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Günter Parche
Monica Seles (born December 2, 1973) is a Serbian–American former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 178 weeks ( sixth-most of all time), and finished as the year-end No. 1 three times. Seles won 53 WTA Tour-level singles titles, including nine majors: eight as a teenager while representing Yugoslavia and the final one while representing the United States. A teen phenomenon, Seles became the youngest-ever French Open champion in 1990 at the age of 16. She went on to dominate the women's circuit in 1991 and 1992, compiling a total of eight major championships while still a teenager. However, on April 30, 1993, Seles was the victim of an on-court attack when an obsessed fan of Seles' rival Steffi Graf stabbed Seles in the back with a knife as she was sitting down between games. Seles did not play professional tennis for over two years following the stabbing, struggling with depression and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarasota, Florida
Sarasota () is a city in and the county seat of Sarasota County, Florida, United States. It is located in Southwest Florida, the southern end of the Tampa Bay area, and north of Fort Myers, Florida, Fort Myers and Punta Gorda, Florida, Punta Gorda. Its official limits include Sarasota Bay and several barrier islands between the bay and the Gulf of Mexico. Sarasota is a principal city of the North Port, Florida, North Port-Bradenton, Florida, Bradenton-Sarasota metropolitan area, Sarasota, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area. According to the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census, Sarasota had a population of 54,842, up from 51,917 at the 2010 census. The Sarasota city limits contain several islands, called keys, including Lido Key, St. Armands Key, Otter Key, Coon Key, Bird Key, and the northern portion of Siesta Key as well as Bay Island. Longboat Key is the largest key separating Sarasota Bay from the Gulf of Mexico but is a separate municipality. The city limits expanded si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 WTA Tour Championships
The 1991 Virginia Slims Championships was the season-ending women's tennis held on indoor carpet courts at the Madison Square Garden in New York, United States between November 18 and November 24, 1991. It was the 21st edition of the end-of-season event, eligible for the top-ranked singles and doubles players on the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tour. First-seeded Monica Seles won her second consecutive singles title at the event. Finals Singles Monica Seles defeated Martina Navratilova 6–4, 3–6, 7–5, 6–0 * It was Seles' 10th and last singles title of the year and the 20th of her career. Doubles Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver defeated Gigi Fernández / Jana Novotná 4–6, 7–5, 6–4 Notes References External links * ITF tournament edition detailsWTA tournament draws {{1991 WTA Tour WTA Tour Championships WTA Tour Championships WTA Tour Championships WTA Tour Championships 1990s in Manhattan WTA Tour Championships WTA may refer to: Organizatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Women's World Tennis Tour. The men's equivalent is the ATP Tour. Season format 2024–present In 2024, the WTA made all WTA 1000 events mandatory. The WTA Elite Trophy did not return: * Grand Slam tournaments (4) *Year-ending WTA Finals (1) * WTA 1000 tournaments: Ten events with prize money ranging from US$2 million to US$10 million. * WTA 500 tournaments: 17 events with prize money from US$700,000 to US$900,000. *WTA 250 tournaments: 23 events, with prize money at US$250,000. 2021–2023 The WTA Tour underwent a slight change in the classification of tournaments in 2021, which were reorganized on with similar nomenclature to that used on ATP Tour: * Grand Slam tournaments (4) *Year-ending WTA Finals (1) *Penultimate event WTA Elite Trop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's Tennis Association
The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) is the principal organizing body of women's professional tennis. The association governs the WTA Tour, which is the worldwide professional tennis tour for women, and was founded to create a better future for women's tennis. The WTA's corporate headquarters is in St. Petersburg, Florida, with its European headquarters in London and its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Beijing. The Women's Tennis Association was founded in June 1973 by Billie Jean King, and traces its origins to the inaugural Virginia Slims tournament, arranged by Gladys Heldman, sponsored by Joe Cullman, CEO of Philip Morris, and held on 23 September 1970 at the Houston Racquet Club in Houston, Texas. Rosie Casals won this first event. When the Women's Tennis Association was founded, Billie Jean King was one of nine players that comprised the WTA, also referred to as the Original 9, that included Julie Heldman, Valerie Ziegenfuss, Judy Dalton, Kristy Pigeon, Peaches Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 strung with a cord to strike a hollow rubber tennis ball, ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's tennis court, court. The object is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. If a player is unable to return the ball successfully, the opponent scores a Point (tennis), point. Playable at all levels of society and at all ages, tennis can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including Wheelchair tennis, wheelchair users. The original forms of tennis developed in France during the late Middle Ages. The modern form of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis. It had close connections to various field (lawn) games such as croqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 Hopman Cup
The 2002 Hopman Cup (also known as the Hyundai Hopman Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis championship won by Spain's Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Tommy Robredo. Sánchez Vicario and Robredo defeated the United States (Monica Seles and Jan-Michael Gambill) in the final at the Burswood Entertainment Complex in Perth, Western Australia. Seeds Play-off Italy vs. Greece Group A Teams and standings Australia vs. Argentina Australia vs. Switzerland Spain vs. Argentina Spain vs. Australia Spain vs. Switzerland Switzerland vs. Argentina Group B Teams and standings * did not qualify. The matches where Italy beat them in the qualifying round do not count in these standings. Belgium vs. France Belgium vs. Italy Italy vs. France Italy vs. United States United States vs. Belgium United States vs. France Final External links * {{2002 in tennis Hopman Cups by year Hopman Cup Hopman Cup The Hopman Cup is an international tennis tournament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 Hopman Cup
