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Roisin Gilheany
Roisin Gilheany (born 17 May 2005) is a professional Australian tennis player. She has a career-high WTA ranking in doubles of 414, achieved on 12 August 2024. Early life Gilheany was born in Melbourne in Australia. She is the daughter of Ireland's Sinead Gilheany and her brother Pierce is a college tennis player in the United States. She trains at the Soto Tennis Academy in Sotogrande Sotogrande is the largest privately owned residential development in Andalusia, Spain. It is a gated community in the municipality of San Roque. Located 25 km northeast of Gibraltar, Sotogrande is composed of a 25-square-kilometre stretch fr ..., Spain, and plays for the Port Melbourne Tennis Club. Gilheany won her first major ITF title at the W60 doubles tournament in Gold Coast, Australia. ITF Circuit finals Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gilheany, Roisin 2005 births Living people Australian female tennis players Tennis p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne
Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victoria (state), Victoria, and the second most-populous city in Australia, after Sydney. The city's name generally refers to a metropolitan area also known as Greater Melbourne, comprising an urban agglomeration of Local Government Areas of Victoria#Municipalities of Greater Melbourne, 31 local government areas. The name is also used to specifically refer to the local government area named City of Melbourne, whose area is centred on the Melbourne central business district and some immediate surrounds. The metropolis occupies much of the northern and eastern coastlines of Port Phillip Bay and spreads into the Mornington Peninsula, part of West Gippsland, as well as the hinterlands towards the Yarra Valley, the Dandenong Ranges, and the Macedon R ... [...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] |
Sotogrande
Sotogrande is the largest privately owned residential development in Andalusia, Spain. It is a gated community in the municipality of San Roque. Located 25 km northeast of Gibraltar, Sotogrande is composed of a 25-square-kilometre stretch from the Mediterranean Sea back into the foothills of Sierra Almenara, providing contrasting views of sea, hills, cork forests and green fairways, including the Rock of Gibraltar and Morocco. History To build a city similar to Palm Springs in southern Europe, Sotogrande was developed by the industrialist couple from the Philippines, Don José McMicking and Doña Mercedes Zóbel, with support from their nephews Jaime Zóbel and Enrique Zóbel. The McMickings, having seen the idyllic coasts in 1962, acquired five neighboring farms with the idea of creating a luxurious residential development by the Mediterranean. In May 2006, Sotogrande was featured in ''The Times'' as having the most expensive homes in Europe. There are a number of artif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold Coast Tennis International
The Gold Coast Tennis International is a tournament for professional male and female tennis players played on outdoor hardcourts. It is currently part of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Women's Circuit and Men's Circuit. The event is classified as a $60,000 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour and a $25,000 ITF Men's World Tennis Tour The ITF Men's World Tennis Tour (formerly ''ITF Men's Circuit'') is a series of professional tennis tournaments held around the world that are organized by the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The tour represents the lowest rung of the men ... tournament and has been held in Gold Coast, Australia, since 2023. The women's tournament held regularly in late November.} Past finals Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles References External linksOfficial website ITF Women's World Tennis Tour Hard court tennis tournaments Tennis tournaments in Australia Recurring sporting events established in 202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alicia Smith (tennis)
Alicia Smith (born 27 September 1996) is a professional Australian tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 662 in singles, achieved on 10 August 2020, and 361 in doubles, achieved on 23 September 2024. Smith made her Grand Slam main-draw debut, after winning the 2016 Australian Open Women's Doubles Wildcard Playoff, granting her a wildcard into the 2017 Australian Open The 2017 Australian Open was a List of tennis tournaments, tennis tournament that took place at Melbourne Park between 16 and 29 January 2017. It was the 105th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tourname ... women's doubles event. In 2021, Smith won her debut ITF singles title at a $15k event in Solarino, Italy. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) Doubles: 16 (5 titles, 11 runner–ups) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Alicia 1996 births Living people Australian female tennis players Tennis players f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Destanee Aiava
