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Lyon Open (WTA)
Lyon Open (WTA), 2020 establishments in France Hard court tennis tournaments Recurring sporting events established in 2020 Sport in Lyon Defunct tennis tournaments in France WTA 250 tournaments March in sports ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palais Des Sports Gerland
Palais des Sports de Gerland (English: ''Gerland Sports Palace'') is an indoor arena, indoor sporting arena located in Lyon, France. The seating capacity of the arena is 5,910 people. History It was the venue of the Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon tournament. The arena was the regular home venue of ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne for European Champions cup games in the late 1970s and early 1980s, for which it had a maximum capacity for 10,000 spectators. The arena also hosted the 1968 Suproleague, European Champions cup final in basketball, in which Real Madrid Baloncesto, Real Madrid defeated BC Brno, Spartak Brno 98-95 in front of 8,000 spectators. The venue also saw France Davis Cup team, France defeat the United States Davis Cup team, United States in the 1991 Davis Cup final. The arena hosted the last Saporta Cup final in 2002, in which Montepaschi Siena won the trophy. In 2006 hosted the 2006 European Figure Skating Championships. See also * List of tennis stadiums by capacity Refere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clara Tauson
Clara Tauson (born 21 December 2002) is a Danish professional tennis player. Her career-high rankings are world No. 21 in singles, achieved on 3 March 2025 and No. 124 in doubles, on 16 June same year. Tauson has won three WTA Tour titles, all on hardcourts. As a junior, at the age of 13, Tauson became the youngest winner of the Danish tennis championship (surpassing Caroline Wozniacki's record who won at age 14). She won the 2019 Australian Open girls' singles event and became the first Danish girl to top the junior world ranking. On the professional ITF Circuit, she has won eleven titles, the first at age 14. Tauson's WTA Tour debut came in April 2019, and her major debut came at the 2020 French Open. In 2021, her first year as a senior, Tauson won her two first WTA Tour singles titles at the Lyon Open and at Luxembourg Open on top of one Challenger and two ITF tournament wins. This led to her entering the top 50 in the WTA rankings. Her 2022 and 2023 seasons were marre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arantxa Rus
Arantxa Rus (; born 13 December 1990) is a Dutch professional tennis player. She won one WTA Tour singles title at the 2023 Hamburg European Open – Women's singles, 2023 Hamburg Open and four in doubles. Her biggest singles successes to date include a second-round upset over world No. 2, Kim Clijsters, at the 2011 French Open – Women's singles, 2011 French Open, reaching the fourth round at the 2012 French Open, and defeating world No. 5, Samantha Stosur, in the 2012 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles, 2012 Wimbledon Championships to reach the third round. Career 2005–07 At age 14, Rus played her first ITF Women's Circuit tournament at Alkmaar where she lost in the second round to Julie Coin. In 2006, she played two more ITF events at Heerhugowaard and Vlaardingen, reaching the semifinals at the latter. In 2007, Rus continued playing on the ITF Circuit, winning her first title at Vlaardingen and second at Alphen aan de Rijn. In San Luis Potosí, she reached the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Lyon Open (WTA) – Doubles
2021 Lyon Open may refer to: * 2021 ATP Lyon Open * 2021 WTA Lyon Open {{Short pages monitor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove
Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove (born 4 November 1991) is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands. She has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as ten singles and 17 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 6 June 2022, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 135. On 25 June 2018, she peaked at No. 58 in the doubles rankings. Career In July 2013, Kerkhove made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the Swedish Open. She made her Grand Slam debut at the 2017 US Open as a qualifier, and recorded her first major singles match-win at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships over Svetlana Kuznetsova. She recorded her second major singles win as a lucky loser at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships over wildcard Sonay Kartal, before being defeated by world No. 1, Iga Świątek, in three sets. In July 2024, she announced her retirement from professional tour. Personal life In July 2019, she married football player Edinho Pattinama and changed her name to Pattinama Kerk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia Wachaczyk
