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2018 Columbus Challenger
The 2018 Columbus Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the fifth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Columbus, United States between 17 and 23 September 2018. Singles main draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of September 10, 2018. Other entrants The following players received entry into the singles main draw as wildcards: * Martin Joyce * John McNally * Mikael Torpegaard * J. J. Wolf The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt: * James Duckworth The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Thai-Son Kwiatkowski * Luke Saville * Ryan Shane * Evan Song The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * David Pérez Sanz Champions Singles * Michael Mmoh def. Jordan Thompson 6–3, 7–6(7–4). Doubles * Tommy Paul / Peter Polansky def. Gonzalo Escobar / Roberto Quiroz 6–3, 6–3. Ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hard Court
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] |
Alexei Popyrin
Alexei Popyrin (born 5 August 1999) is an Australian professional tennis player. Popyrin has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 59 achieved on 8 November 2021. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 235 achieved in June 2022. He turned professional in 2017 and has won one singles title on the ATP Tour. Personal life Popyrin was born in Sydney, Australia to Russian parents. He began playing tennis at the Kim Warwick Tennis Academy in Hornsby at the age of four and was in attendance for the historic 2008 Australian Open third round match between Lleyton Hewitt and Marcos Baghdatis. At the age of 8, Popyrin relocated to Dubai for two years due to his father's work commitments before moving to Alicante, Spain where fellow Australian Alex de Minaur was his neighbour. Popyrin also spends time training in Nice, France, Marbella, Spain and Dubai. He has trained at the Mouratoglou Academy since April 2017. Popyrin is multilingual in English, Russian and Spanish. P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Pérez Sanz
David Pérez Sanz (; born 15 May 1994) is a Spanish tennis player. Pérez Sanz has a career high ATP singles ranking of 216, achieved on 6 June 2016. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 158 achieved on 19 September 2016. Pérez Sanz has won 1 ATP Challenger doubles title, 12 ITF singles Futures titles and 36 ITF doubles Futures titles. In July 2016, Pérez Sanz won the 2016 Tampere Open doubles title, partnering Max Schnur Max Jacob Schnur (born 15 February 1993) is an American tennis player mostly playing on the ATP Challenger Tour, specializing in doubles. His highest ATP doubles ranking of World No. 87 was achieved on 12 September 2022. College career Schnur gra .... As of January 28, 2019, Pérez Sanz is number 1 in the ITF World Tennis Singles Ranking. ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 37 (19–18) Doubles: 71 (52–19) External links * * David Pérez Sanz, un Nº1 sin ranking ATP– Fernando Murciego, Punto de Break, February 3, 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Shane
Ryan John Shane (born April 15, 1994) is an American professional tennis player. He played college tennis at the University of Virginia. On May 25, 2015, Shane won the NCAA Men's Singles Championship. This victory also earned him a wild card into the main draw of the 2015 US Open. Early life Ryan's parents are Alaine and Jack Shane. He has an older brother, Justin, who also played on the Virginia tennis team, and a younger brother named Zachary. In the summer months growing up Ryan’s family would vacation to Franklin, New Hampshire; where there was a family tennis court that got good use from the Shane brothers. Ryan was part of a Fairfax, Virginia tennis club that also included future Virginia tennis players, Michael Shabaz and Treat Huey. Shane attended J. E. B. Stuart High School in Falls Church, Virginia Falls Church is an independent city (United States), independent city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Saville
Luke Saville (born 1 February 1994) is an Australian professional tennis player. He has had success as a doubles player where he reached his highest ranking of World No. 23 on 8 November 2021. Saville reached the final at the 2020 Australian Open, partnering with fellow Australian Max Purcell. As a junior, Saville enjoyed a successful career in which he won two junior grand slam singles titles at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships and 2012 Australian Open respectively. Saville is also a former junior World No. 1 and an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. In January 2013, he competed in his first ATP main draw event at the 2013 Australian Open, but has struggled in transitioning from Juniors onto the professional circuit, reaching his highest singles ranking of World No. 152. Personal life Saville was born in Berri, South Australia. He is a keen supporter of the Carlton in the Australian Football League. He has a brother Troy and a sister Katie, who also play club te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thai-Son Kwiatkowski
Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (born February 13, 1995) is a Vietnamese American tennis player. He played collegiately for the Virginia Cavaliers. On May 29, 2017, Kwiatkowski won the NCAA Men's Singles Championship. This victory earned him a wildcard into the main draw of the 2017 US Open. College career Coming out of high school, he was the nation's top recruit. Kwiatkowski was on three national championship teams during his time at Virginia. As a sophomore, he tied the school's single season wins record, going 44-8 during the season. On September 11, 2016, Kwiatkowski won the American Collegiate Invitational, which earned him a wild card into the qualifying tournament for the 2017 US Open. After his senior season, he was named first-team all- ACC. Kwiatkowski won the singles title at the 2017 NCAA Men's Singles Championship, defeating William Blumberg in the final. Other notable college achievements: • 2018 NCAA Top 10 Award winner • ACC Men’s Tennis Scholar-Athlete of the Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Duckworth (tennis)
