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2016 ATP Challenger China International – Nanchang
The 2016 ATP Challenger China International – Nanchang was a professional tennis tournament played on hardcourt, hard courts. It was the third edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Nanchang, China between 12 and 17 September 2016. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of August 29, 2016. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Sun Fajing * He Yecong * Zhang Zhizhen * Te Rigele The following player received entry into the singles main draw with a protected ranking: * Matija Pecotić The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Denys Molchanov * Sergey Betov * Shuichi Sekiguchi * Xia Zihao Champions Singles * Hiroki Moriya def. Chung Hyeon, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4. Doubles * Wu Di (tennis), Wu Di / Zhang Zhizhen def. Nicolás Barrientos / Ruben Gonzales (tennis), Ruben Gonzales, 7–6(7–4), 6–3. External linksOfficial website ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hardcourt
A hardcourt (or hard court) is a surface or floor on which a sport is played, most usually in reference to tennis courts. It is typically made of rigid materials such as asphalt or concrete, and covered with acrylic resins to seal the surface and mark the playing lines, while providing some cushioning. Historically, hardwood surfaces were also in use in indoor settings, similar to an indoor basketball court, but these surfaces are rare now. Tennis Tennis hard courts are made of synthetic/acrylic layers on top of a concrete or asphalt foundation and can vary in color. These courts tend to play medium-fast to fast because there is little energy absorption by the court, as with grass courts but unlike clay courts. The ball tends to bounce high and players are able to apply many types of spin during play. Flat balls are favored on hard courts because of the extremely quick play style. Speed of rebound after tennis balls bounce on hard courts is determined by how much sand is in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Jung
Jason Jung (; ; born 15 June 1989) is an American-born professional tennis player who represents Taiwan. He is a University of Michigan alumnus who has cracked the Top 150 in the ATP rankings and also won four ATP Challenger events. Personal life Jung played college tennis at the University of Michigan, where he majored in political science. As a tennis player, he was the National and Midwest Regional winner of the ITA/Arthur Ashe Award for Leadership & Sportsmanship in 2010, made the All Big Ten team as a junior and senior, and is 4th all-time in Michigan history in career doubles wins. He blogs about his experiences and his life as a professional tennis player. He was featured in an article by ESPN's Grantland (along with fellow Michigan alum Evan King and up-and-coming players Frances Tiafoe and William Blumberg) that highlighted the struggles and low prize money in playing on the ITF Futures Tour. Career Jung's reached his first quarterfinal at the 2018 Hall of F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolás Barrientos
Nicolás Barrientos (; born 24 April 1987) is a Colombian professional tennis player competing mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour both in singles and doubles. Barrientos reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world No. 237 on 21 September 2015 and his highest ATP doubles ranking of world No. 61 on 24 October 2022. Barrientos also made his first appearance on an ATP World Tour in July 2013 when he lost in the first round of 2013 Claro Open Colombia against Ruben Bemelmans. Doubles performance timeline ''Current till 2022 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles Matthew Ebden and Max Purcell defeated the defending champions Nikola Mektić and Mate Pavić in the final, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(3–7), 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(10–2) to win the gentlemen's doubles tennis title at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships. .... ATP career finals Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups) ATP Challenger & ITF Futures Singles: 10 (6–4) Doubles: 41 (20–21) National representation Pan Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergey Betov
Sergey Aleksandrovich Betov ( be, Сяргей Аляксандравіч Бетаў Siarhiej Betaŭ; ; born 15 October 1987) is a Belarusian tennis player competing on the ATP Challenger Tour. He reached his highest ATP ATP may refer to: Companies and organizations * Association of Tennis Professionals, men's professional tennis governing body * American Technical Publishers, employee-owned publishing company * ', a Danish pension * Armenia Tree Project, non ... singles ranking of 340 on 1 August 2011 and his highest doubles ranking of 61 was achieved on 26 October 2015. On April 29, 2016, the International Tennis Federation found that Betov had committed an Anti-Doping Rule Violation in connection with the consumption of meldonium, but further determined that he bore no fault or negligence for the violation and therefore permitted him to resume competition. He married Russian tennis player Margarita Gasparyan in July 2021; they announced their pregnancy in February ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denys Molchanov
Denys Petrovych Molchanov ( uk, Денис Петрович Молчанов; born 16 May 1987) is a Ukrainian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour winning 15 singles and 62 doubles titles. He has also won one ATP doubles title. On 5 January 2015 he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 169, whilst his highest doubles ranking of No. 63 was reached on 22 July 2019. He also played for the Ukraine Davis Cup team. Career 2018 Molchanov reached his first ATP doubles final at the 2018 Swiss Open in Gstaad partnering Igor Zelenay. 2022 At the 2022 Melbourne Summer Set 1 he reached the semifinals partnering Ricardas Berankis losing to sixth seeds Aleksandr Nedovyesov and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi. At the 2022 Open 13 Molchanov won his first title partnering Andrey Rublev in Marseilles. Personal life In February 2015, he faced never confirmed or investigated allegations of match-fixing after suspicious betting patterns and unforced errors were noticed during a d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matija Pecotić
