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1988 Swedish Open – Men's Singles
The defending champion was Joakim Nyström but he lost in the quarterfinals to the seventh seeded, Marcelo Filippini from Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ..., who went on to win the singles title. Seeds A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Bottom half Section 3 Section 4 References {{DEFAULTSORT:1988 Swedish Open - Singles Men's Singles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcelo Filippini
Marcelo Filippini (born 4 August 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Uruguay. In 1996, Filippini played what was longest known game in ATP Tour history at Casablanca, going to deuce 20 times with Alberto Berasategui in one game of a 6–2, 6–3 first round loss. The game lasted 28 minutes. Filippini's best performance at a Grand Slam event came at the French Open in 1999, where he reached (as a qualifier without dropping a set) the quarterfinals, defeating Laurence Tieleman, Martin Damm, Vince Spadea and Greg Rusedski before being knocked-out by eventual champion Andre Agassi Andre Kirk Agassi ( ; born April 29, 1970) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. He is an eight-time major champion and an Olympic gold medalist, as well as a runner-up in seven other majors. Agassi is the second of five men to ac .... He also reached the quarterfinals of the 1993 Rome Masters. Career finals Singles: 10 (5 wins – 5 losses) Doubles: 5 (3 wins – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niclas Kroon
Niclas Kroon (born 5 February 1966) is a former tennis player from Sweden. The right-hander turned pro in 1986 and reached his career-high singles ranking on the ATP Tour of World No. 46 in December 1989. His best performance at a Grand Slam came at the 1990 French Open, where he reached the fourth round. During his career, Kroon was known for the 'Vicht' salute as a form of celebration. This was later adopted by Lleyton Hewitt Lleyton Glynn Hewitt (born 24 February 1981) is an Australian former world No. 1 tennis player. He is the most recent Australian man to win a major singles title, with two at the 2001 US Open and 2002 Wimbledon Championships. In November 200 ..., who bought the rights to the trademark after Kroon had mistakenly let it lapse. Career finals Singles: 1 (1 title) Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kroon, Niclas 1966 births Living people Sportspeople from Karlstad People from Monte Carlo Swedish male ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Nijssen
Tom Nijssen (born 1 October 1964) is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands. He went pro in 1984 and played at the ATP World Tour for 15 years. Nijssen's highest ATP singles ranking was No. 87 on 17 April 1989. He reached his best doubles ranking on 11 May 1992 when he became world No. 10. A doubles specialist, he won two Grand Slam mixed doubles titles with Manon Bollegraf, the French Open in 1989 and the US Open in 1991. They were runner-up at the Wimbledon mixed doubles tournament in 1993. In 1992 Nijssen and Helena Suková were the US Open mixed-doubles finalists. Career finals Doubles (11 titles, 14 runner-ups) Doubles performance timeline See also *List of Grand Slam Mixed Doubles champions List of Mixed Doubles Grand Slam tennis tournament champions: Although several players have won at least one title in each of the four majors to achieve the Career Grand Slam, only three players have won the Grand Slam, all four titles in a si ... Reference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Yunis
Francisco Yunis (born 12 August 1964) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. Career Partnering his brother Juan Carlos, Yunis was a losing doubles finalist at Bordeaux in 1983. En route they defeated the top seeded pairing of Pablo Arraya and Victor Pecci, Sr. The Argentine appeared at two Grand Slam tournaments in 1987. In the French Open he had straight set wins over Gilad Bloom and Loïc Courteau, to make the third round, where he lost to 11th seed Kent Carlsson.''Toronto Star'', "Steffi Graf's artistry not to be sneezed at", 26 May 1988 He lost to Jim Pugh in the opening round of the US Open. Also that year, Yunis was a semi-finalist in Athens. Yunis beat qualifier Eduardo Osta in the opening round of the 1988 French Open, but was then eliminated from the tournament by eventual champion Mats Wilander. He made the semifinals at Geneva in 1989 and was a quarterfinalist at Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Philippe Fleurian
Jean-Philippe Fleurian (born 11 September 1965) is a former tennis player from France, who turned professional in 1985. In his career, he won one doubles title (1996, Marseille). The right-hander reached his highest ranking on the ATP Tour on 30 April 1990, when he became world No. 37. He now is retired and has two daughters. Fleurian is today a member of the 'Champions for Peace' club, a group of 70 famous elite athletes committed to serving peace in the world through sport, created by Peace and Sport, a Monaco Monaco (; ), officially the Principality of Monaco (french: Principauté de Monaco; Ligurian: ; oc, Principat de Mónegue), is a sovereign city-state and microstate on the French Riviera a few kilometres west of the Italian region of Lig ...-based international organization. ATP career finals Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups) Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups) ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 10 (6–4) Doubles: 14 (8–6) Performan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronnie Båthman
Ronnie Båthman (born 24 April 1959) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he won three doubles titles and finished as a runner-up four times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 38 in 1992. Career finals Doubles (3 wins, 4 losses) External links * * Swedish male tennis players Living people 1959 births 20th-century Swedish people {{Sweden-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Lindgren (tennis)
