The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is the governing body of world tennis, wheelchair tennis, and beach tennis. It was founded in 1913 as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by twelve national tennis associations. As of 2016, there are 211 national and six regional associations that make up the ITF's membership.
Gottfried Alexander Maximilian Walter Kurt Freiherr[A] von Cramm was a German tennis player who won the French Championships twice and reached the final of a Grand Slam singles tournament on five other occasions. He was ranked number 2 in the world in 1934 and 1936, and number 1 in the world in 1937. He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1977, which states that he is "most remembered for a gallant effort in defeat against Don Budge in the 1937 Interzone Final at Wimbledon".
Hildegard Krahwinkel Sperling was a German-Danish tennis player. She won three consecutive singles titles at the French Championships from 1935 to 1937. Krahwinkel Sperling is generally regarded as the second-greatest female German tennis player in history, behind Steffi Graf. Sperling played a counterpunching game, predicated on speed, and wore down opponents. Helen Jacobs once wrote that Sperling was the third-best player she ever played, behind Helen Wills Moody and Suzanne Lenglen.
Betty Flippina Stöve is a Dutch former professional tennis player. She is best remembered for reaching the ladies' singles final, the ladies' doubles final and the mixed doubles final during the same year at Wimbledon in 1977. She also won ten Grand Slam titles in women's doubles and mixed doubles.
This page covers all the important events in the sport of tennis in 2010. Primarily, it provides the results of notable tournaments throughout the year on both the ATP and WTA Tours, the Davis Cup, and the Fed Cup.
This is a list of the main career statistics of professional tennis player Svetlana Kuznetsova. Since her professional debut in 2000, she has won 18 singles titles and 16 doubles titles on the WTA Tour. Some of her major titles include two Grand Slam titles in singles and two in doubles. During her career, she has made 62 top 10 wins, including seven wins over world No. 1 in that moment and earned more than $25M prize money. In singles, she reached career-highest ranking of place 2, while in doubles she is former world No. 3. Playing for Russia at the Billie Jean King Cup, she won three titles, in 2004, 2007 and 2008.
This is a list of Women's Tennis Association (WTA) records since its inception in June 1973. Some records additionally extend back a few more years in order to include the immediately preceding Virginia Slims Circuit era for completeness. The Virginia Slims Circuit started in September 1970 and was replaced in 1973 by the WTA. These however do not make up the entire Open Era records. For those, see Open Era tennis records – Women's singles.
This is a list of the main career statistics of Czech professional tennis player Petra Kvitová. To date, Kvitová has won 31 career singles titles including two Grand Slam singles titles at the Wimbledon Championships, one WTA Tour Championships singles title, nine WTA 1000 singles titles. She was also the Bronze medalist at the 2016 Rio Olympics, a runner-up at the 2015 WTA Finals and 2019 Australian Open, a semifinalist at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, 2012 Australian Open, 2012 French Open and 2020 French Open, and a quarterfinalist at the 2011 Australian Open, 2012 Wimbledon Championships, 2013 Wimbledon Championships, 2015 US Open, 2017 US Open and 2020 Australian Open. Kvitová reached her career-high ranking of world No. 2 on 31 October 2011.
The 1971 ILTF Women's Tennis Circuit was the 58th season since the formation of the International Lawn Tennis Federation in 1913, it consisted of a number of tennis tournaments for female tennis players.
Tennis in Italy is governed by the Italian Tennis and Padel Federation and in 2012 it was the 6th sport by number of practitioners, with 1,298,000 people.
This is a list of the main career statistics of German former professional tennis player Angelique Kerber. Kerber won 14 career singles titles, including three Grand Slam singles titles at the 2016 Australian Open, 2016 US Open and 2018 Wimbledon Championships. She also won titles on each playing surface. She was also the runner-up at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships and won Silver at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Kerber became the world No. 1 for the first time in her career on 12 September 2016.
The Open Era is the current era of professional tennis. It began in 1968 when the Grand Slam tournaments allowed professional players to compete with amateurs, ending the division that had persisted since the dawn of the sport in the 19th century. The first open tournament was the 1968 British Hard Court Championships held in April, followed by the inaugural open Grand Slam tournament, the 1968 French Open, a month later. Unless otherwise sourced, all records are based on data from the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), the International Tennis Federation (ITF), and the official websites of the four Grand Slam tournaments. All rankings-related records are based on ATP rankings, which began in 1973. The names of active players appear in boldface.
This page covers all the important events in the sport of tennis in 2013. Primarily, it provides the results of notable tournaments throughout the year on both the ATP and WTA Tours, the Davis Cup, and the Fed Cup.
Xenia Knoll is a Swiss tennis player.
Mayar Sherif Ahmed Abdel-Aziz is an Egyptian professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 31 in singles - making her the highest ranked Egyptian player in the Open Era - and No. 88 in doubles. Sherif has won one singles title on the WTA Tour and one in doubles. She has also won a record six WTA 125 singles titles and one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour along with nine singles titles and six doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She is the younger sister of Rana Sherif Ahmed.
Emiliana Arango is a Colombian tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 109, achieved on 20 November 2023. She has won three singles titles on the ITF Circuit.
Ena Shibahara is an American-born Japanese professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. She reached her career-high rankings of world No. 4 in doubles and No. 132 in singles, and has won eleven doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including two WTA 1000, the 2021 Miami Open and the 2023 National Bank Open.
This is a list of the main career statistics of the Latvian professional tennis player Jeļena Ostapenko. She won the 2017 French Open in singles and the 2024 US Open in doubles with Lyudmyla Kichenok.
This is a list of the main career statistics of professional Swiss tennis player Belinda Bencic. In addition to her gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics, she has won seven singles and two doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She made her breakthrough at the age of 18 when she won her first WTA title, the Premier Eastbourne International, and later that year her first WTA 1000 title at the Canadian Open. In 2019, she won her second WTA 1000 title at the Dubai Championships. She was also the US Open semifinalist in 2019.
This is a list of the main career statistics of professional Tunisian tennis player Ons Jabeur. She is the most successful Arab and African player. Her success is reflected in that she became the first Arab player, male or female, to be ranked inside the world's top 10. In late June 2022, she climbed to the place of No.2 at the WTA Rankings as her highest singles ranking up to date. In 2020, she became the first Arab woman to reach a major quarterfinal at the 2020 Australian Open. She went further in 2022, reaching two back-to-back Grand Slam finals at Wimbledon and the US Open, respectively. So far, she has reached and won at least one WTA tournament from all the tiers. Winning WTA 1000 Madrid Open in 2022, she become the first Arab or African woman to win a WTA 1000 event. She has won four WTA Tour titles in total.
