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2017 WTA RANKINGS YEAR-END TOP 100 BY NATION UNITED STATES LATVIA OF AMERICA 13 2 RUSSIA 9 POLAND 2 CZECH REPUBLIC 7 SLOVAKIA 2 GERMANY 7 BRAZIL 1 CHINA 5 CANADA 1 CROATIA 5 DENMARK 1 FRANCE 5 ESTONIA 1 ROMANIA 5 GREECE 1 SPAIN 4 HUNGARY 1 UKRAINE 4 NETHERLANDS 1 AUSTRALIA 3 PARAGUAY 1 BELGIUM 3 PUERTO RICO 1 BELARUS 2 SERBIA 1 GREAT BRITAIN 2 SWEDEN 1 ITALY 2 SWITZERLAND 1 JAPAN 2 TAIPEI 1 KAZAKHSTAN 2 TUNISIA 1 PLAYER PROFILES PLAYER WTA Player Name Pronunciations Lara ARRUABARRENA . ah-roo-ah-bah-RAY-nah Sabine LISICKI . za-BEE-nuh LEE-zi-kee Victoria AZARENKA . a-zuh-REN-kuh Mirjana LUCIC-BARONI . meer-YAH-nah LOO-chich bah-ROH-nee Timea BABOS . ti-MAY-uh BAH-bosh Ekaterina MAKAROVA . ee-KAT-eh-REE-nuh mah-KAH-ro-vuh Timea BACSINSZKY . ti-MAY-uh bah-CHIN-ski Sania MIRZA . SAHN-yuh MEER-zah Irina-Camelia BEGU . beg-OO Kristina MLADENOVIC . mla-DEN-o-vitch Belinda BENCIC . BEN-chich Garbiñe MUGURUZA . gar-BEE-nyuh moo-goo-ROO-tha Eugenie BOUCHARD . yoo-GEE-nee BOO-shard Kurumi NARA . koo-ROO-mee NAH-rah Madison BRENGLE . BREN-gull Monica NICULESCU . nee-koo-LESS-koo Cagla BUYUKAKCAY . CHA-luh bee-YOO-ka-chai Jelena OSTAPENKO . YELL-e-nuh oh-stah-PENK-oh Jana CEPELOVA . YAH-nah che-peh-LOH-vah Pauline PARMENTIER . par-MON-tee-ay CHAN Yung-Jan . chan yoong-YAN Anastasia PAVLYUCHENKOVA . pav-lee-oo-CHEN-ko-vuh Dominika CIBULKOVA . doh-mi-NEE-kuh see-bool-KOH-vuh Andrea PETKOVIC . ahn-DRAY-uh PET-koh-vich Sorana CIRSTEA . soh-RAH-nuh ker-STAY-uh Tsvetana PIRONKOVA . sve-TAH-nuh pee-RON-ko-vuh Alizé CORNET . ah-li-ZEH COR-neh Karolina PLISKOVA . kah-ro-LEE-nah PLEESH-koh-vah Oceane DODIN . oh-see-EN doh-DUH Kristyna PLISKOVA . kris-TEE-nah PLEESH-koh-vah Sara ERRANI . eh-RAH-nee Monica PUIG . pweeg Anna-Lena FRIEDSAM . FREED-sum Yulia PUTINTSEVA . YOOL-yah poo-TIN-sey-vah Caroline GARCIA . cah-roh-LEEN gar-SEE-yuh Agnieszka RADWANSKA . ag-nee-ESH-ka rad-VAN-ska Daria GAVRILOVA . DAH-ree-yuh gav-rih-LOH-vah Alison RISKE . RISK Camila GIORGI . cuh-MIL-uh gee-OR-gee Lucie SAFAROVA . LOO-tsee-eh sha-FAH-joh-vah Julia GOERGES . JOO-lee-uh GER-gess Maria SAKKARI . SHAH-kah-ree Viktorija GOLUBIC . vik-TOR-ee-yah GOHL-uh-bich Francesca SCHIAVONE . fran-CHESS-skah skee-ah-VOH-nay Simona HALEP . si-MOH-nah HAH-lip Maria SHARAPOVA . shah-rah-POH-vuh Nao HIBINO . hee-BEE-no Anastasija SEVASTOVA . ah-nah-STAY-zhah seh-vah-STO-vah Andrea HLAVACKOVA . an-DRAY-uh hla-vatch-KO-va Yaroslava SHVEDOVA . yah-ro-SLAH-vuh SHVEH-do-vuh Lucie HRADECKA . LOO-tsee-eh rah-DET-ska Laura SIEGEMUND . ZEE-geh-moond HSIEH Su-Wei . SHAY soo-way Katarina SINIAKOVA . ka-ta-REE-nah see-NYAH-koh-vah Ana IVANOVIC . AHH-nah ee-VAN-oh-vich Samantha STOSUR . STOE-sur Jelena JANKOVIC . YELL-e-nuh YAN-ko-vich Barbora STRYCOVA . STREET-so-vah Daria KASATKINA . >> DAH-ree-yuh KAH-zat-KEE-nah Carla SUÁREZ NAVARRO . SWAH-rez na-VAH-ro Angelique KERBER . on-jel-EEK KUR-bur Elina SVITOLINA . eh-LEE-nah svit-oh-LEE-nah Irina KHROMACHEVA . ee-REE-nuh kro-mah-CHE-vah Lesia TSURENKO . LEY-see-ah tsoo-RENK-oh Vania KING . VAHN-yuh CoCo VANDEWEGHE . VAN-da-way Ana KONJUH . AAH-nah KOH-nyuhk Elena VESNINA . vez-NEE-nuh Johanna KONTA . yo-HAH-na KOHN-ta Roberta VINCI . VEEN-chi Danka KOVINIC . DAHN-kuh KOH-vee-neech WANG Qiang . WONG chee-ong Kateryna KOZLOVA . koh-ZLOH-vah Yanina WICKMAYER . yah-NEE-nuh WIK-my-er Kristina KUCOVA . KOO-cho-vah Carina WITTHOEFT . kah-REE-na VEET-huft Svetlana KUZNETSOVA . svet-LAH-nah kooz-NET-so-vuh Caroline WOZNIACKI . woz-nee-AK-ee Petra KVITOVA . KVIT-oh-vuh XU Yifan . JOO ee-FAH Johanna LARSSON . yo-HAH-na LAR-son ZHANG Shuai . ZHUNG shway Varvara LEPCHENKO . var-var-a lep-chen-ko ZHANG Saisai . ZHUNG sigh-sigh Magda LINETTE . MAHG-duh lih-NET 34 GET THE PRO GEAR We can’t help you play like the stars, but we can help you look like them. Shop for your favorite racquets, string, shoes, match gear and more at Tennis Warehouse. wtatennis.com/shop-link EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA RUS DATE OF BIRTH RANKING HIGHS 15-NOV-199420-MAR-1992 (CHELYABINSK,(SAN SEBASTIÁN, RUSSIA) SPAIN) SINGLES DOUBLES HEIGHT 5’9”5’ 5” (1.75M)(1.66 M) PLAYS 69 986 RIGHT-HANDED (TWO-HANDED BACKHAND) 25-SEP-2017 03-NOV-2014 CAREER CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Career Titles (Singles / Doubles): 0 / 0 Posted career-best year-end finish in 2017, at Career Prize Money: $508,291 No .73… First Top 100 finish… Peaked in rankings at Career W-L: 208 - 109 No .69 on September 25, 2017… Played all four Grand Slams main draw in 2017 for first time in career, 2017 HIGHLIGHTS reaching 2r at both Roland Garros (l . Ka .Pliskova) W-L (Main Draw Only): 6 - 12 and US Open (l . Garcia)… Posted best win rankings- Prize Money: $321,619 wise of career with defeat of No .38 Siniakova in 1r >> Won two ITF singles titles at Paris… Won sixth and seventh ITF singles titles last season, at $60k ITF/Shenzhen-CHN and $60k WTA YEAR-END RANKING ITF/Croissy-Beaubourge-FRA… Played a career-best 2017: 73 2015: 269 2013: 410 twelve tour-level main draws in 2017… Also reached 2016: 133 2014: 256 2012: 772 QF at WTA 125k event in Limoges (as defending champion, lifting title there in 2016)… Made WTA CAREER FINALS qualifying debut at 2014 Bad Gastein, and first main WTA 125K SERIES TITLES - Singles (1): 2016 - Limoges- draw appearance came at 2016 Katowice . FRA . PERSONAL INFORMATION Coached by Petr Kralert; also works with father, Evgeny . Mother is Julia, also has sister, Anna and brother Jury . Began playing at age 6 . Favorite shot is forehand; favorite surface is hard . Speaks Russian, English and Czech . Likes to cook, especially making cakes . Admires Serena Williams . Short-term goal is to make Top 100 . GRAND SLAM HISTORY Overall: 3 - 5 W - L 17 16 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 0 - 1 1r - ROLAND GARROS 1 - 1 2r - WIMBLEDON 1 - 2 1r 2r US OPEN 1 - 1 2r - 36 LARA ARRUABARRENA ESP DATE OF BIRTH RANKING HIGHS 20-MAR-1992 (SAN SEBASTIÁN, SPAIN) SINGLES DOUBLES HEIGHT 5’ 5” (1.66 M) PLAYS 52 28 RIGHT-HANDED (TWO-HANDED BACKHAND) 03-JUL-2017 22-FEB-2016 CAREER CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Career Titles (Singles / Doubles): 2 /7 Enters 2018 season as Spanish No .3 behind Muguruza Career Prize Money: $2,107,613 and Suárez Navarro… Posted sixth straight Top 100 Career W-L: 302 - 208 season in 2017, rising as high as No .52 on the WTA Rankings (week of July 03)… Won second WTA singles 2017 HIGHLIGHTS title at 2016 Seoul (d . Niculescu in F) to improve record W-L (Main Draw Only): 14 - 21 in finals to 2-0… Won first career title at Bogotá in 2012 Prize Money: $536,092 (d . Panova in F); was 19 years old at the time, making R-Up (1): Bogota just third appearance in a main draw… Was a semifinalist at Bogotá again in 2016 (l . eventual WTA YEAR-END RANKING champion Falconi) and a runner-up in 2017 (l . 2017: 84 2013: 100 2009: 458 Schiavone)… Also won two WTA doubles titles in 2016, 2016: 69 2012: 77 2008: 725 at Bogotá (w/Maria) and Gstaad (w/Knoll), taking 2015: 86 2011: 167 career tally to seven… Has reached 2r at a Grand Slam 2014: 88 2010: 396 on five occasions, including twice in 2016 (Australian Open and Wimbledon)… Doubles quarterfinalist at CAREER FINALS 2015 US Open (w/Klepac)… Played limited schedule in SINGLES - Winner (2): 2016 - Seoul; 2012 - Bogotá . 2013 due to mononucleosis… Made WTA main draw Finalist (1): 2017 - Bogota . debut at Marbella in 2011, advancing to quarterfinals as a qualifier… On ITF Circuit, winner of 13 singles titles DOUBLES - Winner (7): 2016 - Bogotá (w/Maria), and eight doubles titles . Gstaad (w/Knoll); 2015 - Acapulco (w/Torró-Flor), Seoul (w/Klepac); 2014 - Bogotá (w/Garcia), Seoul PERSONAL INFORMATION (w/Begu); 2013 - Katowice (w/Domínguez Lino) . Father, Juan, is a lithographer; mother, Blanca, is a Finalist (5): 2015 - Nürnberg (w/Olaru), Bad Gastein nurse; also has one younger sister . Started playing (w/Hradecka), Washington DC, Hong Kong (both w/ tennis at age 8 when took lessons with a friend for Klepac); 2014 - Osaka (w/Maria) . fun . Favorite surface is clay . Moved to Barcelona at age 15 to train with Spanish Federation . Tennis WTA 125K SERIES TITLES - Singles (1): 2013 - Cali-COL idol growing up was Justine Henin . Favorite city is birthtown of San Sebastián, Spain . ADDITIONAL - Spanish Fed Cup Team, 2015-17 . GRAND SLAM HISTORY Overall: 5 - 18 W - L 17 16 15 14 13 12 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2 - 5 1r 2r 2r 1r 1r - ROLAND GARROS 0 - 4 1r 1r 1r - - 1r WIMBLEDON 2 - 4 1r 2r 2r - 1r - US OPEN 1 - 5 1r 1r 1r - 1r 2r WWW .WTATENNIS .COM 37 VICTORIA AZARENKA BLR DATE OF BIRTH RANKING HIGHS 31-JUL-1989 (MINSK, BELARUS) SINGLES DOUBLES HEIGHT 6’ (1.83 M) PLAYS 1 7 RIGHT-HANDED (TWO-HANDED BACKHAND) 30-JAN-2012 07-JUL-2008 CAREER l . Konjuh)… Followed this up with R16 showing at Wimbledon (l . Career Titles (Singles / Doubles):20 / 6 Halep)… Prior to 2017 Mallorca, last tournament contested was Career Prize Money: $28,431,189 2016 Roland Garros (1r)… Enjoyed excellent first half of 2016 season Career W-L: 467 - 168 prior to maternity leave, lifting three titles, at Brisbane (first title since 2013 Cincinnati) and ‘Sunshine Double’ of Indian Wells and Miami – 2017 HIGHLIGHTS third woman to achieve feat after Graf in 1994 and 1996 and Clijsters W-L (Main Draw Only): 4 - 2 in 2005… 2016 Miami marked 20th tour-level singles title of career Prize Money: $186,746 (20-16 record in finals)… Also reached QF at 2016 Australian Open (l .
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    2007 Stanford Tennis Taube Tennis Center Led by the exceptional generosity of Tad and Dianne Taube, approximately 1,300 people have graciously donated almost $20 million in the past 17 years to create and complete the beautiful Taube Tennis Center. Stanford Directory Cardinal Quick Facts INsiDE FroNT COVER: Pictorial review of this Stanford Men’s Tennis Location: ........................................ Stanford, CA 94305 phenomenal community resource. John Whitlinger, Head Coach .............. (650) 725-5648 Founded: ................................................................. 1891 INsiDE REar coVER: The History. David Hodge, Assistant Coach ............. (650) 725-7195 Enrollment: ................. 13,075 (6,556 undergraduates) The Facility Today. J.J. Whitlinger, Volunteer Asst. Coach President: ............................................... John Hennessy Stanford Women’s Tennis Athletic Director: ...................................... Bob Bowlsby Lele Forood, Head Coach .................... (650) 723-9540 Colors: ........................................... Cardinal and White On the front cover: 2006 All-American Matt Bruch Frankie Brennan, Asst. Coach ............. (650) 725-7978 Nickname: ........................................................ Cardinal Conference: .................................................... Pacific-10 Credits: The 2007 Stanford Tennis Press Guide was written Dick Gould, Dir. of Tennis .................. (650) 723-1160 Men’s Tennis and edited by Gary Migdol and Brian Risso. Editorial assistance Tennis
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