The best thing about being a player on the WTA Tour is traveling the world, meeting new people, and playing matches in front of crowds of different nationalities. Birthdate: 13-September-1987 Birthplace: Plovdiv, Bulgaria Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Plays: Right-Handed Turned Pro: 2002 That is the opinion of 23-year-old Bulgarian player Tsvetana Pironkova, …
The life of a top tennis player can be a roller coaster of success and disaster as Urszula Radwanska found out to her cost. Birthdate: 7-December-1990 Birthplace: Ahaus, Germany Height: 5 ft 9 1/2 in (1.77 m) Plays: Right-Handed Turned Pro: 2005 The younger sister of WTA Tour player Agnieszka Radwanska had just turned 19 …
Rebecca Marino was born on December 16th, 1990 in Toronto, Ontario. With a world ranking of 104, she is currently Canada’s highest world ranked singles player. Birthdate: 16-December-1990 Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Plays: Right-Handed Turned Pro: 2008 She moved with her family to Vancouver at the age of …
Venus Williams the older of the iconic Williams sisters has her future all mapped out. A graduate of the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale in Florida in Fashion Design with Cum Laude Honours and a 3.5 degree she wants to spend time running her company V Starr Interiors and her clothing line Eleven Venus which …
She has been called “The new Martina Hingis” because of her looks and personality – she still has a little way to go before she catches up with Hingis’ standard of tennis. The Swiss have waited a long time to find a female player worthy of replacing Hingis after she announced her retirement and they …
She was known as the “Ice Maiden” on the court as she never showed any emotion and hardly ever smiled, but she was, without doubt, the best female tennis player of all time. Birthdate: 14-June-69 Birthplace: Mannheim, West Germany Height: 5 ft 9 in Plays: Right-handed Turned Pro: 1982 Steffi Graf was born on 14th …
It is a professional tennis player’s worst nightmare. To be told at the peak of your career you have a debilitating illness. But that is exactly what happened to Russian born player Tatiana Golovin in 2008, the year she achieved her highest career ranking ever, Number 12 in the world. Birthdate: 25-January-1988 Birthplace: Moscow, Russia …
Sania Mirza was India’s “Darling of the Tennis Court” until April 12th, 2010 when she upset many of her fans by marrying the former Pakistan cricket captain Shoaib Malik in Hyderabad. Many Indians think of Pakistan as their deadly enemy and they cannot forget the country was linked to the devastating bombing of Mumbai when …
Serena Williams is one half of the famous Williams’s sister and she has now outranked her sister in the singles. But together they make a formidable doubles pairing and Team Williams. Birthdate: 26-September-81 Birthplace: Saginaw, Michigan Height: 5 ft 10 in Plays: Right-handed Turned Pro: 1995 There was never a doubt she would be a …
Sorana Cirstea grew up in Romania and started playing tennis at the age of 4-years-old. She is a tour professional because of Steffi Graf, having constantly watched her on the television. She says she knew she wanted to be a tennis professional like her from an early age and she has been traveling since she …