On this day in 1973, a star was born✨
Many happy (laser-like) returns to one of our sport’s most iconic and beloved champions, former WTA World No.1 @[email protected]💜
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Rewinding 15 years to the last time FIVE teenagers ranked in the year-end Top 20 👏
No.10 – Agnieszka Radwanska (aged 19)
No.12 – Caroline Wozniacki (18)
No.15 – Victoria Azarenka (19)
No.16 – Alizé Cornet (18)
No.19 – Dominika Cibulkova (19)
As Canada celebrates its first @[email protected] title, hats off to team captain and former WTA player Heidi El Tabakh! 🇨🇦
A special shout out too to Aleksandra Wozniak, who holds the Canadian record for most ties played and most overall wins in the competition!
Little did we know, at the 1975 #WTAFinals in Los Angeles, just quite how legendary @[email protected], @[email protected] and @[email protected] Navratilova would become.
This week in Cancun, the singles champion will receive the Billie Jean King Trophy, the doubles winners will collect the Mg rights for the Chris Evert World No.1 Trophy are also on the line.
Rewind ⏪
The Tournament of Champions, a forerunner of this week’s @[email protected], was held on the Indonesian island of Bali for three years. Former World No.1 @[email protected] reigned supreme with back-to-back titles in 2010-11 – while getting into the spirit of traditional dress!
WTA 50 rewind 🔁
Born in Transylvania, not far from Cluj-Napoca, Virginia Ruzici’s wicked forehand helped her become a trailblazer for Romanian tennis and a fixture in the Top 10.
In 1978 she defeated her friend Mima Jausovec to capture the Roland Garros title, before they paired to win the doubles. In 1980, Ruzici was back in the Paris final once again, this time falling to Chris Evert.
Throwing it back to the last three World No.1s to have lifted the title in Luxembourg 🇱🇺
Next week, the second edition of the event in its invitational form will feature recently-retired Anett Kontaveit and Andrea Petkovic!
Molk-The Guidefather 👍🇦🇺📺
wta 🤖