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2023 Hamburg European Open – Women's Singles
Arantxa Rus defeated Noma Noha Akugue in the final, 6–0, 7–6(7–3) to win the women's singles title at the 2023 Hamburg European Open. It was her first WTA Tour title. Rus, at 32 years of age, became the oldest first-time WTA champion in the last 40 years. She was playing in her 126th tour-level main-draw. It was Noha Akugue's first WTA Tour main draw singles appearance. The final was the first between two left-handed players since the 2018 Prague Open. Bernarda Pera was the defending champion, but lost to Diana Shnaider Diana Maximovna Shnaider (, ; born 2 April 2004) is a Russian professional tennis player. She has a career-high rankings of world No. 11 in singles and No. 9 in doubles, achieved in May 2025. Shnaider won women's doubles silver at the 2024 Par ... in the quarterfinals. Seeds Draw Finals Top half Bottom half Qualifying Seeds Qualifiers Qualifying draw First qualifier Second qualifier Third qualifier Fourth qualifier Fifth qualifi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arantxa Rus
Arantxa Rus (; born 13 December 1990) is a Dutch professional tennis player. She won one WTA Tour singles title at the 2023 Hamburg European Open – Women's singles, 2023 Hamburg Open and four in doubles. Her biggest singles successes to date include a second-round upset over world No. 2, Kim Clijsters, at the 2011 French Open – Women's singles, 2011 French Open, reaching the fourth round at the 2012 French Open, and defeating world No. 5, Samantha Stosur, in the 2012 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles, 2012 Wimbledon Championships to reach the third round. Career 2005–07 At age 14, Rus played her first ITF Women's Circuit tournament at Alkmaar where she lost in the second round to Julie Coin. In 2006, she played two more ITF events at Heerhugowaard and Vlaardingen, reaching the semifinals at the latter. In 2007, Rus continued playing on the ITF Circuit, winning her first title at Vlaardingen and second at Alphen aan de Rijn. In San Luis Potosí, she reached the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamilla Rakhimova
Kamilla Stanislavovna Rakhimova ( rus, Камилла Станиславовна Рахимова, , kɐˈmʲiɫə rɐˈxʲiməvə; born 28 August 2001) is a Russian professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA rankings of No. 61 in singles, achieved on 21 October 2024, and No. 65 in doubles, attained on 6 June 2022. Rakhimova has won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour along with two doubles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour as well as one WTA Challenger Tour singles title. Career 2019–2020: WTA Tour debut Rakhimova made her WTA Tour debut at the 2019 Baltic Open, where she received a wildcard for the main draw but lost to Latvian wildcard Diāna Marcinkēviča. She made her Grand Slam tournament debut as a qualifier at the 2020 French Open, and defeated Shelby Rogers in the first round. Rakhimova lost to 20th seed Maria Sakkari in her next match. 2021: Two WTA Tour doubles titles Partnering Ankita Raina, Rakhimova won her first WTA Tour doubles title at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadia Podoroska
Nadia Natacha Podoroska (; born 10 February 1997) is an Argentine professional tennis player. On 12 July 2021, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 36, and on 18 October 2021, she peaked at No. 62 in the WTA doubles rankings. Podoroska has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour and three singles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour along with 14 singles titles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Podoroska competed for Argentina at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Early life Podoroska was born on 10 February 1997, in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, and grew up in a middle-class family in Fisherton, a neighborhood founded in the late 1880s by railroad workers. She is one of three children born to father Marcelo and mother Irene; she is of Ukrainian descent as her grandparents were Ukrainian, but she does not speak the language at all. Her father was a watchmaker by profession who over the years became a pharmacist, and her mother is also a pharmacist. Nadia was the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viktoriya Tomova
Viktoriya Konstantinova Tomova (, born 25 February 1995) is a Bulgarian professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 46 on 29 July 2024. Her best doubles ranking is No. 254, achieved on 11 August 2014. Tomova is the current No. 1 Bulgarian female singles player. Competing for Bulgaria, she has a win–loss record of 13–13 (as of May 2025) in Billie Jean King Cup competitions. Career 2016: Top 150 In July 2016, Tomova reached the biggest final of her career so far at the Hungarian Ladies Open, losing to fellow Bulgarian Elitsa Kostova. The following week, she failed to qualify for the Bucharest Open, losing in the final qualifying round to Argentine Nadia Podoroska. Tomova made her debut at the US Open in the qualifying competition. She finished the year as No. 152 in the world. 2017: WTA Tour debut, top 150 at year end Tomova started the season with a loss to Elitsa Kostova at the qualifying draw of the Brisbane International, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Timofeeva
Maria Glebovna Timofeeva ( rus, Мари́я Гле́бовна Тимофе́ева, , mɐˈrʲijə tʲɪmɐˈfʲe(j)ɪvə; born 18 November 2003) is a Russian professional tennis player. Timofeeva has career-high WTA rankings of No. 93 in singles and No. 179 in doubles. She has won one singles title on the WTA Tour along with five singles and six doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Career 2017–2021 In 2017, she won the Petits As U14 championship in Tarbes, France. In July 2021, she won the $60k President's Cup in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, alongside Alina Charaeva. 2023–24: WTA Tour, Grand Slam and top 100 debuts Timofeeva won her first WTA Tour title on her main-draw debut at the Budapest Grand Prix in July 2023, defeating Kateryna Baindl in three sets in the final. She became only the fourth lucky loser in WTA history to win a singles title and the ninth player to win a title on her tour debut; she was the second to do both at once, following Olga Danilović at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
