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Alycia Parks
Alycia Michelle Parks (born December 31, 2000) is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA rankings, WTA singles ranking of world No. 40, achieved on 14 August 2023, and a career-high doubles ranking of No. 27, set on 11 September 2023. Parks has won one singles title and two doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including a WTA 1000 tournaments, WTA 1000 doubles title at the 2023 Western & Southern Open – Women's doubles, 2023 Western & Southern Open. She has also won five singles titles and three doubles titles on the WTA 125 tournaments, WTA Challenger Tour. Career 2021: WTA Tour & Grand Slam debut, fastest serve record She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2021 MUSC Health Women's Open – Singles, 2021 MUSC Health Open in Charleston, having made it through qualifying as an alternate. She defeated qualifier Grace Min in the first round, before losing to top seed Ons Jabeur in the second. In her first-round match at the 2021 US Open (tennis), US Op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
WTA Tour
The WTA Tour (also known as the Hologic WTA Tour for sponsorship reasons) is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women and organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125 series, and third-tier is the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. The men's equivalent is the ATP Tour. Season format 2024–present In 2024, the WTA made all WTA 1000 events mandatory. The WTA Elite Trophy did not return: * Grand Slam tournaments (4) *Year-ending WTA Finals (1) * WTA 1000 tournaments: Ten events with prize money ranging from US$2 million to US$10 million. * WTA 500 tournaments: 17 events with prize money from US$700,000 to US$900,000. *WTA 250 tournaments: 23 events, with prize money at US$250,000. 2021–2023 The WTA Tour underwent a slight change in the classification of tournaments in 2021, which were reorganized on with similar nomenclature to that used on ATP Tour: * Grand Slam tournaments (4) *Year-ending WTA Finals (1) *Penultimate event WTA Elite Trop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caty McNally
Catherine "Caty" McNally (born November 20, 2001) is an American professional tennis player. She achieved her career-high singles ranking of world No. 54 on 22 May 2023 and her best WTA doubles ranking of No. 11 on 4 April 2022. She has won eight doubles titles on the WTA Tour, three of them with Coco Gauff, and the pair also reached the final of the 2021 US Open (tennis), 2021 US Open. She reached another major final at the 2022 US Open (tennis), 2022 US Open with Taylor Townsend. McNally has also won six doubles titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Circuit. In singles, she has won one title on the WTA 125 tournaments, WTA Challenger Tour plus three on the ITF Circuit. She is best known for her doubles partnership with Coco Gauff, which is nicknamed "McCoco" by fans and media. As a junior, McNally won the 2018 2018 French Open, French Open doubles title, was runner-up in the 2018 French Open girls' singles, and won the 2018 US Open (tennis), US Open junior doubles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Sakkari
Maria Sakkari (, ; born 25 July 1995) is a Greek professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 3 by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA, which she first achieved on 21 March 2022, making her the highest-ranked Greek player, tied with Stefanos Tsitsipas. Her career-best doubles WTA rankings, ranking is world No. 169, achieved on 9 September 2019. Sakkari has won two singles titles on the WTA Tour, including a WTA 1000 title at the 2023 Guadalajara Open Akron – Singles, 2023 Guadalajara Open. She is known for her aggressive, all-court style of play, centered around her strong serve and powerful groundstrokes. She served the sixth most aces of any WTA player in 2020, with 144 aces served in 31 matches. Sakkari reached the semifinals at the 2017 Wuhan Open – Singles, 2017 Wuhan Open, where she defeated Caroline Wozniacki for her first top-10 win. In 2019, she reached another WTA Premier tournaments, Premier 5 semifinal at the 2019 Italian Open – Women's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karolína Plíšková
Karolína Plíšková (; born 21 March 1992) is a Czech professional tennis player. She has been ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), holding the position for a total of eight weeks, and has been ranked world No. 11 in doubles. Plíšková has won 17 singles and five doubles titles on the WTA Tour, and has reached two major singles finals at the 2016 US Open and the 2021 Wimbledon Championships. As a junior, Plíšková won the girls' singles event at the 2010 Australian Open. She has also played for the Czech Republic in Billie Jean King Cup competition where she has scored a win-loss record of 15–8 (as of September 2024). She is known for her powerful serve and forehand. Personal life Plíšková was born in Louny to Radek Plíšek and Martina Plíšková, and has an identical twin sister, Kristýna, who is two minutes older and is also a tennis player. She currently lives in Monte Carlo. In 2018, she married Michal Hrd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Ostrava Open
The 2022 Ostrava Open (also known as the AGEL Open for sponsorship purposes) was a WTA tournament organised for female professional tennis players on indoor hard courts. The event took place at the Ostravar Aréna in Ostrava, Czech Republic, from 3 through 9 October 2022. The event was held on a third consecutive year in the alternative sporting calendar due to the cancellation of tournaments in China during the 2022 season because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the suspension of tournaments in China following former WTA player Peng Shuai's allegation of sexual assault against a Chinese government official, and the tournaments in Russia due to the ongoing war with Ukraine. Champions Singles * Barbora Krejčíková def. Iga Świątek 5–7, 7–6(7–4), 6–3 This is Krejčíková's second title of the year and fifth of her career. Doubles * Caty McNally / Alycia Parks def. Alicja Rosolska / Erin Routliffe, 6–3, 6–2 Singles main draw entrants Seeds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 WTA German Open
