2023 Firenze Ladies Open
The 2023 Firenze Ladies Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the first edition of the tournament and part of the 2023 WTA 125 tournaments, offering a total of $115,000 in prize money. It took place at the ''Match Ball Firenze Country Club'' in Florence, Italy between 15 and 21 May 2023. Singles entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 8 May 2023. Other entrants The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw: * Diletta Cherubini * Matilde Paoletti * Lisa Pigato * Camilla Rosatello The following players entered the main draw through protected ranking: * Eugenie Bouchard The following players received entry into the main draw through qualification: * Deborah Chiesa * Dalila Jakupović * Céline Naef * Ankita Raina The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * Asia Muhammad Withdrawals * Erika Andreeva → replaced by Nuria Brancaccio * Lauren Davis → replaced by Asia Muhammad * Juli ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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WTA 125K Series
WTA 125 tournaments are an international series of professional women's tennis tournaments organized by the Women's Tennis Association since 2012. In the past (2012–2015) sometimes called the WTA Challenger series 2015 (analogous to the men's ) it is the second highest level of women's competition, right below the top-tier , and just above the [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lucrezia Stefanini
Lucrezia Stefanini (born 15 May 1998) is an Italian tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings by No. 140 in singles and No. 393 in doubles. Career 2021: WTA debut Stefanini made her WTA Tour debut at the Abu Dhabi Open, qualifying for the main draw by defeating Irina Fetecău in the final qualifying round. 2022: Top 150 debut 2023: Grand Slam debut and first win She made her major debut at the Australian Open The Australian Open is a tennis tournament held annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. The tournament is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events held each year, preceding the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open. Th .... She recorded her first win at this level, defeating Tatjana Maria.https://www.supertennis.tv/News/Eventi-internazionali/Stefanini-saluta-l’Australia-e-promette-“Tornero-piu-forte” Performance timeline Singles ITF Circuit finals Singles: 12 (7 titles, 5 runner-ups) Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner� ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Julia Grabher
Julia Grabher (born 2 July 1996) is an Austrian tennis player. Grabher has won one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour, along with eleven singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 26 December 2022, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 82. On 29 August 2016, she peaked at No. 387 in the doubles rankings. Playing for Austria Fed Cup team, Grabher has a win–loss record of 6–9 in singles and 2–9 in doubles (overall 8–18). Professional career 2019-20: WTA Tour debut In October, Grabher was given a wildcard for the main draw of the 2019 Ladies Linz. She lost in the first round to Slovak player Viktória Kužmová, in straight sets. Grabher failed in qualifying for the main draw of the 2020 Australian Open. 2022: First WTA 125 title and top 100 debut In September, Grabher won her maiden title at a WTA 125 event when she defeated Italian player Nuria Brancaccio in Bari, Italy, in straight sets.https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2788254/gr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nuria Brancaccio
Nuria Brancaccio (born 24 June 2000) is an Italian tennis player. Brancaccio has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of 167, achieved on 14 August 2023. She also has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 261, reached on 9 January 2023. Brancaccio has reached five career singles finals on the ITF Circuit, with a record of two wins. Additionally, she has reached 11 doubles finals (four wins). Personal life She has a Spanish mother and an Italian father. Her brother Raúl Brancaccio is also a tennis player. Tennis career Brancaccio made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2021 Italian Open in Rome, where she received a wildcard entry, partnering fellow Italian Lucia Bronzetti. At the 2022 Mediterranean Games, she won the silver medal in singles and the bronze medal in doubles along Aurora Zantedeschi. In September 2022, Brancaccio reached her maiden final at a WTA 125 event where she lost to Austrian player Julia Grabher in Bari Bari ( , ; nap, label= Barese, Ba ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Erika Andreeva
Erika Aleksandrovna Andreeva ( rus, Эрика Александровна Андреева, born on 24 June 2004) is a Russian tennis player. In singles, she has been ranked as high as No. 118 by the WTA, on 31 October 2022. Andreeva also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of world No. 487, achieved on 22 August 2022. She has won three singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Women's Circuit. Junior career Andreeva finished as a runner-up at the 2021 French Open in the girl's singles event. She lost to Linda Nosková in the final. Career In November 2020, Andreeva won her first senior ITF Circuit title at the $15k event in Pazardzhik. Just a month later, she won another ITF title, this time at the $15k Cairo. She won third $15k tournament in March 2021. In May 2022, she played her first significant ITF final, at the $100k+H La Bisbal d'Emporda, but lost despite winning first set. Andreeva made her WTA Tour debut at the 2022 Ladies Open Lausanne, after passin ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Asia Muhammad
Asia Muhammad (born April 4, 1991) is an American professional tennis player. A doubles specialist, Muhammad has won seven doubles titles on the WTA Tour, four doubles titles on WTA Challenger Tour as well as 13 singles and 35 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She has reached a WTA 1000 final, at the 2022 Indian Wells Masters with Ena Shibahara, and the semifinals of a major, at the 2020 US Open, partnering with Taylor Townsend. Early career and coaching Muhammad is coached by NCAA champion Tim Blenkiron, owner of the NO QUIT Tennis Academy where Asia trains. Blenkiron started coaching her when she was a child in Andre Agassi’s TEAM AGASSI tennis and education program in Las Vegas where she developed into one of the best junior players in the world. Her first big break was reaching the finals of the Tennis Channel Open at the age of 16. Asia is a famed alumni and board member of the Inspiring Children Foundation and their Team Bryan program, co-created by tennis legends ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ankita Raina
