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2019 Amex-Istanbul Challenger
The 2019 Amex-Istanbul Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 32nd edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Istanbul, Turkey between 9 and 15 September 2019. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 26 August 2019. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Baran Cengiz * Marsel İlhan * Holger Vitus Nødskov Rune * Kirill Saplin * Mert Naci Türker The following players received entry into the singles main draw as alternates: * Sander Arends * Victor Vlad Cornea * Mikhail Elgin * Marek Gengel * Burak Can Yılmaz Champions Singles * Ugo Humbert def. Denis Istomin 6–2, 6–2. Doubles * Andrey Golubev / Aleksandr Nedovyesov def. Marek Gengel / Lukáš Rosol Walkover. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Amex-Istanbul Challenger, 2019 2019 ATP Challenger Tour 2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hardcourt
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] |
Ruben Bemelmans
Ruben Bemelmans (; born 14 January 1988) is a Belgian former professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP ranking of world No. 84 in singles, achieved on 28 September 2015, and world No. 128 in doubles, achieved on 1 October 2012. Bemelmans competed mainly in the Challenger tour circuit. Tennis career 2006–2009: Turned Pro Bemelmans won his first Futures event in Espelkamp, Germany in July 2007. His best performance to date was in winning the Volkswagen Challenger event in Wolfsburg in March 2009, winning three matches in qualifying before going on to beat Stefano Galvani of Italy in the final. He won this tournament again in 2011. 2010–2014: ATP and Grand Slam debut, Hopman Cup finalist In February 2010 Bemelmans succeeded in qualifying for his first ATP level event, the Zagreb Indoors tournament. However he lost in the first round to Alexandre Sidorenko of France in three sets. In June 2010, he entered the main draw of the 2010 Gerry Weber Open in Halle as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marek Gengel
Marek Gengel (born 17 September 1995) is a Czech tennis player. Gengel has a career high ATP singles ranking of 256 achieved on 16 January 2023. He also has a career high doubles ranking of 148 achieved on 20 March 2023. Gengel has won 1 ATP Challenger doubles title at the 2023 Nonthaburi Challenger with Adam Pavlásek Adam Pavlásek (born 8 October 1994) is a tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour from the Czech Republic. He reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 72 in January 2017 and doubles ranking of World No. 94 in October 2022 .... Tour titles Doubles References External links * * 1995 births Living people Czech male tennis players People from Rakovník {{CzechRepublic-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikhail Elgin
Mikhail Nikolayevich Elgin ( rus, Михаил Николаевич Елгин, Yelgin, mʲɪxɐˈiɫ ɪ̯ɪɫˈɡʲin; born 14 October 1981) is a Russian professional tennis player. Elgin became famous when he advanced to the quarter–finals in singles at the 2008 St. Petersburg Open, where he lost to Victor Hănescu from Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ... 1–6, 4–6. Career finals ATP career finals Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runners-up) Other Finals Futures and Challenger finals Singles: 27 (17 titles, 10 runners-up) Doubles: 95 (62 titles, 33 runners-up) Career statistics Doubles performance timeline External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Elgin, Mikhail 1981 births Living people Sportspeople from Saint Petersburg Russian male tennis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Vlad Cornea
Victor Vlad Cornea (born 24 September 1993) is a Romanian tennis player. He reached his highest ATP doubles ranking of No. 66 on 2 October 2023. He has won 11 ATP Challenger doubles titles. He has three Davis Cup participations for Team Romania. Career Cornea made his Grand Slam debut at the 2023 French Open with Zhang Zhizhen and at the 2023 US Open with Nikola Cacic. He also qualified at the ATP 500 2023 Swiss Indoors as a lucky loser pair with Cacic and reached the quarterfinals by defeating Swiss duo Mika Brunold Mika Brunold (born 2 October 2004) is a Swiss tennis player. Brunold has a career high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of 561 achieved on 16 October 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 1165 achieved on ... and Marc-Andrea Hüsler in straight sets. ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals Singles: 1 (0–1) Doubles: 52 (33–19) References External links * * 1993 births Living people Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sander Arends
