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2023 Advantage Cars Prague Open
The 2023 Advantage Cars Prague Open was a tournament played on outdoor clay. It was the 30th edition for men and 18th for women, which were respectively part of the 2023 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2023 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Prague, Czech Republic between 1 and 7 May 2023. Men's singles main draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 24 April 2023. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Kalin Ivanovski * Andrew Paulson * Dalibor Svrčina The following players received entry into the singles main draw as special exempts: * Zdeněk Kolář * Máté Valkusz The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate: * Felipe Meligeni Alves The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Jan Choinski * Federico Delbonis * Federico Gaio * Dimitar Kuzmanov * Pablo Llamas Ruiz * Vitaliy Sachko Women's singles main draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of ... [...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] |
Zsombor Piros
Zsombor Piros (born 13 October 1999) is a Hungarian tennis player. Piros has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 138, achieved on 10 October 2022. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 991, achieved on 8 August 2022. He is currently the No. 2 Hungarian player. Junior career On the junior tour Piros had a career-high ranking of 3 achieved on 4 September 2017. Piros won the 2017 Australian Open boys' singles championships, defeating Israeli Yshai Oliel in the final. He made headlines at Wimbledon 2017 when he and doubles partner Yibing Wu fell foul of Wimbledon's pants police, and were required to change their underpants from black to white to comply with regulations. Even without their lucky pants they won the subsequent match 6–4 6–1. Piros won the Hungarian Tennis Championships on 1 October 2017. Professional career 2018: First Challenger win, first Top 100 win Piros began his year at the Nouméa Challenger, where he came through q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vitaliy Sachko
Vitaliy Sachko ( uk, Віталій Дмитрович Сачко; born 14 July 1997) is a Ukrainian tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of World No. 156 achieved on 31 July 2023 and also reached as high as No. 149 in doubles on 2 May 2022. He is currently the No. 1 Ukrainian tennis player. Professional career 2020: ATP debut He made his ATP main draw debut at the 2020 Erste Bank Open in the singles draw as lucky loser, where he was defeated by Dominic Thiem, 4–6, 5–7. 2021: Challenger Tour success, Top 250 debut In March, ranked No. 389 in the world, he made it to the final of the Challenger Tour event in Lugano, Switzerland, where he lost to Dominic Stephan Stricker. In July, he made another Challenger final in Perugia, Italy losing to Tomas Martin Etcheverry in singles. At the same tournament, he took his revenge, winning his third Challenger doubles title for 2021 by defeating the Argentinian pair Tomas Etcheverry/Renzo Olivo, partnering Dominic Stricker. ... [...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] |
Dimitar Kuzmanov
Dimitar Kuzmanov ( bg, Димитър Кузманов, ; nickname: Miko; born 28 July 1993) is a Bulgarian professional tennis player. He competes mostly on the ATP Challenger Tour. His highest singles ranking is No. 159 achieved on 29 August 2022, whilst his best doubles ranking is No. 438 achieved on 1 April 2019. Early years and personal life Dimitar Kuzmanov was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, the son of Savko Kuzmanov (an aeronautical engineer) and Dora Rangelova (Bulgaria Fed Cup team's former tennis player and present team captain). His maternal family is entirely related to the sport. Dora's father Zdravko Rangelov, who is one of the founders of tennis in Plovdiv, has been a tennis player and longtime coach in Tennis Club Lokomotiv, whilst her mother has been a volleyball player and coach. Dora's brother, Stefan Rangelov is a former tennis player and present tennis coach. Kuzmanov began playing tennis at age of six when his mother Dora took him to play on courts of Tennis Cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federico Gaio
Federico Gaio (; born 5 March 1992) is an Italian professional tennis player. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and on the ITF circuit. He has won four Challenger titles and nine ITF futures singles titles. He reached his career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 124 in February 2020. In doubles, he has won three Challenger and four ITF futures doubles titles. He reached a career high in doubles of World No. 165 on 9 March 2020 after his maiden ATP doubles final at the 2020 Rio Open partnering Salvatore Caruso. Professional career 2015: ATP debut He played his first ATP main draw match in the 2015 Rome Open after gaining entry as a wildcard. 2018: Grand Slam singles debut He made his Grand Slam debut at the 2018 US Open as a qualifier where he lost to tenth seed David Goffin. 2020: Maiden doubles ATP final He reached his first doubles final at the ATP 500 2020 Rio Open partnering Salvatore Caruso where they lost to Horacio Zeballos/Marcel Granollers Marc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federico Delbonis
