Francesca Curmi was born on July 7, 2002 in Malta. On the ITF Junior Circuit, she has a career-high combined ranking of 64. As junior, she won the titles at the Memorial Antonio Luzio Vaz in 2013, Perm Cup and Balashikha Open in 2014, but also was the runner-up at the J4 Samara \ Samara Cup, NBU Cup, and ENSANA Piestany Cup U14 in 2015. In 2016, she won the J100 Girls tennis tournament NBU Cup and was the runner-up at the J100 Girls tennis tournament J3 Almetievsk \ Almetievsk Cup, while in the next season she won the titles at the Slovak Junior Indoor U18 and J300 Prague West \ RPM Junior Vestec Open. Francesca Curmi participated in 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in singles, doubles and mixed doubles. At the Junior Grad Slam, she played at the US Open, French Open / Roland Garros, Wimbledon in 2017 and 2018, as well as Australian Open in 2018.

Francesca Curmi started her professional career in 2016 at the $10,000 W15 Shymkent (Kazakhstan), but lost in the first round. During the next season, she played at some more ITF Circuit events – $25,000 W25 Khimki (Russia), $15,000 W15 Moscow (Russia), $15,000 Helsinki (Finland), and $15,000 W15 Antalya (Turkey), but again losing in the first round at all of them.

In 2018, Francesca Curmi continue playing at the ITF Circuit, reaching the quarter-finals of the $15,000 W15 Moscow (Russia), as well as the second round of the $15,000 W15 Kazan (Russia), $15,000 W15 Antalya (Turkey), $25,000 W25 Fergana (Uzbekistan), and $15,000 W15 Shymkent (Kazakhstan). At the end of the season, she played her first ITF Circuit semi at the $15,000 W15 Antalya (Turkey).

Francesca Curmi won her first ITF title in 2019, triumphing at the $15,000 W15 Shymkent (Kazakhstan). By the end of the season she won also the title sat the $25,000 W25 Andijan (Uzbekistan), $25,000 W25 Fergana (Uzbekistan), and $35,000 W35 Istanbul (Turkey), but also was the runner-up at the $25,000 W25+H Penza (Uzbekistan). At the end of the season, she debuted at the WTA Tour main draw at the WTA 250 Baltic Open, losing in the first round, and the WTA Challenger Tour, reaching the second round of the WTA 125 Taipei OEC Open.

In 2020, Francesca Curmi continue gaining experience in the ITF Circuit, reaching the final at the $25,000 W25 Moscow (Russia). In September, she debuted in the Grand Slam main draw, playing in the second round of the French Open / Roland Garros and losing to Maria Sakkari.

In 2021, Francesca Curmi played entirely at the WTA Tour, but lost in the first round of the WTA 500 Yarra Valley Classic, WTA 250 Phillip Island Trophy, and WTA 250 TEB BNP Paribas Tennis Championship Istanbul, and reaching the second round of WTA 500 St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy. She returned at the ITF Circuit to reach the final at the $60,000 W75 Zagreb (Croatia), before reaching the second round of the WTA 250 Serbia Ladies Open and WTA 250 Ladies Open Lausanne. Francesca Curmi made a real breakthrough at the US Open, reaching the third round, climbing to her career-highest position in the WTA ranking.

At the start of the 2022 season, Francesca Curmi kept the pace in her play and reached the third round of the WTA 250 Melbourne Summer Set II and the semi-finals of the WTA 250 Copa Colsanitas presented by Zurich. After that her form dropped and she did not overcome the first round of the next tournaments, although qualifying again for the main draw of the French Open / Roland Garros. During the Summer, she returned to eht ITF Circuit and won the titles at the $60,000 W60 Bronx, NY (USA) and later at the $60,000 W60 Nantes (France), but also reached the semi-finals at the WTA 125 Open Capfinances Rouen Metropole.

In 2023, Francesca Curmi lost in the first round of the Australian Open, but later won the title at the $60,000 W60+H Irapuato (Mexico), played in the second round of the WTA 250 Abierto GNP Seguros and WTA 125 San Luis Potosi Open, as well as reaching the semi-finals of the WTA 250 Copa Colsanitas presented by Zurich. In May, she played in the main draw of the WTA 1000 Rome Open, but again lost in the first round, and later reached the quarter-finals of the WTA 125 Trophee Clarins, the second round of the WTA 250 Grand Prix Sar La Princesse Lalla Meryem, as well as the third round of the French Open / Roland Garros. She lost in the first rounds of the Wimbledon, WTA 250 Hungarian Grand Prix, and WTA 250 Hamburg European Open, while in August she played her first WTA Challenger final at the WTA 125 Golden Gate Open at Stanford, but lost to Yafan Wang (China) in straight sets. Later she played in the quarter-finals of the WTA 125 WTA Chicago Women’s Open and the semi-finals of the WTA 125 Abierto Tampico.