Sander Arends (born 9 August 1991) is a Dutch professional tennis player. Arends has a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) doubles ranking of world No. 55, achieved on 16 July 2019, and also attained his singles career-high ranking of world No. 1057 in January 2015. Arends has won one doubles ATP title with David Pel and 16 ATP Challenger doubles titles. He reached two ATP Tour doubles finals partnering Matwé Middelkoop Matwé Middelkoop (; born 3 September 1983) is a Dutch professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He has won 13 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, most notably the 2022 Rotterdam Open alongside Robin Haase, and reached a career high dou ... and one with David Pel. ATP career finals Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups) Challenger and Futures finals Doubles: 54 (31–23) External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Arends, Sander 1991 births Living people Dutch male tennis players Sportspeople from Leeuwarden 21st-century Dutch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mert Naci Türker
Mert Naci Türker (born 16 August 1998) is a Turkish tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ... player. Türker has a career high ATP singles ranking of 1076 achieved on 25 June 2018. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 645 achieved on 13 August 2018. Türker has won 1 ITF doubles title on the ITF Men's World Tennis Tour. Türker made his main drew debut at the 2021 Antalya Open in the doubles draw, receiving a wildcard alongside Umut Akkoyun. References External links * * 1998 births Living people Turkish male tennis players 21st-century Turkish people Place of birth missing (living people) {{Turkey-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holger Vitus Nødskov Rune
Holger Vitus Nødskov Rune (; born 29 April 2003) is a Danish professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as No. 10 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved on 7 November 2022 making him the highest-ranked Danish singles male tennis player in the ATP Rankings. Rune has won three ATP Tour singles titles, including a Masters 1000 title at the 2022 Paris Masters, and produced his best Grand Slam performance at the 2022 French Open by reaching the quarterfinals in his main draw debut at the tournament.As a junior, Rune was ranked as high as world No. 1 and won ten titles on the ITF Junior Circuit, including the 2019 French Open boys' title. After turning professional in 2020, he won five titles on the ITF World Tennis Tour and five on the ATP Challenger Tour and made his top 100 debut in the rankings in January 2022. Three months later, Rune reached his first ATP Tour final at the 2022 Bavarian International Tennis Championships, wher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marsel İlhan
Marsel İlhan ( uz, Marsel Qahhorovich Hamdamov; born 11 June 1987) is a Turkish professional tennis player, who was ranked No. 1 in Turkey and with a career-high singles ranking of world No. 77 in March 2015. He is the first ever Turkish player to reach the second round in a Grand Slam tournament, as well as the first Turkish player to win a Challenger Tournament and also the first to enter the top 100 in the world rankings (first ranked 96th in September 2010). Early Tennis Career Born in the Uzbek SSR in the Soviet Union (now Uzbekistan), he emigrated to Turkey with his mother in 2004 and he started to play for the Taçspor Tennis Club of İstanbul. He was initially sponsored by Kia Motors Turkey. After several years of intensive training with his new coach Can Üner, a former Turkish tennis player, he made an unprecedented jump within one year from No. 1320 to No. 320 in 2007. 2007–2008 During 2007 and 2008 he won several Future Tournaments and in July 2008, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matteo Viola
Matteo Viola (; born 7 July 1987) is an Italian professional tennis player. He 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. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 118 on 18 March 2013 and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 171 on 24 September 2012. Challenger and Futures finals Singles: 34 (17–17) Doubles: 28 (13–15) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Viola, Matteo 1987 births Living people Italian male tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blaž Kavčič
Blaž Kavčič (born 5 March 1987) is a Slovenian former professional tennis player. He was the highest ranked Slovenian male player ever, achieving a career-high of World No. 68 in August 2012, until Aljaž Bedene began to play for Slovenia again in January 2018, overtaking him with a career high ranking of 49. He became the first Slovenian ATP singles player to: achieve a Top 100 ranking, win a Grand Slam main draw match and perform at the Summer Olympics. He became the second Slovene ATP player earning over 2 million US dollars in prize money and is the second highest ever paid male Slovene player in history after Aljaž Bedene. Tennis career 2005-2006: Turned Pro, Davis Cup debut Kavčič turned professional in 2005 playing exclusively on the ATP Futures and ATP Challenger Series circuit for three seasons. In 2006, Kavčič made his Davis Cup debut for Slovenia. 2008-2009 In 2008 he qualified for ATP events – in Zagreb, where he lost to Roko Karanušić. In Pörtsch ... [...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] |
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