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Graciela Vélez
Graciela Vélez Valdez (born 29 June 1977) is a Mexican former professional tennis player. Valdez represented the Mexico Fed Cup team in 14 ties, between 1994 and 2004, winning three singles and seven doubles rubbers. She was a two-time silver medalist for Mexico at the Central American and Caribbean Games The Central American and Caribbean Games (CAC or CACGs) are a multi-sport regional championship event, held quadrennial (once every four years), typically in the middle (even) year between Summer Olympics. The games are for 32 countries and .... ITF finals Singles: 2 (1–1) Doubles: 5 (2–3) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Velez, Garciela 1977 births Living people Mexican female tennis players Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Mexico Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in tennis 20th-century Mexican women 21st-century Mexican women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 developmental circuit for the WTA Tour, which is run by the independent Women's Tennis Association (WTA). There are several hundred ITF Women's Circuit tournaments each year, spread across all six inhabited continents, with prize money ranging from US$15,000 to US$100,000. Players who succeed on the ITF Women's Circuit earn sufficient points to be eligible for qualifying draw or main draw entry to WTA tournaments. Until 2011 the ITF Women's Circuit was the level immediately below the main WTA Tour, but in 2012 the WTA introduced an intermediate level, the WTA 125 tournaments. There is also an ITF Men's Circuit, but it only incorporates the lower-level Futures tournaments. Mid-level men's tournaments, equivalent to the WTA 125 tournaments and the bigg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristine Kurth
Kristine Kurth (born June 23, 1972) is an American former professional tennis player. She played college tennis for William & Mary and Stanford. Kurth, a right-handed player from New York, competed on the professional tour during the 1990s, reaching career best rankings of 290 in singles and 180 in doubles. She made her 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 ... main draw debut in the doubles at Nagoya in 1995 and the following year qualified for the doubles main draw in Quebec. ITF finals Singles: 6 (1–5) Doubles: 8 (5–3) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kurth, Kristine 1972 births Living people American female tennis players Stanford Cardinal women's tennis players William & Mary Tribe women's tennis players Tennis players from Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central American And Caribbean Games Medalists In Tennis
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Mexican Female Tennis Players
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Living People
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1977 Births
Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). * January 17 – 49 marines from the and are killed as a result of a collision in Barcelona harbour, Spain. * January 18 ** Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease. ** Australia's worst railway disaster at Granville, a suburb of Sydney, leaves 83 people dead. ** SFR Yugoslavia Prime minister Džemal Bijedić, his wife and 6 others are killed in a plane crash in Bosnia and Herzegovina. * January 19 – An Ejército del Aire CASA C-207C Azor (registration T.7-15) plane crashes into the side of a mountain near Chiva, on approach to Valencia Airport in Spain, killing all 11 people on board. * January 23 – Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ana Lucía Migliarini De León
Ana Lucía Migliarini de León (born 16 December 1983) is a Uruguayan former professional tennis player. Migliarini de León won three singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 31 March 2003, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 338. On 25 November 2002, she peaked at No. 338 in the doubles rankings. Playing for Uruguay Fed Cup team, Migliarini de León has a win–loss record of 16–24. ITF finals Singles (3–5) Doubles (8–11) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Migliarini de León, Ana Lucía 1983 births Living people Tennis players from Montevideo Uruguayan female tennis players 20th-century Uruguayan sportswomen 21st-century Uruguayan sportswomen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celeste Contín
Celeste Contín (born 17 February 1978) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. Biography Contín, who reached a career-high singles ranking of 236 in the world, competed mostly on the ITF Circuit, winning eight singles titles. She also has a career win over Justine Henin, whom she beat at an ITF tournament in Spartanburg in 1998. Her career included a Fed Cup appearance for Argentina in 1998, a World Group II Play-off tie against Australia in Canberra. She played in the second singles rubber, which she lost to Nicole Pratt. 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 ..., Contín's best performance came when she won her way through to the round of 16 at the 1999 Copa Colsanitas in Bogota, having made the main draw as a qualifier. ITF finals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erika Clarke
Erika Clarke-Magaña (born 19 August 1981) is a Mexican former professional tennis player. Biography A right-handed player from Ciudad Juárez, Clarke represented the Mexico Fed Cup team in ten ties, between 2005 and 2008, with a win–loss record of 5–7. Clarke was a two-time medalist in doubles at the Central American and Caribbean Games and competed for Mexico at the 2007 Pan American Games, held in Rio de Janeiro. 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 featured in the main draw of the doubles at the Mexican Open in Acapulco on four occasions, which included a quarterfinal appearance in 2009. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups) Doubles: 30 (7 titles, 23 runner-ups) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Clarke, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pachuca
Pachuca (; ), formally known as Pachuca de Soto, is the capital and largest city of the east-central Mexico, Mexican States of Mexico, state of Hidalgo (state), Hidalgo, located in the south-central part of the state. Pachuca Municipality, Pachuca de Soto is also the name of the municipality for which the city serves as municipal seat. Pachuca is located about north of Mexico City via Mexican Federal Highway 85. There is no agreed upon consensus regarding the origins of the word ''pachuca''. It has been loosely traced to ''pachoa'' ('strait', 'opening'), ''pachoacan'' ('place of government', 'place of silver and gold') and ''patlachuican'' ('place of factories', 'place of tears'). The official name of Pachuca is ''Pachuca de Soto'' in honor of congressman Manuel Fernando Soto, who is credited with the founding of Hidalgo state. Its nickname of ''La Bella Airosa'' ("the airy, beautiful") comes from the strong winds that blow through the canyons to the north of the city. In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alina Jidkova
Alina Vladimirovna Jidkova (Алина Владимировна Жидкова; born 18 January 1977) is a former professional tennis player from Russia. Throughout her career, she found success in both singles and doubles. Jidkova reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 51 in March 2005, achieving strong singles performances against top players. She defeated several high-ranked opponents, including Serena Williams at Generali Linz in 2004, and also claimed wins over Mary Pierce, Jelena Janković, and Samantha Stosur. In doubles, she won a WTA title at the Mexican Open 2005 and reached three other WTA finals, including the Memphis Open 2003, Québec Open 2006, and Cincinnati Open 2007. Her doubles ranking peaked at No. 50 in August 2003. Career In 2004, she reached the quarterfinals of Generali Ladies Linz after beating Serena Williams in straight sets. Aside from Williams, she has career victories against Jelena Janković, Mary Pierce, Samantha Stosur, Alicia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
