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held one week later than in previous seasons, giving a three-week gap from the end of the 2015 French Open. The change, announced in 2012, is intended to provide players more time for recuperation and preparatory grass-court tournaments. Novak Djokovic of Serbia won his third Wimbledon title in men's singles, defending his championship from 2014. Petra Kvitová of the Czech Republic was the defending champion in women's singles, but she lost to Jelena Janković in the third round. Serena Williams won her sixth Wimbledon and 21st major title, defeating first-time finalist Garbiñe Muguruza in the final, 6–4, 6–4. She also
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held one week later than in previous seasons, giving a three-week gap from the end of the 2015 French Open. The change, announced in 2012, is intended to provide players more time for recuperation and preparatory grass-court tournaments. Novak Djokovic of Serbia won his third Wimbledon title in men's singles, defending his championship from 2014. Petra Kvitová of the Czech Republic was the defending champion in women's singles, but she lost to Jelena Janković in the third round. Serena Williams won her sixth Wimbledon and 21st major title, defeating first-time finalist Garbiñe Muguruza in the final, 6–4, 6–4. She also
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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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Muguruza became the first Spanish woman to make the Wimbledon final since Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in 1996. Muguruza won the title two years later. This tournament is notable for being the first grand slam main draw appearance of 2017 French Open champion Jeļena Ostapenko. 2015 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Petra Kvitová was the defending champion, but was defeated by Jelena Janković in the third round. Serena Williams won her sixth Wimbledon and 21st major title, becoming the oldest woman to win a major singles title in the Open Era. By defeating first-time finalist Garbiñe Muguruza, Serena also achieved her
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2015 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Petra Kvitová was the defending champion, but was defeated by Jelena Janković in the third round. Serena Williams won her sixth Wimbledon and 21st major title, becoming the oldest woman to win a major singles title in the Open Era. By defeating first-time finalist Garbiñe Muguruza, Serena also achieved her second non-calendar year Grand Slam after winning the 2014 US Open, 2015 Australian Open and 2015 French Open and she also became the first player since Steffi Graf in 1988 to win Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon all in the same calendar year.
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sustain the challenge. In the end, Djokovic won in 4 sets. 2015 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles final The 2015 Wimbledon Championships Men's Singles final was the championship tennis match of the Men's Singles tournament at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships. A significant part of the Djokovic–Federer rivalry, it pitted defending champion Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer against each other in a Grand Slam final for the third time, a rematch of the Wimbledon final a year earlier in which Djokovic defeated Federer in five sets. Before the match, Federer led the head-to-head 20 matches to 19, with the two players
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2015 Australian National Handball Championship season The 2015 Australian National Handball Championship is split into three stages. Stage one was held in Brisbane early August for Under 21 & Under 18 titles. Stage two in Canberra mid August for the Youth Championships. Stage three will be in Perth during October for the Open titles. The Under 18 Boy's was won by Queensland as no other teams turned up. They ended up playing in the Under 21 men's competition which was won by Queensland Under 21 over New South Wales with the Queensland Under 18's third. The Under 18's women saw
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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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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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Wimbledon 2015, Paes teamed up with Martina Hingis to win the mixed doubles championship. The final with a 6–1, 6–1 score against fifth seeds Alexander Peya and Tímea Babos lasted only 41 minutes. In men's doubles, Paes and Nestor reached the third round. By winning his 4th Wimbledon mixed doubles title, Paes now shares the record for most such titles won in the gentlemen's section in the open era with Owen Davidson. On 12 September 2015, Paes won the mixed doubles at the 2015 US Open partnering Martina Hingis, defeating Sam Querrey and Bethanie Mattek-Sands in three sets. On 3
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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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Opelka is close friends with Taylor Fritz, and was the best man at Fritz's wedding. His uncle is conservative radio personality Mike "Stunt Brain" Opelka. Opelka won the 2015 Junior Wimbledon tournament, defeating World No. 1 Taylor Fritz en route to beating Mikael Ymer in the final, and reached the finals of the Boys' Doubles event (with Akira Santillan) at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships. Opelka made his ATP debut at the 2016 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship, where he lost in the first round to fifth seed Sam Querrey. In August, Opelka won his first three career ATP matches at
