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Miriam Oremans
Miriam Oremans (born 9 September 1972) is a former professional female tennis player from the Netherlands. On 26 July 1993 she reached her career-high singles ranking of number 25. She did not win any singles titles (Oremans did have two Satellite tournament wins in 1989), but did win three titles in doubles. In 1992 she was runner-up together with Jacco Eltingh in the mixed doubles finals of Wimbledon. Her biggest achievement came during the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where she won the silver medal in doubles, partnering Kristie Boogert, losing the final match to Venus and Serena Williams Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WT .... Major finals Olympic finals Doubles: 1 (0–1) WTA Tour finals Singles 5 Doubles 12 (3–9) ITF finals Singles: (2-2) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlicum
Berlicum is a town in the south of the Netherlands, located in North Brabant's Meierij region near the city of 's-Hertogenbosch and the river Aa. The town was most likely founded between 600 and 700 AD. It was a municipality along with the village of Middelrode until a large-scale municipal reorganisation in 1996, when Berlicum and neighbouring Den Dungen merged with the municipality of Sint-Michielsgestel. In 2009, Berlicum had 9,743 inhabitants. History The historic town centre is 'Raadhuisplein' (town hall square), on the northwestern edge of the town. The square is dominated by the neoclassical former town hall, known as 'De Plaets' (1845). Another notable building at the square is former mayor's mansion at number 18, with its distinctly white facade. Behind the former town hall is the Protestant 'Samen-op-Weg' church, a national monument dating back to the 14th century. The building was originally a Roman Catholic church under the care of priests from the nearby norbertine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 EuroTel Slovak Indoor – Singles
Amélie Mauresmo was the defending champion, but did not compete this year. Dája Bedáňová won the title by defeating Miriam Oremans 6–1, 5–7, 6–3 in the final. Seeds Draw Finals Top half Bottom half References External links Official results archive (ITF)Official results archive (WTA) {{DEFAULTSORT:2000 EuroTel Slovak Indoor - Singles WTA Bratislava The WTA Bratislava was a women's tennis tournament held in Bratislava, Slovakia, from 1999 until 2002. The tournament was a Tier IVa and V event on the WTA Tour. It was held in October and played on indoor hard courts at the Incheba expo centre. A ... 2000 in Slovak sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabine Appelmans
Sabine Appelmans (born 22 April 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Belgium. She was Belgium's Fed Cup Captain (sports), captain from 2007 until 2011. Career Appelmans started playing at the neighbour's court at the age of seven. Her first trainer, Fred Debruyn, saw immediately that she was very talented. Although right-handed, she played left-handed; at a children's tennis training session she claimed to be left-handed so she could stay with her friend in the left-handed group. Appelmans turned pro in 1988, and won her first title against Chanda Rubin in Virginia Slims of Arizona, Scottsdale in 1991. She made her first Fed Cup appearance in 1988, with a 1–2 loss against Austria Fed Cup team, Austria. In 1997, she married Serge Haubourdin. Throughout her career, she won seven singles and four doubles titles. She participated three times in the Olympics (in 1992, 1996 and 2000) - at the 1992 Games in Barcelona she reached the quarterfinals in singles. Her best ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Internationaux De Strasbourg
The Internationaux de Strasbourg (formally known as the Strasbourg Grand Prix) is a professional women's tennis tournament held in Strasbourg, France. The tournament has been organized in May since its inception in 1987 and serves as a warm-up event to the French Open which is played a week later. The tournament was played at the Hautepierre before moving to the Strasbourg’s Tennis Club in 2011. Past champions of the tournament include former world number ones Steffi Graf (singles), Jennifer Capriati (singles), Lindsay Davenport (two singles, one doubles), Maria Sharapova (singles), Angelique Kerber (singles), Martina Navratilova (doubles), and Ashleigh Barty (two doubles). Past finals Singles Doubles See also *List of tennis tournaments List of current and past men's and women's tennis tournaments. Criteria for inclusion: *The tournament is notable enough to have its own article on Wikipedia *Historic tournaments are included if notability can be established by reli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 Internationaux De Strasbourg – Doubles
Lori McNeil and Rennae Stubbs were the defending champions but only McNeil competed that year with Mercedes Paz. McNeil and Paz lost in the first round to Marianne Werdel-Witmeyer and Tami Whitlinger-Jones. Lindsay Davenport and Mary Joe Fernández won in the final 6–2, 6–3 against Sabine Appelmans and Miriam Oremans. Seeds Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. # Lindsay Davenport / Mary Joe Fernández (champions) # Nicole Bradtke / Elna Reinach ''(quarterfinals)'' # Lori McNeil / Mercedes Paz ''(first round)'' # Catherine Barclay / Mariaan de Swardt ''(semifinals)'' Draw References External links 1995 Internationaux de Strasbourg doubles draw {{DEFAULTSORT:Doubles 1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raffaella Reggi-Concato
Raffaella Reggi (; born 27 November 1965) is an Italian TV pundit and former professional tennis player. Career As a junior, Reggi won the Orange Bowl 16 and under in 1981. She was a member of the Continental Players Cup Team in 1982. Reggi won the mixed doubles title at the US Open in 1986, partnering Sergio Casal. She was a singles quarter-finalist at the French Open in 1987, and reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 13 in 1988. One of the highlights of her career was winning the Italian Open in 1985. In 1985 she became the first Italian woman to win the Italian Open since Annelies Ullstein-Bossi won in 1950. Ullstein-Bossi, Reggi, the 2014 finalist Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini in 2025 are the only Italian women to reach the singles final of Italy's top tennis tournament since World War II. Reggi finished her career with five singles titles and four doubles titles. She was a member of the Italian Fed Cup team from 1982 through 1991 and the Italian Olympi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudia Porwik
