Javier Sánchez Vicario is a former top-ten doubles professional tennis player from Spain. Sánchez won the US Open junior singles and doubles title in 1986, and reached the quarterfinal stage in the US Open men's singles event twice - in 1991 and 1996.
The Irish Football Association (IFA) is the governing body for association football in Northern Ireland. It organised the Ireland national football team from 1880 to 1950, which after 1954, became the Northern Ireland national football team.
Sport in Ireland plays an important role in Irish society. The many sports played and followed in Ireland include Gaelic games, association football, horse racing, show jumping, greyhound racing, basketball, fishing, handball, motorsport, boxing, tennis, hockey, golf, rowing, cricket, and rugby union.
Kerry Melville Reid is a former professional tennis player from Australia. During her 17-year career, Reid won one Grand Slam singles title and 26 other singles titles and was the runner-up in 40 singles tournaments. Reid was included in the year-end world top-ten rankings for 12 consecutive years (1968–1979). She won at least one tournament annually from 1966 through 1979, except for 1975. Her career-high ranking was world No. 5 in 1971, behind Margaret Court, Billie Jean King, Evonne Goolagong, and Rosie Casals.
Renáta Tomanová is a former professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia.
Tennis Ireland is the governing body for tennis for the island of Ireland, with responsibilities for clubs and competitions. Tennis Ireland is divided into four Branches corresponding to the four provinces of Ireland, with its national headquarters located on the campus of Dublin City University
Antrim, sometimes known as Antrim Borough to distinguish it from the former constituency of the same name, was a single-member county constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.
John Bailey "Jack" Hawkes was an Australian tennis player who won the singles title at the 1926 Australasian Championships and was ranked No. 10 in the world in 1928.
Nathaniel Owens Minford was a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.
Claire Curran is a former professional tennis player from Northern Ireland.
Railway Union Sports Club is a multi-sports club based in Sandymount, Dublin 4, Ireland. The club was founded in 1904 and was originally known as the Railway and Steam Packet Athletic and Social Union. The club organises teams in various sports and activities including cricket, field hockey, indoor hockey, rugby union, association football, tennis, bowls and bridge. Railway Union women's field hockey and women's rugby union teams both play in the top level of their respective national leagues. Railway Union women's field hockey team also represented Ireland in the 2014 EuroHockey Club Champions Cup.
Lynsey McCullough is a Northern Irish former professional tennis player who represented Ireland. She played for the Ireland Fed Cup team from 2009 to 2012, achieving a win–loss record of 7–6. She now coaches junior tennis players in Northern Ireland
Brenda Kirk was a South African tennis player.
Marina Kroschina defeated Sue Minford in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the girls' singles tennis title at the 1971 Wimbledon Championships.
Lindsay Blachford is a British former professional tennis player.
Gina Niland Craig is an Irish former professional tennis player.
Paulina Peled is an Israeli former professional tennis player. She was known as Paulina Peisachov before marriage.
Peter Jackson was an Irish international tennis player originating from Northern Ireland.
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