- Aleksandra Wozniak
Aleksandra Wozniak (born September 7, 1987) is a professional tennis player from Canada. She was born in Montreal, Quebec, and she lives in Blainville, Quebec, in Canada. Thus far in her young career, she has won seven ITF tournaments; and her highest-ever singles ranking on the WTA Tour was 91, which she accomplished, in September 2006. According to her website, she speaks six languages and she is coached by her father, Antoni. - Samantha Stosur
Samantha Stosur (born March 30, 1984 in Brisbane, Australia) is a professional tennis player from Australia. She is currently world No. 1 on WTA Tour in doubles, together with Lisa Raymond from the USA. - Katarina Srebotnik
Katarina Srebotnik (born March 12, 1981 in Slovenj Gradec) is a Slovenian professional tennis player, coached by Biljana Veselinovic. Srebotnik is right-handed, 1.80 m, weighs 65 kg and lives in Dubai. She reached a career-high ranking of No. 20 on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour on August 7, 2006. Her nickname amongst fans is Kata. Although she has a career-high of No. 20 in singles, she has had better results in the doubles circuit. - Anabel Medina Garrigues
Ana Isabel Medina Garrigues (born July 31, 1982, Valencia, Spain), better known as Anabel Medina Garrigues, is a Spanish female tennis player. She reached a career high WTA Tour ranking of 23 in August 2006, and has won 7 singles titles and 7 doubles titles. Most recently she won the WTA tournament in Strasbourg, France, beating Amelie Mauresmo in the final in May 2007. Her other singles titles came in Palermo in 2006, 2005, … - Meghann Shaughnessy
Meghann Shaughnessy (April 13 1979) is an American professional tennis player. She was born in Richmond, Virginia, and currently resides in Scottsdale, Arizona. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of #11 in 2001, and has won six WTA Tour singles titles. She is best known for her serve, which is one of the most powerful on tour, and has produced as many as 22 aces in a match. Shaughnessy is now choached by Andrew Florent, a former ATP player from Australia. - Yan Zi
Yan Zi (晏紫), born November 12, 1984 in Sichuan, is a professional female tennis player from the People's Republic of China. In 2005, she won her first WTA Tour singles title. Currently, Yan Zi is one of the highest ranked Chinese Women's Doubles players at the rank of 4 with her partner Jie Zheng one place ahead of her at 3. In Women's Singles, … - Peng Shuai
Peng Shuai (彭帅) is a professional female tennis player from the People's Republic of China. She began playing at age eight when an uncle (a famous tennis coach in China and the only other family member who plays tennis) introduced her to the game. She favors hard courts and forehand (though her backhand is the better side). Her father Peng Jijun is a police officer and her mother is Zhang Bing. - Lilia Osterloh
Lilia Osterloh (born April 7, 1978 in Columbus, Ohio) is a tennis player from the United States, who started a professional career in August 1997. She reached her highest individual ranking in the WTA Tour in April 23, 2001, when she became the number 41 in the world. Osterloh was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the women's tournament at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada, after losing to eventual gold medalist Maria Vento-Kabchi from Venezuela. - Greta Arn
Greta Arn (born April 13, 1979; in Budapest, Hungary) is a professional tennis player from Germany. In her career she won four ITF titles in singles and in doubles; she also won her first WTA title in Estoril, in Portugal, on May 6, 2007. Her career high on WTA rankings was No.81, on July 22, 2002. She won her first WTA Tour title as a qualifier ranked No.176 in the world, becoming lowest ranked and first qualifier to win a WTA Tour event in 2007. - Milagros Sequera
Milagros Sequera (born September 30, 1980 in San Felipe, Yaracuy, Venezuela) is a professional female tennis player from San Felipe, Yaracuy, Venezuela. She joined the WTA Tour in 1999 and was ranked World No. 48 on July 10, 2007. She won her first title in Fes, Morocco, on May 20, 2007, defeating Aleksandra Wozniak in the final. Milagros' coach is Larry Willens. She was introduced to the game at the age of seven. Her favorite surface is hard. - Emmanuelle Gagliardi
Emmanuelle Gagliardi (born July 9, 1976 in Geneva, Switzerland) is a professional Swiss tennis player. Her coach is Marco Tarelli and she prefers to play on hardcourts. As of 30 May, 2006, Gagliardi is still searching for her first WTA Tour singles title. - Akgul Amanmuradova
Akgul Amanmuradova is a professional female tennis player from Uzbekistan. As of June 26, 2006, she is 176th in the WTA rankings. In 2005, she reached her first ever WTA singles final in Tashkent, the capital of her home country. In the final she lost to 16-year old Michaëlla Krajicek of the Netherlands. - Silvia Farina Elia
Silvia Farina Elia (born April 27, 1972 in Milan, Italy) is a professional female tennis player from Italy. On Monday October 24, 2005 she announced her retirement from the WTA Tour. - Mathilde Johansson
Mathilde Johansson (born April 28, 1985 in Gothenburg, Sweden) is a female tennis player from France. She made her WTA Tour main draw debut at the 2005 French Open, losing to #6 seed Svetlana Kuznetsova in the first round. In 2006, she reached the second round, losing to Russian youngster Maria Kirilenko in straight sets. - Brenda Schultz-McCarthy
