For the fourth annual edition of my WTA and LPGA money list countdown I will focus on the dynamic dozen from each tour, the top 12 on the money lists. For the WTA, singles, doubles and mixed are combined for total earnings. Here are the #11 players for 2016: Johanna Konta (WTA) and Haru Nomura … Continue reading
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Johanna Konta Wins 2016 Bank of the West Classic
If you’re going to win your first WTA singles title, why not make it over a legend? That was the case in Stanford as Great Britain’s Johanna Konta captured her first WTA singles crown, in her first ever WTA level final, against future Hall of Famer Venus Williams at the 2016 Bank of the West … Continue reading
Fairways and Forehands 2014 Top 25 WTA and LPGA Year In Review: #1 Serena Williams and Stacy Lewis
Like 2013, this year I will do a countdown of the top money list leaders from both the WTA and LPGA. Last year I did the top 30, but this year I will do the top 25. Note that as of this post, the retired Li Na has been removed from the WTA website money … Continue reading
Fairways and Forehands 2014 Top 25 WTA and LPGA Year In Review: #12 Ana Ivanovic and Lexi Thompson
Like 2013, this year I will do a countdown of the top money list leaders from both the WTA and LPGA. Last year I did the top 30, but this year I will do the top 25. Note that as of this post, the retired Li Na has been removed from the WTA website money … Continue reading
Fairways and Forehands 2014 Top 25 WTA and LPGA Year In Review: #15 Angelique Kerber and Cristie Kerr
Like 2013, this year I will do a countdown of the top money list leaders from both the WTA and LPGA. Last year I did the top 30, but this year I will do the top 25. Note that as of this post, the retired Li Na has been removed from the WTA website money … Continue reading
Fairways and Forehands 2014 Top 25 WTA and LPGA Year In Review: #17 Andrea Petkovic and Brittany Lincicome
Like 2013, this year I will do a countdown of the top money list leaders from both the WTA and LPGA. Last year I did the top 30, but this year I will do the top 25. Note that as of this post, the retired Li Na has been removed from the WTA website money … Continue reading
Fairways and Forehands 2014 Top 25 WTA and LPGA Year In Review: #20 Pornanong Phatlum and Carla Suarez Navarro
Like 2013, this year I will do a countdown of the top money list leaders from both the WTA and LPGA. Last year I did the top 30, but this year I will do the top 25. Note that as of this post, the retired Li Na has been removed from the WTA website money … Continue reading
Fairways and Forehands 2014 Top 25 WTA and LPGA Year In Review: #22 Paula Creamer and Garbine Muguruza
Like 2013, this year I will do a countdown of the top money list leaders from both the WTA and LPGA. Last year I did the top 30, but this year I will do the top 25. Note that as of this post, the retired Li Na has been removed from the WTA website money … Continue reading
Ana Ivanovic Guest Speaker At Google During 2014 Bank of the West Classic
A few weeks ago, Ana Ivanovic was a guest speaker at Google. She was in town for the 2014 Bank of the West Classic at Stanford. The former world #1 and 2008 Roland Garros champion talked to a room full of Googlers at the Googleplex in Mountain View, California about her career and her approach … Continue reading
WTA Wrap Up 8.3.2014: Serena Williams, Svetlana Kuznetsova Win Titles; Li Na Withdraws From Summer Hard Court Events, Simona Halep To Rise To #2 Ranking
It wasn’t always a smooth ride, but in the end Serena Williams was able to outclass the opposition to win her third Bank of the West title in four years (she didn’t play last year). She was challenged in the first set in each of her matches against Karolina Pliskova, Ana Ivanovic, Andrea Petkovic and … Continue reading