Amélie Mauresmo defeated Justine Henin-Hardenne in the final, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships. It was her second and last major title, having won the Australian Open earlier in the year. Mauresmo also became the first French woman to win Wimbledon since Suzanne Lenglen in 1925. Henin-Hardenne was attemtping to complete the career Grand Slam.
Olga Alekseyevna Puchkova is a Russian former professional tennis player. As a junior, she played for Belarus, and was sometimes listed as Belarusian professional.
Venus Williams defeated Marion Bartoli in the final, 6–4, 6–1 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships. Williams, ranked 31st at the time and seeded 23rd, remains the lowest ranked and lowest seeded woman ever to win Wimbledon. This was Williams' fourth Wimbledon singles title and sixth major title overall, and she also became the first female champion to earn the same amount of prize money as the male champion, following the tournament's decision to award equal pay for the first time that year.
Maria Sharapova defeated Ana Ivanovic 7–5, 6–3, in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2008 Australian Open, without losing a set the entire tournament, or facing a tiebreak in any set throughout the tournament. This was her third Grand Slam singles title and her first and only Australian Open. She was also the first Russian woman to win this tournament. Ivanovic lost in a Grand Slam final for the second time, though she would eventually win the French Open a few months later.
Nicole Gibbs is an American retired tennis player.
Nicole Clerico is a retired Italian tennis player.
Nicole Melichar-Martinez is an American tennis player who specializes in doubles.
Andrew Robert Hammond is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has previously played in the NHL for the Ottawa Senators, Colorado Avalanche and the Montreal Canadiens. Nicknamed the "Hamburglar", he rose to fame in 2014–15 when he was called up from the minors and led the Senators to a 20–1–2 record to clinch a previously unthinkable Stanley Cup playoff berth.
The 2018 Wimbledon Championships was a Grand Slam tennis tournament which took place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The main tournament began on Monday, 2 July 2018 and finished on Sunday, 15 July 2018. Novak Djokovic won the gentlemen's singles title and Angelique Kerber won the ladies' singles title.
Jamie Murray and Martina Hingis were the defending champions, but Hingis retired from professional tennis at the end of 2017. Alexander Peya and Nicole Melichar won the title, defeating Murray and Victoria Azarenka in the final, 7–6(7–1), 6–3.
Tímea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic won the women's doubles tennis title at the 2018 Australian Open, defeating Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina in the final, 6–4, 6–3. It was the first Grand Slam title for Babos, who became the first Hungarian player to win a Grand Slam event since Andrea Temesvári in the 1986 French Open and the second Grand Slam title for Mladenovic.
Martina Hingis and Jamie Murray were the defending champions, but Hingis retired from professional tennis at the end of 2017. Murray successfully defended his title alongside Bethanie Mattek-Sands, defeating Alicja Rosolska and Nikola Mektić, 2–6, 6–3, [11–9] to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 2018 US Open
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.
Natasha Zvereva successfully defended her title, defeating Julie Halard in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the girls' singles tennis title at the 1987 Wimbledon Championships.
Karina Habšudová and Andrea Strnadová defeated Nicole Pratt and Kirrily Sharpe in the final, 6–3, 6–2 to win the girls' doubles tennis title at the 1990 Wimbledon Championships.
Catherine Barclay and Limor Zaltz defeated Joanne Limmer and Angie Woolcock in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the girls' doubles tennis title at the 1991 Wimbledon Championships.
The 2018 Washington Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 50th edition and the 8th edition of the Washington Open. The event was part of the ATP World Tour 500 series of the 2018 ATP World Tour, and of the WTA International tournaments of the 2018 WTA Tour. It took place at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington, D.C., United States, from July 30 to August 5, 2018.
The 2018 Western & Southern Open was a men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts from August 13–19, 2018. It took place at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio, a northern suburb of Cincinnati, in the United States. It was a Masters 1000 tournament on the 2018 ATP World Tour and a WTA Premier 5 tournament on the 2018 WTA Tour. The tournament was one of two headline events in the 2018 US Open Series. The 2018 tournament was the 117th men's edition and the 90th women's edition of the Cincinnati Masters.
Kristýna Nepivodová is a Czech tennis player.
This was the first WTA edition of the tournament; the previous editions were ITF events.
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