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Kumiko Okamoto
Kumiko Okamoto (, born February 19, 1965) is a retired female tennis player from Japan, who represented her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital city, capital and largest city of South Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, emerged as the world's List of cities b ...). In the doubles competition she partnered Etsuko Inoue. Okamoto 6 singles and doubles finals. She has won 4 singles titles and 2 doubles titles on the ITF finals. WTA Career finals Singles (1 win) ITF Finals Singles (4–2) Doubles (2–4) External links * * * References 1965 births Living people Japanese female tennis players Olympic tennis players for Japan Tennis players from Osaka Tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Summer World University Games medalists in tennis FISU World University Games silver medalists for Japan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osaka, Japan
is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third-most populous city in Japan, following the special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of 2.7 million in the 2020 census, it is also the largest component of the Keihanshin Metropolitan Area, which is the second-largest metropolitan area in Japan and the 10th- largest urban area in the world with more than 19 million inhabitants. Ōsaka was traditionally considered Japan's economic hub. By the Kofun period (300–538) it had developed into an important regional port, and in the 7th and 8th centuries, it served briefly as the imperial capital. Osaka continued to flourish during the Edo period (1603–1867) and became known as a center of Japanese culture. Following the Meiji Restoration, Osaka greatly expanded in size and underwent rapid industrialization. In 1889, Osaka was officially established as a municipality. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emiko Okagawa
Emiko Okagawa (岡川恵美子, ''Okagawa Emiko'', born 26 December 1964), later known as Emiko Sakaguchi (坂口恵美子 ''Sakaguchi Emiko'') is a former professional tennis player from Japan. Biography Born in Tokyo, Okagawa reached a best singles ranking on the professional tour of 120 in the world. Between 1983 and 1987 she played in four Federation Cup ties for Japan. In her debut tie she helped Japan progress through to the World Group second round, winning both a singles and doubles rubber in Japan's 2-1 win over Denmark. Okagawa was a semi-finalist at the 1987 Singapore Women's Open and made the third round of the 1988 Australian Open The 1988 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Flinders Park in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 76th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 11 through 24 January 1988 and was the first .... In 1993, her final year on tour, she became Emiko Sakaguchi after getting married. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maya Kidowaki
is a retired Japanese tennis player. Tennis career Kidowaki represented Japan at the 1992 Summer Olympics in doubles with Kimiko Date and they lost to Jana Novotná and Andrea Strnadová in the third round, in two sets. She also competed in the Australian Open The Australian Open (stylized ΛO) is a tennis tournament organised by Tennis Australia annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria (state), Victoria, Australia. It is chronologically the first of the four Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Sl ... main draw. WTA career finals Doubles: 2 (2 titles) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 11 (6–5) Doubles: 12 (7–5) References External links * * * * * 1969 births Living people Sportspeople from Kyoto Prefecture Japanese female tennis players Olympic tennis players for Japan Tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics 20th-century Japanese sportswomen {{Japan-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akemi Nishiya
Akemi Nishiya-Kinoshita (born 11 March 1965) is a former professional tennis player from Japan. Biography Nishiya, who comes from Tokyo, played collegiate tennis at Pepperdine University in 1984. As a singles player on the professional tour she reached a highest ranking of 112 in the world. She had a win over Pascale Paradis at the 1988 Australian Open and also competed in the main draws of the French Open and Wimbledon Championships. On the WTA Tour her best singles performance was a quarter-final appearance at the 1988 OTB Open, held in Schenectady. Her only WTA title came in doubles, partnering Kerry-Anne Guse at the 1991 Volvo San Marino Open. They defeated top seeds Laura Garrone and Mercedes Paz Mercedes María Paz (; born 27 June 1966) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. She won three singles titles on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high ranking of world No. 28 in April 1991. Her best Grand Slam result was the fou ... in the final. She was ran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ei Iida
Ei Iida (born 9 September 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Japan. Biography Iida qualified for the singles main draw of two Grand Slam tournaments, the 1988 Australian Open and 1989 US Open. Her first-round opponent at the US Open was Martina Navratilova, who went on to make the final. As a doubles player, she reached No. 44 in the world and won one WTA Tour title, the 1993 Japan Open, partnering Maya Kidowaki. Early in her career, she played collegiate tennis for Pepperdine University Pepperdine University () is a private university, private Christianity, Christian research university affiliated with the Churches of Christ, with its main campus in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Pepperdine's main campus consists ... in the United States. WTA career finals Doubles: 1 (1 title) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 5 (3–2) Doubles: 22 (14–8) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Iida, Ei 1967 births Living people Japanese femal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belinda Cordwell
