"Jefferson Awards. Jaeger's autobiography, ""First Service"", was published in 2004. In the book she wrote about her teenage years as a tennis player and her later decision to focus on serving God. All proceeds from the book were donated to children's charities. Jaeger has since established the ""Little Star Foundation"", reaching on average 4,000 kids annually. She has moved from Aspen to a much larger property in Hesperus, Colorado, where she will be able to expand her programs. On September 16, 2006, at the age of 41, Jaeger became Sister Andrea, an Anglican Dominican nun. She reportedly left the order"
"Andrea Jaeger Andrea Jaeger ( ; born June 4, 1965) is a former World No. 2 professional tennis player from the United States whose brief but highly successful tennis career ended prematurely due to major shoulder injuries. Jaeger reached the singles final of Wimbledon in 1983 and the French Open in 1982. She reached the singles semifinals of the Australian Open in 1982 and of the U.S. Open in 1980 and 1982. She also won 10 singles titles. In mixed doubles, Jaeger won the French Open with Jimmy Arias in 1981. During her career, Jaeger won U.S. $1.4 million in"
"in 2009. In April 2007, Jaeger and several former athletes, including Andre Agassi, Lance Armstrong, Tony Hawk, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, and Muhammad Ali, appeared on the American morning television talk show ""Good Morning America"" to announce their formation of a new charity entitled ""Athletes for Hope"" with the goal of encouraging their fellow athletes to think philanthropically. Oprah Winfrey describes Jaeger as a superstar turned superhero. SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number played. Andrea Jaeger Andrea Jaeger ( ; born June 4, 1965) is a former World No. 2 professional tennis"
"an Olympic silver medal. Hingis set a series of ""youngest-ever"" records during the 1990s, including youngest-ever Grand Slam champion and youngest-ever world No. 1. Before ligament injuries in both ankles forced her to withdraw temporarily from professional tennis in 2002, at the age of 22, she had won 40 singles titles and 36 doubles titles and, according to ""Forbes"", was the highest-paid female athlete in the world for five consecutive years, 1997 to 2001. After several surgeries and long recoveries, Hingis returned to the WTA tour in 2006, climbing to world No. 6, winning two Tier I tournaments, and also"
"Jaeger won eight of the nine singles matches she played for the U.S. in Fed Cup. She also won two of the three Wightman Cup singles matches she played for the U.S. A major shoulder injury at the age of 19 ended Jaeger's career prematurely in 1985. Seeing this career-ending injury as a door to a spiritual awakening, she went to college and obtained a degree in theology. Jaeger used her winnings from tennis to create the ""Silver Lining Foundation"" with her close friend and business partner Heidi Bookout in 1990. Located in Aspen, Colorado, the organization transported groups of"
"prize money and millions more in endorsements. After retirement in 1987, she has prominently dedicated her life to public service, charities, and philanthropy. In 2006, she became ""Sister Andrea"" as a member of the Anglican Order of Preachers. She is a member of the Episcopal Church and based in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, U.S. While a student at Stevenson High School in suburban Chicago, Jaeger was the top ranked player in the United States in the 18-and-under age group. She won 13 U.S. national junior titles, including the most prominent junior titles in tennis: the 1979 Orange Bowl and 1979"
"tournaments. By the end of 1999, her singles ranking had fallen to world No.804. Javer's final year of professional competition was the year 2000. She played 11 tournaments over the course of the year and ended the year with a win-loss record of 6–11. As in previous years, her only wins this year came in the qualifying rounds of ITF events. Her year-end ranking was world No.749. Monique Javer Monique Alicia Javer (born 22 July 1967) is an American-born former professional tennis player who represented Great Britain and was at one time the British number 1. She turned professional in"
"Andrea Leand Andrea Leand (born January 18, 1964) is a former professional tennis player from the U.S.. In 1988, Leand graduated from Princeton University, where she completed a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology. She also earned an MBA degree from Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School in 2002. Andrea Leand was the No. 1 ranked junior in the United States and the No. 2 ranked junior in the World in 1981. She turned pro in 1982 and appeared on the WTA pro rankings for the first time at No.18, a record for the highest first-time appearance in the pro"
"for educating her and for the ideals they instilled in her. Antonella Serra Zanetti retired from professional tennis 2009. Antonella Serra Zanetti On 30 January 2006 Serra Zanetti achieved her career-high singles ranking: World No. 60. On 8 May 2006 her career-high doubles ranking: World No. 47. Serra Zanetti won 2 WTA doubles titles. Coached by Patricio Remondegui. Favorite surface is hard court. Father, Alessandro, is in banking; mother, Arianna, is an art history teacher; older brother Andrea is a law student, and older sister Adriana plays on the tour; younger sister, Alessia is a student. Enjoys Italian food. Favorite"
"left ankle. After that, she continued to struggle with injuries and was not able to recapture her best form. In February 2003, at the age of 22, Hingis announced her retirement from tennis, due to her injuries and being in pain. ""I want to play tennis only for fun and concentrate more on horse riding and finish my studies."" In several interviews, she has indicated she wishes to return to her home country and coach full-time. During this segment of her tennis career, Hingis won 40 singles titles and 36 doubles events. She held the world No. 1 singles ranking"
"at No. 6 in the world and won the Tier I title at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome. Shortly before the beginning of the season former No. 1 Martina Hingis announced that she would return full-time to the tour for the start of the 2006 season, having already made an unsuccessful comeback attempt at an event in 2005. Amélie Mauresmo won her first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open after years of questions about her nerves and mental strength. However, her victory was marred by Henin-Hardenne's controversial retirement in the final due to stomach cramps. Defending champion Serena"
"the tennis ranks when his career was suddenly halted at no. 2 in the world by a severe accident that nearly claimed the lives of his parents, leaving his father in a coma. Haas spent much of 2002 taking care of his family. At the end of this lay-off, he injured his shoulder, requiring a major operation. He was plagued by further injuries and related complications afterwards and did not return to professional tennis fully until 2004. Before his parents' accident and his injuries, he had a winning record against several former and future no. 1 ranked players: 3–0 against"
"Joannette Kruger Joannette Kruger (born 3 September 1973) is a former professional tennis player from Johannesburg, South Africa. Her career high ranking is No. 21 in the world, a ranking she achieved on 4 May 1998. Kruger turned professional in 1989, but it was not until 1992 that she finally broke into the world's top 100. In 1995, she had her breakout season winning her first WTA Tour title in San Juan where she beat Kyoko Nagatsuka in the final. She also recorded her first two top ten wins over Anke Huber and Lindsay Davenport. After an injury-plagued 1996 season,"
"1 were Monica Seles, Jim Courier and Andre Agassi. Later, Marcelo Ríos climbed to the top while associated with Bollettieri. The Williams sisters have a long-standing relationship with Bollettieri, having visited the academy for years, and they often prepare for Grand Slams there. Mary Pierce and Anna Kournikova also trained at the academy. More recent students training with Bollettieri include Maria Sharapova (who moved from Russia at the age of nine) and Jelena Janković (from Belgrade, Serbia, aged 12); both became no. 1. On May 18, 2008, Bollettieri was honored at the New York College of Health Professions with an"
"career, she began playing the USTA circuit at age 15, and at 18, she began playing tennis professionally. She played right-handed (double handed backhand). At the time when Miller started thriving in professional tennis – at the age of 21, a mere four years into her career – she took an indefinite leave of absence from the Women’s Tennis Association. This was the best season of her career, with her solid run to the third round of the U.S. Open, which was her personal best, ranking her Number 43 in the world. Miller also beat both Lindsay Davenport (who was"
"Martina Hingis, Amélie Mauresmo, Francesca Schiavone, Jelena Janković, Maria Sharapova, Ana Ivanovic, Agnieszka Radwańska, Belinda Bencic, Maria Kirilenko, Li Na, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Nadia Petrova and Vera Zvonareva. Peng began playing at age eight when an uncle (a famous tennis coach in China and the only other family member who plays tennis) introduced her to the game. She favors hard courts and her double-handed forehand (though her backhand is the better side). Her father Peng Jijun is a police officer and her mother is Zhang Bing. At age 13, Peng was admitted to a hospital for heart surgery to repair a"
"record against other top players was 3–17 against Evert, 4–11 against Navratilova, 2–8 against Tracy Austin, 6–8 against Hana Mandlíková, and 2–4 against Pam Shriver. In an interview in 2003, Jaeger stated that she was never committed to being the top ranked player in the world and tanked matches to avoid the top spot. As she rose toward the top of the game, she started visiting hospitals during tournaments. She stated that she found it, in the words of a ""USA Today"" columnist, ""difficult to reconcile the narrow-minded focus of a top tennis player with her desire to help others."""
