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Nataly Cahana
Nataly Cahana-Fleishman (born 2 December 1978) is an Israeli former professional tennis player. Biography Cahana, a right-handed player from Haifa, competed on the professional tour in the 1990s, primarily on the ITF Circuit. She reached a best singles ranking of 232 and won a $25k title in Caracas in 1998. As a doubles player, she was ranked as high as 179 in the world and won five ITF titles. From 1996 to 1999 she featured in eight Fed Cup ties for Israel, mostly in doubles. Her only WTA Tour main-draw appearance came at the 1999 Tashkent Open, where she and partner Julia Abe made the quarterfinals of the doubles. In the early 2000s, she played American college tennis for Old Dominion University (ODU) in Norfolk, Virginia. A two-time All-American, she made four NCAA Championship appearances in a row and finished with a team record of 231 career wins, across singles and doubles. In 2007, she began serving ODU as an assistant coach. ITF finals Singles: 3 (1–2) Doubles: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginian-Pilot
''The Virginian-Pilot'' is the daily newspaper for Norfolk, Virginia. Commonly known as ''The Pilot'', it is Virginia's largest daily. It serves the five cities of South Hampton Roads as well as several smaller towns across southeast Virginia and northeast North Carolina. It was a locally owned, family enterprise from its founding in 1865 at the close of the American Civil War until its sale to Tribune Publishing in 2018. The ''Virginian-Pilot'' is owned by parent company, ''Tribune Publishing''. This company was acquired by Alden Global Capital, which operates its media properties through Digital First Media, in May 2021. Pulitzer Prizes The newspaper has won three Pulitzer Prizes. The first was won in 1929 by editor Louis Jaffe, who received the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing for " An Unspeakable Act of Savagery", an editorial which condemned lynching. Jaffe mentored the paper's next editor, Lenoir Chambers, who in 1960 received the same prize for his editorials on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivona Mihailova
Amazon Echo, often shortened to Echo, is an American brand of smart speakers developed by Amazon. Echo devices connect to the voice-controlled intelligent personal assistant service '' Alexa'', which will respond when a user says "Alexa". Users may change this ''wake word'' to "Amazon", "Echo", "Computer", as well as some other options. The features of the device include voice interaction, music playback, making to-do lists, setting alarms, streaming podcasts, and playing audiobooks, in addition to providing weather, traffic and other real-time information. It can also control several smart devices, acting as a home automation hub. Amazon started developing Echo devices inside its Lab126 offices in Silicon Valley and in Cambridge, Massachusetts as early as 2010. The device represented one of its first attempts to expand its device portfolio beyond the Kindle e-reader. Amazon initially limited the first-generation Echo to Amazon Prime members or just by invitation, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katie Schlukebir
Katrina "Katie" Schlukebir (born April 29, 1975) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Biography Schlukebir was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, to insurance agent John and tennis instructor Kathy. On her father's side she is of German and Dutch descent. She is the eldest of three daughters. Her youngest sister, Kristen, also became a professional tennis player. The middle sister, Karie, played tennis at Indiana University, before her death from cancer in 2010. A right-handed player, Schlukebir started out in tennis aged four, introduced to the sport by her mother. She was runner-up in the girls' doubles event at the 1992 US Open, with partner Julie Steven. Later she played on the collegiate team at Stanford University and in 1997 was a member of the championship winning side. Individually she was a four-time All-American and in the championship year of 1997 won Stanford's award for both "Sophomore Athlete of the Year" and "Woman of the Year". She graduated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara Ventura
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Emanuela Brusati
Emanuela Brusati (born 19 April 1973) is an Italian former professional tennis player. Brusati competed on the professional tour in the 1990s, reaching a top singles ranking of 274 in the world. She made the second round at a WTA Tour tournament in Hong Kong in 1993 and featured in the qualifying draw for the 1994 Wimbledon Championships The 1994 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. It was the 108th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from .... ITF Circuit finals Singles: 4 (2–2) Doubles: 12 (6–6) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Brusati, Emanuela 1973 births Living people Italian female tennis players 20th-century Italian women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martine Vosseberg
