Tennis, Tímea Babos

Tímea Babos

Tennis ~ Laura Robson

Tennis ~ Rafael Nadal

Rafael Nadal Biography

Nicknamed "Rafa", Rafael Nadal has took the tennis world by storm over the past 5 years as he has made his way on the professional tennis circuit to number 2 in the world with a staggering clay-court winning streak of 60 consecutive matches.
He was born June 3rd 1986 in Manacor, Mallorca to Sebastián and Ana María. He has great sporting heritage as his Uncle is former F.C. Barcelona footballer Miguel Ángel Nadal. Between 1986 and 2001 (the year in which he turned pro at only age 15) he developed a brilliant all round game playing left-handed despite being naturally right-handed.
His rise since then has been a quick and exhilarating one. In 2002, he won his first ATP match at Majorca at the age of 15, defeating Ramon Delgado to become the ninth player in the Open Era to win an ATP match before his 16th birthday. One year later in 2003 he became the second-youngest player to be ranked among the world's top 100 singles players and earned ATP Newcomer of the Year. At his Wimbledon debut, at only age 16, he became the youngest player to reach the 3rd round since 16-year-old Boris Becker in 1984 and in July 2003 he reached the Spanish championships where he lost to Lopez.
He continued to improve in 2004 and by 2005 had climbed the world rankings to number 5. This made him the youngest player to make it into the Top 10 since Andrei Medvedev in 1993. During this season he won two ATP Masters Series events in Monte Carlo and Rome and managed an astonishing winning streak of 25 consecutive matches.
Among his other historical achievements he became the fourth-youngest Roland Garros champion in the Open Era defeating Argentina's Mariano Puerta in the final, the seventh player to win a Grand Slam in his first appearance at the event and the first teenager to win a Grand Slam since Pete Sampras won the 1990 US Open at age 19.
During this period the intense rivalry between Nadal and Federer continued to grow reaching a climax in 2006 where Nadal beat Federer four times. First, on March 4, 2006, at the final in Dubai, where he won 2-6, 6-4, 6-4. Nadal then defeated Federer again at the Monte Carlo Masters 6-2 6-7 6-3 7-6 before meeting and beating him for a third time in this season at the finals in Rome where he won a close victory - 6-7 7-6 6-4 2-6 7-6.
Their last encounter came at the finals in the French Open. Federer now sought to turn around his dismal record against Nadal, while Nadal was seeking to defend his French Open title. In the least competitive of their 2006 matches Nadal won a 4 set victory and will enter the next French Open with a perfect 14-0 tournament record.

Tennis ~ Sania Mirza

 Sania Mirza

Tennis - Naomi Cavaday

Naomi Kathleen Cavaday 
She was born 24 April 1989. She is an English former tennis player from Sidcup, Kent. She retired in April 2011. At the time of her retirement she was the British No.6, with a world ranking of No. 231. Her career high ranking was No. 174. Her coach at retirement was Rob Smith. She was formerly coached by David Felgate, the long-time coach of Tim Henman. So far in her career she has won threeITF singles titles and two ITF doubles titles and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No.174  achieved 10 May 2010.


Naomi's mother is a sport psychologist and her brother has played tennis at county level and currently plays in America for North Carolina State University. Up to the age of 13 years old Naomi studied at Bromley High School before getting a tennis scholarship to Queenswood School in Hertfordshire. She has also studied at the highly prestigious Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Florida. Naomi has taken a course in journalism and creative writing and has expressed an interest in becoming a sports journalist when her tennis career is over.

Tennis ~ Maria Fernanda Barbato Alves

Maria Fernanda Barbato Alves
She was born 17 April 1983, also known as Nanda Alves, is a Brazilian tennis player. She is currently coached by her father Carlos and former World No. 4 male tennis player Thomaz Koch. As of 1 March 2010, Alves is ranked World No. 262, and is the highest ranked Brazilian player. She has enjoyed success at the ITF Circuit, winning 18 singles and 26 doubles titles so far. Alves made her WTA Tour debut at Copa Colsanitas in 2004, and has played qualifications for all four Grand Slam events.^[5] Partnering with Vanessa Henke, Alves took part in the 2005 Australian Open doubles event, but they lost to Daniela Hantuchová and Martina Navrátilová in the first round.

Tennis ~ Lauren Albanese

Lauren Albanese
She was boarn October 1, 1989 in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. She is an American tennis player. She began her professional career in 2006.

Tennis ~ Monique Adamczak

Monique Adamczak 

Born 21 January 1983, in Kensington, New South Wales is an Australian professional tennis player. She is coached by Roger Federer's former coach, Tony Roche. Adamczak's favourite surface is grass.

Adamczak made her debut as a professional in 1998, aged 15, at a small ITF tournament in Lyneham. On her way to the quarter-finals she defeated Alicia Molik.

She won her first title in September 1999 at the ITF Jaipur in India, defeating home favourite Manisha Malhotra, 6–2, 2–6, 6–3. This event was played on grass. It was here that she also won her first doubles title, partnering with Jennifer Schmidt.

In recent years, Adamczak has been combining her entries in singles tournaments with more doubles events. In the early part of her career, she was focused almost solely on singles competition.