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1999 US Open – Men's Doubles Qualifying
Seeds Qualifiers Draw First qualifier Second qualifier Third qualifier Fourth qualifier References1999 US Open – Men's draws and resultsat the International Tennis Federation {{DEFAULTSORT:1999 US Open - Men's Doubles Qualifying Men's Doubles Qualifying US Open (tennis) by year – Qualifying ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Greenhalgh
James Greenhalgh (born 19 February 1975) is a former professional tennis player from New Zealand. Career Greenhalgh, a doubles specialist, was born in England, but at the age of four moved to New Zealand. In his junior career he partnered countryman Steven Downs and the pair were boys' doubles champion at the 1993 French Open and 1993 Wimbledon Championships. They defeated South Africans Neville Godwin and Gareth Williams in both finals. In 1999, Greenhalgh, with partner Grant Silcock, won the Hong Kong Open. They defeated the experienced pairing of Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor in the semi final and won the final in a walkover, after one of their opponents, Andre Agassi, withdrew with a shoulder injury. It would be his only title win on the ATP Tour and meant that he broke into the double's top 100 rankings for the first time. As a singles player, his highest ever ranking was 327, attained in 1995. Greenhalgh also made two Grand Slam appearances with Silcock, at the Frenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitch Sprengelmeyer
Mitchell Dell "Mitch" Sprengelmeyer (born January 9, 1975) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Career Sprengelmeyer, a three time All-American, played collegiate tennis for Clemson University from 1994 to 1997. In 1997, Sprengelmeyer was the NCAA ITA Senior Player of the Year and also won the Van Nostrand Memorial Award, the first person to win both in the same year.'' Herald-Journal''"Pair of awards for Sprengelmeyer" May 23, 1997 Sprengelmeyer was also named ACC Player of the Year in 1997. Sprengelmeyer competed in the men's doubles at seven Grand Slam tournaments, winning a Grand Slam match at the 2001 French Open, with Aleksandar Kitinov. They defeated Jan Siemerink and Grant Stafford, then lost in the second round to Max Mirnyi and David Prinosil. In the 2001 Wimbledon Championships, Sprengelmeyer also played in the mixed doubles, partnering Lilia Osterloh. He and partner Kyle Spencer were doubles runners-up at the 2000 Hall of Fame Tenni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Tennis Federation
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is the governing body of world tennis, wheelchair tennis, and beach tennis. It was founded in 1913 as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by twelve national tennis associations. As of 2016, there are 211 national and six regional associations that make up ITF's membership. The ITF's governance responsibilities include maintaining and enforcing the rules of tennis, regulating international team competitions, promoting the game, and preserving the sport's integrity via anti-doping and anti-corruption programs. The ITF partners with the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) and the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) to govern professional tennis. The ITF organizes the Grand Slam events, annual team competitions for men ( Davis Cup), women (Billie Jean King Cup), and mixed teams (Hopman Cup), as well as tennis and wheelchair tennis events at the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games on behalf of the International Olympic Committee. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Joyce (tennis)
Michael T. Joyce (born February 1, 1973) is an American former tennis player, who turned professional in 1991. The right-hander reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 64 in April 1996. He also became a coach of professional players, most notably former world number one Maria Sharapova from 2004 to 2011. Tennis career Juniors He reached the final of the Wimbledon Jr event in 1991, where he was runner-up to Thomas Enqvist. Professional tennis player On the professional tour, Joyce won 3 Challenger events and reached the 4th round of the 1995 Wimbledon Championships. He won the men's singles in the Ojai Tennis Tournament in 2004. He was the subject of an essay by David Foster Wallace in ''Esquire''; the essay was later republished in Wallace's collections '' A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again'' and ''String Theory''. Throughout his time on the tour from 1991 to 2003, Joyce won against Pat Rafter, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Jim Courier and Michael Chang, and ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Hamadeh
Ali Hamadeh (born 5 September 1974) is a former professional tennis player from Memphis, Tennessee in the United States who competed for Lebanon. Hamadeh and partner, Mahesh Bhupathi, were NCAA double's champions in 1995, while at the University of Mississippi. He was a 2 Time All-American and 3 Time All SEC honors during his collegiate career. He was ranked #1 in the NCAA Doubles National Rankings (1995) and #6 in the NCAA Singles National Rankings (1996). He won the 1994 SEC Doubles Championships with Joakim Appleqvist. Professionally, he partnered with Bhupathi in the US Open and defeated the combination of Mark Keil and Peter Nyborg in the opening round. They were then eliminated in the second round by Byron Black and Jonathan Stark. Although born in the United States, Hamadeh represented Lebanon in the Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Root
