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2017 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem
The 2017 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem was a women's professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 17th edition of the tournament and part of the WTA International tournaments category of the 2017 WTA Tour. It took place in Rabat, Morocco, between 1 and 6 May 2017. Point distribution Singles main draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings as of April 24, 2017 Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Anna Blinkova * Lina Qostal * Francesca Schiavone The following players received entry as qualifiers: * Gabriela Dabrowski * Aleksandra Krunić * Conny Perrin * Nadia Podoroska The following player received entry as a Lucky Loser: * Sílvia Soler Espinosa Withdrawals ;Before the tournament * Caroline Garcia → replaced by Andrea Petkovic * Peng Shuai → replaced by Sara Errani * Shelby Rogers → replaced by Maryna Zanevska * Anastasija Sevastova → replaced by Tatjana Maria * Lau ... [...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] |
Lina Qostal
Lina Qostal (; born 11 March 1997) is a Moroccan tennis player. Qostal has won one doubles title on the ITF Women's Circuit in her career. On 10 November 2014, she reached her best doubles ranking of world No. 792. Qostal made her WTA Tour debut at the 2013 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, having been awarded a wildcard into both the singles and doubles draws. In singles, she was drawn against Karin Knapp and was beaten by the Italian in their first-round encounter. She partnered with Alizé Lim in the doubles event but fared no better there, ultimately losing to Sandra Klemenschits and Andreja Klepač in the first round. Qostal was born in Rabat. In 2018 she graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, where she was enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences, and was a member of the women's varsity tennis team. Qostal previously studied at Lycée Descartes in the capital city of Morocco, Rabat. Playing for Morocco Fed Cup team, Qostal has a win–loss record of 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anastasija Sevastova
Anastasija Sevastova (born 13 April 1990) is a Latvian professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 11 in October 2018, after reaching a Premier Mandatory final at the China Open. Sevastova has won four singles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as 13 singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Sevastova is best known for her success at the US Open, particularly during the second half of her career. In 2016, she defeated the reigning French Open champion and world No. 3, Garbiñe Muguruza, as well as Australian Open semifinalist Johanna Konta, en route to her first major quarterfinal. In 2018, she reached her first major semifinal, defeating defending champion and world No. 3, Sloane Stephens (whom she had lost to at that same stage in 2017), in the quarterfinals, before losing to Serena Williams. Early life and background Anastasija Sevastova was born on 13 April 1990 in Liepāja, Latvia. She was raised by her mother Diāna Golovano ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maryna Zanevska
Maryna Volodymyrivna Zanevska (; born 24 August 1993) is a Ukrainian-born Belgian former professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 62, achieved on 23 May 2022, and a WTA doubles ranking of 86, reached on 16 June 2014. Zanevska won one WTA Tour singles title and one title in singles and one in doubles on the WTA Challenger Tour. She also reached four WTA Tour doubles finals. Personal life Zanevska trained in Belgium since 2008, and resides in Namur. Born in Ukraine, she received Belgian citizenship in October 2016. Junior career Grand Slam performance Singles: * Australian Open: 3R (2010) * French Open: 3R (2011) * Wimbledon: 1R (2009) * US Open: 2R (2009) Doubles: * Australian Open: 1R (2009, 2010) * French Open: W (2011) * Wimbledon: 2R (2009) * US Open: W (2009) Career Zanevska won the 2009 US Open girls' doubles title with partner Valeria Solovyeva and the 2011 French Open girls' doubles title with Irina Khromacheva. She won h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shelby Rogers
Shelby Nicole Rogers (born October 13, 1992) is an American former professional tennis player. She had career-high WTA rankings of No. 30 in singles and No. 40 in doubles, and won six singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Rogers won the girls' national championship at 17. Her best results at the majors were quarterfinals at the 2016 French Open and the 2020 US Open. Rogers was noted for her victories against top-ranked players which include Simona Halep (No. 4) at the 2017 Australian Open, Serena Williams (No. 9) at the 2020 Lexington Challenger and Ashleigh Barty (No. 1) at the 2021 US Open. Rogers is also undefeated against two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitová, with wins at the 2016 French Open and 2020 US Open, the latter in which she saved four match points. Both are also the only instances in her career where she made the quarterfinals at the majors. Personal life From Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, Rogers followed her sister, Sabra, into ... [...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] |