Peter Lindgren (born 1 June 1964) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. Biography Lindgren, a right-handed player born in Stockholm, played on the professional tour in the 1980s. He had a career best ranking of 119 in the world and made his only main draw appearance in a grand slam tournament at the 1988 Wimbledon Championships, losing in the first round to Karel Nováček. His best performance on the Grand Prix circuit was an appearance in the round of 16 at the 1988 U.S. Pro Indoor, which included a 6–1, 6–0 win over fourth seed Eduardo Bengoechea. He also beat top 50 players Ramesh Krishnan and Ulf Stenlund Ulf, or Ulv is a masculine name common in Scandinavia and Germany. It derives from the Old Norse word for "wolf" (''úlfr'', see Wulf). The oldest written record of the name's occurrence in Sweden is from a runestone of the 11th century. The fe ... during his career. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lindgren, Peter 1964 births Livi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Guy
Steve Guy (born 15 March 1959) is a former professional tennis player from New Zealand. Career Guy appeared in the singles draw of three Australian Opens and never progressed past the second round. He did however, in the 1989 Australian Open, win the second set against third seed Boris Becker. In doubles he competed in five Grand Slams but registered just one win, in the 1988 Australian Open, with countryman Bruce Derlin. At the 1991 Australian Open, Guy partnered Swedish great Stefan Edberg. His only ATP Tour title came in the doubles at the 1989 Heineken Open in Auckland. As a singles player he made quarter-finals at the 1988 Frankfurt Open, 1990 OTB International Open and the 1990 Benson & Hedges Open. At the Benson & Hedges Open, which he entered as a wildcard, he upset second seed and world number 25 Miloslav Mečíř. He also played tennis for the New Zealand Davis Cup team The New Zealand men's national tennis team represents New Zealand in Davis Cup tennis com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fredrik Waern
Fredrik Waern (born 5 May 1965) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. Tennis career Waern competed professionally during the late 1980s, and primarily participated on the ATP Challenger Tour and the ITF Satellite circuits. His best results on the Challenger Tour were in the doubles where he and Magnus Gustafsson reached the semifinals at the 1987 Tampere Challenger, and during 1988 he reached two semifinals in doubles, first with Conny Falk in Heilbronn and then with Jörgen Windahl in Hanko. Waern made his ATP main draw singles debut, as a qualifier, at the 1986 Stockholm Open where he lost in the first round to Jonas Svensson. His ATP main draw debut in doubles, was with Magnus Gustafsson at the 1987 Swedish Open, where they lost to Stefan Edberg and Anders Järryd Anders Per Järryd (; born 13 July 1961) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. During his career he won eight Grand Slam doubles titles (three French Open, two Wimbledon, two U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Shaw (tennis)
Stephen "Steve" Shaw (born 1 January 1963) is a former professional tennis player from England who competed for Great Britain. Career While studying sports medicine, Shaw played college tennis for the University of Alabama, from 1980 to 1982. Shaw made his first big impression on the Grand Prix tennis circuit in 1985, when he made the final four at a tournament in Marbella. He had to retire hurt during his semi-final with Horacio de la Peña. The Englishman also reached quarter-finals in the 1987 Bordeaux Open and 1988 Bristol Open. He made the second round of a Grand Slam event on four occasions, with wins over Claudio Panatta, Damir Keretić, Todd Witsken and Carl Turich. He managed to take a set off Jimmy Connors in their second round meeting at the 1987 Wimbledon Championships. In doubles, Shaw teamed up with David Felgate in 1985 to win the Bordeaux Open. His best Grand Slam doubles performances were made in the 1988 Wimbledon Championships, where he reached the thir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Branislav Stankovič
Branislav Stankovič (born 30 May 1965) is a former professional tennis player from Slovakia. Career Stankovič was a gold medal winner alongside Richard Vogel in the men's doubles at the 1987 Summer Universiade, which were held in Zagreb. He reached the second round of the Wimbledon Championships in both 1988 and 1992, with wins over Todd Nelson and Andrew Foster respectively. He was more successful in the doubles, making it into the third round at the 1989 French Open, partnering Miloslav Mečíř. In 1992, Stanković and Karel Nováček teamed up to win the Prague Open. His next best result on tour was a semi-final appearance in the doubles of the Austrian Open two years earlier. He appeared in the doubles rubber of five Davis Cup ties for Slovakia and won them all, four times with Ján Krošlák and the other with Karol Kučera Karol Kučera (born 4 March 1974) is a retired ATP professional male tennis player from Slovakia. He achieved a career-high singles rankin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Svensson (tennis)
Peter Svensson (born 6 January 1961) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. Biography Svensson received a tennis scholarship to attend the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, after which he completed an MBA at the University of Texas at Tyler. Most of his top level tour matches were in doubles, in which he was ranked as high as 77 in the world. He had his best year in 1985 when he made the semi-finals of five Grand Prix tournaments. During his career he won a total of seven Challenger doubles titles. As a singles player he reached two Challenger finals and competed in the 1988 Swedish Open, held in Bastad. He defeated Branislav Stankovič in the first round, then lost in the second round to Niclas Kroon. One of his doubles partners was Stefan Edberg, who he teamed up with at Basel in both 1988 and 1989. His only Grand Slam appearance came at the 1990 Australian Open where he teamed up with Ronnie Båthman. He now lives in Switzerland and is an executive with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |