The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) is the principal organizing body of women's professional tennis. The association governs the WTA Tour,which is the worldwide professional tennis tour for women,and was founded to create a better future for women's tennis. The WTA's corporate headquarters is in St. Petersburg,Florida,with its European headquarters in London and its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Beijing.
The Canadian Open is an annual professional tennis tournament held in Ontario and Quebec,Canada. It is played on outdoor hardcourts. The men's competition is an ATP Masters 1000 event on the ATP Tour,and the women's competition is a WTA 1000 event on the WTA Tour. It is the second-oldest active tennis tournament in the world,with Wimbledon the oldest.
Branksome Hall is an independent day and boarding school for girls in Toronto,Ontario,Canada. It is Toronto's only all-years International Baccalaureate (IB) World School for girls. Branksome Hall is located on a 13-acre campus in the Toronto neighbourhood of Rosedale and educates more than 900 students from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 12.
Notre Dame College School is a Catholic high school in Welland,Ontario,Canada with classes ranging from Grade 9 to Grade 12. The school was founded by the Holy Cross Fathers,a group of Roman Catholic priests who also founded the University of Notre Dame. In the early years of the establishment,tuition was levied to students attending the school;however,the institution is now completely publicly funded. Notre Dame is currently the largest secondary school in the Niagara Region,with 1243 students. All NCDSB elementary schools in the Welland and Pelham areas are considered to be feeder schools to Notre Dame.
Katrina M. Adams is an American tennis executive and former professional tennis player from Chicago. She was president and CEO of the United States Tennis Association and chair of the US Open,as well as the chair of the International Tennis Federation Fed Cup and Gender Equality in Tennis committees. As a player,Adams was a doubles specialist,reaching the quarterfinal stage or better at all four Grand Slams as well as achieving a career-high doubles ranking of no. 8. Her book,Own the Arena:Getting Ahead,Making a Difference,and Succeeding as the Only One was published in 2021.
Stephen P. MacMillan is the chairman,president and chief executive officer of Hologic,a medical device and diagnostic manufacturer headquartered in Marlborough,Massachusetts. He is the former CEO of Stryker Corporation,a medical device manufacturer headquartered in Kalamazoo,Michigan.
Gabriela "Gaby" Dabrowski is a Canadian professional tennis player. She reached her career-high doubles ranking of world No. 3 on 15 July 2024. A three-time Grand Slam champion,she won the 2023 US Open doubles title,partnering Erin Routliffe,and also the 2017 French Open mixed-doubles title,with Rohan Bopanna,becoming the first Canadian woman to win a senior Grand Slam title,and the 2018 Australian Open with Mate Pavić. Her highest singles ranking of world No. 164 was achieved in November 2014.
Eugenie "Genie" Bouchard is a Canadian professional tennis and pickleball player and model. At the 2014 Wimbledon Championships,she became the first Canadian-born player representing Canada to reach the final of a major singles tournament,finishing runner-up to Petra Kvitová. Bouchard also reached the semifinals of the 2014 Australian Open and 2014 French Open. Having won the 2012 Wimbledon girls' title as a junior,she was named WTA Newcomer of the Year at the end of the 2013 WTA Tour. Bouchard received the WTA Most Improved Player award for the 2014 season and reached a career-high ranking of world No. 5,becoming the first Canadian tennis player to be ranked in the top 5 in singles.
Margarita Melikovna Betova is an inactive Russian tennis player.
Carol Zhao is a Chinese-Canadian tennis player. She reached her highest WTA singles ranking of No. 131 in June 2018,and her career-high junior rank of No. 9 on January 1,2013. She won the Australian Open junior doubles title in 2013. Zhao was a member of the Stanford University tennis team,ending her college career with a 76–16 overall record and leading the team to win the 2016 NCAA championship. She also was the 2015 NCAA singles runner-up.
Veronika Eduardovna Kudermetova is a Russian professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 9,achieved on 24 October 2022,and a best WTA doubles ranking of No. 2,reached on 6 June 2022. She also has won three WTA 1000 titles,and won the 2022 WTA Finals with Elise Mertens. In addition,she reached the doubles final of Wimbledon in 2021,with Elena Vesnina.
The 2016 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2016 tennis season. The 2016 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation,the WTA Premier tournaments,the WTA International tournaments,the Fed Cup,the year-end championships. Also included in the 2016 calendar is the Summer Olympic Games and Hopman Cup,which were organized by the ITF and did not distribute ranking points.
Anna Nikolayevna Kalinskaya is a Russian professional tennis player. She reached a career-high ranking of world No. 12 in singles on 7 October 2024,and No. 49 in doubles in February 2023. On the WTA Tour,she has won three doubles titles. She also has won one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour,and seven singles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Her best singles performance at a major is reaching the quarterfinals at the 2024 Australian Open.
Ingrid Bentzer is a Swedish former tennis player who was active in the 1960s and 1970s. She was ranked in the world's Top 15 in the 1970s and was the No. 1 ranked Swedish player in 1973 to 1975.
Kelly D. Murumets is a Canadian business executive who served as the President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Tennis Canada from 2014 to 2017. She was also the President and CEO of ParticipACTION,a non-profit organization which promotes healthy living and physical fitness,from 2007 to 2014.
Sophie Goldschmidt is a British global business executive who is currently the president and CEO of U.S. Ski &Snowboard,the national governing body for Olympic and Paralympic skiing and snowboarding in the United States. Prior to U.S. Ski &Snowboard,Goldschmidt was on the advisory board for the World Surf League (WSL),after stepping down from her position as chief executive officer in February 2020. Goldschmidt was included on the 2018 Forbes list of the "Most Powerful Women In International Sport," after overseeing various groundbreaking partnerships,including an exclusive digital broadcasting rights deal for the WSL with Facebook worth over $30 million over two years. Goldschmidt also currently advises various companies in the sport,media,technology,health and fitness sectors.
Daria Serhiivna Snigur is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA ranking of world No. 105 in singles,achieved on 14 November 2022. Snigur has won seven singles titles at tournaments of the ITF Women's Circuit.
Steve Simon is an American tennis executive and former player who is the chairman and former chief executive officer (CEO) of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
WTA 1000 is a category of tennis tournaments on the WTA Tour organized by the Women's Tennis Association.
