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Tjaša Jezernik
Tjaša Jezernik (born 17 June 1977 in Celje) is a Slovenian retired tennis player. Jezernik won one singles and three doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 4 December 1995, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 416. On 12 September 1994, she peaked at world number 305 in the doubles rankings. Jezernik made a total of seven appearances for Slovenia in Fed Cup The Billie Jean King Cup (or the BJK Cup) is the premier international team competition in women's tennis, launched as the Federation Cup in 1963 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The name was cha ... competition. ITF finals (4–3) Singles (1–1) Doubles (3–2) Fed Cup participation Doubles References External links * * * 1977 births Living people Sportspeople from Celje Slovenian female tennis players University of Nevada, Reno alumni {{Slovenia-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celje
Celje (, , ) is the List of cities and towns in Slovenia, third-largest city in Slovenia. It is a regional center of the traditional Slovenian region of Styria (Slovenia), Styria and the administrative seat of the City Municipality of Celje. The town is located below Celje Castle, Upper Celje Castle at the confluence of the Savinja, Hudinja (river), Hudinja, Ložnica, and Voglajna rivers in the lower Savinja Valley, and at the crossing of the roads connecting Ljubljana, Maribor, Velenje, and the Central Sava Valley. Name Celje was known as ''Celeia'' during the Roman Empire, Roman period. Early attestations of the name during or following Slavic settlement include ''Cylia'' in 452, ''ecclesiae Celejanae'' in 579, ''Zellia'' in 824, ''in Cilia'' in 1310, ''Cilli'' in 1311, and ''Celee'' in 1575. The proto-Slovene name ''*Ceľe'' or ''*Celьje'', from which modern Slovene ''Celje'' developed, was borrowed from Vulgar Latin ''Celeae''. The name is of pre-Roman origin and its furthe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gail Biggs
Gail Biggs (born 25 August 1970) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Biggs, who comes from Queensland, played on the professional tour in the 1990s. Competing as a wildcard, she featured in the singles main draw of the 1996 Australian Open, where she was beaten in the first round by Ludmila Richterová Ludmila Richterová (born 7 March 1977) is a Czech former tennis player. She reached her highest ranking, World No. 62, on 18 March 1996, Sony Ericsson WTA TourLudmila Richterová: Stats(10 June 2010) and won one WTA Tour title, the 1995 Rover Br .... She won an ITF singles title at Mount Pleasant in 1997 and the following year reached her best ranking of 200 in the world. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 2 (1–1) Doubles: 19 (7–12) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Biggs, Gail 1970 births Living people Australian female tennis players Tennis players from Queensland 21st-century Australian sportswomen Sportswomen from Queensland 20th- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karin Lušnic
Karin Lušnic (born 15 May 1971 in Ljubljana) is a former tennis player from Slovenia. Lušnic won one singles and three doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 4 December 1995, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 416. On 12 September 1994, she peaked at world number 305 in the doubles rankings. Lušnic has a 7–4 record for Slovenia in Fed Cup competition and represented her country, together with Tina Križan, at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ... in Barcelona in women's doubles. ITF finals Singles (1–2) Doubles (4–5) References External links * * * 1971 births Living people Tennis players from Ljubljana Slovenian female tennis players Olympic tennis players for Slovenia Tenn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poland Fed Cup Team
The Poland Billie Jean King Cup team represents Poland in the Billie Jean King Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Polski Związek Tenisowy. They currently compete in the World Group. Current Team (2024) * Iga Świątek * Magda Linette * Magdalena Fręch * Maja Chwalińska * Katarzyna Kawa Poland defeated Czech Republic in a quarterfinal tie at the 2024 Billie Jean King Cup, after Iga Swiatek won in singles and doubles in Malaga, Spain. Poland made the semifinals of the Billie Jean King Cup Finals for the first time in their nation's history. In the semifinal they lost to Italy, the eventual champions. "The whole team did an amazing job," Iga Swiatek said on court. "I'm going to ask ''Katarzyna Kawa'' to teach me these forehands down the line, they're amazing." It was a big win for Katarzyna Kawa, who is now 4-3 in doubles at the Billie Jean King Cup throughout her career. She also turned 32 years old during her doubles victory. https://www.wtatennis.com/news/4170028/ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clare Wood
Clare Jacqueline Wood (born 8 March 1968) is a former British number 1 tennis player from Great Britain who began playing professionally in 1984 and retired in 1998. Over the course of her career, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 77 in singles (achieved 2 May 1994) and No. 59 in doubles (achieved 21 October 1996). Wood won one ITF singles title and six in doubles as well as won a WTA doubles title at the 1992 Wellington Classic, having been the runner-up the previous year. At the time of her retirement, she had a 212–223 singles win–loss record with notable wins over Jo Durie and Mary Pierce. After her retirement from professional competition, Wood became a tennis officiator. From 1999 until 2002, she was a tournament supervisor on the WTA Tour, and from 2002 onward, she was an assistant referee at Wimbledon where she was responsible for the qualifying and junior events. In 2004, she was an assistant referee at the 2004 Olympic tennis event, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jo Durie
Joanna Mary Durie (born 27 July 1960) is a former world No. 5 tennis player from the United Kingdom. During her career, she also reached No. 9 in doubles, and won two Grand Slam titles, both in the mixed doubles with Jeremy Bates. Born in Bristol, England, Jo Durie was the last British woman to reach the semifinal of a Grand Slam tournament until Johanna Konta reached the semifinal of the 2016 Australian Open, and the last British woman to win a major title in any discipline, until Heather Watson won the 2016 Wimbledon mixed doubles title with Henri Kontinen. Singles career After a successful junior career which included winning junior British titles on all three surfaces (grass, hard court and indoor) in 1976; Jo Durie turned professional in 1977, and played her first match at Wimbledon that year against the eventual champion Virginia Wade. In 1980 Durie suffered a major back injury which kept her out of the game for eight months. However, she made a successful return to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tina Križan
