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Anne Grousbeck
Anne Matta (born Anne Grousbeck; February 5, 1966, in Miami, Florida) is an American former professional tennis player. A three-time All-American at the University of Texas, Grousbeck competed on the professional tour after graduating in 1988. She featured on the tour until 1991, making the most impact as a doubles player, with a best doubles ranking of 100 in the world. In the 1990 season featured in the main draw of the women's doubles at the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon. Grousbeck is married to Chilean tennis player Horacio Matta. She is the daughter of Massachusetts entrepreneur H. Irving Grousbeck and her brother, Wyc Grousbeck, is the lead owner of the Boston Celtics The Boston Celtics ( ) are an American professional basketball team based in Boston. The Celtics compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Atlantic Division. Founded in 1946 as one of .... ITF finals Singles: 1 (0–1) Doubl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 Australian Open – Women's Doubles
Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver were the defending champions. With Navratilova absent from the tournament, Shriver teamed up with Hana Mandlíková and lost in the first round. Jana Novotná and Helena Suková won the title, defeating Patty Fendick and Mary Joe Fernández 7–6, 7–6. Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Bottom half Section 3 Section 4 References Main Drawat page 2 External links 1990 Australian Open – Women's draws and resultsat the International Tennis Federation The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is the governing body of world tennis, wheelchair tennis, and beach tennis. It was founded in 1913 as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by twelve national tennis associations. As of 2016, there ... {{DEFAULTSORT:1990 Australian Open - Women's Doubles Women's Doubles Australian Open (tennis) by year – Women's doubles 1990 in Australian women's sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detroit
Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at the 2020 census, making it the 27th-most populous city in the United States. The metropolitan area, known as Metro Detroit, is home to 4.3 million people, making it the second-largest in the Midwest after the Chicago metropolitan area, and the 14th-largest in the United States. Regarded as a major cultural center, Detroit is known for its contributions to music, art, architecture and design, in addition to its historical automotive background. '' Time'' named Detroit as one of the fifty World's Greatest Places of 2022 to explore. Detroit is a major port on the Detroit River, one of the four major straits that connect the Great Lakes system to the Saint Lawrence Seaway. The City of Detroit anchors the second-largest regional econ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracey Morton-Rodgers
Tracey Morton-Rodgers (born 18 December 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Her maiden name is Morton and she began competing as Morton-Rodgers in 1994 Career Morton, who comes from Queensland, was most successful as a doubles player, reaching the world's top 100. She was runner-up at the 1989 Fernleaf Classic held in Wellington, partnering Heidi Sprung. In addition she made the semi-finals of a further seven WTA Tour tournaments. Grand Slam Morton featured in the women's doubles draws at all four grand slam tournaments, with her partners including Jenny Byrne, Nana Smith, Karin Kschwendt, Anne Minter, Kerry-Ann Guse and Alexandra Fusai. All of her third round appearance came when partnering with British player Clare Wood. It was Wood who beat her when she made the singles draw as a qualifier at the 1989 Wimbledon Championships. Her other two grand slam singles main draws were as a wildcard at the Australian Open, the first in 1990, where she lost t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arzachena
Arzachena (; sdn, Alzachèna; sc, Altzaghèna) is a town and '' comune'' in the province of Sassari, northern Sardinia, the second largest island off the coast of Italy. Arzachena lies half way between the original Costa Smeralda resort and Porto Rafael, both founded in the late 1950s. After Olbia and Tempio Pausania, it is the third largest commune in Gallura by inhabitants. The '' frazione'' of Porto Cervo is the main resort area of Costa Smeralda for summer tourism, which since the 1960s has replaced agriculture as the main local source of economic activity. Nearby there are numerous archaeological sites from the Nuragic period, including those from a local sub-culture known as Arzachena culture (the necropolis of Li Muri and others). History Located in an area once inhabited by the Arzachena culture, the region was known by the Romans as ''Turibulum'', after a mushroom-shaped rock which is today the symbol of the town. The oldest recorded use of the modern name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariaan De Swardt
Mariaan de Swardt (born 18 March 1971) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa, who was active from 1988 to 2001. She twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics, in 1992 and 1996, and was a member of the South Africa Fed Cup team in 1992 and from 1994 to 1997. In 2006, de Swardt became a U.S. citizen. De Swardt won two Grand Slam titles in mixed-doubles competition, the 1999 Australian Open and the 2000 French Open with partner David Adams. She also won four women's doubles titles and reached as high as world No. 11 in the doubles WTA rankings. She has one WTA Tour singles title from 1998 and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 28 in 1996. Since retiring from tennis, she has been a commentator for Eurosport and South African television, and has coached at professional, collegiate and recreational level with her base being at Atlanta, Georgia. She resides in Houston, Texas, and is a teaching professional at the River Oaks Count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Barnard
