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Barbara Romanò
Barbara Romanò (born 14 January 1965) is a former professional tennis player from Italy. Biography Romanò, who comes from Tuscany, began competing on tour in 1983 and reached a best singles ranking of 74 in the world. Her best performance in singles on the WTA Tour was a semi-final appearance at the 1989 Vitosha New Otani Open in Sofia and she twice reached the second round of the French Open The French Open (), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a tennis tournament organized by the French Tennis Federation annually at Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. It is chronologically the second of the four Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam .... As a doubles player she was runner-up in two WTA Tour tournaments, both in her home country: the 1985 Italian Open and 1990 Torneo Internazionale. WTA Tour finals Doubles (0-2) ITF finals Singles (9-1) Doubles (9-3) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Romano, Barbara 1965 births Living people Italian female ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988 French Open – Women's Singles
Defending champion Steffi Graf defeated Natasha Zvereva in the final, 6–0, 6–0 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1988 French Open. It was her second French Open title and third major title overall. Graf did not lose a set during the tournament, dropping only 20 games. The final was the shortest major final of the Open Era; the official duration of the match was 34 minutes, with only 32 minutes of play due to a rain break. It remains the only " double bagel" major final of the Open Era. The win marked Graf's second step towards completing the first, and so far only Golden Slam in the history of pedestrian tennis. Graf recorded a total of six "bagel" (6–0) sets across her seven matches. The final was the first major final since the 1981 French Open not to feature either Martina Navratilova or Chris Evert. Seeds Qualifying Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Bottom half Section 5 Section 6 Section 7 Section 8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrizia Murgo
Patrizia Murgo (born 26 March 1962) is an Italian former professional tennis player. Tennis career Murgo, a native of Florence, was the first Italian to reach an Orange Bowl final when she finished runner-up to Kathy Horvath in 1979. She was also a women's doubles bronze medalist at that year's Mediterranean Games in Split, with Antonella Rosa Antonella Rosa (1 February 1957 – 2020) was an Italian professional tennis player. Rosa, a native of the Liguria region of Italy, had an unusual technique of using a forehand on both sides of her body. She stopped hitting a backhand on the rec ... as her partner. In 1981 and 1982, Murgo was a member of the Italy Federation Cup team as a doubles specialist, usually partnering Sabina Simmonds. She won six of her eight Federation Cup doubles rubbers. While competing on the WTA circuit her best result in a singles tournament came at the 1981 Italian Open, where she reached the round of 16. As a doubles player she had a runner-up finis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefania Dalla Valle
Stefania Dalla Valle (born 12 July 1966) is an Italian former professional tennis player. Dalla Valle competed on the professional tour in the 1980s and reached a career high single ranking of 214 in the world. All of her WTA Tour main draw appearances came in 1988, at the Athens Trophy, Belgian Open and Clarins Open. She featured in the qualifying draw for the 1989 French Open The 1989 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament was held from 29 May until 11 June. It was the 88th staging of the French Open, and the second Gra .... ITF finals Singles: 2 (0–2) Doubles: 2 (1–1) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dalla Valle, Stefania 1966 births Living people Italian female tennis players Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Italian sportswomen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federica Bonsignori
Federica Bonsignori (born 20 November 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Italy. Biography Bonsignori started competing professionally in 1984. She won her first Grand Slam match at the 1986 French Open when she had a double bagel win over Amanda Tobin. This was one of four occasions in her career that she reached the second round at Roland Garros, which was her best Grand Slam event. In 1987, she upset top seed Manuela Maleeva en route to the quarter-finals of the Belgian Open and reached the semi-finals of the Clarins Open in Paris. Across 1988 and 1989, she had a minimal impact on tour, unable to progress past the second round in any WTA Tour tournament. Bonsignori won her only WTA tournament title at the 1990 Estoril Open. An unseeded player, she managed wins over three seeds, Angeliki Kanellopoulou, Isabel Cueto and Sabine Hack, before accounting for Laura Garrone in an all-Italian final. She started 1991 by making the quarterfinals at Hilton Hea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radka Zrubáková
Radomira "Radka" Zrubáková (born 26 December 1970) is a retired tennis player from Slovakia. Zrubáková gained professional status in 1986. In her career, she won three singles and two doubles titles on the 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 Wome .... She was a member of the Czechoslovakia Federation Cup team that won the 1988 Federation Cup final. Zrubáková reached career-high rankings of 22 in singles (in October 1991) and 38 in doubles (in April 1993). She retired from the pro tour in 1999. WTA career finals Singles: 4 (3–1) Doubles: 6 (2–4) ITF Circuit finals Singles (3–2) Doubles (5–8) External links * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zrubakova, Radka 1970 births Living people Czechoslovak female tennis players Olympic tennis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Golarsa
Laura Golarsa (born 27 November 1967) is a former Italian professional tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ... player. Golarsa was born in Milan and played on the WTA Tour from 1985 to 2001. She did not win any senior titles but did reach the quarterfinals of Wimbledon in 1989. Her singles record included victories over Zina Garrison and Jana Novotná. She won six doubles titles on the WTA Tour and achieved a career-high doubles ranking of No. 23 in August 1995. WTA career finals Singles: 1 (runner-up) Doubles: 14 (6 titles, 8 runner-ups) ITF Circuit finals Singles (6–4) Doubles (3–3) External links * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Golarsa, Laura 1967 births Living people Italian female tennis players Olympic tennis players for Italy Tennis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariana Pérez Roldán
Mariana Pérez Roldán (born 7 November 1967) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. She won the French Open girls' doubles championship and ITF World girls' doubles championship in 1985 with Patricia Tarabini. During her career, she did not win any titles on the 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 Wome ..., but won four ITF titles, including three women's doubles. Junior Grand Slam finals Girls' doubles (1–1) WTA career finals Singles: 1 (runner-up) ITF finals Singles (1–3) Doubles (3–4) External links * * Pérez Roldán, Academia de Tenis Sources Argentine female tennis players 1967 births Living people French Open junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles South American Games gold medalists for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dianne Van Rensburg
Dianne Van Rensburg (born 3 April 1968) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. Known as Dinky, she won one singles title and three doubles titles from 1986 to 1990. She reached a highest singles ranking of No. 26 in January 1991. WTA Tour finals Singles: 2 (1–1) Doubles: 8 (3–5) ITF finals Singles (3–2) Doubles (2–3) External links * * South African female tennis players 1968 births Living people White South African people {{SouthAfrica-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karin Kschwendt
Karin Kschwendt (born 14 September 1968) is a former professional tennis player who represented Luxembourg, Germany and Austria at various points in her career. She reached her career-high ranking of world No. 37 on 12 August 1996. In doubles, she went as high as No. 45 in February 1996. Kschwendt was born in Switzerland to Austrian parents Heinz and Edith, but grew up in Luxembourg, where she lived for 23 years. Tennis career Kschwendt made her professional debut in 1986, when she played for Luxembourg during a Fed Cup tie. She continued to represent Luxembourg in the early part of her career, and in 1990 became the first female player from that country to reach the third round of a Grand Slam tournament, a feat that she achieved at Wimbledon, before she lost to Martina Navratilova. In 1991, she reached the third round of the Australian Open, a result that broke her into the top 100, and finished the year at No. 88, but soon left in early 1992 after a lengthy break with injury. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Garrone
Laura Garrone (born 15 November 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Italy. In her career, Garrone won five doubles titles on the 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 Wome .... The right-hander reached her career-high ranking of world No. 32 on 19 January 1987. Her best Grand Slam finish was the fourth round at the 1986 French Open at Roland Garros. WTA career finals Doubles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runners-up) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 5 (4–1) Doubles: 7 (5–2) External links * * * 1967 births Living people Italian female tennis players Tennis players from Milan US Open (tennis) junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' singles Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florencia Labat
María Florencia Labat (born 12 June 1971) is an Argentinian former professional female tennis player. She joined the 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 Wome ... in 1988 and retired in 2000. On 12 September 1994, Labat reached a career-high singles ranking of number 26 in the world. WTA Tour finals Singles 4 (0–4) Doubles 17 (7–10) ITF finals Singles (7–2) Doubles (4–2) External links * * * 1971 births Living people Argentine female tennis players Olympic tennis players for Argentina Sportspeople from Pergamino Tennis players from Buenos Aires Province Tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 1995 Pan American Games Tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |