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2021 Kyiv Open
The 2021 Kyiv Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2021 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Kyiv, Ukraine between 6 and 12 September 2021. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 30 August 2021. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Illya Beloborodko * Oleksii Krutykh * Richard Zusman The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking: * Joris De Loore The following players received entry into the singles main draw as alternates: * Alessandro Bega * Ergi Kırkın The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Ivan Gakhov * Georgii Kravchenko * Alex Rybakov * Clément Tabur Champions Singles * Franco Agamenone def. Sebastián Báez 7–5, 6–2. Doubles * Orlando Luz / Aleksandr Nedovyesov def. Denys Molchanov / Sergiy Stakhovsky 6–4, ... [...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] |
Sergiy Stakhovsky
Sergiy Eduardovych Stakhovsky ( uk, Сергій Едуардович Стаховський, ; born January 6, 1986) is a Ukrainian former professional tennis player. Stakhovsky turned professional in 2003 and played mostly at the Challenger level from 2005 to 2008. His career-high rankings were World No. 31 in singles (September 2010) and No. 33 in doubles (June 2011). Stakhovsky won his first career title in March 2008, as a lucky loser ranked no. 209, defeating top seed Ivan Ljubičić in the final, thus becoming the first lucky loser to win a title since Christian Miniussi in 1991. He is the elder brother of tennis player Leonard Stakhovsky. He was coached by Burghard Riehemann. He is well known for beating eight-time winner and defending champion Roger Federer in the second round of the 2013 Wimbledon Championships, ending the latter's record run of 36 consecutive major quarterfinals. Stakhovsky retired from tennis in January 2022, and following the Russian invasion of Ukr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denys Molchanov
Denys Petrovych Molchanov ( uk, Денис Петрович Молчанов; born 16 May 1987) is a Ukrainian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour winning 15 singles and 62 doubles titles. He has also won one ATP doubles title. On 5 January 2015 he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 169, whilst his highest doubles ranking of No. 63 was reached on 22 July 2019. He also played for the Ukraine Davis Cup team. Career 2018 Molchanov reached his first ATP doubles final at the 2018 Swiss Open in Gstaad partnering Igor Zelenay. 2022 At the 2022 Melbourne Summer Set 1 he reached the semifinals partnering Ricardas Berankis losing to sixth seeds Aleksandr Nedovyesov and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi. At the 2022 Open 13 Molchanov won his first title partnering Andrey Rublev in Marseilles. Personal life In February 2015, he faced never confirmed or investigated allegations of match-fixing after suspicious betting patterns and unforced errors were noticed during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clément Tabur
Clément Tabur (born 24 January 2000) is a French tennis player. He primarily plays on the ITF Futures Tour and the ATP Challenger Tour. Tabur has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 311, achieved on 15 August 2022. Tabur has reached 6 singles finals on the ITF Futures tour with a record of 3-3, as well as reaching 14 doubles finals also on the ITF Futures Tour with a record of 9-5. Career Juniors As a junior, Tabur reached a career high ITF junior combined ranking of world No. 28, achieved on 22 January 2018. In January 2018, Tabur alongside Hugo Gaston won the 2018 Australian Open boys' doubles, defeating Rudolf Molleker and Henri Squire in the final. Early career Tabur made his debut appearance on the ATP Tour at the 2018 French Open where he was granted a wild card entry into the main doubles draw alongside juniors partner and compatriot Hugo Gaston. They were defeated in the first round by Julio Peralta and Horacio Zeballos in straight sets ''2–6, 2–6''. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Rybakov
Alex Rybakov (born January 27, 1997) is an American tennis player. Rybakov has a career-high ATP singles ranking of 289 achieved on August 8, 2022. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of 369 achieved on November 8, 2021. He played college tennis at Texas Christian University Texas Christian University (TCU) is a private research university in Fort Worth, Texas. It was established in 1873 by brothers Addison and Randolph Clark as the Add-Ran Male & Female College. It is affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciple .... Career Rybakov made his ATP main draw debut at the 2023 Dallas Open after qualifying for the singles main draw. References External links * * * 1997 births Living people American male tennis players People from Plainview, New York Sportspeople from Nassau County, New York TCU Horned Frogs men's tennis players Tennis people from New York (state) {{US-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Gakhov
Ivan Andreevich Gakhov ( rus, Ива́н Андре́евич Га́хов, , ɪˈvan ˈɡaxəf; born 4 November 1996) is a Russian tennis player. Gakhov has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 142 achieved on 19 June 2023. He also has a career high doubles ranking of world No. 170 achieved on 17 September 2018. Gakhov has won one ATP Challenger title in singles at the 2023 Girona Challenger and one in doubles at the 2018 Fergana Challenger. Career 2022: ATP debut Ranked No. 315, he made his ATP singles main draw debut at the 2022 Generali Open Kitzbühel as a lucky loser where he lost to Yannick Hanfmann. 2023: Maiden Challenger title, Masters debut and first ATP win, top 150 He won his maiden ATP Challenger title in singles at the 2023 Girona Challenger. Ranked No. 198, he made his Masters debut at the 2023 Monte-Carlo Masters after entering the qualifying competition as the fourth alternate, defeating second seed Adrian Mannarino and twelfth seed Luca Van A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ergi Kırkın
Ergi Kırkın (born 27 January 1999) 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. Kırkın has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 270 achieved on 25 July 2022. He has won 9 ITF singles titles. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 330 achieved on 3 October 2022. Kırkın made his ATP main draw debut at the 2018 Antalya Open in the doubles draw partnering Koray Kırcı. External links * * 1999 births Living people Turkish male tennis players Sportspeople from Ankara 21st-century Turkish people {{Turkey-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessandro Bega
Alessandro Bega (born 11 January 1991) is an Italian former tennis player. He predominantly plays on the ITF Futures Tour and ATP Challenger Tour. Bega has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 259 achieved on 25 July 2016. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 369 achieved on 8 August 2016. Bega has reached 34 career singles finals, consisting of 17 wins and 17 losses all coming at the ITF Futures level. Additionally, he has a reached 23 career doubles finals, consisting of 9 wins and 14 losses, all coming at the ITF Futures level. Bega made his ATP main draw debut at the 2017 Citi Open after advancing through the qualifying rounds by defeating Danny Thomas ''7–6(7–3), 6–3'' and João Pedro Sorgi ''6–4, 6–4''. He was defeated in the first round by Tunisia's Malek Jaziri Malek Jaziri ( ar, مالك الجزيري, Mālik al-Jazīrī; born January 20, 1984) is a Tunisian professional tennis player. Jaziri reached his highest singles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joris De Loore
Joris De Loore (born 21 April 1993) is a Belgian tennis player. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour circuit. De Loore has a career high ATP singles ranking of 174 achieved on 17 October 2016. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 263, achieved on 24 December 2018. De Loore has won one ATP Challenger and ten ITF singles titles and 12 doubles titles. In January 2023, he won his maiden Challenger in Oeiras becoming the oldest winner at 29 since 2015, when Italian Luca Vanni won his maiden title at 31.https://www.atptour.com/en/news/atp-challenger-tour-cerundolo-de-loore-titles-january-2023 He then reached the final in the second edition of the Challenger in Oeiras and moved close to 50 positions up to No. 219 on 16 January 2023. De Loore has represented 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 compe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oleksii Krutykh
Oleksii Krutykh (born 10 March 2000) is a Ukrainian tennis player. Krutykh has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 185 achieved on 19 December 2022. He also has a career high doubles ranking of World No. 275 achieved on 5 December 2022. He is currently the No. 1 Ukrainian tennis player. Krutykh has won 2 ATP Challenger singles titles and 2 doubles titles. Career 2022: Two Challenger titles, top 200 debut In August, Krutych won his first Challenger title at the 2022 IBG Prague Open defeating German Lucas Gerch and becoming the youngest Ukrainian champion on the Challenger Tour since Alexandr Dolgpolov won the Meknes Challenger in 2010 and the first Ukrainian to win a Challenger title in the season. He rose to a career-high No. 226 in 29 August 2022. He reached the top 200 in singles at world No. 190 climbing more then 60 positions up on 28 November 2022 after winning his second Challenger for the season and in his career in Valencia. At the same tournament he also w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illya Beloborodko
Illya Beloborodko, alternatively spelled as Illia Biloborodko, (born 7 May 2001) is a Ukrainian tennis player. Beloborodko has a career high ATP singles ranking of 652 achieved on 29 August 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 594 achieved on 29 August 2022. Beloborodko represents Ukraine 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 1–1. References External links * * * 2001 births Living people Ukrainian male tennis players {{Ukraine-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tristan Lamasine
Tristan Lamasine (; born 5 March 1993) is a French, professional tennis player. Career 2010–2015 From 2010 to 2015, Lamasine played mostly in the ATP Challenger Tour and the ITF Men's Circuit. He made his ITF Men's Circuit singles debut (at a tournament in France) in September 2010 and ATP Challenger Tour singles debut (at the 2011 Challenger Banque Nationale de Rimouski) in March 2011.Tristan Lamasine – player's singles activity ATP Tour official website From 2010 to 2015, Lamasine played in the singles event of only four ATP World Tour events ( 2011 Metz, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