Matija Pecotić (born 3 July 1989) is a Croatian-Maltese tennis player. Pecotić has a career high ATP singles ranking of 206 achieved on 23 November 2015. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 485 achieved on 16 November 2015. Pecotić has won 12 ITF titles, 10 singles and 2 doubles. Pecotic played No. 1 for Princeton University, and became the first player from Princeton since 1984 to reach the semi-finals of the All-American tournament. As a result of his historic run, Pecotic reached a ranking of No.2 in the nation. Tennis career Pecotic began playing on the pro tour in January 2014. Pecotić represented Team Croatia and the 2023 United Cup where they beat Argentina (5–0) and France (3–2) Personal life Pecotić was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia and moved to Malta at the age of 3, where he picked up tennis. During his time off due to an injury suffered in 2016, Pecotić applied and was accepted to Harvard Business School, which he attended from 2017 to 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Te Rigele
Te Rigele (born 9 October 1997) is a Chinese tennis player. On the junior tour, Te has a career-high ranking of No. 48, achieved in January 2015. Te has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 395, achieved on 22 October 2018. On 4 March 2019, he achieved No. 384 in ATP doubles ranking which is his career high. Te has won 3 ITF singles titles and 5 ITF doubles titles. He has yet to reach a final at the ATP Challenger level. Te made his ATP main draw debut at the 2014 ATP Shenzhen Open, in the doubles draw partnering Qiu Zhuoyang Qiu Zhuoyang (born 23 June 1996) is a Chinese tennis player. Qiu has a career high ATP singles ranking of 1404 achieved on 24 October 2016. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 767 achieved on 29 August 2016. Qiu made his ATP main d .... ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 10 (5–5) Doubles: 10 (6–4) External links * * 1997 births Living people Chinese male tennis players People from Hohhot Tennis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
He Yecong
He Yecong (; ; born 15 February 1994) is a Chinese tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of 492 achieved on 27 June 2016. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 498 achieved on 21 August 2017. He made his ATP main draw debut at the 2016 Chengdu Open, in the doubles draw partnering Sun Fajing Sun Fajing (; ; born 3 October 1996) is a Chinese tennis player. Sun has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 351 achieved on 10 February 2020. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 223 achieved on 14 October 20 .... He has won 1 singles title and has won 2 doubles tiles on the ITF Futures Tour. ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 5 (1–4) Doubles: 5 (2–3) External links * * 1994 births Living people Chinese male tennis players Sportspeople from Hangzhou Tennis players from Zhejiang 21st-century Chinese people {{China-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sun Fajing
Sun Fajing (; ; born 3 October 1996) is a Chinese tennis player. Sun has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 351 achieved on 10 February 2020. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 223 achieved on 14 October 2019. He has reached 10 career singles finals posting a record of 3 wins and 7 losses, all coming on the ITF Futures tour. Additionally, he has reached 17 doubles finals posting a record of 10 wins and 7 losses, which includes 2 ATP Challenger Tour doubles titles. Sun made his ATP main draw debut at the 2016 Chengdu Open, where he was granted a wild card entry in the doubles draw alongside compatriot He Yecong. They were defeated in the first round by Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram in straight sets ''4–6, 5–7''. The following year, he was again given a wild card at the 2017 Chengdu Open with partner Te Rigele, and again he would lose in the first round to Nenad Zimonjic and Santiago Gonzalez in straight sets ''4–6, 4–6''. In his third ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhang Ze
Zhang Ze (; ; born July 4, 1990), is a Chinese male tennis player. Zhang's career highlights include reaching the quarterfinals of the 2012 China Open (defeating Richard Gasquet en route), playing the Australian Open main draw in two consecutive years (2014 and 2015), and teaming up with Roger Federer to play doubles at the 2013 Shanghai Rolex Masters. Career Zhang's early years were spent on the ITF Circuit throughout Asia. In February 2008, Zhang made his first appearance in the qualifying draw of an ATP Challenger tournament in Melbourne, defeating Mikal Statham (5–7, 7–5, 6–4). In the second round, Zhang lost to Nima Roshan (6–7(6–8), 1–6). On 28 March 2010, Zhang won the first single's title of his professional career in an ITF Futures event in Mengzi City, China. He defeated Riccardo Ghedin (6–1, 6–4). Just under two months later, on 22 May, Zhang reached his first final on the Challenger Tour in Fergana, Uzbekistan, after entering as a qualifier. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Kudryavtsev
Alexander Mikhailovich Kudryavtsev (russian: Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Кудря́вцев; born 26 October 1985) is a retired Russian professional tennis player who has played professionally since 2003. He made his breakthrough in 2008, playing in his first top-level international tournaments on the ATP tour, having spent time playing at the ATP Challenger Tour and Futures events. He reached his career-high singles ranking of 117 on 2 February 2015 and career-high doubles ranking of 70 on 7 November 2011. Professional career Early career Kudryavtsev reached the quarter-finals in a futures event in Bucharest in 2003. In 2004 he advanced to the second round in three futures events, and won a doubles challenger title. In 2005 he was a semi-finalist in a Beijing futures tournament, and reached the quarterfinals in Korolev (Russia) and Minsk ( Belarus). In 2006 he became a finalist for the first time in Uzbekistan, as well as reaching the semi-finals on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luca Vanni
Luca Vanni (born 4 June 1985) is an Italian former professional tennis player. He competed mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, no. 100 on 11 May 2015, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, no. 204, on 9 July 2012. Career In 2014, he won seven ITF Futures tournaments, his best season to date. In 2015, he reached his first ATP final in the Brasil Open, but lost to Pablo Cuevas. Later he qualified to the Madrid Masters There are two sporting events named the Madrid Masters: *Madrid Open (tennis) The Madrid Open ( es, Masters de Madrid, link=no), currently sponsored by Mutua Madrileña and known as the Mutua Madrid Open, is a joint men's and women's professional ... and reached second round after defeating the world number 26 player Bernard Tomic. ATP career finals Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 31 (21–10) Doubles: 35 (15–20) Perfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |