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2021 Bad Homburg Open
The 2021 Bad Homburg Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 1st edition of the Bad Homburg Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments, WTA 250 series of the 2021 WTA Tour. The event took place at the TC Bad Homburg in Bad Homburg, Germany, from 20 until 26 June 2021. Bad Homburg is historically significant in the development and popularity of tennis in Europe. Champions Singles * Angelique Kerber def. Kateřina Siniaková, 6–3, 6–2. Doubles * Darija Jurak / Andreja Klepač def. Nadiia Kichenok / Raluca Olaru, 6–3, 6–1. WTA singles main-draw entrants Seeds *1 Rankings are as of June 14, 2021. Other entrants The following players received Wild card (sports), wildcards into the main draw: * Victoria Azarenka * Mona Barthel * Mara Guth The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Yuliya Hatouka * Katarzyna Piter * Ekaterina Yashina * Anna Zaja The following player received entry a ...
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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

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Sorana Cîrstea
Sorana Mihaela Cîrstea (; born 7 April 1990) is a Romanian professional tennis player. In singles, she achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 21 on 12 August 2013. In doubles, her career-best ranking is No. 35, which she reached on 9 March 2009. On the WTA Tour, she has won two singles and six doubles titles. Cîrstea's greatest achievements are the final at the 2013 Rogers Cup – Women's singles, 2013 Rogers Cup and the 2025 Mutua Madrid Open – Women's doubles, 2025 Madrid Open doubles title with Anna Kalinskaya. Early and personal life Sorana Cîrstea was born to Mihai and Liliana in Bucharest. She resides in Târgoviște, her parents' home town. She has a younger brother, Mihnea. Cîrstea was introduced to tennis at the age of four by her mother. Sorana's father owns an ice cream factory in Târgoviște. She has cited Steffi Graf and Roger Federer as her idols. Career 2005–2006: Last junior years and turning professional Cîrstea is a former ITF Junior Circuit to ...
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Jennifer Brady
Jennifer Elizabeth Brady (born April 12, 1995) is an inactive American tennis player. She reached a career-high singles WTA ranking of No. 13 on 22 February 2021, and a career-high doubles ranking of 44 on 19 August 2019. Brady has won one WTA Tour singles title and one doubles title as well as four singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Brady first rose to prominence following her surprise run to the fourth round of the 2017 Australian Open as a qualifier, registering victories over Heather Watson and 14th seed Elena Vesnina. She also reached the fourth round of that year's US Open, defeating Barbora Strýcová and Monica Niculescu before falling to then-world No. 1, Karolína Plíšková. Following struggles with injuries and an increased focus on doubles, including a semifinal showing at the 2019 Australian Open, Brady returned to prominence in singles in 2020, where she defeated Maria Sharapova, and recorded her first No. 1 victory by defeating Ashleigh ...
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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 ...
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Irina-Camelia Begu
Irina-Camelia Begu (born 26 August 1990) is a Romanian tennis player. She reached a career-high WTA ranking, WTA singles ranking of world No. 22 , in August 2016. Two years later, she reached her highest ranking in doubles, also No. 22. She is currently the No. 2 Romanian player. Begu has won five singles titles and nine doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She also has won three singles titles on the WTA 125 tournaments, WTA Challenger Tour, with 12 singles and 19 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. As a junior, she reached semifinal at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships, partnering with Oksana Kalashnikova. Later, as a senior, she continued with Grand Slam doubles success. She reached the semifinal at the 2018 Australian Open and quarterfinals of the 2017 French Open and 2018 Wimbledon Championships. In singles, she has the round of 16 as her best Grand Slam result at the 2015 Australian Open, 2016 French Open and 2022 French Open. In singles, she reached one Premier final, ...
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Riya Bhatia
Riya Bhatia (; born 24 September 1997) is an Indian professional tennis player. Formerly ranked No. 2 in India, Bhatia has career-high WTA rankings of 338 in singles, achieved on 2 March 2020, and 331 in doubles, reached on 23 December 2024. She has won three singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She has represented her country at the 2017 Indoor Asian Games, Turkmenistan and the 2018 Asian Games in Palembang. Bhatia was a part of Indian National Women's team in the Billie Jean King Cup for five years between 2017 and 2022. Bhatia is the only woman player who has won two national titles: the hardcourt and grass-court national championships both in the year of 2016. She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut as a lucky loser at the 2021 Bad Homburg Open, losing to Laura Siegemund Laura Natalie Siegemund (born 4 March 1988) is a German professional tennis player. Siegemund reached her career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4 on 29 January 2024 and has won ...
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Anna Zaja
Anna Zaja (born 25 June 1991) is a retired German tennis player. Zaja has won six singles and 13 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 .... In May 2019, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 184. On 28 April 2014, she peaked at No. 145 in the WTA doubles rankings. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 12 (6 titles, 6 runner–ups) Doubles: 27 (13 titles, 14 runner–ups) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zaja, Anna 1991 births Living people People from Sigmaringen Sportspeople from Tübingen (region) German female tennis players Tennis players from Baden-Württemberg 21st-century German sportswomen ...
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Ekaterina Yashina
Ekaterina Yuryevna Yashina ( rus, Екатерина Юрьевна Яшина, , jɪkətʲɪˈrʲinə ˈjaʂɨnə; born 6 August 1993) is a professional Russian tennis player. On 7 January 2019, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 335, whilst her best WTA doubles ranking was 129, on 30 January 2023. Career She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2011 Tashkent Open gaining entry as a wildcard player, partnering Sabina Sharipova. She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2021 Bad Homburg Open in Bad Homburg, where she received entry into the singles tournament as a qualifier. In November 2022, at the ITF 25k Kiryat Motzkin Israel tournament, Dutch Jasmijn Gimbrère played two finals.She became the champion in doubles with her Greek partner Valentini Grammatikopoulou at the ITF60 W Meitar Open tournament in Israel. In July 2024, she played in the doubles final at the Open International Féminin de Montpellier tournament in France. In August 2024, ...
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Katarzyna Piter
Katarzyna Piter (; born 16 February 1991) is a Polish professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. In May 2014, she reached her career-high ranking of No. 95 in singles and in July 2022, No. 66 in doubles. She has won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour and one WTA 125 doubles title, as well as eight singles and 26 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Career In July 2013, at the Palermo Ladies Open, Piter won her first title on the WTA Tour. She and partner Kristina Mladenovic upset Karolína and Kristýna Plíšková in the final, in a super-tiebreak. Partnered with Fanny Stollár, she also won the doubles title at the 2023 Budapest Grand Prix, defeating Jessie Aney and Anna Sisková inna champions tiebreak in the final. The pair defended their title in Budapest the following year, beating Anna Danilina and Irina Khromacheva in the final which again went to a deciding champions tiebreak. Piter and Stollár were runners-up in the doubles at the ...
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Yuliya Hatouka
Yuliya Uladzimiraŭna Hatouka (; ; born 24 April 2000) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. Hatouka has career-high WTA rankings of 180 in singles and 384 in doubles. She has won eleven singles and six doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Hatouka made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2021 Internationaux de Strasbourg, where she made it through qualifying, but lost to 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 ... in the first round. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 23 (12 titles, 11 runner–ups) Doubles: 11 (8 titles, 3 runner–ups) Notes References External links * * 2000 births Living people Belarusian female tennis players 21st-century Belarusian sportswomen Long stubs with short prose {{Belarus-tennis-bio-stub ...
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Mara Guth
Mara Guth (born 24 June 2003) is a German professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 451, achieved in June 2023, and a best doubles ranking of No. 472, reached in December 2023. Career She made her WTA Tour main draw debut at the 2021 Bad Homburg Open where she was handed a wildcard. She was defeated in the first round by Nadia Podoroska. She also made her main-draw debut in doubles at the same event, partnering Julia Middendorf, but the pair lost in the first round. Singles performance timeline ''Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.'' ''Current through the 2023 WTA Tour The 2023 WTA Tour (branded as the 2023 Hologic WTA Tour for sponsorship reasons) was the global elite women's professional tennis circuit organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2023 tennis season. The 2023 WTA Tour calendar co ...'' ITF Circuit fina ...
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Mona Barthel
Mona Barthel (born 11 July 1990) is a German tennis player. On 18 March 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 23. On 14 September 2015, she peaked at No. 63 in the doubles rankings. Barthel has won four singles and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, one doubles title on the WTA 125 tournaments, WTA Challenger Tour as well as five singles titles and one doubles title on the International Tennis Federation, ITF Circuit in her career. Early life Mona Barthel was born in Bad Segeberg to Wolfgang Barthel, who won the shot put event at the 1970 European Junior Athletics Championships in Paris, and Dr. Hannelore. She was raised in a tennis-playing family, and took an interest in the game at age 3. She has cited Steffi Graf as an inspiration. Barthel moved to Neumünster, where she completed her Abitur in 2009, having attended the Klaus Groth Schule. Career 2007–2010: Early career Barthel played her first ITF tournament in July 2007 in Frinton where she qualif ...
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