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2023 Arizona Tennis Classic
The 2023 Arizona Tennis Classic was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the tournament's third edition, which was part of the 2023 ATP Challenger Tour. It occurred in Phoenix, United States, between 13 and 19 March 2023. Singles main draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 6 March 2023. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Matteo Berrettini * Gaël Monfils * Diego Schwartzman The following players received entry into the singles main draw as alternates: * Radu Albot * Matteo Arnaldi * Nuno Borges * Thanasi Kokkinakis * Denis Kudla * Christopher O'Connell * Roman Safiullin * Zhang Zhizhen The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Pavel Kotov * Aleksandar Kovacevic * Emilio Nava * Alexander Shevchenko * Jan-Lennard Struff * Aleksandar Vukic The following players received entry as lucky losers: * Mattia Bellucci * Rinky Hijikata Champions Singles * Nun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennis Court
A tennis court is the venue where the sport of tennis is played. It is a firm rectangular surface with a low net stretched across the centre. The same surface can be used to play both doubles and singles matches. A variety of surfaces can be used to create a tennis court, each with its own characteristics which affect the playing style of the game. Dimensions The dimensions of a tennis court are defined and regulated by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) governing body and are written down in the annual 'Rules of Tennis' document. The court is long. Its width is for singles matches and for doubles matches. The service line is from the net. Additional clear space around the court is needed in order for players to reach overrun balls for a total of wide and long. A net is stretched across the full width of the court, parallel with the baselines, dividing it into two equal ends. The net is high at the posts, and high in the center. The net posts are outside the d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matteo Arnaldi
Matteo Arnaldi (born 22 February 2001) is an Italian professional tennis player. He won the Davis Cup in 2023 with Italy. Arnaldi has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 41, achieved on 30 October 2023, and a career high doubles ranking of world No. 286, achieved on 8 August 2022. Career 2022: ATP and Masters debuts, Maiden Challenger title Arnaldi made his ATP main draw debut at the 2022 Rome Masters after receiving a wildcard into the singles and doubles main draws. He received these wildcards by winning the pre-qualification wildcard tournaments in both singles and doubles. He won his maiden Challenger title at the 2022 Internazionali di Tennis d'Abruzzo as a wildcard defeating Francesco Maestrelli. Following Holger Rune's withdrawal to be first alternate at the 2022 ATP Finals, Arnaldi gained entry to participate in the 2022 Next Generation ATP Finals. 2023: Major & top 100 debuts, Maiden Major & Masters & top 10 wins, first ATP semi-final, top 50 Following ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rinky Hijikata
is an Australian professional tennis player. Following a successful career at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Hijikata went professional and has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 70 achieved on 16 October 2023 and in doubles of world No. 31 on the same date. Early life and education Hijikata was born in Sydney, Australia to Japanese immigrant parents. He began playing tennis at age three or four. He attended The King's School in Sydney from 2013 to 2016. His father is a tennis coach. His favourite player growing up was Lleyton Hewitt and later, Kei Nishikori. Hijikata played college tennis for North Carolina Tar Heels men's tennis from 2019 to 2021. Career 2018–2021: Career beginnings In March 2018, Hijikata made his ITF debut at the Australia F3 in Mornington, Australia. He won his first match the following week at the Australia F4. In October 2018, Hijikata won silver at the Tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' doubles, team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mattia Bellucci
Mattia Bellucci (born 1 June 2001) is an Italian tennis player. Bellucci has a career high ATP singles ranking of 142 achieved on 30 January 2023. He also has a career high doubles ranking of 407 achieved on 8 August 2022. Career 2022: Maiden Challenger title Bellucci won two ATP Challenger singles titles at the 2022 Saint-Tropez Open and at the 2022 Vilnius Open both in October 2022. 2023: Grand Slam and top 150 debuts In January, Bellucci qualified for the 2023 Australian Open The 2023 Australian Open was a Grand Slam level tennis tournament held at Melbourne Park, from 16–29 January 2023. It was the 111th edition of the Australian Open, the 55th in the Open Era, and the first major of the year. The tournament consi ... to make his Grand Slam debut. As a result he made his debut in the top 150 at world No. 142 on 30 January 2023. ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals Singles: 14 (9–4) Doubles: 5 (4–1) References External links * * 2001 bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandar Vukic
Aleksandar Vukic (, , ; born 6 April 1996) is an Australian professional tennis player. Vukic has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 117 achieved on 28 February 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 394 achieved on the same date. Vukic has won one ITF Futures singles title. Vukic made his main draw ATP singles debut at the 2018 Sydney International and his Grand Slam debut at the 2020 French Open, after qualifying for both. Early life Vukic was born in Sydney, Australia. His parents and older brother left Montenegro during the breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s and settled in Sydney before Vukic was born. Vukic began playing tennis at the age of 6 and later attended the University of Illinois between 2015 and 2018 where he was named three-time All-American in tennis. Professional career 2014–2019: ITF and ATP debut Vukic made his ITF Tour debut in Spain in May 2014. Vukic made his main draw ATP singles debut at the 2018 Sydney ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan-Lennard Struff
Jan-Lennard Struff (; born 25 April 1990) is a German professional tennis player. He reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 29 in August 2020. In doubles, he achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 21 in October 2018. He has reached one ATP singles final and won 3 ATP doubles titles. Tennis career 2014: First two ATP semifinals, Top 50 debut Struff advanced to his first semifinals on the ATP Tour in Marseille, Munich and Metz. He entered the top 50 in the ATP rankings for the first time in his career and finished the year in the top 100 also for the first time at World No. 59. 2015 Struff made his Davis Cup debut for Germany against France in the first round. He lost the first rubber to Gilles Simon with 8–10 in the fifth set, and his team lost the tie with 2–3. 2016: First Masters 1000 third rounds, first top-3 win Struff reached the third round of the Paris Masters as a qualifier, his best showing at the Masters 1000 level thus far, after beating wo ... [...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] |
Emilio Nava
Emilio Nava (born 2 December 2001) is an American professional tennis player. Nava has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 173 achieved on 19 September 2022. He reached two finals of the Boys' Singles Grand Slam tournaments, losing to Lorenzo Musetti in the 2019 Australian Open and to Jonáš Forejtek in the 2019 US Open. Early life and background Nava is the son of Olympic sprinter Eduardo Nava and professional tennis player Xóchitl Escobedo, both of whom are originally from Mexico. He is also the cousin of fellow pro tennis player Ernesto Escobedo. His brother, Eduardo Nava also is a professional tennis player who played college tennis at TCU and Wake Forest University. Professional career 2019: ATP main draw debut Nava made his ATP main draw debut at the 2019 Abierto Mexicano Telcel after receiving a wildcard into the singles main draw. He lost to Mackenzie McDonald in the first round. 2021: Masters 1000, Grand Slam and top 350 debuts At the 2021 Miami Open, Nav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandar Kovacevic (tennis)
Aleksandar Kovacevic ( sr, Александар Ковачевић, Aleksandar Kovačević; born August 29, 1998) is an American tennis player. Kovacevic has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 101, achieved on 3 April 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 254, achieved also on 3 April 2023. Career 2021: Turned Pro, Grand Slam qualifying debut Kovacevic made his Grand Slam qualifying debut at the US Open, where he advanced to the final round before falling to Argentine Marco Trungelliti. 2022: ATP debut, first win and semifinal, Top 200 Kovacevic made his Top 250 debut on July 25, 2022, as world No. 227 following a final showing at the 2022 Indy Challenger. Kovacevic made his ATP main draw debut at the 2022 Korea Open, where he entered as a lucky loser. He recorded his first ATP tour level win defeating seventh seed and world No. 32 Miomir Kecmanović in the first round. Next he defeated Tseng Chun-hsin to reach his first ATP quarterf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavel Kotov (tennis)
Pavel Vyacheslavovich Kotov ( rus, Павел Вячеславович Котов, , ˈpavʲɪl ˈkotəf; born 18 November 1998) is a Russian tennis player. Kotov has a career high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of World No. 96 achieved on 17 October 2022. He also has a career high doubles ranking of World No. 226 achieved on 8 November 2021. Career 2020-2021: ATP debut, Maiden Challengers in singles & doubles He made his ATP debut at the 2020 St. Petersburg Open as a qualifier where he was defeated by Ugo Humbert. Kotov won his maiden ATP Challenger Tour, ATP Challenger doubles title at the 2020 Challenger La Manche and maiden single title at the 2021 Città di Forlì III. 2022: Grand Slam and top 100 debut He won his second singles Challenger title at 2022 Città di Forlì III. He reached the top 150 on 16 May 2022 at World No. 143. At the 2022 French Open he qualified to make his Grand Slam main draw debut. He made his debut at the 2022 US Open (t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Roman Safiullin
Roman Rishatovich Safiullin; tt-Cyrl, Роман Рәшит улы Сафиуллин, translit=Roman Räşit ulı Safiullin. (born 7 August 1997) is a Russian professional tennis player. Safiullin is a junior major champion, having won the 2015 Australian Open over Hong Seong-chan. Safiullin has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 82 achieved on 6 February 2023, and doubles of world No. 239 achieved on 7 February 2022. Career Safiullin was born in Podolsk, Russia, to a Tatar father and Russian mother. On the junior tour, Safiullin has a career high combined ranking of No. 2 achieved on 26 May 2014. His biggest junior title, after his Australian Open title, is the Grade A Trofeo Bonfiglio where he beat Andrey Rublev in the final. 2020: Maiden Challenger titles in singles and doubles Safiullin claimed his maiden challenger tour titles in singles and doubles with Pavel Kotov in Cherbourg, France in February 2020. 2021: Grand Slam debut He made his Grand Slam debut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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