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2018 Lima Challenger
The 2018 Lima Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the twelfth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Lima, Peru between October 22 and October 27, 2018. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 15 October 2018. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Nicolás Álvarez * Emilio Gómez * Kento Tagashira * Juan Pablo Varillas The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking: * Santiago Giraldo The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate: * Miljan Zekić The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Marcelo Tomás Barrios Vera * Andrea Collarini * Renzo Olivo * Cristian Rodríguez Champions Singles * Christian Garín def. Pedro Sousa 6–4, 6–4. Doubles * Guido Andreozzi / Guillermo Durán def. Ariel Beha ... [...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] |
Hugo Dellien
Hugo Dellien Jr. (; born 16 June 1993) is a Bolivian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 70 achieved on 25 July 2022. He is the current No. 1 Bolivian tennis player. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 185 achieved on 2 February 2015. In juniors, Dellien has a career-high combined ranking of No. 2 achieved in March 2011. Professional career At the 2019 Rio Open, Dellien defeated Carlos Berlocq in qualifying competition, Guido Andreozzi in the first round and Roberto Carballés Baena in the second to reach the quarterfinals. Hugo became the first Bolivian player with an ATP win since Mario Martínez at French Open in 1984, trailing 3–1 in both sets before performing a comeback against Andreozzi that secured a historic achievement for both him and his country. National representation Dellien qualified to represent Bolivia at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Dellien has represented Bolivia at the Davis Cup where he has a W/L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gonzalo Escobar
Gonzalo Escobar (; born 20 January 1989, in Manta, Ecuador, Manta) is an Ecuadorian tennis player. His career-high doubles ranking is World No. 38, achieved on 15 November 2021. He has won three doubles titles with Uruguayan partner Ariel Behar. Escobar has a career high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of No. 281 achieved on 15 June 2015. Playing for Ecuador Davis Cup team, Ecuador in Davis Cup, Escobar has a W/L record of 8–9. Career 2018-2022: Three ATP doubles titles and top 50 Partnering with Uruguyan Ariel Behar, Escobar won two ATP titles at the 2021 Delray Beach Open and the 2021 Andalucía Open and reached three other finals on the ATP tour in 2021 after winning two ATP Challenger Tour titles together in 2020. He entered the top 50 following the final at the 2021 Serbia Open on 26 April 2021. The pair has also won a total of 8 Challenger titles. Escobar finished the year 2021 ranked No. 38, a career-high doubles ranking. In 2022, he reached ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ariel Behar
Ariel Behar (; born November 12, 1989 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan professional tennis player. He specializes in men's doubles and has won three ATP titles with Ecuadorian partner Gonzalo Escobar. His career-high doubles ranking is World No. 39 achieved on 31 January 2022. He has taken part of the Uruguay Davis Cup team since 2009. Professional career 2012-2017: ATP and Grand Slam debut Since the mid 2010s, Behar competed primarily on the ATP Challenger Tour, where he has won 22 doubles titles. Partnering with Aliaksandr Bury, he was a semi-finalist at the 2017 Estoril Open, an ATP 250 tournament. He entered the main draw at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships, his first appearance at a Grand Slam. 2018-2022: Three doubles titles, top 50 Partnering with Ecuadorian Gonzalo Escobar, Behar won two ATP titles at the 2021 Delray Beach Open and the 2021 Andalucía Open and reached three other finals on the ATP tour in 2021 after winning two ATP Challenger Tour titles together in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Sousa
Pedro Barreiros Cardoso de Sousa (; born 27 May 1988) is a Portuguese professional tennis player who competes on the Association of Tennis Professionals#ATP Tour, ATP Tour. In February 2019, he achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 99. ATP career finals Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) Challenger and Futures finals Singles: 35 (17 titles, 18 runner-ups) Doubles: 12 (5 titles, 7 runner-ups) ITF Junior Circuit Singles: 3 (3 titles) Performance timelines Singles ''Current through the 2021 US Open (tennis), 2021 US Open.'' Doubles Record against top 10 players Sousa's match record against players who have been ranked in the top 10. Only ATP Tour main draw and Davis Cup matches are considered. * Gilles Simon 1–0 * Juan Martín del Potro 0–1 * David Goffin 0–1 * Ernests Gulbis 0–1 * Fernando Verdasco 0–1 * Stan Wawrinka 0–1 :''* .'' Career earnings :* As of 10 April 2017. National participation Davis Cup (9 wins, 3 losses) Sousa deb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristian Rodríguez (tennis)
Cristian Rodríguez (born 24 June 1990) is a Colombian tennis player who plays primarily on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures Tour. On 9 April 2018, he reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 362. He reached a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 71 on 15 August 2022. He has played for the Colombia Davis Cup team since 2018 with an overall record of 1–0, with the sole match coming in singles play. Rodriguez has won 3 singles titles, all coming at the ITF Futures tour level, and he has won 16 doubles titles, with one achieved at 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 ... level and 15 ITF. Doubles performance timeline ''Current till 2022 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles. ATP Challenger and ITF Futures fin ... [...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] |
