Players Photos Biography Videos: July 2011

Tuesday 12 July 2011

Anna Lena Groenefeld

Anna Lena Groenefeld Biography
Anna-Lena GrÃ¶nefeld (born on June 4, 1985 in Nordhorn, Germany) is a professional tennis player from Germany. She turned professional in 2003. As of February 2006, she is the No. 1 tennis player from Germany. She is coached and trained by Rafael Font de Mora in Scottsdale, Arizona. In June, 2003 she captured the prestigious French Open Junior title, becoming the first player from Germany since 1957 to accomplish this feat. In 2002 she was the Singles Champion of both the Belgium and Frankfurt International Championships and a finalist at the Orange Bowl. In July 2003, she won the Apple and Eve Newsday Long Island Classic, held in Woodbury, New York, defeating Bethanie Mattek in the final. She is an accomplished doubles player winning the French Open title and reaching the finals at Wimbledon. As a result of her tennis successes in 2003, GrÃ¶nefeld had achieved the Junior World ranking of #1 in singles and doubles. Presently she is launching her professional career dÃ©but under the direction of the USA Academy and Rafael Font de Mora.
In 2006 she represented Germany along with Nicolas Kiefer at the Hopman Cup.

Anna Lena Groenefeld

Anna-Lena Groenefeld v Sofia Arvidsson 06 Jul 2010

Anna-Lena Groenefeld Practice Brisbane 2010

Angelique Kerber

Angelique Kerber Biography
Date of birth : 1988-01-18
Date of death : -
Birthplace : Bremen, Germany
Nationality : German
Category : Sports
Last modified : 2011-04-28 12:40:24
Credited as : Professional Tennis player, WTA tour,

Angelique Kerber is a professional German tennis player. She began playing tennis aged five. Kerber has a career high ranking of No. 45 in the world achieved on 17 January 2011.

CAREER:

2010:
In 2010, Kerber qualified for the 2010 Australian Open where she reached her first third round in a Grand Slam by upsetting Olga Govortsova 6–3, 6–3 and 23rd seed Aravane Rezaï 6–2, 6–3 before losing to Svetlana Kuznetsova in a close three-setter 3–6, 7–5, 6–4. She the reached her first WTA Tour finals in 2010 Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas losing to Mariana Duque Mariño 6–4 6–3 after upsetting top-seed Gisela Dulko 7–5, 6–3 in the semi-finals. She then reached the second round of 2010 MPS Group Championships losing to Varvara Lepchenko. She also reached the third round of 2010 Family Circle Cup losing to Daniela Hantuchová 6–7(6) 7–5 6–3 and the Quarterfinals of the 2010 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem losing to Renata Vorácová 7–5 6–2. At the 2010 French Open she lost in the second round to Aravane Rezaï 6–2 2–6 6–3. In grass she reached the third round of 2010 AEGON Classic losing to eventual champion Li Na and the first round of 2010 UNICEF Open losing to Justine Henin. She played in the 2010 Wimbledon Championships where she made it in the third round after defeating Sania Mirza 6–4, 6–1 and upsetting 13th seed Shahar Pe'er 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 then losing to Jarmila Groth 6–3, 7–5.

2011:
Angelique reached her first quarter-final of the year at the start of the season at 2011 Moorilla Hobart International before losing to Bethanie Mattek-Sands. That led to a six match losing streak which lasted till the 2011_The_Bahamas_Women's_Open_–_Singles where she reached final before losing to Anastasia Yakimova. She than reached second round at 2011_Sony_Ericsson_Open_–_Women's_Singles losing to Francesca Schiavone.

PERSONAL:

Coached by Artur Pawlowski
Started playing tennis at age 3
Mother's name is Beata (also her manager); father's name is Slawek; has one sister, Jessica
Speaks German, Polish, English
Enjoys shopping, sleeping, swimming, spending time with friends.

Angelique Kerber

Angelique Kerber in Miami 2008

Andrea Petkovic

Andrea Petkovic Biography
Name: Andrea Petkovic
Born place: Tuzla, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Born date: September 9, 1987
Actual residence: Griesheim, Germany
Parents: The father Zoran Petkovic and the mother Amira
Brothers/Sisters: A younger sister, Anja
Eye color: Brown
Hair color: Blonde
Height: 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight: 69 kg (150 lb)
Nationality: Germany
Other names: Andy; Petko
Spouse: No husband
Children: No children
Occupation: Professional tennis player
Studies: The Georg-BÃƒÂ¼chner-Schule in Darmstadt and Political science at the Distance University of Hagen

Biography and Career :
Andrea Petkovic was born on September 9, 1987 in Tuzla, Yugoslavia. She is a young tennis player.
When she was six years old her tennis career started as well as she started playing tennis. Later she became a professional tennis player. Now (2007) she resides in Griesheim, Germany. Her coach and the person who goes with her at the tournaments is her father, Zoran Petkovic. Zoran and Amira are her parents and she also has one sister, Anja. Besides tennis, her favorite activities are going out with friends, listening to music, reading and acting.

Until now she earned almost one thousand hundred dollars just from the tennis tournaments. She won six ITF single tournaments, two ITF doubles tournaments, but still no WTA tournament. On July 30, 2007 she entered Top 100 on the 100th position, which is the highest position in this top for her. At three of the four Grand Slam tournaments, Australian Open, Wimbledon and US Open, she hasn't qualified yet.

In 2007 at the Roland Garros she qualified and played into the first round. It was a great surprise when she won the round and passed into the second, but unfortunately, she was eliminated. She is a great player and has many chances to become an important name in the tennis world in the next few years.

Andrea Petkovic

Andrea Petkovic's Road to Roland Garros

Andrea Petkovic vs. Maria Sharapova

Monday 11 July 2011

Marco Van Basten

Marco Van Basten Biography
Date of Birth
31 October 1964, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Nickname
L'Airone (when playing for AC Milan in Italy)
San Marco
Height
6' 2" (1.88 m)
Spouse
Liesbeth van Capelleveen (21 June 1993 - present) 3 children
Trivia
Has two daughters, Rebecca and Deborah, and a son, Alexander (born 16 May 1997) with Van Capelleveen.
Appointed manager of the Holland soccer team in July 2004
Former Holland international soccer player. He won the European Football Championship with Holland in 1988.
Until his retirement as player he played for AC Milan, Italy.
He played for Ajax Amsterdam, Holland.
Between 1983 and 1992, he played 58 matches for the Dutch national soccer team in which he scored 24 goals.

Marco Van Basten

Marco Van Basten - A Career in Goals

Marco Van Basten [Il Cigno di Utrecht]

Klaas Jan Huntelaan

Klaas Jan Huntelaan Biography
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar was born on August 12th 1983 in a village called Drempt in the Achterhoek region of Holland. He had two brothers by parents Dirk-Jan and Maud Huntelaar, and grew up in Hummelo. Klaas-Jan had a passion for football from a very young age and joined his local team, Football Club Hummelo and Keppel at the age of 5. He played for them for six years before being scouted by Go Ahead Eagles but was unable to sign due to them being located so far away. However not long after, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar got the break through and was snapped up by De Graafschap. He signed his first youth contract at just eleven years old on April 6th 1994. This was the first step on the football career path although De Graafschap was unable to work out the player’s best position. He played all over the pitch in his first two seasons even in goal but he finally made his mark as a striker in the third season. It wasn’t long before Klaas-Jan Huntelaar was able to show his natural ability of putting the ball in the back of the net as he finished 1997/98 scoring 33 goals in 20 matches, not bad for a 14 year lad. This form carried on for 2 more seasons before drawing the attention of PSV, who signed the player in 2000.

Klaas Jan Huntelaan

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar top 10 goals.

