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2018 Koser Jewelers Tennis Challenge
The 2018 Koser Jewelers Tennis Challenge was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the twelfth edition of the tournament and was part of the 2018 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Landisville, United States, on 6–12 August 2018. Singles main draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings as of 30 July 2018. Other entrants The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw: * Gail Brodsky * Sophie Chang * Lauren Davis * Joelle Kissell The following player received entry using a protected ranking: * Olga Govortsova * Jessica Pegula The following player received entry by a special exempt: * Ann Li The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Kimberly Birrell * Hayley Carter * Risa Ozaki * Jessika Ponchet The following players received entry as a lucky loser: * Eri Hozumi Champions Singles * Madison Brengle def. Kristie Ahn, 6–4, 1–0, ret. Doubles * Ellen Perez / Arina Rodionova def. ... [...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] |
Gail Brodsky
Gail Brodsky (born June 5, 1991) is an American former professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA singles ranking is 182, reached on March 19, 2012. On May 2, 2011, she peaked at No. 348 in the doubles rankings. On the ITF Circuit, she won six singles titles and two doubles titles. In 2008, she won the USTA Girls’ 18s national title. Career Brodsky was born in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, to Eduard and Julia, moved to Ocean Parkway across the street from Coney Island Hospital in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, when she was six, and is Jewish. As a youth, she trained on public courts in Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn. She and her husband and two children live in Kirkland, Washington. She won the 2008 USTA Girls’ 18s national title, defeating Sloane Stephens, the 2017 US Open champion, and CoCo Vandeweghe, the 2017 US Open semifinalist, at 17 years of age. She thus earned a wildcard to the 2008 US Open, where she lost in the first round, 5–7, 3–6, to world No. 14, Agnes Sza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chen Pei-hsuan
Chen Pei-hsuan (; born 28 February 2000) is a Taiwanese inactive tennis player. She has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 160, achieved on 25 February 2019. On 11 June 2018, she peaked at No. 919 of the WTA singles rankings. In her career, she won nine doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, each time partnering Wu Fang-hsien. Chen 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 ... debut at the 2018 Washington Open, in the doubles draw, partnering with Wu Fang-hsien. ITF Circuit finals Doubles: 21 (9 titles, 12 runner–ups) External links * * 2000 births Living people Taiwanese female tennis players 21st-century Taiwanese women {{Taiwan-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristie Ahn
Kristie Hyerim Ahn (born June 15, 1992) is an American former professional tennis player. In her career, she won seven singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 30 September 2019, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 87. Her first appearance at a Grand Slam tournament was at 16 at the 2008 US Open. In 2019, she was given a wildcard bid and reached the fourth round of the US Open where she became the first Asian American woman to make the round of 16 at a Grand Slam tournament since Lilia Osterloh accomplished the feat in 2000. Ahn is of Korean descent and was born in Flushing Hospital, having later lived in Englewood Cliffs, N.J. She graduated from Stanford University in 2014 with a degree in Science, Technology and Society. She played on the Stanford Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magn ... [...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] |
Jessika Ponchet
Jessika Ponchet (born 26 September 1996) is a French professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 104 in singles, achieved on 9 September 2024, and No. 101 in doubles, reached on 28 November 2022. Career Ponchet did not play any ITF Junior Circuit tournaments, plunging straight into the ITF Women's Circuit at the age of 14. 2011–2013 Ponchet played the singles events of four tournaments and the doubles event of one tournament on the 2011 ITF Circuit, starting with a $100k tournament held in early July in the French city of Biarritz. She played a total of 11 and 18 ITF tournaments in 2012 and 2013, respectively. 2014–2016 Ponchet played a total of 17 tournaments on the ITF Circuit in 2014. She suffered a major setback when torn knee ligaments forced her to miss tournaments in the first eight months of 2015. She played the singles events of seven tournaments and one doubles event on the 2015 ITF Circuit. In 2016, Ponchet played a total of 22 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Risa Ozaki
is a former professional Japanese tennis player. In her career, Ozaki won seven singles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 24 April 2017, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 70. On 6 March 2017, she peaked at No. 246 in the WTA doubles rankings. Ozaki 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 ... debut at the 2013 Tashkent Open, having entered the qualifying tournament and defeating Veronika Kapshay and Ksenia Palkina for a spot in the main draw. She was thereby pitted against fellow qualifier Kateryna Kozlova and defeated the Ukrainian in straight sets, simultaneously recording her first main-draw win at the WTA Tour-level. She was subsequently beaten in the second round by Nastassja Burnett in a final-set tiebreak. Performance time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hayley Carter
