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2008 Shelbourne Irish Open – Doubles
Rohan Bopanna and Adam Feeney were the defending champions but Bopanna chose not to compete this year. Feeney instead partnered Andrew Coelho and lost in the quarterfinals to Prakash Amritraj and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi. Amritraj and Qureshi went on to win the title, defeating Jonathan Marray and Frederik Nielsen Frederik Løchte Nielsen (born 27 August 1983) is a former professional tennis player. He was the top ranked player from Denmark in the ATP doubles world rankings. A former Wimbledon men's doubles champion, he peaked at no. 17 in the rankin ... in the final, 6–3, 7–6(8–6). Seeds Draw Draw References External links Main Draw (ATP)Official ATP {{DEFAULTSORT:2008 Shelbourne Irish Open - Doubles Irish Open ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prakash Amritraj
Prakash Amritraj (born October 2, 1983) is an American former professional tennis player, who represented India in international tournaments. He is the son of former Indian tennis player Vijay Amritraj. Background Prakash Amritraj is the son of Indian tennis player Vijay Amritraj and Shyamala, a Sri Lankan Tamil. Prakash is the paternal cousin of fellow tour pro Stephen Amritraj, whose father Anand and paternal uncle Ashok were former professional tennis players representing India. Prakash has one brother, Vikram, who was born in 1987. He played 2 years of college tennis for the University of Southern California. Professional career In 2007, Amritraj won three straight ITF Pro Circuit tournaments in India, beating Karan Rastogi in all three finals. On July 14, 2008 Amritraj played in his first ATP Tour final, losing to Fabrice Santoro Fabrice Vetea Santoro (born 9 December 1972) is a French retired tennis player. Successful in both singles and doubles, he had an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eoin Heavey
Eoin (, or ) is an Irish name. The Scottish Gaelic equivalent is () and both are closely related to the Welsh . It is also cognate with the Irish . In the Irish language, it is the name used for all Biblical figures known as ''John'' in English, including John the Baptist and John the Apostle. / are different names from /. The early Irish Eógan and Gaelic Eòghan are generally considered to be derivations of the Greek and Latin name , meaning "noble born".''Surnames of the United Kingdom'' (1912), reprinted for Clearfield Company, INC by Genealogical Publishing Co. INC, Baltimore 1995, 1996. Cormic gives this origin for Eogan (one MS, Eogen); and Zimmer considers Owen to be borrowed from Latin , as noted by MacBain, p. 400. The mediaeval Latinization of Owen as led to a belief that the etymology was the Welsh and Breton , "lamb". With much stronger reason it was at one time considered that the name represented Irish = Gael. . Old Irish Welsh , young ‘youth’. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashutosh Singh (tennis)
Ashutosh Singh (born 25 September 1982) is a former professional tennis player from India. Biography A right-handed player from Delhi, Singh comes from a family deeply involved in tennis. He is the son of Balram Singh, a national tennis coach. His brother Lalit is a chair umpire who has officiated at grand slam level. Tennis career Singh competed mostly on the Futures and Challenger circuits. Most successful as a doubles player, he won 17 Futures titles and two Challenger titles in doubles. His only main draw appearance on the ATP Tour came in the doubles at the 2007 Chennai Open. He and Vishal Uppal were entered as wildcards and lost in the first round to Tomas Behrend and Robin Vik. Both of his two Challenger titles came in 2008, partnering Harsh Mankad Harsh Mankad (born 10 November 1979) is a former world ranked ATP Professional tennis player from India. He played Davis Cup for India between 2001–2010 and was the No. 1 singles player on the team for several of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harsh Mankad
Harsh Mankad (born 10 November 1979) is a former world ranked ATP Professional tennis player from India. He played Davis Cup for India between 2001–2010 and was the No. 1 singles player on the team for several of those years. Personal life He is the grandson of world-renowned cricketer Vinoo Mankad, and the son of Indian Test cricketer and Mumbai captain Ashok Mankad and pioneer women's tennis player Nirupama Vasant. Harsh resides in Minneapolis. Early career Mankad was the #1 ranked junior tennis player in India, winning National Titles in every age group. Mankad earned a scholarship to the University of Minnesota where he played #1 singles and #1 doubles from 1999 to 2002. He played collegiate tennis at the University of Minnesota. Mankad won the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's National Indoor Tennis Championships in Dallas, Texas in November 2001. He was the first Indian to win this event and consequently secured the No. 1 ranking in the NCAA Division I US tennis r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivo Klec
Ivo Klec (born 28 November 1980) is a Slovak former tennis player. He played mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour. On the Futures circuit, he has claimed 27 titles, 14 singles and 13 doubles. In addition, he has also won two Challenger doubles titles. He has previously been banned from competition by the Tennis Integrity Unit The Tennis Integrity Unit was the organisation responsible for investigating match fixing in tennis since 2008 until 2020. It was replaced by the International Tennis Integrity Agency. It had the ability to impose fines and sanctions, and ban pl .... Singles titles References External links * * * 1980 births Living people Tennis players from Bratislava Tennis players from Munich Slovak expatriates in Germany Slovak male tennis players Tennis controversies Match fixing in tennis 21st-century Slovak people {{Slovakia-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roko Karanušić
Roko Karanušić (born 5 September 1982) is retired Croatian 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. He turned pro in 2000, and his career-high ATP singles ranking is World No. 88, achieved in February 2009. Performance timeline Singles ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 24 (8–16) Doubles: 9 (5–4) References External links * * * Karanusic World ranking history 1982 births Living people Croatian male tennis players Tennis players from Zagreb 21st-century Croatian people {{Croatia-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Hayes (tennis)
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Daniel Glancy
Daniel Glancy (born 13 November 1988) is a former Irish professional tennis player. He was born and raised in County Mayo, Ireland. Career Glancy has spent most of his career on the Futures Circuit where he has won seven doubles titles.http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100060046 He made history in April 2013 when he became the first player from Connacht to represent the Irish Davis Cup team. He defeated Micke Kontinen of Finland in his debut 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 between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the organis ... match and holds a 1–3 record in the competition.http://www.daviscup.com/en/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100060046 He retired from professional tennis in 2016 because of his cronic hip injury. Future and Challenger finals Doubles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin O'Brien (tennis)
Colin O'Brien (born 17 April 1984) is a former Irish professional tennis player. He was born in Dublin, Ireland.http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100000201 Career O'Brien mainly played on the ITF Men's Circuit and also competed for the Ireland Davis Cup team The Ireland Davis Cup team represents the whole of the island of Ireland in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by Tennis Ireland. Ireland competed in its first Davis Cup in 1923. Ireland currently compete in the Europe Zone of Group ... where he held a 4–5 record.http://www.daviscup.com/en/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100000201 He retired at the end of the 2013 season. Singles titles Wins (0) Runner-up (3) Doubles titles Wins (9) Runner-up (15) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:OBrien, Colin 1984 births Living people Irish male tennis players Tennis players from Dublin (city) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Cluskey
James Cluskey (born 18 August 1986) is a retired Irish professional tennis player, mainly playing doubles. He was born in Dublin, Ireland and attended Belvedere College along with fellow Irish tennis player James McGee. Cluskey was, for some time, the highest ranked Irish doubles player. Cluskey retired from professional tennis in November 2015. Career Early career In 2004, Cluskey won the Irish under-18 singles championship. He also reached the final of the men's doubles and won the mixed doubles at the national championships. He then took the decision in 2005 to move to the United States, where he played college tennis for Louisiana State University. He had a successful four years there where he achieved a national doubles ranking of 3 with partner Ken Skupski. In total he won 82 doubles and 57 singles matches in college tennis. Cluskey played his first futures event in Limerick in June 2006. He reached the quarter-finals of the doubles with university teammate Ken Skupski a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niko Karagiannis
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Tomáš Cakl
Tomáš Cakl (born 25 April 1981) is a professional male tennis player from the Czech Republic. He turned pro in 2000, and reached a career high singles ranking of No. 142 in February 2006. He's mostly been playing challenger tournaments The ATP Challenger Tour, known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series, is a series of international men's professional tennis tournaments. The Challenger Tour events are the second-highest tier of tennis competition, behind the ATP T .... Performance timeline Singles ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals Singles: 12 (3–9) Doubles: 5 (2–3) External links * * 1981 births Living people People from Ledeč nad Sázavou Czech male tennis players Sportspeople from the Vysočina Region {{CzechRepublic-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |