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2007 Thailand Open (tennis)
The 2007 Thailand Open was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 5th edition of the PTT Thailand Open (ATP), Thailand Open, and was part of the ATP International Series, International Series of the 2007 ATP Tour. It took place at the Impact, Muang Thong Thani, Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand, from September 24 through September 30, 2007. The singles field featured Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP No. 3, 2007 French Open – Men's singles#Finals, French Open and 2007 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles#Finals, Wimbledon semifinalist, 2007 US Open (tennis), US Open runner-up, 2007 Next Generation Adelaide International, Adelaide, 2007 Estoril Open, Estoril, 2007 Miami Masters, Miami Masters and 2007 Canada Masters, Canada Masters champion Novak Djokovic, 2007 Australian Open – Men's singles#Finals, Australian Open semifinalist, 2007 Queen's Club Championships, Queen's Club and 2007 Legg Mason Tennis Classic, Washington titlist Andy Roddick, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dmitry Tursunov
Dmitry Igorevich Tursunov (; born 12 December 1982) is a retired Russian tennis player and current tennis coach. At age 12 he moved to the United States to train and further his prospects of becoming a professional player. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 20, achieved in October 2006. Tursunov jokes about his lack of ability and success on clay courts. He was sponsored by Fila (company), Fila and Wilson Sporting Goods, Wilson. He helped the Russia Davis Cup team, Russian Davis Cup team win the 2006 Davis Cup and reach the finals of the 2007 Davis Cup. Tennis career Tursunov began playing tennis in Moscow at the age of five when his father made him play a few hours a day. He came to the United States to train with Vitaly Gorin. I practiced a few hours a day. My dad realized fairly early that I had a lot of potential. A lot of people criticize him for basically choosing that career for me. He understood that I didn’t have many options to make money and since he re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Miami Masters
The 2007 Sony Ericsson Open was the 23rd edition of this tennis tournament and was played on outdoor hardcourts. The tournament was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2007 ATP Tour and was classified as a Tier I event on the 2007 WTA Tour. The tournament took place at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park in Key Biscayne, Florida, from March 21 through April 1, 2007. Summary of tournament Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams were the singles champions. Djokovic won his first Masters Series event of his career; whilst the resurgent Williams beat Henin for the only time in 2007. Guillermo Cañas' ascent also continued, defeating Roger Federer for the second time in 6 days, and in two consecutive tournaments, making him the only man apart from Rafael Nadal to achieve this feat since 2003. Fellow Argentine David Nalbandian also completed a double over Federer later in the year, beating him at the Madrid and Paris Masters. The event also featured boys and girls junior singles tourna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivo Karlović
Ivo Karlović (; born 28 February 1979) is a former Croatian professional tennis player. His height of 211 cm (6 ft 11 in) makes him the joint tallest ranked tennis player in history, along with Reilly Opelka. He has won eight ATP singles titles between 2007 and 2016. He is a serve-and-volleyer and officially held the record for the fastest serve recorded in professional tennis, measured at 251 km/h (156 mph), before being surpassed unofficially by Samuel Groth in 2012, and officially by John Isner in 2016. In his prime, he was considered one of the best servers on tour, and held the all-time record for career aces with 13,728 (not including Davis Cup) before the record was broken by John Isner on July 1 2022. This makes him one of only five players in history to surpass 10,000 aces. His height enables him to serve with high speed and unique trajectory. Junior career Karlović played his first junior match in April 1995 at the age of 16 at a grade 3 tourna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Moyá
Carlos Moyá Llompart (; born 27 August 1976) is a Spanish former world No. 1 tennis player. He was the French Open singles champion in 1998 and was the singles runner-up at the 1997 Australian Open. In 2004, he was part of his country's successful Davis Cup team. He has been Rafael Nadal's primary coach since 2016. Tennis career In November 1995, at the age of 19, Moyá won his first tournament at the top-level in Buenos Aires, defeating Félix Mantilla in the final. In May 1996, Moyá defeated the clay-court champion Thomas Muster, in the semifinals of the tournament in Munich, ending Muster's streak of winning 38 matches in a row on clay-courts. It was the fourth time in four weeks that Moyá had played a match against Muster. In the final of Munich, Sláva Doseděl defeated Moyá. In 1997, Moyá reached his first Grand Slam final at the Australian Open, defeating defending champion Boris Becker in the first round of the tournament, Jonas Björkman in the fourth round, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Croatia Open Umag
The 2007 Croatia Open Umag was the 18th edition of the Croatia Open Umag men's tennis tournament. The tournament was held from 23 July until 29 July 2007 and was part of the 2007 ATP Tour Carlos Moyà won his first and only title of the year and his 20th and final career title overall. Moyà won four times previously, making him one of only eight men to have won five titles at a single event in the open era. Finals Singles Carlos Moyà defeated Andrei Pavel, 6–4, 6–2 Doubles Lukáš Dlouhý / Michal Mertiňák defeated Jaroslav Levinský / David Škoch David Škoch (born 6 November 1976) is a professional doubles tennis player from the Czech Republic. He was the Wimbledon boys' singles champion in 1992. In 2012–2019 he played in ITF tournaments with Petr Nouza, recently in May 2019 in Jabl ..., 6–1, 6–1 References External links ITF tournament edition detailsATP tournament profile Croatia Open Croatian Open {{tennis-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Haas
Thomas Mario Haas (; born 3 April 1978) is a German former professional tennis player. He competed on the ATP Tour from 1996 to 2017. After breaking into the world top 100 in 1997, and reaching a career-high singles ranking of world No. 2 in May 2002, his career was interrupted by injuries: Haas twice dropped out of the world rankings due to being unable to play for twelve months. His first period of injury saw him miss the whole of the 2003 season, and he did not return to the world's top 10 until 2007. He also missed over a year's tennis between February 2010 and June 2011, but afterwards returned to play on the tour. He returned to world No. 11 in 2013, after reaching the quarterfinals at the French Open for the first time in his career. Haas reached the semifinals of the Australian Open three times, and in Wimbledon once. He reached the quarterfinal stage of each of the Grand Slam events. He won 15 career titles in singles, including one Masters tournament (Stuttgart) in 2001, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships And The Cellular South Cup
The 2007 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup were tennis tournaments played on indoor hard courts. It was the 32nd edition of the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships, the 22nd edition of the Cellular South Cup, and was part of the International Series Gold of the 2007 ATP Tour, and of the Tier III Series of the 2007 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Racquet Club of Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, from February 17 through February 25, 2007. The men's draw was led by ATP No. 4, US Open runner-up and Australian Open semifinalist Andy Roddick, other Australian Open semifinalist and Memphis defending champion Tommy Haas, and Doha finalist and San Jose winner Andy Murray. Other seeds were Australian Open quarterfinalist and Auckland semifinalist Mardy Fish, Chennai and Delray Beach champion Xavier Malisse, Jürgen Melzer, Julien Benneteau and Robby Ginepri. On the women's side were announced Austral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomáš Berdych
Tomáš Berdych (; born 17 September 1985) is a Czech former professional tennis player. His most notable achievement was reaching the final of the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, causing consecutive upsets by defeating top seed and six-time champion Roger Federer in the quarterfinals, and No. 3 Novak Djokovic in the semifinals. In the final, he lost to Rafael Nadal in straight sets. Berdych's biggest career title was the Paris Masters in 2005 as an unseeded player, defeating Ivan Ljubičić in the final.Berdych has reached the semifinals of all four Grand Slams. Alongside his Wimbledon performance in the same year, he reached the semifinals of the 2010 French Open, defeating fourth seed Andy Murray in straight sets in the fourth round, and dropping no sets until his loss in the semifinals to Robin Söderling. At the 2012 US Open he defeated No. 1 Roger Federer, again at the quarterfinal stage, before losing to eventual champion Murray. During the 2014 Australian Open he lost to ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Gerry Weber Open
The 2007 Gerry Weber Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 15th edition of the Gerry Weber Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2007 ATP Tour. It took place at the Gerry Weber Stadion in Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, from 11 June through 17 June 2007. The announced top seeds were World No. 1, Australian Open champion, French Open runner-up and defending champion Roger Federer, ATP No. 3 and French Open semifinalist Nikolay Davydenko, and Sydney titlist James Blake. Other top players competing were 2006 Halle finalist Tomáš Berdych, Estoril runner-up Richard Gasquet, Mikhail Youzhny, David Nalbandian and Marcos Baghdatis. Finals Singles Tomáš Berdych defeated Marcos Baghdatis, 7–5, 6–4 *It was Berdych's 1st title of the year and the 3rd of his career. Doubles Simon Aspelin / Julian Knowle defeated Fabrice Santoro / Nenad Zimonjić Nenad Zimonjić ( sr-Cyrl, Ненад Зимоњић, ; b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Roddick
Andrew Stephen Roddick (born 30 August 1982) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. He is a major champion, having won the 2003 US Open. Roddick reached four other major finals (Wimbledon in 2004, 2005, and 2009, and the US Open in 2006), losing to rival Roger Federer each time. Roddick was ranked in the year-end top 10 for nine consecutive years (2002–2010) and won five Masters titles in that period. He was also a crucial player in the U.S. Davis Cup team's successful run to the title in 2007. As of , he is the most recent North American man to win a singles major (2003 US Open), the most recent to hold the world No. 1 ranking, and the most recent to claim the year-end world No. 1 ranking (which he achieved in 2003). Roddick retired from professional tennis following the 2012 US Open to focus on his work at the Andy Roddick Foundation. In retirement, Roddick played for the Austin Aces in World Team Tennis in 2015. He was also the 2015 and 2017 champion o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Legg Mason Tennis Classic
The 2007 Legg Mason Tennis Classic was the 38th edition of this tennis tournament and was played on outdoor hard courts. The tournament was part of the International Series of the 2007 ATP Tour. It was held at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington, D.C. from July 30 through August 6, 2007. Finals Singles Andy Roddick defeated John Isner, 6–4, 7–6(7–4) *It was Roddick's 2nd title of the year and the 23rd of his career. It was his 3rd title at the event, also winning in 2001 and 2005. Doubles Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan defeated Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram, 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 0–7 References External links ATP tournament profile {{2007 US Open Series Legg Mason Washington Open (tennis) Legg Mason Tennis Classic The Washington Open (known as the Citi Open for sponsorship reasons) is an annual hardcourt tennis tournament played at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C. The Washington Open is part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Queen's Club Championships
The 2007 Artois Championships, also known as the Queen's Club Championships, was a men's tennis tournament that was part of the International Series of the 2007 ATP Tour. It was the 104th edition of the event and was held on outdoor grass courts at the Queen's Club in London, United Kingdom, from 11 June until 17 June 2007. Second-seeded Andy Roddick won the singles title, his fourth win at the event after 2003, 2004 and 2005. Finals Singles Andy Roddick defeated Nicolas Mahut 4–6, 7–6(9–7), 7–6(7–2) * It was Roddick's 1st singles title of the year and the 22nd of his career. Doubles Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor defeated Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 7–6(7–4), 7–5 Juniors Uladzimir Ignatik defeated Gastão Elias 7–5, 6–0 References External links Official website Queen's Club Championships The Queen's Club websiteATP tournament profile {{2007 ATP Tour Stella Artois Championships Queen's Club Championships Stella Artois Championships Stella ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
