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Katowice Open
The Katowice Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on an indoor Hard court, hard tennis court, court in Katowice, Poland and was held in April. The event was affiliated with the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and was an WTA International tournaments, International-level tournament on the WTA Tour. Katowice Open replaced Danish Open (tennis), Danish Open since 2013 WTA Tour season. The official tournament ball was Babolat Roland Garros’. The organizer of the tournament was SOS Music company from Toruń, which had obtained the license from Octagon sport agency. Telewizja Polska had taken the television partnership of the event. The tournament was broadcast by TVP in April. From 2014, the surface was changed from clay to hard. Octagon chose to relocate the event to Biel/Bienne as the Ladies Open Biel Bienne beginning in 2017. Past finals Singles Doubles References External links Official web siteTournament info at WTA site {{WTA Internat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katowice
Katowice (, ) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Katowice urban area. As of 2021, Katowice has an official population of 286,960, and a resident population estimate of around 315,000. Katowice is a central part of the Metropolis GZM, with a population of 2.3 million, and a part of a larger Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area that extends into the Czech Republic and has a population of around 5 million people, making it List of metropolitan areas in Europe#Polycentric metropolitan areas in the European Union, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the European Union."''Study on Urban Functions (Project 1.4.3)''" – European Observation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ladies Open Biel Bienne
The inaugural edition of the Ladies Open Lugano, formerly the Ladies Open Biel/Bienne, an International-level WTA tennis event, was held in April 2017 at the Swiss National Tennis Centre in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. The new indoor arena was completed in February 2017. The tournament lasted only one year in Biel/Bienne and was moved to Lugano in 2018. The surface was also changed from indoor hard to outdoor clay. Past finals Singles Doubles See also * Zurich Open The Zurich Open was a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament for women, formerly held every winter in Zürich, Switzerland. It was classified on the WTA Tour as a Tier I tournament from 1993 until 2007. In its final year, 2008, it was ... – Swiss Indoor WTA tournament held between 1984 and 2008 External links Official website References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valeria Solovyeva
Valeriya Alexandrovna Solovyeva (; born 3 November 1992) is a Russian former professional tennis player. Solovyeva won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour, and in addition three singles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 27 May 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 163. On 15 July 2013, she peaked at No. 67 in the doubles rankings. Playing for Russia in the Fed Cup, Solovyeva has a win–loss record of 1–1. She made her debut in February 2014, partnering Irina Khromacheva in doubles, losing the dead rubber in straight sets to Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua Casey Dellacqua ( ; born 11 February 1985) is an Australian former professional tennis player and current commentator. Her best singles results on the WTA Tour have been semifinal appearances at the 2012 Texas Tennis Open and 2014 Birmingham .... WTA career finals Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups) ITF finals Singles: 6 (3–3) Doubles: 23 (15–8) Fed Cup participat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raluca Olaru
Ioana Raluca Olaru (born 3 March 1989) is a Romanian former professional tennis player. The winner of eleven singles and fifteen doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, Olaru reached one WTA Tour singles final, at the 2009 Gastein Ladies,WTA TourPetkovic, Olaru Into Final (25 July 2009) losing to Andrea Petkovic, in straight sets. Sony Ericsson WTA TourPetkovic Wins First Tour Title (26 July 2009) She also won eleven doubles titles on WTA Tour tournaments. Olaru was a successful junior player. She was the runner–up in both junior singles and doubles at the 2005 French Open, and captured the 2006 US Open doubles title along with Mihaela Buzărnescu. Her best professional Grand Slam result has been the third round of the 2007 French Open, when she defeated the 30th seed Julia Vakulenko, in straight sets, and lost to eventual runner–up, the seventh seed Ana Ivanovic. Olaru reached her highest singles ranking, world No. 53, on 27 July 2009, and her best doubles ranking, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Lourdes Domínguez Lino (; born 31 March 1981) is a former tennis player from Spain. She reached career-high rankings of world No. 40 in singles and 45 in doubles. Biography Tennis career In the 1999 Roland Garros, she won the junior girls' singles, defeating Stéphanie Foretz in the final. In 2000, she played her first WTA Tour main draw at Madrid. In 2002, she won her first main draw match at Bogotá. In Porto, she defeated then-No. 33 Cristina Torrens Valero. In August, Lino was suspended from the tour for three months, after testing positive for cocaine that March. In 2005, she reached the top 100 for the first time. In Bogotá, she made it to the final as a qualifier, losing to Flavia Pennetta Flavia Pennetta (; born 25 February 1982) is an Italian former professional tennis player. She became Italy's first top-ten female singles player on 17 August 2009 and the first Italian to be ranked List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis pla .... She ended at No. 77 in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lara Arruabarrena