Julia Lohoff (née Wachaczyk; born 13 April 1994) is a German tennis player. She is a doubles specialist who reached her career-high doubles ranking by the WTA of No. 61 in February 2022. Lohoff has won one WTA Tour doubles title at the 2020 WTA Lyon Open along with one title on the WTA Challenger Tour. She has also won nine singles titles and 33 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Personal life Since mid-2021, she is married to Tim Lohoff, a biologist and PhD student based in England. Doubles performance timeline Only WTA Tour and Grand Slam tournament results are considered in the career statistics. ''Current through the 2024 WTA Tour The 2024 WTA Tour (branded as the 2024 Hologic WTA Tour for sponsorship reasons) was the global elite women's professional tennis circuit organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2024 tennis season. The 2024 WTA Tour calendar compr ....'' WTA career finals Doubles: 1 (1 title) WTA Challenger finals Doubles: 2 (1 title, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Ioana Paar
Laura Ioana Paar (née Andrei; born 31 May 1988) is an inactive Romanian tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 190 in singles, achieved on 31 January 2021, and 113 in doubles, set on 9 March 2020. Laura has won one WTA Tour doubles title, 2020 at the Lyon Open, as well as 13 singles and 53 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Career She started tennis at age six and has been coached by German Calin Alexandru Paar whom she married. In December 2016, she won the singles and the doubles at the ITF Cordenons tournament. On 19 May 2019, she made her WTA Tour debut when she entered the main draw of the Nürnberger Versicherungscup The Nuremberg Cup was a women's professional tennis tournament held in Nuremberg, Germany. Held from 2013 until 2019, this WTA International tournaments, International-level tournament was played on outdoor clay courts. Tournament history The ... by defeating Raluca Șerban in the qualifying round. WTA Tour finals Doubles: 1 (title) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline Garcia
Caroline Garcia (, born 16 October 1993) is a French professional tennis player. She had a career-high WTA rankings, ranking of world No. 4 in singles and world No. 2 in doubles. Garcia was the 2022 WTA Finals – Singles, 2022 WTA Finals champion. Garcia was also a two-time Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major champion in doubles, having won the French Open women's doubles title in 2016 French Open – Women's doubles, 2016 and 2022 French Open – Women's doubles, 2022 partnering Kristina Mladenovic. The pair were also runners-up at the 2016 US Open – Women's doubles, 2016 US Open, and reached the semifinals at the 2017 Australian Open – Women's doubles, 2017 Australian Open. Garcia reached her career-high doubles ranking of world No. 2 in October 2016, and won eight doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including the 2016 Mutua Madrid Open – Women's doubles, 2016 Madrid Open. She also qualified for the WTA Finals on two occasions, and alongside Mladenovic was voted the 2016 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 WTA Lyon Open – Singles
Alycia Parks defeated Caroline Garcia in the final, 7–6(9–7), 7–5 to win the singles tennis title at the 2023 WTA Lyon Open. It was her first WTA Tour singles title. Zhang Shuai was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Maryna Zanevska. Her first round win was her last singles win until she defeated McCartney Kessler at the 2024 China Open's first round. The 24-match losing streak was the longest losing streak for any player, male or female, in the Open Era. This tournament marked the final professional appearance of former world No. 1 and two-time Grand Slam champion Garbiñe Muguruza. She lost to Linda Nosková in the first round. Muguruza later announced her retirement in April 2024. Seeds Draw Finals Top half Bottom half Qualifying Seeds Qualifiers Qualifying draw First qualifier Second qualifier Third qualifier Fourth qualifier Fifth qualifier Sixth qualifier References External links Main draw Qualifying draw {{DEF ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dayana Yastremska
Dayana Oleksandrivna Yastremska (; born 15 May 2000) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 21 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA, and No. 82 in doubles, both achieved in January 2020. Yastremska has won three WTA Tour titles. Her best Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, Grand Slam performance is reaching the semifinals at the 2024 Australian Open – Women's singles, 2024 Australian Open. A junior Grand Slam tournament runner-up in both singles and doubles, Yastremska had a quick breakthrough onto the WTA Tour. She made her debut in the top 100 and won two titles when she was 18 years old, including her first at the 2018 Hong Kong Tennis Open, Hong Kong Open in 2018. She had a successful 2019 that helped her rise from No. 58 at the start of the year up to No. 22 by the end of the season. Yastremska was suspended provisionally from competition at the start of 2021 after testing positive for mesterolone. On 22 June 2021, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
