally from the small mining town of Kwakwani. Her mother ran track in high school and her father was a professional soccer player. She also has an older brother named Dominique Mitchell who played college football at South Carolina State University. Through her former stepfather Derrick Mitchell, she is acquainted with LeBron James and considers his mother Gloria to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
