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2024 Transylvania Open
The 2024 Transylvania Open was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard court, hard courts. It was the fourth edition of the Transylvania Open, and part of the WTA 250 tournaments, WTA 250 series of the 2024 WTA Tour. It was held at the BT Arena in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, from 5 until 11 February 2024. Champions Singles * Karolína Plíšková def. Ana Bogdan 6–4, 6–3 Doubles * Caty McNally / Asia Muhammad def. Harriet Dart / Tereza Mihalíková, 6–3, 6–4 Singles main draw entrants Seeds * Rankings are as of 29 January 2024. Other entrants The following players received Wild card (sports), wildcards into the main draw: * Miriam Bulgaru * Andreea Mitu * Anca Todoni The following players received entry using a protected ranking: * Caty McNally * Anastasija Sevastova The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Erika Andreeva * Emiliana Arango * Alizé Cornet * Harriet Dart * Sinja Kraus * Simona Waltert The following play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cluj-Napoca
Cluj-Napoca ( ; ), or simply Cluj ( , ), is a city in northwestern Romania. It is the second-most populous city in the country and the seat of Cluj County. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest (), Budapest () and Belgrade (). Located in the Someșul Mic river valley, the city is considered the unofficial capital of the Historical regions of Romania, historical province of Transylvania. For some decades prior to the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867, it was the official capital of the Grand Principality of Transylvania. , 286,598 inhabitants live in the city. The Cluj-Napoca metropolitan area had a population of 411,379 people, while the population of the peri-urbanisation, peri-urban area is approximately 420,000. According to a 2007 estimate, the city hosted an average population of over 20,000 students and other non-residents each year from 2004 to 2007. The city spreads out from St. Michael's Church, Cluj-Napoca, St. Michael's Church in Unirii Square, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Blinkova
Anna Vladimirovna Blinkova ( rus, Анна Владимировна Блинкова, , ˈanːə blʲɪnˈkovə, Ru-Anna Blinkova.ogg; born 10 September 1998) is a Russian professional tennis player. On 7 August 2023, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 34. On 14 September 2020, she peaked at No. 45 in the WTA doubles rankings. She has won one singles and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, one singles and one doubles title each on WTA 125 tournaments, WTA Challenger Tour, as well as four singles and eleven doubles titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Circuit. Blinkova was runner-up at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships in 2015 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' singles, girls' singles and was ranked the No. 3 junior tennis player in the world in August 2015. Personal life and background Anna Vladimirovna Blinkova was born on 10 September 1998 in Moscow to mother Elena and father Vladimir. During childhood, she played both tennis and chess at a high lev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alizé Cornet
Alizé Cornet (; born 22 January 1990) is a French professional tennis player. She has won six singles and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as three singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Circuit. On 16 February 2009, she reached her highest WTA rankings, WTA singles ranking of world No. 11. Cornet has also made the second week at each of the four Grand Slam events, having reached the quarterfinals at the 2022 Australian Open, and the fourth round at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships, the 2015 French Open, 2015 and 2017 French Opens, and the 2020 US Open (tennis), 2020 US Open. She holds the record for the most Open Era tennis records – Women's singles#Consecutive titles, consecutive Grand Slam appearances with 69 and also in third place for Open Era tennis records – Women's singles#Career totals, overall appearances with 72. Cornet became known for defeating world No. 1 Serena Williams on three occasions in 2014. At the 2014 Du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emiliana Arango
Emiliana Arango Restrepo (; born 28 November 2000) is a Colombian tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 79, achieved on 17 March 2025. She has won three singles titles on the ITF Circuit. Playing for Colombia Billie Jean King Cup team, Arango has a win–loss record of 12–10. Career Juniors On the ITF junior circuit, Arango has a career-high ranking of world No. 8, achieved in January 2018. In singles, she reached the semifinals at the 2017 Junior US Open. In doubles, she reached two quarterfinals, both in 2017, at Wimbledon and US Open, respectively. As a junior, she won three singles and three doubles titles. Junior Grand Slam performance Singles * Australian Open: – * French Open: 2R (2017) * Wimbledon: 1R (2016, 2017) * US Open: SF (2017) Doubles * Australian Open: – * French Open: 2R (2017) * Wimbledon: QF (2017) * US Open: QF (2017) 2016-2018: WTA debut and first win Arango made her WTA Tour singles debut at the 2016 Copa Colsani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erika Andreeva
