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2024 Abu Dhabi Open
The 2024 Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the third edition of the tournament as a WTA 500 event on the 2024 WTA Tour. It took place at the Zayed Sports City International Tennis Centre in Abu Dhabi, from 5 February until 11 February 2024. First-seeded Elena Rybakina won the singles title. Finals Singles * Elena Rybakina def. Daria Kasatkina, 6–1, 6–4 Doubles * Sofia Kenin / Bethanie Mattek-Sands def. Linda Nosková / Heather Watson, 6–4, 7–6(7–4) Singles main-draw entrants Seeds *1 Rankings are as of 29 January 2024 Other entrants The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw: * Alexandra Eala * Naomi Osaka * Emma Raducanu * Wang Xiyu The following player received entry using a protected ranking: * Paula Badosa The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Danielle Collins * Ashlyn Krueger * Linda Nosková * Diane Parry * Bernarda P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WTA 500 Tournaments
WTA 500 tournaments is a category of tennis tournaments in the Women's Tennis Association tour, implemented since the reorganization of the schedule in 2021. At their introduction in 2021, WTA 500 tournaments' prize money was approximately $500,000. Since then, prize money awarded by WTA 500 events has grown less uniform, with one tournament's prize money rising to as much as $1.5 million. The ranking points awarded to the winners of these tournaments are 500. This compares to 2,000 points for winning a Grand Slam tournament ("major"), up to 1,500 points for winning the WTA Finals, 1000 points for winning a WTA 1000 tournament, and 250 for winning a WTA 250 tournament. Events Current Defunct or Upgraded/Downgraded Historic names 1990–2008 ''WTA Tier II'' 2009–2020 ''WTA Premier'' 2021–present ''WTA 500'' Singles results 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Singles champions WTA Tier II WTA Premier WTA 500 Statistics Most titles Bold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeļena Ostapenko
Jeļena "Aļona" Ostapenko (born 8 June 1997) is a Latvian professional tennis player. She has career-high rankings of world No. 5 in singles and No. 4 in doubles by the WTA. Ostapenko has won nine WTA Tour-level singles and eleven doubles titles, including a singles major at the 2017 French Open and a doubles major at the 2024 US Open, partnering Lyudmyla Kichenok. She is the first Latvian to win a major in singles or in doubles. Ostapenko has also won 15 singles titles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, and the junior singles event at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships. She is a member of the Latvia Billie Jean King Cup team. Personal life Ostapenko was born in Riga to former Ukrainian footballer Jevgēnijs Ostapenko (d. 2020) and Latvian-Russian tennis coach and former player Jeļena Jakovļeva. Jevgēnijs played professional football for Metalurh Zaporizhzhia in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia where Jeļena's grandmother lives. Jeļena has one half-b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernarda Pera
Bernarda Pera ( ; ; born 3 December 1994) is a Croatian-American professional tennis player. Pera has won two singles titles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour, along with nine singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She achieved career-high rankings of world No. 27 in singles on June 12, 2023, and No. 35 in doubles on February 21, 2022. Before March 2013, Pera represented her country of birth, Croatia. Early life Pera was born in a Croatian- Dalmatian Italian family. In addition to English, she speaks Croatian. When she was 16, her father, who is a U.S. citizen, moved their family to the United States for the benefit of her budding tennis career. They settled in New Jersey, where friends and relatives already were living. Career 2014: WTA Tour debut She made her WTA Tour debut at the 2014 US Open, having been handed a wildcard into the doubles draw, partnering with Tornado Alicia Black. 2018: Australian Open debut and 3rd round, top 100 debut She made her m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diane Parry
Diane Parry (; born 1 September 2002) is a French professional tennis player. On 28 October 2024, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 48. On 4 December 2023, she peaked at No. 74 in the WTA doubles rankings. She is the current French No. 3 singles player. Parry was the junior world No. 1 in 2019. Career Juniors Grand Slam performance - Singles: * Australian Open: 1R (2018) * French Open: 2R (2019) * Wimbledon: SF (2019) * US Open: 2R (2018) - Doubles: * Australian Open: 1R (2018) * French Open: SF (2019) * Wimbledon: QF (2018) * US Open: QF (2019) Parry has a career-high ITF junior combined ranking of world No. 1, attained on 21 October 2019. She was designated ITF Junior World Champion for 2019. 2017: WTA Tour debut She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the French Open thanks to a wildcard, partnering Giulia Morlet; they were defeated by the 13th-seeded pair of Kiki Bertens and Johanna Larsson, in two sets in the first round. Parry won her first ITF ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashlyn Krueger
Ashlyn Krueger (born May 7, 2004) is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of No. 34, achieved on March 31, 2025, and a doubles ranking of world No. 62, achieved in August 2024. Krueger has won one singles title and one doubles title on the WTA Tour. Career Juniors In 2020, Ashlyn Krueger won the Orange Bowl tournament as a wildcard player. 2021: WTA Tour, 1000 and major debuts Krueger made her WTA 1000 debut in Indian Wells, after receiving a wildcard for the main draw but lost to Tereza Martincová. Krueger made her WTA Tour main draw doubles debut at the 2021 Silicon Valley Classic, where she received a wildcard, partnering Robin Montgomery. She also received a wildcard on her Grand Slam debut at the 2021 US Open in singles and doubles. 2022-2023: First WTA Tour quarterfinal and title, top 100 Krueger qualified for the main draw of the WTA 1000 in Indian Wells in 2022 and in 2023 after receiving a qualifying wildcard bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danielle Collins
Danielle Rose Collins (born December 13, 1993) is an American professional tennis player. She has reached career-high WTA rankings of world No. 7 in singles and No. 79 in doubles. Collins has won four singles titles, including a WTA 1000 title at the 2024 Miami Open, and one doubles title. She contested a major singles final at the 2022 Australian Open. Collins played collegiate tennis at the University of Virginia and won the NCAA singles title twice, during her sophomore and senior years in 2014 and 2016. She finished her career with Virginia as the top-ranked collegiate player. Having first established herself on the WTA Tour when she reached the semifinals of the 2018 Miami Open as a qualifier, her breakthrough came at the 2019 Australian Open where she advanced to the semifinals, defeating world No. 2 Angelique Kerber en route. She won her first WTA Tour title in 2021 at the Palermo Ladies Open. She followed with an Australian Open final, and after initially anno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paula Badosa
Paula Badosa Gibert () (born 15 November 1997) is a Spanish professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 2 in singles by the WTA and No. 124 in doubles, achieved on 25 April 2022. She has won four WTA Tour singles titles, including a WTA 1000 event in Indian Wells, and reached a major semifinal at the 2025 Australian Open. As a junior, Badosa was ranked as high as No. 8 in the world and was the 2015 French Open junior champion. As a professional, she broke into the top 100 in 2019. The next year, a fourth round berth at the French Open brought her into the top 70. Badosa made new strides in 2021 after a breakthrough clay swing when she won her first career title in Belgrade. She entered the top ten following a WTA 1000 title at Indian Wells, and peaked at world No. 2 in early 2022. Subsequent injury struggles led Badosa dropping out of the world's top 100 in early 2024 before resurging in the latter half of the season, returning to the top 15 and bei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glossary Of Tennis Terms
This page is a glossary of tennis terminology. A * Ace: Serve where the tennis ball lands inside the '' service box'' and is not touched by the receiver; thus, a shot that is both a serve and a winner is an ace. Aces are usually powerful and generally land on or near one of the corners at the back of the service box. Initially, the term was used to indicate the scoring of a point. * Action: Synonym of '' spin''. * Ad court: Left side of the court of each player, so called because the ''ad'' (''advantage'') point immediately following a deuce is always served to this side of the court. * Ad in: '' Advantage'' to the '' server''. * Ad out: '' Advantage'' to the '' receiver''. * Ad: Used by the chair umpire to announce the score when a player has the '' advantage'', meaning they won the point immediately after a '' deuce''. See scoring in tennis. * Advantage set: Set won by a player or team having won at least six games with a two-game advantage over the opponent (as opposed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wang Xiyu
Wang Xiyu (; ; born 28 March 2001) is a Chinese professional tennis player. She reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 49 on 9 January 2023, and a best doubles ranking of No. 98 on 19 August 2024. Wang became junior world No. 1 on 10 September 2018, right after she won her only singles major title at the 2018 US Open, defeating Clara Burel in the final. The same year, she finished as quarterfinalist on the Australian Open and French Open and then as semifinalist on Wimbledon, all in singles. In doubles, she also has won one major title at the 2018 Wimbledon, partnering with Wang Xinyu, and finished runners-up at the 2017 US Open alongside Lea Bošković. She also reached semifinals at the 2017 French Open and 2018 Australian Open. Career Juniors On the ITF Junior Circuit, Wang has won six singles and eight doubles titles. Grand Slam performance Singles: * Australian Open: QF (2018) * French Open: QF (2018) * Wimbledon: SF (2018) * US Open: W (2018) Doubles: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Raducanu
Emma Raducanu ( , ; born 13 November 2002) is a British professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 10 by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA, and is the current British No. 1. Raducanu was the 2021 US Open – Women's singles, 2021 US Open champion, and the first British woman to win a singles Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major since Virginia Wade at the 1977 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles, 1977 Wimbledon Championships. With a Wild card (sports), wildcard entry at 2021 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles, 2021 Wimbledon, ranked outside the world's top 300, she reached the fourth round at her first major tournament. At the 2021 US Open, she became the first qualifier (tennis), qualifier in the Open Era to win a Grand Slam singles title, beating Leylah Fernandez in 2021 US Open – Women's singles final, the final and without dropping a set during the tournament. It was the second major tournament of her career, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naomi Osaka
is a Japanese professional tennis player. She has been ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA for 25 weeks, the first Asian player to hold the top ranking in singles. Osaka has won seven WTA Tour-level singles titles, including four Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, majors: two each at the Australian Open and the US Open (tennis), US Open. She is the first Japanese player to win a major singles title. Born in Japan to a Haitian–American father and a Japanese mother, Osaka has lived and trained in the United States since age three. She came to prominence at age 16 when she defeated former US Open champion Samantha Stosur in her WTA Tour debut at the 2014 Bank of the West Classic – Singles, 2014 Stanford Classic. Two years later, she reached her first WTA final at the 2016 Toray Pan Pacific Open – Singles, 2016 Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo and entered the top 50 of the WTA rankin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandra Eala
Alexandra Maniego Eala (born May 23, 2005) is a Filipino professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of No. 69 by the WTA, achieved on May 19, 2025, making her the highest-ranked Filipina player in WTA Tour history, surpassing Maricris Gentz and becoming the first player to reach the top 100 in the WTA Rankings. Eala was the No. 2 ranked junior on October 6, 2020. Eala won her first junior singles title at the 2022 US Open, making her the first Filipino player to win a junior Grand Slam singles title. She is also the first Filipina to defeat multiple top-5 players and Grand Slam champions and reach a tour-level semifinal in the Open Era. Personal life Her mother, Rosemarie "Rizza" Maniego-Eala, is a 1985 Southeast Asian Games bronze medalist in the 100-meter backstroke and a retired chief financial officer of Globe Telecom. She is the niece of former Philippine Sports Commission chairperson and Philippine Basketball Association commissioner Noli Eala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
