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2003 Qatar Open – Singles ...
Younes El Aynaoui was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Stefan Koubek. Koubek won in the final 6–4, 6–4 against Jan-Michael Gambill. Seeds # Roger Federer ''(quarterfinals)'' # Albert Costa ''(second round)'' # Younes El Aynaoui ''(semifinals)'' # Yevgeny Kafelnikov ''(first round)'' # Greg Rusedski ''(withdrew)'' # Mikhail Youzhny ''(semifinals)'' # Nicolas Escudé ''(first round)'' # Fabrice Santoro ''(quarterfinals)'' # Jan-Michael Gambill ''(final)'' Draw Finals Top half Bottom half External links 2003 Qatar Open draw2003 Qatar Open Qualifying draw {{DEFAULTSORT:2003 Qatar Open - Singles Singles Singles are people not in a committed relationship. Singles may also refer to: Film and television * ''Singles'' (miniseries), a 1984 Australian television series * ''Singles'' (1992 film), written and directed by Cameron Crowe * ''Singles'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Koubek
Stefan Koubek (born 2 January 1977) is a retired tennis player from Austria. Koubek played left-handed with a double-handed backhand. His idol when growing up was Thomas Muster. Koubek won three titles, two of which came on hardcourts; despite this, he said his favorite surface was clay. Koubek reached the quarterfinals of the 2002 Australian Open and the 2002 Hamburg Masters, attaining a career-high singles ranking of World No. 20 in March 2000. Koubek tested positive for glucocorticosteroids at the 2004 French Open after receiving an injection for an injured wrist; he was subsequently suspended for three months. His nickname is ''Cooley'' or ''Stef''. Tennis career Koubek turned professional in 1994, losing his first match in St Pölten. Between 1994 and 1998, Koubek mostly played in ATP Futures and ATP Challenger Series events. In 1997 he jumped up 184 positions in the rankings, thanks to good results in Challenger tournaments, reaching finals in Ulm and Alpirsbach. 1998 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Markus Hantschk
Markus Ferdinand Hantschk (born 19 November 1977) is a German former 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 who was active between 1996 and 2006. He reached two singles finals in ATP tournaments, both in 2000. ATP career finals Singles: 2 (2 runners-up) ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 8 (2–6) Doubles: 3 (1–2) Performance timeline Singles References External links * * Official web site 1977 births Living people German male tennis players People from Dachau Sportspeople from Upper Bavaria Tennis people from Bavaria {{Germany-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreas Vinciguerra
Andreas Vinciguerra (; born 19 February 1981) is a former tennis player from Sweden, who turned professional in 1998. He won 1 singles title in Copenhagen; reached the semi-finals of the 2001 Rome Masters and 2001 Paris Masters; and attained a career-high singles ranking of World No. 33 in November 2001. Tennis career Vinciguerra is of Italian origin on his father's side. Junior career As a junior Vinciguerra reached as high as No. 6 in the world in 1998. Junior Slam results: Australian Open: F ( 1998) French Open: SF ( 1998) Wimbledon: - US Open: 1R ( 1998) Pro career He experienced significant problems with a back injury, but in 2006 made a comeback, which has seen him edge towards the top 100 in the ATP rankings. Has played 9 Davis Cup matches in singles, and won 3 of them. In the 2009 World Group Playoffs in March 2009, Sweden faced Israel in Vinciguerra's hometown. Dudi Sela first defeated Vinciguerra 11–9 in the fifth. Harel Levy Harel Levy ( he, הראל לו ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Hyung-taik
Lee Hyung-taik ( ko, 이형택, born 3 January 1976) is a former professional tennis player from South Korea. He won one singles title and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 36, in August 2007. Personal life Lee was born in a potato-farming village in Hoengseong County, South Korea. He began playing tennis at age nine with a school teacher. After retirement, he is running his own academy in Gangwon Province in the tennis center at Song-ahm Sports Town in Chuncheon named “Lee Hyung Taik Tennis Academy”, which opened on 12 September 2009. Tennis career 2000 With the help of Coach Hee june Choi, Lee made a splash at the US Open tournament, reaching the fourth round before losing to Pete Sampras. En route to his fourth-round appearance against Sampras, Lee defeated Jeff Tarango, 13th seed Franco Squillari, and future Australian Open runner-up Rainer Schüttler. 2003 In 2003, Lee became the first Korean to win ATP Tour singles and doubles titles by winning the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Voltchkov
Vladimir Nikolayevich Voltchkov ( be, Уладзімір Мікалаевіч Валчкоў, ''Uładzimir Mikałajevič Vałčkoŭ''; russian: Владимир Николаевич Волчков; born April 7, 1978) is a Belarusian former professional tennis player. Voltchkov reached the semifinals at the 2000 Wimbledon Championships, where, as a qualifier, he lost to Pete Sampras in straight sets. He represented Belarus in both the Davis Cup and the Olympic Games in 2000, also won the Wimbledon juniors competition in 1996. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 25. Tennis career Juniors Voltchkov had excellent results as a junior capturing the Wimbledon juniors title defeating Ivan Ljubičić in 1996. He compiled a singles win–loss record of 69–34, reaching as high as No. 7 in the world in 1996. Junior Grand Slam results: Australian Open: – French Open: 3R ( 1996) Wimbledon: W ( 1996) US Open: 3R (1995, 1996) Pro tour His highest achievement came in 2000, inspi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julien Boutter