Francesca Curmi won her first WTA Challenger title in 2024, triumphing at the WTA 125 Guadalajara 125 Open. Meanwhile, she played in the second round of the Australian Open, the semi-finals at the WTA 250 Copa Colsanitas presented by Zurich and WTA 250 Grand Prix Sar La Princesse Lalla Meryem, as well as the quarter-finals of the WTA 500 Guadalajara Open Akron, WTA 250 Jiangxi Open, WTA 125 Parma Ladies Open and WTA 125 Veneto Open promoted by Regione del Veneto.

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At the French Open 2021, Barbora Krejcikova dominated the singles and, alongside Katerina Siniakova, the doubles, which Mary Pierce had last achieved in a single year in 2000. She won her second singles Grand Slam at Wimbledon 2024. She also triumphed with Katerina Siniakova at the French Open 2018, at Wimbledon 2018 and 2022, Australian Open 2022 and 2023, as well as the WTA Finals in 2021. With the title at the US Open 2022, they completed the career Grand Slam, the career Golden Slam and, as the first female couple in history, also completed the career Super Slam. They became the fifth pair of the open era with at least seven Grand Slam titles. In 2019, 2020 and 2021, she became the first player since Margaret Court’s 1963–65 feat to win the mixed doubles Australian Open three times in a row.

From October 2018 to January 2019, Barbora Krejcikova was world number one in doubles, which she and Katerina Siniakova became the fifth and sixth Czech women, respectively the fortieth and forty-first players since the introduction of the classification in 1984. They thus formed the fourteenth pair at the top. She returned to the top of the doubles classification twice in the summer and fall of 2021. At the end of the 2023 season, Katerina Siniakova initiated the termination of their doubles cooperation. At the beginning of the 2024 season, her doubles partner was the German player Laura Siegemund.

In her career so far on the WTA Tour, Barbora Krejcikova won eight singles and nineteen doubles tournaments, including the singles at the Dubai Tennis Championships 2023 from the WTA 1000 category. In the WTA 125 series, she dominated the doubles in Limoges. Within the ITF circuit, she won fourteen titles in singles and nineteen in doubles. In the WTA rankings, she was ranked highest in singles at No 2 in February 2022 and No 1 in doubles in October 2018. In August 2023, Barbora Krejcikova established cooperation with Pavel Motl, with experience in American university tennis at Middle Tennessee State University. In the years 2014–2017 it was led by Jana Novotna, in 2018 by Petr Kovacka and in the period 2018–2023 by Ales Kartus.

Barbora Krejcikova made her debut in the Czech Billie Jean King Cup team in 2019 in Ostrava in the quarter-finals of the World Group against Romania, in which she lost the decisive doubles match to Katerina Siniakova. The Czechs left the matches defeated 2-3. In the 2018 Fed Cup, Barbora Krejcikova became a member of the winning team when she was first nominated for the Prague final against the United States, but did not play a single match. Until 2025, she started eight international matches in the competition with a record of 2–3 in singles and 3–2 in doubles.

In 2018, 2021 and 2022, she and Katerina Siniakova formed the WTA doubles pair of the year, and both also became ITF world champions. In 2021, she won the main category of the Czech tennis poll, the Golden Canary.

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Dana Heimen was born on October 1, 2003 in Ketsch, Germany. She started in tennis as a kid and showed great skills. As a Junior, she reached the semi-finals at the Hungarian Open U12, HITEC Bouneweg Junior Open, and Kirsch Open U14. Dana Heimen has been twice the runner-up in the German U14 and U16 doubles championships., but also won the U18 region championship in Rheinland-Pfalz and also captured the regional championship of Baden. Graduated from Privatgymnasium Mannheim and played club for TC Ludwigshafen Oppau, she helped her club team achieve vice-champion in the 2. Bundesliga in 2019, after being promoted from the Regionalliga.

