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FINALIST [3 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2012-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Games and Competitions (Sports)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

A tennis player or tennis team (in doubles) that has made it to the finals of a tournament. The competition has not yet [gotten] underway.

OBS

Be careful of the ambiguous term "finalist", which has 2 distinct meanings: 1) a person who reaches the finals of a tennis tournament (the outcome has not yet been decided); 2) a person who has already participated (and lost) in the finals of a tennis tournament, i.e. a runner-up (the outcome has been decided).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux et compétitions (Sports)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Joueur ou joueuse de tennis ou équipe de double qui accède à la finale d'un tournoi, le terme valant pour la période entre la fin de la demi-finale dont il(s) ou elle(s) sorte(nt) vainqueur(s) et l'issue de la finale qui détermine qui sera champion ou championne du tournoi.

OBS

Le terme «finaliste» demeure cependant accolé à la fiche du joueur, de la joueuse ou de l'équipe qui perd en finale d'un tournoi.

PHR

Finaliste au pedigree. Finaliste-surprise.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Juegos y competiciones (Deportes)
  • Deportes de raqueta
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Record 2 2011-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

A tennis player or tennis team (in doubles) that has participated in the finals of a tournament only to lose it.

OBS

Be careful of the ambiguous term "finalist", which has 2 distinct meanings: 1) a person who reaches the finals of a tennis tournament (the competition has yet to get underway); 2) a person who has already participated (and lost) in the finals of a tennis tournament, i.e. a runner-up (the outcome has been decided).

CONT

... the runner-up - in 1993 it was Jana Novotna in the women's event [at Wimbledon] and Jim Courier in the men's ... There are no magazine covers, talk show appearances or victory parades for the runners-up in a Grand Slam tournament ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Joueur, joueuse ou équipe qui a participé à la finale d'un championnat et l'a perdue.

OBS

Celui ou celle qui l'a emporté a également été appelé(e) «finaliste» avant que le match de championnat ne soit disputé.

CONT

Marie-Claude Ostiguy était finaliste chez les 16 ans et moins.

CONT

Sonya Jeysaleelan, vice-championne des Internationaux de France, est la deuxième tête de série chez les filles.

PHR

Finaliste-surprise.

Key term(s)
  • bon second
  • deuxième
  • finaliste défait
  • finaliste défaite
  • titulaire du premier

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de raqueta
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Record 3 2006-12-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports (General)
  • Games and Competitions (Sports)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports (Généralités)
  • Jeux et compétitions (Sports)
CONT

Carmen Douma surprend la finaliste olympique Leah Pells pour remporter le 1500 m féminin à la Classique Harry Jerome.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes (Generalidades)
  • Juegos y competiciones (Deportes)
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