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2019 Hardee's Pro Classic
The 2019 Hardee's Pro Classic was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the nineteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Dothan, Alabama, United States between 15 and 21 April 2019. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 8 April 2019. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Usue Maitane Arconada * Sophie Chang (tennis), Sophie Chang * Louisa Chirico * Alexa Guarachi The following player received entry using a protected ranking: * Lucie Hradecká The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Hanna Chang (tennis), Hanna Chang * Olga Govortsova * Katarzyna Kawa * Kristína Kučová * Abbie Myers * Gabriela Talabă Champions Singles * Kristína Kučová def. Lauren Davis, 3–6, 7–6(11–9), 6–2 Doubles * Usue Maitane Arconada / Caroline Dolehide def. Destanee Aiava / Astra Sharm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clay Court
A clay court is one of the types of tennis court on which the sport of tennis, originally known as "lawn tennis", is played. Clay courts are made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate depending on the tournament. The French Open uses clay courts, the only Grand Slam tournament to do so. Clay courts are more common in Continental Europe and Latin America than in North America, Asia-Pacific or Britain. Two main types exist: red clay, the more common variety, and green clay, also known as "rubico", which is a harder surface. Although less expensive to construct than other types of tennis courts, the maintenance costs of clay are high as the surface must be rolled to preserve flatness. Play Clay courts are considered "slow" because the balls bounce relatively high and lose much of their initial speed when contacting the surface, making it more difficult for a player to deliver an unreturnable shot. Points are usually longer as there are fewer winn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimberly Birrell
Kimberly Birrell (born 29 April 1998) is an Australian tennis player. She has won two singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Circuit. Birrell reached her best singles ranking of world No. 154 on 6 May 2019. 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 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 top 20 tennis players such as Bernard Tomic and Samantha Stosur, the latter of which would train with Birrell when visiting the club. Birrell attended Coomera Anglican C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 In American Tennis
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Destanee Aiava
Destanee Gabriella Aiava (born 10 May 2000) is an Australian professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 147 in singles, achieved on 11 September 2017, and of 192 in doubles, achieved October 2019. Aiava has won five singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She made her Grand Slam main-draw debut after winning the 2016 U18 Australian Championships, granting her a wildcard into the 2017 Australian Open. She thus became the first player, male or female, born in 2000 or later to participate in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament. Early life Aiava is Samoan descent; her father, Mark, was born in New Zealand to Samoan parents, and her mother, Rosie, was born in American Samoa. Junior career 2012–2016 In 2012, at the age of 12, Aiava represented Australia at Roland Garros in the Longines Future Tennis Aces Tournament. Competing against fifteen of the top under-13 female tennis players, Aiava won the tournament and won the right to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriela Talabă
Gabriela Lee (née Talabă; born 23 August 1995) is a Romanian tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 136, achieved on 1 August 2022, and a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 229, also set on 1 August 2022. To date, she has won five singles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Talabă made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2020 Lexington Challenger, having received a wildcard into the doubles event, partnering Caitlin Whoriskey. In September 2020, she entered the qualifying round of the French Open, her first Grand Slam tournament ever played. However, she lost her first match against Clara Tauson from Denmark. Performance timeline Singles ''Current after the 2022 Emilia Romagna Open.'' ITF Circuit finals Singles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runner–ups) Doubles: 18 (10 titles, 8 runner–ups) Notes References External links Official website* * Gabriela Leeat Texas Tech University Texas Tech University (Texas Tech, Tech, or TTU ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbie Myers
Abbie Jane Myers (born 18 July 1994) is an Australian tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 257 in singles and 182 in doubles. Myers has won one singles title and 17 doubles titles on tournaments of the ITF Women's Circuit. She notably represented Australia at the World Junior Competition at the age of 14. On the ITF Junior Circuit, Myers reached a career-high ranking of 52, on 2 January 2012, and she won the 2012 Australian 18's Championships. Career 2013–21 Myers made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2013 Sydney International doubles tournament, partnering Storm Sanders. They lost in the first round. At the 2013 Australian Open The 2013 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place in Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 14 to 27 January 2013. It was the 101st edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year. The tournament ..., she lost in the first round of the qualifying draw to Chan Yung-jan. 202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katarzyna Kawa