In 2021, Dana Heimen moved to the United States to play tennis for Georgia Southern University, but in the next year, she moved to Flagler College, where played tennis for the Flagler Saints. In her first year in the school, she had a 9-3 record in singles, winning her first seven matches in a row, as well as 4-3 in doubles. However, she missed most of the season due to injury.

In 2023, Dana Heimen had a record of 27-4 in singles and 30-7 in doubles. She peaked at No 30 (ITA) in singles. She advanced to the ITA Southeast Region doubles final teamed with Luisa Hrda.

Dana Heimen had a 12-6 overall record in singles in the sophomore 2024 season. She finished with an overall doubles record of 21-8 with Nadja Meier and was ITA Southeast Regional runners-up in doubles.

At the ITF, she made her professional debut in 2021, playing at the $15,000 W15 Hilton Head, SC (USA0, but lost in the first round. After completing her college career, we will expect future tournaments, where Dana Heimen will show her skills and talent.

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Jaqueline Adina Cristian was born on June 5, 1998, in Bucharest, Romania. She started in tennis as a kid and already 11 years old started competing at international tournaments, reaching the semi-finals of the 2009 GD Tennis Cup U12 in Antalya (Turkey), as well as the quarter-finals of the 2009 Open des 10/12 in Boulogne (France). In 2010 and 2011 she competed at the Junior Orange Bowl, while in 2012 won the titles at the International Junior Championship in Cairo (Egypt), FRT Junior Trophy in Bucharest (Romania), and Les Petits As – Le Mondial Lacoste in Tarbes (France) and in 2013 won the title at the J2 Plzen \ Ex Pilsen Babolat Cup and reached the semi-finals of the J300 Bradenton \ Eddie Herr International Junior Tennis Championships.

Jaqueline Cristian made her professional debut in 2012, competing at the $15,000 Istanbul (Turkey), where reached the quarter-finals. During the season she played also at the $15,000 Iasi (Romania), but lost in the first round.

In 2013, Jaqueline Cristian reached the semi-finals of the $15,000 W15 Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt) and the second round of the $15,000 W15 Bucharest (Romania). However, her main task during the season was competing at the junior tour, gaining experience and gameplay.

In 2014, she played again at the $15,000 W15 Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt), but reached the second round only. During the season she played at the Junior Grand Slam tournaments, but failed to overcome the first round.

Jaqueline Cristian won her first ITF title in 2015, triumphing at the $15,000 W15 Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt). Later during the season, she reached the semi-finals of the $15,000 Pereira (Portugal).

Jaqueline Cristian started the 2016 season strongly by reaching the semi-finals of the $10,000 Fort-de-France (France), gaining power to the mid-season, when triumphed with the titles at the $15,000 W15 Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt) and $15,000 Targu Jiu (Romania).

In 2017, Jaqueline Cristian made her WTA main scheme debut, playing at the WTA 250 BRD Bucharest Open, where reached the second round. Meanwhile, during the season she won the titles at the $25,000 Mamaia (Romania) and $25,000 W25 Pune (India), but also was the runner-up at the $25,000 W25 Istanbul (Turkey).

In 2018, Jaqueline Cristian made relatively weak season by her biggest achievement was reaching the semi-finals of the $25,000 Perth (Australia), $25,000 W25 Horb (Germany), and $25,000 Sofia (Bulgaria), as well as the quarter-finals of the $60,000 W60 Burnie (Australia).

In 2019, Jaqueline Cristian won the title at the $25,000 W25+H Tunis (Tunisia), but also was the runner-up at the $25,000 W25 Minsk (Belarus), $25,000 W25 Grado (Italy), and $25,000 W25 Chiasso (Italy). During the season she reached the second round of the WTA 250 BRD Bucharest Open and played also in the main scheme of the WTA 125 Liqui Moly Open Karlsruhe and WTA 250 Jiangxi Open. In doubles, she played her first WTA tournament final at the WTA 250 BRD Bucharest Open.

Jaqueline Cristian had a short, but quite successful season in 2020. She reached the second round of the WTA 250 Open 6ème Sens – Métropole de Lyon and the third round of the WTA 125 Prague Open. She won the title at the $25,000 W25 Trnava (Slovakia) and played in the semi-finals of the $25,000 W25 Istanbul (Turkey).

Jaqueline Cristian made a breakthrough in 2021, playing the semi-finals at the WTA 250 Astana Open and WTA 125 Liqui Moly Open Karlsruhe, as well as the quarter-finals of the WTA 250 Transylvania Open, before playing her first WTA singles final at he WTA 250 Upper Austria Ladies Linz. Meanwhile, during the season she reached the quarter-finals of the WTA 250 Palermo Ladies Open and WTA 500 St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy, as well as finished as the runner-up at the $60,000 W60 Andrezieux-Boutheon (France).

In 2022, Jaqueline Cristian won another title at the $80,000 W80+H Le Neubourg (France). During the season she debuted in the Grand Slam main draw, reaching the second round of the Australian Open, but also played in the second rounds of the WTA 1000 Qatar TotalEnergies Open, WTA 500 St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy, and WTA 500 Sydney Tennis Classic.

In 2023, Jaqueline Cristian won the titles at the $60,000 W60 Trnava (Slovakia), $25,000 W25 PALMANOVA (Spain), and $60,000 W60 Zagreb (Croatia). She also reached the second round of Wimbledon and WTA 1000 Madrid Open. Jaqueline Cristian made a strong second half of the season, reaching the semi-finals of the WTA 250 Livesport Prague Open, WTA 125 Tiriac Foundation Trophy, and WTA 125 Open Capfinances Rouen Metropole, as well as the quarter-finals of the WTA 125 Open delle Puglie and WTA 125 Parma Ladies Open. At the end of the season she was the runner-up at the W100 Valencia.

Jaqueline Cristian started the 2024 season without overcoming the first rounds of the WTA 250 ASB Classic and Australian Open, and reached the second round of the WTA 500 Upper Austria Ladies Linz. However, she made a breakthrough at home soil, reaching the semi-finals of the WTA 250 Transylvania Open by Verdino and the quarter-finals of the WTA 500 Credit One Charleston Open. At the WTA 1000 Madrid Open she reached the third round and played in the main draw of Wimbledon and French Open / Roland Garros, but did not overcome the first rounds.

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Ivana Jorovic was born on May 3, 1997, Cacak, Serbia. She started training in tennis at the age of 7 and proved her talent during her school years. She won the titles at the Prokuplje Open in 2009, J60 Skopje \ Jug Open and Internationale Generali Bambini Cup in 2010, Windmill Cup Carl Gantois in 2011. She was the runner-up at the Stella Maris Cup in 2010 and BNP Paribas Cup Stade Francais Paris and Torneo Dell Avenire in 2011, as well as the semi-finalist at the Junior Orange Bowl in 2011. Ivana Jorovic was ranked the No 1 junior tennis player in the world in June 2014, and was a finalist in girls’ doubles at the Australian Open and girls’ singles at the French Open in 2014.

Ivana Jorovic started her professional career in 2012, playing at the $15,000 W15 Prokuplje (Serbia), where reached the semi-finals. By the end of the season, she won her first ITF trophy at the $15,000 W15 Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt).

In 2013, Ivana Jorovic reached the second round of the $25,000 25 Sunderland (Great Britain) and the quarter-finals of the $10,000 Edinburgh (Great Britain), before winning her second title at the $15,000 Nis (Serbia) and two more trophies at the $15,000 W15 Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt). At the end of the season, she was the runner-up at the prestigious junior JA Plantation \ Orange Bowl International Tennis Championships.

In 2014, she made a great breakthrough on the junior tour, reaching the quarter-finals of the Australian Open and was the runner-up at the French Open / Roland Garros. Professionally, she reached the quarter-finals of the $25,000 Maribor (Slovenia) and won the title at the $50,000 New Delhi (India).

In 2015, Ivana Jorovic won three more ITF Circuit titles at the $25,000 W25 Istanbul (Turkey), $25,000 Zawada (Poland), and $60,000 Ankara (Turkey). At the beginning of the season, she played her first Fed Cup match, in Europe/Africa Zone Group I, where Serbia played against Austria.

Ivana Jorovic started the 2016 season by reaching the quarter-finals $25,000 W25 Altenkirchen (Germany) and $50,000 Kreuzlingen (Switzerland), before winning the $50,000 W60 Croissy-Beaubourg (France). In the summer she debuted at the WTA tournament main draw, playing at the WTA 125 Croatia Bol Open, and reached the second round. Later she played in the main scheme of the WTA 250 Jiangxi Open but lost in the first round. At the end of the season, she won another title at the $60,000 Ankara (Turkey).

