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2021 Platzmann-Sauerland Open
The 2021 Platzmann-Sauerland 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 Lüdenscheid, Germany, between 16 and 22 August 2021. Singles main draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings as of 9 August 2021. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Shintaro Mochizuki * Rudolf Molleker * Marvin Möller The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking: * Julien Cagnina The following players received entry into the singles main draw as alternates: * Nicolás Kicker * Jelle Sels The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Javier Barranco Cosano * Filip Jianu * Matteo Martineau Matteo Martineau (born 16 January 1999) is a French tennis player. Martineau has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 261 achieved on 15 January 2024. He also has ... [...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] |
Constant Lestienne
Constant Lestienne (; born 23 May 1992) is a French professional tennis player. He competes mainly on the ITF Men's Circuit and ATP Challenger Tour. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 61 on 3 October 2022 and his highest doubles ranking of World No. 343 was achieved on 28 May 2018. He has won five ATP Challenger Tour singles titles. In addition, he has won five singles titles and three doubles titles in the ITF Men's Circuit. Career 2015: ATP Tour debut Lestienne reached his first career ATP Tour singles main draw at the 2015 Estoril Open after winning two singles qualifying matches. He lost in the first round to Pablo Carreño Busta. 2016: First challenger title, betting scandal and ban In May 2016, Lestienne won his maiden ATP Challenger Tour tournament in Ostrava. In September 2016 Lestienne was suspended for seven months and fined $10,000 by the International Tennis Federation for betting on tennis matches. The Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) in cooperati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandr Nedovyesov
Aleksandr Nedovyesov (born 15 February 1987), formerly known as Oleksandr Nedovyesov, is a Ukrainian-Kazakhstani professional tennis player. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world No. 72 on 21 April 2014 and his highest doubles ranking of world No. 54 on 15 August 2022. He has reached two doubles ATP finals partnering Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi both in 2022. He represented Ukraine until December 2013. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. Nedovyesov has reached 17 career singles finals, posting a record of 9 wins and 8 losses which includes 3 ATP Challenger Tour titles. Additionally, he has reached 57 doubles finals, posting a record of 35 wins and 22 losses which includes 22 ATP Challenger Tour titles. Career 2004–2005: World No. 33 in Juniors As a junior, Nedovyesov had a singles win–loss record of 29–16. His best showing at a junior grand slam tournament in singles was reaching the second round in both the 2004 French Open and ... [...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] |
Nicolás Jarry
Nicolás Jarry Fillol (; born 11 October 1995) is a professional tennis player from Chile. He has won one tournament in singles and two in doubles on the ATP Tour. He achieved his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 38 in July 2019, after clinching his first ATP title in Båstad. His highest doubles ranking of World No. 40 was achieved in March 2019. Personal life He is the grandson of Jaime Fillol, a former ATP player who won seven titles, and the great-nephew of Álvaro Fillol. Career Junior and early career Jarry reached the final of the 2013 French Open in boys' doubles, partnering with Cristian Garín were defeated by Kyle Edmund and Frederico Ferreira Silva. Fillol ended the year no. 18 in junior rankings. Jarry was called for the Chile Davis Cup team for the first time in September 2013 in the rubber against Dominican Republic. Chile lost and was relegated to the Group II of Americas Zone. 2015–16: Pro debut, top 200 and constant injuries In February 2015 Jarry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genaro Alberto Olivieri
Genaro Alberto Olivieri (born 4 August 1998) is an Argentine professional tennis player. Olivieri has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 137 achieved on 18 September 2023. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 304 achieved on 29 August 2022. Career 2022-2023: Grand Slam debut, first ATP & Major wins & third round, top 150 Ranked No. 231, he made his Grand Slam main draw debut at the 2023 French Open defeating Adrian Andreev in the last round of qualifying. Next he defeated wildcard Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in five sets to reach the second round. As a result he moved 40 positions up a couple of spots shy of his career-high ranking of No. 190 reached on 21 November 2022. Next he defeated fellow qualifier Andrea Vavassori to reach the third round having never recorded an ATP win previously in his career. He lost to Holger Rune in straight sets. As a result he moved another 20 positions into the top 175 in the rankings on 12 June 2023. Personal life Olivieri star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matteo Martineau
Matteo Martineau (born 16 January 1999) is a French tennis player. Martineau has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 261 achieved on 15 January 2024. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 327 achieved on 13 November 2023. Professional career 2018: First ITF title In October, Martineau won his first ITF title in Saint-Dizier, France, defeating fellow countryman Corentin Denolly in the final. 2019: Grand Slam qualifying debut In June, Martineau played his first Grand Slam qualifying match at the French Open The French Open (french: Internationaux de France de tennis), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, beginning in late May each year. The tournament and ven ..., reaching the second round. 2023: ATP Tour debut, top 300 In November, Martineau made his ATP Tour debut at the 2023 Moselle Open after entering the singles main draw as a lucky loser. He los ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filip Jianu
Filip Cristian Jianu (born 18 September 2001) is a Romanian tennis player. Jianu has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 284 achieved on 15 August 2022 and a doubles ranking of No. 639 achieved on 28 November 2022. Jianu has a career high ITF junior ranking of No. 5 achieved on 4 February 2019. Jianu represents Romania 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 .... ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals Singles: 9 (5–4) References External links * * * 2001 births Living people Romanian male tennis players Tennis players from Bucharest Tennis players at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics 21st-century Romanian people {{Romania-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javier Barranco Cosano
Javier Barranco Cosano (born 17 November 1998) is a Spanish 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. Barranco Cosano has a career high ATP singles ranking of 262 achieved on 4 April 2022 and a career high ATP doubles ranking of 258 achieved on 12 November 2018. Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour and Challenger finals Singles: 20 (12–8) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Barranco Cosano, Javier 1998 births Living people Sportspeople from Almería Tennis players from Andalusia Spanish male tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jelle Sels
Jelle Sels (born 10 August 1995) is a Dutch tennis player. Sels competes mainly in the Challenger tour circuit. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 127 achieved on 28 November 2022. He also has a career high doubles ranking of world No. 201 achieved on 20 June 2022. Career In October 2022, Sels won his maiden ATP Challenger singles title at the 2022 Internationaux de Tennis de Vendée The 2022 Internationaux de Tennis de Vendée was a professional tennis tournament played on hardcourt, hard courts. It was the ninth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2022 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Mouilleron-le-Captif, F ... in Mouilleron-le-Captif, France. As a result, he moved more than 30 positions up in the rankings in the top 150 at world No. 141 on 10 October 2022.https://www.atptour.com/en/news/svajda-skatov-claim-maiden-atp-challenger-tour-titles Tour titles Singles References External links * * 1995 births Living people People ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolás Kicker
Nicolás Kicker (, born 16 August 1992 in Merlo) is an Argentine tennis player. He plays mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour. Kicker achieved his highest career singles ranking of 78 in June 2017. He has won 3 singles titles, and 1 doubles title on the ATP Challenger Tour, but also 14 singles titles, and 7 doubles titles on the ITF Men's Circuit. Career His best Grand Slam result is reaching the third round of the 2018 Australian Open where he played against Márton Fucsovics. In 2018, Kicker was suspended for six years and fined $25,000 for committing match-fixing offences under the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program. He was banned from professional tennis until January 2021. Challenger and Futures titles Singles titles: 18 See also *Match fixing in tennis The issue of match fixing in tennis is an ongoing problem. First reported on by The Sunday Telegraph in 2003, an organisation called the Tennis Integrity Unit was set up in 2008 following an investigation into the problem. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julien Cagnina
Julien Cagnina (born 4 June 1994) is a Belgian tennis player. Cagnina has a career high ATP singles ranking of 239 achieved on 30 October 2017. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 353 achieved on 10 October 2015. Cagnina represents 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 competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the organis ..., where he has a W/L record of 0–1. Future and Challenger finals Singles 28 (17–11) Davis Cup Participations: (0–1) * indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface. External links * * * 1994 births Living people Belgian male tennis players Sportspeople from Liège {{Belgium-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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