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2017 Prosperita Open
The 2017 Prosperita Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 14th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Ostrava, Czech Republic between 1 and 7 May. Point distribution Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of April 24, 2017. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Dominik Kellovský * Zdeněk Kolář * David Poljak * Dominik Šproch The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking: * Simone Bolelli The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Attila Balázs * Reda El Amrani * Lenny Hampel * Sebastian Ofner The following players received entry as lucky losers: * Dragoș Dima * Carlos Taberner Champions Singles * Stefano Travaglia def. Marco Cecchinato 6–2, 3–6, 6–4. Doubles * Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan / Franko Škugor def. Rameez Junaid / Lukáš ... [...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] |
Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo
Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo (; born 6 January 1978 in Alicante, Spain) is a former professional male tennis player from Spain. His career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 50, achieved on 2 October 2006. His favourite surface is clay, where he has won numerous ATP Challenger Tour events, and has reached the final in three events of the ATP tour, all in 2007, finishing runner-up in all three finals. Career Ramírez Hidalgo turned pro in 1998. At the 2006 French Open, Ramírez Hidalgo reached the 4th round in a Grand Slam event for the first time in his career, defeating Thierry Ascione, Christophe Rochus and future finalist David Ferrer. Before the tournament, he had lost four consecutive times in the first round of a Grand Slam, a pattern he proceeded to return to for a further 9 appearances. On 4 August 2016, after defeating Ante Pavić in the 2nd round of the Chengdu Challenger, Ramírez Hidalgo became the first player ever to win 400 matches in the ATP Challenger Tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rameez Junaid
Rameez Junaid (born 25 May 1981) is an Australian professional tennis player of Pakistani descent. Junaid is based in Melbourne, Victoria, and is currently ranked in the top 100 in doubles. His doubles partners have included Philipp Marx, Adil Shamasdin and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (in Dubai Dubai (, ; ar, دبي, translit=Dubayy, , ) is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populated of the 7 emirates of the United Arab Emirates.The Government and Politics of ... in 2007). ATP career finals Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) Challenger and Futures finals Singles: 9 (3–6) Doubles: 73 (37–36) Grand Slam doubles performance timeline References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Junaid, Rameez Australian male tennis players Naturalised citizens of Australia Naturalised tennis players Punjabi people Pakistani emigrants to Australia Tennis people from Victoria (Australia) Liv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Taberner
Carlos Taberner Segarra (; born 8 August 1997) is a Spanish professional tennis player. Taberner has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 85 achieved on 23 May 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 337 achieved on 18 September 2017. He has reached 16 career singles finals, with a record of 7 wins and 9 losses which includes four ATP Challenger singles titles: the 2020 Iași Open, the 2021 Antalya Challenger II, the 2021 Open du Pays d'Aix and the 2021 Lošinj Open. Additionally, he has reached 7 career doubles finals with a record of 4 wins and 3 losses which includes one ATP Challenger doubles title at the 2017 San Benedetto Tennis Cup. Professional career 2018: ATP and Grand Slam debut Taberner made his ATP Tour debut at the 2018 Open Sud de France in Marseilles where he advanced through 2 qualifying matches to reach the main draw. In qualifying, he defeated Benjamin Bonzi ''6–2, 6–4'' and Marco Trungelliti ''4–6, 6–2, 6–4'', w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragoș Dima
Dragoș Dima (born 16 June 1992 in Ploiești) is a Romanian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of 279 achieved on 24 September 2018. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 903 achieved on 27 June 2016. Dima represents Romania at the Davis Cup making his debut on 15 September 2017 against Austria's Gerald Melzer in 1st round play-offs of Group I Group 1 may refer to: * Alkali metal, a chemical element classification for Alkali metal * Group 1 (racing), a historic (until 1981) classification for Touring car racing, applied to standard touring cars. Comparable to modern FIA Group N * Group On .... ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures finals Singles: 22 (9 titles, 13 runners-up) Doubles: 2 (0 titles, 2 runners-up) Davis Cup Singles performances (1–2) References External links * * * 1992 births Living people Romanian male tennis players Tennis players from Bucharest Sportspeople from Ploiești 21st-century Romanian peo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebastian Ofner