In 2017, Ivana Jorovic started the season as the runner-up $60,000 60 Andrezieux-Boutheon (France) and later reached the quarter-finals of the WTA 125 Croatia Bol Open. In the autumn she reached the quarter-finals of the $60,000 Las Vegas, NV (USA) and $100,000 Poitiers (France).

Ivana Jorovic won her most prestigious title in 2018, triumphing at the $100,000 W100 Shenzhen (China). During the season she triumphed also with the titles at the $25,000 W25 Obidos (Portugal) and was the runner-up at the $25,000 W25 Woking (Great Britain). She also reached the second round of the WTA 250 Tashkent Open. During the season she made her Grand Slam main draw debut at the Australian Open, but failed to overcome the first round.

In 2019, Ivana Jorovic won the title at the $25,000 W25 Osaka (Japan) and reached the semi-finals of the $25,000 W25 Singapore (Singapore). She played at the Grand Slam’s grass tournament Wimbledon and the Master’s hardcourt tournament Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, where reached the second rounds. She also played at the US Open but dropped out at the start after losing to Iga Swiatek (Poland).

Ivana Jorovic missed most of the 2020 season due to injury. However, she made her biggest breakthrough at a WTA tournament, although she was WTA 125. She reached the final of the WTA 125 Prague Open but lost to Kristina Kucova (Slovakia).

In 2021, Ivana Jorovic made one of her weakest seasons, winning only two matches. However, she reached the second round of the WTA 250 Hungarian Grand Prix and played in the main draw of the US Open, but lost in the first round. She was part of the Serbian team to play at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, but unfortunately lost in the start to Alison Van Uytvanck

In 2022, Ivana Jorovic reached the semi-finals of the $25,000 W25 Antalya (Turkey) and was the runner-up at the $25,000 W25 Poertschach (Austria), but did not make any other achievement during the season.

Ivana Jorovic stopped her competitive career in 2023 and became a sportscaster.

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Stacey Fung was born on February 6, 1997, in Hamilton, Bermuda. She started playing tennis as a kid and developed her skills during school. As a junior she won the 2013 National Bank ITF U18, 2014 J60 Edmonton \ Canadian Saville U18 ITF titles and played at the Junior Orange Bowl. Stacey Fung played collegiate tennis for the Washington Huskies at the University of Washington. During her college career, she was crowned an All-American and achieved a career-high individual ranking of No 6 in the country.

Stacey Fung started her professional career already in 2014, debuting at the $10,000 Victoria (Canada), where reached the semi-finals. Although being quite young, she played one more tournament during the season at $10,000 Vancouver (Canada) but dropped out in the first round.

In 2015 and 2016, Stacey Fung again participated in the $10,000 Victoria (Canada) tournament and reached the quarter-finals in both seasons. At that time she was attending to college and played also collegiate tennis.

Stacey Fung returned to professional tennis in 2019, reaching the finals at the $15,000 W15 Cancun (Mexico) and $15,000 W15 Metepec (Mexico), but unfortunately missed winning her first title.

In 2021, Stacey Fung won her first ITF title at the $15,000 W15 Cancun (Mexico), while in the next season, she continued gaining experience and captured four more titles, including again $15,000 W15 Cancun (Mexico) and $25,000 W25 Fredericton (Canada).

In 2023, Stacey Fung continues winning at the ITF Circuit, triumphing with the titles at the $25,000 W25 Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), $40,000 W40 TBILISI (Georgia), and $25,000 W25 Wichita, KS (USA). She also reached the semi-finals at the $25,000 W25 Fredericton (Canada) and the quarter-finals of the $60,000 W60 Sumter, SC (USA) and $60,000 W60 Saskatoon (Canada). During the season she debuted at the WTA Tour main draw, playing at the WTA 1000 Guadalajara Open Akron, but lost to Marta Kostyuk (Ukraine).

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Vitalia Diatchenko was born on August 2, 1990, in Sochi, Russia. She started in tennis as a kid. She showed great results as a junior.

Vitalia Diatchenko turned professional in 2007. She won her first trophy at the $10,000 Redbridge (Great Britain) already the same season. She also reached the semi-finals of the $10,000 Brcko (Bosnia) and the quarter-finals of the $10,000 Sunderland (Great Britain).

