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2022 Wimbledon Championships
The 2022 Wimbledon Championships was a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tier tennis tournament that took place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. Novak Djokovic successfully defended his gentlemen's singles title to claim his 21st Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major title, defeating Nick Kyrgios in the final. Ashleigh Barty was the reigning ladies' champion, but did not defend her title after retiring from professional tennis in March 2022. The ladies' singles title was won by Elena Rybakina, who defeated Ons Jabeur in the final. This year, the AELTC Wimbledon ban on Russian and Belarusian players, barred Russian and Belarusian players from competing because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In reaction, the Women's Tennis Association, WTA, Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP, and International Tennis Federation, ITF withdrew ranking points from the tournament. Tournament The tournament was played on Grass court, gras ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SW Postcode Area
The SW (South Western) postcode area, also known as the London SW postcode area, is a group of 20 postcode districts within the London postal district, London post town in England. The area comprises the South Western operational district (covering the subdivisions of postcode district SW1, plus SW2 - SW10) and the Battersea operational district (covering SW11 - SW20), and is the only area within the London post town to lie on both sides of the River Thames. Mail for the area is sorted at the Jubilee Mail Centre in Hounslow, along with mail for the TW postcode area, TW, KT postcode area, KT and GU postcode area, GU postcode areas. Postal administration The postcode area originated in 1857 as the SW district. In 1868 it gained some of the area of the very short-lived S district, with the rest going to SE postcode area, SE. It was divided into numbered districts in 1917. The South Western district consists of the postcode districts SW1–SW10 and the once Battersea-headquartered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diede De Groot
Diede de Groot (; born 19 December 1996) is a Dutch professional wheelchair tennis player who was world No. 1 in both singles and doubles. De Groot is a 42-time Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major champion, having won a record 23 titles in singles and 19 in doubles. De Groot had a three-year, 145-match, winning streak in singles, from a defeat in February 2021 to Yui Kamiji until a defeat in May 2024 to Li Xiaohui (tennis), Li Xiaohui. During this streak she achieved the first calendar-year Grand Slam (tennis)#Super Slam, Super Slam in tennis history by winning all four major titles, the Summer Paralympic Games, Paralympic gold medal, and the Wheelchair Tennis Masters title in women's singles in 2021. The following year, she became the first player in any discipline of tennis to defend the Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam and win all four majors in two consecutive years, and did so yet again in 2023. At the 2024 French Open – Wheelchair women's singles, 2024 French Open, she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angella Okutoyi
Angella Okutoyi (born 29 January 2004) is a Kenyan professional tennis player. She became the first Kenyan to win a Grand Slam title at the girls’ juniors Wimbledon event, partnering Rose Marie Nijkamp. At the 2022 Australian Open, Okutoyi became the first representative of Kenya to win a girls’ junior singles Grand Slam match. In the 2023 African Games, she claimed the gold medal after defeating Lamis Alhussein Abdel Aziz in the final. Earlier in the semis, she upset the top seed world No.70, Mayar Sherif. She then partnered with Cynthia Cheruto Wanjala to win silver in the doubles final after losing to Sandra Samir and Merna Refaat. Okutoyi became only the second Kenyan player to win gold at the African games after Jane Davies-Doxzon achieved the feat in 1978. On the ITF Circuit, she has won two singles and five doubles titles. Playing for Kenya Billie Jean King Cup team, Okutoyi has a win/loss record of 16–8. Personal life Okutoyi and her sister were raised by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rose Marie Nijkamp
Rose Marie Nijkamp (born 3 February 2006) is a Dutch tennis player. She has a career high ITF junior combined ranking of No. 31, achieved on 10 June 2024. Nijkamp won the girls' doubles title at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships title with her Kenyan partner, Angella Okutoyi Angella Okutoyi (born 29 January 2004) is a Kenyan professional tennis player. She became the first Kenyan to win a Grand Slam title at the girls’ juniors Wimbledon event, partnering Rose Marie Nijkamp. At the 2022 Australian Open, Okutoyi b .... ITF Circuit finals Doubles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner-ups) Junior Grand Slam tournament finals Doubles: 1 (title) References External links * * * * * * 2006 births Living people Dutch female tennis players Wimbledon junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles Sportspeople from Apeldoorn Tennis players from Gelderland 21st-century Dutch sportswomen {{Netherlands-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Michelsen
Alex T. Michelsen (born August 25, 2004) is an American professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 32, achieved on March 3, 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 71, achieved on June 16, 2025. Junior career Michelsen won the singles and doubles title at the 2022 Easter Bowl, becoming the first American champion in both disciplines since Donald Young in 2006. He also won the 2022 Wimbledon Boys' doubles title with Sebastian Gorzny. He was committed to play college tennis at the University of Georgia, but then decided to turn pro. Professional career 2022: US Open doubles debut In August 2022, Michelsen made his Grand Slam doubles debut at the US Open playing alongside Sebastian Gorzny, losing in the first round. In November 2022, Michelsen won his first title on the ITF Tour in East Lansing. 2023: Turning Pro, ATP, Major & Top 100 debuts, First ATP final In February, Michelsen reached his first Challenger final in Rome, USA, losing to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebastian Gorzny
Sebastian Gorzny (born January 24, 2004) is an American tennis player. Gorzny has a career high ITF junior combined ranking of 38 achieved on 17 January 2022. Gorzny won the 2022 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' doubles title. Personal life At the 2019 USTA under-16 nationals in Kalamazoo, Michigan Kalamazoo ( ) is a city in Kalamazoo County, Michigan, United States, and its county seat. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, Kalamazoo had a population of 73,598. It is the principal city of the Kalamazoo–Portage metropolitan are ..., Gorzny was in a coma for four days after a mosquito bite left him with an infection in his brain. Junior Grand Slam finals Doubles: 1 (1 title) References External links * * 2004 births Living people American male tennis players Sportspeople from Irvine, California Wimbledon junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles TCU Horned Frogs men's tennis players Texas Longhorns men's tennis players 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liv Hovde
Liv Hovde (born 25 October 2005) is an American tennis player. She has a has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 245, achieved on 21 October 2024, and a doubles ranking of No. 354, achieved on 16 September 2024. Career Juniors On the ITF Junior Circuit, Hovde had a career-high combined ranking of No. 3, achieved on 28 November 2022. She reached the semifinals of the 2022 Australian Open girls' singles and the quarterfinals of the 2022 French Open girls' singles. Her biggest junior success was winning the 2022 Wimbledon girls' singles, defeating Luca Udvardy in the final. 2024: WTA Tour & WTA 1000 debuts Ranked No. 286, Hovde received a wildcard for the qualifying competition and reached the main draw at Indian Wells with wins over Aliaksandra Sasnovich and Harriet Dart, making her WTA Tour and WTA 1000 debut. She lost in the first round to Lesia Tsurenko Lesia Viktorivna Tsurenko (; born 30 May 1989) is a Ukrainian inactive professional tennis player. Tsure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mili Poljičak
Mili Poljičak (born 13 July 2004) is a Croatian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 259, achieved on 26 May 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 269, achieved on 24 October 2022. Career Poljičak made his ATP main draw debut at the 2021 Croatia Open Umag after receiving a wildcard into the doubles main draw. Partnering with Admir Kalender, the pair defeated second seeds Pablo Cuevas and Fabrice Martin in the first round in straight sets but lost in the next round to eventual champions Fernando Romboli and David Vega Hernández in three sets. At the 2022 Zagreb Open he reached his maiden Challenger final as a wildcard where he lost to Filip Misolic. At the same tournament also as a wildcard he reached the semifinals in doubles partnering Antonio Šančić. As a result he reached the top 550 at World No. 549 (up 923 positions) in the singles rankings and the top 375 in doubles (up 88 positions) on 16 May 2022. At 18 years of age, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niels Vink
Niels Vink (born 6 December 2002) is a Dutch wheelchair tennis player. Vink has won five Grand Slam singles titles, two at the French Open, two at Wimbledon and one at the US Open. He has also won nine Grand Slam doubles titles, all have been with Sam Schröder. At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, Vink won a gold medal with partner Sam Schröder in the Quad Doubles, and a bronze in the Quad Singles. Early life At the age of one year, Vink contracted a bacterial infection ( meningococcal sepsis). As a result, he lost both legs and several phalanges. At the age of nine, he attended the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. This is where his ambition arose to one day participate in the Paralympic Games The Paralympic Games or Paralympics is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of disability, disabilities. There are Winter Paralympic Games, Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which since the 1988 .... After trying out a few sports, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Schroder
Sam, SAM or variants may refer to: Places * Sam, Benin * Sam, Boulkiemdé, Burkina Faso * Sam, Bourzanga, Burkina Faso * Sam, Kongoussi, Burkina Faso * Sam, Iran * Sam, Teton County, Idaho, United States, a populated place People and fictional characters * Sam (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or nickname * Sam (surname), a list of people with the surname ** Cen (surname) (岑), romanized "Sam" in Cantonese ** Shen (surname) (沈), often romanized "Sam" in Cantonese and other languages Religious or legendary figures * Sam (Book of Mormon), elder brother of Nephi * Sām, a Persian mythical folk hero * Sam Ziwa, an uthra (angel or celestial being) in Mandaeism * Sam, Shem in Islam Animals * Sam (army dog) (died 2000) * Sam (horse) (b 1815), British Thoroughbred * Sam (koala) (died 2009), rescued after 2009 bush fires in Victoria, Australia * Sam (orangutan), in the movie ''Dunston Checks In'' * Sam (ugly dog) (1990–2005) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dana Mathewson
Dana Mathewson (born December 19, 1990) is an American former professional wheelchair tennis player. Mathewson won a Grand Slam tournament title in doubles (with Japanese doubles partner Yui Kamiji) at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships The 2022 Wimbledon Championships was a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tier tennis tournament that took place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. Novak Djokovic successfully defended his gentleme ... which made her the first American woman to win a Major wheelchair tennis title. She retired from professional wheelchair tennis in November 2024. References External links * * 1990 births Living people Sportspeople from Tucson, Arizona Tennis players from San Diego Paralympic wheelchair tennis players for the United States Wheelchair tennis players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair tennis players at the 2023 Parapan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Parapan American Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