Belinda Jane Cordwell (born 21 September 1965) is a sports commentator and a former professional tennis player from New Zealand, who represented her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. A former world top 20 player, her best result in the Grand Slam events was reaching the semifinals of the 1989 Australian Open. Cordwell remains the highest ever ranked New Zealand singles player, either male or female in the open era. Biography During her career Cordwell won one WTA singles title (at Singapore) and two WTA doubles titles (at Singapore & Tokyo). Cordwell reached her highest individual ranking on the WTA Tour on 4 December 1989, when she became No. 17 in the world. Her most notable result was reaching the semifinals of the Australian Open in 1989, where she lost to Helena Suková. She represented New Zealand at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seoul 1988 (), were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naoko Sato
is a retired Japanese professional tennis player. Career Naoko Sato best results came in the doubles. She reached final of 1978 Australian Open with Pam Whytcross which they lost to Betsy Nagelsen and Renáta Tomanová Renáta Tomanová (born 9 December 1954) is a former professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia. Career Tomanová won the girls' singles title at the 1972 French Open. In 1975, she and Martina Navratilova represented Czechoslovakia in the ... in straight sets. Grand Slam finals Doubles: 1 (0–1) WTA Tour finals Doubles (1–3) References External links * * * Japanese female tennis players Living people 1955 births Tennis players from Tokyo Asian Athletics Championships medalists 20th-century Japanese sportswomen {{Japan-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorrayne Gracie
Lorrayne Gracie-Safiruddin (born 3 March 1964) is a British former professional tennis player. Born in 1964, Gracie started playing tennis at the age of 10 while growing up in Cheshire and attended Culcheth Hall School. Her father Malcolm was also a tennis player, but is better known as a former president of the Lawn Tennis Association. Gracie competed on the professional tour in the 1980s and featured on several occasions in the qualifying or main draws at Wimbledon. She reached the third qualifying round in 1985, beating future finalist Nathalie Tauziat Nathalie Tauziat (born 17 October 1967) is a French former professional tennis player and coach. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships and runner-up in the women's doubles at the 2001 US Open partnering ... en route. All of her main draw appearances at Wimbledon came in doubles. ITF finals Doubles: 8 (0–8) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gracie, Lorrayne 1964 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jo Louis (tennis)
Joanne Louis (born 27 April 1967) is a British former professional tennis player. Louis made four singles main draw appearances at Wimbledon while competing on the professional tour in the 1980s and had a career high ranking of 282 in the world. She comes from Devon Devon ( ; historically also known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by the Bristol Channel to the north, Somerset and Dorset to the east, the English Channel to the south, and Cornwall to the west .... ITF titles Doubles: (3) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Louis, Jo 1967 births Living people English female tennis players British female tennis players Tennis players from Devon 20th-century English sportswomen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hechingen
Hechingen (; Swabian: ''Hächenga'') is a town in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated about south of the state capital of Stuttgart and north of Lake Constance and the Swiss border. Geography The town lies at the foot of the Swabian Alps below Hohenzollern Castle. City districts The city of Hechingen is subdivided into nine neighborhoods, and the downtown is separated into ''Oberstadt''/''Altstadt'' (Upper Town/Old Town) and ''Unterstadt'' (Lower Town). Surrounding region Other cities in the area include Bodelshausen, Mössingen, Jungingen, Bisingen, Grosselfingen, Rangendingen, and Hirrlingen. History Early history Recent research shows that the battle of Solicinium, fought in 368 between the invading Alamanni and a Roman army led by Emperor Valentinian I, probably took place in the northern part of what is today Hechingen and the lost city Solicinium was located where the Roman museum of Hechingen is located today. Middle Ages Hec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellinore Lightbody
Ellinore Lightbody (born 16 February 1959) is a British tennis coach and former professional player. Scottish-born, Lightbody is the daughter of Wales tennis executive Jim Lightbody and grew up in Swansea. Lightbody featured in the singles main draw of the 1982 Wimbledon Championships The 1982 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. The tournament ran from 21 June until 4 July. It was the 96th staging of t ... and later coached in Hong Kong, where she made Federation Cup appearances for the British territory in 1990 and 1991. As a coach in the United Kingdom she has previously served as the national coaches of both Wales and Scotland. References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lightbody, Ellinore 1959 births Living people Hong Kong female tennis players Welsh female tennis players British female tennis players British tennis coaches Spor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathy Drury
Cathy Drury (born 25 March 1960) is a British former professional tennis player. A right-handed player, Drury made her grand slam singles main draw debut at the 1977 Australian Open, where she was beaten in the opening round by second seeded countrywoman Sue Barker. Drury competed as a singles wildcard in the 1983 Wimbledon Championships. As a doubles player she twice featured in the Wimbledon second round. Since the 1990s she has run the Set Point Tennis Academy in Thames Ditton Thames Ditton is a suburban village on the River Thames, in the Elmbridge borough of Surrey, England. Apart from a large inhabited island in the river, it lies on the southern bank, centred south-west of Charing Cross in central London. Thame ..., along with husband Gordon Birt, a tennis player turned coach from South Africa. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Drury, Cathy 1960 births Living people English female tennis players British female tennis players 20th-century Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
