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2023 Upper Austria Open
The 2023 Upper Austria Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2023 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Mauthausen, Upper Austria, Mauthausen, Austria between 8 and 14 May 2023. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings as of 24 April 2023. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Sandro Kopp * Gerald Melzer * Lukas Neumayer The following players received entry into the singles main draw as alternates: * Manuel Guinard * Alexandar Lazarov * James McCabe (tennis), James McCabe * Louis Wessels The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Mirza Bašić * Marius Copil * Lucas Gerch * Hendrik Jebens * Matthias Ujvary * Damien Wenger Champions Singles * Hamad Međedović def. Filip Misolic 6–2, 6–7(5–7), 6–4. Doubles * Romain Arneodo / Sam Weissborn def. Constantin Frantzen / Hendrik Jebens 6–4 ... [...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] |