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), becoming the first Chinese tennis player to achieve that ranking in any discipline. She peaked at No. 14 of the singles rankings in August 2011, and won two singles and 23 doubles titles on the WTA Tour. Peng won a gold medal at the 2010 Asian Games, defeating Akgul Amanmuradova in the singles final. At the 2013 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles, 2013 Wimbledon Championships, Peng won her first Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major title, in women's doubles with Hsieh Su-wei. She also won the women's doubles title at the 2014 French Open – Women's doubles, 2014 French Open with Hsieh. Her best performance at a major in singles came at the 2014 US Open – Women's singles, 2014 US Open where she reached the semifinals, becom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Petkovic
Andrea Petkovic (, ; born 9 September 1987) is a German former professional tennis player. Born in Tuzla, SFR Yugoslavia, to Serbian father Zoran and Bosniak mother Amira, she moved to Germany at six months old and turned professional in 2006 at the age of 18. A former top-10 player, Petkovic reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 9 on 10 October 2011, becoming the first German female player ranked inside the top 10 since Steffi Graf in 1999. That year, she played in the quarterfinals of three Grand Slam tournaments as well as a Premier Mandatory final at the China Open, and qualified as an alternate to the WTA Tour Championships. Petkovic suffered three separate injuries in 2012: a back injury in January, an ankle injury in August and a knee injury in December that kept her out for nine months, and almost saw her fall out of the top 200. She rebounded in 2014 by reaching her first Grand Slam semifinal at the 2014 French Open and later winning the WTA Tournament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline Garcia
Caroline Garcia (, born 16 October 1993) is a French professional tennis player. She had a career-high WTA rankings, ranking of world No. 4 in singles and world No. 2 in doubles. Garcia was the 2022 WTA Finals – Singles, 2022 WTA Finals champion. Garcia was also a two-time Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major champion in doubles, having won the French Open women's doubles title in 2016 French Open – Women's doubles, 2016 and 2022 French Open – Women's doubles, 2022 partnering Kristina Mladenovic. The pair were also runners-up at the 2016 US Open – Women's doubles, 2016 US Open, and reached the semifinals at the 2017 Australian Open – Women's doubles, 2017 Australian Open. Garcia reached her career-high doubles ranking of world No. 2 in October 2016, and won eight doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including the 2016 Mutua Madrid Open – Women's doubles, 2016 Madrid Open. She also qualified for the WTA Finals on two occasions, and alongside Mladenovic was voted the 2016 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sílvia Soler Espinosa
Sílvia Soler Espinosa (; born 19 November 1987) is a retired Spanish tennis player. In her career, she won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as five singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 21 May 2012, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 54. On 28 April 2014, she peaked at No. 39 in the doubles rankings. Playing for Spain Fed Cup team, Soler Espinosa has a win–loss record of 4–11. Personal life and background Soler Espinosa is coached by Jerome Adamec. Her father works in a factory, while her mother is a housewife. She stated that her favourite court is clay. Silvia cited Steffi Graf as one of her biggest tennis idols. Tennis career Junior years In 2002, Soler Espinosa made her debut on the ITF Junior Circuit at the age of 14. That year, she won her first ITF junior title in doubles, at the International Madrid, together with Astrid Waernes-Garcia. In September 2003, she won her first singles title at Torneo ITF Junior "Ciud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadia Podoroska
Nadia Natacha Podoroska (; born 10 February 1997) is an Argentine professional tennis player. On 12 July 2021, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 36, and on 18 October 2021, she peaked at No. 62 in the WTA doubles rankings. Podoroska has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour and three singles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour along with 14 singles titles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Podoroska competed for Argentina at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Early life Podoroska was born on 10 February 1997, in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, and grew up in a middle-class family in Fisherton, a neighborhood founded in the late 1880s by railroad workers. She is one of three children born to father Marcelo and mother Irene; she is of Ukrainian descent as her grandparents were Ukrainian, but she does not speak the language at all. Her father was a watchmaker by profession who over the years became a pharmacist, and her mother is also a pharmacist. Nadia was the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conny Perrin
Conny Perrin (born 25 December 1990) is a Swiss tennis player. On 22 October 2018, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 134 and on 7 October 2024, she peaked at No. 99 in the WTA doubles rankings. Perrin owns one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour - the 2023 Copa LP Chile. She has also won 13 singles and 28 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 .... Performance timelines Singles Doubles WTA Tour finals Doubles: 1 (runner–up) WTA Challenger finals Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 28 (13 titles, 15 runner–ups) Doubles: 68 (28 titles, 40 runner–ups) Notes References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Perrin, Conny 1990 births Living people LGBTQ tennis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
