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1990 KAL Cup Korea Open – Singles
Robert Van't Hof was the defending champion, but did not participate this year. Alex Antonitsch won the tournament, beating Pat Cash Patrick Hart Cash (born 27 May 1965) is an Australian former professional tennis player. He reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 4 in May 1988 and a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 6 in August 1988. Upon winning ... in the final, 7–6, 6–3. Seeds Draw Finals Top half Bottom half References External links Main draw {{DEFAULTSORT:1990 KAL Cup Korea Open - Singles Seoul Open 1990 Seoul Open ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Antonitsch
Alexander Antonitsch (born 8 February 1966) is a former tennis player from Austria, who turned professional in 1988. Antonitsch won one singles title (1990, Seoul) and four doubles titles during his career. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 9 July 1990, when he became the world No. 40. From 1983 to 1996, he was a member of the Austrian Davis Cup team, playing 27 matches, mainly doubles; his biggest Davis Cup success was reaching the semifinals in 1990, when the Austrian team was on the brink of reaching the finals against the later 1990 Davis Cup winner USA The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori .... ATP career finals Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) Doubles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups) ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grant Connell
Grant Connell (Pronounced: KAHN-nell) (born November 17, 1965) is a former professional tennis player from Canada, and has been a real estate agent for the past 14 years in Vancouver. He specializes in West Vancouver North Vancouver and Downtown properties real estate transactions. He is considered one of the world's top doubles player from the early to late -1990s, reaching the world No. 1 doubles ranking in November 1993. Connell won 22 doubles titles during his eleven seasons on the ATP Tour (1986 to 1997). He won his first four with fellow Canadian Glenn Michibata. Upon Michibata's retirement from the tour, Connell joined Patrick Galbraith. The Connell-Galbraith tandem won 12 titles together, including the 1995 season ending Doubles Championships tournament. Connell's next main partner became Byron Black with whom he won four more titles. He also won a title each with Todd Martin and Scott Davis. He was a three-time Wimbledon doubles finalist, twice with Galbraith and once ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Bong-soo (tennis)
Kim Bong-soo (born November 30, 1962) is a former tennis player from South Korea, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul where he scored an upset win over the fancied French contender Henri Leconte. There he was defeated in the third round by Argentina's Martín Jaite. The right-hander(with single-handed backhand) reached his highest singles Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP-ranking on December 11, 1989, when he became the number 129 of the world. External links * * * 1962 births Living people South Korean male tennis players Tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic tennis players for South Korea Asian Games medalists in tennis Tennis players at the 1986 Asian Games Tennis players at the 1990 Asian Games Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Universiade medalists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelly Jones (tennis)
Kelly Jones (born March 31, 1964) is an American former doubles world No. 1 tennis player. Jones reached the finals in doubles at the Australian and US Opens in 1992. He is currently the Head Men's Tennis Coach at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina. Biography Jones played varsity tennis at Pepperdine University from 1982 to 1985, where he won the NCAA Division 1 doubles title in 1984 and 1985. He was a member of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games U.S. tennis team. Jones joined the professional tour in 1986. He won his first top-level doubles title in 1987 at Auckland. In 1988, Jones finished runner-up in the mixed doubles at Wimbledon, partnering Gretchen Magers. Jones was runner-up in the men's doubles at both the Australian Open and the US Open in 1992, partnering Rick Leach. In October that year, he reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking for 1 week. After 12 years on the professional tour, Jones retired in 1998. During his career, he won eight top-level d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leif Shiras
George Livingston "Leif" Shiras (born August 21, 1959) is an American former professional tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ... player and current tennis commentator. Personal life George Livingston Shiras was born in August 21, 1959 in Norwalk, Connecticut and raised in Rowayton, Connecticut until his family moved to Shorewood, Wisconsin in 1963 for his father's job in public relations. He attended Shorewood High School (Wisconsin), Shorewood High School, where he played tennis, basketball, and volleyball. But he was most drawn to tennis after growing up watching his parents play the sport recreationally and he became the State High School champion in his junior and senior years, leading him to earn the No. 1-ranked under-18 player in Wisconsin.Doyle, Candace" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Jin-ho (tennis)
Lee Jin-ho is a South Korean former professional tennis player. Lee was a men's doubles bronze medalist for South Korea at the 1990 Asian Games The 1990 Asian Games also known as the XI Asiad and the 11th Asian Games ( zh, c=第十一届亚洲运动会, p=Dì shíyī jiè yàzhōu yùndònghuì), were held from September 22 to October 7, 1990, in Beijing, China. This was the first Asian Ga ... in Beijing. He was also a South Korean Ghafar Cup representative. While playing on the professional tour he attained a best singles world ranking of 430 and featured as a wildcard in the main draw of the 1990 Korea Open, where he was beaten in the first round by the fourth-seed Kelly Evernden. In the domestic tennis competition he competed for the Korean Air team. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Jin-ho Year of birth missing (living people) Living people South Korean male tennis players Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games Tennis players at the 1990 Asian Games As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shuzo Matsuoka
is a retired Japanese professional tennis player, sports commentator, and entertainer. A former Wimbledon quarter-finalist, Matsuoka won one singles title during his career, in Seoul in 1992. In the same year, he reached a career-high ranking of world No. 46. Professional career Matsuoka turned professional in 1986. In 1989, he finished runner-up in the top-level tournament at Wellington, and captured the doubles title in Auckland. 1991 saw Matsuoka achieve his career-best Masters result, when he reached the quarter-finals of the 1991 Canada Masters in Montreal, beating Michael Chang in a dramatic 3-set battle en route. In 1992, Matsuoka became the first Japanese player to win a singles event on the ATP Tour when he captured the title in Seoul. He was also runner-up at the prestigious grass court tournament at Queen's Club that year. Matsuoka's best performance at a Grand Slam event came at Wimbledon in 1995, where he reached the quarter-finals, beating Karel Nováček, Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolás Pereira
Nicolás Pereira (born September 29, 1970) is a former tennis player from Venezuela, who became International Tennis Federation Junior World Champion in 1988 after winning the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. Professional career In the fall of 1988, Pereira registered wins on the pro tour against Brad Gilbert and Amos Mansdorf. He finished 1988 ranked no. 151 in the world rankings. In April 1989, Pereira reached the quarterfinals of the Tokyo Japan Open, beating no. 21 ranked Andrés Gómez, then lost to no. 1 ranked Ivan Lendl. In June, he beat world no. 3 Stefan Edberg in straight sets in the first round of the Queens Club grass court tournament. A few weeks later, in the first round of Wimbledon, he took Lendl to five sets before losing. Later that summer, he reached the quarterfinals of the Grand Prix event at Montreal, the Canadian Open. There he beat no. 10 ranked Tim Mayotte, then lost to no. 14 ranked Jay Berger. Pereira, at 19 years of age, finished 1989 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joey Rive
Joey Rive (born July 8, 1963) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. He was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico. Rive achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 57 in 1988. During his career Rive finished runner-up in 4 doubles events. His highest doubles ranking was world No. 48, reached in 1989. He was the head tennis coach at the University of Alabama for the Alabama Crimson Tide for 3 seasons, 1995-1997, and at TCU from 2001-2006. He now serves as the Director of Tennis/Racquet Sports at Colonial Country Club (Fort Worth) Colonial Country Club is a private golf club in the southern United States, located in Fort Worth, Texas. The club has hosted an annual PGA Tour event, the Colonial National Invitation, since 1946; it is the longest running non-major tour event t ... in Fort Worth, Texas. Doubles (4 losses) External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rive, Joey American male tennis players American people of Puerto Rican descent Florida Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Jae-sik
Kim Jae-sik (born 17 May 1967) is a former professional tennis player from South Korea. Biography Kim made all of his ATP Tour main draw appearances at his home tournament, the Korea Open, featuring in every edition from 1990 to 1992. During his career he played in a total of five Davis Cup ties for South Korea. At the 1990 Asian Games he won a silver medal in the team event and a bronze medal in the singles. He is the current captain of the South Korea Davis Cup team The South Korea men's national tennis team represents South Korea in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Korea Tennis Association. In 2020, South Korea will compete in World Group I. Current team (March 2020) 2020 Davis Cup Q .... See also * List of South Korea Davis Cup team representatives References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kim, Jae-sik 1967 births Living people South Korean male tennis players Tennis coaches Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games Tennis players at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Todd Woodbridge
Todd Andrew Woodbridge, OAM (born 2 April 1971) is an Australian former professional tennis player and current sports broadcaster with the Nine Network. Woodbridge is best known for his successful Doubles partnerships with Mark Woodforde (nicknamed "The Woodies") and later Jonas Björkman. He is among the most successful doubles players of all time, having won 16 Grand Slam men's doubles titles (nine Wimbledons, three US Opens, three Australian Opens and one French Open), and a further six Grand Slam mixed doubles titles (three US Opens, one French Open, one Wimbledon, one Australian Open). Additionally, he was a gold medalist with Woodforde at the 1996 Summer Olympics to complete a career Golden Slam. In total he has won 83 ATP doubles titles. Woodbridge reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in July 1992. Woodbridge was awarded the Medal of the Order of the Australia in the 1997 Australia Day Honours "for service to sport as gold medallist at the Atlanta Olympic Games, ... [...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] |
