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Teliana Pereira
Teliana Santos Pereira (born 20 July 1988) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player. On 19 April 2015, she became the first Brazilian in 27 years to win a title on the WTA Tour, beating Yaroslava Shvedova in Bogotá 7–6, 6–1. She achieved a singles ranking of world No. 48 in August 2015, after having won her second career title at Florianópolis by defeating German Annika Beck, in three sets. On 19 October 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 43. Pereira won 22 singles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Playing for Brazil Fed Cup team, she has a win–loss record of 26–11. She is the sister of the Brazilian tennis player José Pereira. Early and personal life Teliana Pereira was born on 20 July 1988 in Águas Belas, and was coached by her brother, Renato. Pereira's parents are Jose, who worked at a sugar cane plantation, and Maria; she has three brothers and three sisters. At a very young age, her father moved to Curitiba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual The Championships, Wimbledon, Wimbledon Tennis Championships. In 2016, the qualifiers were: Tatjana Maria, Amra Sadiković, Jana Čepelová, Aleksandra Krunić, Maria Sakkari, Julia Boserup, Tamira Paszek, Luksika Kumkhum, Mandy Minella, Ekaterina Alexandrova, Marina Erakovic and Paula Kania. Duan Yingying received a lucky loser as a replacement for Victoria Azarenka, who withdrew because of injury. Seeds Qualifiers Lucky losers Qualifying draw First qualifier Second qualifier Third qualifier Fourth qualifier Fifth qualifier Sixth qualifier Seventh qualifier Eighth qualifier Ninth qualifier Tenth qualifier Eleventh qualifier Twelfth qualifier References External links Ladies' Qualifying Draw2016 Wimbledon Championships – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 US Open – Women's Doubles
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Brazil Fed Cup Team
The Brazil Billie Jean King Cup team, officially Time Brasil BRB for sponsorship reasons, represents Brazil in the Billie Jean King Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Brazilian Tennis Confederation. They currently compete in the qualifiers. History Brazil competed in its first Fed Cup in 1965. Their best result was reaching the quarterfinals in 1982. 2025 team The team for the 2025 Billie Jean King Cup is: * Beatriz Haddad Maia (singles) * Laura Pigossi (singles) * Ana Candiotto (singles) * Luiza Fullana (doubles) * Luisa Stefani (doubles) Beatriz Haddad Maia (Roland Garros 2023) 08 (cropped).jpg, Beatriz Haddad Maia Pigossi WMQ23 cropped.jpg, Laura Pigossi TENFEM WR 01.08.21-3244 (cropped Stefani).jpg, Luisa Stefani Results by year 1965–1969 * 1965 (4 rounds, 11 teams): In their debut, after a bye in the 1st round, Brazil lost in the quarterfinals to France. * 1966 - 1967: Brazil did not participate in these editions. * 1968 (5 rounds, 23 teams): After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ITF Women's Circuit
The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a series of professional tennis tournaments run by the International Tennis Federation for female professional tennis players. History It serves as a developmental circuit for the WTA Tour, which is run by the independent Women's Tennis Association (WTA). There are several hundred ITF Women's Circuit tournaments each year, spread across all six inhabited continents, with prize money ranging from US$15,000 to US$100,000. Players who succeed on the ITF Women's Circuit earn sufficient points to be eligible for qualifying draw or main draw entry to WTA tournaments. Until 2011 the ITF Women's Circuit was the level immediately below the main WTA Tour, but in 2012 the WTA introduced an intermediate level, the WTA 125 tournaments. There is also an ITF Men's Circuit, but it only incorporates the lower-level Futures tournaments. Mid-level men's tournaments, equivalent to the WTA 125 tournaments and the bigg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annika Beck
Annika Beck (; born 16 February 1994) is a German former professional tennis player. She started playing tennis at the age of four when introduced to the game by her parents. A baseliner whose favorite shot is forehand, and favorite surface is hardcourt. She was coached by Jakub Záhlava and Sebastian Sachs. Beck won two singles titles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as seven singles titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Women's Circuit. On 18 July 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 37, and on the same date, she peaked at No. 84 in the WTA doubles rankings. Early life Her father Johannes and her mother Petra teach chemistry at the University of Bonn. Beck attended the Erzbischöfliche Liebfrauenschule Bonn, a Gymnasium (Germany), school for girls, where she completed her Abitur in 2011. Career 2012 Beck started 2012 ranked world No. 234. She played one ITF tournament in January, one in February, and three in March, where she was r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Brasil Tennis Cup – Singles ...