Ankita Ravinderkrishan Raina (born 11 January 1993) is an Indian professional tennis player. Since 2013, she has regularly been the Indian number one in both singles and doubles. Raina has won one title on the WTA Tour and one at WTA 125 tournaments (both in doubles), along with 11 singles and 24 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. In April 2018, she entered the top 200 singles rankings for the first time, becoming only the fifth player representing India to achieve this feat. Raina has also won gold medals in the women's singles and mixed-doubles events at the 2016 South Asian Games, and won a bronze medal in singles at the 2018 Asian Games. Raina is one of only two women representing India who has won a WTA-level title. Playing for India Fed Cup team, Raina has a win–loss record of 26–21. She has notable wins over 2011 US Open champion Samantha Stosur, Wimbledon finalist Sabine Lisicki and former world No. 5 Sara Errani. Personal life Raina was born in the Indian s ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Céline Naef
Céline Naef (born 25 June 2005) is a Swiss tennis player. Naef has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 121 in singles, achieved on 16 October 2023, and No. 433 in doubles, reached on 16 October 2023. Up to date, she has won six singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Junior years Naef had a successful junior career. Her career-high ranking as a junior was world No. 4. In 2022, Naef won a prestigious tournament for juniors, the Trofeo Bonfiglio (Grade A). In 2022, Naef reached the final of the 2022 French Open, partnering Nikola Bartůňková. In July 2022, she played in the final of the European Youth Championship held in Klosters, Switzerland. She lost to Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva from Andorra in the final. Career 2022 Naef played and won her first final in Monastir, Tunisia, in March 2022. In October 2022, she became champion in both singles and doubles in Reims, France. A week later, she won another singles title in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin defeating Spanish ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dalila Jakupović
Dalila Jakupović (born 24 March 1991) is a Slovenian tennis player of Bosnian descent. Jakupović to date has won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour along with two WTA Challenger doubles titles. She also has won five singles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In November 2018, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 69. On 10 September 2018, she peaked at No. 38 in the doubles rankings. Playing for the Slovenia Fed Cup team, Jakupović has a win–loss record of 8–9. In January 2020, Jakupovic collapsed during the Australian Open as a result of the pollution following the bushfires in the country. Performance timeline ''Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.'' Singles ''Current through the 2022 Prague Open The 2022 Prague Open (branded as the 2022 Livesport Prague Open for sponsorship reasons) was a professional women's tennis ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Deborah Chiesa
Deborah Chiesa (born 13 June 1996) is a professional Italian tennis player. On 11 June 2018, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 143. On 27 February 2017, she peaked at No. 307 in the WTA doubles rankings. Chiesa so far has won three singles and eleven doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Her biggest title to date she won at a $50k event in Brescia, partnering Martina Colmegna Martina Colmegna (born 10 December 1996) is an Italian tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 347 in singles, achieved in 27 February 2023, and 185 in doubles, set on 17 June 2019. Colmegna has won four singles and 18 doubles title ...; they defeated Cindy Burger and Stephanie Vogt in the final. Grand Slam performance timeline Singles ITF finals Singles: 10 (3 titles, 7 runner–ups) Doubles: 18 (11 titles, 7 runner-ups) External links * * * 1996 births Living people Italian female tennis players Sportspeople from Trento 21st-century Italia ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Eugenie Bouchard
Eugenie "Genie" Bouchard (; french: Eugénie Bouchard, ; born February 25, 1994) is a Canadian tennis player. At the 2014 Wimbledon Championships, she became the first Canadian-born player representing Canada to reach the final of a Grand Slam tournament in singles, finishing runner-up to Petra Kvitová. Bouchard also reached the semifinals of the 2014 Australian Open and 2014 French Open. Having won the 2012 Wimbledon girls' title, she was named WTA Newcomer of the Year at the end of the 2013 WTA Tour. Finally, Bouchard received the WTA Most Improved Player award for the 2014 season and reached a career-high ranking of No. 5, becoming the first Canadian tennis player to be ranked in the top 5 in singles format. Early life and junior career Eugenie Bouchard was born as one of twins to Michel Bouchard, an investment banker, and Julie Leclair in Montreal. Bouchard started playing tennis at the age of five and was a member of Tennis Canada's National Training Centre in Mont ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Camilla Rosatello
Camilla Rosatello (born 28 May 1995) is an Italian tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 225, achieved on 7 August 2017. On 29 January 2018, she peaked at No. 134 in the doubles rankings. Rosatello has won one singles title and 34 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On the ITF Junior Circuit, she had a career-high combined ranking of 30, achieved in January 2013. Rosatello has represented Italy in Fed 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 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The name was chan ... competition, where she has a win–loss record of 0–1. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 12 (1 title, 11 runner–ups) Doubles: 60 (34 titles, 26 runner–ups) Notes References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rosatello, Camilla 1995 births Living people Italian female tennis pla ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |