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1964 French Championships – Men's Singles
Third-seeded Manuel Santana defeated Nicola Pietrangeli 6–3, 6–1, 4–6, 7–5 in the final to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1964 French Championships. Seeds The seeded players are listed below. Manuel Santana is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. # Roy Emerson ''(quarterfinals)'' # Pierre Darmon ''(semifinals)'' # Manuel Santana ''(champion)'' # Jan-Erik Lundqvist ''(semifinals)'' # Rafael Osuna ''(fourth round)'' # Fred Stolle ''(fourth round)'' # Martin Mulligan ''(fourth round)'' # Nicola Pietrangeli ''(final)'' # Michael Sangster ''(third round)'' # Eugene Scott ''(quarterfinals)'' # Tony Roche ''(second round)'' # Cliff Drysdale ''(quarterfinals)'' # John Newcombe ''(second round)'' # Robert Keith Wilson ''(third round)'' # Ken Fletcher ''(fourth round)'' # Nikola Pilić ''(fourth round)'' Draw Key * Q = Qualifier * WC = Wild card * LL = Lucky loser * r = Retired Finals Earlier rounds Section 1 Sect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Santana
Manuel Santana Martínez (10 May 1938 – 11 December 2021), also known as Manolo Santana, was a Spanish tennis player. He was ranked as amateur world No. 1 in 1965 by Ned Potter and in 1966 by Lance Tingay"Stolle Ranked Second" ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', 5 October 1966. and Sport In The USSR. He won the US Open in 1965 and, before winning the following year, he was quoted as saying "grass is just for cows", favouring artificial surfaces. Career Santana was bo ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qualifier (tennis)
This page is a glossary of tennis terminology. A * Ace: Serve where the tennis ball lands inside the '' service box'' and is not touched by the receiver; thus, a shot that is both a serve and a winner is an ace. Aces are usually powerful and generally land on or near one of the corners at the back of the service box. Initially, the term was used to indicate the scoring of a point. * Action: Synonym of '' spin''. * Ad court: Left side of the court of each player, so called because the ''ad'' (''advantage'') point immediately following a deuce is always served to this side of the court. * Ad in: '' Advantage'' to the ''server''. * Ad out: '' Advantage'' to the '' receiver''. * Ad: Used by the chair umpire to announce the score when a player has the '' advantage'', meaning they won the point immediately after a ''deuce''. See scoring in tennis. * Advantage set: Set won by a player or team having won at least six games with a two-game advantage over the opponent (as opposed to a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenn Solomon
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Glenn may refer to: Name or surname * Glenn (name) * John Glenn, U.S. astronaut Cultivars * Glenn (mango) * a 6-row barley variety Places In the United States: * Glenn, California * Glenn County, California * Glenn, Georgia, a settlement in Heard County * Glenn, Illinois * Glenn, Michigan * Glenn, Missouri * University, Orange County, North Carolina, formerly called Glenn * Glenn Highway in Alaska Organizations * Glenn Research Center, a NASA center in Cleveland, Ohio See also * New Glenn, a heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle * * *Glen, a valley *Glen (other) A glen is a valley, typically one that is long, deep, and often glacially U-shaped, usually in Scotland. Glen may also refer to: People * Glen (given name) * Glen (surname) Places * River Glen (other); covering "Glen (river)", "River G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Perry (tennis)
Norman Perry (born May 10, 1938) is an American former professional tennis player. Tennis career A native of Los Angeles, Perry captained the UCLA Bruins in varsity tennis and was a three-time All-American. Perry, on tour in the 1960s and 1970s, made singles third rounds at the French and U.S. championships. In reaching the third round at Roland Garros in 1964 he had a win over Nicholas Kalogeropoulos, 11–9 in the fifth set. He featured in the Wimbledon Wimbledon most often refers to: * Wimbledon, London, a district of southwest London * Wimbledon Championships, the oldest tennis tournament in the world and one of the four Grand Slam championships Wimbledon may also refer to: Places London * ... main draw as a mixed doubles player. Persona life Perry is the younger brother of tennis player Bob Perry. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Perry, Norm 1938 births Living people American male tennis players UCLA Bruins men's tennis players Tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Barthès
Pierre Barthès (born 13 September 1941) is a retired French tennis player. Career Born in Béziers, Barthès was one of the Handsome Eight, a group of players signed by Lamar Hunt in 1968 for the newly formed professional World Championship Tennis (WCT) group. In 1974, he reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 54, though this is not a true indication, as he was one of the top 20 players in 1971 before the creation of the ATP ranking system, making the year-end Masters the same year. He was also a US Open doubles champion in 1970, partnering Nikola Pilić Nikola "Niki" Pilić (born 27 August 1939) is a Croatian former professional tennis player who competed for SFR Yugoslavia. He was one of the Handsome Eight. Pilić was ranked world No. 6 in January 1968 and world No. 7 for 1967 by Lance Tinga .... Grand Slam finals Doubles: 1 (1 title) References External links * * * French male tennis players Sportspeople from Béziers US Open (tennis) ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim McManus (tennis)
James Henry McManus (September 16, 1940 – January 18, 2011) was an American tennis player who reached the semifinals of the US Open men's doubles in 1968. McManus was a founding member of the Association of Tennis Professionals. McManus was born to Tom and Margaret McManus on September 16, 1940. McManus had two brothers by the names of Tom and Bob. McManus was married to his wife Carole for over 30 years and had two children, Kate and Jordy. McManus grew up in Northern California and learned the game of tennis at the Berkeley Tennis Club where he was given lessons from a series of coaches including Tom Stow, coach of tennis legend Don Budge. Later, McManus played #1 singles at the University of California for Coach Chet Murphy. The team finished #3 in the NCAA tournament in his senior year of 1961. McManus was a founding member of the Association of Tennis Professionals The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) is the governing body of the men's professional tennis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Bowrey
William Bowrey (born 25 December 1943) is a former Australian tennis player. Bowrey was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and is best remembered as the last amateur to win the Australian Championships in 1968 before the tournament opened itself to professional tennis players in 1969. At the age of 16 Bowrey was a member of the schoolboys' NSW state PSAAA tennis team. In the process of qualifying he overcame promising Newcastle junior Ross Flanagan who had match point against Bowrey. Bowrey held on to win and Ross Flanagan decided to pursue a less spectacular career as a Physics and Sports Biomechanics Lecturer at The University of Newcastle. Biography Bowrey reached the quarters of the Australian (international amateur) Championships in 1965 (losing to John Newcombe), 1966 (losing to Roy Emerson) and 1967 (losing to Emerson) and the US Open quarters in 1966 (losing to Manuel Santana). At the 1967 US Open doubles, Bowrey and partner Owen Davidson lost the final to Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerard Pilet
Gerard is a masculine forename of Proto-Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Like many other early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningful constituents put together. In this case, those constituents are ''gari'' > ''ger-'' (meaning 'spear') and -''hard'' (meaning 'hard/strong/brave'). Common forms of the name are Gerard (English, Scottish, Irish, Dutch, Polish and Catalan); Gerrard (English, Scottish, Irish); Gerardo ( Italian, and Spanish); Geraldo ( Portuguese); Gherardo ( Italian); Gherardi (Northern Italian, now only a surname); Gérard (variant forms ''Girard'' and ''Guérard'', now only surnames, French); Gearóid ( Irish); Gerhardt and Gerhart/Gerhard/Gerhardus (German, Dutch, and Afrikaans); Gellért ( Hungarian); Gerardas (Lithuanian) and Gerards/Ģirts ( Latvian); Γεράρδης (Greece). A few abbreviated forms are Gerry and Jerry (English); Gerd (German) and Gert (Afrikaans and Dutch); Gerri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Maggi
Antonio Maggi (born 10 January 1932) is an Italian former tennis player active in the 1950s and 1960s. Maggi, a native of Milan, was a singles finalist at Cannes and the Riviera Championships. In 1957 he debuted for the Italy Davis Cup team in the Europe Zone quarter-finals against Poland, winning a singles rubber over Władysław Skonecki. He twice reached the singles third round of the French Championships, including in 1958 as one of four Italians to make the final 32. In 1958 he also had his best Wimbledon run, which ended in a third round loss to fourth-seed Neale Fraser. See also *List of Italy Davis Cup team representatives This is a list of tennis players who have represented the Italy Davis Cup team in an official Davis Cup match. Italy have taken part in the competition since 1922. Players See also * Italy Davis Cup team The Italy men's national ten ... References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Maggi, Antonio 1932 births Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefano Gaudenzi
Stefano Gaudenzi (born 27 September 1941) was a former tennis player, mainly specialized in doubles. Biography He won three bronze medals in doubles at the Summer Universiade from 1961 to 1967. He is the uncle of tennis player Andrea Gaudenzi Andrea Gaudenzi (; born 30 July 1973) is an Italian former tennis player and the current chairman of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) since January 2020. Gaudenzi was born in Faenza, Italy, in the province of Ravenna, and turned p .... Achievements References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gaudenzi, Stafano 1941 births Living people Italian male tennis players Summer World University Games medalists in tennis FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Italy Medalists at the 1961 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1963 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1967 Summer Universiade 20th-century Italian people Sportspeople from Faenza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isaias Pimentel
Isaiah ( or ; he, , ''Yəšaʿyāhū'', " God is Salvation"), also known as Isaias, was the 8th-century BC Israelite prophet after whom the Book of Isaiah is named. Within the text of the Book of Isaiah, Isaiah himself is referred to as "the prophet", but the exact relationship between the Book of Isaiah and the actual prophet Isaiah is complicated. The traditional view is that all 66 chapters of the book of Isaiah were written by one man, Isaiah, possibly in two periods between 740 BC and c. 686 BC, separated by approximately 15 years, and that the book includes dramatic prophetic declarations of Cyrus the Great in the Bible, acting to restore the nation of Israel from Babylonian captivity. Another widely held view is that parts of the first half of the book (chapters 1–39) originated with the historical prophet, interspersed with prose commentaries written in the time of King Josiah a hundred years later, and that the remainder of the book dates from immediately before ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Barnes (tennis)
Ronald Winston Barnes (1 January 1941 – 13 December 2002) was a professional tennis player from Brazil who competed in the 1950s and 1960s. Barnes reached the semifinals of the U.S. National Championships in 1963 (and the quarterfinals in 1967) and the quarterfinals of Roland Garros in 1964. References External links * * Brazilian male tennis players Sportspeople from Rio de Janeiro (city) Tennis players at the 1963 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in tennis 1941 births 2002 deaths Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Tennis players at the 1967 Pan American Games {{Brazil-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