James Duckworth (born 21 January 1992) is an Australian professional tennis player. He has a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) singles ranking of World No. 47 achieved on 8 November 2021 and No. 185 in doubles achieved on 10 February 2020. As a junior, Duckworth enjoyed a successful career which included winning three titles and reaching the semi-finals of the 2010 French Open. Duckworth represented Australia in tennis at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the 2022 ATP Cup. Personal life Duckworth was born in Sydney. He attended Sydney Church of England Grammar School, where he was on the school tennis first team from Year 7 and went on to win several AAGPS Premierships. He was offered a scholarship to the Australian Institute of Sport, where he was able to further develop his tennis. Duckworth is a keen supporter of the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League. Junior career Duckworth played his first ITF under-18 tournament in December 2005 as a 13-year- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikael Torpegaard
Mikael Torpegaard (born 8 May 1994) is a Danish professional tennis player, who as of April 2022 is the second highest ranked male tennis player from Denmark behind Holger Rune. Mikael Torpegaard is a member of the Denmark Davis Cup team. Earlier career Torpegaard won his first career ATP Challenger $75,000 title at the 2016 Columbus Challenger, which is played at Ohio State, where Mikael went to college and became a five-time All-American and a two-time Big Ten Athlete of the Year, an achievement that ranks him among the most successful tennis players in Ohio State history. Professional career 2019: ATP debut Torpegaard qualified for his first ATP main draw at the 2019 Citi Open in Washington, USA where he lost to Marius Copil. 2021: Grand Slam debut Torpegaard made his Grand Slam main draw debut at the 2021 Australian Open as a lucky loser where he lost to Lloyd Harris. Davis Cup On 22 September 2015 Torpegaard, representing host Denmark for the third time in Davis Cup p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McNally (tennis)
John McNally (born 18 October 1998) is a former American tennis player. Juniors On the junior tour, McNally had a career high ranking of No. 13 achieved on 30 May 2016. Professional career McNally made his Grand Slam main draw debut at the 2016 US Open in the doubles event, partnering J. J. Wolf. He won his first Professional Title at the ITF Mens 25K Future in Columbus, Ohio.(November 2021) He received a wild card into qualifying for the 2019 Western & Southern Open. His younger sister, Caty McNally Catherine "Caty" McNally (born November 20, 2001) is an American tennis player. She achieved her highest doubles ranking of world No. 11 on 4 April 2022. On 7 November 2022, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 94. She is best known ..., is also a professional tennis player. Both are coached by their mother. On 13 November 2022, he announced his retirement via Instagram. ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 2 (1–1) Doubles: 7 (5–2) Ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maverick Banes
Maverick Banes (born 10 April 1992) is an inactive Australian tennis player. Banes has a career high ATP singles ranking of 216 achieved on 27 August 2018. He also has a career high doubles ranking of 236 achieved on 9 May 2016. Banes has won 1 ATP Challenger 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 ... singles title at the 2018 Gwangju Open. Challenger and Futures finals Singles: 17 (8–9) Doubles: 26 (12–14) External links * * 1992 births Living people Australian male tennis players Tennis people from the Gold Coast 21st-century Australian people {{Australia-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Quiroz
Roberto Quiroz Gómez (; born 23 February 1992) is an Ecuadorian professional tennis player. Quiroz is the nephew of Andrés Gómez and the cousin of Emilio Gómez and Nicolás Lapentti. He attended and played collegiate tennis at the University of Southern California. In 2010 he won the finals stage of Boys' Doubles events on the French Open and US Open with Peruvian tennis player Duilio Beretta. They defeated Argentinian pair Facundo Argüello and Agustín Velotti 6–3, 6–2 in France and they won against Oliver Golding and Jiří Veselý 6–1, 7–5 in the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie .... Challenger and Futures finals Singles: 12 (6–6) Doubles: 32 (20–12) Junior Grand Slam finals Doubles: 2 (2 titles) References Exter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominik Köpfer
Dominik Koepfer (born 29 April 1994) is a German professional tennis player. He has achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 50 on 10 May 2021, and a doubles ranking of No. 92 on 14 February 2022. He played college tennis at Tulane University. Professional career 2017: ATP debut Koepfer made his ATP main draw debut at the Winston-Salem Open as a lucky loser. He won his first ATP Challenger Tour title in doubles at the 2017 Columbus Challenger, partnering Denis Kudla. 2018: First ATP win Koepfer won his first match on the ATP Tour, again as a lucky loser at the Winston-Salem Open, defeating Tennys Sandgren. 2019: First Challenger title, Grand Slam debut, US Open fourth round By winning his first Challenger in singles at the Ilkley Trophy Koepfer gained a wildcard for the 2019 Wimbledon Championships. There, he won his first Grand Slam main draw match by defeating Filip Krajinović in the first round before losing to Diego Schwartzman in straight sets. He reached ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
