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2016 Trofeo Faip–Perrel
The 2016 Trofeo Faip–Perrel was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the eleventh edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Bergamo, Italy between 8 and 14 February 2015. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings were as of February 1, 2016. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Ruben Bemelmans * Federico Gaio * Gianluca Mager * Radek Štěpánek The following players received entry into the main draw as alternates: * Marco Chiudinelli * Peter Gojowczyk The following players received entry into the main draw as a lucky loser: * Salvatore Caruso * Jan Šátral The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Grégoire Barrère * Andreas Beck * Nils Langer * Dzmitry Zhyrmont Champions Singles * Pierre-Hugues Herbert def. Egor Gerasimov, 6–3, 7–6(7–5) Doubles * Ken Skupski / Neal Skupski def. Nikola Mektić / ... [...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 sy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konstantin Kravchuk
Konstantin Vladimirovich Kravchuk ( rus, Константи́н Влади́мирович Кравчу́к, , kənstɐnʲˈtʲin krɐfˈtɕuk; born 23 February 1985) is a Russian professional tennis player. He is known for his strong serve and good skills on fast and indoor courts. Personal life Kravchuk was born in Moscow to Vladimir, a chief of security, and Irina, a psychologist. He started playing tennis at age five. His mother played amateur tennis and it was her dream that the son become a professional tennis player. Kravchuk married Veronika, a fashion model, on 12 February 2011; the couple have a daughter, Eva. Career In 2013 at age 28 Kravchuk made his debut at the Davis Cup in the 2013 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I Second round play-off match against South Africa. In the third rubber, he partnered with Andrey Kuznetsov and defeated Raven Klaasen and Tucker Vorster in four sets. Kravchuk also took part in the fifth dead rubber Dead rubber is a term used in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikola Mektić
Nikola Mektić (born 24 December 1988) is a Croatian professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles. He is a two-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2021 Wimbledon Championships in men's doubles partnering compatriot Mate Pavić, and the 2020 Australian Open with Barbora Krejčíková in mixed doubles. Mektić also finished runner-up at the 2020 US Open with Wesley Koolhof in men's doubles, and the 2018 US Open with Alicja Rosolska in mixed doubles. He became world No. 1 in men's doubles in October 2021, the second Croatian to reach this ranking. Mektić has won 16 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, including six at Masters 1000 level with four different partners. He also won the 2020 ATP Finals with Koolhof. In singles, he reached his highest ranking of world No. 213 in May 2013. Mektić was part of the Croatian team which won the 2018 Davis Cup, and won men's doubles gold at the 2020 Olympic Games alongside Pavić. Early and personal life Mektić was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egor Gerasimov
Egor Alekseyevich Gerasimov ( be, Ягор Аляксеевіч Герасімаў; russian: Егор Алексеевич Герасимов; born 11 November 1992 in Minsk) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 65, which he achieved on 24 February 2020. He also achieved a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 263 on 2 March 2015. Professional career 2014: ATP debut In 2014, Gerasimov made his ATP main draw debut in Shenzhen, where he received entry to the main draw as a wildcard entrant. 2019-2020: Grand Slam debut and first win, Maiden ATP final At the 2019 US Open, Gerasimov won his first Grand Slam match. He reached his maiden ATP final at the 2020 Maharashtra Open where he was defeated by Jiří Veselý. Singles performance timelines ''Current through the 2022 Miami Open.'' ATP career finals Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) Challenger and ITF finals Singles (9–10) Doubles (7–5) Record aga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dzmitry Zhyrmont
Dzmitry Vasilyevich Zhyrmont ( be, Дзмі́трый Васі́льевіч Жырмо́нт; russian: Дми́трий Васи́льевич Жирмо́нт ; born 1 March 1989, in Minsk) is a Belarusian tennis player and tennis coach Zhyrmont has a career high ATP singles ranking of 201 achieved on 22 July 2013. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 281 achieved on 11 November 2013. Zhyrmont has represented Belarus at the Davis Cup where he has a W/L record of 3–6. At the 2013 Wimbledon Championships, Zhyrmont contested the qualifying event where he reached the last round of qualifying defeating Radu Albot and Paul Capdeville in the previous rounds. In the final round he faced Stéphane Robert Stéphane Robert (; born 17 May 1980) is a professional French tennis player. Career Coach From 2001 to March 2010, Ronan Lafaix was Robert's coach. In May 2016, Lafaix, who is 12 years older than Robert, became Robert's coach for the secon ..., where he lost 4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nils Langer
Nils Langer (; born 25 January 1990, in Ludwigsburg) is a German retired tennis player. Langer reached a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 188, achieved in March 2016. Langer made his ATP main draw debut at the 2009 International German Open in the doubles event where he partnered Kevin Krawietz, but lost in the first round to Marcelo Melo and Filip Polášek, 0–6, 4–6. At the 2013 MercedesCup he qualified for the tournament, defeating Ivo Klec, Jan Mertl and Evgeny Korolev in the qualifying rounds. In the main draw he drew compatriot Robin Kern, a wildcard entrant, winning 3–6, 6–4, 6–3. His run came to an end where he lost to the second seed and compatriot Philipp Kohlschreiber Philipp Eberhard Hermann Kohlschreiber (; born 16 October 1983) is a German former professional tennis player. The right-hander won eight singles and seven doubles titles on the ATP World Tour and made the quarterfinals at the 2012 Wimbledon Cha ..., 5–7, 2–6. ATP Chall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreas Beck (tennis)
