Month: November 2023

Lindsay Davenport is a well-known American former professional tennis player. She ranked for a total of 98 weeks at the singles world No. 1. She was also the year-end singles world No. 1 four times. and held the doubles world No. 1 ranking for 32 weeks. Davenport has achieved a total of 55 WTA Tour singles titles.

Marilyn Barnett ( Born: Marilyn Kathryn McRae) is a popular American former secretary of tennis player Billie Jean King. According to her own words, quoted by the New York Times on April 30 1981, Marilyn was also “cooking, cleaning, and all other things necessary so that Mrs King’s energy could be totally directed toward playing tennis.” The pair had an affair from 1972 to 1979. In 1979, she became paraplegic after a fall from a balcony in a Malibu house owned by the Kings, where she lived.

Miranda Rijnsburger ( Full Name: Miranda Johanna Maria Rijnsburger) is a prominent Dutch-born Spanish former model, famous television personality, and celebrity wife from Leimuiden, Netherlands. She is well-known for being the wife of a prominent Spanish songwriter and singer, Julio Iglesias. He is widely recognized for being the most commercially successful Continental European singer in the world.

Tom Golisano ( Full Name: Blase Thomas Golisano) is a popular American billionaire businessman and philanthropist who is the founder of Paychex, which gives payroll and human resources services to businesses. He owned Greenlight Networks, a fiber internet provider based in Rochester, New York, from 2019 through 2022. Tom also owned the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League and Buffalo Bandits of the National Lacrosse League from 2003 through 2011. He unsuccessfully ran for Governor of New York as a third-party candidate in 1994, 1998, and 2002. 

Ilana Kloss is a well-known former South African professional tennis player and tennis coach. She worked as commissioner of World TeamTennis from 2001 to 2021. She was the World’s No. 1 doubles player in 1976, and World No. 19 in singles in 1979. Kloss also won the Wimbledon juniors singles title in 1972, the US Open juniors singles title in 1974, and the US Open Doubles and French Open Mixed Doubles titles in 1976.

Monica Seles is a popular former professional tennis player, motivational speaker, Author, mental health advocate, and fitness enthusiast. On April 21, 2009, Monica released her memoir Getting A Grip: On My Body, My Mind, My Self which chronicles her bout with depression and binge eating disorder (BED) after her stabbing, her father’s cancer diagnosis, and eventual death, her journey back to the game, and a life beyond tennis. She was the world No. 1 tennis player who represented Yugoslavia and the United States.

Julio Iglesias Jr is a famous Spanish singer who was declared the winner of the CMT competition Gone Country in 2008. He joined the band Latin Lovers with Nuno Resende and Damien Sargue. He performed at a concert for the first time with his father Julio Iglesias on a tour in Romania, on May 22, 2015, at Sala Polivalentă in Cluj-Napoca and on 2 July at Sala Palatului in the capital Bucharest.

Isabel Preysler ( Full Name: María Isabel Preysler Arrastía) is a popular Spanish-Filipina socialite and television host known for being the mother of singer Enrique Iglesias. She began working as a journalist for the Spanish celebrity news magazine ¡Hola! in 1970, and her debut interviewee was her future husband Julio Iglesias. In 1984, Isabel hosted a Spanish lifestyle television programme, Hoy en Casa, and has hosted and appeared in various programs since. Isabel was Prince Charles’ guest of honour in May 2001 for the opening of his Spanish Garden at the Chelsea Flower Show in England.

Enrique Iglesias ( Full Name: Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler) is a popular Spanish-American singer and songwriter who started his recording career in the mid-1990s on the Mexican label Fonovisa and was the bestselling Spanish-language act of the decade. By the turn of the millennium, Enrique made a successful crossover into the mainstream English-language market. Enrique signed a multi-album deal with Universal Music Group for US$68 million with Universal Music Latino to release his Spanish albums and Interscope Records to release English albums.

Ilana Blitzer Gendelman is a prominent beauty magazine editor. Currently, she works as a director and beauty editor for Health magazine. Furthermore, Ilana is the daughter of Wolf Blitzer and Lynn Greenfield.