10 Players, 10 Countries in New WTA Rankings
January 31, 2011 by Tennis Ledger Wire Services · 1 Comment
ST. PETERSBURG, FL – The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA), the global leader in women’s professional sport, announced today that for the first time in its history, the Top 10 rankings will feature ten players from ten different countries around the world. Eleven different nations are represented among the top 11 spots, and 30 different countries [...]
Osaka (Wed): Stosur, Bartoli Through To QFs
October 13, 2010 by Tennis Ledger Wire Services · Leave a Comment
HP OPEN Osaka-JPN October 11-17, 2010 $220,000/International Hard/Outdoors Results – Wednesday, October 13, 2010 Singles – Second Round (1) Samantha Stosur (AUS) d. Junri Namigata (JPN) 60 63 (2) Marion Bartoli (FRA) d. Stefanie Voegele (SUI) 62 62 Chang Kai-Chen (TPE) d. (4) Maria Kirilenko (RUS) 64 ret. (left hip injury) Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) d. [...]
WORLD NO. 8 SAMANTHA STOSUR ENTERS FAMILY CIRCLE CUP
October 12, 2010 by Tennis Ledger Wire Services · Leave a Comment
CHARLESTON, SC (October 12, 2010) – World No. 8 and defending champion Samantha Stosur has officially entered the 2011 Family Circle Cup. Stosur, the first player to commit to the tournament, returns to Daniel Island where she set the event’s mark for the fastest championship victory on record by defeating Vera Zvonareva 6-0, 6-3, in [...]
Jelena Jankovic and Elena Dementieva Round Out Singles Field at WTA Championships-Doha 2010
October 12, 2010 by Tennis Ledger Wire Services · Leave a Comment
ST. PETERSBURG, FL, USA – Jelena Jankovic and Elena Dementieva today became the final two singles players to qualify for the season-ending WTA Championships–Doha 2010, set to take place for the third year in a row at the Khalifa International Tennis Complex in Doha, Qatar, from October 26-31. Jankovic and Dementieva join Caroline Wozniacki, Vera [...]
Osaka (Tues): New No.13 Peer Cruises In Opener
October 12, 2010 by Tennis Ledger Wire Services · Leave a Comment
HP OPEN Osaka-JPN October 11-17, 2010 $220,000/International Hard/Outdoors Results – Tuesday, October 12, 2010 Singles – First Round (3) Shahar Peer (ISR) d. Misaki Doi (JPN) 62 63 (6) Kimiko Date Krumm (JPN) d. (Q) Laura Robson (GBR) 63 63 (7) Iveta Benesova (CZE) d. (Q) Christina McHale (USA) 64 63 Olga Savchuk (UKR) d. [...]
Sony Ericsson WTA Tour – Osaka preview information
October 10, 2010 by Tennis Ledger Wire Services · Leave a Comment
HP OPEN Osaka-JPN October 11-17, 2010 $220,000/International Hard/Outdoors Order of Play – Monday, October 11, 2010 Centre Court (from 10.00hrs) 1. Kurumi Nara vs. Maria Kirilenko 2. Samantha Stosur vs. Sachie Ishizu 3. Julie Coin vs. Marion Bartoli 4. Dentoni/Nakamura vs. Date Krumm/Morita (NB 16.00hrs) Court 1 (from 10.00hrs) 1. Natalie Grandin vs. Hsu Wen-Hsin [...]
Lisa Raymond/Rennae Stubbs and Vania King/Yaroslava Shvedova Round Out Doubles Competition at WTA Championships-Doha 2010
October 7, 2010 by Tennis Ledger Staff Reports · Leave a Comment
BEIJING, CHINA – The doubles teams of Lisa Raymond/Rennae Stubbs and Vania King/Yaroslava Shvedova have qualified for the season-ending WTA Championships–Doha 2010, set to take place for the third year in a row at the Khalifa International Tennis Complex in Doha, Qatar, from October 26-31. The two teams join Gisela Dulko/Flavia Pennetta and Kveta Peschke/Katarina [...]
Sony Ericsson WTA Tour – Beijing (Sun): Defending Champ Kuznetsova Shocked in Opener
October 3, 2010 by Tennis Ledger Wire Services · Leave a Comment
CHINA OPEN Beijing-CHN October 2-10, 2010 $4,500,000/Premier Hard/Outdoors Results – Sunday, October 3, 2010 Singles – First Round (Q) Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) d. (4) Samantha Stosur (AUS) 26 76(5) 75 (9) Li Na (CHN) d. (Q) Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) 62 60 (Q) Roberta Vinci (ITA) d. (10) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 63 26 63 (12) Maria [...]
WTA Top 20 Rankings
September 14, 2010 by Tennis Ledger Wire Services · Leave a Comment
1 Serena Williams (USA) 6995.00pts 2 Caroline Wozniacki (Den) 5910.00 3 Venus Williams (USA) 5796.00 4 Vera Zvonareva (Rus) 5550.00 5 Kim Clijsters (Bel) 5325.00 6 Jelena Jankovic (Ser) 5205.00 7 Samantha Stosur (Aus) 4950.00 8 Francesca Schiavone (Ita) 4670.00 9 Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) 3995.00 10 Elena Dementieva (Rus) 3945.00 11 Victoria Azarenka (Blr) 3715.00 [...]
US Open Women’s Results
September 7, 2010 by Tennis Ledger Wire Services · Leave a Comment
US OPEN New York, NY-USA August 30-September 12, 2010 $22,668,000/Grand Slam Hard/Outdoors Tuesday, September 7, 2010 Singles – Quarterfinals (2) Kim Clijsters (BEL) d. (5) Samantha Stosur (AUS) 64 57 63 (3) Venus Williams (USA) d. (6) Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 76(5) 64 Doubles – Quarterfinals (6) King/Shvedova (USA/KAZ) d. (1) Dulko/Pennetta (ARG/ITA) 63 63 (9) Black/Rodionova (ZIM/AUS) d. [...]