"2003. In the same year, he led the USC Trojans to a third-place NCAA finish. The next season, he won the Pac-10 doubles championship, was a Pac-10 singles semifinalist, and helped USC win the Pac-10 conference championship. After this season, he turned to professional tennis. The right-handed Anger reached his highest singles ranking on the ATP Tour on February 24, 1986 when he became the World No. 23. He won one singles (Johannesburg in 1985) and two doubles titles (Tokyo outdoor in 1986 and Brisbane in 1987) during his career. Anger retired from the tour in 1991 and is currently"
"tennis in 1993. Since 1999 she has been the Director of Tennis at El Conquistador in Oro Valley, Arizona. Jennifer Fuchs Jennifer Fuchs (born July 2, 1967) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Growing up on New York's Long Island, Fuchs began to play tennis at the age of nine. She went to UCLA on a full scholarship, where she played collegiate tennis for two years before turning professional in 1987. Fuchs made the 1988 Australian Open as a qualifier and was beaten in the first round by 13th seed Catarina Lindqvist. She suffered a serious"
"in early 2000 she felt ""empty and miserable"", but then she says she ""gave my life to Jesus and was born again... things in me changed instantly."" Pierce started playing tennis at the age ten. Two years after being introduced to tennis, for girls aged 12 and under she was ranked No. 2 in the country. In April 1989 at a WTA tournament in Hilton Head, Pierce became the youngest American player (prior to Jennifer Capriati in 1990) to make her debut on the professional tour, aged 14 years and 2 months. Due to her physicality and aggressive approach, her"
"from tennis to give birth to her daughter, Tina. Her boyfriend Christophe Gsthwendtner took a break from his engineering career to take care of Tina. Given that she was still to break into the top 200 at the time, this was a courageous decision for the young couple. It wasn't until two years later that she would break into the top 150. Upon her post-pregnancy comeback in 2002 she cruised to win her first career singles title at the $10k event in Grenoble. She won another two in the same year at Mostar and Innsbruck, both $25k events on the"
"All-American tennis player at the University of Miami and became head coach of the World Team Tennis Philadelphia Freedoms. At the age of six she was ranked No. 1 in 18-and-under doubles in the USTA Middle States region (including Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware). In 1997, at the age of eight, she became the youngest player to win an adult match in a Middle States Tennis Association tournament. She was then the US champion in the 9-and-under division. In 2001, she won the USTA National Spring Championships 12-Under Division Championship. In 2006, she was the top-ranked American girl tennis player."
"Jennifer Fuchs Jennifer Fuchs (born July 2, 1967) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Growing up on New York's Long Island, Fuchs began to play tennis at the age of nine. She went to UCLA on a full scholarship, where she played collegiate tennis for two years before turning professional in 1987. Fuchs made the 1988 Australian Open as a qualifier and was beaten in the first round by 13th seed Catarina Lindqvist. She suffered a serious shoulder injury during a tour of Italy in 1988 after being struck by a car while walking on the"
"correspondent for ""Haaretz"". She coaches tennis privately and is a freelance sports journalist. Today she is chief editor of the internet site of Tel Aviv University Sports Center. Ilana Berger Ilana Berger (; born 1965) is a Mexican born Israeli professional tennis player. Berger reached her highest individual ranking on the WTA Tour on August 10, 1992, when she became # 149 in the world. On 25 November 1991, she peaked at world number 153 in the doubles rankings. Ilana Berger was born on December 31, 1965, in Mexico City, Mexico. She started playing tennis at the age of 7."
"her parents would never stop talking about insurance, so she went to the local club. Her tennis idol growing up was Martina Hingis, and she is also a fan of Roger Federer. She was coached by Sascha Nensel, former coach of fellow German player Nicolas Kiefer, until 2015. She prefers hard and grass courts, and her favorite tournament is the Australian Open. In 2005, she began her career on the ITF Women's Circuit, playing in seven tournaments and losing in the first round in five of them. In 2006 and 2007 she continued to play mostly ITF tournaments. In 2006,"
"slightly disappointing one for Murray. A comparison between the career performances of the two shows Murray clearly ahead in all other parameters. The early 2000s were seen as a time of transition in tennis, with older players retiring and a few players breaking through at the very top of the game. Roger Federer had first played on the ATP Tour aged 17 in 1998, finishing his first full ATP season the following year before finishing 2002 ranked sixth in the world, his first year-end ranking in the top 8. His breakthrough came in 2003 when he won his first major"
"Jessica and they have three children, a son Jayden Scott Draper (2007) and a daughter, Jaimie Draper (2008) and a further son. Draper reached a high of No. 5 in the junior world doubles rankings in 1992, after winning the Wimbledon Boys' Doubles title. Junior Slam results – Singles: Australian Open: SF (1992) French Open: 1R (1992) Wimbledon: 2R (1992) US Open: – Draper became a tennis professional in 1993, attaining a career-high singles ranking of World No. 42 in October 1998. He played doubles with his brother, Mark Draper, reaching No. 132 in the world. He was the first"
"the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro. Despite ending 2007 at a career best 186 in the world she decided to retire from professional tennis. Over the next few years she instead attended college in the United States and played collegiate tennis for the Pacific Tigers in Stockton, California. She represented Brazil in a total of 10 Fed Cup ties for a 6/4 overall record, with all six wins coming in singles. Jenifer Widjaja Jenifer Widjaja (born 7 December 1986) is a former professional tennis player from Brazil. Widjaja, a right-handed player, is originally from São Roque near the"
"the tennis team. Karie attended Indiana University on a tennis scholarship but died in 2010 from melanoma. Kristen Schlukebir Kristen Schlukebir (born June 28, 1990 in Kalamazoo, Michigan) was the number one ranked junior in the United States between the ages of 15-18. At 15, she won the USTA 18 & Under National Hardcourts in both singles and doubles granting her a wildcard into the main draw of the US Open. Kristen turned professional at age 18 and played on the Women's Tennis Association tour for over two years, reaching a career high in singles of No. 161. Kristen had"
"second highest-paid female athlete in the world in the annual Forbes list of 2017. Kerber has received the following awards: Angelique Kerber Angelique Kerber (; born 18 January 1988) is a German professional tennis player and former world No. 1, and a three time Grand Slam champion. Having made her professional debut in 2003, Kerber rose to prominence upon reaching the semifinals of the 2011 US Open as the No. 92 ranked player in the world. She ascended to the top of the rankings on 12 September 2016, thus becoming the twenty-second and oldest player to achieve the number-one ranking"
"against world No. 5 Amélie Mauresmo in the first round of the French Open. After the tournament she was listed as 43rd. Kandarr ended her professional career in 2005. Although she still plays competitive tennis occasionally in the women's tennis Bundesliga for TC 1899 Blau-Weiss Berlin. Having stopped school in 1996 to play tennis, she only graduated in 2000. From the winter semester of 2002/03, she has been studying geoscience and biology at the Humboldt University of Berlin, while living in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Her hobbies are horse riding, reading and going to the theater. Jana Kandarr Jana Kandarr (born 21 September"
"Angelique Kerber Angelique Kerber (; born 18 January 1988) is a German professional tennis player and former world No. 1, and a three time Grand Slam champion. Having made her professional debut in 2003, Kerber rose to prominence upon reaching the semifinals of the 2011 US Open as the No. 92 ranked player in the world. She ascended to the top of the rankings on 12 September 2016, thus becoming the twenty-second and oldest player to achieve the number-one ranking for the first time and the first new number-one player since Victoria Azarenka in 2012. A left-hander, known for her"
"remarried, to a Swiss man, Andreas Zogg, a computer technician. Hingis acquired Swiss citizenship through naturalization. Hingis began playing tennis when she was two years old and entered her first tournament at age four. In 1993, 12-year-old Hingis became the youngest player to win a Grand Slam junior title: the girls' singles at the French Open. In 1994, she retained her French Open junior title, won the girls' singles title at Wimbledon, and reached the final of the US Open. She made her WTA debut at the Zurich Open in October 1994, two weeks after turning 14, and ended 1994"