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2016 Kunming Open
The 2016 Kunming Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the fifth edition for men and third edition for women of the tournament and part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2016 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $100,000 for men and women in prize money. It took place in Anning, China, between 25 April–1 May for men and 2–8 May 2016 for women. Men's singles main draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings as of 18 April 2016 Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Xia Zihao * He Yecong * Te Rigele * Ouyang Bowen The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Yoshihito Nishioka * Yannick Hanfmann * Matt Reid * Greg Jones Women's singles main draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings as of 25 April 2016 Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Peng Shuai * Xun Fangying * Zhang Shuai * Zhao Di The following pl ...
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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 Tour. The ITF World Tennis Tour tournaments are on the entry-level of international professional tennis competition. The ATP Challenger Tour is administered by the Association of Tennis Professionals. Players who succeed on the ATP Challenger Tour earn sufficient ranking points to become eligible for main draw or qualifying draw entry at ATP Tour tournaments. Players on the Challenger Tour are usually young players looking to advance their careers, those who fail to qualify for ATP events, or former ATP players looking to get back into the big tour. History of challenger events The first challenger events were held in 1978, with eighteen events taking place. Two were held on the week beginning January 8, one in Auckland and another in Hoba ...
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Alexander Sarkissian
Alexander Sarkissian (born April 3, 1990) is an American professional tennis player 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 cove ... of Armenian descent. He won his first ATP Challenger title at the 2015 Gimcheon Open ATP Challenger in South Korea in June 2015. ATP Challenger Tour finals Singles: 1 (1–0) References External links * * American male tennis players 1990 births Living people Sportspeople from Glendale, California Pepperdine Waves men's tennis players Armenian American American people of Armenian descent Tennis people from California Armenian-American tennis players {{US-tennis-bio-stub ...
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Liu Chang (tennis)
Liu Chang (; ; born 1 August 1990) is a former professional Chinese tennis player. On 16 May 2016, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 171. On 27 February 2017, she peaked at No. 153 in the WTA doubles rankings. Chang has won three singles and eight doubles titles on tournaments of the ITF Circuit. She won the biggest title in her career at the 2013 Beijing International Challenger, winning the doubles event with Zhou Yimiao Zhou Yimiao, also spelled as Zhou Yi-Miao, (; ; born February 7, 1991) is a professional Chinese tennis player. Zhou was born in Hubei Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is .... ITF Circuit finals Singles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner–ups) Doubles: 17 (8 titles, 9 runner–ups) External links * * 1990 births Living people Chinese female tennis players 21st-century Chinese women {{China-tennis-bio-stub ...
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Yang Zhaoxuan
Yang Zhaoxuan (; ; born 11 February 1995) is a Chinese professional tennis player. Yang reached her best doubles ranking of world No. 11 in the WTA rankings, WTA doubles rankings on 24 October 2022. Yang has won six doubles titles on the WTA Tour and one WTA 125 tournaments, WTA Challenger doubles title. On 14 September 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 151. She also has three singles and 12 doubles titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Circuit. Career Yang made her WTA Tour debut at the 2014 WTA Shenzhen Open, 2014 Shenzhen Open, partnering Ye Qiuyu in 2014 WTA Shenzhen Open – Doubles, doubles. The pair lost their first-round match against third seeds Irina Buryachok and Oksana Kalashnikova. In 2017, she reached final of the 2017 Wuhan Open – Doubles, Wuhan Open alongside Shuko Aoyama. They lost to Latisha Chan and Martina Hingis in the final. At the WTA Elite Trophy, she lost both matches in the round robin together with Han Xinyun. At th ...
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Han Xinyun
Han Xinyun (; ; born 30 May 1990), also known as Monica Han, is a Chinese professional tennis player. Han has won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour. She also has won nine singles and 26 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 24 October 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 105. On 29 July 2019, she peaked at No. 50 in the WTA doubles rankings. Playing for China Fed Cup team, Han has a win–loss record of 2–1 as of July 2022. Personal The only child of father Han Lei and mother Fu Deyuan first played tennis at the age of seven. Han Xinyun is coached by Wang Hufu. Her tennis idol is Li Na, her favorite tournaments are the Australian Open and China Open. Career Han had reached a WTA Tour doubles final before in China where she and her partner Xu Yifan lost to the pairing of Caroline Wozniacki and Anabel Medina Garrigues. In 2010, Han made her Grand Slam debut, as she went through qualifying ...