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Milton Keynes in 2003. The two sides have met three times in cup competitions, all games at Milton Keynes, of which AFC Wimbledon have won one. Owing to MK Dons' relegation from the Championship in the 2015–16 season, alongside AFC Wimbledon's promotion from League Two, AFC Wimbledon and Milton Keynes Dons competed in the same league division for the first time in the 2016–17 season. Both clubs won one and lost one in that season's league matches. One of AFC Wimbledon's main rivals are Crawley Town. This is largely due to their frequently fractious meetings at a non-league level since
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Tan won the Women's World University Chess Championship of 2012 in Guimarães. In 2013, she won the 3rd China Women Masters Tournament in Wuxi with a score of 6.5/9 points, 1.5 ahead of runners-up Valentina Gunina and Huang Qian. In 2014 Tan won the Asian Women's Blitz Championship in Sharjah. In May 2015 she won the Chinese Women's Chess Championship in Xinghua. The following month, Tan won the 5th China Women Masters Tournament with 7/9, a full point ahead of second-placed Lei Tingjie. In August 2015, she won the Asian Women's Rapid Championship in Al Ain. On December 1, 2015,
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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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in Buenos Aires and led to their invitation to play in the ICC Americas Women's Championship in Miami in May 2009. While unable to win any matches at this championship, the team was very competitive and earned the praise of all who witnessed how much they the players have achieved in such a short time. However, the Brazil Women´s National Cricket team went on to win the South American Women´s Cricket Championships in 2015 in Santiago, Chile for the first time in the history of Brazilian Women´s cricket. Cricket in Brazil Cricket is a growing sport in Brazil, presently in
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place on goal difference were Bristol Rovers, securing promotion in their first season back in the Football League and being in the promotion chase for virtually the whole season. Taking the final spot through the playoffs were AFC Wimbledon, who won promotion to the third tier for the first time in their 14-year history – coupled with the relegation of Milton Keynes Dons from the Championship, the two sides both claiming to be continuing the original Wimbledon club would be facing off in the same league for the first time from next season. Portsmouth enjoyed their first successful season since
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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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in Uttarakhand and at the 12th Senior Women National Boxing Championship in Bhopal. In 2012, she won a silver medal and a bronze medal at the 13th Senior Women National Boxing Championships in Guwahati and at the Asian Women’s Boxing Championships in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia respectively. In 2015, she won a silver 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 81kg category, along with Simranjit Kaur and Monika who also won a gold medal in the 64kg and
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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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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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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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Kournikova gained third consecutive titles in both the European and World championships, winning the division for 8 year olds. Kournikova won the May 27–29, 2014 Age 9 European Championship by 22 strokes. He won the 2015 European World Championship 10-year-old division by 4 strokes. He won the 2015 US Kids World Championship 10-year-old age group by 9 strokes. Allan Kournikova Allan Kournikova (born 21 September 2004) is a youth golfer who is the half-brother of Anna Kournikova and son of Alla Kournikova. He has won the 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 U. S. Kids Golf European Championships and 2011,
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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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won the 5000 meters at the European Under-23 Championship in Tallinn, Estonia, and broke the Under-23 French record in 15 min 30 s 61. Two weeks later, she took part to the 5000m at the Salinsbury Games in London, Great Britain, and lowered for the third time the Under-23 French record to 15 min 28 s 61. On October 12, 2015, she took part to her first 10k road race at the Tufts Health Plan 10k for Women and broke the Under-23 French 10k road race record in the time of 33 min 26 s. On December 13, 2015, aged
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Abdulla played for Azerbaijan in European Team Chess Championship: In 2010 she awarded the FIDE International Women Master (WIM) title, but in 2015 - Woman grandmaster (WGM) title. Khayala Abdulla Khayala Abdulla (; born 13 July 1993) is an Azerbaijani chess player who holds the title of Woman grandmaster (WGM, 2015). In 2010 in Batumi Khayala Abdulla won bronze medal in European Youth Chess Championship in age category U18. In 2011 she won Azerbaijani Youth Chess Championship in age category U18, but in age category U20 had the second place. In 2012 Khayala Abdulla repeatedly won the silver medal in
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Table is current through the 2014 Fed Cup" Agnieszka Radwańska career statistics This is a list of the main career statistics of Agnieszka Radwańska, a professional tennis player from Poland. To date, Radwańska has won 20 WTA singles titles, including one year-end championship at the 2015 WTA Finals, three WTA Premier Mandatory singles titles, and two WTA Premier 5 singles titles. She was also the runner-up at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships, a semi-finalist at the Australian Open in 2014 and 2016 and a semi-finalist at Wimbledon in 2013 and 2015. Radwańska achieved a career high singles ranking of world no.
