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Chang Kyung-mi
Chang Kyung-mi (born 25 February 1982) is a former professional tennis player from South Korea. Biography Chang represented South Korea between 2004 and 2009, appearing in a total of 15 Fed Cup ties with a win–loss record of 7–8. On the professional tour, she reached a best singles ranking of 254 in the world. She competed in the singles main draw of the Japan Open as a qualifier in 2002 and Korea Open as a wildcard player in 2005. As a doubles player, Chang had a top WTA ranking The WTA rankings are the ratings defined by the Women's Tennis Association, introduced in November 1975. Iga Świątek is the current world No. 1. Ranking method The WTA rankings are based on a rolling 52-week, cumulative system. A pla ... of 195 and won 20 ITF titles. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 17 (5–12) Doubles: 39 (20–19) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chang, Kyung Mi 1982 births Living people South Korean female tennis players 21st-century Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object of the game is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball validly will not gain a point, while the opposite player will. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society and at all ages. The sport can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including wheelchair users. The modern game of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis. It had close connections both to various field (lawn) games such as croquet and bowls as well as to the older racket sport today called real tennis. The rules of modern tennis have ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Jin-a
Lee Jin-a (born 10 March 1985) is a South Korean former professional tennis player. In December 2010, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 158. On 28 February 2011, she peaked at No. 197 in the WTA doubles rankings. Lee started playing tennis at the age of 11. In her career, she won 11 singles titles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Playing for South Korea Fed Cup team The South Korea Fed Cup team represents South Korea in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Korea Tennis Association. They currently compete in the Asia/Oceania Zone of Group I. History South Korea competed in its first Fed Cup i ..., Lee has a win–loss record of 11–7. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 20 (11 titles, 9 runner-ups) Doubles: 21 (15 titles, 6 runner-ups) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Jin-A 1985 births Living people South Korean female tennis players Tennis players at the 2006 Asian Games Tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cindy Watson
Cindy Watson (born 24 March 1978) is a retired tennis player from Australia. Career statistics Her highest singles ranking is world No. 131, (achieved on 28 October 2002) and her highest doubles ranking is No. 108 (reached on 8 August 2005). Watson won 13 titles on the ITF Circuit in her career: seven in singles and six in doubles. Watson has taken part in many WTA Tour events. Biography Her biggest career highlight is reaching the third round of the 2002 Australian Open. She defeated María José Martínez Sánchez and Emmanuelle Gagliardi in the first and second rounds, respectively, before falling to fourth seed Kim Clijsters, 1–6, 2–6 in the third round. Watson played on two other Grand Slam tournaments- she fell in the first rounds of the 1999 Australian Open to Mary Pierce and of the 2005 Australian Open to Sania Mirza Sania Mirza (; born 15 November 1986) is an Indian professional tennis player. A former doubles world No. 1, she has won six major titles � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacqueline Trail
Jacqueline Trail Harang (born Jacqueline Amanda Trail, November 26, 1980) is a retired American tennis player. She had a prolific junior tennis career and played on the professional tour from 1997 to 2003. Trail retired due to injury in 2003. Junior career Trail began playing tennis at the age of 4. At 7 years old, she won the first sanctioned United States Tennis Association (USTA) sanctioned tournament that she entered. In 1992, at the age of 12, Trail was ranked No. 1 in Kentucky in the Girls 12s, Girls 14s, Girls 16s, Girls 18s and Women's Open divisions. In 1993, Trail won the Kentucky State High School Tennis Championship as a 7th grader. She repeated the following year as an 8th grader. Trail won seven national junior titles, second all-time only behind Tracy Austin when Trail turned professional at age 16. Her national junior titles are: * 1997 Girls 18s Hardcourts (age 16) * 1997 Girls 18s Claycourts (age 16) * 1996 Girls 18s Indoors, singles and doubles (age 15) * 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khoo Chin-bee
Khoo Chin-bee (born 4 May 1977) is a Malaysian former tennis player. She won one singles title and nine doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit in her career. On 15 September 2003, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 329. On 17 August 1998, she peaked at No. 209 in the doubles rankings. Playing for Malaysia in the Fed Cup The Billie Jean King Cup (or the BJK Cup) is the premier international team competition in women's tennis, launched as the Federation Cup in 1963 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The name was chan ..., Khoo has a win–loss record of 25–17. She retired from the pro circuit in 2009. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 6 (1 title, 5 runner-ups) Doubles: 22 (9 titles, 13 runner-ups) References External links * * * 1977 births Living people Sportspeople from Perak Malaysian people of Chinese descent Malaysian female tennis players SEA Games silver medalists for Malaysia SEA Games br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choi Young-ja
Choi Young-ja (born 30 May 1975) is a former professional tennis player from South Korea. Biography A right-handed player from Seoul, Choi began playing tennis at the age of 10. She won her first ITF tournament at Bangkok in 1993 and began touring professionally after graduating from high school in 1994. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta she made the second round of the singles competition, with a win over South Africa's Joannette Kruger, before she was eliminated by 11th seed Brenda Schultz-McCarthy of the Netherlands. Choi represented the South Korea Fed Cup team in a total of 16 ties. She was most successful in Fed Cup tennis as a doubles player, losing only one of her 12 matches. In singles she won three rubbers, one of which was against Li Na in 1999. She won the women's doubles gold medal at the 2002 Asian Games The 2002 Asian Games ( ko, 2002년 아시아 경기대회/2002년 아시안 게임, Icheoni-nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheoni-nyeon Asian Geim), of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chung Yang-jin
Chung Yang-jin (born 6 November 1978) is a South Korean former professional tennis player. Biography A right-handed player born in Jochiwon, Chung reached a best singles ranking on the professional tour of 362 in the world and featured in a total of 15 Fed Cup ties for South Korea. In 2000 she won ITF titles in Jakarta and Seoul. Chung was a singles bronze medalist for South Korea at the 2001 Summer Universiade in Beijing. At the 2002 Asian Games The 2002 Asian Games ( ko, 2002년 아시아 경기대회/2002년 아시안 게임, Icheoni-nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheoni-nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the XIV Asian Games ( ko, 제14회 아시아 경기대회/제14회 아시안 � ... in Busan, Chung was a member of the bronze medal winning South Korean team. ITF Finals Singles (2–5) Doubles (1–3) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chung, Yang-jin 1978 births Living people South Korean female tennis players Universiade medalists in tenni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Li Na
Li Na (born 26 February 1982) is a Chinese former professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high WTA ranking of world No. 2 on 17 February 2014. Over the course of her career, Li won nine WTA Tour singles titles including two Grand Slam singles titles at the 2011 French Open and 2014 Australian Open. Those victories made her the first Grand Slam singles champion from Asia, male or female. She also became the first player representing an Asian country to appear in a Grand Slam singles final, finishing as the runner-up at the 2011 Australian Open. Li was also the runner-up at the 2013 Australian Open and 2013 WTA Tour Championships, a three-time quarterfinalist at Wimbledon and a semifinalist at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and 2013 US Open. Among her other most notable achievements, she was the first Chinese player to win a WTA tour title at the Guangzhou International Women's Open in 2004, the first to reach a Grand Slam singles quarterfinal at the 2006 Wimbled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ding Ding (tennis)
Ding Ding (born 17 August 1977) is a former professional tennis player from China. Ding played in three Fed Cup ties for China in 1999, which included a win over former world No. 57, Park Sung-hee. On the professional tour she had a best singles ranking of 228 in the world and made the round of 16 at the 1998 Volvo Women's Open in Pattaya, playing as a qualifier. ITF finals Singles (2–4) Doubles (3–4) See also * List of China Fed Cup team representatives This is a list of tennis players who have represented the China Fed Cup team in an official Fed Cup match. China have taken part in the competition since 1981. Players References External linksChinese Tennis Association {{DEFAULTSORT:China ... References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ding, Ding 1977 births Living people Chinese female tennis players Summer World University Games medalists in tennis FISU World University Games bronze medalists for China ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keiko Taguchi
Keiko Taguchi (born 26 February 1979) is a Japanese former professional tennis player. Taguchi, who won 12 ITF doubles titles, made her only WTA Tour main draw appearance at the 2006 Japan Open, where she partnered with Ayami Takase is a former professional tennis player from Japan. She made the round of 16 at the China Open in 2002, as a lucky loser from qualifying. Takase reached a best singles ranking of 250 in the world. As a doubles player on the WTA Tour The WT ... in the doubles. ITF finals Singles: 1 (0–1) Doubles: 19 (12–7) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Taguchi, Keiko 1979 births Living people Japanese female tennis players 20th-century Japanese women 21st-century Japanese women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seiko Okamoto
(born 14 March 1978) is a Japanese former professional tennis player. Okamoto took part in the 2006 Bangalore Open but lost in the first round of singles qualifying, and the first round of doubles, alongside Ryōko Fuda. She has stated that her favorite surface to play on is hardcourt. In her career, Okamoto won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as two singles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a series of professional tennis tournaments run by the International Tennis Federation for female professional tennis players. History It serves as a developmenta .... WTA career finals Doubles: 1 (1 title) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 10 (2–8) Doubles: 33 (15–18) References * * 1978 births Living people Japanese female tennis players Universiade medalists in tennis People from Tokyo Universiade bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1999 Summer Univ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Eun-jeong (tennis)
Lee Eun-jeong (born 27 October 1976) is a South Korean former professional tennis player. Lee began competing in professional tournaments in the 1990s and reached a best singles world ranking of 316 during her career. She won three singles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a series of professional tennis tournaments run by the International Tennis Federation for female professional tennis players. History It serves as a developmenta ... in 2004, including the $25,000 Changwon Challenger. Her husband Kim Yong-seung was also a tennis player. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 6 (3–3) Doubles: 7 (1–6) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Eun-jeong 1976 births Living people South Korean female tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