The 2022 WTA German Open (also known as the bett1open for sponsorship purposes) was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts at the Rot-Weiss Tennis Club in Berlin, Germany from 13 June to 19 June 2022. It was the 95th edition of the event on the 2022 WTA Tour, the second year it has been organized on grass, and was classified as a WTA 500 tournament. Finals Singles * Ons Jabeur defeated Belinda Bencic, 6–3, 2–1, ret. This was Jabeur's third WTA singles title, and second of the year. Doubles * Storm Sanders / Kateřina Siniaková defeated Alizé Cornet / Jil Teichmann 6–4, 6–3 Point distribution Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * Rankings are as of 6 June 2022. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Anna Kalinskaya * Jule Niemeier The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw: * Bianca Andreescu * Karolína Muchová The following players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venus Williams
Venus Ebony Starr Williams (born June 17, 1980) is an American inactive 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 11 weeks, and as the List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's doubles for eight weeks. Williams has won 49 WTA Tour-level singles titles, including seven Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, majors (five at Wimbledon Championships, Wimbledon and two at the US Open (tennis), US Open), as well as an Olympic gold medal at the Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's singles, 2000 Sydney Olympics. She has also won 22 doubles titles, including 14 majors and three Olympic gold medals. Along with her younger sister, Serena Williams, Serena, Venus Williams was coached by her parents Oracene Price and Richard Williams (tennis coach), Richard Williams. Turning professional in 1994, she reached her first major final at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 US Open (tennis)
The 2021 US Open was the 141st edition of tennis's US Open and the fourth and final Grand Slam event of the year. It was held on outdoor hardcourts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York City. Daniil Medvedev won the men's singles title. Emma Raducanu won the women's singles title, becoming the first qualifier, male or female, to reach a major final and win a major title. Dominic Thiem and Naomi Osaka were the men's and women's singles defending champions. However, Thiem withdrew from the tournament due to a wrist injury causing him to end his season early. Osaka lost in the third round to Leylah Fernandez. Both Dylan Alcott and Diede de Groot achieved the Golden Slam in wheelchair quad singles and wheelchair women's singles, respectively, by winning all four majors and the Paralympics in 2021. Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid also achieved the Grand Slam in wheelchair men's doubles by winning all four majors in 2021. Novak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ons Jabeur
Ons Jabeur (born 28 August 1994) is a Tunisian professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of No. 2, achieved on 27 June 2022, making her the highest-ranked African and Arab tennis player in WTA and ATP rankings history. Jabeur has won five singles titles on WTA Tour, including a WTA 1000 event at the 2022 Madrid Open, and has been runner-up at three majors. She is the first African and Arab woman to contest a major singles final. Jabeur was first exposed to tennis by her mother at three years old. She became pro in her teen years when she reached two junior major girls' singles finals at the French Open in 2010 and 2011, winning the latter and becoming the first African or Arab to win a junior major since 1964. After nearly a decade of playing primarily at the ITF level, she started competing more regularly on the WTA Tour in 2017. At the 2020 Australian Open, Jabeur became the first Arab woman to reach a major quarterfinal, a feat she repea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Min
Grace Min (born May 6, 1994) is an American tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 97, achieved on 2 March 2015, and she peaked at No. 308 in the doubles rankings, on 17 September 2012. Min won the 2011 US Open girls' singles title. She also won the 2011 Wimbledon girls' doubles title with Eugenie Bouchard. Tennis career 2006–07 Her first tournament was the Eddie Herr International Junior Tennis Championships, an under-14 tournament at the Bollettieri Sports Academy. Aged 12 and seeded tenth, Grace received a bye into the second round, where she was defeated by Nataliya Pintusova, 6–3, 6–4. Her next tournament was the Prince Cup in Miami, Florida. In the first round, she defeated tenth seed Melina Ferrero, for her first victory of the year. She then fell to qualifier Laurie Gingras in the second round, in straight sets. Her final tournament of the year was the Junior Orange Bowl in Coral Gables, Florida. In the first round, she crushed German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 MUSC Health Women's Open – Singles
Astra Sharma won her first WTA Tour singles title, defeating Ons Jabeur in the final of the second ''2021 Charleston Open,'' 2–6, 7–5, 6–1. The second tournament was the 50th edition of the Charleston Open The Charleston Open, currently sponsored by Credit One, is a WTA Tour-affiliated professional tennis tournament for women, held every year since 1973. It is the oldest professional all-women's tournament in America with a $1,064,510 purse. The t ... that featured featuring consecutive events, with the 2021 Volvo Car Open being the first. The second Charleston tournament was organised with a single-year license in 2021. Seeds Draw Finals Top half Bottom half Qualifying Seeds Qualifiers Draw First qualifier Second qualifier Third qualifier Fourth qualifier References External linksMain Draw [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