Julien Boutter (born 5 April 1974) is a former professional male tennis player from France. Career At the 2002 Australian Open, Boutter defeated No. 2 seed and former World No. 1 Gustavo Kuerten, despite being down two sets, 3–6, 4–6, 7–5, 6–3, 6–3. In his career, he won one singles title (2003 Casablanca) and reached the final in Milan (2001) but lost to Swiss Roger Federer. He reached two Master Series quarterfinals at Hamburg in 2002 and Monte Carlo in 2003. Boutter also reached the semi-finals of the 2002 Australian Open partnering fellow Frenchman Arnaud Clément, only to lose to Michaël Llodra and Fabrice Santoro Fabrice Vetea Santoro (born 9 December 1972) is a French retired tennis player. Successful in both singles and doubles, he had an unusually long professional career, with many of his accomplishments coming toward the end of his career, and he is ... 3–6, 6–3, 10–12. During the match, Boutter led an impromptu funeral ceremony for a bird in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Prinosil
David Prinosil ( cz, David Přinosil; born 9 March 1973) is a former tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 1991. Prinosil was born in Olomouc, Czechoslovakia, but later moved to Germany. He represented his country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he was defeated in the first round by Daniel Vacek of the Czech Republic. In the doubles competition in Stone Mountain Park he won the bronze medal partnering Marc-Kevin Goellner. He was the first opponent of Tim Henman in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, in the first round of Wimbledon in 1994. The right-hander reached the fourth round of Wimbledon in 2000 and the quarterfinals of the Rome Masters in 1999 and the Paris Masters in 2000. Prinosil won three career titles in singles, and reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 23 April 2001, when he became world No. 28. He began playing for Germany in the Davis Cup in 1996. Prinosil achieved an upset victory over Greg Rusedski in the second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hicham Arazi
Hicham Arazi ( ar, هشام أرازي; born 19 October 1973) is a former male tennis player from Morocco. He played professionally from 1993 to the end of 2007. The left-hander reached his career-high ATP Tour singles ranking of world No. 22 on November 5, 2001. During his career, Arazi captured one singles title, in Casablanca. "The Moroccan Magician" reached the quarter-finals of the Australian Open twice and the French Open twice. As well as the aforementioned nickname, some tennis analysts called him "The Moroccan McEnroe" due to his talent - he played with incredible touch, and often enjoyed the support of the crowd even when not at home. He led Patrick Rafter, winner of the US Open (tennis), US Open in 1997 US Open – Men's singles, 1997 and 1998 US Open – Men's singles, 1998, two sets to love during the first round of the latter tournament. In the fourth set he was upset with several line calls, telling umpire Norm Chryst to "get out of here", which sparked the beginni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christophe Rochus
Christophe Rochus (born 15 December 1978) is a retired professional male tennis player from Belgium. Rochus is the older brother of Olivier Rochus. He reached the semi-finals of the Hamburg Masters in 2005 and was runner-up in two ATP tournaments, Valencia and Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"N .... Rochus' career-high singles ranking was world No. 38, achieved in May 2006. ATP career finals Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups) Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) Performance timelines Singles Doubles ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 16 (6–10) Doubles: 7 (3–4) External links * * * 1978 births Living people Belgian male tennis players Sportspeople from Namur (city) 21st-century Belgian people {{Belgium-tenni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yves Allegro
Yves Allegro (born 24 August 1978) is a retired Swiss professional tennis player. He is a doubles specialist and is well known as compatriot Roger Federer's doubles partner and friend. Allegro and Federer teamed up in doubles at the Australian Open in 2003 and 2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 .... On 9 December 2019 at a hearing at the District Court of Sierra, Allegro received a two year suspended sentence for sexual coercion. The offence occurred in October 2014 while in Tallinn, Estonia towards an ex-Austrian player. Allegro appealed against the verdict. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Félix Mantilla Botella
Felix may refer to: * Felix (name), people and fictional characters with the name Places * Arabia Felix is the ancient Latin name of Yemen * Felix, Spain, a municipality of the province Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain * St. Felix, Prince Edward Island, a rural community in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. * Felix, Ontario, an unincorporated place and railway point in Northeastern Ontario, Canada * St. Felix, South Tyrol, a village in South Tyrol, in northern Italy. * Felix, California, an unincorporated community in Calaveras County Music * Felix (band), a British band * Felix (musician), British DJ * Félix Award, a Quebec music award named after Félix Leclerc Business * Felix (pet food), a brand of cat food sold in most European countries * AB Felix, a Swedish food company * Felix Bus Services of Derbyshire, England * Felix Airways, an airline based in Yemen Science and technology * Apache Felix, an open source OSGi framew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Sánchez (tennis)
David Sánchez Muñoz (born 20 April 1978) is a retired Spanish tennis player. He turned professional in 1997. In 2003 he won both the Open Romania and the Movistar Open. He reached his career high singles ranking of World No. 41 on 24 February 2003. During his third round run at the 2001 French Open, Sánchez defeated the previous year's finalist Magnus Norman and former champion Carlos Moya in five sets, and took a set off Roger Federer Roger Federer (; born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He was ranked List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players#Weeks at No. 1, world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 310 weeks, in .... ATP career finals Singles: 2 (2 titles) ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 12 (5–7) Performance timeline Singles Wins over top 10 ranked players Wins over Top 10s per season External links * * Spanish male tennis players 1978 births Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
