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Álex López Morón
Álex López Morón (born 28 November 1970) is a retired professional male tennis player from Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i .... His career-high ATP Entry ranking is No. 100 (achieved on 9 October 1995). Career He turned pro in 1990. ATP career finals Doubles: 2 (2 titles) ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 4 (2–2) Doubles: 33 (16–17) Performance timelines Singles Doubles Wins over top 10 players Personal life His brother Víctor also played tennis professionally. External links * * 1970 births Living people Tennis players from Catalonia Spanish male tennis players Tennis players from Barcelona {{Spain-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barcelona
Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within city limits,Barcelona: Población por municipios y sexo – Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (National Statistics Institute) its urban area extends to numerous neighbouring municipalities within the and is home to around 4.8 million people, making it the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 US Open – Men's Doubles
Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to Michaël Llodra and Fabrice Santoro. Jonas Björkman and Todd Woodbridge won the title, defeating Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan 5–7, 6–0, 7–5 in the final. Seeds # Mahesh Bhupathi / Max Mirnyi ''(quarterfinals)'' # Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan ''(final)'' # Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor ''(semifinals)'' # Jonas Björkman / Todd Woodbridge (champions) # Wayne Arthurs / Paul Hanley ''(quarterfinals)'' # Michaël Llodra / Fabrice Santoro ''(semifinals)'' # Yevgeny Kafelnikov / David Rikl ''(first round)'' # Martin Damm / Cyril Suk ''(quarterfinals)'' # Wayne Black / Kevin Ullyett ''(third round)'' # Joshua Eagle / Jared Palmer ''(third round)'' # Gastón Etlis / Martín Rodríguez ''(first round)'' # Tomáš Cibulec / Pavel Vizner ''(second round)'' # Chris Haggard / Donald Johnson ''(third round)'' # František Čermák / Leoš Friedl ''(third round)'' # Lucas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Shimada
Thomas Shimada (born February 10, 1975 in Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania#Municipalities, largest city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the List of United States cities by population, sixth-largest city i ..., United States) is a retired professional tennis player who represented Japan. He turned professional in 1993. Shimada primarily played doubles. Shimada has achieved a career-high singles ranking relevant as of March 23, 2007, of world No. 477 which he reached on November 3, 1997. Also relevant of March 23, 2007, Shimada reached his career-high doubles ranking on September 24, 2001, when he became world No. 40. Career finals Doubles: 6 (3–3) External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shimada, Thomas 1975 births Living people Japanese male tennis players Japanese people of American descent Japanese-American tennis players People from Hilton Head, South Carolina Tenni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Todd Perry (tennis)
Todd Perry (born 17 March, 1976) is an Australian former professional tennis player. In 2022, he launched his debut booOne Chance Ascending the ranks and going professional in 1998, Perry competed on the ATP tour as both a singles and doubles player, achieving notable success in his doubles career. His 13 year professional career saw him play against some of the best in the world, including defeating titans like Nadal and Djokovic and winning six ATP Tour Doubles Titles. Perry achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 16 in May 2006, partnering primarily with Swedish doubles player Simon Aspelin Simon Aspelin (; born 11 May 1974) is a former professional tennis doubles player from Sweden who turned professional in 1998. His success mainly came in doubles, winning 12 titles and reaching World No. 7 in March 2008. In men's doubles, Aspel .... Retiring following the 2008 season, Perry returned to his home town of Adelaide and established the Todd Perry Tenn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal Parera (, ; born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He is currently ranked world No. 2 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He has been ranked List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 for 209 weeks, and has finished as the year-end No. 1 five times. Nadal has won an List of Grand Slam men's singles champions#Champions list, all-time record 22 Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, Grand Slam men's singles titles, including a record 14 French Open titles. He has won 92 ATP singles titles, including 36 ATP Tour Masters 1000, Masters titles, with 63 of these on clay courts. Nadal is one of only two men to complete the Grand Slam (tennis)#Golden Slam, Career Golden Slam in singles. His Rafael Nadal career statistics#81 match win streak on clay courts, 81 consecutive wins on clay is the longest single-surface win streak in the Open Era. For over a decade, Nadal has dominated men's tennis along with Roger Fede ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 Croatia Open – Doubles
Álex López Morón and Rafael Nadal defeated Todd Perry and Thomas Shimada in the final, 6–1, 6–3. František Čermák and Julian Knowle were the defending champions, but only Knowle competed that year partnering Lovro Zovko. They lost in the quarterfinals to López Morón and Nadal. Seeds Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. # Massimo Bertolini / Tom Vanhoudt ''(semifinals)'' # Jaroslav Levinský / David Škoch ''(semifinals)'' # Julian Knowle / Lovro Zovko ''(quarterfinals)'' # Todd Perry / Thomas Shimada Thomas Shimada (born February 10, 1975 in Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania#Municipalities, largest city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the List ... ''(final)'' Draw External links 2003 Croatia Open Doubles draw {{DEFAULTSORT:Doubles Croatia Open 2003 ATP Tour [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lovro Zovko
Lovro Zovko (born 18 March 1981) is a former professional tennis player from Croatia. Tennis career Juniors As a junior Zovko reached as high as No. 9 in the world rankings in 1998 (and No. 10 in doubles). Pro tour Early in 2000 and 2001, Zovko reached the doubles final in Umag with Ivan Ljubičić. In 2007, Zovko made the doubles finals of the Kremlin Cup (Moscow) event with Tomáš Cibulec before losing to Marat Safin and Dmitry Tursunov in the final, 6–4, 6–2. Zovko reached the 2007 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon doubles final with Łukasz Kubot, losing to Sébastien Grosjean and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (; born 17 April 1985) is a French former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 5 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved in February 2012. Tsonga won 18 singles titles on th ... in the final, 6–4, 6–3. ATP career finals Doubles: 5 (0–5) References External links * * * {{DEFAULT ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Ljubičić
Ivan Ljubičić (; born 19 March 1979) is a Croatian former professional tennis player. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. 3 singles ranking on 1 May 2006. His career highlights include reaching a Grand Slam semifinal at the 2006 French Open, and an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title at the Indian Wells Masters in 2010 as well as 3 other finals, 2 of them coming in 2005 at Madrid and Paris, and the other at the Miami Masters in 2006. Since retiring, Ljubičić has coached ATP top 3 players Milos Raonic and Roger Federer. He was credited with Federer's improved backhand, especially evident on high shots, and tactical change of taking shots much earlier, taking more time, pace, and rhythm off his opponents at the same time making his overall game more offensive. Tennis career Ljubičić turned pro in 1998. During his career, he achieved his best results in indoor tournaments played on carpet or hardcourt. He reached consecutive indoor Maste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Portas
Albert Portas Soy (, ; born 15 November 1973) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. Career Portas turned professional in 1994. He reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 19 in October 2001. His only top-level singles title came at the 2001 Hamburg Masters, a tournament in which his mastery of the drop shot (key to his defeat of Juan Carlos Ferrero in the final) earned him the nickname "Drop Shot Dragon". According to the BBC, Lleyton Hewitt said of Portas that "He sure hits a lot of drop shots, but he hits them so well, as well as anyone I have faced.". His final at Barcelona Open in 1997 was also very remarkable. En route to the final he defeated Gustavo Kuerten (eventual champion this same year of French Open), Marcelo Rios, and Carlos Moya, but lost in the final to Albert Costa. In 1999, Portas lost the final of San Marino defeated by his countryman Galo Blanco. He coached WTA player Daniela Hantuchová Daniela Hantuchová (; born 23 April 1983) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croatia Open
The Croatia Open (currently sponsored by Plava laguna) is a men's ATP tennis tournament held in Umag, Croatia that is part of the 250 series of the ATP Tour. The tournament began in 1990 when it was part of Yugoslavia, and is the oldest tennis tournament in Croatia. It began as the Yugoslavia Open and has been played every year since. It is played on outdoor red clay courts. Carlos Moyá has won the tournament a record five times; he also holds the record for the most consecutive wins at three. His most recent win was in 2007. In 2016, the centre court stadium was named after Croatian tennis player Goran Ivanišević. Past finals Singles Doubles See also * Zagreb Indoors * Bol Open * Makarska International Championships * Zagreb Open External links Official Croatia Open website {{coord, 45.44769, 13 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 Croatia Open
The 2000 Croatia Open, also known as the International Championship of Croatia, was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Umag, Croatia that was part of the International Series of the 2000 ATP Tour. It was the 11th edition of the tournament and was held from 17 July until 23 July 2000. Second-seeded Marcelo Ríos won the singles title. Finals Singles Marcelo Ríos defeated Mariano Puerta, 7–6(7–1), 4–6, 6–3 * It was Ríos' 1st singles title of the year and the 16th of his career. Doubles Álex López Morón / Albert Portas defeated Ivan Ljubičić / Lovro Zovko, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3 See also * 2000 Croatian Bol Ladies Open References External links ITF tournament edition detailsATP tournament profile {{2000 ATP Tour Croatia Open Umag The Croatia Open (currently sponsored by Plava laguna) is a men's ATP tennis tournament held in Umag, Croatia that is part of the ATP World Tour 250 series, 250 series of the Association of Tennis Professi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Of Tennis Professionals
The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) is the governing body of the men's professional tennis circuits – the ATP Tour, the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP Champions Tour. It was formed in September 1972 by Donald Dell, Jack Kramer, and Cliff Drysdale to protect the interests of professional tennis players, and Drysdale became the first President. Since 1990, the association has organized the ATP Tour, the worldwide tennis tour for men and linked the title of the tour with the organization's name. It is the governing body of men's professional tennis. In 1990 the organization was called the ATP Tour, which was renamed in 2001 as just ATP and the tour being called ATP Tour. In 2009 the name of the tour was changed again and was known as the ATP World Tour, but changed again to the ATP Tour by 2019. It is an evolution of the tour competitions previously known as Grand Prix tennis tournaments and World Championship Tennis (WCT).The ATP's global headquarters are in London. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
