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2022 Parma Challenger
The 2022 Parma Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2022 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Parma, Italy between 3 and 9 October 2022. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 26 September 2022. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Federico Arnaboldi * Gianmarco Ferrari * Gian Marco Moroni The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt: * Luca Van Assche The following players received entry into the singles main draw as alternates: * Nicholas David Ionel * Timofey Skatov The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Francesco Forti * Stefano Napolitano * Oleksandr Ovcharenko * Oriol Roca Batalla * Fausto Tabacco * Máté Valkusz The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * Lucas Gerch Champions Singles * Timofey Skatov def. ... [...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] |
Marco Cecchinato
Marco Cecchinato (; born 30 September 1992) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 16 reached on 25 February 2019. On 29 April 2018, he won his first ATP World Tour title at the 2018 Hungarian Open, becoming the first Sicilian tennis player to win an ATP title. Cecchinato is a clay specialist and his best Grand Slam result is a semifinal at the 2018 French Open. Career 2013–2017: ATP and Grand Slam debut In May 2013, Cecchinato qualified for the main draw at the ATP tournament in Nice, losing to countryman and No. 6 seed, Fabio Fognini, in the first round. In July 2014, Cecchinato qualified for Umag, where he played another countryman and No. 6 seed, Andreas Seppi, in the first round. Cecchinato lost the match in three sets. Cecchinato then made his Grand Slam debut at the 2015 US Open. On 20 July 2016, Cecchinato was suspended for 18 months (until January 2018) and fined €40,000 by the Italian tennis federation f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Igor Zelenay
Igor Zelenay (; born 10 February 1982) is a Slovak professional tennis player. He is a doubles specialist who has won 1 ATP Tour title and finished runner-up at 4 other ATP 250 tournaments. He reached a career-high ranking of World No. 50 in July 2009. His career-high singles ranking is World No. 279, achieved in August 2005. Career Zelenay reached his first ATP doubles final at the 2010 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, where he and his partner Philipp Marx lost in straight sets to the Bryan brothers The Bryan brothers, identical twin brothers Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan, are retired American professional doubles tennis players and the most successful duo of all time. They were born on April 29, 1978, with Mike being the elder by two minutes. .... ATP career finals Doubles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups) Challenger and Futures finals Singles: 7 (2–5) Doubles: 96 (60–36) Doubles performance timeline References External links * * * * * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis David Martínez
Luis David Martínez (; born 12 May 1989 in Lara) is a Venezuelan tennis player. Martínez has a career high ATP singles ranking of 390 achieved on 10 February 2014. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 97 achieved on 16 January 2023. Martínez has represented Venezuela 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 23–13. Challenger and Futures finals Singles: 5 (0–5) Doubles: 67 (29–38) Notes External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Martinez, Luis David 1989 births Living people Venezuelan male tennis players People from Lara (state) Tennis players at the 2015 Pan American Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in tennis Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Venez ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jozef Kovalík
Jozef Kovalík (; born 4 November 1992) is a Slovak tennis player playing mostly on the ATP Challenger Tour. Career 2010-2014 Kovalík together with Filip Horanský won bronze medal in doubles at 2010 Summer Youth Olympics. He won his first title on 17 August 2014, after beating second seed Andrey Kuznetsov. He became the fourth player to win an ATP Challenger title while ranked outside the top 300. 2016 He played his first match at ATP level on 5 January 2016 in Chennai, where he lost in the first round. He played his first match at a Grand Slam on 18 January 2016 at the Australian Open, where he lost to fellow qualifier Marco Trungelliti in the first round. At the 2016 BNP Paribas Open Kovalík won his first match at ATP level, defeating another qualifier Pierre-Hugues Herbert in the first round. He lost in two tight tie-breaks in the subsequent round, to fellow up-and-coming talent Dominic Thiem. Despite the loss his tennis was of an extremely high quality. Kovalík w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Máté Valkusz
Máté Valkusz (born 13 August 1998) is a Hungarian tennis player. Valkusz has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 204, achieved on 12 June 2023. Juniors On the junior tour, Valkusz has a career high combined junior ranking of 1 achieved on 11 January 2016. Valkusz was the winner of the 2015 Yucatán Cup, a Grade 1 event in Mérida and the Canadian Open Junior Championships in Repentigny. He was also a semifinalist at the 2015 Orange Bowl and a finalist at the 2015 Osaka Mayor's Cup. Valkusz was also a semifinalist at the 2015 Australian Open boys' doubles and 2015 French Open boys' doubles events. Pro Career He won his first Challenger title defeating Francisco Comesaña at the 2023 Macedonian Open. Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour Finals Singles: 19 (14-5) Doubles: 3 (3-0) Davis Cup Participations: (3–2) * indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oriol Roca Batalla
Oriol Roca Batalla (, ; born 30 April 1993) is a professional Spanish tennis player. Roca Batalla has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 193 achieved on 3 August 2015. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 175 achieved on 28 November 2022. Roca Batalla has won 27 ITF singles titles and 47 ITF doubles titles including six Challenger titles. He made it to his first ATP Challenger Tour singles final in Kenitra, Morocco on 19 September 2015. Roca Batalla made his ATP main draw debut at the 2015 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, where he received a wildcard into the doubles event, partnering Gerard Granollers Gerard Granollers Pujol (; ; born 30 January 1989 in Barcelona) is an inactive professional tennis player from Spain. He has won 12 ATP Challenger tournament The ATP Challenger Tour, known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series, i .... Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour Finals Singles: 40 (27-13) Notes External lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oleksandr Ovcharenko
Oleksandr Ovcharenko (born 17 October 2001) is a Ukrainian tennis player. Career Ovcharenko has a career high ATP singles ranking of 377 achieved on 26 December 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 420 achieved on 10 October 2022. Ovcharenko 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 0–1. Tour finals Singles Doubles 15 (7-8) References External links * * * 2001 births Living people Ukrainian male tennis players Tennis players from Kyiv {{Ukraine-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefano Napolitano
Stefano Napolitano (; born 11 April 1995) is an Italian professional tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On 12 June 2017, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 152 and his highest doubles ranking of 182 was achieved on 3 April 2017. Napolitano defeated Augusto Virgili in the qualifying of 2015 Distal & ITR Group Tennis Cup 6–0, 6–3, winning the first set without dropping a single point, which is referred to as a golden set In tennis, a golden set is a set which is won without losing a single point. This means scoring the 24 minimum points required to win the set 6–0, without conceding any points. In professional tennis, this has occurred twice in the main draw o .... Challenger and Futures finals Singles: 13 (2–11) Doubles: 10 (4–6) Singles performance timeline Junior Grand Slam finals Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Napolitano, Stefano 1995 births Living people Italian male tennis pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesco Forti
Francesco Forti (born 26 July 1999) is an Italian tennis player. Forti has a career high ATP singles ranking of 368 achieved on 12 July 2021. He also has a career high doubles ranking of 253 achieved on 7 March 2022. Forti has won 1 ATP Challenger doubles title at the 2021 Internazionali di Tennis Città di Todi with 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 2 .... Tour titles Doubles References External links * * 1999 births Living people Italian male tennis players Sportspeople from Cesena People from Cesenatico 21st-century Italian people {{Italy-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas David Ionel
Nicholas David Ionel (born 12 October 2002) is a Romanian tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 227 achieved on 28 November 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 448 achieved on 28 November 2022. He is currently the No. 1 Romanian player. Career 2020: ATP qualification debut Ionel won the 2020 Australian Open – Boys' doubles title. Ionel was awarded with a qualification wildcard to play his first ATP tournament at the 2020 European Open, where he pushed former world No. 36 Yūichi Sugita is a Japanese tennis player. He has won one ATP singles title, and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 36 on 9 October 2017. Career Juniors As a junior Sugita compiled a win–loss record of 34–19 (and 26–18 in doubles), ... to three sets. 2022: Top 250 debut He reached the top 250 in singles on 7 November 2022 at No. 241. Personal life He trains at the Mouratoglou Academy in Sophia Antipolis since 2018. Junior Gran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luca Van Assche
Luca Van Assche (born 11 May 2004) is a Belgian-born French tennis player. Van Assche has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 137 achieved on 12 December 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 344 achieved on 3 October 2022. Junior Career Van Assche won the 2021 French Open Boys' Singles title, defeating fellow countryman Arthur Fils in the final. Professional career 2022: Professional, ATP & Major doubles debuts, Maiden Challenger & top 150 In January, Van Assche made his ATP main draw debut at the 2022 Open Sud de France after receiving a wildcard into the doubles main draw with Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg. He made his Grand Slam debut in doubles at the 2022 French Open as a wildcard pair partnering also Gueymard Wayenburg. In October, Van Assche reached his first singles final on the ATP Challenger Tour in Lisbon, Portugal, entering the main draw as a qualifier and losing to Marco Cecchinato in the finals. As a result he climbed close ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
