here it is and this could well be a classic close final, like the recent British Womens event last week.
9 players, listed in alphabetical order - winner takes all.
Poll will be closed at 5.30 pm SATURDAY so keep close and make sure you vote!
In the event of a tie, a Tie Play Off will take place Saturday evening to run from 5.30 to 10.30. Lets see, it happened in the British Womens final so could well happen here!
-- Edited by JonH comes home on Friday 15th of May 2020 04:38:28 PM
The Seniors World Team Championships for the women's 50 age category is named "Maria Esther Bueno Cup" by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) in her honour.[21] In 2015 the centre court of the Olympic Tennis Centre in Rio de Janeiro was named after her.[22]
Dominika Cibulkovas signature expression, "Pome," translates to "Let's go" or "Come on" in English.[6][7] With the help of her friend Marion Bartoli, she began a clothing line featuring this statement in 2014.[7]
In the 1970s, Chris Evert's romance with the top men's player Jimmy Connors captured the public's imagination, particularly after they both won the 1974 singles titles at Wimbledon. Evert and Connors also occasionally played mixed doubles together. They became engaged when she was 19 and a wedding was planned for November 8, 1974. The romance did not last and the wedding was called off.
In the New South Wales town Barellan, where she grew up, there is a giant tennis racquet erected with her name on it. The racquet, which was unveiled in Evonne Goolagong Park in October 2009 during the Barellan Centenary celebrations, is an exact 20:1 scale model of her battered wooden signature Dunlop racquet.
Tennis writer Steve Flink, in his book The Greatest Tennis Matches of the Twentieth Century, named Steffi Graf as the best female player of the 20th century.[146] Flink also noted in 2020 the jury was still out on Serena at the greatest ever, but Williams' consistency over the long span doesn't match that of Graf's or Navratilova's.[147] In March 2012, Tennis Channel picked Graf as the greatest female tennis player ever in their list of 100 greatest tennis players of all time.[148
On 8 June 2014, Amelie Mauresmo was announced as the new coach of Andy Murray.[13] In December the FFT announced that it was extending Mauresmo's Fed Cup contract for another two years.[14] Under her coaching Murray reached the Australian Open final but he lost to Novak Djokovic in four sets. In May 2015, Mauresmo oversaw Murray's first career titles on clay, including the Madrid Masters, which culminated in a first ever clay court victory over Rafael Nadal. Murray also reached the semi-finals of the French Open and Wimbledon. On 9 May 2016, Mauresmo announced that she had stepped down as Murray's coach.[15]
Simultaneously, she had captained the France Fed Cup team since 2013. After the 2016 final, which they lost to the Czech Republic, she announced she was quitting that post due to her pregnancy.[16]
In 1985, Martina Navratilova released an autobiography, co-written with The New York Times sports columnist George Vecsey, titled Martina in the U.S. and Being Myself in the rest of the world.[46] She had earlier co-written a tennis instruction book with Mary Carillo in 1982, entitled Tennis My Way.[47] She later wrote three mystery novels with Liz Nickles: The Total Zone (1994),[48] Breaking Point (1996),[49] and Killer Instinct (1997).[50] Navratilova's most recent literary effort was a health and fitness book entitled Shape Your Self, which came out in 2006.[51] An ESPN Documentary was produced about her rivalry with Chris Evert titled, 'Unmatched'. Her rivalry and friendship with Evert is also detailed in the book, The Rivals by Johnette Howard and the children's book, Martina and Chrissie by Phil Bildner.
Aggie Radwaska began her tennis career with her father, Robert Radwaski, as her coach. She stated: "My dad was traveling with me all my life and we practiced together for 17 years, almost actually 18. So it's pretty long time."[140]
In 2011, Radwaska began working with Fed Cup coach Tomasz Wiktorowski, who replaced her father. Borna Biki, a veteran coach on the WTA Tour, briefly joined them in 2012.[141]
Radwaska hired Martina Navratilova as part of her team at the conclusion of the 2014 season. In April 2015 they parted ways after Navratilova stated that she was too busy to continue in her part-time role as Radwaska's consulting coach.[142]
On 22 May 2003, Gabi Sabatini was able to obtain Italian citizenship "jus sanguinis" because her paternal great-grandfather David Sabbatini was born in Potenza Picena in the Marche region, and immigrated to Argentina at the end of the 19th century like many other Santesi in Roldán, Province of Santa Fe with his wife Rosa Vivani, whom he married on 12 February 1899 in Potenza Picena.[14]
Nowadays, she resides in Buenos Aires and Boca Raton and since 2015 in Pfäffikon, Schwyz as well.[15]
Since retiring at the age of 26, Sabatini has promoted her lines of perfumes and worked with organizations to help children and the poor.