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2009 IPP Trophy
The 2009 IPP Trophy was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was the twenty-second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Geneva, Switzerland between 17 and 23 August 2009. Singles entrants Seeds * Rankings are as of August 10, 2009. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Evgeny Donskoy * Antony Dupuis * Sandro Ehrat * Alexander Sadecky The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Gregoire Burquier * Tim Goransson * Andrei Gorban * Dmitri Sitak Champions Singles Dominik Meffert def. Benjamin Balleret, 6–3, 6–1 Doubles Diego Álvarez / Juan-Martín Aranguren def. Henri Laaksonen / Philipp Oswald, 6–4, 4–6, 0–2 The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the Baseline (typography), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geneva
Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ; rm, Genevra is the List of cities in Switzerland, second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland. Situated in the south west of the country, where the Rhône exits Lake Geneva, it is the capital of the Canton of Geneva, Republic and Canton of Geneva. The city of Geneva () had a population 201,818 in 2019 (Jan. estimate) within its small municipal territory of , but the Canton of Geneva (the city and its closest Swiss suburbs and exurbs) had a population of 499,480 (Jan. 2019 estimate) over , and together with the suburbs and exurbs located in the canton of Vaud and in the French Departments of France, departments of Ain and Haute-Savoie the cross-border Geneva metropolitan area as officially defined by Eurostat, which extends over ,As of 2020, the Eurostat-defined Functional Urban Area of Geneva was made up of 9 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Lammer
Michael Lammer (born 25 March 1982) is a retired Swiss professional tennis player. At the 2009 Allianz Suisse Open in Gstaad, he won the doubles tournament with compatriot Marco Chiudinelli. It was his only ATP tour title.Swiss Wild Cards Succeed In Gstaad ATP World Tour. Retrieved 27 June 2012. Early life and junior career Lammer was born on 25 March 1982 to parents Ernst and Susi, and started playing tennis at the age of six. As a junior, he was ranked as high as No. 7 in the world singles rankings in May 2000 (and No. 12 in doubles).Professional career In 2009 in |
Henri Laaksonen
Henri Joona Julius Laaksonen (, Swiss Standard German: ; born 31 March 1992) is a Swiss professional tennis player. His highest singles ranking is world No. 84, which he achieved on 14 February 2022, and his highest doubles ranking is world No. 191, achieved on 24 December 2018. Early life Laaksonen's father, Sandro Della Piana, is a former Swiss tennis player. His mother is from Finland. His parents separated very early in his life, but he nonetheless kept contact with his father. He started playing tennis at the age of 3. During his adolescent years he lived in Hyvinkää where he was coached by Pasi Virtanen. At 16, he became European champion for the Under-16s category. In 2009, he moved to Switzerland to train at the Swiss Tennis National Tennis Center in Bienne. Before January 2011, he represented his country of birth, Finland. Since then, he has represented Switzerland. Professional career 2021: Success at Grand Slams: two third rounds & two top-20 wins, return to top ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Balleret
Benjamin Balleret (born 15 January 1983) is a professional tennis player from Monaco. His father, Bernard Balleret, is former tennis player, while his cousin Arthur Rinderknech also plays the sport professionally. Balleret is a member of the Monaco Davis Cup team. Tennis career Juniors As a junior Balleret reached as high as No. 19 in the junior world singles rankings (and No. 29 in doubles) in 2001. Pro tour Balleret is best known for his April 2006 fairy tale run to the third round of the Monte Carlo Open, an ATP ATP World Tour Masters 1000, Masters Series. Entering the tournament, he was ranked 351st in the world and had competed only in challenger tournaments and several Davis Cup matches (he played for the Monegasque team in 2004 and 2005 and compiled a modest record of 4 wins and 5 losses). However, on 16 April 2006, he received a Wild card (sports)#Professional tennis, wild card into the qualifying draw of the Monte Carlo Open and won upsets over seeded, far more accompl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dmitri Sitak
Dmitri Yurievich Sitak (born 4 March 1983) is a Russian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On November 17, 2003, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 356, whilst his highest doubles ranking of 138 was reached on March 22, 2010. He is the older brother of Artem Sitak, who is also a tennis player. Sitak was the first player that future world number one player Daniil Medvedev Daniil Sergeyevich Medvedev (russian: Даниил Сергеевич Медведев; born 11 February 1996) is a Russian professional tennis player. He is currently ranked world No. 7 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), and was ... beat as a professional, when in March 2011 Medvedev won their match at an ITF Futures event in Russia. Challenger finals Doubles: 3 (2–1) References External links * * 1983 births Living people Russian male tennis players People from Orenburg Universiade medalists in tennis FISU World University Games gold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrei Gorban
Andrei Gorban (born 19 July 1983) is a professional tennis player from Moldova. He is a permanent member of the Moldova Davis Cup team The Moldova men's national tennis team represents Moldova in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Moldova Republic Tennis Federation. They have not competed since 2018 Davis Cup, 2018. They won Group III in 2000 Davis Cup, 2000. .... Davis Cup Singles performances (20–12) Doubles performances (7–11) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gorban, Andrei Living people 1983 births Moldovan male tennis players 21st-century Moldovan people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Sadecky
Alexander Sadecky (born 6 July 1987 in Zürich) is a professional tennis player from Switzerland who entered professional play in 2006. Of Czech ancestry, his coach is ''Dirk de Beus'' (since 2008). He has regularly competed on the Challenger and Futures tour circuit. He has reached the final of seven Futures tournaments; in five of these he was victorious. He played only three singles matches in the ATP World Tour. It was in his country, Switzerland ( 2010 Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad), where he reached the second round (by defeating compatriot Yann Marti). Sadecky was eliminated by first seed Mikhail Youzhny. In the same tournament in 2011 he played in first round against Peter Luczak Peter Luczak ( pl, Łuczak, ; born 31 August 1979) is a retired professional tennis player for Australia. His career-high ATP singles ranking was World No. 64, achieved in October 2009. At the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi, Luczak won ..., he lost the game 6–3, 3–6, 6–7. Extern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandro Ehrat
Sandro Ehrat (born 18 April 1991) is a Swiss 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. Ehrat has a career high ATP singles ranking of 286, achieved on 9 September 2019 and a career high ATP doubles ranking of 467, achieved on 12 July 2021. Ehrat made his ATP main draw debut at the 2010 MercedesCup, partnering Raphael Hemmeler in doubles, but they lost in the first round. ATP Challengers and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour Finals Singles: 25 (11–14) Doubles 9 (4–5) External links * * 1991 births Living people Swiss male tennis players People from Schaffhausen Sportspeople from the canton of Schaffhausen {{Switzerland-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antony Dupuis
Antony Dupuis (; born 24 February 1973) is a French retired professional tennis player. __TOC__ Personal life Dupuis began playing tennis at the age of nine with his father Xavier. He mentioned in an interview once that he prefers clay and hard court surfaces. He was coached by Benoit Carelli, whom he credits with improving his physical and mental ability. Carelli had coached Dupuis since February 1998. Career Dupuis won one singles title in Milan in 2004 and reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 57 in September 2001. In 2005, at the Valencia tournament, Dupuis became the first French player to defeat Novak Djokovic. In 2006 he tested positive for the banned drug Salbutamol and was suspended for two and a half months. ATP career finals Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) Doubles: 1 (1 title) ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 23 (12–11) Doubles: 2 (0–2) Performance timelines Singles See also *List of doping cases in sport T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evgeny Donskoy
Evgeny Evgenyevich Donskoy ( rus, Евге́ний Евге́ньевич Донско́й, , ɪ̯ɪvˈɡʲenʲɪɪ̯ dɐnˈskoɪ̯; born 9 May 1990) is a Russian professional tennis player. His career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 65, achieved on 8 July 2013, after winning five Challenger events throughout the previous year. Personal life He was born and currently resides in Moscow, Russia. Donskoy was mentored by former player and two-time Grand Slam champion Marat Safin. His favourite surface is hard courts. Career In 2010, Donskoy played doubles with the British player Morgan Phillips at the Seville Challenger, losing in the first round. By 2013, Marat Safin had built a coaching team for Donskoy that included Morgan Phillips. Donskoy entered 2013 Australian Open's main draw for the first time, reaching the third round and defeating 23rd seed Mikhail Youzhny en route. He also pushed Andy Murray to three sets in the Indian Wells Masters 1000 event. Consequently, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niels Desein
Niels Desein (born 9 June 1987) is a Belgian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. He was born in Ghent, Belgium, and currently resides in Wondelgem Wondelgem used to be a village in East Flanders, Belgium. It is now part of the city of Ghent. History In the 9th century the Carolingian emperors owned a large estate in Wondelgem. Ghent has a total population of about 230,000, of which about 12, ..., Belgium. Juniors Desein reached as high as No. 4 in the combined junior world rankings in May 2005. Junior Slam results: Australian Open: - French Open: 1R ( 2005) Wimbledon: 3R ( 2004, 2005) US Open: 2R ( 2004) Professional tour His career-high ATP rankings are world No. 154 in singles in March 2015 and World No. 182 in doubles in August 2009. His favourite surface is clay. He made his main draw debut on the ATP World Tour at the 2013 Portugal Open as a qualifier. He represented the Belgium Davis Cup team on one occasion in 2015. Singles: 47 (27–20) Doubl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
