[Xian]

2019 - week 46:

15,000$ MONASTIR, TUNISIA

SINGLES:

Carole MONNET FRA d. Clara BUREL FRA 62 60

CAROLE MONNET

BORN: 2001
BIRTH PLACE:
RESIDENCE:
COACH:

ITF SINGLES TITLES: 2 (last: 15,000$ Monastir in 2019)

THIS WEEK:

• R1 d. Joanna Tomera (FRA) 60 64
• R2 d. Ane Mintegi del Olmo (ESP) 61 61
• QF d. Clara Vlasselaer (BEL) 46 61 62
• SF d. Manon Arcangioli (FRA) 64 64
  

CURRENT WTA SINGLES RANKING: 744
CAREER HIGH WTA SINGLES: 726
WTA RANKING SINCE: 2018
ITF RANKING: 75

Back to back titles for Carole who beat Andreea Prisacariu (ROU) 62 31 ret last week. It was her 5th career final in total. She lost the finals in Cantanhede and Antalya in 2018 as well as 64 67(6) 46 vs Francisca Jorge (POR) in October 2019 at the 15,000$ event in Lousada. At the 25,000$ level she recently lost 64 26 26 vs Yuriko Lily Miyazaki (JPN) in R1 in Cherbourg en Cotentin and 67(4) 26 vs Tamara Korpatsch (GER) in R1 in St. Etienne.

CLARA BUREL

BORN: 2001
BIRTH PLACE: RENNES
RESIDENCE:
COACH:

ITF SINGLES TITLES: 0 (-)

THIS WEEK:

• R1 d. Eliessa Vanlangendonck (BEL) 62 62
• R2 d. Cristina Elena Tiglea (ITA) 63 64
• QF d. Juline Fayard (FRA) 61 61
• SF d. Justina Mikulskyte (LTU) 75 63
  

CURRENT WTA SINGLES RANKING: 873
CAREER HIGH WTA SINGLES: 477
WTA RANKING SINCE: 2018
ITF RANKING: unranked

Clara is back from her injury break and having a wrist surgery in May. She has only played three events in 2019. In January at the Australian Open she lost 57 26 vs Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) in R1. It followeda 63 62 win over Katy Dunne (GBR) in R1 at the 60,000$ event in Andrezieux-Boutheon losing 36 16 vs Myrtille Georges (FRA) in R2. In Santa Margerita di Pula at the 25,000$ level in April she already lost her 1st round match 36 26 vs Corinna Dentoni (ITA).

DOUBLES:

(3) Tamara CUROVIC SRB/Carole MONNET FRA d. (2) Manon ARCANGIOLI FRA/Alice ROBBE FRA 63 64

Carole Monnet and Tamara Curovic

• Tamara Curovic, ITF Doubles titles: 27
  
• Carole Monnet, ITF Doubles titles: 1
  

 

[Xian]

2019 - week 46:

15,000$ ANTALYA-BELEK, TURKEY

SINGLES:

(2) Lina GJORCHESKA MKD d. (3) Irina KHROMACHEVA RUS 63 36 61

LINA GJORCHESKA

BORN: 1994
BIRTH PLACE:
RESIDENCE:
COACH:

ITF SINGLES TITLES: 10 (last: 25,000$ Denain in 2017)

THIS WEEK:

• R1 d. Ayla Aksü (TUR) 64 61
• R2 d. Shiho Akita (JPN) 61 64
• QF d. Andreea Ghitescu (ROU) 64 62
• SF d. Oona Orpana (FIN) 63 61
  

CURRENT WTA SINGLES RANKING: 435
CAREER HIGH WTA SINGLES: 170
WTA RANKING SINCE: 2011
ITF RANKING: 307

Lina claims a first title since 2017 when she won a 25,000$ event in Denain. Due to injuries she did not play between September 2017 and June 2018. In 2019 she reached a final at the 15,000$ level in Antalya in March losing 46 06 vs Seone Mendez (AUS). At the 25,000$ level she reached a SF in Minsk in June including wins over Teliana Pereira (BRA) 64 46 61, Anna Kubareva (BLR) 76(4) 63 vs Iryna Shymanovich (BLR) 36 62 76(5) losing 36 36 vs Francesca Jones (GBR). She also reached the SF in Kaposvar in September after wins over Melanie Stokke (NOR) 64 63, Vanda Lukacs (HUN) 76(6) 67(4) 62 and Emiliana Arango (COL) 60 62 losing 26 46 vs Veronika Erjavec (SLO). In Istanbul she recently lost her 1st round match 76(6) 46 26 vs Anastasia Zakharova (RUS).

IRINA KHROMACHEVA

BORN: 1995
BIRTH PLACE: MOSCOW
RESIDENCE:
COACH:

ITF SINGLES TITLES: 16 (last: 25,000$ Perth in 2018)

THIS WEEK:

• R1 d. Ani Vangelova (BUL) 62 63
• R2 d. Sapfo Sakellaridi (GRE) 62 64
• QF d. Naho Sato (JPN) 63 76(2)
• SF d. Ioana Gaspar (ROU) 61 62
  

CURRENT WTA SINGLES RANKING: 460
CAREER HIGH WTA SINGLES: 89
WTA RANKING SINCE: 2011
ITF RANKING: unranked

Irina is sufferin from mononucleosis and played her first event since Anning in April 2019 where she had to retire at 36 23 vs Zhaoxuan Yang (CHN) in R1. In Anning she also celebrated a WTA title in 2018 when she beat Saisai Zheng (CHN) 36 64 76(5) in the final. In 2019 she reached a final at the 60,000$ level in Launceston where she had to retire at 57 33 vs Elena Rybakina (KAZ). It followed early losss in Acapulco 16 57 vs Giuliana Olmos (MEX) and in Indian Wells 26 36 vs Vera Zvonareva (RUS) already in QR1. She also lost her first matches in Charleston 61 67(4) 16 vs Jessica Pegula (USA) and in Bogota 64 16 46 vs Tamara Zidansek (SLO).

DOUBLES:

(2) Haine OGATA JPN/Aiko YOSHITOMI JPN d. (1) Jenny DÜRST SUI/Ioana GASPAR ROU 61 61

Haine Ogata and Aiko Yoshitomi

• Haine Ogata, ITF Doubles titles: 5
  
• Aiko Yoshitomi, ITF Doubles titles: 8
  

 

[Xian]

2019 - week 47:

15,000$ MILOVICE, CZECH REPUBLIC

SINGLES:

(1) wc Kaia KANEPI EST d. (8) Anastasia KULIKOVA FIN 64 63

KAIA KANEPI

BORN: 1985
BIRTH PLACE: TALLINN
RESIDENCE:
COACH:

ITF SINGLES TITLES: 15 (last: 60,000$ Brescia in 2018)

THIS WEEK:

• R1 d. Darja Vidmanova (CZE) 62 64
• R2 d. Miriam Kolodziejova (CZE) 62 75
• QF d. Caijsa Wilda Hennemann (SWE) 62 61
• SF d. Linda Noskova (CZE) 62 62
  

CURRENT WTA SINGLES RANKING: 105
CAREER HIGH WTA SINGLES: 15
WTA RANKING SINCE: 2001
ITF RANKING: unranked

Kaia was back to the 15,000$ level for the first time since July 2017 when she won a title at home in Pärnu 61 60 over Polina Golubovskaya (RUS). In 2019 her best result was reaching the 4th round at the French Open after wins over Julia Görges (GER), Shuai Zhang (CHN) and Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) losing 75 26 46 vs Petra Martic (CRO). At the US Open she beat Tatjana Maria (GER) in three sets but lost 57 36 vs Donna Vekic (CRO). It followed a 60,000$ event in Caldas da Rainha where she reached the QF losing 67(10) 63 36 vs Isabella Shinikova (BUL). At the WTA level in Moscow she qualified for the maindraw and beat Timea Babos (HUN) 61 63 in R1 losing 64 36 57 vs Kiki Bertens (NED) in the 2nd round.

ANASTASIA KULIKOVA

BORN: 2000
BIRTH PLACE: MOSCOW
RESIDENCE: HELSINKI
COACH:

ITF SINGLES TITLES: 5 (last: 15,000$ Stockholm in 2019)

THIS WEEK:

• R1 d. Karolina Vlckova (CZE) 60 62
• R2 d. Julia Oczachowska (POL) 63 63
• QF d. Ange Oby Kajuru (JPN) 62 61
• SF d. Johana Markova (CZE) 35 retired
  

CURRENT WTA SINGLES RANKING: 582
CAREER HIGH WTA SINGLES: 474
WTA RANKING SINCE: 2018
ITF RANKING: 11

It was a quite succesfull season for Anastasia winning three titles. After winning at home in Finland in Tampere and Savitaipale, she also won a title indoor in Sweden at the end of October when she beat Elena Malygina (EST) 75 63 in the final in Stockholm-Näsby. She reached the QF in Pärnu at the 15,000$ level afterwards where she had to retire at 12 vs Katriin Saar (EST).

DOUBLES:

Aleksandra POSPELOVA RUS/Anastasia TIKHONOVA RUS d. Karolina BERANKOVA CZE/Barbora MIKLOVA CZE 61 75

Aleksandra Pospelova and Anastasia Tikhonova

• Aleksandra Pospelova, ITF Doubles titles: 8
  
• Anastasia Tikhonova, ITF Doubles titles: 2
  

 

[Xian]

2019 - week 47:

15,000$ CAIRO, EGYPT

SINGLES:

q Marion VIERTLER ITA d. (6) Lamis AL HUSSEIN ABDEL AZIZ EGY 61 64

MARION VIERTLER

BORN: 2001
BIRTH PLACE: SCHLANDERS
RESIDENCE:
COACH:

ITF SINGLES TITLES: 1 (maiden)

THIS WEEK:

• QR1 d. Chiara Bordo (ITA) 64 61
• QR2 d. Hala Fouad (EGY) 61 64
• R1 d. Nadine Keller (SUI) 36 76(3) 62
• R2 d. Sofia Dmitrieva (RUS) 61 63
• QF d. Lexie Stevens (NED) 64 76(1)
• SF d. Carlota Martinez Cirez (ESP) 36 61 61
  

CURRENT WTA SINGLES RANKING: unranked
CAREER HIGH WTA SINGLES: -
WTA RANKING SINCE: -
ITF RANKING: unranked

Out of nowhere Marion claims a first title in only her 3rd career event. Before she had entered the event in Ortisei twice where she lost 26 36 vs Elisa Tassotti (ITA) and 16 36 vs Nora Niedmers (GER) in the quali.

LAMIS AL HUSSEIN ABDEL AZIZ

BORN: 1998
BIRTH PLACE: CAIRO
RESIDENCE: CAIRO
COACH:

ITF SINGLES TITLES: 0 (-)

THIS WEEK:

• R1 d. Anja Draskovic (MNE) 61 61
• R2 d. Aya El Sayed (EGY) 26 64 75
• QF d. Ana Lantigua de la Nuez (ESP) 63 64
• SF d. Gabriela Horackova (CZE) 63 46 76(1)
  

CURRENT WTA SINGLES RANKING: 754
CAREER HIGH WTA SINGLES: 691
WTA RANKING SINCE: 2015
ITF RANKING: 139

Lamis still waits for her maiden title. The Fed Cup player lost her 3rd career final. In 2018 she lost 36 46 vs Charlotte Römer (ECU) here and 57 36 vs Jacqueline Cabaj Awad (SWE) in Sharm El Sheikh. In 2019 she reached the SF several times but was struggling recently losing 46 26 vs Sada Nahimana (BDI) in R1 and 36 46 vs Andreea Prisacariu (ROU) in R2 in Monastir.

DOUBLES:

(4) Sofia DMITRIEVA RUS/Vitalia STAMAT MDA d. Doroteja JOKSOVIC SRB/Nadine KELLER SUI 60 61

Vitalia Stamat

• Sofia Dmitrieva, ITF Doubles titles: 2
  
• Vitalia Stamat, ITF Doubles titles: 5
  

 

[Xian]

2019 - week 47:

15,000$ NONTHABURI, THAILAND

SINGLES:
q Himeno SAKATSUME JPN d. (6) Nigina ABDURAIMOVA UZB 76(3) 57 61

HIMENO SAKATSUME

AGE: 18
BIRTH PLACE:
RESIDENCE:
COACH: YASUO NISHIOKA

ITF SINGLES TITLES: 2 (last: 15,000$ Kyoto in 2018)

THIS WEEK:

• R1 d. Pei-Chi LEE TPE 63 16 61
• R2 d. Chang LIU CHN 57 76(6) 60
• QF d. Ying ZHANG CHN 46 64 62
• SF d. Joanna GARLAND TPE 62 63

CURRENT WTA SINGLES RANKING: 730
CAREER HIGH WTA SINGLES: 599
ITF RANKING: 562

NIGINA ABDURAIMOVA

AGE: 25
BIRTH PLACE: TASHKENT
RESIDENCE: TASHKENT
COACH:

ITF SINGLES TITLES: 7 (last: 25,000$ Fergana in 2018)

THIS WEEK:

• R1 d. Ayaka OKUNO JPN 61 63
• R2 d. Hurricane Tyra BLACK USA 62 76(5)
• QF d. Meiqi GUO CHN 26 62 63
• SF d. Sunam JEONG KOR 64 64

CURRENT WTA SINGLES RANKING: 565
CAREER HIGH WTA SINGLES: 144
ITF RANKING: unranked

DOUBLES:

Sarah LEE USA/Mara SCHMIDT USA d. Yu-Ting HSIEH TPE/Pei-Chi LEE TPE 62 62

Sarah Lee and Mara Schmidt

• Sarah Lee, ITF Doubles titles: 7
• Mara Schmidt, ITF Doubles titles: 2

 

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