2010 Australian Open – Women's Singles Qualifying
Encyclopedia
The 2010 Australian Open was a tennis
tournament that took place in Melbourne Park
in Melbourne
, Australia, from 18 to 31 January. It was the 98th edition of the Australian Open
, and the first Grand Slam
event of the year.
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
tournament that took place in Melbourne Park
Melbourne Park
Melbourne Park is a sports venue in the Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Precinct in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Since 1988, Melbourne Park has been home of the Australian Open in tennis, which is played annually in January...
in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, Australia, from 18 to 31 January. It was the 98th edition of the Australian Open
Australian Open
The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court...
, and the first Grand Slam
Grand Slam (tennis)
The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and...
event of the year.
Seeds
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Yanina WickmayerYanina WickmayerYanina Wickmayer is a Belgian professional tennis player who is currently ranked world no. 22 and is the second-highest ranked female Belgian tennis player. She reached her career-high ranking of world no. 12 on 19 April 2010...
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Regina KulikovaRegina KulikovaRegina Kulikova is a professional Russian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 65th, which she reached on May 3, 2010. Her career high in doubles is 417th, which she reached on September 28, 2009...
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Shenay PerryShenay PerryShenay Perry is an American professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA singles ranking is 40, which she reached on August 28, 2006...
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Michelle Larcher de BritoMichelle Larcher de BritoMichelle Caroline Larcher de Brito, born Micaela Carolina Larcher de Brito, also known as Michelle Larcher de Brito or Michelle Brito is a Portuguese tennis player. Larcher de Brito's family moved to the United States when she was nine years old so she could attend the Nick Bollettieri Tennis...
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Maria Elena CamerinMaria Elena CamerinMaria Elena Camerin is a professional female tennis player from Italy.On 11 October 2004, Camerin reached her career-high singles ranking: World No...
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Arantxa RusArantxa RusArantxa Rus is a Dutch female tennis player. In 2008 she won the Australian Open for juniors, defeating Jessica Moore from Australia. Because of this win she went from 35th to 2nd place on the junior tennis list, but soon she became new junior No.1 player...
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Angelique KerberAngelique KerberAngelique Kerber is a professional German tennis player of Polish descent, who has considered representing Poland. She began playing tennis aged five. Kerber has a career high ranking of World No. 30 achieved on 3 October 2011...
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Yvonne MeusburgerYvonne MeusburgerYvonne Meusburger is a tennis player from Austria. She is currently the country's third highest ranked female player. Her career high ranking is No. 60, a ranking she achieved on 19 November 2007.-Tennis career:...
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Mariya KoryttsevaMariya KoryttsevaMariya Koryttseva is a Ukrainian female tennis player. Her career high ranking is No. 50 in the world, which she achieved on August 18, 2008....
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Darya KustovaDarya KustovaDarya Kustova is a professional Belarusian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 117, which she reached on January 18, 2010. Her career high in doubles was 66, set at July 7, 2008.-External links:...
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Maša Zec PeškiričMasa Zec PeskiricMaša Zec Peškirič is a professional Slovenian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is No. 93, which she reached on June 15, 2009. Her career high in doubles is No...
(Qualifying Competition) - Kathrin Wörle (Qualifier)
Sharon FichmanSharon FichmanSharon Fichman is a Canadian professional tennis player. Fichman was ranked No. 5 on the junior circuit in December 2006. Since turning pro, so far her career highs are No. 114 in singles and No. 83 in doubles. Fichman is currently Canada's highest-ranked women's doubles player.-Early life:Fichman...
(Second Round)
Renata VoráčováRenata VorácováRenata Voráčová is a professional female tennis player from the Czech Republic. Her career high singles ranking is No...
(Qualifier)
Mathilde JohanssonMathilde JohanssonMathilde Johansson is a Swedish-born female tennis player who lives in and competes for France.She made her WTA Tour main draw debut at the 2005 French Open, losing to sixth-seed Svetlana Kuznetsova in the first round...
(First Round)
Chanelle ScheepersChanelle ScheepersChanelle Scheepers is a South African professional tennis player. Her career high WTA singles ranking is No. 37, which she reached on 10 October 2011. Her career high doubles ranking is 91, set at 30 August 2010....
(First Round)
- Ksenia PervakKsenia PervakKsenia Yuryevna Pervak is a professional left-handed Russian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 37th, which she reached on 19 September 2011...
(Qualifying Competition)
- Michaëlla KrajicekMichaëlla KrajicekMichaëlla Krajicek is a Dutch professional tennis player. Her highest WTA ranking was number 30 on 11 February 2008. She currently is the second best ranked player from the Netherlands behind Arantxa Rus.-Personal life:...
(Qualifying Competition)
- Julia SchruffJulia SchruffJulia Schruff is a professional German tennis player.Her career high WTA-ranking was attained on 17 April 2006, when she reached No. 52. Her highest doubles ranking was reached on 2 October 2006, when she reached No...
(Qualifying Competition)
- Vesna ManasievaVesna ManasievaVesna Ratkovna Dolonts is a Russian professional tennis player, born to a Serbian father and Russian mother.-ITF Tournament career:Dolonts began competing on the ITF women's circuit in September 2005, soon after her sixteenth birthday, and had risen to World No...
(Qualifying Competition)
- Valérie TétreaultValérie TétreaultValérie Tétreault is a Canadian former professional tennis player. She reached her highest WTA singles ranking of No. 112 on February 22, 2010 and of No...
(Qualifier)
Lourdes Domínguez LinoLourdes Dominguez LinoLourdes Domínguez Lino is a Spanish professional female tennis player. On 11 September 2006 Domínguez Lino reached her career-high singles ranking: World No...
(Qualifying Competition)
- Lilia OsterlohLilia OsterlohLilia Osterloh is a tennis player from the United States, who started a professional career in August 1997....
(Second Round)
Marta DomachowskaMarta DomachowskaMarta Domachowska is a Polish professional tennis player. She began playing at age 7. She reached the semi finals of Australian Open Junior Championships in 2003. Her racquet brand is Wilson. She speaks four languages: Polish, English, Spanish and Russian. Other than tennis, she enjoys sports such...
(First Round)
Qualifiers
- Yanina WickmayerYanina WickmayerYanina Wickmayer is a Belgian professional tennis player who is currently ranked world no. 22 and is the second-highest ranked female Belgian tennis player. She reached her career-high ranking of world no. 12 on 19 April 2010...
- Regina KulikovaRegina KulikovaRegina Kulikova is a professional Russian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 65th, which she reached on May 3, 2010. Her career high in doubles is 417th, which she reached on September 28, 2009...
- Shenay PerryShenay PerryShenay Perry is an American professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA singles ranking is 40, which she reached on August 28, 2006...
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Han XinyunHan XinyunHan Xinyun is a Chinese tennis player. Her career highest ranking is 165th in the world, which she achieved on February 1, 2010. Han had reached a WTA tour doubles final before in China were she and her partner Xu Yifan lost to the pairing of Caroline Wozniacki and Anabel Medina Garrigues. Han has... - Renata VoráčováRenata VorácováRenata Voráčová is a professional female tennis player from the Czech Republic. Her career high singles ranking is No...
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Sofia ArvidssonSofia ArvidssonLena Sofia Alexandra Arvidsson is a Swedish tennis player. As of May 9, 2011, she is ranked World No. 77. Her highest career ranking is World No. 29.-Biography:...
- Angelique KerberAngelique KerberAngelique Kerber is a professional German tennis player of Polish descent, who has considered representing Poland. She began playing tennis aged five. Kerber has a career high ranking of World No. 30 achieved on 3 October 2011...
- Yvonne MeusburgerYvonne MeusburgerYvonne Meusburger is a tennis player from Austria. She is currently the country's third highest ranked female player. Her career high ranking is No. 60, a ranking she achieved on 19 November 2007.-Tennis career:...
- Yuliana FedakYuliana FedakYuliana Leonidivna Fedak is a female tennis player from Ukraine.On September 18, 2006, Fedak reached her highest singles ranking, World No. 63.-WTA Tour Titles :-Performance timeline:-External links:...
Zuzana KučováZuzana KučováZuzana Kučová , is a professional tennis player from Slovakia. Her career high singles ranking is No. 101, achieved on June 7, 2010. She is the sister of Kristína Kučová.-Tennis career:...
- Valérie TétreaultValérie TétreaultValérie Tétreault is a Canadian former professional tennis player. She reached her highest WTA singles ranking of No. 112 on February 22, 2010 and of No...
- Kathrin Wörle