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DOMINIKA CIBULKKOVA BIOGRAPHY

DOMINIKA CIBULKKOVA PROFILE

Birthdate: May 6, 1989
Birthplace: Bratislava, Slovakia
Residence: Bratislava, Slovakia
Height: 5'3'' (161 cm)
Weight: 121 lbs (55 kg)
Plays: Right-handed
Turned Pro: 2004 (8 yrs on tour)
Official Site: www.dominikacibulkova.sk/pages/en/intro.php
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DOMINIKA CIBULKKOVA BIOGRAPHY

DOMINIKA CIBULKKOVA (born 6 May 1989 in Piešťany, Czechoslovakia, now Slovakia) is a Slovak professional tennis player. She is also a former World Junior No. 3, achieving that ranking in May 2005. Her career-high ranking of World No. 12 was achieved on 6 July 2009. Her best result was reaching the semifinals of the 2009 French Open, while she has also reached the quarterfinals at the 2010 US Open and the 2011 Wimbledon Championships. Cibulková has also won one title on the WTA tour, winning the tournament in Moscow in 2011.

Cibulkova began playing tennis between the ages of seven and nine and grew up in Bratislava, Slovakia. She can speak both Slovak and English.

She lists clay and hard as her favourite surfaces, and has thus far proved to be most proficient on a hard surface. She has named Kim Clijsters as the player she admires most. She became a professional tennis player in 2005, after having played one ITF event in Prague at the end of 2004. Due to her small size, she has frequently been compared to former top 20 player Amanda Coetzer.

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FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE BIOGRAPHY

Francesca Schiavone Profile

Singles Ranking: 5
Doubles Ranking: 135
Country: Italy
Birth Date: 23 June 1980
Birth Place: Milan, Italy
Residence: Milan, Italy
Height: 1.65 metres (5 ft. 5 in.)
Weight: 64.1 kilos (141 lbs.)
Plays: Right Handed

Biography:
Italian Francesca Schiavone won her first career Grand Slam came at the 2010 French Open as she defeated Samantha Stosur in the final, 6-4, 7-6 (2).
Before the victory, Schiavone had never made it past the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam. She enjoyed her first Top 100 season in 2000 and reached the third round of the US Open. She finished in the top 50 at the end of 2001 and 2002, and made the quarterfinals of the French Open in 2001, losing to Martina Hingis.
She reached the top 20 in 2003, reaching the quarterfinals five times including at the US Open. In 2004, she finished in the top 20 again, reaching the fourth round of the French and US Opens.
After four straight seasons in the top 20, she dipped back to the top 30 in 2007 and 2008. She returned to the top 20 in 2009, winning her second Tour singles title at Moscow and making it to the quarterfinals at Wimbledon and the fourth round of the US Open.
She began 2010 by reaching the fourth round of the Australian Open, then won at Barcelona, defeating Roberta Vinci 6-1, 6-1 in the final.
At Roland Garros, she first raised eyebrows by defeating No. 3 Caroline Wozniacki in the quarterfinals, advanced through the semis when No. 5 Elena Dementieva retired, and beat Stosur in straight sets in the final.
Her luck did not continue at Wimbledon, as she was upset in the first round by 56th-ranked Vera Dushevina, but still made the year-end championships for the first time and finished No. 7 in the world.
In 2011, Schiavone reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open to rise to a career-best No. 4. She reached the finals at the French Open, losing to Li Na.

Career Grand Slam TitlesSingles (1): French Open (2010)

Year-End Singles Rankings: 2000 - 80th; 2001 - 31st; 2002 - 41st; 2003 - 20th; 2004 - 19th; 2005 - 13th; 2006 - 15th; 2007 - 25th; 2008 -30th; 2009 - 17th; 2010 - 7th.

Personal
Francesca is the daughter of a sports retailer and a doctor. She enjoys writing, dancing and spending time with friends. She is only the second Italian female to be ranked in the Top 10.

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Francesca Schiavone

ALIZE LIM PROFILE

Alize Lim

Country: France France
Born: July 13, 1990
Age: 21 years, 30 days
Height: Unknown
Plays: Unknown
Rank: 227
Best Rank: 207, Jul 18, 2011

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Alize Lim

VITALIA DIATCHENKO

Profile:

Country: Russia
Birth Date: 2 August 1990
Birth Place: Sochi, Russia
Residence: Moscow, Russia
Height: 5 ft. 11 in. ( 1.8 metres )
Weight: 132 lbs. ( 60 kilos )
Plays: Right
Turned Pro: N/A

Biography:

Serena Weeps in Victory, Isner-Mahut II a Bust Tuesday at Wimbledon
by No. 18 seed and former No. 1 Ana Ivanovic; No. 25 Daniela Hantuchova bounced back from injury with a win over Russian qualifier Vitalia Diatchenko after dropping the first set; No. 31 Lucie Safarova won the all-Czech all-Lucie battle against Lucie Hradecka after dropping the first; and...
2011-06-21

Serena Survives While Djokovic Enjoys Easy Street at French Open
comment much on the women, but I'll even admit they were the better attraction through the first few days of French. Hell, that Johansson-Diatchenko debacle was time capsule kind of stuff with Mathilde gagging EIGHT match points and many of them on double faults. Wow! Although the wom...
2009-05-26

Karlovic Crushes a Record 55 Aces in Loss to Hewitt at French Open
the women’s side, defending champion Ana Ivanovic won her 8th straight match at Roland Garros. And in the match of the day, Vitalia Diatchenko hung in long enough to turn away Mathlide Johansson 10-8 in the third. Incredibly, the Frenchwoman Johansson blew 8 matchpoints in that fin...
2009-05-24

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Vitalia Diatchenko

KLARA ZAKOPALOVA

KLARA ZAKOPALOVA PROFILE

Singles Ranking: 40
Doubles Ranking: 96
Country: Czech Republic
Birth Date: 24 February 1982
Birth Place: Prague, Czech Republic
Residence: Prague, Czech Republic
Height: 1.65 metres ( 5 ft. 5 in. )
Weight: 50 kilos ( 110 lbs. )
Plays: Right Handed

KLARA ZAKOPALOVA BIOGRAPHY

Sharapova Struggles, Young Stars Take Stage at US Open; X-Notes
me. It's been like a blip here and a blip there." Former NCAA star Irina Falconi was another American winner Monday, defeating Klara Zakopalova 3-6, 6-4, 6-2. Other Americans exiting Monday were Melanie Oudin and Bethanie Mattek-Sands. Women's highlights on Tuesday include (1) Ca...
2011-08-30

Serbia Advances, U.S. Beat by Spain in Davis Cup; Wrap & Previews
Internazionali Femminili di Tennis di Palermo Palermo, Italy Surface: clay Seeds: Flavia Pennetta, Roberta Vinci, Sara Errani, Klara Zakopalova, Anabel Medina Garrigues, Tsvetana Pironkova, Polona Hercog, Petra Cetkovska Floaters: Aravane Rezai Notes: Returning former champs i...
2011-07-10

Isner Headlines ATP Newport; Previews; X-Notes
in last year's final. POLI-FARBE Budapest Grand Prix Budapest, Hungary Surface: red clay Seeds: Roberta Vinci, Sara Errani, Klara Zakopalova, Lucie Hradecka, Anabel Medina Garrigues, Mathilde Johansson, Irina-Camelia Begu, Evgeniya Rodina Floaters: none Notes: Agnes Szavay ...
2011-07-03

Wozniacki, Sharapova on Track for Wimbledon Meeting After Saturday Wins
Wimbledon both advanced into the fourth round, one step away from an anticipated meeting. Sharapova on Saturday defeated Klara Zakopalova in an error-strewn match 6-2, 6-3, recovering from a break down in the second set. "There's no doubt you have to improve with the second...
2011-06-25

Woz Wins, R-up Zvonareva Upset Friday at Wimbledon
All England Club are (1) Caroline Wozniacki vs. (27) Jarmila Gajdosova, (26) Maria Kirilenko vs. (7) Serena Williams, unseeded Czech Klara Zakopalova vs. (5) Maria Sharapova, (24) Dominika Cibulkova vs. (16) Julia "Gorgeous" Goerges, (9) Marion Bartoli vs. (21) Flavia Pennetta, and Melind...
2011-06-24

Wimbledon Doesn't Like Williams Sisters?; Li Na Longer in the Running
Petra Cetkovska ousting No. 13 Aggie Radwanska in three, veteran Nadia Petrova upsetting No. 14 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, and Czech Klara Zakopalova defeating No. 31 Lucie Safarova in three. Matches to look for on Friday's schedule at the All England Club are (25) Daniela Hantuchova v...
2011-06-23

