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2022 Braga Open
The 2022 Braga Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the fourth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2022 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Braga, Portugal between 19 and 25 September 2022. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 19 September 2022. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Pedro Araújo * Gonçalo Oliveira * Duarte Vale The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Javier Barranco Cosano * Ugo Blanchet * Jeremy Jahn * Pablo Llamas Ruiz * Imanol López Morillo * Nicolas Moreno de Alboran The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * Duje Ajduković Champions Singles * Nicolas Moreno de Alboran def. Matheus Pucinelli de Almeida 6–2, 6–4. Doubles * Vít Kopřiva / Jaroslav Pospíšil Jaroslav Pospíšil (; born 9 February 1981) is a Czech tennis player playing on the ITF Futures Tour and ATP C ... [...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] |
Alexander Shevchenko (tennis)
Alexander Alexandrovich Shevchenko ( rus, links=no, Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Шевче́нко; ; born 29 November 2000) is a Russian tennis player. Shevchenko has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 83 achieved on 28 August 2023 and a career-high doubles ranking of No. 406 achieved on 20 February 2023. Career 2022: Maiden Challenger and ATP debut Shevchenko made his ATP debut at the 2022 Generali Open Kitzbühel as a lucky loser where he lost to Dominic Thiem. He qualified into the main draw at the ATP 500 2022 Astana Open. 2023: Major debut and first win, Masters debut and third round, first top-10 win, top 65 In February, he qualified at the ATP 500 in Dubai as a lucky loser. As a result he reached a new career high of No. 113 on 6 February 2023. In March, he reached his second Challenger final of the season as a qualifier in Phoenix, Arizona defeating Gaël Monfils, sixth seed Marc-Andrea Hüsler, top seed Matteo Berrettini and Quentin Hal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Rungkat
Christopher Benjamin Rungkat (born 14 January 1990) is an Indonesian tennis player. In 2008, he won the final stage of French Open 2008 Boys' Doubles Juniors category with Finnish tennis player Henri Kontinen.(11 June 2008French Open glory for Indonesian junior player ''Jakarta Globe'', Retrieved 6 November 2010 He is the youngest ever Indonesian to be the All Indonesian Champion, and by the end of his junior career, he was awarded for Indonesian best promising athlete 2008. Rungkat also reached the final of the 2008 US Open boys' final with Henri Kontinen. Rungkat is the first Indonesian to reach US open boys' finalist and to win the doubles title of French Open. In June 2010, he won the Tarakan Open International Men's Futures tournament, his first international tournament title since going pro.(13 June 2010Christopher Brings Home Tarakan Title, ''Jakarta Globe'', Retrieved 6 November 2010 He won his maiden ATP title in Men's Doubles partnered with Swedish player André Gör ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (born 20 October 1988) is an Indian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ranking of No. 64 achieved on 18 March 2019. He won the doubles title with Rohan Bopanna at the 2017 Chennai Open, in a historic final featuring four Indian players. He broke into the top 100 of the ATP rankings in doubles in 2017. Personal life He is the grandson of veteran political leader V. R. Nedunchezhiyan, who was acting chief minister of Tamil Nadu in two tenures. Maternally he is the grandson of Col.Dr. M. D. K. Kuthalingam, who was a former vice chancellor of Madurai Kamaraj University, and has also been Jeevan's mentor. Professional career 2011: Turned pro Nedunchezhiyan turned pro in year 2011. 2017: First ATP doubles title Nedunchezhiyan won his first ATP World Tour level title at the 2017 Aircel Chennai Open. He won the title with partner Rohan Bopanna by defeating a pair of compatriots, Purav Raja and Divij Sharan, in an all Indian final. As a result he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida
Matheus Pucinelli de Almeida (born 1 April 2001) is a Brazilian tennis player. Pucinelli de Almeida has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 190 achieved on 26 September 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 251 achieved on 9 May 2022. Pucinelli de Almeida won the 2019 French Open – Boys' doubles title. Career Pucinelli de Almeida made his ATP main draw debut at the 2022 Chile Open after receiving entry from the qualifying draw. National representation Davis Cup Puccinelli was first nominated to play for Brazil in Davis Cup in September 2021 against Lebanon. Pucinelli made his debut in Davis Cup against Roey Tabet and won in straight sets which allowed the Brazilian team to confirm the 4-0 tie and advance into the 2022 Davis Cup Qualifying Round The 2022 Davis Cup qualifying round was held on 4–5 March 2022. The twelve winners of this round qualify for the 2022 Davis Cup Finals while the twelve losers will qualify for the 2022 Dav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duje Ajduković
Duje Ajduković (born 5 February 2001) is a Croatian tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 178 achieved on 2 October 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 491 achieved on 8 November 2021. Ajduković has won 1 ATP Challenger singles title and 9 ITF titles, 7 singles and 2 doubles. Professional career Ajduković made his ATP main draw debut at the 2021 Croatia Open Umag after receiving a wildcard into the singles and doubles main draws. In August 2023, Ajdukovic won his first ATP Challenger tournament in Lüdenscheid, Germany after going through the qualifying, defeating 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 ... in the final in straight sets. Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour Finals Singles: 11 ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pablo Llamas Ruiz
Pablo Llamas Ruiz (born 13 October 2002) is a Spanish tennis player. Llamas Ruiz has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 131 achieved on 16 October 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 696 achieved on 2 October 2023. Career 2023-2024: ATP debut and first win, maiden Challenger title and top 150 Llamas Ruiz made his ATP main draw debut in 2023 Lyon after qualifying for the main draw. He won his first ATP match over Max Purcell. He lost to top seed Félix Auger-Aliassime in straight sets in the second round .https://www.atptour.com/en/news/norrie-goffin-auger-aliassime-llamas-ruiz-lyon-2023-wednesday He qualified in 2024 Montpellier and recorded his second ATP win over Richard Gasquet Richard Gabriel Cyr Gasquet (; born 18 June 1986) is a French professional tennis player. His career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 7, attained on 9 July 2007. He has won a total of 15 singles titles on the ATP Tour. His best performances .... References Ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ugo Blanchet
Ugo Blanchet (born 5 January 1999) is a French 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. Blanchet has a career high ATP singles ranking of 282 achieved on 14 November 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 422 achieved on 26 September 2022. Blanchet made his ATP main draw debut at the 2022 Open 13 after receiving a wildcard into the doubles main draw with Timo Legout. Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour Finals Singles: 10 (6-4) References External links * * * 1999 births Living people French male tennis players People from Saint-Julien-en-Genevois Sportspeople from Haute-Savoie {{France-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] |
Duarte Vale
Duarte Vale (born 11 January 1999) is a Portuguese tennis player. Vale has a career high ATP singles ranking of 504 achieved on 3 October 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 381 achieved on 3 April 2023. Career Vale reached the final of the Australian Open junior doubles tournament in 2017 with Finn Reynolds, losing to Hsu Yu-hsiou and Zhao Lingxi. Vale made his ATP main draw debut at the 2023 Estoril Open after receiving a wildcard into the doubles main draw with Ben Shelton. Vale played college tennis with Shelton at the University of Florida The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida, traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its .... Challenger and World Tennis Tour Finals Singles: 5 (2–3) References External links * * 1999 births Living people Portuguese male tennis players S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gonçalo Oliveira
Gonçalo Oliveira (born 17 February 1995) is a Portuguese tennis player. Oliveira has a career high ATP singles ranking of 194 achieved on 25 December 2017. He also has a career high doubles ranking of 78 achieved on 9 March 2020. Oliveira has won 7 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 ... doubles titles. Challenger and Futures finals Singles: 14 (7–7) Doubles: 73 (35–38) External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Oliveira, Goncalo 1995 births Living people Portuguese male tennis players Sportspeople from Porto 21st-century Portuguese people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benoît Paire
Benoît Paire (; born 8 May 1989) is a French professional tennis player. His best result in a Grand Slam has been reaching the fourth round, which he has achieved on four occasions. He has won three singles titles, at the 2015 Swedish Open, the 2019 Marrakesh Open and the 2019 Lyon Open, and his career-high singles ranking is World No. 18, first achieved in January 2016. He has a career-high ranking of World No. 65 in doubles achieved on 15 November 2021. In 2015, Paire was voted Comeback Player of the Year, rising from world No. 118 ATP singles ranking at year-end 2014 to a then career-high world No. 19 at year-end 2015, after a knee injury had sidelined him for much of 2014. Career 2007–09: Early career In 2007, Paire played his tennis at Futures level, winning one event (the France F10). In 2008, Paire continued to play primarily on the Futures circuit, but made his first appearances in higher-tier tournaments, losing in the qualifying rounds at the Open 13 and the O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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