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2016 UniCredit Czech Open
The 2016 UniCredit Czech Open is a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It is the 23rd edition of the tournament which is part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Prostějov, Czech Republic between 31 May and 4 June 2016. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of May 23, 2016. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Dominik Kellovský * Zdeněk Kolář * Alex Molčan * Janko Tipsarević The following players received entry as alternates into the singles main draw: * Marco Cecchinato The following players received special entry into the singles main draw: * Guido Andreozzi The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Marcelo Demoliner * Márton Fucsovics * Juan Ignacio Londero * João Souza The following players received entry as lucky losers into the singles main draw: * Miki Janković * Dmitry Popko Doubles main-draw entrants Seeds *1 Rankings as o ... [...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] |
Zdeněk Kolář
Zdeněk Kolář (; born 9 October 1996) is a Czech tennis player. Kolář has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 111 achieved on 13 June 2022. He also has a career high doubles ranking of World No. 110 achieved on 1 August 2022. Professional career 2018: ATP debut Kolář played his first match in an ATP tournament, after qualifying for the 2018 Swedish Open. He was defeated in straight sets by defending champion and former Top 10 member David Ferrer. 2021: Three Challenger titles In 2021, Kolář won 3 ATP Challenger singles titles: in April in Oeiras Portugal, in August in Iasi Romania, in September in Szczecin Poland and 4 ATP Challenger doubles titles. 2022: Grand Slam debut and first ATP & Major win In 2022, Kolář made his ATP main draw debut in doubles at Chile Open alongside Nikola Milojević. They reached the quarterfinals with a win over local wildcards Alejandro Tabilo and Gonzalo Lama. In his fifth qualifying attempt, Kolar finally reached the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Knowle
Julian Knowle (born 29 April 1974) is an Austrian former male professional tennis player. Being a born left-hander, Knowle was one of the few on the ATP Tour who played his forehand, backhand, and even volleys double-handed. He was Austria's most successful doubles player in history by reaching world no. 6 in the ATP doubles rankings in January 2008, before being matched by Jürgen Melzer, who reached no. 6 in September 2010, and overtaken by Alexander Peya, who reached no. 3 in August 2013. Tennis career Knowle was a successful player on the ATP Challenger Series, winning the Challenger tournaments in Kyoto (1999), Caracas (2001), Graz (2001)n and Andrezieux (2002)n and reaching the finals in Yokohama (2000), Bristol (2000), Besançon (2000)n and Graz (2003). He also won several Futures tournaments. Knowle's best ATP singles ranking was world no. 86 in July 2002. His final appearance in the main draw of a singles tournament was in the Graz Challenger in 2005 where he reached ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artem Sitak
Artem Yurievich Sitak ( ; russian: Артём Юрьевич Ситак, Artyom Sitak; born 8 February 1986) is a Russian-born New Zealand professional tennis player. On 11 August 2008, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 299, whilst his highest doubles ranking of World No. 32 was reached on 10 September 2018, after the US Open. He is the younger brother of Dmitri Sitak, who was also a professional tennis player. Junior years Coached during the 1990s by Santini, as a 13-year-old in 1999, Sitak received a wildcard into the main draw of an ITF junior tournament in Russia as a 13-year-old in 1999. He was defeated by Evgeni Smirnov 6–4, 6–1. The following year he entered the qualifying draw of the same tournament, and defeated future ATP top 50 player Denis Istomin 6–0, 6–1 to win his first ITF junior match. Sitak was taken out in the third and final round of qualifying by a future ATP top 100 player Teimuraz Gabashvili 6–4, 7–5. At the age ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Monroe
Benjamin Nicholas Monroe (born April 12, 1982) is an American professional tennis player. He has won 4 ATP World Tour doubles titles and 13 ATP Challenger Tour titles in his career. College career Monroe had a highly successful college career at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 2000 to 2004. His achievements include: * University of North Carolina's Senior Male Student-Athlete of the Year (2003–2004) * All-American Status (2003–2004) * All-ACC Status (2002–2004) * 2nd in all-time singles wins (100) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill * Recipient of the Arthur Ashe Regional Sportsmanship Award (2003–2004) * National and Regional NCAA/ITF John Van Nostrand Sportsmanship Awards (2003–2004) Professional career 2001 Nicholas competed in doubles in his first main-draw Futures match. He and partner (compatriot) Tripp Phillips lost in the first round of USA F21. This was the only tour event he competed in 2001. 2002 Monroe reached th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dmitry Popko
Dmitry Yevgenyevich Popko (russian: Дмитрий Евгеньевич Попко; born 24 October 1996) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani tennis player. Popko has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 162 achieved on 25 October 2021. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 304 achieved on 1 May 2017. Popko has participated in qualifying for all four of the Grand Slams. Popko represents Kazakhstan at the Davis Cup. He defeated Chinese tennis player 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 consec ... in his first tie. Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour finals Singles: 28 (19–9) Doubles: 11 (5–6) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Popko, Dmitry 1996 births Living people Kazakhstani male tennis players Russia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miki Janković
Miki Janković ( sr, Мики Јанковић, ; born 26 September 1994) is a Serbian 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 ... coach and former professional tennis player. He participated as a doubles player in a Serbian squad that won 2012 World Team Cup. In September 2017, due to recurring hip injuries, Janković decided to retire as a professional player and start a coaching career. Team competition finals: 1 (1–0) References External links * * 1994 births Living people Tennis players from Belgrade Serbian male tennis players Serbian tennis coaches 21st-century Serbian people {{Serbia-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
João Souza
João Olavo Soares de Souza (; born 27 May 1988) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player. Before receiving a lifetime ban for match-fixing, Souza competed mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 69, on April 6, 2015, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 70, on January 7, 2013. Souza was coached by former Brazilian player Ricardo Acioly. Souza is also known as "Feijão" (Portuguese for Bean). Career In 2011, he qualified to the US Open, but was defeated in the first round by wildcard Robby Ginepri 3–6, 4–6, 7–6, 1–6. In the 2014 season, Souza beat world No. 45, Robin Haase in round of 32 of the ATP 250 São Paulo. Later he reached semifinals at the Marburg, Scheveningen and Poznan Challengers. At the Medellin Challenger, he beat Facundo Bagnis in semifinals and lost to Austin Krajicek in the final. He reached semifinals at the Quito Challenger. In 2015, he played in the longest singles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Ignacio Londero
Juan Ignacio Londero (; born 15 August 1993, in Jesus Maria) is an Argentine tennis player. Londero 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 eventual champion Ivo Karlović. He managed to win his first tour level match at the 2019 Córdoba Open against Nicolás Jarry and subsequently won his first ATP title at the tournament, defeating Guido Pella Guido Pella (; born 17 May 1990) is an inactive Argentine professional tennis player. In August 2019, Pella reached his career best world No. 20 in singles. In July 2019, he peaked at No. 55 in doubles. Personal life His father, Carlos, taught ... in the final. Londero reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 50 in November 2019 and his highest ATP doubles ranking of world No. 186 in March 2020. Performance timelines Singles ''Current after the 2022 Chile Open.'' ATP career finals Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Márton Fucsovics
Márton Fucsovics ( hu, Fucsovics Márton, ; born 8 February 1992) is a Hungarian professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 31 on 4 March 2019. He is currently the No. 1 Hungarian player. Early life Fucsovics started to play tennis at the age of five. He came through the ranks quickly and at the age of 8 he played in a field 3–4 years older. In 2003 Fucsovics won his age group National Championship and the Nike Junior Tour. With that he got the chance to represent Hungary on the World Final in Sun City, South Africa. Fucsovics also showed talent in basketball as a youth, but chose to make tennis his career path. Junior tennis Fucsovics's first major success came in 2009, when he won the US Open Boys' Doubles title, with Hsieh Cheng-peng of Chinese Taipei. In 2010 he reached the semi-final of the Australian Open Boys' Singles, and a few months later he won the Wimbledon Boys' Singles, defeating qualifier Benjamin Mitchell in a stra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcelo Demoliner
Marcelo Fedrizzi Demoliner (born 18 January 1989) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. A doubles specialist, he won his first title at the ATP 250 Antalya Open with Santiago González in June 2018, after having reached six finals at that level. He was runner-up at the ATP 500 Vienna in 2018 and Saint Petersburg in 2020. Alongside Maria José Martinez Sanchez, he was a mixed doubles semifinalist in 2017 Wimbledon Championships and 2018 Australian Open. He reached a career high ranking of world No. 34 in doubles in November 2017. Career 2006: Turned Professional Demoliner turned professional in 2006, playing smaller tournaments (Futures). In 2007, he played his 1st Challenger. At this time, he was considered one of the promises of the sport in Brazil. 2009-2012: First singles Challenger title, new partnership with Souza In 2009, he managed to enter the top 300, and won his first Challenger title, in Blumenau. In 2011, again achieved good results in Blumenau Challenger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guido Andreozzi
Guido Andreozzi (; ; born 5 August 1991) is an Argentine professional tennis player of Italian descent. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures, both in singles and doubles. His career-high rankings are World No. 70 in singles (January 2019) and No. 101 in doubles (February 2019). Personal life and background Andreozzi started playing tennis at 6 with father at Club Harrods. His father, Jorge, is a construction worker and his mother, Nora Potente, is an accountant. He also has one brother named Franco. Guido attended school at Colegio Nicolas Avellaneda. He stated that his favourite surface is hard, shot is forehand and tournament is US Open. Idol growing up was Roger Federer. Hobbies include spending time with friends, listening to music, playing football and watching TV shows and movies. He is big fan of Boca Juniors football team. Currently trains at Club Liceo Naval. Fitness trainer is Mariano Gaute. Juniors As a junior Andreozzi posted a 34-16 sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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