Sportin Latvia includes basketball, football, ice hockey, athletics (track), rugby, tennis, cycling, and others. Ice hockey is the most popular of the Latvian sports and is closely followed by basketball. Some of Latvia's most notable athletes include hockey player Sandis Ozoliņš, football player Māris Verpakovskis, Olympic javelin thrower Jānis Lūsis, two-time Olympic BMX champion Maris Strombergs, and basketball player Kristaps Porziņģis. The national sport of Latvia is ice hockey.
Laura Arraya is a retired Peruvian tennis player. She was also known by her married name Laura Gildemeister.
Ernests Gulbis is a Latvian inactive professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 10, making him the only male Latvian tennis player ever to be ranked inside the top 10, a feat achieved in June 2014. In 2008, Gulbis won his first ATP Tour doubles title at the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, teaming with Rainer Schüttler, and in 2010, he won his first ATP Tour singles title in the Delray Beach, defeating Ivo Karlović in the final. In total, Gulbis has six ATP titles to his name. His best performance at a Grand Slam was reaching the semifinals of the 2014 French Open. He had previously reached the quarterfinals of the 2008 French Open.
Gulbis is a Latvian surname, derived from the Latvian word for "swan". Individuals with the surname include:
Tatjana Maria is a German professional tennis player. In January 2024, she reached her career-best singles ranking of world No. 42, and in June 2016, she peaked at No. 54 in the doubles rankings.
Laura Golarsa is a former Italian professional tennis player.
Līga Dekmeijere is an inactive Latvian tennis player.
Irina Kuzmina-Rimša is a Latvian former professional tennis player.
Jocelyn Rae is a British former tennis player.
Diāna Marcinkēviča is a tennis player from Latvia.
Laura Pigossi Herrmann de Andrade is a Brazilian professional tennis player. She won a bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, playing alongside Luisa Stefani.
Keren Shlomo is a retired Israeli tennis player.
Trīna Šlapeka is a retired Latvian tennis player.
Eri Hozumi is a Japanese tennis player.
Daniela Adrija Vismane is a tennis player from Latvia. She has career-high WTA rankings of 228 in singles, achieved on 16 May 2022, and No. 161 in doubles, achieved on 24 June 2024. On the ITF Circuit, she has won four titles in singles and eleven in doubles.
Agnese Gustmane is a retired professional tennis player who represented the Soviet Union and Latvia.
Oana Elena Golimbioschi is a former professional tennis player from Romania.
Zeel Desai is an Indian tennis player from Ahmedabad.
Darja Semeņistaja is a Latvian tennis player.
Lexie Stevens is a Dutch inactive tennis player.
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