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Sofia Finér
Sofia Tillström (born 15 May 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. She competed during her career as Sofia Finér. Career Finér played on the professional tour in the 1990s, reaching a best singles ranking of 289 in the world, with two ITF titles. As a doubles player she had a top ranking of 254 and won three doubles titles on the ITF circuit. In 1997 she featured as a doubles player in three Fed Cup ties. Partnering Annica Lindstedt, the pair won two of their three matches together for Sweden. Now known as Sofia Tillström, she is a coach at the Ekerö Tennisklubb in the Stockholm region. Her husband is former ATP Tour player Mikael Tillström Mikael Tillström (born 5 March 1972) is a former tennis player and coach from Sweden. Career He represented his native country as at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he was defeated in the third round by Switzerland's Roger Federer. .... ITF finals Singles (2–3) Doubles (3–6) See also * ... [...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] |
Stockholm
Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately 1 million people live in the Stockholm Municipality, municipality, with 1.6 million in the Stockholm urban area, urban area, and 2.5 million in the Metropolitan Stockholm, metropolitan area. The city stretches across fourteen islands where Mälaren, Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea. Outside the city to the east, and along the coast, is the island chain of the Stockholm archipelago. The area has been settled since the Stone Age, in the 6th millennium BC, and was founded as a city in 1252 by Swedish statesman Birger Jarl. The city serves as the county seat of Stockholm County. Stockholm is the cultural, media, political, and economic centre of Sweden. The Stockholm region alone accounts for over a third of the country's Gros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daphne Van De Zande
Daphne van de Zande (born 21 July 1974 in Vilvoorde) is a Belgian former tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 161 in singles, achieved on 22 June 1998, and 210 in doubles, reached on 5 October 1998. Van de Zande won four singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit in her career. She made her 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 ... main-draw debut at the 1997 Pattaya Open. Van de Zande retired from professional tennis 2011. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups) Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups) External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:van de Zande, Daphne 1974 births Living people Belgian female tennis players Sportspeople from Vilvoorde 20th-century Belgian women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petra Rampre
Petra Rampre (born 20 January 1980) is a Slovenian former professional tennis player. In her career, she won eight singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 30 April 2012, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 151. On 20 November 2000, she peaked at No. 84 in the WTA doubles rankings. Illness Rampre developed alopecia universalis __NOTOC__ Alopecia universalis (AU), also known as alopecia areata universalis, is a medical condition involving the loss of all body hair, including eyebrows, eyelashes, chest hair, armpit hair, and pubic hair. It is the most severe form of alop ... and lost all her hair within three weeks; she utilises bandannas to cover the result. Biography Rampre began playing tennis at age ten with her family, and preferred hard or grass courts. Her father, Daniel, is a singer and musician; mother, Berta, is an administrator; she has a younger brother, Aljaz. Rampre played her last match on the professional circuit in 2016. WTA car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valladolid
Valladolid ( ; ) is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality in Spain and the primary seat of government and ''de facto'' capital of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Castile and León. It is also the capital of the province of Valladolid. It has a population of 300,618 people (2024 est.). The city is located roughly in the centre of the northern half of the Iberian Peninsula's Meseta Central, at the confluence of the Pisuerga River, Pisuerga and Esgueva rivers before they join the Duero, surrounded by winegrowing areas. The area was settled in pre-Roman times by the Celtic Vaccaei people, and then by Ancient Rome, Romans themselves. The settlement was purportedly founded after 1072, growing in prominence within the context of the Crown of Castile, being endowed with fairs and different institutions such as a collegiate church, University of Valladolid, University (1241), Court (royal), Royal Court and Royal Audiencia and Chancillería of Valladolid, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jana Macurová
Jana Macurová (born 14 October 1978) is a former professional Czech 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. Macurová reached a record singles ranking high of world no. 276 and even ranked World No. 200 in doubles during her playing career. She won 21 different ITF titles. ITF Circuit finals Singles (6–9) Doubles (15–15) References * * 1978 births Living people Czech female tennis players {{CzechRepublic-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zuzana Hejdová
Zuzana Hejdová (born 29 April 1977) is a former Czech tennis player. Hejdová won two singles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Circuit in her career. On 4 August 2003, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 222. On 29 September 2003, she peaked at No. 140 in the doubles rankings. ITF Circuit finals Singles (2–2) Doubles (10–15) External links * * 1977 births Living people Czech female tennis players {{CzechRepublic-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Linkova
Anna Linkova (; born 22 January 1977) is a former Russian tennis player. Linkova won one singles and one doubles title on the ITF tour in her career. On 27 January 1997, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 338. On 21 July 1997, she peaked at world number 247 in the doubles rankings. Linkova made her WTA tour debut at the 1995 Moscow Ladies Open – Doubles The 1995 Moscow Ladies Open doubles was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow in Russia that was part of 1995 Moscow Ladies Open. The tournament was held from September 18 through September 23, 1995. .... ITF finals Singles (1–2) Doubles (1–14) External links * * 1977 births Living people Russian female tennis players 20th-century Russian women 21st-century Russian women {{Russia-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiumicino
Fiumicino () is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio, central Italy, with a population of 80,500 (2019). It is known for being the site of Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport, the busiest airport in Italy and the ninth-busiest in Europe, which serves Rome and much of central Italy. Etymology The name literally means ''little river''. The town of "Fiumicino" should not be confused with like-named Fiumicino, a small river near Rimini better known as the Rubicon river. Recent history The destroyer "Velos", in May 1973, (with a crew of 270 men in total) commanded by one of the pioneers of the movement, Admiral Nikos Pappas at the time, left the formation of vessels participating in a NATO exercise off the coast of Sardinia and rushed at the port of the city where seven officers (including the captain) and twenty-five petty officers requested political asylum from the Italian authorities, which, after many days of suffering, was granted. This went down i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Jansson
Linda Jansson (born 10 September 1974) is a Finnish former professional tennis player. Biography Jansson comes from Åland, a Swedish speaking autonomous region of Finland. As a professional player she was most successful in doubles, with a best ranking of 233 and six ITF titles. She played the doubles rubber in ten Fed Cup ties for Finland, including a World Group quarterfinal against Australia in 1993, which was the team's best ever run in the competition. Outside of tennis, she also competed in the sport of racketlon and was the world champion in 2006, by which stage she was competing for Sweden. Since retiring she has remained involved in tennis, as an administrator and coach in Sweden. She has served on the board of the Swedish Tennis Federation and was a tournament director for the WTA Tour event 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, Fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maiken Pape
Maiken With Pape (born 20 February 1978) is a retired Danish international football striker and former professional tennis player. In January 2009, she signed to play for Stabæk in Norway. She has previously played for Brøndby. Football career statistics ''Statistics accurate as of match played 8 June 2013'' Tennis Pape also has a career high WTA doubles ranking of 484 achieved on 15 December 1997. Pape has won 4 ITF doubles titles. Pape was in the early 1990s, with moderate success, a professional tennis player. Pape retirement from professional Tennis career in 1999. ITF Circuit finals Doubles: 5 (4-1) Personal life Pape is in a relationship with fellow former football player, Katrine Pedersen Katrine Søndergaard Pedersen (born 13 April 1977) is a Danish former footballer and current coach who serves as the head coach of Canadian Northern Super League club Ottawa Rapid FC. She has played for and captained Denmark, for whom she acc .... References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofie Albinus
Sofie Albinus (born 21 September 1972) is a former professional Danish tennis player. Albinus, on 3 February 1992, reached her best singles ranking of world number 163. On 20 August 1990, she peaked at world number 120 in the doubles rankings. Playing for Denmark Fed Cup team, Denmark at the Fed Cup, Albinus has a win–loss record of 13–11. ITF finals Singles (7–2) Doubles (9–2) References External links * * * 1972 births Living people Danish female tennis players 20th-century Danish women {{Denmark-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