Tina Križan (born 18 March 1974) is a former Slovenian professional tennis player. Known primarily for her achievements playing doubles, as the first Slovenian in the 90' she reached a career-high singles ranking of 95, including a win over Jana Novotna and a career-high doubles ranking of 19 in 2002, including wins over Martina Navratilova, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Ana Ivanovic and Flavia Pennetta. She has won 6 WTA doubles titles and has been runner-up in more than 10 WTA doubles events, she has also won 10 ITF tournaments. Tina represented Slovenia in doubles at the Olympics in 1992, 2000 and 2004 (both latter years partnered with Katarina Srebotnik Katarina Srebotnik (born 12 March 1981) is a Slovenian former professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 20, on 7 August 2006. On 4 July 2011, she became the No. 1 of the WTA doubles rankings, holding thi ...). She qualified twice for the doubles season end Masters Championships in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Britain Fed Cup Team
The Great Britain Billie Jean King Cup team represents the United Kingdom in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Lawn Tennis Association. History Great Britain first competed in the first Fed Cup in 1963. They have reached the finals on five occasions, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1981 and 2022. Great Britain is one of only four nations to have participated every year since the tournament's inception. Inaugural team * Ann Jones * Christine Truman Janes * Deidre Catt Players Current squad ''Rankings as of 11 November 2022'' Recent call-ups ''Rankings as of April 2022'' Team performances 2020s 2010s Earlier Years 1963–1969 1970–1979 1980–1989 1990–1999 Qualifying rounds were introduced from 1992, ''World Group II'' and ''World Group II play-offs'' were introduced from 1995 2000–2009 See also *Billie Jean King Cup *Great Britain Davis Cup team References External links * {{Billie Jean King Cup navbox Billie Jean King Cup teams Fed Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murcia
Murcia ( , , ) is a city in south-eastern Spain, the Capital (political), capital and most populous city of the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia, and the Ranked lists of Spanish municipalities#By population, seventh largest city in the country. It had a population of 460,349 inhabitants in 2021 (about one-third of the total population of the Region). The total population of the metropolitan area was 672,773 in 2020, covering an urban area of 1,230.9 km2. It is located on the Segura River, in the southeast of the Iberian Peninsula. It has a climate with hot summers, mild winters, and relatively low precipitation. Murcia was founded by Abd ar-Rahman II, Emir of Cordoba, in 825 with the name ''Mursiyah'' (). It is now mainly a services city and a University of Murcia, university town. Highlights for visitors include the Cathedral of Murcia and a number of baroque architecture, baroque buildings, renowned local cuisine, Holy Week procession, works of art by the fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Pool A
Group A of the 1995 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I was one of four pools in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I of the 1995 Fed Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top two teams advancing to the knockout stage and the bottom team being relegated down to Group II for 1996. Slovenia vs. Great Britain Czech Republic vs. Poland Slovenia vs. Poland Czech Republic vs. Great Britain Slovenia vs. Czech Republic Great Britain vs. Poland * placed last in the pool, and thus was relegated to Group II in 1996, where they achieved advancement back into Group I for 1997. See also *Fed Cup structure The Billie Jean King Cup (or the BJK Cup) is the premier international team competition in women's tennis, launched as the Federation Cup in 1963 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The name was chan ... References External links Fed Cup website {{DEFAULTSORT:1995 Fed Cup Europe Africa Zone Group I - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 Fed Cup
The 1995 Fed Cup was the 33rd edition of the most important competition between national teams in women's tennis, and the first to bear the name Fed Cup. Major changes to the tournament's structure went into effect for 1995. The format was changed to a multi-tiered league system similar to the Davis Cup, and a Group II was added to the existing Group I at Zonal level. The World Group I was reduced to eight teams and the World Group II was added with another eight teams. Ties were played at home sites rather than all in one location as before. Play-offs determined promotion and relegation between World Group and World Group II and Zonal Group I. Two singles rubbers were added to the ties, which became the best of five matches. The final took place on 25–26 November, with Spain defeating the United States to give Spain their third title. World Group Draw World Group play-offs The four losing teams in the World Group first round ties (Austria, Bulgaria, Japan and South Af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corina Morariu
Corina Maria Morariu (born January 26, 1978) is an American former professional tennis player. Morariu (pronounced: mo-RA-R'ju) was born in Detroit, Michigan and is of Romanian descent. She turned professional in 1994. Mainly known as a doubles specialist, she won the women's doubles title at Wimbledon in 1999 with Lindsay Davenport. She also won the mixed-doubles title at the 2001 Australian Open with Ellis Ferreira. She reached the Australian Open women's doubles final with Davenport in 2005. She also reached the world No. 1 ranking in doubles in 2000. In 2001, Morariu was diagnosed with leukemia and began a program of chemotherapy Chemotherapy (often abbreviated chemo, sometimes CTX and CTx) is the type of cancer treatment that uses one or more anti-cancer drugs (list of chemotherapeutic agents, chemotherapeutic agents or alkylating agents) in a standard chemotherapy re .... During this time, Jennifer Capriati dedicated her 2001 French Open victory to Morariu. Afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