Destanee Gabriella Aiava (born 10 May 2000) is an Australian professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 147 in singles, achieved on 11 September 2017, and No. 133 in doubles, achieved on 5 August 2024. Aiava has won nine singles and 13 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She made her Grand Slam main-draw debut after winning the 2016 U18 Australian Championships, granting her a wildcard into the 2017 Australian Open. She thus became the first player, male or female, born in 2000 or later to participate in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament. Early life Aiava was born in Melbourne to a New Zealand father of Samoan descent and a mother from American Samoa. Her mother, Rosie, was a professional kickboxer and rugby player who represented the Australian national rugby team and her father, Mark, was a professional powerlifter. In 2005, at four years of age, Aiava watched Serena Williams win the Australian Open final and was inspired to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taylah Preston
Taylah Preston (born 27 October 2005) is an Australian professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 134, achieved on 18 March 2024. She reached a career-high high combined junior ranking of No. 10. Career 2022: WTA Tour debut In January 2022, she lost in the second round of the Australian Open qualifying. Preston made her WTA Tour main-draw debut in doubles at the Melbourne Summer Set 2, where she received a wildcard partnering Alexandra Osborne. She also received a wildcard into the qualifying draw for the Melbourne Summer Set 1, where she defeated former French Open finalist, Sara Errani, in the first round, before falling in the final round. She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut in singles at the 2022 Rosmalen Grass Court Championships as a qualifier. 2024: Grand Slam debut, first WTA 125 final and maiden top 50 win Preston received a wildcard for her major debut at the 2024 Australian Open but went out in the first round to Elina Svi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Gold Coast Tennis International – Women's Doubles
This was the first edition of the tournament. Roisin Gilheany and Maya Joint Maya Joint (born 16 April 2006) is an Australian professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of No. 41 achieved on 30 June 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 83, also achieved 30 June 2025. On the ITF Jr. Circ ... won the title, defeating Melisa Ercan and Alicia Smith in the final, 7–6(7–3), 6–1. Seeds Draw Draw References External linksMain draw Gold Coast Tennis International - Doubles 2023 in Australian tennis {{Tennis-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maya Joint
Maya Joint (born 16 April 2006) is an Australian professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of No. 41 achieved on 30 June 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 83, also achieved 30 June 2025. On the ITF Jr. Circuit, Joint had a combined ranking of No. 20, achieved on 29 January 2024. Early life Joint was born in Grosse Pointe, Michigan to an Australian father, professional squash player Michael Joint, and a German mother. In early 2023, at 16 years of age, she made the decision to start representing her father's country of Australia and relocated to Brisbane to begin training at Tennis Australia's National Academy with the likes of junior world no.1 Emerson Jones. College career On 8 November 2023, Joint committed to the Texas Longhorns tennis team starting from the 2024/25 season. However, on 26 December 2024, Joint announced she would turn professional and forego her college tennis opportunity. Professional career 2023: Beginnings and first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melisa Ercan
''Melisa'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1854. Species * ''Melisa croceipes'' (Aurivillius, 1892) * ''Melisa diptera'' Walker, 1854 * ''Melisa hancocki ''Melisa hancocki'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Karl Jordan in 1936. It is found in Uganda Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered to the east by Kenya, ...'' Jordan, 1936 References External links * Syntomini Noctuoidea genera {{Syntomini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Births
5 (five) is a number, numeral (linguistics), numeral and numerical digit, digit. It is the natural number, and cardinal number, following 4 and preceding 6, and is a prime number. Humans, and many other animals, have 5 Digit (anatomy), digits on their Limb (anatomy), limbs. Mathematics 5 is a Fermat prime, a Mersenne prime exponent, as well as a Fibonacci number. 5 is the first congruent number, as well as the length of the hypotenuse of the smallest integer-sided right triangle, making part of the smallest Pythagorean triple (3, 4, 5). 5 is the first safe prime and the first good prime. 11 forms the first pair of sexy primes with 5. 5 is the second Fermat number, Fermat prime, of a total of five known Fermat primes. 5 is also the first of three known Wilson primes (5, 13, 563). Geometry A shape with five sides is called a pentagon. The pentagon is the first regular polygon that does not Tessellation, tile the Plane (geometry), plane with copies of itself. It is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