Klaas Jan Huntelaar - Road to Madrid

Sergio Ramos

Sergio Ramos Biography
Sergio Ramos GarcÃa (born March 30, 1986) more commonly known as Sergio Ramos, is a Spanish international footballer, who usually plays as a defender. A native of Camas, Seville, Ramos is a graduate of the Sevilla FC youth system.
Ramos began his career as a well-regarded right-side defender, a position he was able to keep for the majority of his early career. After two years of experience in La Liga he became known for his ability to play competently in any defensive position. He is also known for his perseverance, powerful shots, crosses, long ball passes and heading ability. Seville received many offers for Ramos, but it was Real Madrid who would eventually sign him.
Real Madrid signed Ramos for 27 million Euro in the summer of 2005, making him the second most expensive teenager (behind Wayne Rooney), and the most expensive domestic signing in La Liga. He usually plays at the centre of defence for Real, but has been used as a defensive midfielder in a few occasions. At Real he wears the Number 4 shirt, the same number previously occupied by Fernando Hierro. Ramos scored his first ever Champions League goal for Real Madrid against Olympiakos, a game which Real eventually lost 2-1.
National team
In 2004 Sergio Ramos became one of the key figures in the Under-21s, playing six international matches and acquiring experience and interest from other clubs. In Salamanca, against China, he played for the senior side at only nineteen years of age, making him the youngest player to play for the national team in the last fifty-five years. He held this record until it was broken by Arsenal's Cesc FÃ¡bregas (born 04 May 1987).
He impressed on his debut (March 26, 2005, vs China) and was awarded a place on the team which would challenge Serbia and Montenegro in an important qualification match for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Because of the absence of fellow Madrid player MÃchel Salgado he was part of the starting eleven.
Ramos was announced as part of the Spain World Cup Squad on May 15 2006.

Family Information
Sergio's parents are named Jose MarÃa and Paqui. He has an older brother, Rene, who acts as his agent, and a sister, Miriam. According to an interview with El Pais (Oct. '06), Sergio is currently single. He says that his mother is the most important woman in his life, and that his family and friends are whatâ€™s most important in his life.
When Sergio was younger, it was his brother Rene who was the football-mad member of the family and who encouraged Sergio to join his first club, FC Camas.
Sergio also has a tiny sized dog, named Odi. Sergio, Rene and Odi appeared on a Spanish animal show called, PELOPICOPATA, when the Ramos brothers accompanied Odi to the veterinarian for an x-ray on one of his paws.
Sergio dedicated his goal in Real Madrid's game against Steaua Bucharest (17.10.06) to his brother Rene, who had just learned he was about to be a father.

Sergio Ramos

Sergio Ramos Compilation

Sergio Ramos - Right Back 2009/2010 HD!

Xabi Alonso

Xabi Alonso Biography
Xabier \"Xabi\" Alonso Olano (born 25 November 1981 in Tolosa, Spain) is a Spanish footballer who plays for English Premier League club Liverpool and the Spanish national team. He is a central midfielder, often playing as a deep-lying playmaker. Alonso began his career at Real Sociedad, and after a brief loan period at SD Eibar returned to the La Liga club. John Toshack appointed Alonso as his team captain and Alonso succeeded in the role, taking Real Socieded to second place in the 2002–03 season. The Spaniard moved to Liverpool in August 2004 for £10.5 million. He won the UEFA Champions League in his first season at the club. The following season he won both the FA Community Shield and the FA Cup. Internationally, Alonso has represented Spain in the Euro 2004, Euro 2008 tournaments and the 2006 World Cup. He made his international debut in April 2003 in a 4–0 victory against Ecuador. He won the Euro 2008 tournament with Spain, his highest career honour to date.

Xabi Alonso

Xabi Alonso-The Best Midfielder

Xabi Alonso Goals, Passes + Assists Real Madrid 2009/2010 (HD)