Noelia Pérez Peñate Noelia Pérez Peñate Noelia Pérez Peñate (born 6 December 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. Pérez comes from Spain's Canary Islands and is the first person from the autonomous community to appear at grand slam level, having played at the Australian and US Open main draws. In 1992 she featured in two doubles matches for the Spain Fed Cup team. Both matches, which Spain lost, were in dead rubbers, partnering Arantxa Sanchez Vicario against Belgium and Virginia Ruano Pascual in the quarter-final against Argentina. Spain finished the competition as runners-up. Most of her appearances on tour came
Julia Abe the Australian Open main draw, where she lost in the first round to Arantxa Sánchez Vicario. At the 2000 French Open she had to compete in qualifying and made her way through to the main draw. She defeated Marion Maruska in the first round, then challenged top seed Martina Hingis in the second round, before going down 4–6, 5–7, having served for the second set. This was her final appearance on tour. Julia Abe Julia Abe (born 21 May 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Germany. A right-handed player from Bielefeld, Abe was coached during her career by