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2017 Canberra Tennis International
The 2017 Canberra Tennis International was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the third edition of the tournament and was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2017 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Canberra, Australia, on 30 October–5 November 2017. Men's singles main draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings as of 23 October 2017. Other entrants The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw: * Blake Ellis * Jacob Grills * Benard Bruno Nkomba The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking: * Jason Kubler The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt: * Blake Ellis The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate: * Omar Jasika The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Matthew Barton * Gavin van Peperzeel * Dane Propoggia * Calum Puttergill The following players re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitchell Krueger
Mitchell Krueger (born January 12, 1994) is an American tennis player. Krueger has a career-high singles ranking by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) of world No. 135, achieved on 18 July 2022. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 173, achieved on 27 April 2015. Professional career Krueger received a wildcard into the 2012 US Open mixed doubles event, where he partnered fellow American Samantha Crawford, but lost in the first round. He made his ATP Tour main-draw debut and recorded first win when he qualified and defeated Benoît Paire for a first of two wins of his career at the 2017 Western & Southern Open and the 2018 BNP Paribas Open. He made his Grand Slam debut when he qualified into the main draw of the 2018 US Open. At the 2019 Australian Open, Krueger qualified for the first time at this major but lost to world No. 1, Novak Djokovic, in the first round. His first Grand slam win was at the 2020 US Open where he defeated Pedro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Destanee Aiava
Destanee Gabriella Aiava (born 10 May 2000) is an Australian professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 147 in singles, achieved on 11 September 2017, and of 192 in doubles, achieved October 2019. Aiava has won five singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She made her Grand Slam main-draw debut after winning the 2016 U18 Australian Championships, granting her a wildcard into the 2017 Australian Open. She thus became the first player, male or female, born in 2000 or later to participate in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament. Early life Aiava is Samoan descent; her father, Mark, was born in New Zealand to Samoan parents, and her mother, Rosie, was born in American Samoa. Junior career 2012–2016 In 2012, at the age of 12, Aiava represented Australia at Roland Garros in the Longines Future Tennis Aces Tournament. Competing against fifteen of the top under-13 female tennis players, Aiava won the tournament and won the right to pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lizette Cabrera
Lizette Faith Cabrera (born 19 December 1997) is an Australian tennis player of Filipino descent. She has a career-high singles ranking of No. 119, achieved on 3 February 2020. Early life Cabrera was born and raised in Townsville by her parents Ronnie and Maria before moving to Brisbane to train at the National Academy. She has one sister, Izabo and one brother, Carl. Cabrera's parents are both from the Philippines and both work in an abattoir in order to financially support her career. Professional career 2016 Cabrera started 2016 with a ranking of 1062. She won her first title on the professional tour in September 2016. Her year-end singles ranking was No. 257. 2017: Maiden tour match win Cabrera was given a wildcard into the Hobart International and won her first WTA Tour match against Misaki Doi in round one. At the Australian Open, Cabrera made her senior Grand Slam main-draw debut thanks to a wildcard; however, she lost in the first round to Donna Vekic. In September, Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher O'Connell
Christopher O'Connell (born 3 June 1994) is an Australian professional tennis player. He grew up on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. O'Connell reached a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 78 on 28 November 2022 and a doubles ranking of No. 460 on 25 April 2022. He made his ATP Tour debut in January 2017 in his hometown at the Sydney International. Career 2011–16: Professional career beginnings O'Connell played his first ITF Men's Circuit match in October 2011, where he defeated Robert Howe in the Australia F8 before being defeated in the second round. O'Connell ended 2011 with a ranking of 1745. In 2012, O'Connell lost in the first round of qualifying for the Caloundra Challenger while attending the Australian Institute of Sport on a tennis scholarship. He played two more ITF tournaments in Asia before having an 22-month hiatus from professional tennis. In 2014, O'Connell was given a wild card into the qualifying rounds of the 2014 McDonald's Burnie Internation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Mitchell (tennis)
Benjamin "Ben" Mitchell (born 30 November 1992) is an Australian professional tennis player who as of March 2021 is unranked by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). As a junior, Mitchell enjoyed a successful career in which he reached one junior grand slam singles final at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships and reached a ranking of World No. 20. In January 2012, he competed in his first ATP main draw event at the Brisbane International. His last appearance, to date, was at an ITF event in Toowoomba, Australia, in October 2018. Personal life Mitchell is the younger brother of former ''Home and Away'' actor, Luke Mitchell. Mitchell comes from a tennis-loving family and also has two other brothers and one sister. He has a daughter named Zara. In December 2015, Mitchell withdrew from the final round of the 2016 Australian Open Main Draw Wildcard playoff to be present for the birth of his daughter. Mitchell has coached at Brisbane Boys College. Junior career Mitchell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calum Puttergill