Andrea Collarini
Andrea Collarini (; born 31 January 1992) is an Argentinian–American tennis player. Collarini had represented Argentina in the early days of his career from 2007 to 2010, until he chose to represent USA from 2010 to 2012 before switching back to represent Argentina. On the junior circuit, Collarini had a career high ITF junior ranking of 5 achieved in 2009. In 2010, he reached the final of the French Open boys' singles event, finishing runner up to Agustín Velotti Agustín Velotti (; born May 24, 1992) is an Argentine tennis player. Velotti won the 2010 French Open Boys' singles competition after beating his good friend Andrea Collarini, 6–4, 7–5. Previously, he had won different junior tournaments, .... Collarini has a career high ATP singles ranking of 186 achieved on 9 June 2014. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 221 achieved on 14 September 2015. He has won 15 ITF singles titles and 10 ITF doubles titles. He won his first ATP Challenger title ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcelo Tomás Barrios Vera
Marcelo is a given name, the Spanish and Portuguese form of Marcellus. The Italian version of the name is Marcello, differing in having an additional "l". Marcelo may refer to: *Marcelo Costa de Andrade (born 1967), Brazilian serial killer, rapist, and necrophile *Marcelinho Carioca (Marcelo Pereira Surcin born 1971 in RJ), Brazilian international midfielder in 1990s *Marcelinho Machado (born 1975), Brazilian professional basketball player *Marcelinho Paraíba (Marcelo dos Santos b. 1975 in Paraíba state), Brazilian international midfielder *Marcelinho Paulista (Marcelo José de Souza born 1973 in SP state), Brazilian youth international in 1996 Olympics *Marcelo (footballer, born January 1987), Brazilian footballer *Marcelo (footballer, born May 1987), Brazilian footballer, who played for Lyon *Marcelo (footballer, born 1988), Brazilian footballer, who played for Real Madrid *Marcelo (footballer, born 1989), Brazilian footballer, who plays for Paços Ferreira *Marcelo Arriagada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miljan Zekić
Miljan Zekić ( sr-Cyrl, Миљан Зекић, ; born 12 July 1988) is a Serbian tennis player. Career Zekić made his ATP main draw debut in doubles with compatriot David Savić as a wildcard pair at the 2011 Serbia Open, losing in the first round to top-seeded pair Zimonjić/Granollers. On 11 July 2016, Zekic reached his best singles ranking of world number 188, while on 8 July 2013, he peaked at world number 269 in the doubles rankings. In July 2016 he won his first trophy on the ATP Challenger Tour winning Internazionali di Tennis dell'Umbria in Todi. Zekić made his ATP main draw debut in singles as a qualifier at 2017 Croatia Open Umag, losing to Radu Albot in the first round. In two weeks' time, he played in another ATP tournament, 2017 Generali Open Kitzbühel, defeating top seed Alessandro Giannessi and eighth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in the qualifying rounds, and earned his first ATP main draw victory by defeating world No. 66 Andrey Kuznetsov, before losing to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santiago Giraldo
Santiago Giraldo Salazar (, born 27 November 1987) is a retired Colombian professional tennis player. He played on the ATP tour and represented Colombia in the Davis Cup competition. His best tournament result is reaching the final in the 2014 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell. He is the highest-ranked tennis singles player in Colombia's history, with a career-high singles ranking of 28th in the world, and 77th in doubles. Throughout his career he has beaten several ex-number-one players such as Lleyton Hewitt, Juan Carlos Ferrero, and Andy Murray as well as some top-ten players such as Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Kei Nishikori, Marin Cilic, Milos Raonic, Dominic Thiem, Gilles Simon, Jürgen Melzer, Rainer Schüttler, Tommy Robredo, Janko Tipsarević, and Nicolás Lapentti. He has beaten golden-generation players from Argentinian tennis such as Gastón Gaudio, Guillermo Cañas, Mariano Puerta, Juan Martín del Potro, Juan Martin del Potro, and David Nalbandian. Professional career In Oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Pablo Varillas
Juan Pablo Varillas Patiño-Samudio (; born 6 October 1995) is a Peruvian tennis player. Varillas has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 97 achieved on 1 August 2022. He is currently the No. 1 Peruvian tennis player in the singles rankings. Varillas has won 4 ATP Challenger and 5 ITF singles titles. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 289 achieved on 10 May 2021. Varillas has won 4 ITF doubles titles. He has represented Peru at the Davis Cup where he has a total W/L record of 11–12. In singles his W/L is 9–8. Career 2020-21: ATP & Olympics debut Varillas made his ATP debut at the 2020 Chile Open as a lucky loser where he reached the second round by defeating Filip Horansky before losing to Albert Ramos-Vinolas. Varillas qualified to represent Peru at the Summer Olympics. 2022: Grand Slam & top 100 debut At the 2022 French Open he qualified to make his Grand Slam main draw debut. He reached the quarterfinals at the 2022 Swiss Open Gstaad as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
