Christine Marie Evert, known as Chris Evert Lloyd from 1979 to 1987, is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. Widely considered among the greatest tennis players of all time, Evert won 18 major singles titles, including a record seven French Open titles and a joint-record six US Open titles. Evert was ranked world No. 1 for 260 weeks, and was the year-end world No. 1 singles player seven times. Alongside Martina Navratilova, her greatest rival, Evert dominated women's tennis for much of the 1970s and 1980s.
Vanderbilt University is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 1873, it was named in honor of shipping and railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided the school its initial $1 million endowment in the hopes that his gift and the greater work of the university would help to heal the sectional wounds inflicted by the American Civil War. Vanderbilt is a founding member of the Southeastern Conference and has been the conference's only private school since 1966.
The Vanderbilt Commodores are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Vanderbilt University, located in Nashville, Tennessee. Vanderbilt fields 16 varsity teams, 14 of which compete at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I level as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Vanderbilt's women's lacrosse team plays in the American Athletic Conference. The bowling team plays in Conference USA (C-USA), which absorbed Vanderbilt's former bowling home of the Southland Bowling League after the 2022–23 season. The University of Tennessee Volunteers are Vanderbilt's primary athletic rival, and the only other SEC team in Tennessee.
Julie Heldman is an American tennis player who won 22 singles titles. In 1968 and 1969, she was ranked No. 2 in the U.S. She was Canadian National 18 and Under Singles Champion at age 12, U.S. Champion in Girls’ 15 Singles and Girls’ 18 Singles, Italian Open Singles Champion, Canadian Singles and Doubles Champion, and U.S. Clay Court Doubles Champion. She won three medals at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, and three gold medals at the 1969 Maccabiah Games.
Wiltrud Probst is a retired tennis player from Germany.
The racket sport traditionally named lawn tennis, invented in Edgbaston, Birmingham, England, now commonly known simply as tennis, is the direct descendant of what is now denoted real tennis or royal tennis, which continues to be played today as a separate sport with more complex rules. The first Lawn Tennis Club and tournament was held in Royal Leamington Spa on 1 August 1882.
The 1997 Warsaw Cup by Heros was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Warszawianka Courts in Warsaw, Poland that was part of Tier III of the 1997 WTA Tour. It was the third edition of the tournament and was held from 21 July until 27 July 1997. Top-seeded Barbara Paulus won the singles title.
The 1997 SEAT Open was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts in Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg that was part of Tier III of the 1997 WTA Tour. It was the second edition of the tournament and was held from 20 October until 26 October 1997. First-seeded Amanda Coetzer won the singles title.
The 1994 EA-Generali Ladies Linz was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Intersport Arena in Linz, Austria that was part of Tier III of the 1994 WTA Tour. It was the 8th edition of the tournament and was held from 7 February through 13 February 1994. Fifth-seeded Sabine Appelmans won the singles title.
Steffi Graf defeated Natasha Zvereva in the final, 4–6, 6–1, 6–2 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1994 Miami Open.
The 1998 ENKA Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Istanbul in Turkey that was part of Tier IV of the 1998 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from August 3 through August 9, 1998.
Katarzyna Nowak is a former Polish professional tennis player.
Hayley Nicole Carter is an American former professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of No. 25, which she achieved on 14 June 2021. Carter is primarily a doubles player. Over her career, she won two WTA Tour and two WTA 125 doubles titles, with nine titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.
Fernanda Contreras Gómez is a Mexican tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 139 by the WTA, achieved on 3 October 2022, and a doubles ranking of 99, achieved on 8 May 2023. She played collegiately for Vanderbilt University.
Ana Salas Lozano is a Spanish former professional tennis player.
The 1993 BVV Prague Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the I. Czech Lawn Tennis Club in Prague in the Czech Republic that was part of Tier IV of the 1993 WTA Tour. It was the first edition of the tournament and was held from 13 July until 18 July 1993. Unseeded Natalia Medvedeva won the singles title.
Aleke Joy Tsoubanos is an American former professional tennis player.
Candice Storey Lee is the current director of athletics for Vanderbilt University. Lee attended college at Vanderbilt, where she played on the school's women's basketball team, suffering two major injuries. She is a triple alumna of the university, having received a bachelor's degree, a master's degree in counseling, and a doctorate in higher education administration there. Lee began her athletics administration career at Vanderbilt in 2002, serving first as an academic adviser and then compliance director. Working under the late athletic director David Williams, Lee was named the department’s senior woman administrator in 2004, a responsibility she held until 2020. She also assumed the title of deputy athletic director in 2016, overseeing the day-to-day operations of the athletic department and serving as the sport administrator for football and women’s basketball.
Defending champion Conchita Martínez defeated Martina Navratilova in the final, 7–6(7–5), 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1994 Italian Open.
Katrien de Craemer is a former Belgian tennis player.
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