Erika Aleksandrovna Andreeva ( rus, Эрика Александровна Андреева, p=ˈɛrʲɪkə ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvnə ɐnˈdrʲe(j)ɪvə, born 24 June 2004) is a Russian tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 65, reached on 21 October 2024. She also has a best doubles ranking of No. 274, achieved on 11 December 2023. Andreeva has won one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour, as well as three singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Circuit. Juniors Andreeva finished runner-up at the 2021 French Open in the girls' singles event to Linda Nosková. Career 2020–21: First ITF Circuit title In November 2020, Andreeva won her first senior ITF Circuit title at the $15k event in Pazardzhik, Bulgaria. A month later, she won another ITF title, this time at the $15k Cairo, Egypt. In March 2021, she won her third $15k tournament. 2022: WTA Tour & major debuts In May 2022, she played her first significant final on the ITF Circuit, at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anastasija Sevastova
Anastasija Sevastova (born 13 April 1990) is a Latvian professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 11 in October 2018, after reaching a Premier Mandatory final at the China Open. Sevastova has won four singles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as 13 singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Sevastova is best known for her success at the US Open, particularly during the second half of her career. In 2016, she defeated the reigning French Open champion and world No. 3, Garbiñe Muguruza, as well as Australian Open semifinalist Johanna Konta, en route to her first major quarterfinal. In 2018, she reached her first major semifinal, defeating defending champion and world No. 3, Sloane Stephens (whom she had lost to at that same stage in 2017), in the quarterfinals, before losing to Serena Williams. Early life and background Anastasija Sevastova was born on 13 April 1990 in Liepāja, Latvia. She was raised by her mother Diāna Golovano ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anca Todoni
Anca Todoni (born 10 October 2004) is a Romanian tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 83 achieved on 31 March 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 275, reached on 27 January 2025. Career 2024: WTA Tour, Major & top 150 debuts, two WTA 125 titles In February, Todoni made her WTA Tour main draw debut at the Transylvania Open, after receiving a wildcard, but lost in the first round to qualifier Erika Andreeva. In April, ranked No. 217, she qualified for the singles main draw at the Copa Colsanitas in Bogotá, Colombia, and defeated Lucrezia Stefanini in the first round before losing her next match to Camila Osorio. In June, she won her first WTA 125 title in Bari, with wins over Fiona Ferro and Elvina Kalieva in the first and second rounds, Eva Lys and top seeded Nadia Podoroska in the quarterfinal and the semifinal, before defeating Panna Udvardy in the final. As a result, she reached the top 150 in the singles rankings, at world No. 136 on 10 Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreea Mitu
Cristina-Andreea Mitu (born 22 September 1991) is a professional tennis player from Romania. She achieved her career-high singles ranking of 68 on 8 June 2015, and her highest doubles ranking of world No. 69 on 24 October 2016. Mitu is a member of the Romania Fed Cup team. On 19 April 2015, she beat then world No. 7 Eugenie Bouchard in a Fed Cup match. Personal life and background She is coached by Adrian Marcu. Her parents are Petre and Ania. She also has a brother named Alex, who is a soccer player. She has an aggressive style of play. Andreea's favorite surface is hard (but loves grass too), while her favorite shot is forehand. She started playing tennis at age 7. Her tennis idols growing up were Jelena Dokic, Patty Schnyder, the Williams sisters, Jennifer Capriati and Martina Hingis. She also enjoys shopping, hanging out with friends and getting nails done. She stated that if weren't a tennis player, she would be a lawyer. In 2018, she gave birth to a son named Adam. Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miriam Bulgaru
Miriam Bianca Bulgaru (born 8 October 1998) is a Romanian tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 176. Career Bulgaru made her WTA Tour debut at the 2018 Bucharest Open, after having received a wildcard into the singles draw. She lost her first-round match to Wang Yafan. She had her first WTA Tour win as a wildcard at the 2023 Transylvania Open in Cluj Napoca, defeating Turkish lucky loser İpek Öz. At the 2024 Iași Open, she recorded another WTA win in straight sets over second seed Tatjana Maria as a wildcard. She won the 2024 Țiriac Foundation Trophy defeating Kathinka von Deichmann in the final. It was her first title at the WTA 125 level. Bulgaru made her debut for the Romania Billie Jean King Cup team against Canada in the 2025 qualifying round held in Tokyo Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan, capital and List of cities in Japan, most populous city in Japan. With a population of over 14 million ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Card (sports)
A wild card (also wildcard or wild-card and also known as an at-large berth or at-large bid) is an invitation to a tournament or a playoff berth awarded to a team or individual that does not qualify via an automatic bid. In some events, wildcards are chosen freely by the organizers. Other events have fixed rules. Some North American professional sports leagues compare the records of teams which did not qualify directly by winning a division or conference. International sports In international sports, the term is perhaps best known in reference to two sporting traditions: team wildcards distributed among countries at the Olympic Games and individual wildcards given to some tennis players at every professional tournament (both smaller events and the major ones such as Wimbledon). Tennis players may even ask for a wildcard and get one if they want to enter a tournament on short notice. For Summer Olympic Games, some National Olympic Committees, whose nations are underrepresented ... [...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] |
