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2024 Hobart International
The 2024 Hobart International was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 29th edition of the Hobart International and part of the WTA 250 tournaments of the 2024 WTA Tour. It took place at the Hobart International Tennis Centre in Hobart, Australia from 8 to 13 January 2024. Champions Singles * Emma Navarro def. Elise Mertens, 6–1, 4–6, 7–5 Doubles * Chan Hao-ching / Giuliana Olmos def. Guo Hanyu / Jiang Xinyu 6–3, 6–3 Singles main draw entrants Seeds *1 Rankings as of 1 January 2024. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Olivia Gadecki * Sofia Kenin * Daria Saville The following player received entry as a special exempt: * Wang Xiyu The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Magdalena Fręch * Viktorija Golubic * Camila Osorio * Yulia Putintseva * Anna Karolína Schmiedlová * Yuan Yue The following players received entry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WTA 250 Tournaments
WTA 250 is a category of tennis tournaments in the Women's Tennis Association tour, implemented since the reorganization of the schedule in 2021. Earlier these events were classified as WTA International tournaments, WTA International Tournaments. At their introduction in 2021, WTA 250 tournaments' prize money was approximately $250,000. As of 2025 WTA Tour, 2025 season, this has risen to $275,094. The ranking points awarded to the winners of these tournaments are 250. This compares to 2,000 points for winning a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournament ("Major"), up to 1,500 points for winning the WTA Finals, 1000 points for winning a WTA 1000 tournament, and 500 for winning a WTA 500 tournament. Events Current Defunct or Upgraded/Downgraded Historic names 1990–2008 ''WTA Tier III / IV / V'' 2009–2020 ''WTA International'' 2021–present ''WTA 250'' Singles champions WTA International WTA 250 Statistics Most titles Bold face designates active players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varvara Gracheva
Varvara Andreyevna Gracheva ( rus, Варвара Андреевна Грачёва, , vɐrˈvarə ɡrɐˈtɕɵvə, Ru-Varvara Gracheva.ogg; born 2 August 2000) is a Russian-born French professional tennis player. Gracheva has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 39, achieved on 8 January 2024. She has won seven singles titles on the ITF Circuit. Gracheva made her main-draw debut on the WTA Tour at the 2019 Ladies Open Lausanne, where she qualified by defeating Julia Grabher in the final round. In July 2019, she qualified for the Washington Open and won her first WTA Tour main-draw match, defeating Anna Blinkova. Personal information Early life Varvara Gracheva was introduced to tennis by her mother Natalia Kazakova, who coached her until she was 14 years old near Zhukovsky. Because of facilities limitations, she looked abroad to benefit from better conditions, before entering the junior circuit. First, she continued her training in Germany with Nina Bratchikova befo ... [...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] |
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] |
Linda Fruhvirtová
Linda Fruhvirtová (; born 1 May 2005) is a Czech professional tennis player. On 26 June 2023, she reached a career-high singles WTA rankings, ranking of world No. 49. She peaked at No. 187 in the doubles rankings in October 2023. She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2020 Prague Open – Singles, 2020 Prague Open, after receiving wildcard, and won her maiden singles title at the 2022 Chennai Open – Singles, 2022 Chennai Open. Early life and background Born on 1 May 2005 in the Czech Republic, Linda has a younger sister, Brenda Fruhvirtová, Brenda (born 2007), who is also a tennis player. Linda and Brenda are recipients of Patrick Mouratoglou's foundation. Linda has been training at the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy in Southern France since 2017; she also trained at the Evert Tennis Academy in January 2021. Junior career At the junior level, Fruhvirtová won the singles and doubles titles of the Petits As tournament. Her sister Brenda won the singles title the year a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuan Yue
Yuan Yue (; ; born 25 September 1998) is a Chinese professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 36 in singles, set in May 2024, and No. 60 in doubles, achieved June 2025. Career 2018: WTA Tour debut Yuan made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the Jiangxi International Open in the doubles tournament, partnering with Liu Yanni. 2022: Major and top 75 debuts She made her Grand Slam main-draw debut at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships as a lucky loser. At the next major, at the US Open, she reached the third round for the first time after qualifying by defeating Jaimee Fourlis and Irina-Camelia Begu without losing a set. 2023: First WTA 1000 win and WTA Tour final She qualified for the 2023 Australian Open to make her debut at this major, and she also qualified for the Wimbledon Championships. Yuan received a wildcard for her home tournament, the China Open, and defeated Elise Mertens for her first WTA 1000 win. She reached her first WTA Tour fina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Karolína Schmiedlová
Anna Karolína Schmiedlová (; born 13 September 1994) is a Slovak inactive professional tennis player. On 12 October 2015, she reached her best WTA singles ranking of world No. 26. She has won three singles titles on the WTA Tour, two singles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour as well as 12 singles titles on the ITF Circuit. Early and personal life Schmiedlová was born in Košice to father Juraj and mother Martina. Her father played hockey for HC Košice, while her mother was a Czechoslovak national champion in water skiing. Her younger sister, Kristína Schmiedlová, was also a tennis player, but ended her career at the age of 21 to study medicine. Schmiedlová is in a relationship with fellow professional tennis player Lukáš Klein and in May 2025 the couple announced she was pregnant with their first child. Career 2013: Grand Slam and top 100 debuts Schmiedlová qualified for her first Grand Slam tournament at the French Open. After Wimbledon, she reached the final o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yulia Putintseva
Yulia Antonovna Putintseva (, ; born 7 January 1995) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 20 on 27 January 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 76 on 17 March 2025. Putintseva has won three singles titles on the WTA Tour and is a three-time Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major quarterfinalist (twice at the French Open and once at the US Open (tennis), US Open). Personal life Yulia was born to Anton Putintsev and Anna Putintseva, and has a brother named Ilya. Born in Moscow, she resides in Boca Raton, Florida. She was introduced to sport by her father; she liked it, and was soon practising at Spartak Tennis Club in Moscow. Later, she moved to Paris to attend the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy, after winning an under-14s event. Her favourite surface is clay; her favourite tournaments are the Australian Open and US Open (tennis), US Open. Her tennis idols were Martina Hingis and Justine Henin. Since the beginn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camila Osorio
María Camila Osorio Serrano (; born 22 December 2001) is a Colombian professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings, rankings of world No. 33 in singles and No. 167 in doubles. Osorio has won three singles titles on the WTA Tour and three on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Women's Circuit. Career 2017-2019: Junior Grand Slam champion and World No. 1 She won the 2019 US Open – Girls' singles, girls' singles title at the 2019 US Open (tennis), 2019 US Open. In the final, she defeated Alexandra Yepifanova, losing only one game. On the ITF Junior Circuit, Osorio advanced to the world No. 1 in September 2019. Singles: * Australian Open: – * French Open: SF (2019) * Wimbledon: 3R (2017) * US Open: W (2019) Doubles: * Australian Open: – * French Open: QF (2017) * Wimbledon: 2R (2017, 2019) * US Open: QF (2018) At the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, she won the bronze medal in Tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls' singles, girls' singles and a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viktorija Golubic
Viktorija Golubic (; ; born 16 October 1992) is a Swiss professional tennis player. On 28 February 2022, she reached her career-high singles WTA ranking of No. 35. On 17 April 2023, she peaked at No. 61 in the doubles rankings. She is the current No. 2 Swiss player. Golubic has won two singles titles on the WTA Tour, four singles WTA Challenger titles, as well as 12 singles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit so far. Career 2008–15: ITF Circuit Golubic started playing on the ITF Women's Circuit at the $10k event in Budapest in June 2008. She played her first two WTA Tour qualifying tournaments at the Hungarian Open and Gastein Ladies in 2010, and made her main-draw debut at the Gastein Ladies in 2013, where she recorded her first WTA Tour win and reached the second round. However, all of her attempts to qualify for a major failed. 2016: Maiden WTA Tour title, top 100 After winning her eighth ITF title at the $25k event in Hong Kong, Golubic reached her first Grand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magdalena Fręch
Magdalena Fręch (; born 15 December 1997) is a Polish professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 22, achieved on 28 October 2024. On 8 August 2022, she peaked at No. 174 in the doubles WTA rankings, rankings. She has won one singles WTA Tour title and one on the WTA 125 tournaments, WTA Challenger Tour, along with six singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, ITF Circuit. Playing for Poland Billie Jean King Cup team, Poland in the Billie Jean King Cup, Fręch has a win–loss record of 10–7, as of September 2024. Career 2013-2018: WTA Tour and major debuts Fręch made her WTA Tour debut at the 2013 BNP Paribas Katowice Open – Doubles, Katowice Open in doubles, partnering with Katarzyna Pyka. Fręch started 2018 season in Auckland where she lost in qualifying (in the first round) to Sachia Vickery, in straight sets. She then took part at the first Grand Slam qualifying in her career - at the 2018 Australian Open – Wome ... [...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] |