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2017 Pekao Szczecin Open
The 2017 Pekao Szczecin Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 25th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Szczecin, Poland between 9 and 17 September 2017. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds 1 Rankings are as of 28 August 2017. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Adrian Andrzejczuk * Karol Drzewiecki * Richard Gasquet * Marcin Gawron The following players received entry into the singles main draw as special exempts: * Julien Cagnina * Jürgen Zopp The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Guillermo Durán * Artem Smirnov * Robin Staněk * Maxime Tabatruong The following players received entry as lucky losers: * Aliaksandr Bury * Marek Jaloviec * Constant Lestienne Champions Singles * Richard Gasquet def. Florian Mayer 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–4). Doubles * Wesley Koolhof / Artem Sitak def. Al ... [...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] |
Jerzy Janowicz
Jerzy Filip Janowicz Jr. (; born 13 November 1990) is a Polish professional tennis player. Janowicz is best known for becoming the first Polish man to reach a major semifinal at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships. Noted for his very powerful serve, Janowicz can hit at up to along with strong groundstrokes. Despite never winning an ATP Tour title, Janowicz obtained a career-high world ranking of No. 14 in August 2013. He was awarded the Gold Cross of Merit by Polish President Bronisław Komorowski in 2013 for his achievements. Having finished as runner-up at two junior major tournaments, Janowicz rose to prominence on the pro circuit leading up to and following his run to the final, as a qualifier, of the 2012 Paris Masters, during which he defeated five top-20 players such as Andy Murray and Janko Tipsarević. Despite losing to David Ferrer in the finals, he made his top-30 debut in the ATP rankings and became the highest-ranked male Polish tennis player. Coaching Janowicz wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constant Lestienne
Constant Lestienne (; born 23 May 1992) is a French professional tennis player. He competes mainly on the ITF Men's Circuit and ATP Challenger Tour. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 61 on 3 October 2022 and his highest doubles ranking of World No. 343 was achieved on 28 May 2018. He has won five ATP Challenger Tour singles titles. In addition, he has won five singles titles and three doubles titles in the ITF Men's Circuit. Career 2015: ATP Tour debut Lestienne reached his first career ATP Tour singles main draw at the 2015 Estoril Open after winning two singles qualifying matches. He lost in the first round to Pablo Carreño Busta. 2016: First challenger title, betting scandal and ban In May 2016, Lestienne won his maiden ATP Challenger Tour tournament in Ostrava. In September 2016 Lestienne was suspended for seven months and fined $10,000 by the International Tennis Federation for betting on tennis matches. The Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) in cooperati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aliaksandr Bury
Aliaksandr Ivanavich Bury ( be, Аляксандр Іванавіч Буры; russian: Александр Иванович Бурый; also spelt Alexander Bury), (born 14 September 1987) is a Belarusian professional tennis player and competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures, both in singles and doubles. He has won one doubles title at ATP World Tour with Denis Istomin. Bury reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 366 on 10 February 2014, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 59, on 19 October 2015. Bury has represented Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ... at Davis Cup, where he has a win–loss record of 8–5. ATP finals Doubles (1-0) ITF finals (30-33) Singles (1–1) Doubles (29-32) References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artem Smirnov (tennis)
Artem Vitaliyovych Smirnov ( uk, Артем Віталійович Смирнов; born 2 February 1988) is a Ukrainian tennis player playing on the 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 T .... Career On 9 May 2016, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 226, whilst his highest doubles ranking of 159 was reached on 23 August 2010. He also played for the Ukraine Davis Cup team. Challenger finals Singles: 1 (0–1) Doubles: 4 (1–3) References External links * * * * 1988 births Living people Ukrainian male tennis players Universiade medalists in tennis Universiade silver medalists for Ukraine Universiade bronze medalists for Ukraine Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade 21st-century Ukrainian people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillermo Durán
Guillermo Durán (; born 6 June 1988) is an Argentine tennis player playing on the 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 T .... On 2 April 2012, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 385. His highest ATP doubles ranking of 48 was achieved on 23 May 2016. ATP career finals Doubles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up) Challenger and Futures finals Singles: 10 (1–9) Doubles: 76 (47–29) Notes External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Duran, Guillermo 1988 births Living people Argentine male tennis players Tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic tennis players of Argentina Sportspeople from Tucumán Province 21st-century Argentine people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jürgen Zopp
