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  2. List of female tennis players - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of female tennis players who meet one or more of the following criteria: Singles: Officially ranked among the top 25 by the Women's Tennis Association (since 1975) Ranked among the top 10 by an expert (e.g. A. Wallis Myers) before 1975; Reached the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament; Reached the finals of or won the year ...

  3. Zheng Qinwen - Wikipedia

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    Zheng Qinwen (Chinese: 郑钦文; pinyin: Zhèng Qīnwén; IPA: [ʈʂə̂ŋ tɕʰínwə̌n]; born 8 October 2002) is a Chinese professional tennis player. She won the gold medal in women's singles at the 2024 Paris Olympics, defeating world No. 1, Iga Swiatek, en route to becoming the first Asian tennis player to win an Olympic gold medal in singles.

  4. Monica Puig - Wikipedia

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    Monica Puig Marchán [a] (born September 27, 1993) is a Puerto Rican former professional tennis player. She is the first Puerto Rican in history to win a gold medal at the Olympics while representing Puerto Rico, having done so in 2016 at the women's singles event. [1]

  5. Meet the 11 American Tennis Players Who Will Compete in the ...

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    The Paris Olympics are about to begin! In tennis, the rankings on the professional men's and women's tours determine who will qualify, and they are taken from right after the end of the French ...

  6. 2024 Olympics: 10 of the best images from Day 8 of the Paris ...

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    A general view as athletes compete during the women's 100-meter final on Day 8 of the Olympic Games at Stade de France on Aug. 3, 2024, in Paris. (Richard Heathcote/Getty Images) (Getty Images)

  7. List of Olympic medalists in tennis - Wikipedia

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    Reginald Doherty, four-time Olympic medalist Venus Williams, five-time Olympic medalist. Tennis was first contested as a Summer Olympic sport in the 1896 Olympic Games until 1924 (excluding 1916 due to World War I), before going on hiatus due to disputes between the International Lawn Tennis Federation and the International Olympic Committee over how to define amateur players.

  8. Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's singles

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    A women's event was held only once during the first three Games (only men's tennis was played in 1896 and 1904), but has been held at every Olympics for which there was a tennis tournament since 1908. Tennis was not a medal sport from 1928 to 1984, though there were demonstration events in 1968 and 1984. [5]

  9. Maria Sharapova - Wikipedia

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    In June 2011, she was named one of the "30 Legends of Women's Tennis: Past, Present and Future" by Time [12] and in March 2012 was named one of the "100 Greatest of All Time" by Tennis Channel. According to Forbes , she was the highest-paid female athlete in the world for 11 consecutive years and earned US$ 285 million (including prize money ...