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Friday, March 30, 2012

Shahar Peer Israel Female Tennis Player Photos/Pictures 2012

Singles Ranking:20
Doubles Ranking:23
Country:Israel
Birth Date:1 May 1987
Birth Place:Jerusalem, Israel
Residence:Macabim, Israel
Height:1.7 metres (5 ft. 7 in.)
Weight:60 kilos (132 lbs.)
Plays:Right Handed

Pe'er is Jewish, and was born in Jerusalem. Pe'er's father, Dovik, is a computer software specialist and her mother, Aliza, is a homemaker. She began playing tennis at the age of six when she joined her brother Shlomi and her sister Shani in tennis lessons.
At the age of 19, Pe'er joined the Israeli military, as military service is mandatory in Israel, where she excelled in rifle marksmanship during her elementary combat training. When not abroad participating in tennis tournaments, she spent her mornings working as an administrative secretary for the Israeli military, and her afternoons practicing tennis.

Shahar Peer

Friday, March 9, 2012

Alize Cornet France Female Tennis Player Profile & Images/Photos 2012

Name: Alize Cornet
Country : France
Residence : Nice, France
Date of birth : 22 January 1990 (1990-01-22)
Place of birth : Nice, France
Height : 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight : 60 kg (130 lb; 9.4 st)
Turned pro : 2006
Plays : Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Age: 22 years, 47 days
Rank: 114
Best Rank: 11, Feb 16, 2009

Alize Cornet

Monday, February 27, 2012

Lleyton Hewitt Wife Bec Cartwright 2012

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Lleyton Hewitt Wife & Kid

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Lleyton Hewitt Wife & Kid

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Lleyton Hewitt Australia Tennis Star 2012

Name: Lleyton Glynn Hewitt
Date of Birth: 2/24/81
Nation: Australia
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 150
Age: 31
Turned Pro: 1998
Best Singles Grand Slams: Won US Open in 2001 and Wimbledon in 2002.
Plays: Right-handed, with two-handed backhand.
Basic Style: Counterpunching, precise baseliner.

In 1996, at age 15, Lleyton Hewitt became the leading Australian junior tennis player. By the end of 1999, he had advanced to #22 in the world and had helped Australia to win the Davis Cup. Hewitt defeated Pete Sampras to win the 2001 U.S. Open, his first grand slam title. In 2002, Hewitt won Wimbledon and advanced to the finals in both the 2004 U.S. Open and the 2005 Australian Open.

Lleyton Hewitt

Friday, February 24, 2012

Anna Chakvetadze Hot 2012

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Monday, February 20, 2012

Anna Chakvetadze Russia Female Tennis Player 2012

Date of Birth: 3/5/1987
Nation: Russia
Height: 5'/7"
Weight: 128 lbs
Turned Pro: 2003
Plays: Right-handed, with two-handed backhand

Anna Djamalovna Chakvetadze (born March 5, 1987, Moscow) is a Russian professional tennis player. On February 19, 2007, she reached her career-high pro singles ranking of #10 in the world.

She began playing tennis at the age of eight after being introduced to the sport by her mother, Natalia. She travels for tournaments with her father. She speaks both Russian and English.

Chakvetadze debuted on the ITF circuit in 2001, competing in her first juniors tournament at Minsk, Belarus, losing in the first round. In 2002, she won her first ITF Juniors title at Istanbul, in her doubles debut with fellow Russian Irina Kotkina. In 2003, she made it to the finals of the Junior Championships at Wimbledon before falling to Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium 4-6 6-3 3-6. The same year, she won the International Bavarian Junior Challenge, defeating Marta Domachowska of Poland 7-6 6-5. Her record as a junior was 67-19 in singles, and 22-14 in doubles. Her highest world ranking as a junior was #22 achieved in December of 2003. Chakvetadze turned pro in 2003.

In the beginning of February 2007, Chakvetadze continued her good form, reaching the quarterfinals at the 2007 Open Gaz de France in Paris, where she lost to Amelie Mauresmo 65-77, 5-7. She then competed at the 2007 Proximus Diamond Games in Antwerp, where she reached the semifinals, before losing to Mauresmo 3-6, 6-3, 2-6. Her good form saw her making her top 10 debut at the new WTA rankings, at #10, which was released on February 19, 2007.