In 2008, Vitalia Diatchenko continued improving her skills and gained experience, which was visible on the court. She reached the semi-finals of the $25,000 St.Petersburg (Russia) and the quarter-finals of the $25,000 Minsk (Belarus), before making a great breakthrough at the $50,000 Dnepropetrovsk (Russia), reaching the semi-finals, and $75,000 Moscow (Russia) and $50,000 Penza (Russia), reaching the quarter-finals. At the end of the season, Vitalia Diatchenko won her second title at the prestigious $75,000 Dubai (UAE). Thus, she entered into the world’s Top 200, finishing the season as the world’s No 196.

Vitalia Diatchenko made her WTA main scheme debut in 2009, competing at the WTA 250 PTT Pattaya Open, where reached the second round. Later she won another ITF title at the $25,000 W25 Moscow (Russia) and reached the semi-finals of the $50,000 Khanti-Mansiysk (Russia), before debuting also at the main scheme of the Grand Slam’s French Open / Roland Garros, where reached the second round. By the end of the season, she reached the semi-finals of the $50,000 Minsk (Belarus) and played in the main scheme of two more WTA 250 tournaments, where lost in the first round.

In 2010, Vitalia Diatchenko won another title at the $25,000 W25 Darmstadt (Germany) and played in the final of the $50,000 Kazan (Russia), but lost to her compatriot Anna Lapushchenkova.
Vitalia Diatchenko won her most prestigious title in 2011, triumphing at the $100,000 Astana (Kazakhstan). During the season she also reached the semi-finals of the $50,000 Kazan (Russia) and the $25,000 W25 Woking (Great Britain), as well as the quarter-finals of the $75,000 Shrewsbury (Great Britain). However, playing doubles at the Kremlin Cup, she suffered a knee injury that ruled her out from playing tennis for six months.

Vitalia Diatchenko missed most of the 2012 season, but returned at the $50,000 Nottingham (Great Britain) and WTA 250 Tashkent Open, reaching the second round in both tournaments.

Although she thought the recovery had been completed, Vitalia Diatchenko again went out of tennis for most of the 2013 season, returning only in December at the $60,000 Ankara (Turkey), where won her sixth ITF title.

In 2014, the Russian tennis player made a fantastic start and performance, winning the title at the $10,000 W15 Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt), reaching the semi-finals of the $60,000 Istanbul (Turkey) and being the runner-up at the $25,000 W25 Moscow (Russia). During the summer, Vitalia Diatchenko won again the title at the $100,000 Astana (Kazakhstan) and reached the semi-finals of the $25,000 Saint-Petersburg (Russia), before winning the $25,000 W25 Moscow (Russia). In November, she won her most prestigious title, triumphing at the WTA 125 Taipei OEC Open. Following this great season, she entered into the world’s Top 100, finishing as the world’s No 81.

In 2015, Vitalia Diatchenko won her 10th ITF title at the $50,000 Surbiton (Great Britain). During the season she also reached the second round of the French Open / Roland Garros but also played at the Australian Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open, where lost in the first rounds.

Vitalia Diatchenko again missed almost half of the 2016 season due to injury. She returned on the court in May, reaching the quarter-finals of the $25,000 La Marsa (Tunisia). She also played in the main scheme of the French Open / Roland Garros and the US Open but again dropped out in the first rounds. In the end of the year, however, she finished as runner-up at the $60,000 Ankara (Turkey).

In 2017, Vitalia Diatchenko continued winning titles at the ITF Circuit, triumphing at the $25,000 W25 Chiswick (Great Britain) and $25,000 W25 Istanbul (Turkey), but also reached the semi-finals at the WTA 125 Dalian Women’s Tennis Open and the quarter-finals of the WTA 125 Hua Hin Championships and WTA 125 Hawaii Open.

In 2018, Vitalia Diatchenko made her biggest breakthrough in the Grand Slam, reaching the third round of Wimbledon after eliminating Maria Sharapova (Russia) and Sofia Kenin (USA). During the season she won the title at the $5,000 W25 Chiswick (Great Britain), but also reached the semi-finals of the WTA 125 Taipei OEC Open, $100,000 Khimki (Russia), and $25,000 La Bisbal (Spain).