The 2001 Hopman Cup (also known as the Hyundai Hopman Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis championship won by Switzerland's Martina Hingis and Roger Federer. Hingis and Federer defeated Monica Seles and Jan-Michael Gambill of the United States in the final. The tournament was hosted at the Burswood Entertainment Complex in Perth, Western Australia from 30 December 2000 through 6 January 2001. Overall standings Play-off Belgium vs. Japan Group A Teams and standings South Africa vs. Australia South Africa vs. Thailand Switzerland vs. Australia Switzerland vs. South Africa Switzerland vs. Thailand Thailand vs. Australia Group B Teams and standings Belgium vs. Russia Russia vs. Slovakia Slovakia vs. Belgium United States vs. Belgium United States vs. Russia United States vs. Slovakia Final External links * {{2001 in tennis Hopman Cups by year Hopman Cup Hopman Cup The Hopman Cup is an inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 Hopman Cup
The 1991 Hopman Cup was the third edition of the Hopman Cup, an international mixed teams tournament played at the Burswood Entertainment Complex in Perth, Western Australia. The event was held from 27 December 1990 through 4 January 1991. Twelve teams competed in the tournament with the top four seeded teams (United States, Spain, Switzerland and the Soviet Union) each receiving a bye into the quarter-finals. The remaining eight teams played in the first round. In the final which was played on 4 January, Yugoslav pair, Goran Prpić and Monica Seles won both of their singles matches to defeat the American pair, Zina Garrison and David Wheaton without needing to go with the mixed doubles (which was also won by Yugoslavia). Teams Seeds # – Zina Garrison and David Wheaton ''(finalists)'' # – Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Emilio Sánchez ''(quarterfinalists)'' # – Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere and Jakob Hlasek ''(semifinalists)'' # – Natalia Zvereva and Andrei Chesnokov ''( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 Fed Cup
The 2000 Fed Cup was the 38th edition of the most important competition between national teams in women's tennis. Changes were made to the World Group; instead of two groups of eight teams, there was one group of thirteen. The group was divided into three round-robin pools of four, with the winner of each pool joining defending champions the United States Fed Cup team, United States in a knockout bracket. In the final, the United States Fed Cup team, United States defeated Spain Fed Cup team, Spain at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas Valley, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, on 24–25 November, giving the United States their 17th title. World Group * Nations in bold advanced to the higher level of competition. ;Pool A # # # # ;Pool B # # # # ;Pool C # # # # Draw Americas Zone * Nations in bold advanced to the higher level of competition. * Nations in ''italics'' were relegated down to a lower level of competition. Group I Venue: Santinho Coast, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Fed Cup
The 1999 Fed Cup was the 37th edition of the most important competition between national teams in women's tennis. In the finals, the United States defeated Russia at Taube Tennis Stadium in Stanford, CA, United States, on 18–19 September, giving the Americans their 16th title. World Group Participating teams * * * * * * * * Draw World Group II The World Group II was the second highest level of Fed Cup competition in 1998. Winners advanced to the World Group for 2000, and losers played in the World Group II play-offs. Date: 17–18 April World Group II play-offs The four losing teams from World Group II (Australia, Belarus, Japan and Netherlands) were divided into two pools of four with qualifiers from Zonal Group I. Two teams qualified from Europe/Africa Zone (Romania and Slovenia), one team from the Asia/Oceania Zone (Chinese Taipei), and one team from the Americas Zone (Argentina). The two top teams from each pool played-off against each, with the winner p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Fed Cup
The 1996 Fed Cup was the 34th edition of a competition between national teams in women's tennis. The final took place at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey in the United States on 28–29 September, with the United States defeating Spain to give the USA their 15th title. World Group Draw World Group play-offs The four losing teams in the World Group first round ties (Argentina, Austria, Germany and South Africa), and four winners of the World Group II ties (Belgium, Czech Republic, Netherlands and Slovakia) entered the draw for the World Group play-offs. Date: 13–14 July World Group II The World Group II was the second highest level of Fed Cup competition in 1996. Winners advanced to the World Group play-offs, and loser played in the World Group II play-offs. Date: 27–28 April World Group II play-offs The four losing teams from World Group II (Australia, Bulgaria, Canada and Indonesia) played off against qualifiers from Zonal Group I. Two teams qualifie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennis At The 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's Singles
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 strung with a cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. If a player is unable to return the ball successfully, the opponent scores a point. Playable at all levels of society and at all ages, tennis can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including wheelchair users. The original forms of tennis developed in France during the late Middle Ages. The modern form of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis. It had close connections 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 cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