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Zhang Shuai (tennis)
Zhang Shuai (; ; born 21 January 1989) is a Chinese professional tennis player. She is a two-time Grand Slam champion in women's doubles, having won the 2019 Australian Open and the 2021 US Open, both alongside Samantha Stosur. Zhang also finished runner-up at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships with Elise Mertens, and has reached four further major semifinals across women's and mixed doubles. She has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 2, achieved in July 2022, and has won 12 titles on the WTA Tour, including the 2021 Cincinnati Open with Stosur. Zhang has also qualified for the WTA Finals on two occasions. She has also enjoyed success in singles, and reached her highest ranking of world No. 23 in November 2016. Zhang has won three WTA singles titles, at the Guangzhou International in 2013 and 2017, and the 2022 Lyon Open, and finished runner-up at three further tournaments. She has reached two major quarterfinals, at the 2016 Australian Open and 2019 Wimbledon Cha ...
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Greg Jones (tennis)
Greg Jones (born 1989) is a former Australian professional tennis player. Early life Born in Sydney, Jones is an only child. He is the son of Russell Jones, a quantity surveyor, and Donna Jones, a teacher's aide. He competed in the Sydney GPS Schools tennis competition representing the Shore school, before eventually forgoing his school education to pursue his tennis career. Jones competed in a number of high-profile events throughout his junior career including all four of the junior grand slams, most notably making the final of the 2007 French Open. In 2007, Jones, having reached the finals of the junior event at the French Open, a semifinal at Wimbledon and a quarterfinal finish at the Australian Open, was very hopeful for a win at the last US Open Junior event, which was his last match in the International Tennis Federation Junior Competition. Jones had a Junior career high ranking of 4 and won 191 out of 219 matches. Professional career Jones began playing prof ...
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Matt Reid (tennis)
Matt Reid (born 17 July 1990) is an Australian professional tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking is world No. 183, which he reached on 3 February 2014. His career high in doubles was at world No. 60 set on 11 September 2017. Tennis career As a junior, he was runner-up in the Wimbledon Boys Doubles in 2008 partnering Bernard Tomic. He reached the second round of the Australian Open Men's Doubles in 2013 partnering Samuel Groth. In 2013, Matt Reid made his Grand Slam main draw debut at Wimbledon after booking his spot through qualifying. He lost in round one in straight sets. In February 2014, Reid won the Burnie Challenger, which increased his ranking to a career high of 183. ATP career finals Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) Challenger and Futures finals Singles: 16 (7–9) Doubles: 55 (31–24) Performance timelines Singles Doubles ''Current through the 2022 Open 13.'' Personal life Reid previously dated Australian actress Rebel Wilson Rebel M ...
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Yannick Hanfmann
Yannick Hanfmann (born 13 November 1991) is a German professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 92, first achieved in May 2021. He is known for his powerful serves (up to 143 mph) and groundstrokes. Hanfmann played college tennis at the University of Southern California. He is hearing-impaired, having been so since birth. Professional career 2017: First career ATP final Hanfmann made his ATP main draw debut at the 2017 BMW Open after defeating Arthur De Greef and Uladzimir Ignatik in the qualifying rounds. He, ranked world No. 273, then upset both Gerald Melzer and Thomaz Bellucci to reach the quarterfinals, where he lost to second-seed Roberto Bautista Agut. At the 2017 Swiss Open Gstaad, Hanfmann made a sensational run to the final after defeating Facundo Bagnis, third seed and defending champion Feliciano López, eighth seed João Sousa and sixth seed Robin Haase, again as a qualifier. In his semifinal victory over Haase he sa ...
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Ouyang Bowen
Ouyang Bowen (; born 19 May 1992 in Xinjing) is a Chinese male 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. Ouyang won the qualifier and lost in the first round of the 2014 ATP Shenzhen Open. Ouyang was the first player that Nick Kyrgios beat in a professional tournament, with a 6-4 6-3 victory at an ITF Futures event in Japan, in March 2012. References External links * * 1992 births Living people Chinese male tennis players Hong Kong male tennis players Tennis players from Xinjiang Tennis players at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics {{PRChina-tennis-bio-stub ...
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Te Rigele
Te Rigele (born 9 October 1997) is a Chinese 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. 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. 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 Tenn ...
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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. He has won 1 singles title and has won 2 doubles tiles on the ITF Futures The ITF World Tennis Tour (formerly known as the ''ITF Men's World Tennis Tour'', and previously ''ITF Men's Circuit'') is a series of professional tennis tournaments held around the world that are organized by the International Tennis Federation. ... 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 ...
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