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Veronica Stele
Veronica Stele (born 19 November 1977) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. Career highlights On 19 May 1997, Stele reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 237. Her career-high doubles ranking came on 7 July 1997, when she became world No. 117. In her career, she won two singles and 11 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. ITF doubles titles In 1997, Stele and her partner Katalin Marosi won the doubles title at the $50k tournament at Budapest, Hungary, and the $50k event at Marseille, France. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 6 (2–4) Doubles: 23 (11–12) Basque pelota At the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, Stele partnered with María Lis García to win the gold medal in Basque pelota Basque pelota ( Basque: '' pilota'', Spanish: '' pelota vasca'', French: '' pelote basque'') is the name for a variety of court sports played with a ball using one's hand, a racket, a wooden bat or a basket, against a wall (''frontis or fronton .... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alicia Ortuño
Alicia Ortuño (; born 2 May 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. From 1990 to 2001, she won 30 titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, and one doubles title on the WTA Tour. She appeared in six Grand Slam events. Career highlights On 1 November 1999, Ortuño reached her highest doubles ranking of world No. 82. Her highest singles ranking came on 20 July 1998, when she became world No. 155. In 1994, Ortuño partnered with Cristina Torrens Valero Cristina Torrens Valero (born 12 September 1974) is a former professional female tennis player from Spain. She won two singles and two doubles WTA titles. Cristina reached her career-high singles ranking world No. 27 on 4 March 2002. In 199 ... to win her first ITF doubles title in the $25k Barcelona tournament. In 1999, Ortuño and Torrens-Valero partnered again to win the doubles title of the WTA Tour Estoril Open. Grand Slam appearances From 1996–1999, Ortuño competed in six Grand Slam tournaments: twice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henriëtte Van Aalderen
Henriëtte van Aalderen-Sprée (born 14 April 1976) is a Dutch former professional tennis player. Born in Amsterdam, Van Aalderen competed in professional tournaments during the 1990s. She won three ITF singles titles and 12 ITF doubles titles. Her only WTA Tour main-draw appearance came in the doubles at Rosmalen in 1996, partnering Annemarie Mikkers Annemarie Mikkers (born 13 May 1973) is a Dutch former professional tennis player. Mikkers reached a best singles ranking of world No. 461, with her only ITF title coming at Rabat in 1995. She achieved a career-high ranking of 223 in doubles an .... ITF Circuit finals Singles (3–1) Doubles (12–6) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Aalderen, Henriette van 1976 births Living people Dutch female tennis players Tennis players from Amsterdam 20th-century Dutch women 20th-century Dutch people 21st-century Dutch women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanessa Brilleman
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Jane Wood
Jane Wood (born 20 March 1968) is a British former professional tennis player. Wood, a native of Enfield, competed on the professional tour in the 1980s and 1990s. She featured in the singles main draw of the 1987 Wimbledon Championships The 1987 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. It was the 101st edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from .... Her career included a stint playing collegiate tennis in the United States for Oklahoma State University, where she achieved All-American honours for doubles in 1988. ITF finals Singles: 2 (1–1) Doubles: 10 (7–3) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wood, Jane 1968 births Living people British female tennis players English female tennis players Tennis people from Greater London Oklahoma State Cowgirls tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Cross
Karen Cross (born 19 February 1974) is a left-handed British former tennis player who competed at eight Wimbledon Championships during the 1990s and early 2000s, as well as for the Great Britain Fed Cup team in both 1994 and 1998. During the course of her career Cross managed to win six titles on the ITF circuit (3 in singles and 3 in doubles) and she achieved her highest Women's Tennis Association singles ranking of world number 134 on 22 June 1998. She is currently a part-time tennis coach at the Roehampton Club and since retirement from the professional circuit she has regularly competed on the ITF senior circuit, reaching a career-high ranking of world no.4 in the women's over-35's age group. At the Grand Slams, Cross's best result came at Wimbledon in 1997 when she won three matches to qualify before defeating Linda Wild and María Sánchez Lorenzo to reach the third round where she was defeated by the reigning French Open champion, Iva Majoli, in three close sets. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
