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2016 Malaysian Open – Doubles ...
Liang Chen and Wang Yafan were the defending champions, but lost in the final to Varatchaya Wongteanchai and Yang Zhaoxuan, 4–6, 6–4, 0–7 Seeds Draw External links Draw {{DEFAULTSORT:Malaysian Open - Doubles Malaysian Doubles 2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varatchaya Wongteanchai
Varatchaya "Pias" Wongteanchai (; born 7 September 1989) is a former professional tennis player from Thailand. In her career, she won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour, with four singles titles and 31 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 20 July 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 200. On 12 September 2016, she peaked at No. 77 in the doubles rankings. Playing for Thailand Fed Cup team, Wongteanchai has accumulated a win–loss record of 10–6. Her younger sister Varunya Wongteanchai is also a tennis professional. Career In February 2012, Wongteanchai made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at her home tournament, the Pattaya Open. She qualified for the main draw by defeating Hsu Wen-hsin in three, and Misa Eguchi in straight sets. She then faced top-seed Vera Zvonareva in the first round but lost in two sets by 2–6, 5–7. She also partnered her younger sister Varunya in the doubles event, but they lost in the quarterfinals. In 2013, Wongteanc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kotomi Takahata (tennis)
is a Japanese former professional tennis player. On 25 October 2010, she reached a career-high singles ranking of 562. She achieved her best doubles ranking of No. 108 on 10 October 2016. Takahata made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2011 Japan Women's Open, where she received a wildcard for the doubles tournament with Shuko Aoyama. Aoyama and Takahata lost to the fourth seeds Kimiko Date-Krumm and Zhang Shuai in a tight three-setter. At the 2014 Japan Women's Open, she also received a wildcard into the main draw with Kyōka Okamura. They defeated Misaki Doi and Elina Svitolina in the first round, but lost to Darija Jurak and Megan Moulton-Levy in the quarterfinals. At the 2015 Taipei Challenger, she won the doubles title, alongside Kanae Hisami. In the final, they defeated Marina Melnikova and Elise Mertens Elise Mertens (; born 17 November 1995) is a Belgian professional tennis player. She became List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zarina Diyas
Zarina Diyas (; ; born 18 October 1993) is a Kazakh professional tennis player. She has been WTA rankings, ranked as high as No. 31 by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Diyas has won one singles title on the WTA Tour, at the 2017 Japan Women's Open, along with nine singles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Diyas mostly played on the ITF Circuit until 2014, her breakthrough season. She progressed into the top 40 by September, having started the year outside the top 150. This helped her enter tournaments on the WTA Tour more consistently, though she still plays ITF tournaments. She is one of the most successful female tennis players representing Kazakhstan Tennis Federation, Kazakhstan, along with Elena Rybakina and Yulia Putintseva. Diyas became a member of the Kazakhstan Fed Cup team in 2011 and is tied for her country's most singles wins with Yaroslava Shvedova, but with a much better winning percentage. She has a win/loss record of 18–8 (14–5 in singles) as of July 202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhang Ling (tennis)
Zhang Ling (; born October 28, 1989), stylized as Lynn Zhang after retirement, is a former Chinese tennis player competing for Hong Kong. On 12 September 2011, she reached her highest singles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of 184. On 22 June 2009, she also reached her highest WTA doubles ranking of 219. She won 14 singles titles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In 2014, she had her first main-draw match win on the WTA Tour in Kuala Lumpur. She defeated Olga Savchuk, and become the first Hong Kongese player to achieve this, after Patricia Hy-Boulais done it in the 1980s. Playing for Hong Kong at the Fed Cup The Billie Jean King Cup (or the BJK Cup) is the premier international team competition in women's tennis, launched as the Federation Cup in 1963 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The name was cha ..., Ling has a win–loss record of 37–26. She is the Hong Kong player with most ties ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nao Hibino
is a Japanese professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 56 in singles and No. 43 in doubles by the WTA. Hibino has won three singles titles and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She has also won nine singles and eleven doubles tournaments on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. Hibino was the number-one-ranked Japanese player in the WTA rankings for five weeks starting on 11 January 2016, and reached this position again on 3 April 2023. Hibino made her breakthrough in 2015, when she won her first WTA Tour title in singles at the Tashkent Open. As a result, she debuted in the top 100. Since then she has spent several years in the top 100, and has been in the top 150 constantly except for a period between February 2022 and September 2022 after a layoff from October 2021 to late April 2022. She has represented Japan at national competitions, debuting in Fed Cup in 2016, and at the Summer Olympics in 2021. Personal life and background Hibino was b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jawairiah Noordin
Jawairiah binti Noordin (born 8 October 1990) is an inactive Malaysian tennis player. On 16 November 2009, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 931. Jawairiah made her WTA Tour debut at the 2010 Malaysian Open, having received a wildcard with Huỳnh Phương Đài Trang into the doubles tournament, but they lost to Vitalia Diatchenko and Chanelle Scheepers in the first round. She also received a wildcard into the main draw of the 2015 Malaysian Open, where she lost to Yulia Putintseva in the first round. Playing for Malaysia Fed Cup team, Jawairiah has a win–loss record of 17-14. She has won two bronze medals for Malaysia at the Southeast Asian Games, in 2007 and 2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ... in the women's team event. ITF finals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liu Fangzhou
