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WTA 250
WTA 250 is a category of tennis tournaments in the Women's Tennis Association tour, implemented since the reorganization of the schedule in 2021. Earlier these events were classified as WTA International Tournaments. At their introduction in 2021, WTA 250 tournaments' prize money was approximately $250,000. As of 2025 season, this has risen to $275,094. The ranking points awarded to the winners of these tournaments are 250. This compares to 2,000 points for winning a Grand Slam tournament ("Major"), up to 1,500 points for winning the WTA Finals, 1000 points for winning a WTA 1000 tournament, and 500 for winning a WTA 500 tournament. Events Current Defunct or Upgraded/Downgraded Historic names 1990–2008 ''WTA Tier III / IV / V'' 2009–2020 ''WTA International'' 2021–present ''WTA 250'' Singles champions WTA International WTA 250 Statistics Most titles Bold face designates active players See also * WTA Tour * WTA 1000 tournaments * WTA 500 tourn ... [...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] |
Singapore
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bordering the Strait of Malacca to the west, the Singapore Strait to the south along with the Riau Islands in Indonesia, the South China Sea to the east, and the Straits of Johor along with the State of Johor in Malaysia to the north. In its early history, Singapore was a maritime emporium known as '' Temasek''; subsequently, it was part of a major constituent part of several successive thalassocratic empires. Its contemporary era began in 1819, when Stamford Raffles established Singapore as an entrepôt trading post of the British Empire. In 1867, Singapore came under the direct control of Britain as part of the Straits Settlements. During World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuan Yue
Yuan Yue (; ; born 25 September 1998) is a Chinese professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 36 in singles, set in May 2024, and No. 60 in doubles, achieved June 2025. Career 2018: WTA Tour debut Yuan made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the Jiangxi International Open in the doubles tournament, partnering with Liu Yanni. 2022: Major and top 75 debuts She made her Grand Slam main-draw debut at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships as a lucky loser. At the next major, at the US Open, she reached the third round for the first time after qualifying by defeating Jaimee Fourlis and Irina-Camelia Begu without losing a set. 2023: First WTA 1000 win and WTA Tour final She qualified for the 2023 Australian Open to make her debut at this major, and she also qualified for the Wimbledon Championships. Yuan received a wildcard for her home tournament, the China Open, and defeated Elise Mertens for her first WTA 1000 win. She reached her first WTA Tour fina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Blinkova
Anna Vladimirovna Blinkova ( rus, Анна Владимировна Блинкова, , ˈanːə blʲɪnˈkovə, Ru-Anna Blinkova.ogg; born 10 September 1998) is a Russian professional tennis player. On 7 August 2023, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 34. On 14 September 2020, she peaked at No. 45 in the WTA doubles rankings. She has won one singles and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, one singles and one doubles title each on WTA 125 tournaments, WTA Challenger Tour, as well as four singles and eleven doubles titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Circuit. Blinkova was runner-up at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships in 2015 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' singles, girls' singles and was ranked the No. 3 junior tennis player in the world in August 2015. Personal life and background Anna Vladimirovna Blinkova was born on 10 September 1998 in Moscow to mother Elena and father Vladimir. During childhood, she played both tennis and chess at a high lev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Pegula
Jessica Pegula (born February 24, 1994) is an American professional tennis player. She has career-high rankings in singles of world No. 3, achieved October 2022, and in doubles of world No. 1, set on 11 September 2023. Pegula reached the singles finals of the 2024 US Open and the 2023 WTA Finals. In doubles, she reached the final of the 2022 French Open, partnering with Coco Gauff, and the mixed doubles final of the 2023 US Open with Austin Krajicek. Pegula has won eight singles titles and seven doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including three WTA 1000 titles in singles and two in doubles. She is also a seven-time major singles quarterfinalist, having reached this stage at all four majors: thrice at the Australian Open (2021–2023), twice at the US Open (2022, 2024), and once each at the French Open (2022) and Wimbledon (2023). In 2023, Pegula led the United States team to victory in the inaugural United Cup. Early life Pegula was born February 24, 1994 in Buffalo, New Yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austin, Texas
Austin ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of Texas. It is the county seat and most populous city of Travis County, Texas, Travis County, with portions extending into Hays County, Texas, Hays and Williamson County, Texas, Williamson counties. Incorporated on December 27, 1839, it is the Metropolitan statistical area, 26th-largest metropolitan area in the United States, the List of United States cities by population, 13th-most populous city in the United States, the List of cities in Texas by population, fifth-most populous city in the state after Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, and Fort Worth, and the second-most populous state capital city after Phoenix, Arizona. It has been one of the fastest growing large cities in the United States since 2010. Downtown Austin and Downtown San Antonio are approximately apart, and both fall along the Interstate 35 in Texas, I-35 corridor. This combined metropolitan region of San Antonio–Austin met ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ATX Open
The ATX Open is a professional women's tennis event held in Austin, Texas, United States. The first edition took place from 27 February to 5 March 2023. The ATX Open is part of the WTA Tour and is listed as a WTA 250 tournament. The tournament was awarded to Austin in March 2022 marking a return of the WTA Tour to Texas after a seven-year absence (since the San Antonio Open). The tournament is held at the Westwood Country Club on eleven outdoor hardcourt A hardcourt (or hard court) is a type of surface or floor on which a sport is played, most usually in reference to tennis courts. It is typically made of rigid materials such as asphalt or concrete, and covered with acrylic resins to seal the s ...s. The tournament's host sponsors are Formentera Partners and Helmerich & Payne. The DropShot Tournament Series, founded by Bryan Sheffield, is the tournament's organizer and promoter. The DropShot Tournament Series manages a collection of professional tennis tournaments with a mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Sisková
Anna Sisková (born 1 July 2001) is a Czech tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 236 in singles and No. 64 in doubles. She has won two doubles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour as well as seven singles and 25 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Personal life Her mother Kateřina Sisková also was a professional tennis player. Career Sisková won her biggest title-to-date at the 2021 ITS Cup in the doubles event, partnering Jessie Aney. In July 2023, she reached her first WTA doubles final at the 2021 Budapest Grand Prix also partnering Aney, losing to Katarzyna Piter and Fanny Stollár. Having made it through the singles qualifying, she reached the round-of-16 at the 2023 Polish Open, defeating Sinja Kraus before losing to wildcard Maja Chwalińska. In the same month, she won the doubles at the $60k Přerov tournament alongside Sapfo Sakellaridi. In September 2023, Sisková won her first WTA Challenger doubles title at the Open delle Puglie, par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magali Kempen
Magali Kempen (born 30 November 1997) is a Belgian tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 191, achieved on 3 April 2023, and a highest doubles ranking of No. 106, achieved on 3 March 2025. Career Kempen won her first W60 title at the 2022 Open Nantes Atlantique in doubles, partnering Wu Fang-hsien. The following year, she won her first W40 singles title at the Murska Sobota Open 2023. She reached her first WTA Tour final in doubles partnering compatriot Lara Salden at the 2024 Mérida Open, losing to Quinn Gleason and Ingrid Martins. She won her first WTA title partnering Anna Sisková at the 2025 Transylvania Open The 2025 Transylvania Open was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the fifth edition of the Transylvania Open, and part of the WTA 250 series of the 2025 WTA Tour. It was held at the BT Arena in Cluj-Napoca, Roman .... WTA Tour finals Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) WTA Challenger finals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anastasia Potapova
Anastasia Sergeyevna Potapova. (born 30 March 2001) is a Russian professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of No. 21 by the WTA rankings, WTA, achieved on 19 June 2023, and a doubles ranking of world No. 40, reached on 5 December 2022. Potapova has won three WTA Tour singles titles along with three doubles titles. She is a former junior world No. 1, and she was the 2016 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' singles, 2016 Wimbledon girls' singles champion. Career Juniors On the junior tour, Potapova has a career-high junior ranking of 1, achieved in July 2016. Potapova has had large success on the junior tour including a semifinal at the 2016 French Open, quarterfinals at the 2016 Australian Open and the 2015 Wimbledon Championships and doubles finals at the 2015 US Open (tennis), 2015 US Open and the 2016 French Open. Potapova won the 2016 Wimbledon Championships girls' title, defeating Dayana Yastremska in the final. Two of the seven match points in the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cluj-Napoca
Cluj-Napoca ( ; ), or simply Cluj ( , ), is a city in northwestern Romania. It is the second-most populous city in the country and the seat of Cluj County. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest (), Budapest () and Belgrade (). Located in the Someșul Mic river valley, the city is considered the unofficial capital of the Historical regions of Romania, historical province of Transylvania. For some decades prior to the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867, it was the official capital of the Grand Principality of Transylvania. , 286,598 inhabitants live in the city. The Cluj-Napoca metropolitan area had a population of 411,379 people, while the population of the peri-urbanisation, peri-urban area is approximately 420,000. According to a 2007 estimate, the city hosted an average population of over 20,000 students and other non-residents each year from 2004 to 2007. The city spreads out from St. Michael's Church, Cluj-Napoca, St. Michael's Church in Unirii Square, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transylvania Open
The Transylvania Open is a WTA 250 tournaments, WTA 250 tournament held in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The first edition was played in October 2021. Past finals Singles Doubles See also *Romanian Open *Bucharest Open *Winners Open *List of tennis tournaments References External linksOfficial site {{WTA 250 tournaments WTA Tour Tennis tournaments in Romania Sport in Cluj-Napoca Hard court tennis tournaments 2021 establishments in Romania Recurring sporting events established in 2021 October in sports Transylvania Open, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