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Agnieszka Radwańska career statistics This is a list of the main career statistics of Agnieszka Radwańska, a professional tennis player from Poland. To date, Radwańska has won 20 WTA singles titles, including one year-end championship at the 2015 WTA Finals, three WTA Premier Mandatory singles titles, and two WTA Premier 5 singles titles. She was also the runner-up at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships, a semi-finalist at the Australian Open in 2014 and 2016 and a semi-finalist at Wimbledon in 2013 and 2015. Radwańska achieved a career high singles ranking of world no. 2 on July 9, 2012. In August 2007,
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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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is one of only six men to win three or more Grand Slam singles titles in a calendar year. The others are: Rod Laver who won the Grand Slam in 1969; Mats Wilander won the Australian, French and US Open in 1988; Roger Federer won the Australian, Wimbledon and US Open in 2004, 2006 and 2007; Rafael Nadal won the French, Wimbledon, and US Open in 2010; and Novak Djokovic won the Australian, Wimbledon, and US Open in 2011 and 2015. Connors reached the final of the US Open in five straight years from 1974 through 1978, winning three times
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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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2015 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles final The 2015 Wimbledon Championships Men's Singles final was the championship tennis match of the Men's Singles tournament at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships. A significant part of the Djokovic–Federer rivalry, it pitted defending champion Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer against each other in a Grand Slam final for the third time, a rematch of the Wimbledon final a year earlier in which Djokovic defeated Federer in five sets. Before the match, Federer led the head-to-head 20 matches to 19, with the two players tied one to one on grass and one to one in
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achieved her second non-calendar year Grand Slam after winning the 2014 US Open, 2015 Australian Open and 2015 French Open. With this win, Williams also became the oldest woman to win a Grand Slam singles title in the Open Era at 33 years and 289 days old by 26 days, beating Martina Navratilova, who won the 1990 Wimbledon Championships at 33 years and 263 days old. The 2015 Wimbledon Championships was the 129th edition of the tournament and was held at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London. The tournament was an event run by the International Tennis
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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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2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women The 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women was hosted by Russia from 18 to 26 July 2015. The United States won their seventh title by defeating Russia 78–70 in the final. (<nowiki>*</nowiki>) Japan qualified for the tournament but was suspended by FIBA. A third Asian team had to be named to take Japan's place. The draw took place with the third Asian team's identity yet to be named. On 23 March 2015, Chinese Taipei, fourth-place finisher at the Asia Championship, was confirmed by FIBA to be Japan's replacement. The draw for the
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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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in the second division Higher league, where they have stayed as of June 2015. The women's basketball of the side has inversely kept competing for titles, winning the Kazakhstan Basketball Championship for women as recently as 2015. Kazakhstan Basketball Championship: Kazakhstan Basketball Cup: Astana Tigers Founded in 2000, the club competed in the Kazakhstan Basketball Championship where it won six consecutive titles from 2004 to 2010, also adding four Kazakhstan Basketball Cup titles. Since 2011 and the inception of rival BC Astana, who have won nearly every domestic trophy each year, the Tigers have seen their standing wane, as of
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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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Lauren Briggs Lauren Briggs (born 8 August 1979 in Stanford-Le-Hope) is a professional squash player who represents England. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 18 in December 2008. She has twelve International tour titles accredited to her name, winning tournaments in America, Finland, France, Holland, Malaysia, Switzerland, England, Scotland and Wales. Briggs retired from the International WSA Tour in 2013. In February 2015, Briggs entered into the Masters British National Championships and won the Over 35's Masters British National Championship for the first time. In the following May 2015, she won the Over 35's British Open Championship.