Hayley Nicole Carter (born May 17, 1995) is an American former professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of No. 25, which she achieved on 14 June 2021. Carter is primarily a doubles player. Over her career, she won two WTA Tour and two WTA 125 doubles titles, with nine titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Junior career Carter played at the Smith Stearn's Tennis Academy growing up. She also won a record 14 South Carolina state championships. Between 2009 and 2012, she won three ITF Junior Circuit singles titles and one doubles title. Carter played collegiate tennis for the North Carolina Tar Heels, where she earned All-American honors each of the four years she competed. She is the Atlantic Coast Conference's all-time leader in women's tennis singles victories with 168. Professional career 2019: New partnership with Stefani, first WTA Tour title In September 2019, with Luisa Stefani as partner, she reached her first doubles final on the WTA Tour at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Australian singles player. She has won seven singles titles and two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Personal life Birrell was born in Düsseldorf, Germany, on 29 April 1998 to Australian parents. Her father, John, was working as a tennis coach in Germany at the time of her birth and shortly after relocated his family to Wodonga, Victoria. The family then settled on the Gold Coast, Queensland when Birrell was three years of age as her father took up a role as the head coach of Pat Cash's Tennis Academy. She has a brother Cade who is also a tennis player. She began playing tennis at the age of four and switched training bases to the Queens Park Tennis Centre in 2008 when her father began managing the club. Queens Park had previously produced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann Li (tennis)
Ann Li (born June 26, 2000) is an American tennis player. She has a career-high WTA ranking of No. 44, and was the runner-up in the 2017 Wimbledon Championships girls' singles final. Personal background Li was born into a sports family. Her aunt was a professional speed skater in China. Her father played soccer in college, while her mother ran track in college. Career 2017 Li reached her first junior major singles final in 2017 at Wimbledon. In the first all-American girls' final since 1979, the unseeded Li lost to third seed Claire Liu, in three sets. Two weeks later, Li won her first professional title on the ITF Circuit, a $15k tournament in Evansville, Indiana. 2018 Li entered the Lexington Challenger where she defeated Renata Zarazúa, Julia Glushko, Anastasia Nefedova, Jessica Pegula, before losing to Asia Muhammad, in straight sets. She participated at the Landisville Challenge where she defeated former British No. 1, Heather Watson, and Wimbledon finalist, Sabine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Pegula
Jessica Pegula (born February 24, 1994) is an American professional tennis player. She has career-high rankings in singles of world No. 3, achieved October 2022, and in doubles of world No. 1, set on 11 September 2023. Pegula reached the singles finals of the 2024 US Open and the 2023 WTA Finals. In doubles, she reached the final of the 2022 French Open, partnering with Coco Gauff, and the mixed doubles final of the 2023 US Open with Austin Krajicek. Pegula has won eight singles titles and seven doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including three WTA 1000 titles in singles and two in doubles. She is also a seven-time major singles quarterfinalist, having reached this stage at all four majors: thrice at the Australian Open (2021–2023), twice at the US Open (2022, 2024), and once each at the French Open (2022) and Wimbledon (2023). In 2023, Pegula led the United States team to victory in the inaugural United Cup. Early life Pegula was born February 24, 1994 in Buffalo, New Yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olga Govortsova
Olga Alekseyevna Govortsova ( (Volha Alyakseyeuna Havartsova); ; born 23 August 1988) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. On 23 June 2008, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 35. On 29 August 2011, she peaked at No. 24 in the doubles rankings. Tennis career She reached her first WTA Tour final at the 2008 Memphis Championships but lost in straight sets to Lindsay Davenport. Govortsova has been sponsored by Wilson and Chinese clothing company Peak. She is represented by French-based sports agency Lagardère Unlimited. 2009 She began her season at the Brisbane International, where she defeated eighth seed Francesca Schiavone en route to the quarterfinals. However, she fell against world No. 41, Sara Errani. At the Australian Open, she received main-draw entry but lost in straight sets against 20th seed Amélie Mauresmo in the first round. She then played in Indian Wells, a Premier-Mandatory event where she defeated British Anne Keothavong in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