Doug Root (born December 16, 1977) is an American former professional tennis player. A native of Mendham, New Jersey, Root played prep tennis at West Morris Mendham High School. Root competed in collegiate tennis for Duke University Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James ..., where he twice earned All-American honors for doubles. He was also the ACC Rookie of the Year in 1997 and a four-time All-ACC selection. In 2000 he partnered with Ramsey Smith to make the NCAA doubles semi-finals, the best ever run by a Duke pairing. Root featured briefly on the professional tour after college and made an ATP Tour main draw appearances in doubles at the 2000 Hall of Fame Championships in Newport. He won five doubles titles at ITF Futures level. ITF Futures titles Doubles: (5) R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandon Hawk
Brandon Hawk (born September 3, 1979) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Biography Tennis career Hawk is originally from Abilene, Texas. While still at Clyde High School in 1997 he played in the main draw of the US Open, in the doubles with Nathan Overholser. The pair won through to the second round by beating Marius Barnard and Tom Nijssen, then were eliminated by the 11th seeds, Swedes Jonas Björkman and Nicklas Kulti. He excelled in basketball while at Clyde High and received inquiries from universities over scholarship opportunities, but ended up playing tennis for the University of Texas. In 1999, his freshman year, Hawk earned All-American honours. Coached on tour by Rick Meyers, Hawk was most successful in the doubles format. He made the quarter-finals of the doubles at Newport's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, an ATP Tour tournament, in 2000. As a singles player he managed to defeat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at a Futures tournament in Jamaica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harel Levy
Harel Levy ( he, הראל לוי; born 5 August 1978) is a retired Israeli professional tennis player, and the current captain of Israel's Davis Cup team. He reached the final of the 2000 Toronto Masters and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 30 (June 2001), with his best doubles ranking being World No. 71 in May 2008. Levy was a key factor in Israel's semifinal run in the 2009 Davis Cup. In a career interrupted first by Israeli Army service and later by serious right hip surgery in 2001, Levy notably scored victories over Pete Sampras, Andy Roddick, Michael Chang and Wayne Ferreira. As well as reaching the singles final of the 2000 Toronto Masters, he finished runner-up at Nottingham in 2001 and won a doubles title in Newport, Rhode Island. In September 2017, Levy was named the captain of Israel's Davis Cup team. Early and personal life Levy was born in Nahshonim, Israel, and is Jewish. Levy, Noam Okun, and Dudi Sela were Israel's top singles players a num ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noam Behr
Noam Behr ( he, נועם בר; born 13 October 1975) is an Israeli professional tennis player who turned pro in 1994. His career-high singles ranking was No. 127 (October 2001), and his career-high doubles ranking was No. 109 (October 1999). Tennis career Most of Behr's success was on the Challenger and Futures level, but he often participated in qualifying tournaments of major ATP events. In 1992, he reached the finals of the US Open boys' singles, losing 7–5, 6–2 to Brian Dunn of the United States. He and Yshai Oliel, who reached the boys' singles final at the 2017 Australian Open, are the only two Israelis to have reached the finals in a boys' Grand Slam event. In October 1995, he upset world No. 97 Jeff Tarango in Tel Aviv, 6–4, 3–6, 7–5. In October 1998 he and Eyal Ran won in Uzbekistan. In December 1998 and February and April 1999, he and Ran won in Mumbai, Calcutta, and New Delhi, India. In October, he and Ran won in Tel Aviv, and he and Andrei Stoliarov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wesley Whitehouse
Wesley Whitehouse (born 13 March 1979) is a South African-born New Zealand tennis player. Biography Whitehouse lives or has lived in between Pretoria, South Africa and Phoenix, Arizona but currently lives in Auckland, New Zealand Career Juniors In 1997 he was Wimbledon Tennis Junior Champion defeating Daniel Elsner of Germany 6–3, 7–6(6). He was also a finalist in both the Australian Open and US Open juniors in the same year. He has played in many other tournaments since then. Pro tour Whitehouse reached a career-high singles ranking on the ATP Tour of world No. 214. He defeated Marat Safin at 2006 RCA Championships – Singles, Indianapolis in 2006. Junior Grand Slam finals Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups) Performance timeline Singles ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 12 (8–4) Doubles: 28 (19–9) External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Whitehouse, Wesley 1979 births Living people Tennis players from Durb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Cowan (tennis)
Barry Cowan (born 25 August 1974) is a British former tennis player, best known for taking Pete Sampras to five sets at Wimbledon in 2001. Early years Born in Southport, Merseyside, Cowan attended the LTA Rover School at Bisham Abbey. He was also a member of Aughton Tennis Club. Paddy Shennan, , 26 June 2001. A left-hander, Cowan was a versatile sportsman in his junior years; he represented the North of England at under-15 level and is also a member of |
Edwin Kempes
Edwin Kempes (born 23 June 1976) is a retired Dutch tennis player, who had turned professional in 1995. Kempes reached his career-high ATP Tour singles ranking of world No. 98 in May 2001. ATP career finals Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 6 (4–2) Doubles: 18 (11–7) Performance timeline Singles External links * * * 1976 births Living people Dutch male tennis players Tennis players from Amsterdam 20th-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
