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Maja Kambič
Maja Kambič (born 7 February 1988) is a former Slovenian female tennis player. Kambič won two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit in her career. On 3 December 2007, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 939. On 10 September 2007, she peaked at No. 550 in the WTA doubles rankings. She made her WTA Tour main draw debut at the 2008 Slovenia Open, in the doubles event partnering Astrid Besser Astrid Besser (born 1 September 1989 in Prato) is an Italian tennis player of German and Venezuelan descent. Besser won two singles and two doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 9 March 2009, she reached her best singles ranking of .... Kambič retired from tennis 2009. ITF finals Doubles (2–2) References * * 1988 births Living people Slovenian female tennis players {{Slovenia-tennis-bio-stub ... [...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] |
Çağla Büyükakçay
Çağla Büyükakçay (; born 28 September 1989) is a Turkish professional tennis player. She won her first title at her home tournament in Istanbul becoming the first Turkish woman to lift a WTA Tour title. She has won 12 singles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In September 2016, she reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 60. On 29 February 2016, she peaked at world No. 111 in the WTA doubles rankings. Playing for Turkey in the Billie Jean King Cup, Büyükakçay has a win–loss record of 42–33 (as of July 2024). Büyükakçay was the first tennis player to represent Turkey at the Olympic Games. She competed at the Rio Olympics. She was the top-ranked tennis player at Istanbul's multi-sports club Enkaspor. Career She did not contest many junior tournaments, only playing four before competing at the senior level. After a few aborted starts, Büyükakçay played her first professional match at an ITF event in Istanbul in May 2004. Losin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988 Births
1988 was a crucial year in the early history of the Internet—it was the year of the first well-known computer virus, the 1988 Internet worm. The first permanent intercontinental Internet link was made between the United States (National Science Foundation Network) and Europe (Nordunet) as well as the first Internet-based chat protocol, Internet Relay Chat. The concept of the World Wide Web was first discussed at CERN in 1988. The Soviet Union began its major deconstructing towards a mixed economy at the beginning of 1988 and began its gradual dissolution. The Iron Curtain began to disintegrate in 1988 as Hungary began allowing freer travel to the Western world. The first extrasolar planet, Gamma Cephei Ab (confirmed in 2003), was detected this year and the World Health Organization began its mission to eradicate polio. Global warming also began to emerge as a more significant concern, with climate scientist James Hansen testifying before the U.S. Senate on the is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Sabino
Lisa Sabino (; born 26 July 1986) is a former professional tennis player who played for Italy and Switzerland. Career summary Sabino won 17 singles and 34 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Her career-high WTA rankings are No. 315 in singles, achieved on 1 December 2008, and 292 in doubles, set on 10 August 2009. The best juniors ranking she reached is No. 73, and she also played the Roland Garros junior competition. In 2013, she played for Switzerland at the XXVII Universiade in Kazan, Russia, where she won the bronze medal in mixed doubles. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 32 (17 titles, 15 runner-ups) Doubles: 65 (34 titles, 31 runner-ups) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sabino, Lisa 1986 births Living people Italian female tennis players Swiss female tennis players Summer World University Games medalists in tennis Swiss people of Italian descent FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Switzerland Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darija Jurak
Darija Jurak Schreiber (née Jurak; ; born 5 April 1984) is a Croatian former tennis player. Her career-high doubles ranking is world No. 9, achieved on 15 November 2021. Her best WTA ranking in singles is 188 which she reached in April 2004. She qualified with Andreja Klepač for the 2021 WTA Finals after 20 years on the professional tour. World TeamTennis Jurak has played six seasons with World TeamTennis and was part of the 2016 San Diego Aviators team which hoisted the King Cup after winning the WTT Championships. She debuted in 2013 with the Texas Wild returning in 2014. She played her next three seasons with the Aviators from 2015 to 2017. In 2019, Jurak joined the expansion Orlando Storm for their inaugural season. It was announced that she will rejoining the Storm during the 2020 season set to begin 12 July. Jurak paired with Jessica Pegula throughout the season in women's doubles, helping the Storm earn a No. 3 seed in the WTT Playoffs. The Storm ultimately fell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anja Prislan
Anja Prislan (born 11 December 1985 in Ljubljana) is a Slovenian former tennis player. In her career, Prislan won seven doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 17 October 2011, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 460. On 7 October 2013, she peaked at No. 289 in the doubles rankings. 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 ..., Prislan twice played in the doubles main draw of the Slovenia Open. ITF finals Singles (0–1) Doubles (7–16) References * * 1985 births Living people Tennis players from Ljubljana Slovenian female tennis players {{Slovenia-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gorizia
Gorizia (; ; , ; ; ) is a town and (municipality) in northeastern Italy, in the autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. It is located at the foot of the Julian Alps, bordering Slovenia. It is the capital of the Province of Gorizia, Regional decentralization entity of Gorizia and is a local center of tourism, industry, and commerce. Since 1947, a Twin cities (geographical proximity), twin town of Nova Gorica has developed on the other side of the modern-day Italy–Slovenia border. The region was subject to territorial dispute between Italy and Yugoslavia after World War II: after the new boundaries were established in 1947 and the old town was left to Italy, Nova Gorica was built on the Yugoslav side. The two towns constitute a conurbation, which also includes the Slovenian municipality of Šempeter-Vrtojba. Since May 2011, these three towns have been joined in a common trans-border metropolitan zone, administered by a joint administration board. The name of the town comes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tetyana Arefyeva
Tetyana Serhiivna Arefyeva () is a Ukrainian former tennis player. In her career, she won two singles and two doubles titles at tournaments of the ITF Women's Circuit. Arefyeva began tennis at the age of six and was coached by Igor Dernovskyy. In 2005, she played her first professional match at a $10k tournament in Kyiv where she had received a wildcard. In 2006, Tetyana played in Kyiv once more, this time advancing past the first round, before losing to Agnese Zucchini in three sets. She also played in Kharkiv and Volos. She qualified for Kharkiv and received a wildcard into Volos. She played in the qualifying draws of all the ITF events in Cairo. She fell in qualifying for all three of them but she won two doubles matches in Cairo. Arefyeva played lots more tournaments on the ITF Circuit 2007, reaching a quarterfinal at Tampere in Finland. She finished the year ranked at 769. In doubles, Tetyana teamed with Elena Jirnova to reach the final at Gausdal in Norway. In Februar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petra Pajalič
Petra Pajalič (born 1 June 1988) is a retired Slovenian tennis player, who specialised in doubles. Pajalič has career-high WTA rankings of 532 in singles, achieved on 8 September 2008, and 393 in doubles, set on 21 April 2008. She won one doubles title on the ITF Women's Circuit. Pajalič made her main-draw debut on the WTA Tour in doubles competition at the 2007 Banka Koper Slovenia Open, partnering Taja Mohorčič The pair lost their first round match against Sybille Bammer and Polona Hercog. Personal life She speaks English and Slovenian. She received a law degree from Bežigrad Grammar School. Pajalič retired from professional in 2010. Petra Pajalič Studio Moderna Studio Moderna Group is an omnichannel, multi-brand and direct-to-consumer retailer, primarily operating across Central and Eastern Europe Central and Eastern Europe is a geopolitical term encompassing the countries in Baltic region, Northeast Eu ..., an e-commerce and direct-to-consumer advertising com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gausdal
Gausdal is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Segelstad bru. Other villages in Gausdal include Follebu, Forset, and Svingvoll. The municipality is the 91st largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Gausdal is the 157th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 6,129. The municipality's population density is and its population has decreased by 0.2% over the previous 10-year period. Logging, farming, and tourism are important industries in the municipality. General information The parish of Gausdal was established as a civil municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). On 1 January 1867, a small area of neighboring Øyer Municipality (population: 40) was transferred into Gausdal. In 1879, the municipality of Gausdal was divided into two separate municipalities: Vestre Gausdal in the northwest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ria Sabay
Ria Sabay (née Dörnemann; born 26 September 1985) is a former German female tennis player. Sabay has won 5 doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 25 February 2008, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 347. On 12 May 2008, she peaked at world number 238 in the doubles rankings. Sabay made her WTA tour debut at the 2006 Nordic Light Open The Nordic Light Open (sponsored by Nordea) was a women's tennis tournament held in Stockholm, Sweden (in 2002 and 2003 the tournament was played in Espoo, Finland on clay courts). Held from 2002 to 2008, this WTA Tour event was a Tier IV-tourname .... Sabay retirement from professional tennis 2013. ITF finals Singles (0–1) Doubles (5–4) References External links * * 1985 births Living people German female tennis players 21st-century German sportswomen {{Germany-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avgusta Tsybysheva
Avgusta Tsybysheva (born 14 August 1988) is a retired Russian tennis player. In her career, Tsybysheva won one singles title and eight doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 14 June 2010, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 423. On 24 March 2008, she peaked at No. 379 in the doubles rankings. Tsybysheva made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2008 İstanbul Cup in the doubles event, partnering Anastasia Poltoratskaya Anastasia Viktorevna Poltoratskaya (Russian: Анастасия Викторевна Полторацкая, born 4 April 1988) is a Russian former professional tennis player. She won six doubles titles and reached five singles finals at tourna .... ITF finals Singles (1–0) Doubles (8–8) External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tsybysheva, Avgusta 1988 births Living people Russian female tennis players 21st-century Russian sportswomen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
