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Hilda Melander
Hilda Melander (born 1 December 1991) is a Swedish former tennis player. In her career, she won three singles titles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 8 September 2014, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 311. On 10 November 2014, she peaked at No. 224 in the WTA doubles rankings. Melander made her debut for the Sweden Fed Cup team in February 2012. In 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 ..., she has a win–loss record of 2–2. ITF finals Singles (3–4) Doubles (9–8) References External links * * * 1991 births Living people Tennis players from Stockholm Swedish female tennis players 20th-century Swedish women 21st-century Swedish women {{Sweden-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately 1 million people live in the Stockholm Municipality, municipality, with 1.6 million in the Stockholm urban area, urban area, and 2.4 million in the Metropolitan Stockholm, metropolitan area. The city stretches across fourteen islands where Mälaren, Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea. Outside the city to the east, and along the coast, is the island chain of the Stockholm archipelago. The area has been settled since the Stone Age, in the 6th millennium BC, and was founded as a city in 1252 by Swedish statesman Birger Jarl. The city serves as the county seat of Stockholm County. Stockholm is the cultural, media, political, and economic centre of Sweden. The Stockholm region alone accounts for over a third of the country's Gross d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fleurus
Fleurus (; wa, Fleuru) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. It has been the site of four major battles. The municipality consists of the following districts: Brye, Heppignies, Fleurus, Lambusart, Saint-Amand, Wagnelée, Wanfercée-Baulet (wa: ''Wanfercêye-Bålet''), and Wangenies. History Traces of agriculture dating back to the Neolithic Age were found in area known as Fleurjoux and Neuve Baraque. Later the site saw the construction of the Chaussée Brunehaut, a road network of uncertain origin, perhaps attributable to the Roman Empire. In October 1155, Henry IV of Luxembourg, also Count of Namur enfranchised the municipality which became the city of Fleurus. Henry IV had a castle in Heppignies. The town has given its name to three battles fought in the area : *The Battle of Fleurus (1622) in the Thirty Years' War. *The Battle of Fleurus (1690) in the Nine Years' War. *The Battle of Fleurus (1794) in the French Revo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nastja Kolar
Nastja Kolar (born 15 July 1994) is a Slovenian tennis player. She was a talented junior, her highest ranking was fourth. Her highest WTA rankings are 178 in singles and 140 in doubles. Tennis career In July 2009, Kolar performed her first WTA Tour tournament, the Slovenia Open in Portorož, where she lost to Roberta Vinci in the first round. In 2010, she won a $10k tournament in Croatia, her first title on the ITF Women's Circuit. In May 2011, Kolar won her second ITF title at a $25k event in Maribor, Slovenia. In July, she qualified for the Gastein Ladies where she won her first WTA Tour-level match when she defeated Alla Kudryavtseva, in straight sets, to advance to the second round. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 23 (10 titles, 13 runner-ups) Doubles: 28 (15 titles, 13 runner-ups) External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kolar, Nastja 1994 births Slovenian female tennis players Living people Sportspeople from Celje ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horb Am Neckar
Horb am Neckar is a town in the southwest of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river, between Offenburg to the west (about away) and Tübingen to the east (about away). It has around 25,000 inhabitants, of whom about 6,000 live in the main town of Horb, and the remainder in 18 associated villages and districts which form part of the same municipality. If the entire municipality is counted, it is the largest town in the District of Freudenstadt. Since 1 January 1981 Horb am Neckar has had the status of a ''Große Kreisstadt'', serving as a mid-sized center within the Northern Black Forest Region of the Karlsruhe Administrative Region. It also belongs to the "Cooperative Zone" of the Stuttgart Metropolitan Region. Horb am Neckar operates a combined administration with the neighbouring communities of Empfingen and Eutingen im Gäu. Geography Horb lies on the eastern margin of the northern part of the Black Forest at the Neckar. The well-pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucy Brown (tennis)
Lucy Brown (born 11 January 1993) is a former professional tennis player from the United Kingdom. On 9 July 2012, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 540. Tennis career Brown's parents played tennis socially, and she began playing seriously when she was nine. She played in Oxfordshire, and trained at the LTA academy in Loughborough and then the Bisham Abbey High Performance Centre. She then trained in Spain and then at the National Tennis Centre in Roehampton, but her tennis training was\ a source of financial stress. During her professional career, she won 6 ITF Pro Circuit Doubles Titles. She played doubles at Wimbledon in 2010 with her friend Laura Robson. Injuries ended her professional career. Subsequent career Brown is now the head coach at Cothill House Cothill House is a day and boarding boys' independent school for preparatory pupils in Cothill, Oxfordshire, which houses around 220 boys from the ages 8–13. General information The school offers day ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Bowtell
Amy Bowtell (born 16 September 1993) is an Irish former tennis player and former Irish number one. Her highest WTA singles ranking is No. 381. Bowtell has won ten professional titles, five singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She has been a member of Ireland Fed Cup team since 2009.Amy Bowtell at the Personal life Bowtell grew up playing in Lawn Tennis Club in .[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunderland, Tyne And Wear
Sunderland () is a port city in Tyne and Wear, England. It is the City of Sunderland's administrative centre and in the historic county of Durham. The city is from Newcastle-upon-Tyne and is on the River Wear's mouth to the North Sea. The river also flows through Durham roughly south-west of Sunderland City Centre. It is the only other city in the county and the second largest settlement in the North East after Newcastle upon Tyne. Locals from the city are sometimes known as Mackems. The term originated as recently as the early 1980s; its use and acceptance by residents, particularly among the older generations, is not universal. At one time, ships built on the Wear were called "Jamies", in contrast with those from the Tyne, which were known as "Geordies", although in the case of "Jamie" it is not known whether this was ever extended to people. There were three original settlements by the River's mouth which are part of the modern-day city: Monkwearmouth, settled in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolin Daniels
Carolin Daniels (born 10 June 1992) is a German former professional tennis player. On 26 October 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 363. On 2 November 2015, she peaked at No. 143 in the doubles rankings. In her career, she won one singles title and 18 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Daniels made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2015 Internationaux de Strasbourg, in the doubles draw, partnering Michelle Sammons Michelle Tracy Sammons (born 11 September 1987) is a South African former professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 666 in singles and 268 in doubles, both achieved in 2015. In her career, Sammons won one singles title .... ITF Circuit finals Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups) Doubles: 38 (18 titles, 20 runner-ups) External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Daniels, Carolin 1992 births Living people German female tennis players Sportspeople from Paderborn Tennis people from North Rhine-Westphalia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandra Roma
Sandra Roma (born 31 March 1990) is a former tennis player from Sweden. In her career, she won three singles titles and five doubles titles on the ITF circuit. On 15 April 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 431. On 16 November 2009, she peaked at No. 416 in the doubles rankings. Career Roma reached a career-high ranking in juniors of 11 in September 2008. Alongside Nikola Hofmanova, she reached the semifinals of the doubles draw of the Wimbledon Championships in 2007. She teamed up with Noppawan Lertcheewakarn and reached the final of the 2008 US Open girls' competition in doubles, as the third seeds, and won against Mallory Burdette and Sloane Stephens. In May 2009, Roma reached her first senior women's final where she lost to Amanda Carreras. She won her first professional title in Tampere, beating talented junior Anna Orlik in the final. Comeback from injury 2011 Roma had surgery on her back in the Autumn of 2009, and returned to match play in Novem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Schäfer
Anne Schäfer (; born 1 March 1987) is a German tennis player. Schäfer has won twenty-one singles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit in her career. On 23 March 2009, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 161. On 25 July 2016, she peaked at No. 211 in the WTA doubles rankings. Schäfer made her WTA Tour main-draw singles debut at the 2016 Copa Colsanitas, where she defeated qualifier Chloé Paquet in the first round. Education Schäfer completed her abitur in Thuringia, and studied Economics at the University of Hagen The University of Hagen (german: link=no, FernUniversität in Hagen, informally often referred to as FU Hagen) is a public research university that is primarily focused on distance teaching. While its main campus is located in Hagen, North Rh .... ITF Circuit finals Singles: 45 (21–24) Doubles: 20 (9–11) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Schafer, Anne 1987 births Living people People from Apold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Å ibenik
Šibenik () is a historic city in Croatia, located in central Dalmatia, where the river Krka flows into the Adriatic Sea. Šibenik is a political, educational, transport, industrial and tourist center of Šibenik-Knin County, and is also the third-largest city in the Dalmatian region. As of 2011, the city has 34,302 inhabitants, while the municipality has 46,332 inhabitants. History Etymology There are multiple interpretations of how Šibenik was named. In his fifteenth century book ''De situ Illiriae et civitate Sibenici,'' Juraj Šižgorić describes the name and location of Šibenik. He attributes the name of the city to it being surrounded by a palisade made of ''šibe'' (sticks, singular being ''šiba''). Another interpretation is associated with the forest through the Latin toponym "Sibinicum", which covered a narrower microregion within Šibenik on and around the area of St. Michael's Fortress. Early history Unlike other cities along the Adriatic coast, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savitaipale
Savitaipale (; literally translated the "clay passage") is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the South Karelia region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The ''bastionné'' line of the coat of arms refers to Savitaipale's position as a border keeper in the period between the Treaty of Åbo concluded in 1743 and the border review carried out in 1812. The plough in the coat of arms refers to the local agriculture in the region. The coat of arms was designed by Viljo Savikurki, and the Savitaipale municipal council approved it on January 2, 1953. The Ministry of the Interior approved the coat of arms for use on March 3 of the same year. People * Jonni Myyrä (1892–1955) * Päivi Tikkanen (born 1960) * Taneli Tikka (born 1978) See also * "Savitaipaleen polkka "Ievan polkka" (Finnish for "Ieva's Polka") is a popular Finnish song with lyrics printed in 1928 and written by Eino Kettun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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