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2024 Palermo Ladies Open
The 2024 Palermo Ladies Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the ''Country Time Club''. It was the 32nd edition of the tournament and part of the 2024 WTA Tour. It took place in Palermo, Italy, between 15 and 21 July 2024. Finals Singles * Zheng Qinwen def. Karolína Muchová, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 Doubles * Alexandra Panova / Yana Sizikova def. Yvonne Cavallé Reimers / Aurora Zantedeschi 4–6, 6–3, 0–5 Singles main draw entrants Seeds *† Rankings are as of 1 July 2024 Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: * Karolína Muchová * Ajla Tomljanović * Zheng Qinwen The following player received entry using a protected ranking: * Zheng Saisai The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Mona Barthel * Olivia Gadecki * Katarzyna Kawa * Noma Noha Akugue * Mia Ristić * Jil Teichmann Withdrawals * Hailey Baptiste → replaced by Astra Sharm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WTA 250
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. At their introduction in 2021, WTA 250 tournaments' prize money was approximately $250,000. As of 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 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 See also * WTA Tour * WTA 1000 tournaments * WTA 500 tourn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatjana Maria
Tatjana Maria (née Malek; born 8 August 1987) is a German professional tennis player. In January 2024 she reached her career-best singles ranking of world No. 42, and in June 2016, she peaked at No. 54 in the doubles rankings. She has won four singles titles and four doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour. She has also won 16 singles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She has played 1243 matches, the third highest number of tennis matches in the Open Era, after just Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert. She has made 16 appearances (23 matches) for Germany in the Billie Jean King Cup competition between 2006 and 2011 and between 2018 and 2025.'' Career 2013–2016: Wimbledon third round, top 100 debut Maria took a sabbatical in 2013, to have her first child, and returned to tour at the 2014 Copa Colsanitas. 2017–2020: Top 50, first WTA Tour title Maria reached a career-high ranking in the top 50 in November 2017. Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clara Burel
Clara Burel (; born 24 March 2001) is a French professional tennis player. On 10 June 2024, she peaked at No. 42 in the WTA singles rankings. Career Juniors In 2018, Burel reached the junior singles final at three major events, the Australian Open, the US Open and the Youth Summer Olympics (YOG). Partnering with compatriot Hugo Gaston, she also won the mixed-doubles bronze medal at the YOG. In October, Burel qualified for the ITF Junior Masters, where she captured her first major title. She became the junior world No. 1 the next week, on 29 October 2018. Grand Slam performance - Singles: * Australian Open: F (2018) * French Open: 3R (2018) * Wimbledon: 3R (2018) * US Open: F (2018) Grand Slam performance - Doubles: * Australian Open: 2R (2018) * French Open: 2R (2017, 2018) * Wimbledon: QF (2018) * US Open: 2R (2018) 2018: First ITF final Following her final in Melbourne, Burel was selected as an alternate in the French Fed Cup team for the 2018 first round against ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astra Sharma
Astra Sharma (born 11 September 1995) is an Australian professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 84 in singles and 91 in doubles. Sharma has won one singles title and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour. In addition, she has won one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour as well as eight titles in singles and seven in doubles on the ITF Circuit. In December 2017, she won the Australian Open Wildcard Playoff alongside Belinda Woolcock, their main-draw entry into the 2018 Australian Open. At the 2019 Australian Open, she and fellow Australian John-Patrick Smith reached the final of the mixed-doubles competition after receiving a wildcard to enter the main draw. Early life Sharma's father, Devdutt Sharma, is a Singaporean Indian with roots from Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Northern India. He was a high jumper. He attended Raffles Institution and National University of Singapore. He worked as an acoustic engineer. Astra's mother, Susan Tan, is a Singap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hailey Baptiste
Hailey Baptiste (born November 3, 2001) is an American professional tennis player. She reached her best singles ranking of world No. 70 on 19 May 2025. She has won one WTA Tour and two WTA Challenger Tour doubles titles. Her highest doubles ranking is No. 92, achieved on 22 July 2024. She has also won four singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Career Juniors On the junior tour, she reached a career-high ranking of No. 38 on 29 January 2018. She ended runner-up at the US Open junior doubles' tournament in 2018. 2019–2022: Major, WTA Tour, and WTA 1000 debuts Baptiste made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at her hometown tournament, the 2019 Washington Open, and defeated major finalist and former top-ten player, Madison Keys. She made her major debut at the 2020 US Open as a wildcard player. She made her WTA 1000 debut at the 2021 Miami Open, after reaching the main draw having received a wildcard for the qualifying competition. On her debut at the Frenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jil Teichmann
Jil Belén Teichmann (born 15 July 1997) is a Swiss professional tennis player. She has been ranked by the WTA as high as No. 21 in singles and No. 73 in doubles. She is the current No. 3 Swiss player. Teichmann has won two titles in singles and two in doubles on the WTA Tour, along with one WTA 125 doubles title. In addition, she won six singles titles and five doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. A former junior world No. 3, Teichmann won a major title in girls' doubles at the 2014 US Open. That year, she also won a gold medal for Switzerland in mixed doubles at the Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing. Her breakthrough as a senior player came in May 2019 when she won her first WTA Tour title in Prague. In July of that year, she won another WTA tournament, after making her first top-10 win over Kiki Bertens. She continued progressing, in March 2021 reaching the semifinals of the WTA 1000 Dubai Championships. With these performances she entered the top 50. Later that y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mia Ristić
Mia Ristić (; born 17 May 2006) is a Serbian tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 266 on 19 August 2024. Junior career Ristić won the U16 European Championship in Přerov, Czech Republic in July 2022, without dropping a set. In the final, she defeated Spaniard Marta Soriano Santiago, losing only two games, a scoreline she achieved four times during the competition. Professional career In August 2022, she won her first professional tournament, aged 16 years old, defeating Cristina Dinu in the final of the $25k ITF event in Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia. In July 2023, Ristić qualified for her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2023 Palermo Ladies Open. She defeated Çağla Büyükakçay and Kathinka von Deichmann to qualify, winning both matches in three sets despite facing match points. She needed four hours and 12 minutes to beat Büyükakçay, the longest match in the tournament's history. The following month, at the age of 17 years and three mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noma Noha Akugue
Noma Noha Akugue (born 2 December 2003) is a German professional tennis player of Nigerian descent. Noha Akugue has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 142, achieved in July 2023, and a best doubles ranking of No. 169, reached in April 2025. Career 2021–2022: WTA Tour debut She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2021 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, partnering Julia Middendorf in the doubles competition. 2023: Maiden WTA Tour final In singles, she made her WTA Tour main-draw debut as a wildcard player at the 2023 Hamburg European Open and reached the final by winning her first four matches on the WTA Tour, defeating Laura Pigossi, Storm Hunter, Martina Trevisan and Diana Shnaider en route. In the final, she lost to Arantxa Rus in two sets. Performance timelines ''Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.'' Singles ''Current through the 2025 Australian Op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katarzyna Kawa
Katarzyna Kawa (; born 17 November 1992) is a Polish professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA rankings are No. 64 in doubles, set on 10 October 2022, and No. 112 in singles, achieved on 9 November 2020. She has won five WTA Challenger doubles titles, and also seven singles and 19 doubles titles on tournaments of the ITF Women's Circuit. Personal Katarzyna Kawa was born in Krynica-Zdrój to parents Anna and Jacek, but moved in 2013 to Poznań, Poland, where she currently resides. She started playing tennis at age seven and is coached by Grzegorz Garczyński.http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100102952 She has two sisters, Monika and Weronika, and a brother called Radomir. Her hobbies include reading and traveling. She idolizes Justine Henin and Novak Djokovic. Her favourite shot is her backhand and her favourite surfaces to compete on are both clay and grass. Career 2019: Baltic Open singles final In July, Kawa made it through the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivia Gadecki
Olivia Gadecki (; born 24 April 2002) is an Australian professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of No. 83, reached on 7 October 2024, and a best doubles ranking of world No. 64, achieved on 22 July 2024. In January 2025, she was the Australian No. 3 both in singles and doubles. Early life Gadecki was born and raised by her mother on the Gold Coast where she started playing tennis at age three. She is of Polish descent, and has five brothers. She was considered a prodigious tennis talent as a junior and at the age of 12 was one of just 16 players from around the world invited to take part in the Longines Future Tennis Aces competition in Paris on the eve of the 2014 French Open. Gadecki quit playing tennis shortly afterwards, and was ultimately encouraged by fellow Australian Ash Barty to return to the sport after completing high school. Gadecki attended Southport State High School throughout her teenage years. Career 2016–2020: First s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mona Barthel
Mona Barthel (born 11 July 1990) is a German tennis player. On 18 March 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 23. On 14 September 2015, she peaked at No. 63 in the doubles rankings. Barthel has won four singles and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, one doubles title on the WTA 125 tournaments, WTA Challenger Tour as well as five singles titles and one doubles title on the International Tennis Federation, ITF Circuit in her career. Early life Mona Barthel was born in Bad Segeberg to Wolfgang Barthel, who won the shot put event at the 1970 European Junior Athletics Championships in Paris, and Dr. Hannelore. She was raised in a tennis-playing family, and took an interest in the game at age 3. She has cited Steffi Graf as an inspiration. Barthel moved to Neumünster, where she completed her Abitur in 2009, having attended the Klaus Groth Schule. Career 2007–2010: Early career Barthel played her first ITF tournament in July 2007 in Frinton where she qualif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zheng Saisai
Zheng Saisai or Zheng Sai-Sai (; born 5 February 1994) is a Chinese tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 34, achieved on 2 March 2020, and a doubles ranking of No. 15, achieved on 11 July 2016. In her career, she won one singles title in 2019 (at the Premier event in Silicon Valley), and six doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She also reached the final of the 2019 French Open in doubles with compatriot Duan Yingying. In addition, she won three singles and three doubles titles at WTA 125 tournaments, as well as twelve singles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Playing for China Fed Cup team, Zheng has a win–loss record of 11–7 as of September 2024. Early life and background Zheng started playing tennis at age eight at tennis academy where mother worked. She stated that her tennis idol growing up was Justine Henin. Her favorite tournaments are Australian Open and Wimbledon. Zheng is coached by Alan Ma (). Her favorite shot is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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