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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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Birmingham, before sitting out the quarter final in Belgrade against Serbia which fell just after Wimbledon. Andy Murray career statistics Andy Murray is a professional tennis player who is the current world No. 262 in the ATP rankings. He is the reigning Olympic champion, having won the men's singles tennis tournament at the 2016 Rio Olympics. He has reached eleven grand slam finals in total: he won the 2016 Wimbledon Championships, 2013 Wimbledon Championships and the 2012 US Open, and finished as runner-up at the 2008 US Open, the 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2016 Australian Opens, at Wimbledon in
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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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tournament was held on 12 March 2015 at the House of Basketball in Mies, Switzerland. "All times are local (UTC+3)." "All times are local (UTC+3)." 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women The 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women was hosted by Russia from 18 to 26 July 2015. The United States won their seventh title by defeating Russia 78–70 in the final. (<nowiki>*</nowiki>) Japan qualified for the tournament but was suspended by FIBA. A third Asian team had to be named to take Japan's place. The draw took place with the third Asian team's identity yet to be
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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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6th edition of the championship. There were competitors from all continents except North America. 21.6% of all contestants were women. Organizator of the championship, Indian Bodybuilding Federation (IBBF) has published official results in January 2015. Individual overall winner is Peter Molnar of Hungary who won gold medal in Bodybuilding (100 kg) category. Team overall winner in both, men's and women's competition is national team of Thailand who won 8 gold, 5 silver and 5 bronze medals, the most among participants. Participants from 20 different countries were among the winners. Most medals won national team of India (twenty), most gold medals
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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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EuroBasket Women 2015 The 2015 European Women Basketball Championship, commonly called EuroBasket Women 2015 was the 35th edition of the continental tournament in women's basketball, sanctioned by the FIBA Europe. The tournament was co-held in Hungary, that hosted the championship for the fifth time after 1950, 1964, 1983 and 1997 and Romania that hosted it for the second time after 1966, from 11–28 June 2015. This event was host by more that one country for the first time. Serbia won their first title by defeating France 76–68 in the final. Initially six member federations expressed their intention to organize the
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Olga Babiy Olga Babiy (; born 20 June 1989), née Kalinina (), is an Ukrainian chess player who holds the title of Woman grandmaster (WGM, 2013). In 2009 she won Ukrainian girls' championship in the age category U20. In the same year in Yevpatoria she won bronze medal in the Ukrainian women's chess championship. In 2011 in Shenzhen she played for Ukrainian student national team in the 2011 Summer Universiade and won team silver medal. In 2015 in Lviv she won silver medal in the Ukrainian women's chess championship. In 2008, she was awarded the FIDE International Women Master (WIM)
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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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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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spring (men and women), lacrosse (men and women), golf (men and women), softball (women), wrestling (men), basketball (men and women) and baseball (men). The wrestling team won the North I Group IV state sectional championship in 1994. The football team won the North I Group IV state sectional championships in 1998 and 2001. The football team won the 1998 North I Section IV title game, defeating Union Hill High School 48-6 in the tournament final at Giants Stadium. The football team won the North I Group V title in 2015, the program's third state championship, defeating Ridgewood High School in
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2015 Under-21 Provincial Championship Group B The 2015 Under-21 Provincial Championship Group B was contested from 15 August to 10 October 2015. The tournament (also known as the "ABSA Under-21 Provincial Championship" for sponsorship reasons) was the second tier of the 2015 edition of the Under-21 Provincial Championship, an annual Under-21 inter-provincial rugby union competition featuring fifteen South African provincial unions. The tournament was won by the s; they beat the s 32–29 in the final played on 8 October 2015. The 2015 season was the final season that smaller provincial unions will compete at Under-21 level; from 2016, the