Brenda Anne Marie Schultz-McCarthy (born December 28, 1970 in Haarlem) is a Dutch tennis player. She is married to Sean McCarthy, a former American football player at University of Cincinnati. Schultz is known for her fast serve, holding the record for the fastest serve in the WTA tour. Schultz turned professional in 1986. She married McCarthy in April 8, 1995. Thereafter, she is known as "Brenda Schultz-McCarthy". Schultz' career high was in 1996 when she reached World No. - Natasha Zvereva
Natalya "Natasha" Zvereva (Belarusian: "Наталля Зверава", Russian: "Наташа Зверева"; born April 16, 1971) is a tennis player from Belarus. Playing initially for the Soviet Union, Zvereva won many doubles titles during the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s. As a junior, Zvereva won the Wimbledon girls singles title in 1986, defeating Leila Meskhi in the final 2-6, 6-2, 9-7. - Iroda Tulyaganova
Iroda Tulyaganova (born January 7 1982) is a professional tennis player who comes from Uzbekistan. She has been ranked as high as #16 on the WTA Tour and has won three WTA singles titles in her career. She returned to the main Tour in 2006 after a long injury absence, and in Kolkata in September 2006, she reached the semi-finals as a qualifier, leaping more than 120 places in the rankings to No. 222 after her success. - Kristina Brandi
Kristina Brandi (born March 29, 1977 in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican tennis player and the "first" to win an Olympic tennis match representing Puerto Rico. Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Kristina became interested in the sport of tennis at an early age. She made her professional debut in 1995 when she was 17 years old. In 2003, Brandi won the most titles of any woman on the "USTA Circuit". She took home trophies from six events. - Lori McNeil
Lori McNeil (born December 18 1963, in San Diego, California) is an African American tennis coach and former professional tennis player from the United States. McNeil a childhood friend of fellow African American pro Zina Garrison. McNeil played on the WTA Tour for 19 years from 1984-2002. During that time she won one Grand Slam mixed doubles title at the French Open in 1988 (partnering Jorge Lozano). She won a total of 10 singles and 33 doubles titles during her career. - Julie Halard-Decugis
Julie Halard-Decugis (born September 10, 1970) is a former professional female tennis player from Versailles, France. Halard-Decugis lived in La Baule, France during the initial stages of her career and later moved to Pully, Switzerland. She turned professional in June 1987 after wining the French Open junior singles title in 1986 and 1988 and reaching the Wimbledon junior singles final in 1987. She retired from the WTA Tour tennis circuit at the end of the 2000 season. - Alexandra Fusai
Alexandra Fusai (born November 22, 1973 in Saint-Cloud, France) is a former professional tennis player from France. Fusai turned professional in 1991. She was 1.76m tall and weighed about 60 kg in 1997. She played right-handed and lived in Nantes during her career. She retired from the WTA Tour tennis circuit in April 2003 when she discovered that she was pregnant with her first child. Her highest WTA Tour singles and doubles ranking was 37 and 6 respectively. - Ruxandra Dragomir
Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie is a female tennis player from Romania, who won four singles and five doubles titles during her career. The righthander reached her highest individual ranking on the WTA Tour on August 25, 1997, when she became the number 15 of the world. - Iveta Benešová
Iveta Benešová is a professional tennis player. She began playing tennis at age of 7 and turned professional in 1998 in Prague. She has won one WTA Tour event, Tier III in Accapulco in 2004. In the 2006 Australian Open, for the first time, she reached the third round of a Grand Slam by beating 5th seed Mary Pierce 6-3, 7-5. She lost in the very next round 6-4, 6-1 to Martina Hingis. On Feb 7, 2005, Benešová achieved her career-high singles ranking: World No. 33. - Nicole Arendt
Nicole Arendt (born August 26, 1969 in Somerville, New Jersey) is a female tennis player from the United States, who turned professional in 1991. She won sixteen doubles titles in her career. The lefthander reached her highest individual ranking on the WTA Tour on June 16, 1997, when she became the number 49 of the world. - Myriam Casanova
Myriam Casanova is a professional female tennis player from Switzerland. She has been ranked as high as #45 on the WTA Tour and has won one WTA singles titles in her career. - Séverine Brémond
Séverine Brémond is a professional female tennis player from France. On July 10, 2006, Brémond achieved a career-high singles ranking: World No. 65, following her success at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, where she reached the quarterfinal of a Grand Slam event for the first time in her career-as a qualifier. On her run to the quarterfinal, Brémond defeated No. 10 Patty Schnyder in the second round for her first top 10 win, Gisela Dulko in the third round, … - Mercedes Paz
Mercedes María Paz is a former professional tennis player from Argentina, who won three singles titles during her career on the WTA Tour. The righthander reached her highest career ranking on April 29, 1991, when she became the number 28 of the world. Her best Grand Slam finish was the fourth round at the 1986 French Open and the 1990 French Open, both at Roland Garros. - Magüi Serna
María Luisa ("Magüi") Serna Barrera is a professional female tennis player from Spain. She joined the WTA Tour in 1993 and was ranked World No. 19 on January 12, 2004. - Rachel McQuillan
Rachel McQuillan (born December 2, 1971, in Newcastle, New South Wales) is a retired professional tennis player from Australia. She won 5 WTA Tour doubles titles, as well as 14 singles and 21 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She reached the mixed doubles semifinals at the 1995 and 1998 French Opens and at the 1996 US Open, each time partnering David Macpherson. She won a bronze medal in doubles at the 1992 Summer Olympics, partnering Nicole Bradtke. - Florencia Labat
Florencia Labat (born June 12, 1971 in Pergamino) was a professional female tennis player from Argentina. She joined the WTA Tour in 1988 and retired in 2000. On September 12, 1994 she was ranked World No. 26. - Åsa Svensson
Åsa Svensson is a female tennis player from Sweden, who turned professional in 1992. She won two singles and seven doubles titles in her career. The righthander reached her highest individual ranking on the WTA Tour on April 1, 1996, when she became the number 28 of the world. - Ansley Cargill
Ansley Cargill (born January 5, 1982 in Atlanta, Georgia) is a tennis player from the United States, who won four International Tennis Federation Circuit singles titles, and four International Tennis Federation Circuit doubles titles. In 2006 she won $50,000 ITF/Hammond, LA-USA defeating No. 1 seed Tatiana Poutchek of Belarus 6-1 6-3 in Quarterfinals and No. 4 seed Tatiana Perebiynis of Ukraine 6-4 6-4 in the final. - Patricia Hy-Boulais
Patricia Hy-Boulais (born August 22, 1965 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia) is a former Hong Kong tennis player who became a citizen of Canada in 1991, and turned professional on October 12, 1986. Hy-Boulais represented her new country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where she was eliminated in the second round by the number one seed Monica Seles. Hy-Boulais reached her highest ranking in the WTA Tour on March 8, 1993, when she became the number 28 of the world. - Catalina Castaño
Catalina Castaño Alvarez is a professional female Colombian tennis player. On 10 July 2006, Catalina reached her career-high singles ranking: World No. 35. Since November 2006, she is the highest ranked South American female tennis player. She is coached by Peruvian born British citizen Pablo Giacopelli, who has been her coach since 2004. She has reached the second round in three of the four Tennis Grand Slams Tournaments (Roland Garros, Australian Open and US Open), … - Mariaan de Swardt
Mariaan de Swardt (born March 18, 1971 in Johannesburg) is a former tennis player from South Africa, who played as a professional from 1980 to 2001. She twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. Since 1988, De Swardt has won two Grand Slam titles in mixed doubles competition, including the 1999 Australian Open and the 2000 French Open with partner David Adams. She worked with a junior tennis program in Hilton Head. - Tara Snyder
Tara Snyder (born May 26, 1977 in Wichita, Kansas) is a former tennis player from the United States, who started a professional career in May 1995. She reached her highest individual ranking in the WTA Tour in November 16, 1998, when she became the number 33 in the world. Snyder won the silver medal at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada, after losing the final to Venezuela's Maria Vento-Kabchi. - John van Lottum
John van Lottum is a tennis player from The Netherlands, who turned professional in 1994. He hasn't won a title (singles or doubles) during his career so far. He is righthanded, and reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on April 26, 1999, when he became number 62 in the world. He has an older sister, Noëlle van Lottum, who played on the WTA Tour circuit from 1987-1999, with a career-high ranking of 57 in singles. - Laurence Courtois
Laurence Courtois (born on January 18, 1976 in Kortrijk, Belgium) was a professional female tennis player from Belgium. In her career she never won a WTA Tour singles titles but she did win 4 titles in doubles. - Marlene Weingärtner
Marlene Weingärtner (born 30 January 1980 in Heidelberg) is a former German professional tennis player. Weingärtner retired in late 2005 after suffering several first round losses due to ongoing physical problems. Most remarkable moment of Weingärtners career was her dramatic first round win during the Australian Open 2003 when she gained a match against the defending champion Jennifer Capriati which seemed already lost. - Andrea Temesvari
Andrea Temesvari is a former professional tennis player once ranked as high as number 3 in the world. She was a teenage phenom, winning the Italian Open at sixteen, but injuries later hampered her career. She received the "Most Improved Player Award" by WTA Tour and TENNIS Magazine in 1982. At the 1986 French Open she won the Women's Doubles title with Martina Navratilova. Temesvári retired in 1997.
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