Klára Koukalová was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year. Teliana Pereira won the title, defeating Annika Beck in the final, 6–4, 4–6, 6–1. Seeds Draw Finals Top half Bottom half Qualifying Seeds Qualifiers Draw First qualifier Second qualifier Third qualifier Fourth qualifier Fifth qualifier Sixth qualifier References Main drawQualifying draw {{DEFAULTSORT:Brasil Tennis Cup - Singles, 2015 2015 WTA Tour 2015 Singles Fifteen or 15 may refer to: *15 (number) *one of the years 15 BC, AD 15, 1915, 2015 Music * Fifteen (band), a punk rock band Albums * ''15'' (Buckcherry album), 2005 * ''15'' (Ani Lorak album), 2007 * ''15'' (Phatfish album), 2008 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Copa Colsanitas – Singles ...
Caroline Garcia was the defending champion, but she chose to participate in the Fed Cup semifinals this year. Teliana Pereira won her first WTA title, defeating Yaroslava Shvedova in the final, 7–6(7–2), 6–1. Pereira became the first Brazilian woman to win a WTA title since Niege Dias in the 1988 Spanish Open. Seeds Draw Finals Top half Bottom half Qualifying Seeds Qualifiers Draw First qualifier Second qualifier Third qualifier Fourth qualifier Fifth qualifier Sixth qualifier References External links Main DrawQualifying Draw {{DEFAULTSORT:2015 Copa Colsanitas - Singles Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas - Singles 2015 Singles Fifteen or 15 may refer to: *15 (number) *one of the years 15 BC, AD 15, 1915, 2015 Music * Fifteen (band), a punk rock band Albums * ''15'' (Buckcherry album), 2005 * ''15'' (Ani Lorak album), 2007 * ''15'' (Phatfish album), 2008 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yaroslava Shvedova
Yaroslava Vyacheslavovna Shvedova (; born 12 September 1987) is a Kazakhstani former professional tennis player. Before 2008, she represented her country of birth, Russia. She won one singles title and 13 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, plus one singles and one doubles title on WTA 125 tournaments, as well as four singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 29 October 2012, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 25. On 22 February 2016, she peaked at No. 3 in the doubles rankings. Shvedova made three major singles quarterfinals: at the 2010 and the 2012 French Open, and also at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships. She won two Grand Slam women's doubles titles, at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships and the 2010 US Open, partnering American player Vania King in both. Shvedova is also one of only seven players to record a golden set (i.e. a set in which every point is won by the same player) in the Open era. She achieved this feat 2012 at Wimbledon in her m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Women's World Tennis Tour. The men's equivalent is the ATP Tour. Season format 2024–present In 2024, the WTA made all WTA 1000 events mandatory. The WTA Elite Trophy did not return: * Grand Slam tournaments (4) *Year-ending WTA Finals (1) * WTA 1000 tournaments: Ten events with prize money ranging from US$2 million to US$10 million. * WTA 500 tournaments: 17 events with prize money from US$700,000 to US$900,000. *WTA 250 tournaments: 23 events, with prize money at US$250,000. 2021–2023 The WTA Tour underwent a slight change in the classification of tournaments in 2021, which were reorganized on with similar nomenclature to that used on ATP Tour: * Grand Slam tournaments (4) *Year-ending WTA Finals (1) *Penultimate event WTA Elite Trop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazilian People
Brazilians (, ) are the citizens of Brazil. A Brazilian can also be a person born abroad to a Brazilian parent or legal guardian as well as a person who acquired Brazilian citizenship. Brazil is a multiethnic society, which means that it is home to people of many ethnic origins. Being Brazilian is a civic phenomenon, rather than an ethnic one. As a result, the degree to which Brazilian citizens identify with their ancestral roots varies significantly depending on the individual, the region of the country, and the specific ethnic origins in question. Most often, however, the idea of ethnicity as it is understood in the anglophone world is not popular in the country. After the colonization of Brazil by the Portuguese, most of the 16th century, the word "Brazilian" was given to the Portuguese merchants of the Brazilwood tree, designating exclusively the name of such profession, since the inhabitants of the land were, in most of them, indigenous, or Portuguese born in Portugal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennis At The 2007 Pan American Games – Women's Doubles
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] |
2007 Pan American Games
The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games () and commonly known as Rio 2007, were a major Americas, continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to 29, 2007. A total of 5,633 athletes from 42 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) competed in 332 events in 34 sports and in 47 disciplines. During the Games, 95 new Pan American records were set; 2,196 medals were awarded; 1,262 doping control tests were performed and about 15,000 volunteers participated in the organization of the event, which served as an Olympic qualification occasion for 13 International Federations (IFs). Rio de Janeiro was awarded the Games over San Antonio, Texas, United States, on August 24, 2002, having won an absolute majority of votes (30–21) from the 51 members of the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO) in the first round of voting during the XL PASO General Assembly held in Mexico City, Mexico. This was the first Games held in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