Calum Puttergill (born 22 October 1993) is a South African-born Australian tennis player. Puttergill has a career high ATP singles ranking of 663 achieved on 24 February 2020. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 244 achieved on 7 November 2022. Puttergill made his ATP main draw debut at the 2021 Great Ocean Road Open The 2021 Great Ocean Road Open was a tournament on the 2021 ATP Tour, one of six events in the 2021 Melbourne Summer Series. It was played on outdoor hard courts in Melbourne, Australia. It was organised as a lead-up tournament to the 2021 Austr ... in the doubles draw partnering Scott Puodziunas. ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 1 (0–1) Doubles: 15 (8–7) References External links * * 1993 births Living people Australian male tennis players People from Mthatha Sportspeople from the Sunshine Coast Tennis people from Queensland South African emigrants to Australia {{Australia-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dane Propoggia
Dane Propoggia (born 24 April 1990) is an Australian professional tennis player and competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and 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. ..., both in singles and doubles. Propoggia reached his highest ATP singles ranking of No. 295 on 2 February 2015, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, of No. 109 on 8 July 2013. Career finals (12) Singles: 7 (3 Titles) Doubles (6) (4 Titles) References External links * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Propoggia, Dane 1990 births Living people Australian male tennis players Place of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Barton (tennis)
Matthew Barton (born 16 December 1991) is an Australian professional tennis player. He made his Grand Slam singles debut at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships reaching the second round. Personal Barton grew up on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. He attended St Luke's Grammar School. His girlfriend is Andrea Vargas from Peru. Professional career 2012 Barton won his first ITF Futures title defeating Samuel Groth in the final 7–6(3) 6–3. Barton played the 2013 Australian Open Wildcard Playoff defeating Thanasi Kokkinakis and Nick Kyrgios. 2013 Barton defeated Croatian Ivo Karlović 6–7(0) 7–6(5) 7–6(5) at the Apia International Sydney qualification, Then beat Tatsuma Ito 7–5 6–1. Before losing to Björn Phau of Germany. Barton reached the 2nd round of the Australian Open with John Millman defeating Marinko Matosevic and Daniel Gimeno Traver in the opening round. Before losing to Kevin Anderson and Jonathan Erlich. Barton won his first ATP Challenger Tour Titl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Kubler
Jason Murray Kubler ( ; born 19 May 1993) is an Australian professional tennis player. Despite a promising junior career, which included the junior world No. 1 ranking and comparisons to Rafael Nadal, Kubler has spent the majority of his professional career on the lower circuits due to a hereditary knee condition that results in weakened meniscus around the joints. The condition has plagued Kubler throughout his career, resulting in six knee surgeries. Kubler also spent four years of his professional career playing exclusively on clay courts to avoid further structural damage to his knees. Early life Kubler was born in Brisbane, Australia to an Australian father and a Philippine-born mother. His father, John, introduced Kubler to tennis at the age of five, but died from cancer when Kubler was eight years of age. Kubler grew up in the north Brisbane suburb of Mango Hill with an older brother and a younger sister. Junior career In 2009, Kubler became just the second player in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blake Ellis (tennis)
Blake Ellis (born 6 January 1999) is an Australian tennis player. Ellis won the 2016 Australian Open boys' doubles alongside Alex De Minaur. Career 2014 – 2017: Senior Beginnings Ellis made his senior debut in October 2014 at the Australia F7, where he lost in round 1. Between 2015 and 2017, Ellis competed in the ITF Men's Circuit around Australia, Asia, and Europe, with his best result in that time period being a semi-final appearance in the August 2017 Thailand F6 Futures tournament in Nonthaburi. In October 2017, Ellis won his first Challenger match against Austrian Lucas Mielder in the Canberra International. 2018 At the 2018 Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships, Ellis had his best Challenger-level performance to date, winning his qualifying matches and then defeating two previous tournament champions in 5th seed Tatsuma Ito and 3rd seed Go Soeda en route to a semi-final loss against fellow Australian and eventual champion John Millman John H. Millman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omar Jasika
Omar Jasika (; born 18 May 1997) is an Australian tennis player. He is the 2014 US Open boys' singles champion defeating Quentin Halys in the final. Jasika along with Naoki Nakagawa also won the 2014 US Open boys' doubles title after defeating Rafael Matos and João Menezes in the final. In winning both, Jasika became the first player in 28 years to win both the boys’ singles and doubles events at the US Open. Jasika has a career-high singles ranking of World No. 239 achieved on 3 April 2017, as well as a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 220 achieved on 22 May 2016. Personal life Jasika was born in Melbourne, Australia. He is of Bosnian descent. His parents, Admir and Bina, emigrated from Bosnia and Herzegovina to Australia during the Bosnian War before Omar was born. He is the eldest child in his family and his brother, Amor, is also an aspiring professional tennis player. Jasika began playing tennis at the age of six. He attended South Oakleigh College throughout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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