Catalina Castaño Álvarez is a retired tennis player from Colombia. Her highest singles ranking of 35 she achieved in 2006.
Kim Clijsters defeated Mary Pierce in the final, 6–3, 6–1 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2005 US Open. It was her first major singles title and first of an eventual three US Open titles.
Defending champion Justine Henin-Hardenne successfully defended her title, defeating Svetlana Kuznetsova in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2006 French Open. She won the title without losing a set during the tournament, or without facing a tiebreak in any set.
Ana Ivanovic won the title, defeating Martina Hingis in the final, 6–2, 6–3. At 18 years and 41 weeks of age, Ivanovic became the youngest female player to win the tournament, only to be surpassed by Belinda Bencic who won the title in 2015 aged 18 years and 23 weeks. Kim Clijsters was the defending champion, but retired due to a left wrist sprain in the second round against Stéphanie Dubois.
The VanOpen, currently sponsored as Odlum Brown VanOpen, is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hardcourts. It is part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour, and of the ITF Women's Circuit. It is held at Hollyburn Country Club in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The event was hosted continuously from 2002 to 2015, but returned in 2017 after a one-year hiatus.
This was the first edition of the event.
Kim Clijsters was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.
Following is a list of results from the 2006 Acura Classic singles tennis competition. The 2006 Acura Classic was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in San Diego in the United States. It was part of Tier I of the 2006 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from July 29 through August 6, 2006.
The singles tournament at the 2006 Family Circle Cup took place between April 10 and April 16, 2006 on the indoor clay courts of the Family Circle Tennis Center in Charleston, United States. Justine Henin-Hardenne was the defending champion, but lost to Patty Schnyder in the semifinals. Nadia Petrova won the title, defeating Patty Schnyder in the final.
Serena Williams was the two-time defending champion and successfully defended her title, beating Carla Suárez Navarro in the final, 6–2, 6–0. Williams won the title for the record 8th time in her career. This is also the second to last WTA tournament played by Nicole Vaidišová, who received a wildcard and lost to Simona Halep in the second round.
Vera Zvonareva was the defending champion, but chose to compete in Dubai this week.
This was the first time a WTA level was held in İstanbul.Top seed Venus Williams won the title, defeating Nicole Vaidišová in the final, 6–3, 6–2.
Ashleigh Barty and CoCo Vandeweghe defeated Tímea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic in the final, 3–6, 7–6(7–2), 7–6(8–6) to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 2018 US Open.
The 2004 French Open girls' singles tournament was an event during the 2004 French Open tennis tournament. Anna-Lena Grönefeld was the defending champion, but did not compete in the Juniors in this year.
The 2004 Vancouver Women's Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts that was part of the Tier V category of the 2004 WTA Tour. It was the third edition of the tournament and took place in Vancouver, Canada from 9 August until 15 August 2004.
Virginia Ruano Pascual was the defending champion, but decided to compete in Moscow at the same week.
Samantha Stosur and Zhang Shuai won the women's doubles tennis title at the 2019 Australian Open, defeating defending champions Tímea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic in the final 6–3, 6–4.
Elise Mertens and Aryna Sabalenka defeated Ashleigh Barty and Victoria Azarenka in the final, 7–5, 7–5, to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 2019 US Open.
Camila Giorgi was the defending champion, but withdrew before the tournament started, due to injury.
Nicole Vaidišová 
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