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Loïs Boisson
Loïs Boisson (; born 16May 2003) is a French professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 65 by the WTA, achieved on 9 June 2025. Her best result is reaching the semifinals of a Grand Slam event at the 2025 French Open, on her main-draw debut, becoming the first wildcard player in the Open Era to accomplish the feat. She is the current French No. 1 singles player. Career 2021: WTA Tour debut Boisson made her WTA Tour debut at the 2021 WTA Lyon Open, having received a wildcard into the doubles main draw, partnering Juline Fayard. 2024: First WTA 125 title, top 200 Following three titles on the ITF Circuit earlier in the year, Boisson won her first WTA 125 title in Saint-Malo, defeating Chloé Paquet in three sets in the final. She entered the top 200 as a result. She was slated to receive a wildcard for her major main draw debut at the 2024 French Open, but missed the event after she injured her left knee, tearing her ACL a week before Rol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Engie Open De Biarritz
The 2021 Engie Open de Biarritz was the eighteenth edition of the Engie Open de Biarritz, a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. The 2021 edition of the tournament was part of the 2021 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Biarritz, France from 12 to 18 July 2021. Viktoriya Tomova, the defending champion from the previous edition of the tournament, did not participate in the tournament in the 2021 edition. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 28 June 2021. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Loïs Boisson * Séléna Janicijevic * Margaux Rouvroy * Léa Tholey The following player received entry using a protected ranking: * Louisa Chirico The following player received entry using a junior exempt: * Emma Navarro The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Amanda Carreras * Estelle Cascino * Anna Gabric * Joanna Garland * Léol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 French Open – Women's Singles
Two-time defending champion Iga Świątek defeated Jasmine Paolini in the final, 6–2, 6–1 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2024 French Open. It was her fourth French Open and fifth major title overall. Świątek saved a match point en route to the title, in the second round against Naomi Osaka. She was the third woman in the Open Era to win three consecutive French Open titles (after Monica Seles and Justine Henin). Świątek joined Seles and Roger Federer as only the third player to win all of their first five major singles finals. The victory completed a calendar sweep for Świątek of the Madrid Open, Italian Open, and French Open clay tournaments. Mirra Andreeva was the youngest player to reach a major semifinal since Martina Hingis at the 1997 US Open. Alizé Cornet made her 69th and last consecutive major main draw appearance, the longest consecutive streak of major appearances by any woman. Seeds Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marion Bartoli
Marion Bartoli (; born 2 October 1984) is a French former professional tennis player. Bartoli won the 2013 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles, 2013 Wimbledon Championships singles title, after previously being runner-up in 2007 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles, 2007, and was a semifinalist at the 2011 French Open – Women's singles, 2011 French Open. She also won seven singles and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour. Bartoli was known for her unorthodox style of play, using both hands on her forehand and backhand. On 30 January 2012, she reached a career-high ranking of world No. 7; she returned to this ranking on 8 July 2013, after triumphing at Wimbledon Championships, Wimbledon. Bartoli reached the quarterfinals at each of the four Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, majors. Her win at Wimbledon made her only the sixth player in the Open Era to win the title without losing a set. She is also one of only three players to have played at both the WTA Tour Champ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Capriati
Jennifer Maria Capriati (born March 29, 1976) is an 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 17 weeks. Capriati won 14 WTA Tour-level singles titles, including three majors at the 2001 Australian Open, 2001 French Open, and 2002 Australian Open, and an Olympic gold medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. Capriati set a number of youngest-ever records. She made her professional debut in 1990 at the age of 13 years, 11 months, reaching the final of the Boca Raton tournament. She reached the semifinals of the 1990 French Open on her debut and later became the youngest-ever player to reach the top 10, at age 14 years, 235 days, in October of that year. Following a first-round loss at the 1993 US Open, she took a 14-month break from professional tennis. Her personal struggles during this time (including arrests for shoplifting and possession of marijuana) were well documented by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reuters
Reuters ( ) is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters. It employs around 2,500 journalists and 600 photojournalists in about 200 locations worldwide writing in 16 languages. Reuters is one of the largest news agencies in the world. The agency was established in London in 1851 by Paul Reuter. The Thomson Corporation of Canada acquired the agency in a 2008 corporate merger, resulting in the formation of the Thomson Reuters Corporation. In December 2024, Reuters was ranked as the 27th most visited news site in the world, with over 105 million monthly readers. History 19th century Paul Julius Reuter worked at a book-publishing firm in Berlin and was involved in distributing radical pamphlets at the beginning of the Revolutions of 1848. These publications brought much attention to Reuter, who in 1850 developed a prototype news service in Aachen using homing pigeons and electric telegraphy from 1851 on, in order to transmit messages between Brussels and Aachen, in what today is Aa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 US Open (tennis)
The 2017 US Open was the 137th edition of tennis' US Open and the fourth and final Grand Slam event of the year. It was held on outdoor hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City. Experimental rules featured in qualifying for the main draw as well as in the junior, wheelchair and exhibition events. Stan Wawrinka and Angelique Kerber were the previous year's men's and women's singles champions. Neither managed to defend their title as Wawrinka withdrew before the start of the tournament due to a knee injury that ended his season, while Kerber lost in the first round to Naomi Osaka. The men's singles tournament concluded with Rafael Nadal defeating Kevin Anderson in the final, while the women's singles tournament concluded with Sloane Stephens defeating Madison Keys in the final. Tournament The 2017 US Open was the 137th edition of the tournament and took place at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meado ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaia Kanepi
Kaia Kanepi (; born 10 June 1985) is an Estonian inactive professional tennis player. She achieved her career-high ranking of world No. 15 on 20 August 2012 and has won four singles titles on the WTA Tour. Described as a 'resident Grand Slam upset specialist' by ''The Guardian'' – with 19 wins over seeded players in the first week of Grand Slams; only two active players (Victoria Azarenka and Venus Williams) have more. She has also reached seven Grand Slam quarterfinals in all four championships (French Open in 2008 and 2012, Wimbledon in 2010 and 2013, the US Open in 2010 and 2017, and Australian Open 2022), becoming the first Estonian to achieve this and was the first Estonian to be ranked inside the world's top 15. Kanepi's numerous achievements have made her one of Estonia's most famous and successful professional tennis players in history. Kanepi reached her first final in 2006, becoming the first Estonian female player to do so, at the Gaz de France Stars where she lost t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 French Open – Women's Singles
Ana Ivanovic defeated Dinara Safina in the final, 6–4, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2008 French Open. It was her first and only major singles title. With the win, Ivanovic obtained the world No. 1 ranking; Maria Sharapova, Jelena Janković and Svetlana Kuznetsova Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova (born 27 June 1985) is a Russian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as high as world No. 2 in singles and world No. 3 in doubles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Kuznetsova won 18 singl ... were also in contention for the top position. Justine Henin was the three-time reigning champion and reigning world No. 1, but she retired from the sport in May 2008. This left Serena Williams as the only former French Open champion in the draw; when Williams was defeated in the third round by Katarina Srebotnik, a first-time French Open champion was guaranteed. Safina reached the final after having come back from a set and match point down in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carla Suárez Navarro
Carla Suárez Navarro (; born 3 September 1988) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. A former top 10 singles player, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 6 on 29 February 2016, and a best WTA doubles ranking of 11, on 27 April 2015, and won two singles and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She first came to prominence by reaching the quarterfinals of the 2008 French Open – Women's singles, 2008 French Open as a qualifier, in what was her first appearance in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament. That year she also began representing Spain Fed Cup team, Spain in the 2008 Fed Cup. She reached another six Grand Slam quarterfinals in her career. These events were the 2009 Australian Open – Women's singles, 2009 Australian Open, where she defeated Venus Williams en route, the 2013 US Open – Women's singles, 2013 US Open, where she lost to eventual champion Serena Williams, the 2014 French Open – Women's singles, 2014 French Open, where she l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirra Andreeva
Mirra Aleksandrovna Andreeva (born on 29 April 2007) is a Russian professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 6 in singles, achieved on 17 March 2025, and No. 18 in doubles, reached on 31 March 2025. Andreeva has won three WTA Tour singles titles, including two WTA 1000 events, and achieved her best major result at the 2024 French Open by reaching the semifinals at the age of 17. She also won an Olympic silver medal 2024 in Paris in women's doubles, partnering Diana Shnaider. Career Juniors Andreeva began playing tennis at the age of six. She is a former world No. 1 junior, a position she reached on May 29, 2023. She was a finalist at the Australian Open girls' final in 2023, losing to Alina Korneeva in three sets. Their final match took 3 hours and 18 minutes, which was 22 minutes longer than the men's final. In April 2023, Andreeva became the only player in the history of the ITF World Tennis Tour to win multiple titles at the W60 level or above bef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Pegula
Jessica Pegula (born February 24, 1994) is an American professional tennis player. She has career-high rankings in singles of world No. 3, achieved October 2022, and in doubles of world No. 1, set on 11 September 2023. Pegula reached the singles finals of the 2024 US Open and the 2023 WTA Finals. In doubles, she reached the final of the 2022 French Open, partnering with Coco Gauff, and the mixed doubles final of the 2023 US Open with Austin Krajicek. Pegula has won eight singles titles and seven doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including three WTA 1000 titles in singles and two in doubles. She is also a seven-time major singles quarterfinalist, having reached this stage at all four majors: thrice at the Australian Open (2021–2023), twice at the US Open (2022, 2024), and once each at the French Open (2022) and Wimbledon (2023). In 2023, Pegula led the United States team to victory in the inaugural United Cup. Early life Pegula was born February 24, 1994 in Buffalo, New Yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elsa Jacquemot
Elsa Jacquemot (born 3 May 2003) is a French tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 113 in singles achieved on 9 June 2025 and No. 325 in doubles. Career 2020: WTA and Major debuts, Roland Garros Junior champion Jacquemot made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2020 Lyon Open in the doubles draw, partnering Estelle Cascino. She was awarded a wildcard into the women's main draw of the 2020 French Open, but lost to qualifier Renata Zarazúa in the first round. She participated also in the ladies' doubles main draw as a wildcard, partnering Elixane Lechemia. Seeded third, she then entered and won the girls' singles competition at the 2020 French Open. 2021–2024: US Open, Wimbledon and top 150 debuts Jacquemot was awarded a wildcard into the main draw at the 2021 French Open but lost in the first round to 21st seed Elena Rybakina in the first round. In 2022, she was awarded a third wildcard into the French Open and defeated Heather Watson for her first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