Jürgen Zopp (born 29 March 1988) is a retired professional Estonian tennis player. He is Estonia's all-time highest ranked male tennis player with a career-high singles ranking of World No. 71 in 2012. Career Zopp started playing tennis at the age of 6 and grew up idolizing Pete Sampras, Marat Safin, and Roger Federer. Zopp had a somewhat successful junior career, reaching the second round of the Australian and US Open Boys' tournaments in 2006. In 2008, he would officially turn pro. Zopp made a breakthrough on the ATP tour in 2012, qualifying for the main draws of the Australian Open, Roland-Garros and Wimbledon boosting his ranking to the point where he didn’t have to go through qualifying by the time the US Open came around. and achieving his first main draw ATP tournament win at the 2012 Bucharest Open establishing himself as a top-100 player in the ATP rankings at world No. 71. 2013-2014 would see a huge dip in form and rankings as his ranking plummeted all the way ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julien Cagnina
Julien Cagnina (born 4 June 1994) is a Belgian tennis player. Cagnina has a career high ATP singles ranking of 239 achieved on 30 October 2017. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 353 achieved on 10 October 2015. Cagnina represents Belgium at the Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the organis ..., where he has a W/L record of 0–1. Future and Challenger finals Singles 28 (17–11) Davis Cup Participations: (0–1) * indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface. External links * * * 1994 births Living people Belgian male tennis players Sportspeople from Liège {{Belgium-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcin Gawron
Marcin Gawron (; born 25 May 1988) is a Polish tennis player. He made the final of the 2006 Wimbledon Junior Championship, but lost to Thiemo de Bakker Thiemo Carsten Jannick de Bakker (born 19 September 1988) is a Dutch professional tennis player. Considered a top prospect of his generation as a junior, he also made an impressive breakthrough as a young pro, reaching a career-high ranking in ... 2–6, 6–7(4–7). Junior Grand Slam finals Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 22 (8–14) Doubles: 33 (19–14) External links * * 1988 births Living people Polish male tennis players Sportspeople from Nowy Sącz {{Poland-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karol Drzewiecki
Karol Drzewiecki (; born 1 November 1995) is a Polish professional tennis player. Drzewiecki has a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) is the governing body of the men's professional tennis circuits – the ATP Tour, the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP Champions Tour. It was formed in September 1972 by Donald Dell, Jack Kramer, a ... (ATP) singles ranking of 820, which he first achieved on 3 December 2018. He reached his career-high doubles ranking of 144 on 9 August 2021. Drzewiecki has won 3 ATP Challenger doubles titles. Tour titles Doubles External links * * 1995 births Living people Polish male tennis players Sportspeople from Poznań Sportspeople from Gorzów Wielkopolski 20th-century Polish people 21st-century Polish people {{Poland-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renzo Olivo
Renzo Olivo (; born 15 March 1992) is an Argentine professional tennis player. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures, both in singles and doubles. He has a career-high singles ranking of World No. 78 achieved on 9 January 2016 and a doubles ranking of World No. 148 achieved on 29 April 2013. Career In Bastad he made it through three rounds of qualifying to reach his first ATP tour main draw, where he reached the quarterfinals, defeating second seed Tommy Robredo. He earned the biggest win of his career at the 2017 French Open, when he beat twelfth seed and home favourite Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (; born 17 April 1985) is a French former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 5 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved in February 2012. Tsonga won 18 singles titles on th ... in four sets. ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 16 (8–8) Doubles: 31 (16–15) Singles perf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casper Ruud
Casper Ruud (born 22 December 1998) is a Norwegian professional tennis player. Ruud has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 2, achieved on 12 September 2022, making him the highest-ranked Norwegian tennis player in history. He has won nine ATP Tour singles titles, eight of which were on clay courts. Ruud is the first Norwegian man to win an ATP singles title, to reach major finals (at the 2022 French Open and US Open finals), to reach a Masters 1000 final, and to enter the top 20 in the ATP rankings. He also reached the final of the 2022 ATP Finals. In doubles, he has a career-high ranking of world No. 133, achieved after reaching the quarterfinals of the 2021 Wimbledon Championships. Revered for his professional on-court demeanour, he was awarded the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award in 2022. Career Junior tennis Ruud reached the third round of the 2015 French Open boys' singles event, losing to Corentin Denolly. He also reached the third round of the 2015 US Open boy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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