Claudia Porwik, born on 14 November 1968, is a former professional 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 st ... player. She played on the WTA Tour from 1986 to 1996 and reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open in 1988 and the semifinals in 1990. Porwik retired with a 195–191 career record, including wins over Gabriela Sabatini and Conchita Martínez. Career She won the German National Indoor Championships two times in 1990 and 1992. Porwik first played for West Germany in the Federation Cup in 1986. She played two singles matches in the Federation Cup, both for Germany in 1990, and won them both. She played her last Fed Cup match in 1995. WTA career finals Singles: 1 runner-up Doubles: 10 (6 titles, 4 runner-ups) ITF finals Singles (3–0) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monique Kiene
Monique Kiene (born 5 August 1974) is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands. Biography Kiene, a right-handed player from Purmerend, played on the professional tour in the early 1990s. She won her first professional tournament in 1991, at the $25k ITF event in Sofia. In 1992, she partnered with compatriot Miriam Oremans to win her only title on the WTA Tour, in the doubles at the Linz Open. Later in the year she was a semifinalist at the Prague Open, which helped her singles ranking peak at No. 123 in the world. She played her final year on tour in 1993. At the 1993 Australian Open, she featured in the singles main draw and beat Germany's Maja Živec-Škulj in the first round, before losing her next match to Lindsay Davenport. On 8 February 1993 she reached a career high doubles ranking of 61. She was drawn up against second seed Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the first round of the 1993 French Open The 1993 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linz Open
The Linz Open, currently "Upper Austria Ladies Linz" and formerly sponsored by Generali Gruppe, is a women's tennis tournament held in Linz, Austria. It is played on indoor hardcourts. The inaugural event took place in 1987 in Wels, Austria and was organized by the ITF as a $10,000 tournament. Starting 1991, it has been organized in Linz as a WTA Tour event, initially on the Tier V-level. In 1993 it got promoted to Tier III-level, and since 1998 it was organized as a Tier II-tournament. In 2009, it was designated as a WTA International Tournament and subsequently WTA 250 in 2021 with the change in tournament tier nomenclature. In 2023, the scheduling change in the WTA calendar saw the tournament being held in February instead of October as in the past editions. In 2024, the tournament was once again upgraded to WTA 500 level event. Past champions of the tournament include former world number ones Lindsay Davenport, Justine Henin-Hardenne, Amélie Mauresmo, Maria Sharapova a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 International Austrian Indoor Championships – Doubles
Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière and Raffaella Reggi-Concato were the defending champions, but Maleeva-Fragnière did not compete this year. Reggi-Concato teamed up with Claudia Porwik and lost the final to qualifiers Monique Kiene and Miriam Oremans Miriam Oremans (born 9 September 1972) is a former professional female tennis player from the Netherlands. On 26 July 1993 she reached her career-high singles ranking of number 25. She did not win any singles titles (Oremans did have two Sate .... The score was 6–4, 6–2. Seeds Draw Draw References External links Official results archive (ITF)Official results archive (WTA) {{DEFAULTSORT:1992 International Austrian Indoor Championships - Doubles 1992 WTA Tour Linz Open ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Kimberly Po-Messerli. She reached a career-high ranking of world No. 3 in both singles and doubles. She previously coached Canadian tennis player Bianca Andreescu and compatriot Harmony Tan. Early life Tauziat was born in Bangui, Central African Republic, where she lived for the first eight years of her life. She is a first cousin of Didier Deschamps, former captain and current manager of the French football team. About a week after Tauziat reached the Wimbledon final on 4 July 1998, Deschamps led France to win the World Cup on 12 July 1998. Career Tauziat turned professional in 1984. She won her first singles title in 1990. She reached her only Grand Slam singles final at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships, beating Haruka Inoue, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birmingham Classic (tennis)
The Lexus Birmingham Open (previously sponsored by Rothesay) is a WTA 125 women's tennis tournament on the WTA Tour, and an ATP Challenger Tour 125 men's tournament since 2025. It is held at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom. Held at this location since 1982, it is the successor event to Midland Counties Championships (1882-1977) a combined event that was also held at the same venue. The tournament is played on outdoor grass courts. It is seen as a warm up tournament for Wimbledon and a sister tournament to the Queen's Club Championships. Prior to 2014, the event was part of the WTA's International series. Between 2014 and 2019, it was a premier level tournament. The 2020 competition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was a WTA 250 event from 2021 until 2024. Sponsorship of the tournament has changed through the years, with the current sponsored name being the "Lexus Birmingham Open". Previously, the event has been called the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
