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2023 City Of Playford Tennis International
The 2023 City of Playford Tennis International was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the fifth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2023 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2023 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in the City of Playford, Australia between 23 and 29 October 2023. Champions Men's singles * James Duckworth def. Coleman Wong 7–5, 7–5. Women's singles * Astra Sharma def. Joanna Garland, 7–6(8–6), 6–0 Men's doubles * Ryan Seggerman / Patrik Trhac def. Blake Ellis / Tristan Schoolkate 6–3, 7–6(7–3). Women's doubles * Talia Gibson / Priscilla Hon def. Kaylah McPhee / Astra Sharma, 6–1, 6–2 Men's singles main draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 16 October 2023. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Matthew Dellavedova * Blake Mott * Zack Viiala The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a speci ... [...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] |
Tristan Schoolkate
Tristan Schoolkate (born 26 February 2001) is an Australian professional tennis player. Schoolkate made his ATP Tour debut at the 2021 Great Ocean Road Open after receiving a wild card into the main draw. Personal life Schoolkate began playing tennis at age four and was initially coached by his father, who was a tennis coach at Claremont Lawn Tennis Club. In August 2015, Schoolkate represented Australia at the ITF World Junior Tennis Finals in Prostejov, Czech Republic. Career 2019–2020: Career Beginnings Schoolkate made his ITF Men's World Tennis Tour main draw debut in Darwin in September 2019 and his ATP Challenger Tour main draw debut in October 2019 in Traralgon. 2021: ATP debut and first ITF Titles In January 2021, Schoolkate made the second round of the 2021 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying, losing to Bernard Tomic. Schoolkate was awarded a wild card into the 2021 Great Ocean Road Open, where he made his ATP tour main draw debut, losing in straight set ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jang Su-jeong
Jang Su-jeong ( ko, 장수정 ; born 13 March 1995) is a South Korean tennis player. Jang has won one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour as well as ten singles titles and thirteen doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 11 July 2022, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 114. On 28 November 2022, she reached No. 105 in the WTA doubles rankings. Career Jang had a good career as a singles junior player, reaching her highest ranking in that category as world No. 68. Her best junior Grand Slam tournament was at the 2011 US Open, where she reached the third round. Her lone junior singles title was at the Yangdu International Junior Championships (Gangwon, 2008). She won her first ITF Circuit title in Bundaberg, Australia on 30 March 2013, winning the doubles tournament with Lee So-ra. The pair defeated Miki Miyamura and Varatchaya Wongteanchai in the final. Her most successful performance to date came at the 2013 Korea Open, where she reached the quarter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimberly Birrell
Kimberly Birrell (born 29 April 1998) is an Australian tennis player. She has won two singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Circuit. Birrell reached her best singles ranking of world No. 154 on 6 May 2019. Personal life Birrell was born in Düsseldorf, Germany, on 29 April 1998 to Australian parents. Her father, John, was working as a tennis coach in Germany at the time of her birth and shortly after relocated his family to Wodonga, Victoria. The family then settled on the Gold Coast, Queensland when Birrell was three years of age as her father took up a role as the head coach of Pat Cash's Tennis Academy. She began playing tennis at the age of four and switched training bases to the Queens Park Tennis Centre in 2008 when her father began managing the club. Queens Park had previously produced top 20 tennis players such as Bernard Tomic and Samantha Stosur, the latter of which would train with Birrell when visiting the club. Birrell attended Coomera Anglican College ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ajeet Rai
Ajeet Shankar Rai (born 18 January 1999) is a New Zealand professional tennis player. Rai has a career-high ATP singles ranking of 424, achieved on 3 April 2023, and a best doubles ranking of 304, reached on 3 April 2023. Tennis career 2018 Rai's first experience of professional tennis was being given a wildcard into qualifying for the Auckland Open, where he was beaten by Taro Daniel in the first round. He played his first senior ITF tournament in Kampala, Uganda, in May, qualifying for the main draw in singles, where he reached the second round. The following week, at the same venue, he was given a wildcard into both doubles and the main draw for singles, and reached the quarterfinals of both. He reached his first doubles semifinal in China in July, but the highlight of his year to that date would come in September, when he made his Davis Cup debut for New Zealand, partnering Artem Sitak to win their doubles rubber against South Korea, giving Rai a perfect start to his sen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yusuke Takahashi
is a Japanese tennis player. Takahashi has a career high ATP singles ranking of 238 achieved on 7 August 2017. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 414 achieved on 20 November 2017. Takahashi made his ATP main draw debut at the 2017 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships after defeating Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras and Vasek Pospisil Vasek Pospisil ( ; cs, Vašek Pospíšil, ; known in born June 23, 1990) is a Canadian professional tennis player. Pospisil has a career-high world singles ranking of No. 25, and No. 4 in doubles. Along with partner Jack Sock, he won the 2014 ... in qualifying. ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals Singles: 12 (5–7) External links * * 1997 births Living people Japanese male tennis players Sportspeople from Yokohama 21st-century Japanese people {{Japan-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nam Ji-sung
Nam Ji-sung (born 15 August 1993, in Busan) is a South Korean tennis player. Nam has a career high ATP singles ranking of 236 achieved on 12 August 2019. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 102 achieved on 3 February 2020. Playing for South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eas ... in Davis Cup, Nam has a W/L record of 3–7. Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour finals Singles: 16 (5–11) Doubles: 62 (33 titles, 29 runners-up) External links * * * 1993 births Living people South Korean male tennis players Sportspeople from Busan Tennis players from Seoul Tennis players at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for South Korea Universiade medalists in tennis FISU World University Games gold medalists for South Ko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blake Mott
Blake Mott (born 21 April 1996) is an Australian professional tennis player. He competes mainly in the Challenger Tour. He reached his career high singles ranking of World No. 220 in June 2017. He won his first Challenger title in the 2016 Launceston Tennis International and made his Grand Slam debut at the 2017 Australian Open after qualifying. Career 2011–2013: Career beginnings Mott made his ITF debut in May 2011 in the Sweden F3. He lost in round 1 to Julian Obry. He played around Europe throughout 2011, scoring his first win against Aviv Ben Shabat in August 2011. Throughout 2012, Mott played on the ITF circuit across winning two matches. Mott ended 2012 with a ranking of 1563. In 2013, Mott began making second rounds of the ITF circuit and in July 2013, Mott qualified for his first ATP Challenger Tour main draw in Granby. He lost to Tatsuma Ito in round 1. In October 2013, Mott qualified for the 2013 Melbourne Challenger, winning his first Challenger matches agains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dane Sweeny
Dane Sweeny (born 12 February 2001) is an Australian professional tennis player. Sweeny made his ATP Tour debut at the 2021 Great Ocean Road Open after receiving a wild card into the main draw. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 247 achieved on 3 October 2022 and a doubles ranking of No. 165 achieved on 3 October 2022. Personal life In August 2015, Sweeny represented Australia at the ITF World Junior Tennis Finals in Prostejov, Czech Republic. Career 2018–2020: Career Beginnings Sweeny made his ITF Men's World Tennis Tour main draw debut in Mornington, Victoria in March 2018 and his ATP Challenger Tour main draw debut in October 2019 in Traralgon. 2021: ATP debut In January 2021, Sweeny made the third and final round of the 2021 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying. Sweeny was awarded a wild card into the 2021 Great Ocean Road Open, where he made his ATP tour main draw debut. Sweeny defeated Nam Ji-sung in the first round before losing to Aljaz Bede ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Seong-chan
Hong Seong-chan (born 30 June 1997) is a South Korean tennis player. Hong has a career high ATP singles ranking of 343 achieved on 24 October 2016. Hong reached the final of the 2015 Australian Open junior championships, falling to top seed Roman Safiullin in the final. Hong has a career high junior ranking of 3. Since 2015, Hong has been a member of the South Korean 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 ... team. Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour Finals Singles: 20 (15–5) Doubles (8–2) Junior Grand Slam finals Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hong, Seong-chan 1997 births Living people South Korean male tennis players Sportspeople from Gangwon Province, South Korea Universiade medalists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Polmans
Marc David Polmans (born 2 May 1997) is a South African-born Australian tennis player. Polmans has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 116 achieved on 12 October 2020. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 68 achieved on 16 October 2017. He won the 2015 Australian Open boys' doubles title with fellow Australian Jake Delaney, defeating Hubert Hurkacz and Alex Molčan in the final. He reached the semifinal of the 2017 Australian Open doubles with Andrew Whittington. Personal life He supports Collingwood in the Australian Football League. Career 2012–2015: Career beginnings Polmans turned pro in 2012 and ended the year with a ranking of 1813. Over the next three years, Polmans played predominantly in the ITF Futures tour. Polmans won his first title with Steven de Waard at the Australia F9 Futures in 2014. The pair won five more future titles in 2015. Polmans reached the second round of qualifying in the 2015 Australian Open where he def ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taro Daniel
is a Japanese-American professional tennis player. He has won one ATP Tour singles title at the 2018 Istanbul Open, seven ATP Challenger Tour singles titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 64 on 27 August 2018. Personal life Taro's mother, Yasue, is Japanese and his father, Paul Daniel, is American. He grew up in various places throughout the world. He spent most of his elementary school days in Saitama, Japan. He went to Nagoya International School. Taro and his family moved to Spain when he was 14 years old. He speaks English, Spanish and Japanese. He has one younger sister, Kana. Tennis career Early Age Taro started playing tennis when he was 7 years old. He practiced at the Shinrin Longwood Tennis Club in Nagoya City during his years in Japan. He got third place for under 12 in the All Japan Junior Tennis Tournament. 2011–13 Daniel had won a couple of ITF Futures events in Spain and Portugal. On the ATP Challenger Tour, he made the semifinals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
