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reached the fourth round before losing to Halep. 2017 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Serena Williams was the two-time defending champion, but did not participate this year due to . Garbiñe Muguruza won her second Grand Slam singles title, defeating Venus Williams in the final, 7–5, 6–0. Muguruza became the second Spanish woman to win Wimbledon after Conchita Martínez in 1994. Muguruza also became the first player to defeat both Williams sisters in Grand Slam singles finals. Williams was the oldest player to reach the final since Martina Navratilova, also in 1994, and played her 100th singles match at Wimbledon
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2017 Wimbledon Championships The 2017 Wimbledon Championships was a Grand Slam tennis tournament that took place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The main draw matches commenced on 3 July 2017 and concluded on 16 July 2017. Roger Federer won the Gentlemen's Singles title for a record eighth time, surpassing Pete Sampras and William Renshaw, who both won the Gentlemen's Singles title seven times. Garbiñe Muguruza won the Ladies' Singles title. The 2017 tournament was the 131st edition of the championships, the 50th in the Open Era and the third Grand Slam
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2017–18 Burton Albion F.C. season The 2017–18 season was Burton Albion's 68th season in their history and second consecutive season in the Championship. Along with competing in the Championship, the club will also participate in the FA Cup and League Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018. !colspan=14|"Player(s) out on loan:" !colspan=14|"Player(s) who left the club:" As of 7 June 2017, Burton Albion have announced ten pre-season friendlies against Leicester City, West Bromwich Albion, Shrewsbury Town, Matlock Town, Mickleover Sports, AFC Wimbledon, Kidsgrove Athletic, Solihull Moors, Rocester and Arnold Town. On 21 June
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of 1 March 2017, she held this position for 71 weeks. She was the first Scandinavian woman to hold the top ranking position and 20th overall. She has won The Australian Open 2018 and 27 WTA singles titles incl 2017 WTA Finals (and made 52 finals) as of March 2018, and is currently ranked number 2 in the WTA rankings. Frederik Løchte Nielsen became the first Dane ever to win a Wimbledon championship title in 2012. Nielsen and his partner Marray, who had only played three tournaments together previously, also became the first wild card ever to win the Wimbledon
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and won the Italian doubles and the Canadian singles and doubles championships. Without any coaching, in 1950 Savitt reached the U. S. Tennis Championship semifinals at Forest Hills, losing to Art Larsen. In 1951, at the age of 24, Savitt won the Wimbledon Singles Championship. Along the way he beat Larsen, the # 1 US player, in straight sets, and Herbert Flam, the # 2 US player. He also won the Australian Open Singles title, winning in straight sets in the 61-minute final. He became the first American since Don Budge, 13 years earlier, to win both Wimbledon and the
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1878 Wimbledon Championship The 1878 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament ran from 15 July until 20 July. It was the 2nd staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the first Grand Slam tennis event of 1878. There were 34 competitors, excluding Spencer Gore who as champion was not required to participate until the best of the challengers had won the All comers' final. The winner of the All Comers' final was Frank Hadow, a planter from Ceylon who was on leave
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Africa and three against West Indies. Both teams also played One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) series against England whilst Ireland played a two ODI tour series against England. The season also saw the first-class counties compete in the 2017 County Championship, 2017 Royal London One-Day Cup and 2017 NatWest t20 Blast competitions. Essex won the County Championship with Nottinghamshire winning both limited overs competitions. Lancashire Women won both the Women's County Championship and the Women's Twenty20 competition. In the second season of the Women's Cricket Super League the title was won by Western Storm who defeated Southern
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Ulviyya Fataliyeva Ulviyya Fataliyeva (; born 1996) is an Azerbaijani chess player who holds the title of Woman grandmaster (WGM, 2017). Ganja chess school alumni. Ulviyya Fataliyeva participated in Azerbaijani Girls' Championships and won this tournament in 2011 (age category U20). Also she participated in European Youth Chess Championships and World Youth Chess Championships. In 2010 in Batumi Ulviyya Fataliyeva won European Youth Chess Championship in Girls U14 age category. In 2014 she won European Youth Chess Championship in Girls U18 age category. In 2017 she won silver medal in Azerbaijani Women Chess Championship (tournament won Gunay Mammadzada), and won
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record nine Grand Slam tournament finals. From 2006 to 2008, they played in every French Open and Wimbledon final, and also met in the title match of the 2009 Australian Open, the 2011 French Open and the 2017 Australian Open. Nadal won six of the nine, losing the first two Wimbledon finals. Four of these matches were five-set matches (2007 and 2008 Wimbledon, 2009 and 2017 Australian Open), and the 2008 Wimbledon final has been lauded as the greatest match ever by many long-time tennis analysts. Nadal is the only player who has competed and won against Federer in the
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Blanche Bingley Blanche Bingley Hillyard ("née" Bingley; 3 November 1863 – 6 August 1946) was an English tennis player. She won six singles Wimbledon championships (1886, 1889, 1894, 1897, 1898, 1900) and was runner up seven times, having also competed in the first ever Wimbledon championships for women in 1884. She also won the Irish championships three times (1888, 1894, 1897); the German championship twice (1897, 1900); and the South of England Championships at Eastbourne, 11 times between 1885 and 1905. Bingley was born in Greenford in the London Borough of Ealing, the daughter of a wealthy tailoring business proprietor
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West of England Championships three times South of England Championships two times, Surrey Championships two times, and the Welsh Championships, twice and the Championship of London one time. Harry S. Barlow Harry Sibthorpe Barlow (5 April 1860 – 16 July 1917) was a British amateur lawn tennis player, active at the end of the 19th century. In 1892 he won his first and only Wimbledon title when together with Ernest Lewis they defeated another famous team of tennis brothers, Herbert Baddeley and Wilfred Baddeley, in four sets. In total Barlow would reach three doubles finals at the Wimbledon Championships during
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Prestwick Club institutes a Professional Championship played at Prestwick; the first Championship Belt is won by Willie Park, Snr. 1861 The Professionals Championship is opened to amateurs, and The Open Championship is born. The first competition is won by Old Tom Morris. 1864 The North Devon Golf Club is founded at Westward Ho! 1865 The London Scottish Golf Club is founded on Wimbledon Common 1867 The Ladies' Golf Club at St. Andrews is founded, the first golf club for women. 1869 The Liverpool Golf Club is founded at Hoylake, later Royal Liverpool. Young Tom Morris, age 17, wins the first
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(WFM) norm. In October 2017, she won the Latvian Women Chess Championship, ahead of two Women Grandmasters (WGM) - Ilze Bērziņa and Ingūna Erneste. Linda Krūmiņa played for Latvia in Chess Olympiads: Linda Krūmiņa Linda Krūmiņa (born 16 December 1984, Kuldīga), is a Latvian chess Woman FIDE Master (2017). She is a winner the Latvian Women Chess Championship (2017). In the late 1990s and early 2000s Linda Krūmiņa was one of the leading young chess players in Latvia. In 1999 she won the Latvian Girl Chess Championship. She regularly participated of the European Youth Chess Championships (2001 - U20, 2002
