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Sloane Stephens (born March 20, 1993) is an American professional tennis player. She achieved a career-best ranking of world No. 3, after Wimbledon in 2018. Stephens was the 2017 US Open champion, and has won seven WTA Tour singles titles. She also has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 85 and has won one WTA title.
Anna Nikolayevna Kalinskaya (Russian: Анна Николаевна Калинская, IPA: [ˈanːə kɐˈlʲinskəjə] ⓘ; born 2 December 1998) is a Russian professional tennis player. Ranked by the WTA, she reached a career-high of No. 16 in singles on 12 August 2024, and No. 49 in doubles in February 2023. [ 2]
History of tennis. The racket sport traditionally named lawn tennis, invented in Edgbaston, Warwickshire, England, now commonly known simply as tennis, is the direct descendant of what is now denoted real tennis or royal tennis, which continues to be played today as a separate sport with more complex rules.
Carlos Alcaraz Garfia ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkaɾlos alkaˈɾaθ ˈɣaɾfja]; [ 4] born 5 May 2003) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as World No. 1 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Alcaraz has won 15 ATP Tour -level singles titles, including four Grand Slam titles and five ...
Real tennis – one of several games sometimes called "the sport of kings" – is the original racquet sport from which the modern game of tennis (also called "lawn tennis") is derived. It is also known as court tennis in the United States, [ 1] royal tennis in England and Australia, [ 2] and courte-paume in France (to distinguish it from ...
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles ). Each player uses a tennis racket strung with a cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object of the game is to manoeuvre the ...
Donna Vekić ( Croatian pronunciation: [ʋěːkitɕ]; [ 1] born 28 June 1996) is a Croatian professional tennis player. In November 2019, she achieved a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of world No. 19. Her best performance at a singles major is reaching the semifinals at 2024 Wimbledon.
Garbiñe Muguruza Blanco ( Spanish pronunciation: [ɡaɾˈβiɲe muɣuˈɾuθa ˈβlaŋko]; [ a] born 8 October 1993) is a Spanish-Venezuelan former professional tennis player. She was ranked as high as world No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and world No. 10 in doubles. Muguruza won two Grand Slam singles titles, at the ...