Vitalia Diatchenko returned again in the WTA Top 100 in 2019 after winning the titles at the $25,000 W25 Grenoble (France), $60,000 W60 Shrewsbury (Great Britain), $60,000 W60 Croissy-Beaubourg (France), $25,000 W25 Bolton (Great Britain), and $60,000 W60 Istanbul (Turkey). After the great start, she climbed to world’s No 73. Vitalia Diatchenko played at the WTA 250 Nurnberger Versicherungs and French Open / Roland Garros but lost in the first rounds. She won another title at the $25,000 W25+H Penza (Russia) and reached the semi-finals of the $80,000 W80 Poitiers (France) and $25,000 W25 St. Etienne (France). At the end of the season Vitalia Diatchenko triumphed again at the WTA 125 Taipei OEC Open, thus finishing the season as world’s No 90.

The short 2020 season, again stopped the impetus of the Russian tennis player. Vitalia Diatchenko started the season playing in the main schemes of the WTA 500 Adelaide International, Australian Open, and WTA 500 St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy, but failed to overcome the first round at none of them. The season was interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic and by the end of the season she played only at the WTA 250 Open 6eme Sens – Metropole de Lyon and French Open / Roland Garros, but again lost in the first round of both tournaments.

In 2021, Vitalia Diatchenko won another WTA 15 title, triumphing at the WTA 125 Open P2i Angers Arena Loire. During the season she targeted tournaments with high rates but hardly overcame the first or second round of most of them.

In 2022, Vitalia Diatchenko won two more ITF titles at the $25,000 W25 Macon (France) and $25,000 W25 Santarem (Portugal) and also reached the quarter-finals of the WTA 250 Open 6eme Sens – Metropole de Lyon.

Vitalia Diatchenko continued playing mostly in the ITF tour in 2023, but her biggest success was reaching the final of the $40,000 W40 TBILISI (Georgia).

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Paige Hourigan was born on February 2, 1997, in Turakina, New Zealand. She started in tennis as a kid and showed her skills at some local tournaments. She won five singles and five doubles titles as a junior, the best of which was the doubles at the Grade-2 Biesterbos Open in the Netherlands, partnering Lizette Cabrera. At singles, she won the titles at the J5 Hamilton \ Hamilton ITF Junior Championships, Sunsmart 18 & Under Summer Championships, and J5 Auckland \ Auckland ITF Indoor Championships in 2012, as well as J5 Auckland \ Auckland ITF Indoor Championships and J5 Hamilton \ Hamilton ITF Junior Championships in 2013. As a junior, Paige Hourigan reached the semi-finals of the 2009 Optus 12s Australian Championships and 2011 J60 Christchurch \ Wilson Tennis Canterbury ITF. Her best junior ranking was 175, in October 2012.

Paige Hourigan made her professional debut in 2016 at the $10,000 Antalya (Turkey), reaching the second round. During the season she played two more ITF Circuit tournaments. During the next season, she played at the $25,000 Auburn, AL (USA), but lost in the first round.

In 2018, Paige Hourigan won her first ITF title at the $25,000 W25 Corroios-Seixal (Portugal). During the season, she also reached the semi-finals of the $25,000 W25 Fort Worth, TX (USA) and the quarter-finals of the $25,000 Baton Rouge, LA (USA).

Paige Hourigan continue playing at the ITF Circuit in 2019. She won her second title at the $15,000 W15 Cancun (Mexico). During the season, she reached the semi-finals of the $25,000 W25 Singapore (Singapore), as well as the quarter-finals of the $25,000 W25 Hong Kong (Hong Kong) and $25,000 W25 Corroios-Seixal (Portugal). Paige Hourigan was given a wildcard into the singles qualifying draw at the Auckland Open but failed to reach the main scheme. She did much better in the doubles where, with partner Taylor Townsend, she got all the way to her first WTA final, having defeated second seeds Kirsten Flipkens and Johanna Larsson in the semi-final.

In 2020, Paige Hourigan did not play at many tournaments due to the coronavirus pandemic and the short tennis season. She, however, reached the quarter-finals of the $15,000 W15 Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt).

In 2021, Paige Hourigan won two more ITF titles at the $15,000 W15 Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt) and $15,000 W15 Monastir (Tunisia). During the season, she reached the quarter-finals of the $25,000 W25 Salinas (Ecuador) and $25,000 W25 Sumter, SC (USA).

In 2022, Paige Hourigan reached the quarter-finals of the $25,000 W25 Monastir (Tunisia), but did not achieve some significant success either in 2022 or in the 2023 seasons.