Justine Henin Interview - French Open, May 25
HENIN: I don't know if they've played already. Srebotnik, I don't well, I knew Srebotnik, but she lost. Who is the other one? Zakopalova. Well, I don't know her. It's not an easy name.Well, anyway well, there you go. I can't say anything. Zakopalova, okay. I still don't have ...
2010-05-25

Medina Garrigues Dons Fes Title in Morocco
for Medina Garrigues, who is now 9-5 in career finals. She was forced to save three match points in her second round match against Klara Zakopalova.It was a career-first final appearance for Makarova, who had never before advanced beyond the quarterfinals at a tour event.Median Garrigue...
2009-05-02

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Klara Zakopalova

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NICOLAS ALMAGRO BIOGRAPHY

NICOLAS ALMAGRO PROFILE

Birth Name:Nicolas Almagro Sanchez Rolle

Residence: Murcia, Spain

Date of Cirth: 21 August 1985

Place Of Birth: Murcia, Spain

Height: 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)

Weight:81.4 kilos ( 179 lbs. )

Turned pro: 2003

Plays: Right-handed (one-handed backhand)

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ELENE VESNINA PROFILE

Elena Sergeevna Vesnina (born Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union, on 1 August 1986) is a professional female tennis player from Russia. Her career high rank was #22, achieved on 12 October 2009. She is coached by former ATP tour player Andrei Chesnokov.

Name :Elena Sergeevna Vesnina

Residence: Sochi, Russia

Born: 1 August 1986 Lviv, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)

Height: 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)

Turned pro: 2002

Plays: Right-handed

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ANDREA PETKOVIC

ANDREA PETKOVIC PROFILE

Birthdate: September 9, 1987 (24 years old)
Birthplace: Tuzla, Bosnia
Residence: Darmstadt, Germany
Height: 5'11'' (180 cm)
Weight: 152 lbs (69 kg)
Turned pro: 2006
Retired : Active
Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Official Site:www.andrea-petkovic.com/

ANDREA PETKOVIC BIOGRAPHY

Andrea Petkovic born 9 September 1987) is a professional German tennis player of Bosnian origin.She is the highest ranked German tennis player. She lives in Griesheim near Darmstadt, Germany.

Petkovic reached her career-high singles ranking of World No. 10 on 8 August 2011. She has won 2 WTA titles, 8 ITF singles titles and 3 ITF doubles titles. Petkovic became the German national champion in 2007 and 2009. She is coached by Petar Popović and her father Zoran.

Andrea Petkovic was born in Tuzla, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia.but at the age of six months, the family relocated to Germany. Petkovic first took to the tennis courts when she was six; her father Zoran Petkovic, former Yugoslav tennis player and member of the Yugoslavia Davis Cup team, was a coach at a club in Darmstadt at the time. He introduced her to the sport and later became her coach She was able to finish high school before competing in tennis full-time because Zoran never influenced her into joining the professional circuit.

Apart from tennis, she likes to educate herself by reading; her favourite authors are Goethe and Wilde. Her mother Amira is a dental assistant while her younger sister Anja is a student.Petkovic graduated from high school in 2006 with an Abitur from the Georg-Büchner-Schule in Darmstadt, a Gymnasium. She has been studying Political science at the Distance University of Hagen since 2008.

Petkovic also has a successful YouTube channel which is home to her video blog entitled "Petkorazzi". In the blog she makes fun of herself, gives fans chances to win prizes, shows fans what life is like on the tour and how to do the World famous Petko dance. She does the blog in both German and English because she is "not only the most famous person in Germany but the most famous person in the entire world."

Since the beginning of her professional career, she keeps a diary at irregular intervals about her life on the WTA-Tour in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, a major German newspaper.Petkovic obtained German citizenship in 2001. She speaks Serbian, German, English and French. Petkovic is of Serb ancestry and was born in present day Bosnia and Herzegovina (then part of SFR Yugoslavia), in a 2009 interview with the WTA she stated how her parents might move to Novi Sad, Serbia, where they have a second home. When asked how German she feels Petkovic replied that "Obviously I'm German, but I always say my soul is still Serbian. Germans are generally more cool, reserved. I'm very emotional, have lots of fire in my personality. In that sense still feel very close to my heritage. For all that, there is much to appreciate about Germany. I feel like I am part of the 'system' and feel very rooted there.|source:wikipedia|

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