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Ekaterini Pavlidou Ekaterini Pavlidou (; born 3 April 1993) is a Greek chess player who holds the title of Woman International Master (WIM, 2010). She is a four-time Greek Women Chess Champion (2012, 2013, 2015, 2018). Multiple times winner of Greek girl's chess championships in different age groups: U16 (2009), and U20 (2009, 2012). In Greek women's chess championships Ekaterini Pavlidou won 4 gold (2012, 2013, 2015, 2017) medals. In 2012 in Beirut she won Mediterranean Women's Chess Championship. Ekaterini Pavlidou played for Greece in the Women's Chess Olympiads: Ekaterini Pavlidou played for Greece in the World Team Chess Championship:
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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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title, the first time in history for Canada. In December 2015 at the Eddie Herr International Tennis Championship, he won his second G1 singles title after defeating Alex De Minaur in the final. At the junior event of the French Open in June 2016, he reached his first Grand Slam singles final where he was defeated by Geoffrey Blancaneaux in three sets, despite holding a championship point. In July 2016 at Wimbledon, Auger-Aliassime advanced to the quarterfinals in singles and to the final in doubles with Denis Shapovalov. At the US Open in September 2016, he won the boys' single
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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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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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grand slam finals. This was the first time the top two seeds have met in a men's grand slam final since the 2014 French Open, which pitted Rafael Nadal (1) against Djokovic (2). Federer, a winner of 17 grand slams, was appearing in his 26th grand slam final and tenth Wimbledon final. He was seeking a record eighth Wimbledon title, which would rank him above Pete Sampras, who won the tournament seven times. Djokovic, a winner of eight grand slams, was appearing in his 17th grand slam final and fourth Wimbledon final. He was seeking his third Wimbledon title, and
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Andy Murray career statistics Andy Murray is a professional tennis player who is the current world No. 262 in the ATP rankings. He is the reigning Olympic champion, having won the men's singles tennis tournament at the 2016 Rio Olympics. He has reached eleven grand slam finals in total: he won the 2016 Wimbledon Championships, 2013 Wimbledon Championships and the 2012 US Open, and finished as runner-up at the 2008 US Open, the 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2016 Australian Opens, at Wimbledon in 2012 and the 2016 French Open. Murray made his professional tennis debut on the main tour
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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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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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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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title and received the FIDE International Women Grandmaster (WGM) title five years later. Olga Babiy Olga Babiy (; born 20 June 1989), née Kalinina (), is an Ukrainian chess player who holds the title of Woman grandmaster (WGM, 2013). In 2009 she won Ukrainian girls' championship in the age category U20. In the same year in Yevpatoria she won bronze medal in the Ukrainian women's chess championship. In 2011 in Shenzhen she played for Ukrainian student national team in the 2011 Summer Universiade and won team silver medal. In 2015 in Lviv she won silver medal in the Ukrainian women's
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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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was awarded the FIDE International Women Master (WIM) titles. Ingris Rivera Ingris Rivera (born 1988), is a Colombian Woman International Master (WIM, 2006) and two-times Colombian Women's Chess Championship winner (2005, 2015). In 2001, Ingris Rivera won Pan American Youth Girl's Chess Championship in U14 age group. In 2007, she won Pan American Junior Girl's Chess Championship in U20 age group. Ingris Rivera two times won Colombian Women's Chess Championship: in 2005 and 2015. In 2006, Ingris Rivera participated in Women's World Chess Championship by knock-out system and in the first round lost to Maia Chiburdanidze. Ingris Rivera played for
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FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2015–16 The FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2015–16 was a series of five chess tournaments exclusively for women, which determined one player to play in the Women's World Chess Championship Match 2018, a 10-game match against the knockout world champion. This was the fourth cycle of the tournament series. Top ranked player was Hou Yifan, who won the previous three editions of the Grand Prix, but had withdrawn participation after playing in the first tournament. The overall Grand Prix was won by Chinese player Ju Wenjun, who overtok Koneru Humpy at the last tournament. Koneru Humpy thereby