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Gabriela Andrea Knutson was born on April 21, 1997, in Fair Oaks, United States. She is the daughter of an American father and Czech mother. At the age of 12 she moved from California to Dvur Kralove nad Labem in the Czech Republic; her family resided in an apartment that adjoined the local tennis club. As a junior, Gabriela Knutson won only one singles title on the ITF Junior Circuit was the 2014 Safina Cup, a Grade 4 event.

Gabriela Knutson played college tennis for the Syracuse University Orange women’s tennis team from 2015 to 2019. She reached a highest rank of No 4 in the college rankings and participated in the singles draw of the NCAA Division I Championships in both 2018 and 2019. In 2018, Gabriela Knutson was named a singles All-American, the first Syracuse player to do so since 1995.

From 2019, Gabriela Knutson attended Durham University on a postgraduate scholarship, representing the university in BUCS tennis. She stayed on at Durham following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic to undertake a second postgraduate degree, migrating from Hatfield to Ustinov College. In 2022, she was named the Team Durham Sportswoman of the Year.

Gabriela Knutson started her professional tennis career in 2022. She reached the semi-finals of the $25,000 W25 Bath (UK), $25,000 W25 Loughborough (UK), and $25,000 W25 Sozopol (Bulgaria).

In 2023, Gabriela Knutson reached her first ITF final at the $60,000 W60 ROME, GA (USA), before winning her first title at the $25,000 W25 Fredericton (Canada). During the season, she won two more ITF titles at the $25,000 W25 Monzon (Spain) and $25,000 W25 Guimaraes (Portugal), but also was the runner-up at the $25,000 W25 Monastir (Tunisia).

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Barbora Palicova was born on March 11, 2004, in the Czech Republic. She started in tennis at an early age and proved her talent, winning the local Maistra Cup, Jablonec Cup, and Suez Cup Tennis Europe in 2017. In 2018, during her junior career, she was the runner-up at the J30 Slovenska Lupca \ Pepas Cup U18 and J4 Zagreb \ Junior Zagreb Cup but also reached the semi-finals of the J4 Maribor \ Maribor Open, J60 Zilina \ ITF Zilina Junior Open, as well as the quarter-finals of the European Junior Championships U14. During the next years, she continues playing strongly on the junior tour, becoming one of the most prominent Czech tennis players.

Barbora Palicova made her professional debut in 2020, playing at the WTA 125 Prague Open, playing in the main scheme after passing through the qualifications. During the season she also played at the $25,000 W25 Prerov (Czech Republic), but again lost in the first round.

In 2021, Barbora Palicova started the season playing at the $15,000 W15 Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt), reaching the quarter-finals, and $15,000 W15 Cairo (Egypt), reaching the semi-finals. In the mid-season she played mostly in the Junior tour, winning the title of the J200 Gladbeck \ Van Der Valk Hotel Gladbeck Junior Cup (Germany), reaching the final of the J300 Charleroi-Marcinelle \ Astrid Bowl Charleroi Belgain International Championships (Belgium) and the semi-finals of the J300 Vrsar \ Perin Memorial (Croatia). Barbora Palicova also played at the Junior Grand Slam tournaments Wimbledon and the French Open / Roland Garros. In the end of the season, she reached the quarter-finals of the $25,000 W25 Milovice (Czech Republic).

Barbora Palicova started the 2022 season, playing her first final at the $15,000 W15 Antalya (Turkey) and in the next week, won the title at the same tournament. In February, she played another final at the $25,000 W25 Glasgow (UK). During the summer, she reached the semi-finals of the $25,000 W25 Annenheim (Austria) and $25,000 W25 Klosters (Switzerland). In July, Barbora Palicova made her WTA 250 debut, playing at the Prague Open, losing in the first round. By the end of the season, she won her second ITF title at the $60,000 W60 Prerov (Czech Republic) and also played in the semi-finals of the $25,000 W25+H Cherbourg-en-Cotentin (France) and $60,000 W60 Bratislava (Slovakia).

In 2023, Barbora Palicova targeted higher-ranked ITF tournaments, but her performance was hesitant and her biggest achievement was the quarter-finals of the $60,000 W60 Trnava (Slovakia) and $60,000 W60 Bellinzona (Switzerland). She also played in the main scheme of the WTA 125 Grand Est Open 88 and WTA 125 BCR Iasi Open but lost in the first rounds of both tournaments.

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