Andreas Beck (; born 5 February 1986) is a retired German professional male tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 33 in November 2009. As a qualifier, Beck reached the quarterfinals of the 2009 Monte Carlo Masters. Professional career 2008 In June, Beck qualified for the 2008 Wimbledon Championships, beating No. 218 Paolo Lorenzi, No. 194 Brendan Evans, and No. 280 Jaroslav Pospíšil. In his first round match he played World No. 2 Rafael Nadal on Centre Court, losing in straight sets. 2009 In the Monte-Carlo Masters, Beck entered as a qualifier and reached the quarterfinals, defeating sixth seed Gilles Simon and Juan Mónaco along the way. He was defeated by Stanislas Wawrinka in straight sets, the Swiss having beaten countryman and World No. 2 Roger Federer in the previous round. As a result of his performance in this tournament, Beck's ranking climbed 29 places in the ATP rankings to No. 60, while he reached his career-high of World No. 33 late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grégoire Barrère
Grégoire Barrère (; born 16 February 1994) is a French professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 80 achieved on 7 October 2019. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 161 achieved on 26 April 2021. Barrère has won five ATP Challenger Tour singles titles and six ITF Futures singles titles as well as five Challenger doubles titles and six ITF Futures doubles titles in his career. Professional career 2016-17: Grand Slam debut Barrère made his Grand Slam main-draw debut at the 2016 French Open, where he received a wildcard, but lost to David Goffin in the first round. 2018: Top 100 debut He was awarded a wildcard to the 2018 French Open, where he lost to Radu Albot in the first round after leading 2 sets to 0. 2019: Best season, Grand Slam success, Top 80 career-high ranking In 2019, he succeeded to qualify and reach the second round of two Grand Slams 2019 Wimbledon Championships and the US Open, and also reached the second rou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Šátral
Jan Šátral (born 24 July 1990, in Melnik) is a Czech tennis player. Šátral has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 136 achieved on 3 October 2016. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 160 achieved on 21 September 2015. He has won 2 Challengers and 9 ITF singles titles and 2 Challengers and 21 ITF doubles titles. Šátral won his first ATP Challenger title at the 2015 Poprad-Tatry ATP Challenger Tour in the doubles event partnering Roman Jebavý. In July 2016 he won his maiden singles challenger title at Marburg defeating heavily favoured Marco Trungelliti in straight sets. On his Grand Slam debut in the main draw, he reached the second round of the 2016 US Open as a qualifier where he defeated Mackenzie McDonald in five sets. As a result of this best showing at a Grand Slam he reached a career-high ranking of World No. 136 on 3 October 2016. Personal life In 2019, he married fellow tennis player Denisa Allertová Denisa is a feminine give ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salvatore Caruso
Salvatore Caruso (; born 15 December 1992) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 76 achieved on 16 November 2020. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 166 achieved on 18 January 2021. Caruso has won 5 ITF Futures singles and two ATP Challenger singles titles, and 4 ITF Futures and one ATP Challenger doubles titles in his career. Early Life Caruso grew up in Sicily,Italy. Career 2016 Caruso made his ATP and Masters 1000 main draw debut at the 2016 Italian Open, where he received a main draw wildcard. He lost in the first round to Nick Kyrgios 6–1, 6–2. 2019: Top 100 debut The 2019 season was a season of a progress. At the 2019 French Open, he got his first Grand Slam win and later reached the third round. He then lost to world No. 1 Novak Djokovic. A month later, he successful participated in the Umag Open. In the second round, he recorded his biggest win to date against World No. 14 Borna Ćorić and adva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Gojowczyk
Peter Gojowczyk ( ; born 15 July 1989) is a German professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 39 in June 2018. Tennis career 2014: Cracking the top 100 Gojowczyk began the year by reaching his first tour-level semifinal at Doha as a qualifier, defeating sixth seed and countryman Philipp Kohlschreiber en route, before losing to Rafael Nadal in three sets (taking the first). After qualifying at the Australian Open, he broke into the top 100 for the first time in his career. In April, he defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in five sets in a Davis Cup World Group quarterfinal tie. In June, Gojowczyk reached the quarterfinals of Halle, defeating world No. 9 Milos Raonic in straight sets in the second round. In August at the US Open, he defeated Benjamin Becker in straight sets in the first round. He ended the year ranked as world No. 79. 2015–2016: Struggles with form, out of top 100 2017: Maiden ATP 250 title Gojowczyk qualified for and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Chiudinelli
Marco Chiudinelli (born 10 September 1981) is a retired tennis player from Switzerland. A member of Switzerland's winning 2014 Davis Cup squad, he reached his highest singles ranking of 52 in February 2010 during a career that was often hindered by injury. Biography Marco grew up in Münchenstein and learned to play tennis at Basel Lawn Tennis Club. He later joined a region-wide tennis group, where he first met Roger Federer, who belonged to the nearby Old Boys Tennis Club. They quickly became friends but were soon the 'black sheep' of the group, with one or the other often forced to sit on the sidelines for disciplinary reasons. In 1993 he finished as runner-up to Federer at the Swiss 12-and-under indoor championship in Lucerne. As a teenager he moved to Biel to further his tennis education, joining Federer and the older Yves Allegro, who were then staying in an apartment together, and the trio spent many hours playing video games when not practicing tennis. In 2001, at the su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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