Federico Delbonis (; born 5 October 1990) is an Argentine professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 33 achieved on 9 May 2016. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 110 achieved on 22 July 2019. Professional career 2009–2012 Delbonis won five Challenger and Futures titles from the time he turned professional in 2009 until 2013. In 2011, Delbonis reached the first ATP semifinal of his career at the Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart, Germany. He won 6 consecutive matches, having to win 3 qualifying matches in order to enter the main draw, ultimately falling to Juan Carlos Ferrero in three sets. 2013: First ATP final He qualified at the 2013 International German Open and then beat Tommy Robredo, Dmitry Tursunov and Fernando Verdasco, the latter of which he won in a tight three-setter to set up a meeting in the semifinals with Roger Federer. Against Federer, Delbonis scored by far the biggest win of his career, defeating him in two tiebreaker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Choinski
Jan Choinski (born 10 June 1996) is a German-born British tennis player of Polish descent. Choinski has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 234, achieved in April 2018. Juniors Choinski reached the semifinals of the 2014 US Open – Boys' singles. He peaked at No. 17 combined world ranking, compiling a 78–30 match record in singles. Professional career Choinski made his ATP main draw debut at the 2016 MercedesCup, where he was given a wildcard into the singles event. Ranked No. 457, he reached his second Challenger final at the 2022 Campeonato Internacional de Tênis de Campinas being the first qualifier in the history of the tournament to do so. He won his maiden Challenger title defeating Juan Pablo Varillas, moving more than a 150 positions back up close to the top 300 at No. 301 on 10 October 2022. https://www.atptour.com/en/news/svajda-skatov-claim-maiden-atp-challenger-tour-titles He returned to the top 250 on 19 December 2022. Personal life Choinski was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felipe Meligeni Alves
Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves (born 19 February 1998) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 137 achieved on 25 July 2022 and a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 75 achieved on 20 June 2022. He is currently the No. 2 Brazilian tennis player. Junior career Meligeni Alves won the 2016 US Open boys' doubles title, partnering Juan Carlos Aguilar. Professional career 2020: ATP debut and maiden Challenger singles and doubles titles Meligeni made his debut in an ATP Tour singles main draw as wildcard at the 2020 Rio Open, losing in three sets to world No. 4 Dominic Thiem in the first round. Meligeni won his first ATP Challenger doubles title at Guayaquil alongside Venezuelan Luis David Martínez, defeating spaniards Sergio Martos Gornés and Jaume Munar in the final. Meligeni Alves won his first ATP Challenger singles title at São Paulo, defeating Portuguese Frederico Ferreira Silva, on 29 November 2020. He also won his s ... [...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] |
Zdeněk Kolář
Zdeněk Kolář (; born 9 October 1996) is a Czech tennis player. Kolář has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 111 achieved on 13 June 2022. He also has a career high doubles ranking of World No. 110 achieved on 1 August 2022. Professional career 2018: ATP debut Kolář played his first match in an ATP tournament, after qualifying for the 2018 Swedish Open. He was defeated in straight sets by defending champion and former Top 10 member David Ferrer. 2021: Three Challenger titles In 2021, Kolář won 3 ATP Challenger singles titles: in April in Oeiras Portugal, in August in Iasi Romania, in September in Szczecin Poland and 4 ATP Challenger doubles titles. 2022: Grand Slam debut and first ATP & Major win In 2022, Kolář made his ATP main draw debut in doubles at Chile Open alongside Nikola Milojević. They reached the quarterfinals with a win over local wildcards Alejandro Tabilo and Gonzalo Lama. In his fifth qualifying attempt, Kolar finally reached the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dalibor Svrčina
Dalibor Svrčina (born 2 October 2002) is a Czech tennis player. He has achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 167 on 18 July 2022 and a doubles ranking of No. 341 on 7 November 2022. Junior career He achieved a career-high ITF juniors ranking of World No. 8. Svrčina and his partner Jonáš Forejtek won the 2019 Australian Open boys' doubles title, beating Emilio Nava and Cannon Kingsley in the finals. Professional career 2021: First Challenger title, Top 300 debut In August Svrčina won his first Challenger title as a wildcard at the 2021 ATP Prague Open where he defeated Dmitry Popko. As a result he reached the top 350 at a career-high of No. 334 on 16 August 2021. He reached the top 300 on 15 November 2021 at No. 298. 2022: Top 200 debut In April Svrčina reached his second Challenger final at the 2022 ATP Prague Open where he lost to Sebastian Ofner. As a result he reached the top 200 at a career-high of World No. 199 on 2 May 2022. 2023: Grand Slam d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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