Linda Barnard (born 10 August 1968) is a South African former professional tennis player. Barnard had a best singles ranking of 191 in the world and claimed three ITF titles, two of which came by beating Amanda Coetzer in the final. It was as a doubles player that she was most successful, with a career high ranking of 78. She made the third round of the women's doubles at both the 1989 US Open and 1990 Wimbledon Championships The 1990 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. It was the 104th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held .... ITF finals Singles: 5 (3–2) Doubles: 12 (8–4) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Barnard, Linda 1968 births Living people South African female tennis players White South African people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincenza Procacci
Vincenza Procacci (born August 20, 1966) is an American former professional tennis player. Raised in Lake George, New York, Procacci won five ITF doubles titles on the professional tour and featured in the doubles main draw of the 1989 Lipton International Players Championships The 1989 Lipton International Players Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 5th edition of the Miami Masters and was part of the 1989 Nabisco Grand Prix and of Category 5 of the 1989 WTA Tour. The tournam ..., a WTA Tour tournament in Key Biscayne. Procacci had a career high singles ranking of 446, along with a best doubles ranking of 213 in the world. ITF finals Doubles: 11 (5–6) References External links * * 1966 births Living people American female tennis players Tennis players from New York (state) People from Lake George, New York 21st-century American women {{US-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannesburg
Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu language, Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a Megacity#List of megacities, megacity, and is List of urban areas by population, one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. According to Demographia, the Johannesburg–Pretoria urban area (combined because of strong transport links that make commuting feasible) is the 26th-largest in the world in terms of population, with 14,167,000 inhabitants. It is the provinces of South Africa, provincial capital and largest city of Gauteng, which is the wealthiest province in South Africa. Johannesburg is the seat of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, Constitutional Court, the highest court in South Africa. Most of the major South African companies and banks have their head offices in Johannesburg. The city is located in the mineral-rich Witwatersrand range of hills and is the centre of large-scale gold and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luciana Corsato-Owsianka
Luciana Corsato-Owsianka (born 21 January 1966) is a former professional tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball c ... player from Brazil. Biography Corsato began competing on the professional tour in 1984. Her best performance in a grand slam tournament was a second round appearance at the 1988 French Open, which she competed in as a lucky loser from qualifying. In 1989 she was a doubles finalist at the WTA Tour event in Guaruja and made the quarter-finals of the singles at Taranto. She had her best WTA Tour result in singles at São Paulo in 1990, when she made it through to the semi-finals, in a run which included a win over top seed Eva Švíglerová. As a member of Brazil's Fed Cup team she featured in a total of seven ties. In a World Group play off tie aga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colleen Carney
Colleen Carney (born 23 January 1967) is an Australian former professional tennis player. Carney, who grew up in Sydney, received a scholarship to the Australian Institute of Sport in 1983. Active on tour in the 1980s, Carney was ranked amongst the world's top 200 players and featured in the qualifying draws of all four grand slam tournaments, reaching the main draw only at the 1984 Australian Open The 1984 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. Held from 26 November through 9 December 1984, it was the 73rd edition of the Australian Open. America .... References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Carney, Colleen 1967 births Living people Australian female tennis players Tennis players from Sydney Australian Institute of Sport tennis players 20th-century Australian women Sportswomen from New South Wales ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maya Kidowaki
is a retired Japanese tennis player. Tennis career Kidowaki represented Japan at the 1992 Summer Olympics in doubles with Kimiko Date and they lost to Jana Novotná and Andrea Strnadová in the third round, in two sets. She also competed in the Australian Open The Australian Open is a tennis tournament held annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. The tournament is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events held each year, preceding the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open. ... main draw. WTA career finals Doubles: 2 (2 titles) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 11 (6–5) Doubles: 12 (7–5) References External links * * * * * 1969 births Living people Sportspeople from Kyoto Prefecture Japanese female tennis players Olympic tennis players for Japan Tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics 20th-century Japanese women {{Japan-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chatham, New Jersey
"The Chathams" is a term used in reference to shared services for two neighboring municipalities in Morris County, New Jersey, United States – Chatham Borough and Chatham Township. The two are separate municipalities. The first, a town that was settled in 1710 as a colonial English village in the Province of New Jersey, that in 1773 adopted a name change to "Chatham". There are numerous references to this village as "Chatham, New Jersey" dating from that time. The second, more southern, without a town center, and less densely populated, is the vestige of a regional government that was formed in 1806 as a township, a form of municipal government peculiar to the state of New Jersey. It had jurisdiction over a region including a large area of open space and several villages. One of those, the village of Chatham, dating from 1710, was the source for its name, Chatham Township. Chatham Township shares various joint public services with Chatham Borough: the school district, the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
