2022 Firenze Open
The 2022 Firenze Open (also known as the 2022 UniCredit Firenze Open for sponsorship purposes) is a professional men's tennis tournament that was played on indoor hard courts. It was the 1st edition of the ATP Florence event since 1994, and part of the ATP Tour 250 series of the 2022 ATP Tour. It was played at Palazzo Wanny in Florence, Italy, from 10 to 16 October 2022. The event was one of the six tournaments that were given single-year ATP 250 licenses in September and October 2022 due to the cancellation of tournaments in China because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Champions Singles * Félix Auger-Aliassime def J. J. Wolf, 6–4, 6–4 Doubles * Nicolas Mahut / Édouard Roger-Vasselin def. Ivan Dodig / Austin Krajicek, 7–6(7–4), 6–3 Singles main-draw entrants Seeds † Rankings are as of 3 October 2022. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: * Francesco Maestrelli * Francesco Passaro * Giulio Zeppie ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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ATP Tour 250
The ATP 250 tournaments (previously known as the ''ATP World Tour 250'' tournaments, ''ATP International Series'', and ''ATP World Series'') are the lowest tier of annual men's tennis tournaments on the main ATP Tour, after the four Grand Slam tournaments, ATP Finals, ATP Masters 1000 tournaments, and ATP 500 tournaments. As of 2020, the series includes 39 tournaments, with 250 ranking points awarded to each singles champion—which accounts for the name of the series. Draws consist of 28, 32, or 48 for singles and 16 for doubles. Thomas Muster holds the record for most singles titles at 26, while Mike Bryan holds the record for most doubles titles won with 46. Historic names 1990–1999 ''ATP World Series'' 2000–2008 ''ATP International Series'' 2009–2018 ''ATP World Tour 250'' 2019–present ''ATP Tour 250'' ATP Points * Players with byes receive first round points. Tournaments became an ATP 500 event.ATPTour.com"ATP Tour calendar"/ref> Singles champions ATP Int ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Aslan Karatsev
Aslan Kazbekovich Karatsev (russian: Аслан Казбекович Карацев, os, Хъарацаты Хъазыбеджы фырт Аслан; born 4 September 1993) is a Russian-Israeli professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ATP ranking of world No. 14 on 7 February 2022, and peaked at No. 76 in the doubles rankings on 16 May 2022. In February 2021, Karatsev went through qualifiers for the Australian Open. In his first main draw of a major, ranked 114th, he defeated 8th seed Diego Schwartzman, 20th seed Félix Auger-Aliassime and 18th seed Grigor Dimitrov to reach the semifinals. Karatsev is the first man in the Open Era to reach the semifinals in his Grand Slam debut. In March 2021, he won his first ATP title at the Qatar Open with Andrey Rublev in doubles. A week later, as a wildcard, Karatsev won his first ATP singles title at the 2021 Dubai Open, beating South African Lloyd Harris in the final. Karatsev, who was unseeded and beat four seeded ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nikoloz Basilashvili
Nikoloz Basilashvili ( ka, ნიკოლოზ ბასილაშვილი, tr, ; born 23 February 1992) is a Georgian professional tennis player. He reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 16 on 27 May 2019. In July 2018, he made it into the main draw of the German Open in Hamburg as a qualifier and went on to win the tournament, defeating Leonardo Mayer in the final, thereby becoming the first Georgian player since Alex Metreveli to win an ATP tournament. In October 2018, Basilashvili won his second ATP title at the China Open by defeating world No. 4 Juan Martín del Potro in the final. In 2019, Basilashvili completed his first title defense by winning the German Open for a second successive year. Personal life Basilashvili was born 23 February 1992 in Tbilisi, Georgia. His father, Nodar, is a dancer of the Sukhishvili Georgian National Ballet, his mother, Natalia, worked as a physician. He has a brother, Tengiz. Apart from his native language he also ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Zhang Zhizhen
Zhang Zhizhen (; ; born 16 October 1996) is a Chinese professional tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 69 on 8 May 2023, and his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 211 in September 2017. He has won two singles and two doubles titles on the ATP Challenger, and two singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Futures Tour. In 2021, Zhang became the first Chinese man in the Open Era to play in the main draw at Wimbledon. In October 2022, he became the first Chinese player to reach the top 100 in the ATP singles rankings. Then, in May 2023, he became the first Chinese man to reach an ATP Tour Masters 1000 quarterfinal. Early life In 1996, Zhang was born to a sports family in Shanghai. His father Zhang Weihua (张卫华) played football in the Chinese Jia-A League as a defender for Shanghai ShenHua. His mother was a member of the Shanghai shooting sports team and later worked at the Shanghai bureau of China Telecom. When he was 4-6 years old, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mikael Ymer
Mikael Ymer (born 9 September 1998) is a Swedish tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 67, achieved in March 2020. In the ATP doubles ranking his career high is No. 187, achieved in October 2017. He is currently the No. 1 Swedish player. Early life Ymer was born in Skara, Sweden to Ethiopian immigrant parents. His mother, Kelem, is a physician; his father, Wondwosen, works at a dairy company. He is the younger brother of fellow tennis player Elias Ymer. His other younger brother, Rafael, is a tennis player on the juniors' circuit. Juniors Mikael contested his first junior major final at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships but was defeated by American Reilly Opelka in straight sets. In 2015 Ymer managed to claim his second European Championships title (U18), beating Bernabé Zapata Miralles in the final in straight sets. Professional career 2016-2018: Masters debut, Maiden ATP title in doubles 2019-2021: Major & Top 70 debut, Two Majors third ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tim Van Rijthoven
Tim van Rijthoven (born 24 April 1997) is a Dutch professional tennis player. Van Rijthoven has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 101, which he first achieved on 18 July 2022, and a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 225, attained in May 2022. As a junior, he reached a high of world No. 13 in 2015 and reached the quarterfinals of the 2014 Wimbledon Championships boys' singles tournament and semifinals of the boys' doubles. In June 2022, he claimed his first five ATP Tour wins (including over world No. 2 Daniil Medvedev) en route to his maiden Rosmalen Grass Court Championships title. Van Rijthoven has represented Netherlands at the Davis Cup where he has a W/L record of 1–1. He has won 13 Futures tournaments on the ITF World Tennis Tour, including eight singles titles and five doubles titles. Professional career 2016: ATP debut and top 300 In 2016 he made his debut on the ATP World Tour by qualifying as a lucky loser for the Winston-Salem Open after Than ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Flavio Cobolli
Flavio Cobolli (born 6 May 2002) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has a career high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of World No. 133 achieved on 25 July 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 316 achieved on 11 April 2022. Junior career Cobolli won the 2020 French Open 2020 French Open – Boys' doubles, boys' doubles title with Dominic Stricker. Professional career 2021: ATP debut and first win, Two Challenger finals, Top 250 debut Cobolli won his first ATP match on his debut at the 2021 Emilia-Romagna Open in Parma as a wildcard defeating World No. 92 Marcos Giron. As a result he reached a new career-high of World No. 386 on 31 May 2021. In August he reached his second Challenger final in Barletta, Italy where he lost to compatriot Giulio Zeppieri. As a result he entered the top 300 at No. 281 on 30 August 2021. He reached the top 250 at No. 243 on 4 October 2021. He was named as alternate at the 2021 Next Generat ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Altuğ Çelikbilek
Altuğ Çelikbilek (; born 7 September 1996) is a Turkish professional tennis player. Çelikbilek has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 154 achieved on 21 February 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 224, achieved on 25 July 2022. Çelikbilek has won 2 ATP Challengers and 5 ITF singles titles and 11 ITF doubles titles. He is currently the No. 1 Turkish player. Professional career He made his Grand Slam debut at the 2021 French Open as a qualifier. Çelikbilek has represented Turkey at 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 win–loss record of 5–7. ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 11 (8–3) Doubles: 27 (12–15) References External links * * * 1996 births Li ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Giulio Zeppieri
Giulio Zeppieri (born 7 December 2001) is an Italian professional tennis player. Zeppieri has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 136 achieved on 1 August 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 242 achieved on 4 April 2022. Professional career 2019 Zeppieri was one of the alternates for the 2019 Next Generation ATP Finals. 2020-2021: ATP debut, First Challenger title, Top 250 debut Zeppieri made his ATP main draw debut at the 2020 Forte Village Sardegna Open after receiving a wildcard for the singles main draw. In August 2021, he won his first Challenger in Barletta, Italy defeating compatriot Flavio Cobolli. As a result he reached a new career-high inside the top 300 at No. 251 on 30 August 2021 and later inside the top 250 at No. 245 on 20 September 2021. 2022: Grand Slam & Masters 1000 debut, first ATP semifinal & top 150 debut He qualified into the main draw for his first Masters 1000 at the 2022 Italian Open (tennis) on his second attempt defeat ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Francesco Passaro
Francesco Passaro (born 7 January 2001) is an Italian tennis player. Passaro has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 108 on 13 February 2023 and doubles ranking of world No. 293 on 26 September 2022. Career Passaro made his ATP main draw debut at the 2021 Emilia-Romagna Open after receiving a wildcard for the doubles main draw. He played his first ATP Challenger Tour final at the 2022 Sanremo Challenger and he was defeated in three sets by the world No. 91 Holger Rune. He won his first Challenger in July 2022 in Trieste Trieste ( , ; sl, Trst ; german: Triest ) is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is the capital city, and largest city, of the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, one of two autonomous regions which are not subdivided into provi ..., Italy becoming the 20th #NextGenATP winner in 2022. As a result he reached a new career-high in the top 150 of world No. 144 on 25 July 2022. He qualified for the 2022 Next Generation ATP Finals. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Francesco Maestrelli
Francesco Maestrelli (born 21 December 2002) is an Italian 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. Maestrelli has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 178 achieved on 19 September 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 794 achieved on 18 July 2022. Maestrelli has won 1 ATP Challenger singles title at the 2022 Internazionali di Tennis Città di Verona. Challenger and World Tennis Tour Finals Singles: 4 (3-1) References External links * * 2002 births Living people Sportspeople from Pisa Italian male tennis players 21st-century Italian people {{Italy-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Wild Card (sports)
A wild card (also wildcard or wild-card and also known as an at-large berth or at-large bid) is a tournament or playoff berth awarded to an individual or team that fails to qualify in the normal way; for example, by having a high ranking or winning a qualifying stage. In some events, wildcards are chosen freely by the organizers. Other events have fixed rules. Some North American professional sports leagues compare the records of teams which did not qualify directly by winning a division or conference. International sports In international sports, the term is perhaps best known in reference to two sporting traditions: team wildcards distributed among countries at the Olympic Games and individual wildcards given to some tennis players at every professional tournament (both smaller events and the major ones such as Wimbledon). Tennis players may even ask for a wildcard and get one if they want to enter a tournament on short notice. In Olympics, countries that fail to produce athlet ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |