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2015 Sport 1 Open
The 2015 Sport 1 Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 23rd edition of the tournament which was part of the 2015 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Scheveningen, Netherlands between 20 and 26 July 2015. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of July 13, 2015. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Scott Griekspoor * Florian Mayer * Tim van Terheijden * Thomas Schoorel The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Philipp Davydenko * Artem Smirnov * Roy de Valk * Alexey Vatutin The following players entered received entry as lucky losers: * Alexandre Folie * Alexandre Sidorenko Champions Singles * Nikoloz Basilashvili def. Andrey Kuznetsov 6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–4), 6–3 Doubles * Ariel Behar / Eduardo Dischinger def. Aslan Karatsev / Andrey Kuznetsov 0–0, retired External linksOfficial Website {{2015 ATP Challenger Tour Sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clay Court
A clay court is one of the types of tennis court on which the sport of tennis, originally known as "lawn tennis", is played. Clay courts are made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate depending on the tournament. The French Open uses clay courts, the only Grand Slam tournament to do so. Clay courts are more common in Continental Europe and Latin America than in North America, Asia-Pacific or Britain. Two main types exist: red clay, the more common variety, and green clay, also known as "rubico", which is a harder surface. Although less expensive to construct than other types of tennis courts, the maintenance costs of clay are high as the surface must be rolled to preserve flatness. Play Clay courts are considered "slow" because the balls bounce relatively high and lose much of their initial speed when contacting the surface, making it more difficult for a player to deliver an unreturnable shot. Points are usually longer as there are fewer winners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Íñigo Cervantes
Íñigo Cervantes Huegun García (; born 30 November 1989 in Hondarribia, Gipuzkoa) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He defeated Dmitry Tursunov at the 2014 ATP 500 Barcelona, Federico Delbonis at the 2016 ATP 250 Sao Paulo, and Alexander Zverev at the 2016 German Open. He is the son of professional footballer Manuel Cervantes. ATP career finals Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) Singles performance timeline ''This table is current through the 2021 Australian Open.'' Notes *1 Pospisil's 2014 Australian Open The 2014 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place at Melbourne Park between 13 and 26 January 2014. It was the 102nd edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. The tournament consisted of even ... withdrawal in the third round does not count as a loss. ATP Challenger and Futures Finals Singles 22 (12-10) Doubles 25 (16-9) Notes References External links * 1989 births Living people People fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aslan Karatsev
Aslan Kazbekovich Karatsev (russian: Аслан Казбекович Карацев, os, Хъарацаты Хъазыбеджы фырт Аслан; born 4 September 1993) is a Russian-Israeli professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ATP ranking of world No. 14 on 7 February 2022, and peaked at No. 76 in the doubles rankings on 16 May 2022. In February 2021, Karatsev went through qualifiers for the Australian Open. In his first main draw of a major, ranked 114th, he defeated 8th seed Diego Schwartzman, 20th seed Félix Auger-Aliassime and 18th seed Grigor Dimitrov to reach the semifinals. Karatsev is the first man in the Open Era to reach the semifinals in his Grand Slam debut. In March 2021, he won his first ATP title at the Qatar Open with Andrey Rublev in doubles. A week later, as a wildcard, Karatsev won his first ATP singles title at the 2021 Dubai Open, beating South African Lloyd Harris in the final. Karatsev, who was unseeded and beat four seeded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandre Sidorenko
Alexandre Sidorenko (born 18 February 1988) is a French tennis player. Sidorenko has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 145, achieved on 25 May 2009. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 168, achieved 7 June 2010. Junior career As a junior, Sidorenko reach as high a world No. 3 in the combined singles + doubles junior ranking system. Contributing most significantly to this ranking, was his title run in winning the 2006 Australian Open boys' singles. He defeated Australian Nick Lindahl in straight sets ''6–3, 7–6(7–4)'' to capture the championship. Career Sidorenko made his ATP Tour singles main draw debut at the 2006 Open 13 on hard courts in Marseille, France. Having received a wild card granting him direct entry into the first round, he was defeated by Evgeny Korolev of Russia in three sets ''6–2, 4–6, 1–6''. He made his ATP Tour doubles debut at the same tournament, receiving a wild card into the doubles main draw as well alongs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexey Vatutin
Alexey Vatutin (russian: Алексе́й Дми́триевич Вату́тин; born 27 October 1992) is a Russian tennis player. Vatutin achieved a career high ATP singles ranking of 136 on 2 July 2018. He has won one ATP Challenger singles title and ten ITF singles titles. One of his best results in the ATP World Tour so far was reaching the quarterfinal of Marrakech Marrakesh or Marrakech ( or ; ar, مراكش, murrākuš, ; ber, ⵎⵕⵕⴰⴽⵛ, translit=mṛṛakc}) is the fourth largest city in the Kingdom of Morocco. It is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco and is the capital of the Marrakes ... in 2018. Performance timeline Singles ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals Singles: 20 (11-9) Doubles: 1 (0–1) External links * * 1992 births Living people Russian male tennis players Sportspeople from Volgograd {{Russia-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artem Smirnov (tennis)