Liu Fangzhou (; ; born 12 December 1995) is a Chinese tennis player. On 24 April 2017, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 127. On 16 September 2024, she peaked at No. 429 in the WTA doubles rankings. Liu made her WTA Tour debut at the 2014 Shenzhen Open, having been awarded a wildcard into the main draw, but lost to Peng Shuai Peng Shuai (; ; born 8 January 1986) is a Chinese former professional tennis player. In February 2014, she was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 doubles player by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA ... in the first round. Six months later, Liu advanced to the final of the inaugural WTA 125 Jiangxi International Open where she again faced Peng, this time losing in a tough three-set match. Playing for the China Fed Cup team, Liu has a win–loss record of 1–3. WTA Challenger finals Singles: 1 (runner–up) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 27 (6 titles, 21 runner–ups) Doubles: 8 (4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miyu Kato (tennis)
is a Japanese professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. On 1 January 2024, she peaked at world No. 26 in the WTA doubles rankings. She also achieved her career-high singles ranking of No. 122 in January 2018. Kato has won five doubles titles on the WTA Tour and two WTA Challenger doubles titles. In addition, she has won four singles and 13 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Playing for Japan Fed Cup team, Kato has a win–loss record of 6–1 (5–1 in doubles), as of June 2024. Career 2023 : Mixed doubles champion, back to top 30, new career high and Elite Trophy Kato won her major title in the mixed doubles at the 2023 French Open, together with her German partner Tim Pütz. She reached a new career-high ranking of No. 27 on 23 October 2023, the week she was selected to participate in the 2023 WTA Elite Trophy with Aldila Sutjiadi. French Open controversy At the 2023 French Open, she and her partner Aldila Sutjiadi were defaulted in the women's doubles, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eri Hozumi
is a Japanese tennis player. On 10 November 2014, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 144. On 27 May 2019, she peaked at No. 28 in the WTA doubles rankings. Partnering with Makoto Ninomiya, she reached the final of the 2018 French Open. Career Hozumi won her first WTA Tour doubles title in 2016, at the Katowice Open alongside Miyu Kato. With Kato she also reached the semifinals of the 2017 Australian Open. She reached her biggest final at the 2018 French Open with partner Makoto Ninomiya, losing to sixth seeds Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková. Alongside Jang Su-jeong, Hozumi was runner-up in the doubles at the 2023 Swedish Open, losing to Misaki Doi and Rebecca Peterson in the final. Back playing with Makoto Ninomiya she reached the final of the 2023 Jiangxi Open where they lost to second seeds Laura Siegemund and Vera Zvonareva. Partnering with Shuko Aoyama, Hozumi won the doubles title at the 2024 Pan Pacific Open, defeating Ena Shi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karolína Stuchlá
Karolína Stuchlá (born 24 February 1994) is a Czech former professional tennis player. On 12 September 2016, she reached her highest doubles rankings of world No. 97. In her career, she won 13 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Stuchlá made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2015 Nürnberger Versicherungscup in the doubles draw, partnering Lenka Kunčíková Lenka Kunčíková (born 29 July 1995) is a Czech former tennis player. On 10 August 2015, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 588. On 12 September 2016, she peaked at No. 97 in the WTA doubles rankings. In her career, she wo .... She played her last match on the pro circuit in February 2017. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 1 (runner-up) Doubles: 24 (13 titles, 11 runner-ups) External links * * 1994 births Living people Czech female tennis players Sportspeople from Děčín Tennis players from the Ústí nad Labem Region {{CzechRepublic-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenka Kunčíková
Lenka Kunčíková (born 29 July 1995) is a Czech former tennis player. On 10 August 2015, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 588. On 12 September 2016, she peaked at No. 97 in the WTA doubles rankings. In her career, she won one singles title and 13 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Kunčíková 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 2015 Nürnberger Versicherungscup, in the doubles draw, partnering Karolína Stuchlá. ITF finals Singles (1–1) Doubles (13–9) External links * * 1995 births Living people Czech female tennis players Sportspeople from Nový Jičín Tennis players from the Moravian-Silesian Region 21st-century Czech sportswomen {{CzechRepublic-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Çağla Büyükakçay
Çağla Büyükakçay (; born 28 September 1989) is a Turkish professional tennis player. She won her first title at her home tournament in Istanbul becoming the first Turkish woman to lift a WTA Tour title. She has won 12 singles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In September 2016, she reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 60. On 29 February 2016, she peaked at world No. 111 in the WTA doubles rankings. Playing for Turkey in the Billie Jean King Cup, Büyükakçay has a win–loss record of 42–33 (as of July 2024). Büyükakçay was the first tennis player to represent Turkey at the Olympic Games. She competed at the Rio Olympics. She was the top-ranked tennis player at Istanbul's multi-sports club Enkaspor. Career She did not contest many junior tournaments, only playing four before competing at the senior level. After a few aborted starts, Büyükakçay played her first professional match at an ITF event in Istanbul in May 2004. Losin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