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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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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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Team Chess Championship in Astana, Kazakhstan. In August 2014, she won both team and individual silver medals, the latter on the reserve board, in the 41st Chess Olympiad (Women). She took part in the Women's World Chess Championship 2015, where she was knocked out in the first round by the eventual runner-up Natalija Pogonina. Guo Qi Guo Qi (; born January 27, 1995 in Jiangsu) is a Chinese chess player who holds the titles of International master and Woman Grandmaster. She won the World Junior Girls Chess Championship in 2012. This achievement earned her the qualification for the Women's World
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2013 Wimbledon Championships, claiming her first Wimbledon title and becoming the first French Grand Slam champion since Amélie Mauresmo at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships. By winning a Grand Slam title in her 47th appearance, she broke the previous women's record of 45, set by Jana Novotná in 1998, for most appearances in a Grand Slam tournament before winning. This was later broken again by Flavia Pennetta, who won the 2015 US Open on her 49th Grand Slam appearance. The exits of Li Na and Petra Kvitová in the quarterfinals ensured that the eventual tournament victor would be a first-time Grand
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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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he would be leaving Atlético Tucumán from his loan spell early. He has represented Argentina at various youth levels, including winning South American Under-17 Football Championship in 2013 for the Argentina U17 's where he won the Best goalkeeper of the South American Under-17 Football Championship's and he also won the South American Youth Football Championship for the Argentina U20 in 2015. Club Individual Augusto Batalla Augusto Martín Batalla Vargas (born 30 April 1996) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for River Plate, in the Argentine Primera División. He is a former Argentina U20's international. Batalla
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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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Jarkko Nieminen (who was also playing in his final Wimbledon) in five sets in the first round. In the second round, 102nd-ranked Germany's Dustin Brown upset world number ten Rafael Nadal, who had won Wimbledon in 2008 and 2010. Brown previously defeated Nadal at the 2014 Gerry Weber Open in Halle, the only other time the two had played each other. This marked the fourth straight year in which Nadal suffered an early-round exit from the tournament while losing to a player ranked 100 or lower: He had previously lost to Lukas Rosol (ranked 100th at the time) in 2012,
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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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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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Olympics, while 2006 alum Bibiana Candelas represented her native country, Mexico in beach volleyball. Beach volleyball, a women-only sport at the collegiate level, first became a varsity sport in the 2012 season (2011–12 school year). At the time, the NCAA considered it an "emerging sport" for women, recognizing it as an official sport but not conducting an official championship. Through the 2015 season, national championship play was conducted by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA). The Trojans won an AVCA national team title in 2015, with a USC team claiming the AVCA pairs championship in each of the 2013–2015 seasons.
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finals he managed to trump Roger Federer in a four setter to win the title. Djokovic knocked out the defending champion of every major other than Wimbledon, where he was reigning champion and knocked out 2014's runner up. Djokovic began the year with a warm-up tournament at the World Tennis Championship, but later withdrew from his final against Andy Murray. He then began his season in Doha, Qatar. Djokovic's next tournament is the 2015 Dubai Tennis Championships in late February where he reached the semifinals in 2014 losing to Roger Federer. Djokovic however lost to Federer 3–6, 5–7. He met
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2018 Wimbledon Championships The 2018 Wimbledon Championships was a Grand Slam tennis tournament which took place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The main tournament began on Monday, 2 July 2018 and finished on Sunday, 15 July 2018. Novak Djokovic won the Gentleman's Singles title and Angelique Kerber won the Ladies Singles title. The 2018 tournament was the 132nd edition of The Championships, the 125th staging of the Ladies’ Singles Championship event, the 51st in the Open Era and the third Grand Slam tournament of the year. It was played on grass
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