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4–6, 6–3 Ernest Renshaw defeated Donald Stewart, 0–6, 6–3, 6–0, 6–2 1883 Wimbledon Championship The 1883 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament ran from 7 July until 16 July. It was the 7th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the first Grand Slam tennis event of 1883. William Renshaw won for the third year running, and so won the original Field championship cup outright. The players changed ends at the end of each set, or (if the umpire so ruled) at the end
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1883 Wimbledon Championship The 1883 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament ran from 7 July until 16 July. It was the 7th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the first Grand Slam tennis event of 1883. William Renshaw won for the third year running, and so won the original Field championship cup outright. The players changed ends at the end of each set, or (if the umpire so ruled) at the end of each game. William Renshaw defeated Ernest Renshaw, 2–6, 6–3, 6–3,
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and concentrate on tennis. In 1960 McKinley enrolled at Trinity University where he joined Frank Froehling, another leading American player, under the tutelage of coach Clarence Mabry, who also coached John Newcombe and other professionals. This gave Trinity arguably the best collegiate men's tennis team in Athe U.S. However, during this period Trinity never won the NCAA championship because the NCAA scheduled the championship tournament opposite Wimbledon, and both McKinley and Froehling chose to participate in Wimbledon rather than the collegiate tournament. McKinley’s decision to play Wimbledon was justified when in 1961, as a college sophomore, he reached the Wimbledon
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and lost in straight sets, 1–6, 3–6. Australia won the final 3–0. In the same year, she reached the women's singles quarterfinals of the Australian Open which she lost to eventual champion Billie Jean King. Suurbeek played in the ladies' singles competition at Wimbledon in 1967, 1968 and 1969 but did not make it past the second round. In 1980, she was voted Female Player of the Year by the USA Tennis Florida Adult Competitive Tennis Council. In 1983 she won the USTA National Indoor Women`s 35 Championships in St. Louis and was ranked first in the USTA women`s 35s.
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MK Dons' relegation from the Championship and AFC Wimbledon's promotion from League Two the previous season. Milton Keynes Dons won 1–0, with Dean Bowditch scoring the only goal of the game with a 63rd minute penalty. The first visit of MK Dons to AFC Wimbledon's home ground for a League One match on 14 March 2017 resulted in a 2–0 victory for AFC Wimbledon. In 2017, AFC Wimbledon, in the club's programme for their home game against the Dons, held on 22 September, failed to recognise their opponents by their full name for the second successive season. AFC's official Twitter
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10 women to have won each Grand Slam singles tournament at least once during her career. She is also one of seven women (with Hart, Court, Navratilova, Pam Shriver, Serena Williams, and Venus Williams) to have won all four Grand Slam doubles tournaments. At the U.S. National Championship (precursor of the U.S. Open) in 1942, Irvin reached the singles quarterfinals at the age of 15. At Wimbledon in 1953, Fry and Hart lost only four games during the entire women's doubles tournament and won three matches without losing a game, including the semifinals and finals, the latter over Connolly and
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In doubles, the pairing of Navratilova and Pam Shriver won the title at Roland-Garros and the Australian Open, Jordan and Smylie won the Wimbledon title and Kohde-Kilsch–Suková were victorious at the US Open. The table below shows the 1985 Virginia Slims World Championship Series schedule. These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 1985 Virginia Slims World Championship Series: the Grand Slam tournaments, the Year-end championships and regular events. The players/nations are sorted by: The winners
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Women's European Individual Chess Championship 2017 Women's European Individual Chess Championship 2017 — was a Swiss-system tournament in Riga, to decide the women's European individual chess champion. The title was won by Nana Dzagnidze of Georgia for the first time. At the European Chess Union (ECU) General Assembly during the 42nd Chess Olympiad in Baku in September 2016, the organizational rights to the 18th Individual European Chess Championship for women were awarded to Latvia, who held the event in Riga from 10 to 22 April 2017, under the auspices of European Chess Union. The venue for the championship was the
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the title 4-3. Homenetmen also won the Lebanese Cup in 2018 by beating Al Riyadi 77-70, on May 2, 2018. It also won the Arab Club Championship against ASS Sale 99-98 in a packed stadium with more than 6000 fans. Homenetmen Antelias women basketball team is part of the Women Lebanese Basketball League's premier division. They hold the title of the Lebanese Championship for 2015/2016 and 2016/2017, as well as the Arab Club Championship for Women (2017). Homenetmen Lebanon runs Lebanon's one of the most successful sports programs with Homenetmen athletes maintaining a great number of championship titles both individually
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Heather Watson in a three set thriller 3–6 6–1 6–4 for 2 hours and 6 minutes. Azarenka lost to Simona Halep in the fourth round of Wimbledon. In Mixed Doubles event, Azarenka teamed up with the former world number one in men doubles Nenad Zimonjic where they lost in the first round of the championship to the 2016 Wimbledon mixed doubles champion Henri Kontinen and Heather Watson in straight set 3–6 4–6 at the same day when Azarenka defeated Watson in the women single event. In August 2017, Azarenka's custody battle for her 8-month old son resulted in her withdrawal
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2017 All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship The 2017 All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship was a knock-out competition in the game of Ladies' Gaelic football played by women in Ireland. The series of games are organised by Ladies' Gaelic Football Association (Irish :Cumann Peil Gael na mBan)) and were played during the summer months with the All-Ireland Final being played on 24 September at Croke Park. The competition was won by Tipperary who defeated Tyrone in the final by 1-13 to 1-10, Tipperary were captained by Samantha Lambert. It was the second time Tipperary had won the competition after also winning
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finalists and the exclusion of doubles champions who had not won at least four titles was mildly controversial, with Frew McMillan bemoaning to BBC Radio that his two-time mixed doubles championship partner Betty Stöve had not been invited, despite the Dutch woman holding three Wimbledon doubles titles and having reached the singles final once; whereas Hana Mandlíková and Goran Ivanišević both attended, neither one of whom had ever won a Wimbledon title of any kind prior to Wimbledon 2000. The total prize money for 2000 championships was £8,056,480. The winner of the men's title earned £477,500 while the women's singles
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Kazakhstani Women's Chess Championship. In 2015, Davletbayeva was a member of the Macedonian chess club from Skopje "Gambit-Aseko" who won team silver in the European Women's Chess Club Cup. In 2017, she again won the silver medal at Kazakhstani Women's Chess Championship. Davletbayeva has played for Kazakhstan: She was awarded the Woman International Master (WIM) title in 2011 and received the FIDE International Women Grandmaster (WGM) title five years later. Madina Davletbayeva Madina Davletbayeva (; born 19 August 1989) is a Kazakhstani chess player who holds the title of International Women Grandmaster. She is a winner of the Kazakhstani Women's
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Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova (born 16 July 1999), is an Uzbekistani Women Grandmaster (2016). In 2011, Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova won bronze medal the World Youth Chess Championship in age category U12. In 2015, she won Asian Girls Championship in age category U20. In 2017, she is second Asian Zone 3.4 after Dinara Saduakassova and qualified for the Women's World Chess Championship 2018. In 2018, Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova won Uzbekistan Women Chess Championship. Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova played for Uzbekistan in the Women's Chess Olympiads: In 2015, she was awarded the FIDE International Women Master (WIM) title and received the FIDE International Women Grandmaster (WGM)
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Roy Emerson (who won 6 titles in the 1960s) before losing in the quarter finals to Neale Fraser. Shea lost in round two of Wimbledon. He reached the last 16 at U. S. championships, losing to Fraser. In 1957 Shea lost in round two of Roland Garros, round one of Wimbledon and round three at U. S. championships. Shea then lost in round one of Wimbledon 1958 and round two at U. S. championships in 1959 and then retired. In later life he played a lot of golf recreationally. Gilbert Shea Gilbert Shea (born 5 October 1928) is a former
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with the other three "Major or Grand Slam" events, Wimbledon was contested by top-ranked amateur players, professional players were prohibited from participating. This changed with the advent of the open era in 1968. No British man won the singles event at Wimbledon between Fred Perry in 1936 and Andy Murray in 2013, while no British woman has won since Virginia Wade in 1977, although Annabel Croft and Laura Robson won the Girls' Championship in 1984 and 2008 respectively. The Championship was first televised in 1937. Though properly called "The Championships, Wimbledon", depending on sources the event is also known as
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Shahenda Wafa Shahenda Wafa (born 1998), is an Egyptian chess Women grandmaster (2017). She is a two-time winner of the Women's African Chess Championship (2017, 2018). Shahenda Wafa won the 2014 Arab Girls Championship and African Girls Championship in age category U16. She was joint winner with Sabrina Latreche of the 2014 Women's Arab Chess Championship. In 2015, she won African Youth and Junior Girls Chess Championships. Shahenda Wafa twice in row won Women's African Chess Championship: in 2017 in Oran and second time in 2018 in Livingstone. She qualified for the Women's World Chess Championship 2018. Shahenda Wafa played
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quarterfinals. In 1937, he defeated Sam Ang and Alfredo Diy, and made it to the finals of the Philippines Championship but lost to Leonardo Gavia Jr. After a disappointing Philippines Championships campaign, Ampon bounced back. After the war, Ampon made history by winning the Wimbledon Plate Championship in 1948, a trophy for the 96 players who made an early exit in the first and second rounds of the Wimbledon Championships. In 1948 he won an International tournament in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1949 he won Welsh Championships singles title and in 1951 he became the singles champions at the Swedish Hard
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England Club, Wimbledon, to witness the final contest between Messrs. Spencer Gore and W. Marshall for the championship. The play on both sides was of the highest order and its exhibition afforded a great treat to lovers of the game. All three sets were won buy Mr. Gore, who, therefore, becomes lawn tennis champion for 1877, and wins the £12 12s. gold prize and holds the silver challenge cup, value £25 5s. The second and third prizes were then played for by Messrs. W. Marshall and G.C. Heathcote (best of three sets by agreement). Mr. Marshall won two sets to
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Dzagnidze took clear first place with 8½ from 11 half a point clear of Aleksandra Goryachkina and Alisa Galliamova. Women's European Individual Chess Championship 2017 Women's European Individual Chess Championship 2017 — was a Swiss-system tournament in Riga, to decide the women's European individual chess champion. The title was won by Nana Dzagnidze of Georgia for the first time. At the European Chess Union (ECU) General Assembly during the 42nd Chess Olympiad in Baku in September 2016, the organizational rights to the 18th Individual European Chess Championship for women were awarded to Latvia, who held the event in Riga from
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Sandra Reynolds Sandra Reynolds Price ("née" Reynolds; born 4 March 1934) is a former tennis player from South Africa who won four Grand Slam women's doubles championships and one Grand Slam mixed doubles championship. Her best Grand Slam singles result was reaching the 1960 Wimbledon final, losing to Maria Bueno 8–6, 6–0. Reynolds is the only female player from South Africa to have reached the Wimbledon singles final, and she is one of three to have reached a singles final in a Grand Slam. In 1961, she was seeded no. 1 for the Wimbledon Ladies Singles Championship, making her the
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title year later. Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova (born 16 July 1999), is an Uzbekistani Women Grandmaster (2016). In 2011, Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova won bronze medal the World Youth Chess Championship in age category U12. In 2015, she won Asian Girls Championship in age category U20. In 2017, she is second Asian Zone 3.4 after Dinara Saduakassova and qualified for the Women's World Chess Championship 2018. In 2018, Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova won Uzbekistan Women Chess Championship. Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova played for Uzbekistan in the Women's Chess Olympiads: In 2015, she was awarded the FIDE International Women Master (WIM) title and received the FIDE International
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Frederik Nielsen Frederik Løchte Nielsen (born 27 August 1983) is a professional male tennis player. He is a former Wimbledon Men's Doubles champion, in 2012, and now competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour in both singles and doubles. Nielsen is coached by fellow Dane John Larsen and is a member of the Denmark Davis Cup team. His grandfather is former grand slam finalist Kurt Nielsen. In 2012, Nielsen won the Wimbledon Men's Doubles Championship with Britain's Jonathan Marray. He thus became the first Dane ever to win a Wimbledon Championship title, his grandfather, Kurt Nielsen, having won the Wimbledon
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Priestley, the novelist, playwright and broadcaster; Frank Riseley who partnered Sydney Smith and won the Men's Double Championship at Wimbledon in 1902 and 1906; his brother Bob Riseley who was on the Wimbledon Committee of Management for many years; Dodd and Mellet of South Africa; Dorothy Round Little who was Ladies' Singles Champion at Wimbledon in 1934 and 1937 and Mixed Doubles Champion in 1934, 1935 and 1936; Commander Philip Glover, "Royal Navy" champion; Thelma Cazalet-Keir, the "Conservative" feminist politician; Alan Davies; Duncan Macaulay, who was Secretary of the "All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club" from 1946 to 1963;
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Herbert Lawford Herbert Fortescue Lawford (15 May 1851 – 20 April 1925) was a former co-World No. 1 tennis player from Scotland who won the Men's Singles championship at Wimbledon in 1887, and was runner-up a record 5 times (shared with Arthur Gore). In the 1887 final, the native of Bayswater defeated Ernest Renshaw (also of Great Britain) in five sets: 1–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4. He reached the finals of Wimbledon in 1880, 1884–86, and 1888. Lawford won the first major men's doubles tennis tournament, the Oxford University Men’s Doubles Championship, in 1879 partnering Lestocq Robert Erskine. This event
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Herbert Baddeley Herbert Baddeley (born 11 January 1872 in Bromley – 20 July 1931 in Cannes, France) was a British male tennis player and the younger of the Baddeley twins. Herbert reached the singles semi finals at Wimbledon three times. In 1894 he beat Harry S. Barlow before losing to Ernest Lewis. In 1895 he beat Reginald Doherty before handing a walkover to his brother. In 1896 he beat William Larned before losing to Wilberforce Eaves. In 1891 and 1894–1896 he and his twin brother Wilfred won the Wimbledon doubles championship four times. When Wilfred was beaten in the 1896
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partnered with Briton Angela Buxton. Later in the season she won the Wimbledon doubles championship (again with Buxton), the Italian Championships in Rome, the Indian Championships in New Delhi and the Asian championship in Ceylon. She also reached the quarter-finals in singles at Wimbledon and the finals at the US Nationals, losing both to Shirley Fry. The 1957 season was, in her own words, "Althea Gibson's year". In July Gibson was seeded first at Wimbledon—considered, at the time, the "world championship of tennis", and won the title after a victory in the final against Darlene Hard. She was the first
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Doubles Qualifiers Lucky Losers Ladies' Doubles Qualifiers Lucky Losers The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking: The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries, suspensions or personal reasons. 2017 Wimbledon Championships The 2017 Wimbledon Championships was a Grand Slam tennis tournament that took place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The main draw matches commenced on 3 July 2017 and concluded on 16 July 2017. Roger Federer won the Gentlemen's Singles title for a record eighth time, surpassing Pete
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at the age of thirteen Irina won the Russian Junior Championship in the U20 age group of girls. In 2000, she was second in the Women's Chess Championship, but in 2003 Irina won this tournament. In 2004, she took the 4th place in European Individual Chess Championship. In 2009, she became the finalist of the Russian Women`s Chess Cup, but in 2010 she won this cup. In 2011, she won the Russian Women's Fast Chess Championship. In 2000s Irina Turova participated in Women's World Chess Championship by knock-out system: In 2000, she was awarded the FIDE International Women Master (WIM)
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for Egypt in the Women's Chess Olympiads: Shahenda Wafa played for Egypt in the World Team Chess Championship: In 2013, she was awarded the FIDE International Women Master (WIM) title and received the FIDE International Women Grandmaster (WGM) title three years later. Her sister Shrook Wafa also is a Woman Grandmaster. Shahenda Wafa Shahenda Wafa (born 1998), is an Egyptian chess Women grandmaster (2017). She is a two-time winner of the Women's African Chess Championship (2017, 2018). Shahenda Wafa won the 2014 Arab Girls Championship and African Girls Championship in age category U16. She was joint winner with Sabrina Latreche
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Wales. The championship was known as the Australian TQ Championship from 1964-1976, after which it was renamed the Australian Formula 500 Championship. The 2017 Australian Championship was held at the Murray Bridge Speedway in Murray Bridge, SA on 17 April and was won by Queensland's Liam Williams who won his 3rd national championship. Australian Formula 500 Championship The Australian Formula 500 Championship is an annual dirt track racing championship meeting held in Australia for Formula 500 cars. Formula 500's in Australia evolved from the old TQ's (Three Quarter Speedcar Midget) of the 1950s and 1960s. The first Australian Championship was
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until 1983. He also won the men's doubles title at Wimbledon in 1975. He was a singles semi-finalist at Wimbledon in both 1977 and 1978. In 1977 he lost a Wimbledon semifinal to his close friend and practice partner, Björn Borg, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 8–6, a match later considered one of the greatest of the decade. In 1977 Gerulaitis won the most significant title of his career at the Australian Open, when he defeated John Lloyd in the men's singles final in five sets. In 1978 Gerulaitis won the year-end championship WCT Finals for the World Championship Tennis tour,
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women for eighth place on the all-time list, but gives her sole possession of No. 4 on the Open Era List, trailing only the nine titles of Martina Navratilova and the seven of Serena and Steffi Graf. From the 2000 Wimbledon Championships to the 2001 US Open, Williams won four of the six Grand Slam singles tournaments in that span. At the 2018 US Open, Williams extended her record as the all-time leader, male or female, in Grand Slams played, with 80. With her run to the 2017 Wimbledon singles final, she broke the record for longest time between first
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Warcraft" will be "", there will be official "World of Warcraft" Classic servers, a new hero for "Overwatch" named Moira will be added as well as a new map called "Blizzardworld", ""s first campaign, multiplayer and other modes of the game are now free, and "Hearthstone"'s next expansion will be "Kobolds and Catacombs" that will be released in December 2017. The esports events at BlizzCon 2017 included the 2017 StarCraft II World Championship Series Global Finals won by Lee "Rogue" Byung Ryul, the "World of Warcraft" arena championship won by ABC, the "Hearthstone" Inn-vitational won by the Grimestreet Grifters, the
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Olga Podrazhanskaya Olga Podrazhanskaya (born 29 May 1948) is an Israeli chess player who holds the title of Woman International Master (WIM, 1982) and won team gold medal in 7th Chess Olympiad (women) in 1976. She is a three-time winner the Israeli Women Chess Championship (1974, 1976, 1980). In 1969 Olga Podrazhanskaya shared 3rd place in Leningrad Women Chess Championship. In 1971 she won Leningrad Women Chess blitz championship. In 1971 she won Leningrad Women Chess blitz championship. In 1973 she won Soviet sport society Lokomotiv Women Chess Championship. Moved to Israel in 1973. She won three Israeli Women Chess
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Jamie Murray career statistics Jamie Murray is a professional tennis player who is the current British number one doubles player. He has reached ten grand slam finals in total: (4 Doubles, 6 Mixed), he has won the mixed doubles at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships, 2017 Wimbledon Championships, 2017 US Open and 2018 US Open, and the men's doubles at the 2016 Australian Open and 2016 US Open, and has finished as runner-up in the men's doubles tournament at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships and 2015 US Open and in mixed doubles at the 2008 US Open. Murray has been ranked as
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Finland at the 2017 World Games Finland competes at the 2017 World Games in Wrocław, Poland, 20–30 July 2017. Finland won 3 national quota places at the 2016 World Field Archery Championships: 1 in Recurve Men, 1 in Barebow Men and 1 in Barebow Women. Legend: W = win, L = loss Finland received a quota of two men and two women during the European Men Championship 2016 and European Women Championship 2016. Legend: L = loss, Q = qualified Legend: Q = qualified, W = win, L = loss Finland qualified a floorball team as the gold medalist of
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the Angelus League championship with Cathedral High School, the first league championship in football for the school since 2006. In 2009, the men's and women's fencing team won its seventh consecutive league title. In 2013, the baseball team won the CIF Southern Section championship and was named "Baseball America"’s Team of the Year. From 1991 to 2014, the school won 19 swimming and diving league titles, and one CIF championship. In 2016 the school won the Boys Basketball CIF State Division IV championship, and in 2017, Harvard-Westlake Boys Basketball won the Southern Section 1A championship. In 2017, the boys tennis
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straight sets to the American fifth seed Sam Querrey. Clarke was awarded a wild card to the main draw of the 2018 Wimbledon Championship for his grand slam singles debut. Clarke reached the semi-finals in the mixed doubles with Harriet Dart beating the first seeds in the third round.. Jay Clarke (tennis) Jay Alexander Clarke (born 27 July 1998) is a British tennis player. In 2017, on a Wimbledon wildcard, Clarke and Marcus Willis beat the defending champions and second seeds Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert in a five-setter, to progress to the third round. Clarke has won four Futures
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same year Mate went on to win the mixed doubles title with Laura Siegemund. Not being able to secure a permanent partner after the 2017 Miami Open, Pavić temporarily teamed up with Austria's doubles veteran Oliver Marach during the European clay court season. Their clay swing was not successful and they decided to split after 2017 Wimbledon Championship. However, Pavić and Marach then made it to three consecutive grass court finals, including the 2017 Wimbledon Championship where they lost 11-13 in the fifth set to (at the time) No. 1 ranked doubles team of Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo. After
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season, along with Hyde and Cromwell. The girls' basketball team won the Class S championship in the 2011-2012 season and the 2017-2018 season. The softball team won the Class S championship in 2012. The boys' outdoor track team has a very decorated record, which includes Shoreline Championships in 1995-2002, 2007, 2010, 2017, and 2018. They have consistently placed second or third in the years that they have not won the championship. Coginchaug Regional High School Coginchaug Regional High School (abbreviated as C.R.H.S.) is a public high school located in Durham, Connecticut and is named after the Coginchaug River. It is
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scored by Zack Schilawski. The Demon Deacons returned to the final four of the 2009 Division I Men's College Cup, losing to Virginia 2–1 in overtime in the semifinals. Wake Forest won the 1955 College World Series in baseball. In 2009, the team began playing on Ernie Shore Field, in Winston-Salem, NC, moving to this field from their former home at Gene Hooks Stadium on campus. In 2017, eight players were selected in the 2017 MLB Draft, the most in the school's history. Noah Rubin played for Wake Forest; he had won the 2014 boys singles championship at Wimbledon, and
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in 2008. The competition was sponsored by Lidl and TG4 with the final shown live on TG4. 2017 All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship The 2017 All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship was a knock-out competition in the game of Ladies' Gaelic football played by women in Ireland. The series of games are organised by Ladies' Gaelic Football Association (Irish :Cumann Peil Gael na mBan)) and were played during the summer months with the All-Ireland Final being played on 24 September at Croke Park. The competition was won by Tipperary who defeated Tyrone in the final by 1-13 to 1-10, Tipperary were
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2017 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles Serena and Venus Williams were the defending champions, but did not participate this year due to Serena's pregnancy. Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina won the title, defeating Chan Hao-ching and Monica Niculescu in the final, 6–0, 6–0. This is the first time since 1953 that a women's doubles final at Wimbledon ended in a double bagel. Makarova and Vesnina became the first post-Soviet Russians to win the Wimbledon women's doubles title. Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Šafářová were attempting to hold all four Grand Slam double titles at the same time, after having won the
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a first Finnish tennis player ever. Kontinen and Peers won the 2017 Australian Open men's doubles championship in January 2017, and on 3 April 2017 Kontinen became world no. 1 doubles player—the first Finnish player, male or female, to do so. At Wimbledon in 2017, Kontinen and Peers lost in the semi-final to Łukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo, the eventual champions; Kontinen also lost his no. 1 ranking to Melo. In the mixed doubles, Kontinen and Watson reached the final for the second successive year, but lost to Jamie Murray and Martina Hingis. "Current till 2018 ATP Finals." Henri Kontinen
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the top coaches of the decade. Since their placement at McKendree University the bowling teams, together, have increased their overall average by 12 pins. They came to McKendree in the 2014-2015 school year to coach the men and women's programs. Under their supervision the men and women both went to the National Collegiate Bowling Competition. The women placed fifth and the men placed sixth. The 2016 men's team won the USBC national championship while the women's team won the 2017 NCAA National Championship, sweeping perennial powerhouse Nebraska 4-0 on April 15, 2017. A month later, the women's team also won
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Tennis. Wade won at Wimbledon, in 1977. It was the 16th year in which Wade had played at Wimbledon, and she made her first appearance in the final by beating the defending champion Chris Evert in a semifinal 6–2, 4–6, 6–1. In the final, she faced Betty Stöve. Not only was 1977 the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Wimbledon Championships, but it was the Silver Jubilee year of Elizabeth II, who attended Wimbledon for the first time since 1962 to watch the final. Wade beat Stöve in three sets to claim the championship, nine days before her 32nd
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Court Championship (Indoor Wood) in 1919. Also twice runner-up at the World Hard Court Championships on Clay (1913 & 1920). He won the indoor tennis Gold medal at the 1912 Olympic Games. Gobert reached the Wimbledon all comers final in 1912, beating James Cecil Parke and Max Decugis before losing to Arthur Gore. He won the singles title at the British Covered Court Championships, played at the Queen's Club in London, five times; in 1911, 1912, 1920, 1921 and 1922. In 1910 he won the All England Plate at Wimbledon, the competition for players who were defeated in the first
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Kristy Pigeon Kristy Pigeon (born August 12, 1950) is an American retired tennis player who was active at the end of the 1960s and beginning of the 1970s. Pigeon won the Junior Wimbledon title in July 1968, defeating Australian Lesley Hunt in two sets. Directly following Wimbledon she gained the singles title at the Welsh Open Championships in Newport with a victory in the final over Fay Moore. In August 1968 she won the singles title at the Pennsylvania Lawn Tennis Championships in Haverford. Later that month she won the United States girls lawn tennis championship in Philadelphia after a
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Ernest Renshaw Ernest James Renshaw (3 January 1861 – 2 September 1899) was an English tennis player who was active in the late 19th century. Together with his twin brother William Renshaw, Ernest won the men's doubles at Wimbledon five times. He also won the singles championship at Wimbledon once, in 1888 and was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1983. He won the singles title at the Irish Championships on four occasions (1883, 1887, 1888, 1892). Ernest was the older of the brothers by 15 minutes and half an inch taller. The boom in popularity of
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Larry Ross Larry Ross (born 15 June 1954 in Christchurch, New Zealand) is a former speedway rider who rode with the Wimbledon Dons, Belle Vue Aces, Halifax Dukes and the Bradford Dukes in the British League. Ross began riding at the Ruapuna track in Christchurch in 1972. He moved to England in 1975 and joined the Wimbledon Dons. He won the London Riders' Championship twice. In 1979 he was a member of the New Zealand team which won the World Team Cup. He was also a non-riding reserve for the 1979 World Final (won for a record 6th time by
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Donald Johnson Donald James "Don" Johnson (born September 9, 1968) is a former professional tennis player from the United States who reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 2002. Although born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, he was raised and learned the sport of tennis in the Pittsburgh suburb of Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania. Johnson attended Fairview High School in Erie, Pennsylvania, and won the PIAA State Singles Championship in 1984. During his career, he won the Wimbledon men's doubles title in 2001 (partnering Jared Palmer), and the Wimbledon mixed doubles title in 2000 (partnering Kimberly Po). He also won the doubles
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Vic Huxley Victor Nelson "Vic" Huxley (23 September 1906 – 24 June 1982 in Brisbane. Queensland) was a speedway rider who won the Star Riders' Championship, the forerunner of the Speedway World Championship, in 1930 and finished runner-up in 1931 and 1932. He also won the London Riders' Championship in 1936 whilst with the Wimbledon Dons. Huxley won the 1934 Australian Championship (3 Laps) in front of his home crowd at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground. Vic Huxley retired from British speedway at the end of the 1936 season and returned to Australia where he rode in the Winter test series
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saw AFC Wimbledon compete in League One for the first time in their history. They remained unbeaten in the South London derby fixtures, recording two draws against Millwall, a home draw against Charlton Athletic, and a 2–1 away win at The Valley on 17 September 2016. Promotion also placed AFC Wimbledon in the same division as Milton Keynes Dons, who had simultaneously been relegated from the Championship. This ensured the club would face Milton Keynes Dons for the first time at Kingsmeadow which they did on 14 March 2017, going on to triumph 2–0. The club ultimately finished 15th in
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49.82 s. In August, he made it to the semifinals in the 400 m hurdles at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In July 2017, he won gold in the 400 m hurdles at the 2017 European U23 Championships, setting a championship record of 48.37 s. He also won silver in the 400 m with a time of 45.75 s. In August, he won gold in the 400 m hurdles at the 2017 World Championships with a time of 48.35 s. Two weeks after his success at the World Championships, he improved upon his own Norwegian record in the 400 m hurdles
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any player, not to have also won the championship. In the United States the match was the most watched Wimbledon final in a decade, since the all American contest of Sampras-Agassi in 1999. It pulled in 5.71 million viewers, which constituted a 9% increase over the Federer–Nadal final of 2008. In the United Kingdom the final averaged 7.1 million viewers, with a peak of 11.1 million when Federer clinched victory. 2009 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles final The 2009 Wimbledon Men's Singles final was the championship tennis match of the Men's Singles tournament at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships. A significant
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1882 Wimbledon Championship The 1882 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament ran from 8 July until 17 July. It was the 6th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the first Grand Slam tennis event of 1882. The net was brought down to its present height of at the posts, and in the middle. Ernest Renshaw won the all comers' final against R. T. Richardson, 7–5, 6–3, 2–6, 6–3 and later lost against his twin brother and defending champion William Renshaw in the final,
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cards are in use, and they are granted by the respective sport federations. On rare occasions, a competitor who had gained entry by wild card succeeds in winning a medal or the championship. For example, Kye Sun-Hui won gold in judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics, Ding Junhui won the 2005 China Open snooker championship, Goran Ivanišević won the 2001 Wimbledon Championships, Kim Clijsters won the 2009 US Open, and Lin Dan won the 2013 BWF World Championships. In North American professional sports leagues, "wild card" refers to a team that qualifies for the championship playoffs without winning their specific
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Benita Vēja Benita Vēja (born January 15, 1948, Kuldīga as Benita Vilerte) is a Latvian chess master who won the Latvian Chess Championship for women in 1966. Benita Vēja started to play chess in early childhood and won the Latvian Girl championship in 1961 but in 1963 she won Soviet Girl championship. Rīga women chess championship she won twice: 1972 and 1975. She won the Latvian Chess Championship for women in 1966 (after match victory over the sixties Latvian women chess leader Astra Klovāne – 2,5:1,5), was the runner-up in 1963, and 1972 and won the third prize in 1964,
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2017 Men's European Volleyball Championship qualification This is an article about qualification for the 2017 Men's European Volleyball Championship. Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser<br> Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser The host country team(s) and the best ranked teams in 2015 European Championship, total 7 teams, directly qualified for 2017 European Championship. First round was held 19–22 May 2016. 12 teams competed in three first round tournaments consisting of 4 teams. The three 1st placed teams and the two
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The third round matches will be held on 1–9 October 2016. 2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship qualification This is an article about qualification for the 2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship. Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser<br> Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser The host country team(s) and the best ranked teams in 2015 European Championship, total 7 teams, directly qualified for 2017 European Championship. First round was held 20–22 May 2016. 8 teams competed in two first round tournaments consisting
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2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship qualification This is an article about qualification for the 2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship. Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser<br> Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser The host country team(s) and the best ranked teams in 2015 European Championship, total 7 teams, directly qualified for 2017 European Championship. First round was held 20–22 May 2016. 8 teams competed in two first round tournaments consisting of 4 teams. The top ranked teams of each pools and
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round matches will be held on 1–9 October 2016. 2017 Men's European Volleyball Championship qualification This is an article about qualification for the 2017 Men's European Volleyball Championship. Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser<br> Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser The host country team(s) and the best ranked teams in 2015 European Championship, total 7 teams, directly qualified for 2017 European Championship. First round was held 19–22 May 2016. 12 teams competed in three first round tournaments consisting of 4
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1. McNamee won 24 men's doubles titles including four Grand Slam doubles titles in his career. He won the 1979 Australian Open and the 1980 and 1982 Wimbledon Championships with Peter McNamara and the 1983 Australian Open with Mark Edmondson. He won the Mixed Doubles title in Wimbledon with Martina Navratilova in 1985. When John McEnroe won Wimbledon in 1984, McNamee was the only player to take a set off McEnroe throughout the entire championship when he won the third set of their first round match. McNamee was also a member of the Australian Davis Cup Team which won the
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Jack Kramer and together they won the Wimbledon doubles title. A year later, in 1948, Falkenburg reached the pinnacle of his tennis career by winning the Wimbledon singles championship. He won the acclaimed tennis crown, after winning 3 of 5 sets against Australian John Bromwich, who after having taken the fourth set, was confident he would beat Falkenburg. Bromwich had a match point at 5-3 in the fifth set, but Falkenburg fought his way back and did something that tennis players rarely do; he saved three match points and went on to win 7-5 in the fifth set. Falkenburg won
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she participated with her team in the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification, where Austria was eliminated in the second round. In 2015, Dunst became part of the Austrian U19 team. In 2016, she played UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, where Austria was eliminated in the Group Stage. In October 2015, she was first called for the Austrian Senior Team for a European Championship qualifier against Israel. In March 2016, she won the Cyprus Cup with her team. In 2017, Dunst was part of the 23-women squad who represented Austria and reached the semi-finals at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017. Barbara Dunst
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Tuulikki Laesson Tuulikki Laesson (March 19, 1969, Tallinn, Estonia) is an Estonian chess player who twice won the Estonian Chess Championship for women. Tuulikki Laesson started to play chess at the age of 6. In 1987 she won bronze medal in Soviet Junior Championship in Chelyabinsk. She won Estonian Chess Championship for women in 1993 and 1996, and Open Latvian Chess Championship for women in 1992. Also Tuulikki Laesson won 2 silver medals (1986, 1998) and 2 bronze medals (1992, 1997) in Estonian Chess Championship for women. Tuulikki Laesson played in Soviet Women's Team chess championship in 1986. Tuulikki Laesson
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AFC Wimbledon AFC Wimbledon is a professional football club currently based in Kingston upon Thames, south west London, England, which has played in League One, the third tier of the English football league system, since promotion in 2016. Their home stadium is Kingsmeadow, a ground shared with Chelsea Football Club Women and up until 2017 with Isthmian League club Kingstonian F.C. The club was founded by former Wimbledon F.C. supporters in 2002 after the Football Association allowed that club to relocate to Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire, north of Wimbledon. Most of the Wimbledon F.C. supporters were very strongly opposed to
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2016 FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship for Women The 2016 FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship for Women was an international basketball competition that took place in Valdivia, Chile from July 13–17, 2016. It was the eleventh edition of the championship, and was the FIBA Americas qualifying tournament for the 2017 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women. Eight national teams from across the Americas, composed of women aged 19 and under, competed in the tournament. The United States won their eighth consecutive gold in this event by beating Canada in the final, 109–62. The draw was held on 14 April 2016. "All times
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Nechaeva won the Russian Women's Championship Higher League, the qualifier for the Russian Women's Superfinal, in 2015 and 2017. In the European Chess Club Cup for Women, playing for team Ugra, Nechaeva won the individual gold medal as the best player on board 4 in 2014. Marina Nechaeva Marina Nechaeva (née Guseva; also known as Marina Romanko; born 5 August 1986) is a Russian chess player who holds the titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). In 2009, she was a member of the Russian team that won the silver medal in the Women's World Team Chess Championship
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2016 — U16; 2017 — U18). In April 2017, in Riga she participated in the Women's European Individual Chess Championship 2017. At the end of July and the beginning of August of the same year, Elizabete Limanovska took part in the International Women chess tournament in Erfurt and fulfilled the FIDE master (WFM) norm. Since 2011, she regularly took part in the Latvian Women's Chess Championships. In May 2018, she won the Latvian Women Chess Championship. Elizabete Limanovska played for Latvia in Chess Olympiads: Elizabete Limanovska Elizabete Limanovska (born 30 September 2000), is a Latvian chess Woman FIDE Master (2017).
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Second and Third Divisions meant that the team only won a solitary divisional championship within the League – the Fourth Division title of 1982–83. Footnotes References Wimbledon F.C. Wimbledon Football Club was an English football club formed in Wimbledon, south-west London, in 1889 and based at Plough Lane from 1912 to 1991. Founded as Wimbledon Old Centrals, the club were a non-League team for most of their history. Nicknamed "the Dons" and latterly "the Wombles", they won eight Isthmian League titles, the FA Amateur Cup in 1963 and three successive Southern League championships between 1975 and 1977, and were then
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over 1,500 entries from 48 countries across 200+ venues in 2015. Several professional and semi-pro sports teams call the Grand Rapids area home: The Whitecaps won the Championship Series six times (1996, 1998, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2015) and had the best regular-season record six times (1997, 1998, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2017). The Griffins won the IHL Fred A. Huber Trophy (regular season champion) in 2001, and were AHL Calder Cup Champions in the 2012–2013 and 2016–2017 seasons. The Grand Rapids FC women won the United Women's Soccer national championship in the 2017 season. The Grand Rapids Blazers won the United
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series, without a season-ending championship. The Open era began with the British Hard Court Championships in Bournemouth in 1968. At the first Open Wimbledon, the prize-fund difference was 2.5:1 in favour of men. Billie Jean King won £750 for taking the title, while Rod Laver took £2,000. The total purses of the competitions were £14,800 for men and £5,680 for women. By the 1970s, the pay which had been 2.5:1 ratio between men and women increased. In 1969, ratios of 5:1 in terms of pay were common at smaller tournaments; by 1970, these figures increased to 8:1 and even 12:1.
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Geoff Pymar Geoffrey 'Geoff' Pymar (born 14 February 1912 Eye, Suffolk, England - died 2002) was a former international motorcycle speedway rider who rode in the World Championship final in 1938. Pymar was the son of a farmer. After first racing motorcycles in 1931, he took up speedway in 1933, racing at Norwich that year. Pymar started his career with the Norwich Stars, a non-league outfit, spotted by Wimbledon Dons and rode at the Wimbledon Stadium for seven seasons until the outbreak of World War II. In 1938 he was part of the Wimbledon team that won the National Trophy.