Artem Vitaliyovych Smirnov ( uk, Артем Віталійович Смирнов; born 2 February 1988) is a Ukrainian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour 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 .... Career On 9 May 2016, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 226, whilst his highest doubles ranking of 159 was reached on 23 August 2010. He also played for the Ukraine Davis Cup team. Challenger finals Singles: 1 (0–1) Doubles: 4 (1–3) References External links * * * * 1988 births Living people Ukrainian male tennis players Universiade medalists in tennis Universiade silver medalists for Ukraine Universiade bronze medalists for Ukraine Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade 21st-century Ukrainian people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philipp Davydenko
Philipp Eduardovich Davydenko (russian: Филипп Эдуардович Давыденко; born 2 September 1992 in Volgograd) is a Russian tennis player. Tennis career Davydenko has a career high ATP singles ranking of 390 achieved on 8 December 2014. Davydenko made his ATP main draw debut at the 2009 Kremlin Cup in the doubles event partnering Ilya Belyaev losing in the first round to Martín Vassallo Argüello and Horacio Zeballos. At the 2014 MercedesCup, Davydenko qualified for the main draw, defeating Facundo Bagnis, Alexander Lobkov and Louk Sorensen en route. In the main draw he won his first round match defeating Blaž Rola 6–4, 7–6(10–8), before losing to Santiago Giraldo in the second round in three sets. Davydenko is the nephew of Nikolay Davydenko Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko ( rus, Никола́й Влади́мирович Давыде́нко ; born 2 June 1981) is a Ukrainian-born Russian former professional tennis player. He achieved a ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Schoorel
Thomas Schoorel (born 8 April 1989) is a retired Dutch people, Dutch tennis player. Schoorel has a career high ATP Tour, ATP singles ranking of World No. 94, achieved on 4 July 2011. He also has a career high ATP Tour, ATP doubles ranking of World No. 299, achieved on 30 August 2010. Career Schoorel made his ATP Tour singles main draw debut at the 2010 If Stockholm Open – Singles, 2010 If Stockholm Open on hard courts in Sweden. Having to earn his spot in the main draw by advancing through three qualifying rounds, Thomas proceeded to beat Patrik Rosenholm ''6–4, 6–4'', followed by Erling Tveit 6–7(2–7), ''6–4, 6–4'' and finally Marcel Granollers ''6–4, 7–5'' to secure a main draw birth. In the first round, he would go on to be defeated by German Benjamin Becker in straight sets ''3–6, 0–6''. He made his ATP Tour doubles main draw debut at the 2008 Dutch Open – Singles, 2008 Dutch Open in Amersfoort, Netherlands when he was gifted entry as an alternate pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florian Mayer
Florian Mayer (; born 5 October 1983) is a German former professional tennis player. Mayer reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 18 in June 2011. Also in 2011, Mayer won his first ATP title after four previous defeats in ATP finals. Mayer competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics. At the 2004 Wimbledon Championships, Mayer reached the quarter-finals, which is his best Grand Slam result to date. He received the ATP Newcomer of the Year award in 2004. Eight years later, Mayer made his second Grand Slam quarter-final, once again at Wimbledon. The biggest win of his career came at the 2011 Shanghai Rolex Masters when he upset twenty-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal in the round of 16. Mayer was known for his unorthodox style of play. He had a long backswing on his forehand and backhand and used many different slices and spin on his backhand side. He was also known for his jumping backhand dropshots which caught many of his opponents on the backfoot. Mayer re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Griekspoor
Scott Griekspoor (born 10 January 1991) is a Dutch retired tennis player. Griekspoor has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 205 achieved on 6 August 2018. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 419 achieved on 29 September 2014. Griekspoor has won 1 ATP Challenger singles title at the 2018 Internationaux de Tennis de Blois. He won the Dutch national singles title in December 2018. He is the elder brother of tennis player Tallon Griekspoor Tallon Griekspoor (; born 2 July 1996) is a Dutch professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 36, achieved on 6 March 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 217 achieved on 31 Octob ... and twin brother of Kevin Griekspoor. Career finals Singles (1 win) External links * * 1991 births Living people Dutch male tennis players Sportspeople from Haarlem 20th-century Dutch people 21st-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norbert Gombos
Norbert Gombos (, hu, Gombos Norbert; born 13 August 1990), occasionally spelled Norbert Gomboš, is a Slovak professional tennis player competing primarily on the ATP Challenger Tour and playing for the Slovakia Davis Cup team. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 80 on 2 October 2017. He is currently the No. 2 Slovak tennis player in singles. Personal life He is a member of the Hungarian community in Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s .... Performance timeline Singles ''Current through the 2022 Davis Cup.'' Challenger and Futures finals Singles: 27 (10–17) Doubles: 5 (1–4) Record against top 10 players Gombos' record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface. Only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrey Kuznetsov (tennis)
Andrey Alexandrovich Kuznetsov (russian: Андре́й Алекса́ндрович Кузнецо́в, born 22 February 1991) is a Russian professional tennis player. On 25 April 2016, he achieved his singles career-high of world No. 39. Kuznetsov won the Boys' Singles title at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships. Career Early life Andrey Kuznestov started playing tennis at age six, coached by his father Alexander. In 2001, his family moved to Balashikha, attending the sports club there. His father resumed coaching Andrey and his elder brother Alexey. According to some mass media reports, Andrey allegedly had problems with his back since his childhood, so he attended manual therapies. But Andrey's coach and father declined it, stating he had problems with his hip and the therapy could be described as tough fitness. 2006–09: Grand Slam Junior title Kuznetsov played his first ITF junior tournament at the 2006 Black Gold of Udmurtia, but received a walkover in the qualifyi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
