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1998 Croatia Open Umag – Singles
The 1998 Croatia Open Umag was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Umag, Croatia , image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland") , image_map = , map_caption = , capit ... that was part of the International Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. The tournament was held from July 27 through August 2, 1998. Seeds Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. Draw Finals Top half Bottom half References External links Main draw {{DEFAULTSORT:Croatia Open Umag - Singles, 1998 1998 ATP Tour 1998 Umag Singles 1998 in Croatian tennis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bohdan Ulihrach
Bohdan Ulihrach (born 23 February 1975) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. Career Ulihrach turned professional in 1993. He won his first top-level singles title in July 1995 at Prague, where he defeated Javier Sánchez in the final. His second followed three months later at Montevideo, where he beat Alberto Berasategui in the final. In 1996, Ulihrach was part of the Czech Republic team which finished runner-up at the World Team Cup. In 1997, en-route to his first hardcourt final at the Indian Wells Masters, Ulihrach beat the then-world No. 1, Pete Sampras. In the final, he was defeated by Michael Chang. Ulihrach reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 22 in May 1997. He reached the fourth round at both the Australian Open and the French Open, in 1999. In 2003, Ulihrach was cleared of a doping charge. At the 2007 French Open, he beat the No. 24 seed Dominik Hrbatý Dominik Hrbatý (; born 4 January 1978) is a Slovakian former pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Haarhuis
Paul Vincent Nicholas Haarhuis (born 19 February 1966) is a Dutch former professional tennis player. He is a former world No. 1 doubles player, having reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 18 in November 1995. He won six Grand Slam men's doubles titles, five with Jacco Eltingh and one with Yevgeny Kafelnikov. Personal life Haarhuis was born on 19 February 1966 in Eindhoven in the Netherlands. He played tennis for Armstrong State College and Florida State University. He supports PSV Eindhoven. Tennis career He is best known for his success in doubles with fellow countryman Jacco Eltingh, winning five Grand Slam Grand Slam most often refers to: * Grand Slam (tennis), one player or pair winning all four major annual tournaments, or the tournaments themselves Grand Slam or Grand slam may also refer to: Games and sports * Grand slam, winning category te ... titles together, although some would say he is best known for his 4 set loss to Jimmy Connors in the 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiří Novák
Jiří Novák (; born 22 March 1975) is a Czech former professional tennis player. He was born in Zlín, Czechoslovakia but resides nowadays in Monte Carlo, Monaco. Career Novák turned professional in 1993 and won seven singles and 18 doubles titles during his career, winning $7,614,063 in prize money. For six years, he was the highest-ranked male Czech tennis player in the ATP rankings. On October 21, 2002, Novák reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 5. He retired in 2007. Novák was the first player to face Roger Federer at Wimbledon. In this first-round match at the 1999 tournament, Novák defeated Federer in five sets. Novak created a tennis school in the Czech Republic and one of his students was the fourteen year old Preet Chandi before she went on to be an adventurer. Performance timelines Singles Doubles ATP career finals Singles: 13 (7 titles, 6 runner-ups) Doubles: 40 (18 titles, 22 runner-ups) ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javier Sánchez (tennis)
Javier Sánchez Vicario (; born 1 February 1968) is a former top-ten doubles professional tennis player from Spain. Sánchez won the US Open junior singles and doubles title in 1986, and reached the quarterfinal stage in the US Open men's singles event twice - in 1991 and 1996. Career Sánchez won the US Open junior singles and doubles title in 1986, partnering with Tomás Carbonell, and became world no. 1 junior that same year. In Javier's first career singles final in 1987 in Madrid, he faced his brother Emilio Sanchez. Emilio won the match in three sets. Emilio and Javier would play each other a total of 12 times during their careers, Emilio winning ten of their encounters and Javier winning two. They also partnered together to win three doubles titles. Sanchez won his first professional doubles titles in 1987 and his first singles title in 1988 in Buenos Aires. His best grand slam performances included reaching the quarterfinals of the US Open in 1991 (defeating wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marzio Martelli
Marzio Martelli (born 14 December 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Italy. In 1996, Martelli reached the semi-finals of the Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia, as a qualifier. En route he defeated second seed Alberto Berasategui. Martelli made the second round of two Grand Slams in 1997, at Wimbledon and the French Open. On the 1997 ATP Tour, he had his best result at the Bologna Outdoor tournament, beating two top 50 players on the way to a semi-final appearance. He was also a member of the Italian Davis Cup team which won against Spain that year in the quarter-finals of the World Group. In what would be the only Davis Cup rubber he would ever play, Martelli was defeated by Carlos Moyá, but he did manage to win the second set against the Australian Open runner-up. He lost a four set match to Andre Agassi in the opening round of the 1998 Australian Open. In his fourth and final Grand Slam appearance, at the 1998 French Open, the Italian defeated world num ... [...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] |
Tomáš Čatár
Tomáš Čatár (born 19 January 1977) is a Slovak former professional tennis player. Biography Čatár, who grew up in Bratislava, was a junior semi-finalist at the 1995 French Open. On the professional circuit he reached a career high singles ranking of 239 in the world and made his only ATP Tour main draw appearances at the 1998 Croatia Open Umag, as a qualifier. He twice featured in the qualifying draw for the Australian Open. In 1999 he competed for Slovakia at the World Team Cup in Düsseldorf, alongside Karol Kučera and Dominik Hrbatý. He played in two doubles matches, both partnering Hrbaty, against France and the United States. They won the match against France, who were represented by Nicolas Escudé and Guillaume Raoux. A graduate of Auburn University Auburn University (AU or Auburn) is a public land-grant research university in Auburn, Alabama. With more than 24,600 undergraduate students and a total enrollment of more than 30,000 with 1,330 faculty member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefano Cobolli
Stefano Cobolli (born 2 March 1977) is an Italian former professional tennis player. A right-handed player from La Spezia, Cobolli turned professional in 1995 and reached a career-high singles ranking on the professional tour of number 236 in the world. His best performance on the ATP Tour came when he qualified for the main draw of the 1998 Croatia Open Umag and made the second round, where he took Magnus Norman to three sets. Cobolli now coaches at the Rome Tennis Academy. His son, Flavio Cobolli Flavio Cobolli (born 6 May 2002) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has a career high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of World No. 133 achieved on 25 July 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of W ..., also plays tennis. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cobolli, Stefano 1977 births Living people Italian male tennis players Sportspeople from La Spezia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libor Němeček
Libor Němeček (born 26 October 1968) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. Career Němeček had some success as a junior in his native country. He won the Czechoslovakian Under-14s Championship and was later the doubles winner with Cyril Suk at the Under-18s Championships. In 1989 New South Wales Open, Němeček was a quarter-finalist, securing wins over Jan Gunnarsson and then world number 51 Magnus Gustafsson. He also reached the round of 16 in Kitzbuhel that year. The Czechoslovak was runner-up at the U.S. Pro Tennis Championships in 1990, but the event was no longer part of the ATP Tour. After making it through qualifying, Nemecek lost in the opening round of the 1990 Australian Open to Canadian Andrew Sznajder, in four sets. He made two further quarter-finals in his career, at Wellington in 1991 and Bordeaux Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borut Urh
Borut Urh (born 28 July 1974) is a former professional tennis player from Slovenia. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 281 in 1999 and a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 160 in 1997. Urh participated in 12 Davis Cup ties for Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ... from 1993 to 2001, posting a 4–7 record in singles and a 7–2 record in doubles. Challengers finals Doubles (2 titles) External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Urh, Borut 1974 births Slovenian male tennis players Sportspeople from Ljubljana Living people People from the Municipality of Radovljica Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Slovenia Mediterranean Games medalists in tennis Competitors at the 1997 Mediterranean Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergi Bruguera
Sergi Bruguera i Torner (; born 16 January 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. He won consecutive men's singles titles at the French Open in 1993 and 1994, a silver medal at the 1996 Olympic Games in men's singles and reached a career-high ranking of No. 3 in August 1994. Bruguera is the only player to have a winning record against both Roger Federer and Pete Sampras. He won three of his five matches against Sampras: Bruguera leads 1–0 on hard court, 2–1 on clay, and Sampras leads 1–0 on carpet. In their only match, at the 2000 Barcelona Open, Bruguera defeated Federer 6–1, 6–1. By number of games won, the match remains Federer's worst loss in his entire career. Bruguera was selected to captain the Spain Davis Cup team in 2018. He became coach of Alexander Zverev in May 2022. Career Bruguera won a total of 14 top-level singles titles and 3 doubles titles. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 3. He is currently the director of the Brug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orlin Stanoytchev
Orlin Stanoytchev (Bulgarian: Орлин Станойчев) (born 24 September 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Bulgaria. Career Stanoytchev, the Bulgarian junior champion in 1989, made the second round of a Grand Slam just once, but came close on other occasions. Twice at Wimbledon he lost five set matches in the opening round, one of which was against Todd Woodbridge in 1999, with the Australian winning 10–8 in the final set. When he finally broke through for his first win, at the 2000 French Open, it was from two sets down, beating Stéphane Huet. He experienced the reverse in the US Open later that year, losing to world number six Yevgeny Kafelnikov, despite winning the first two sets. He reached two quarter-finals on the ATP Tour during his career, the first time in 1996 at Toulouse and the other in the 1999 Czech Open. The best win of his career came in the 1999 Majorca Open, when he defeated world number 22 Albert Costa. The Bulgarian made regular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