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Ika Panajotovic Ilija "Ika" Panajotovic (; 25 April 1932 – 18 July 2001) was a Serbian-American film producer and tennis player. Panajotovic, who made the junior semi-finals at Wimbledon in 1948, won back to back Yugoslavian Junior Championship titles in 1948 and 1949. The Serbian competed in 12 Grand Slam tournaments during his career, all in the 1950s. He appeared at Wimbledon seven times and played in the French Championships on five occasions. From 1953 to 1959, Panajotovic participated in Wimbledon every year and made the third round in the 1958 Championships. He had a five set win over Akhtar
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Dynamo Moscow. Meesseman played for Spartak Moscow from 2014 to 2016, competing in two EuroCup tournaments. In February 2016, she was acquired by UMMC Ekaterinburg. With UMMC Ekaterinburg, Meesseman won the Russian National League championship both in 2017 and 2018. In April 2018, Meesseman and UMMC Ekaterinburg won the 2017–18 EuroLeague, Europe's premium basketball competition for women. Meesseman, averaging 19 points in the Final Four tournament, was elected Final Four MVP. Meesseman made her debut for Belgium at the 2011 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women. In the final, Meesseman led the team to victory 77–49 over France, herself scoring
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2017 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship The 2017 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship – known as the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasons – was 2017's premier inter-county camogie competition. The winners receive the O'Duffy Cup. The championship began on 10 June 2017 and ended on 10 September with a Cork victory. The All-Ireland camogie championships are structured in three tiers - Nine of the senior camogie teams enter second teams in either the intermediate or junior championships. If the intermediate championship is won by a county's first team, that team is promoted to next year's senior championship. The winner
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On 3 May 2018, Rogel's agent said that Rogel had rejected a contract offer from English side Leeds United to sign the player on a Bosman from Nacional. On 30 August 2018, he signed a 4-year contract with the Russian club Krylia Sovetov Samara. He was represented Uruguay U20's and with them in 2017, he won the 2017 South American Youth Football Championship. Uruguay U20 - 2017 South American Youth Football Championship Agustín Rogel Agustín Rogel (born 17 October 1997) is an Uruguayan football player who plays as defender for PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara in the Russian Premier League and
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other three sons. Sidney Wood Sidney Burr Wood Jr. (November 1, 1911 – January 10, 2009) was an American tennis player who won the 1931 Wimbledon singles title. Wood was ranked in the world's Top 10 five times between 1931 and 1938, and was ranked World No. 6 in 1931 and 1934 and No. 5 in 1938 by A. Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph. Wood was born in Black Rock, Connecticut. He won the Arizona State Men's Tournament on his 14th birthday, which qualified him for the French Championship and earned him a spot at Wimbledon. He attended The
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Sidney Wood Sidney Burr Wood Jr. (November 1, 1911 – January 10, 2009) was an American tennis player who won the 1931 Wimbledon singles title. Wood was ranked in the world's Top 10 five times between 1931 and 1938, and was ranked World No. 6 in 1931 and 1934 and No. 5 in 1938 by A. Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph. Wood was born in Black Rock, Connecticut. He won the Arizona State Men's Tournament on his 14th birthday, which qualified him for the French Championship and earned him a spot at Wimbledon. He attended The Hill School in
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Jack Sock Jack Sock (born September 24, 1992) is an American professional tennis player who is currently ranked No. 2 in the world in doubles, and regularly partnered with Canadian tennis player Vasek Pospisil until July 2016. Together they won the 2014 Wimbledon Grand Slam championship, a victory that helped vault them into the Top 10 of the ATP doubles rankings. Additionally, he won the 2011 US Open mixed doubles title with fellow U.S. player Melanie Oudin as well as the 2018 Wimbledon and 2018 US Open men's doubles titles with Mike Bryan. Following his US Open win, Sock reached
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Fred Perry Frederick John "Fred" Perry (18 May 1909 – 2 February 1995) was a British tennis and table tennis player from England and former World No. 1 who won 10 Majors including eight Grand Slams and two Pro Slams single titles, as well as six Major doubles titles. Perry won three consecutive Wimbledon Championships from 1934 to 1936 and was World Amateur number one tennis player during those three years. Prior to Andy Murray in 2013, Perry was the last British player to win the men's Wimbledon championship, in 1936, and the last British player to win a men's
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NCAA tournament to enter Wimbledon. In 1963, Chuck McKinley of Trinity won the Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship. He was also the runner up in 1961. In 1970, as a freshman at Trinity, Brian Gottfried won the USTA boys 18s singles championship, as well as the doubles championship with Alexander Mayer. Other famous tennis players to attend Trinity included Butch Newman, Bob McKinley, Frank Froehling, Dick Stockton, Bill Scanlon and Gretchen Magers. The school's men's and women's programs both claimed national championships in 2000. The Tigers had a successful Men's Basketball program under Bob Polk from 1965-1968; Polk, an Indiana native
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of the Lebanese Women's First Division team Chabibeh. He left in May 2017. Višić was an assistant coach of th FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro women's national teams that participated at the EuroBasket Women 1995 and at the EuroBasket Women 2003. He was a head coach of the FR Yugoslavia women's national under-16 team that won silver medal at the 1999 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women. On June 1, 2017, Višić was named as a head coach of the India women's national team. He won the gold medal at the 2017 FIBA Women's Asia Cup – Division B. He was
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each other three times at Grand Slam tournament level, with Berdych leading 3–0. The first was in the 2014 Australian Open, which Berdych won after losing the third set. Their second meeting was at the 2016 Roland Garros, which Berdych won in three straight sets. Their third encounter was at 2017 Wimbledon Championship, where Berdych won again in straight sets. In addition, they have faced each other twice at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals and once in the Davis Cup, with Berdych leading 2–0 and Ferrer leading 1–0 respectively. Despite playing 16 matches against each other, they have only
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Yerisbel Miranda Llanes Yerisbel Miranda Llanes (born 1987), is a Cuban Woman International Master (2011). In 2017, Yerisbel Miranda Llanes was shared first place with Danitza Vázquez and Maritza Arribas Robaina in Women's World Chess Championship American Zone 2.3 tournament, and qualified for the Women's World Chess Championship 2018. In 2017, in Pinar del Río Yerisbel Miranda Llanes won Women's Cuban Chess Championship. In 2018, Yerisbel Miranda Llanes won silver medal after Deysi Cori in Women's Pan American Chess Championship. Yerisbel Miranda Llanes played for Cuba in the Women's Chess Olympiads: In 2011, she was awarded the FIDE International Women
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In 2011, Kaur won a bronze medal at the 6th Junior Women National Boxing Championship in Patiala. In 2012, she won a bronze and a silver medal at the 4th Inter-Zonal Women National Boxing Championship in Vishakhapatnam and at the 8th Junior Women National Boxing Championship in Patiala. In 2015, she won a bronze medal at the 16th Senior (Elite) Women National Boxing Championship in New Bongaigaon, Guwahati. In 2018, she won gold at the Ahmet Comert International Boxing Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey in the 64kg category, along with Monika and Bhagyabati Kachari who also won a gold medal in
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