Who was the Swiss professional tennis player who made it the the semi finals in The 1999 French Open – Women's Singles?
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1999 French Open – Women's Singles The 1999 French Open – Women's Singles was the women's singles event of the ninety-eighth edition of the French Open. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario was the defending champion, but she was knocked out by Martina Hingis in the semifinals.
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Martina Hingis Martina Hingis (born 30 September 1980) is a Swiss professional tennis player, a former world No. 1 singles player and currently ranked world No. 2 in doubles by the WTA. She has spent a total of 209 weeks as the singles No. 1 and has won five Grand Slam singles titles, thirteen Grand Slam women's doubles titles, winning a calendar-year doubles Grand Slam in 1998, and seven Grand Slam mixed doubles titles; for a combined total of twenty-five major titles. In addition, she has won the season-ending WTA Championships two times in singles and three times in doubles, and an Olympic silver medal.
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1999 BMW Open – Singles The 1999 BMW Open was a men's tennis tournament played on Clay courts in Munich, Germany that was part of the World Series of the 1999 ATP Tour. It was the eighty-third edition of the tournament and was held from April 26 – May 3.
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Daniela Hantuchová Daniela Hantuchová (] ; born 23 April 1983) is a retired tennis player from Slovakia. She turned professional in 1999 and had her breakthrough year in 2002, when she won her first WTA tournament, the Indian Wells Masters, defeating Martina Hingis in the final and becoming the lowest-ranked player to ever win the tournament. She also reached the quarterfinals of that year's Wimbledon Championship and US Open, ending the year in the top 10. She was part of the Slovak team that won the 2002 Fed Cup and the 2005 Hopman Cup.
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Michel Kratochvil Michel Frank Kratochvil (born 7 April 1979) is a former tennis player from Switzerland. He was a member of the Swiss Davis Cup Team between 2000–2004 with a singles record 3–9, winning the decider in the first round of the 2003 World Group against Martin Verkerk of Netherlands 1–6, 7–6, 7–6, 6–1. He played doubles alongside Roger Federer in the 2002 Gstaad Open who was the defending champion but lost in the first round this time. He also defeated reigning champion Andre Agassi in the first round 2002 Indian Wells Masters.
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Fiorella Bonicelli Fiorella Bonicelli (born 21 December 1951) is a retired professional tennis player from Uruguay. During her career, she won the 1975 French Open mixed doubles title with Thomaz Koch. She also won the 1976 French Open women's doubles title with Gail Lovera, defeating Kathleen Harter and Helga Niessen Masthoff 6–4, 1–6, 6–3. At the Fed Cup, her singles record is 11–4, and doubles record 6–8. During her career, she reached one Grand Slam singles quarterfinal, at the 1978 French Open, where she lost to Virginia Ruzici 6–7, 6–4, 6–8.
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Romina Oprandi Romina Sarina Oprandi (born 29 March 1986) is a professional tennis player. She has dual Swiss-Italian citizenship and represented Italy from her professional debut in 2005 until January 2012, when she joined the Swiss tennis federation. Her highest singles ranking was no. 32, achieved on 10 June 2013.
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Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro (born 18 March 1983) is a French female former professional tennis player.
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1999 Paris Open – Singles Greg Rusedski was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Albert Costa. <br>
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Anikó Kapros Anikó Kapros (born 11 November 1983 in Budapest) is a former professional tennis player from Hungary. Kapros won the Junior's singles title at the Australian Open in 2000. She caused an upset at the French Open in 2002, when she, as a qualifier, upset 5th seeded Justine Henin-Hardenne in the first round.
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1999 Estoril Open The 1999 Estoril Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Estoril Court Central in the Oeiras Municipality in Portugal that was part of the International Series of the 1999 ATP Tour and of Tier IVa of the 1999 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from April 5–12, 1999.
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Antoine Bellier Antoine Bellier (born 18 October 1996) is a Swiss tennis player.
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Sophie Amiach Sophie Amiach (born 10 November 1963) is a former professional tennis player who and played on the WTA tour from 1980 to 1995.
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2008 Zurich Open – Singles Justine Henin was the defending champion, but retired from the sport on May 14, 2008.
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Emmanuelle Gagliardi Emmanuelle Gagliardi (born 9 July 1976) is a retired professional Swiss tennis player.
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2003 Swisscom Challenge The 2003 Swisscom Challenge, also known as the Zurich Open, was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts that was part of the Tier I Series of the 2003 WTA Tour. It was the 20th edition of the tournament and took place at the Schluefweg in Zürich, Switzerland, from 13 October until 19 October 2003. Second-seeded Justine Henin-Hardenne won the singles title and earned $189,000 first-prize money. With this victory Henin-Hardenne became the new world No. 1 ranked singles player.
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1999 Internationaux de Strasbourg The 1999 Internationaux de Strasbourg was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Strasbourg, France that was part of Tier III of the 1999 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from May 17 through May 23, 1999. Unseeded Jennifer Capriati won the singles title and $27,500 first-prize money.
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Clarisa Fernández Clarisa Fernández (born 28 August 1981) is a retired Argentine tennis player who is best known for her semi-final appearance at the 2002 French Open, the first Argentine since Sabatini in 1992 to reach that stage. Fernández was ranked 87th in the world at the time of her shocking result. She defeated, in order: (Q) Lubomira Bacheva, Jelena Kostanić, Kim Clijsters, (13) Elena Dementieva, Paola Suárez, before losing to second-seeded Venus Williams in straight sets.
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Caroline Schneider Caroline Schneider (born 1 June 1973) is a German professional tennis player. During her career, she won several titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.
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1998 Davidoff Swiss Indoors – Doubles The 1998 Davidoff Swiss Indoors was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 29th edition of the event known that year as the Davidoff Swiss Indoors, and was part of the World Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It took place at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, from October 5 through October 11, 1998.
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1998 Swisscom Challenge – Singles Lindsay Davenport was the defending champion and won in the final 7–5, 6–3 against Venus Williams.
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1999 Egger Tennis Festival The 1999 Egger Tennis Festival was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 29th edition of the Austrian Open, and was part of the Tier IV Series of the 1999 WTA Tour. It took place in Pörtschach, Austria, from July 5 through July 11, 1999.