Katarzyna Kawa (; born 17 November 1992) is a Polish professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA rankings are 112 in singles, achieved November 2020, and world No. 70 in doubles, set on 26 September 2022. She has won one WTA Challenger doubles title, and also seven singles and 19 doubles titles on tournaments of the ITF Women's Circuit. Personal Katarzyna Kawa was born in Krynica-Zdrój, but moved in 2013 to Poznań, Poland, where she currently resides. She started playing tennis at age seven and is coached by Grzegorz Garczyński.http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100102952 Parents are Anna and Jacek, two sisters are Monika and Weronika, and brother is Radomir. Hobbies include reading and traveling. Idolizes Justine Henin and Novak Djokovic. Favorite shot is her backhand and her favorite surfaces to compete on are both clay and grass. Career 2019: First WTA final and breakthrough In July, Kawa made it through the qualifying rounds at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olga Govortsova
Olga Alekseyevna Govortsova ( be, Вольга Аляксееўна Гаварцова (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 Open but lost in straight sets to Lindsay Davenport. Govortsova is 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanna Chang (tennis)
Hanna Chang (born February 25, 1998) is an American professional tennis player. Chang has a career-high singles ranking of 214 by the WTA, achieved on 21 March 2022. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 265, reached on 6 June 2022. Chang won her first major ITF title at the 2021 Landisville Challenge in the doubles draw, partnering Alexa Glatch. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 12 (7 titles, 5 runner–ups) Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner–ups) References External links * * 1998 births Living people American female tennis players 21st-century American women {{US-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucie Hradecká
Lucie Hradecká (; born 21 May 1985) is a Czech former professional tennis player. A three-time Grand Slam doubles champion and 26-time WTA Tour doubles titlist, she reached her career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4 in October 2012. She was also an integral member of the Czech Republic's national team and helped her country to win five titles at the Fed Cup (now Billie Jean King Cup) between 2011 and 2016, in addition to winning two Olympic medals in both women's doubles with Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková in 2012 and in mixed doubles with Radek Štěpánek in 2016. Hradecká also reached the top-45 in singles and placed runner-up in seven tour-level singles finals. She announced her retirement from the sport upon the end of the 2022 season. In 2006, Hradecká won her first WTA Tour title in doubles in 2006 with partner Renata Voráčová at the Slovenia Open. Five years later, she made her breakthrough at the Grand Slam tournaments when she won her first of two women's dou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexa Guarachi
Alexa Guarachi Mathison (; born 17 November 1990) is an American-born Chilean tennis player who specialises in doubles. She reached her career-high doubles ranking of world No. 11 in September 2021, and has won five titles on the WTA Tour, most notably the 2021 Dubai Championships alongside Darija Jurak. Guarachi reached her first Grand Slam final at the 2020 French Open with Desirae Krawczyk, and the pair were also semifinalists at the 2021 US Open. They also qualified for the 2021 WTA Finals. Guarachi has represented Chile in the Billie Jean King 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 Federation Cup (tennis), 1963 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the International Tennis Feder ... since 2018, and achieved her highest singles ranking of world No. 347 in November 2015. Performance timelines ''Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louisa Chirico
Louisa Chirico (born May 16, 1996) is an American tennis player. She is of Korean descent through her mother. Chirico, who comes from Harrison, New York, has won five singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 24 October 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 58. On 6 March 2017, she peaked at No. 184 in the WTA doubles rankings. Tennis career Early years Partnering Jan Abaza, Chirico won her first $50k tournament at the 2013 Melbourne Pro Classic, defeating Asia Muhammad and Allie Will in the final. 2015: Grand Slam debut She made her Grand Slam debut at the 2015 French Open after being awarded a wildcard into the event by the USTA. She lost in the first round to the ninth seed Ekaterina Makarova, in straight sets. Chirico won her first WTA Tour match at the 2015 Washington Open where she defeated Heather Watson. She then beat the top-30 player Alizé Cornet in a third set tie-breaker but lost to Sloane Stephens in the quarterfinals. 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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