Sebastian Ofner (born 12 May 1996) is an Austrian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 126 achieved on 6 May 2019. He was a semifinalist at the 2017 Generali Open Kitzbühel in his home country. Professional career 2017: ATP and Grand Slam debut at Wimbledon & third round Ofner made his ATP main draw debut at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships after going through qualifying, defeating Kimmer Coppejans, Miljan Zekić and Jay Clarke. In the first round, he beat Thomaz Bellucci in straight sets. In the next round, he upset world No. 18 Jack Sock in a five-setter. In August, Ofner caused another surprise in front of his home crowd at the 2017 Generali Open Kitzbühel by defeating first seed Pablo Cuevas as a wildcard in the second round. He then won over Renzo Olivo to reach the semifinals where he fell to João Sousa. 2018: Maiden Challenger title Ofner won his maiden ATP Challenger title at the President's Cup in Astana. 2022: Fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reda El Amrani
Reda El Amrani (born 19 May 1988) is a professional tennis player from Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to .... He has a career high-ranking of world No. 160 achieved in June 2010. Career finals: 19 (13–6) Singles: 11 (8–3) Doubles: 8 (5–3) Style of play Reda El Amrani has a powerful serve, he can easily reach . He usually hits approximately 10 aces per match. He sometimes hits a lot of double faults. He has a good forehand, as he hits it spinny most of the time but sometimes flat; he won this way against 2 top 100 players. He has a one handed backhand. He also uses a lot of dropshots. He has had numerous injuries, like a knee injury in 2011. Best results 2010 250 Series: Quarter-finalist Grand Prix Hassan II (Casablanca). Challenger Series: Fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attila Balázs
Attila Balázs (; born September 27, 1988) is a Hungarian professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ATP ranking of No. 76 achieved on 2 March 2020. He is a seven time Hungarian National Tennis Champion; after Béla von Kehrling, József Asbóth and István Gulyás. He is the fourth Hungarian player who was able to win at least 6 consecutive National Championships. Career As a qualifier, he reached the semifinals of the 2012 BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy in Bucharest and was defeated by Fabio Fognini. His next best result was the quarterfinals seven years later as a wildcard at the 2019 Hungarian Open with victories over Hubert Hurkacz and sixth seed John Millman. Next he reached his first ATP final at the 2019 Croatia Open Umag where he lost against Dušan Lajović as a qualifier. In 2020, he reached the semifinals of the ATP 500 2020 Rio Open tournament as a lucky loser where he was defeated by Gianluca Mager Gianluca Mager (born 1 December 1994) is an I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simone Bolelli
Simone Bolelli (; born 8 October 1985) is an Italian professional tennis player. Bolelli is a Grand Slam champion, having won the 2015 Australian Open doubles event with Fabio Fognini, together becoming the first all-Italian men's pair to win a Grand Slam title in the Open Era. He has a career-high ATP ranking in doubles of World No. 8 achieved on 17 August 2015 and in singles of World No. 36 achieved on 23 February 2009. Career 2003 In 2003, Bolelli reached his first ITF Futures tournament semifinal at Egypt F1, losing to 485th-ranked Jaroslav Pospíšil. He played entirely Futures events except for one Challenger tournament in Brindisi. 2004–2005 In 2004, Bolelli reached his second Futures final, losing to Dominique Coene. He made another final and won two Futures titles, making two wins out of three finals for Futures finals in the 2004 season. He won the Italy F15 and F8 titles, and lost in the final of a Challenger event in Brașov. In 2005, Bolelli reached the fi ... [...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] |
Marco Cecchinato
Marco Cecchinato (; born 30 September 1992) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 16 reached on 25 February 2019. On 29 April 2018, he won his first ATP World Tour title at the 2018 Hungarian Open, becoming the first Sicilian tennis player to win an ATP title. Cecchinato is a clay specialist and his best Grand Slam result is a semifinal at the 2018 French Open. Career 2013–2017: ATP and Grand Slam debut In May 2013, Cecchinato qualified for the main draw at the ATP tournament in Nice, losing to countryman and No. 6 seed, Fabio Fognini, in the first round. In July 2014, Cecchinato qualified for Umag, where he played another countryman and No. 6 seed, Andreas Seppi, in the first round. Cecchinato lost the match in three sets. Cecchinato then made his Grand Slam debut at the 2015 US Open. On 20 July 2016, Cecchinato was suspended for 18 months (until January 2018) and fined €40,000 by the Italian tennis federation f ... [...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] |