Lara Arruabarrena Vecino (; born 20 March 1992) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. On 3 July 2017, she reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of 52, and her best doubles ranking is world No. 28, set on 22 February 2016. Over her career, she won two singles and eight doubles titles on the WTA Tour. Arruabarrena retired from professional tour in August 2022. Personal life and background Arruabarrena is coached by Andoni Vivanco. Her father, Juan, is a lithographer, and her mother, Blanca, is a nurse. She also has one younger sister. Arruabarrena started playing tennis at age eight when she took lessons with a friend for fun. She stated that her favourite surface is clay. When she was 15, she moved to Barcelona to train with Spanish Federation. Her tennis idol growing up was Justine Henin. Career highlights 2007: ITF Circuit Arruabarrena made her debut appearance at the ITF Circuit at Les Francqueses del Valles, France, where she lost in first round against h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Katowice Open
The 2016 Katowice Open was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 4th edition of the Katowice Open and an International tournament on the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place at Spodek arena in Katowice, Poland, from 4 April to 10 April 2016. Points and prize money Point distribution Prize money Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings as of 21 March 2016. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: * Paula Kania * Vera Lapko * Anastasiya Shoshyna The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Ekaterina Alexandrova * Viktorija Golubic * Daniela Hantuchová * Isabella Shinikova The following players received entry as lucky losers: * Jesika Malečková * Valeriya Strakhova Withdrawals ;Before the tournament * Denisa Allertová → replaced by Donna Vekić * Anna-Lena Friedsam → replaced by Stefanie Vögele * Polona Hercog → replaced by Klára Koukalová * Anett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Karolína Schmiedlová
Anna Karolína Schmiedlová (; born 13 September 1994) is a Slovak inactive professional tennis player. On 12 October 2015, she reached her best WTA singles ranking of world No. 26. She has won three singles titles on the WTA Tour, two singles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour as well as 12 singles titles on the ITF Circuit. Early and personal life Schmiedlová was born in Košice to father Juraj and mother Martina. Her father played hockey for HC Košice, while her mother was a Czechoslovak national champion in water skiing. Her younger sister, Kristína Schmiedlová, was also a tennis player, but ended her career at the age of 21 to study medicine. Schmiedlová is in a relationship with fellow professional tennis player Lukáš Klein and in May 2025 the couple announced she was pregnant with their first child. Career 2013: Grand Slam and top 100 debuts Schmiedlová qualified for her first Grand Slam tournament at the French Open. After Wimbledon, she reached the final o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 BNP Paribas Katowice Open
The 2015 Katowice Open was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 3rd edition of the Katowice Open, in the International category of the 2015 WTA Tour. It took place at Spodek arena in Katowice, Poland, from 6 April through 12 April 2015. Points and prize money Point distribution Prize money Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings as of 23 March 2015. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: * Magdalena Fręch * Urszula Radwańska The following player used a protected ranking to gain entry into the singles main draw: * Vera Zvonareva The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Magda Linette * Shahar Pe'er * Petra Martić * Nigina Abduraimova The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * Elizaveta Kulichkova Withdrawals ;Before the tournament * Vitalia Diatchenko →replaced by María Teresa Torró Flor * Océane Dodin (ear infection) →replaced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camila Giorgi
Camila Giorgi (; born 30 December 1991) is an Italian former professional tennis player. She had a career-high singles WTA rankings, ranking of world No. 26, which was achieved on 22 October 2018. Giorgi was known for her aggressive style of play and powerful flat groundstrokes, and she was considered one of the hardest hitters of the ball on the tour. After winning her first ITF title in 2009, Giorgi made her Grand Slam main-draw debut at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships. Giorgi reached the fourth round of the 2012 Wimbledon Championships in just her second appearance at the tournament. After her successful run at the championships, she made her top-100 debut in the WTA rankings. The following year, she followed it up with a third-round run at the Wimbledon Championships, and made her second Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam fourth round at the 2013 US Open (tennis), US Open. She reached her first Grand Slam quarterfinal at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships, six years after her Wim ... [...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] |
2014 BNP Paribas Katowice Open
The 2014 BNP Paribas Katowice Open is a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is the 2nd edition of the BNP Paribas Katowice Open, in the International category of the 2014 WTA Tour. It will take place at Spodek arena in Katowice, Poland, from April 7 through April 13, 2014. Points and prize money Point distribution Prize money Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings as of March 31, 2014. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: * Alizé Cornet * Magdalena Fręch * Kristýna Plíšková The following players received entry as a special exempt into the singles main draw: * Jovana Jakšić The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Vera Dushevina * Claire Feuerstein * Kristína Kučová * Ksenia Pervak Withdrawals ;Before the tournament * Kirsten Flipkens (ankle injury) → replaced by Andrea Hlaváčková * Polona Hercog → replaced by Alison Van Uytvanck * M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
