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2010 Beijing International Challenger
The 2010 Beijing International Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which is part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Beijing, China between 2 and 8 August 2010. ATP entrants Seeds * Rankings are as of July 26, 2010. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Bai Yan * Chang Yu * Li Zhe * Wu Di The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Tiago Fernandes * Gao Peng * Wang Chuhan * Xu Junchao Champions Men's singles Franko Škugor def. Laurent Recouderc, 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 Women's singles Junri Namigata def. Zhang Shuai, 7–6(3) 6–3 Men's doubles Pierre-Ludovic Duclos / Artem Sitak def. Sadik Kadir / Purav Raja, 7–6(4), 7–6(5) Women's doubles Sun Shengnan / Zhang Shuai def. Ji Chunmei / Liu Wanting, 4–6, 6–2, 0–5 External linksOfficial Site [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hardcourt
A hardcourt (or hard court) is a surface or floor on which a sport is played, most usually in reference to tennis courts. It is typically made of rigid materials such as asphalt or concrete, and covered with acrylic resins to seal the surface and mark the playing lines, while providing some cushioning. Historically, hardwood surfaces were also in use in indoor settings, similar to an indoor basketball court, but these surfaces are rare now. Tennis Tennis hard courts are made of synthetic/acrylic layers on top of a concrete or asphalt foundation and can vary in color. These courts tend to play medium-fast to fast because there is little energy absorption by the court, as with grass courts but unlike clay courts. The ball tends to bounce high and players are able to apply many types of spin during play. Flat balls are favored on hard courts because of the extremely quick play style. Speed of rebound after tennis balls bounce on hard courts is determined by how much sand is in the sy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bai Yan (tennis)
Bai Yan (; ; born May 21, 1989 in Nanjing, Jiangsu) is a Chinese male tennis player. Tennis career Juniors As a junior, Bai reach his highest ranking as world No. 10 in the singles world rankings in January 2007. 2010 Yan won back-to-back ITF Men's Circuit titles in September before knocking off World No. 30 Radek Štěpánek at the Shanghai Masters the following month. 2012 After not competing on tour in 2011, Bai opened 2012 by reaching the singles semifinals of China F2 ITF Men's Circuit tournament. 2017 Bai opened the 2017 season by winning the Hong Kong F6 futures. Yan has reached 24 career singles finals all on the ITF Futures tour, with a record of 19 wins and 5 losses. Additionally, he has reached 20 career doubles finals with a record of 13 wins and 7 losses, which includes a record of 4–0 in ATP Challenger Tour finals. Yan represents his native country of China competing during the Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 ITF Women's Circuit
The 2010 ITF Women's Circuit was the 2010 edition of the second-tier tour for women's professional tennis. It was organised by the International Tennis Federation and was a tier below the WTA Tour. The ITF Women's Circuit included tournaments with prize money ranging from $10,000 up to $100,000. The list of tournaments is split into January–March, April–June, July–September and October–December due to the number of tournaments. Schedule January–March April–June July–September October–December Statistical Information Key Titles won by player Titles won by nation Retired players Ranking Distribution "+H" indicates that Hospitality is provided. See also * 2010 WTA Tour * 2010 ATP World Tour * 2010 ATP Challenger Tour * Women's Tennis Association * International Tennis Federation References External links International Tennis Federation (ITF) official website {{DEFAULTSORT:2010 ITF Women's Circuit ITF Women' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liu Wanting
Liu Wanting (; ; born February 16, 1989) is a Chinese former professional tennis player. Wanting won 14 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a series of professional tennis tournaments run by the International Tennis Federation for female professional tennis players. History It serves as a developmental .... On 30 July 2007, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 310. On 8 October 2012, she peaked at No. 110 in the WTA doubles rankings. Her best result is reaching the doubles final of the 2010 Guangzhou International Open. WTA career finals Doubles: 1 (runner-up) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 1 (0–1) Doubles: 25 (14–11) References * * Chinese female tennis players Tennis players from Beijing 1989 births Living people 21st-century Chinese women {{PRChina-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ji Chunmei
Ji Chunmei (; ; born February 14, 1986) is a former professional Chinese tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 352, which she reached on 10 May 2010. Her career-high in doubles is 61, which she reached on 12 May 2008. WTA career finals Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups) Doubles: 18 (10 titles, 8 runner-ups) See also * Chinese tennis players * Tennis in China Tennis in China is a rapidly growing sport that has received much private and public support, and has today become firmly entrenched in the Chinese as one of the most popular. Tennis is now the third-most popular sport on television in China, b ... References External links * * * 1986 births Living people Chinese female tennis players Tennis players from Jiangsu 21st-century Chinese women {{PRChina-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sun Shengnan
Sun Shengnan (; ; born 21 January 1987) is a Chinese former tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 216th, which she reached on 4 April 2011. Her career high in doubles is 50th, which she reached on 17 September 2007. By March 2006, Sun had won two ITF singles titles and risen to No. 320 in the WTA rankings, and had earned herself a reputation as 'one to watch', having shown plenty of recent promise of further improvement in the preceding year. Career Sun Shengnan began competing on the ITF Circuit at the age of 15, in May 2002. Over the next few months, she won seven matches (mostly in qualifying draws) and lost just five. However, she did not compete again for a whole year after the beginning of August, and thus gained for herself only a lowly end-of-year foothold on the world ranking list at No. 1031. When August finally came around again in 2003, she returned to competition as a 16-year-old at ITF events; and that October she reached the quarterfinal of a $25k t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Purav Raja
Purav Raja ( ; born 7 December 1985) is an Indian tennis player. He specializes in doubles and competes on the ATP World Tour. He has 2 ATP world tour level titles in men's doubles. He represents India in the Davis Cup. Personal and early life Purav Raja grew up in Mumbai and began playing tennis when he was 7 years old. He cites indoor carpet as his preferred surface, with his favourite shot being the drop shot. Raja was educated at Millfield in Somerset. Raja is very active in the Ananda Ashran orphanage and The Fellowship of the Physically Handicapped in Mumbai. He splits his training between Mumbai and Bromley. Professional career Early years Raja turned pro in year 2005. He started with ITF tour finding negligible success in singles but continued to excel in doubles. In year 2007 he started emerging as a doubles specialist as he went on to win 4 ITF titles. He followed his success in year 2008 with four more ITF doubles titles. The same year he reached his first ATP Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sadik Kadir
Sadik Kadir (born 27 July 1981) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Biography Originally from the Indonesian city of Surabaya, Kadir later grew up in Sydney. Kadir made two main draw appearances at the Australian Open. At the 2005 Australian Open he and Shannon Nettle received a wild card for the men's doubles event. They were beaten in the first round by ninth seeds Cyril Suk and Pavel Vízner. He also featured in the main draw of the 2006 Australian Open, in the men's doubles with Todd Reid. Again facing an all Czech pairing in the opening round, Kadir and his partner narrowly lost to Ivo Minář and Jiří Vaněk. In 2009 he won two ATP Challenger titles, the Burnie International in Tasmania and Karshi Qarshi ( uz, Qarshi/Қарши, ; fa, نخشب ''Nakhshab'') is a city in southern Uzbekistan. It is the capital of Qashqadaryo Region. Administratively, Qarshi is a district-level city, that includes the urban-type settlement Qashqadaryo. It ... in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xu Junchao
Xu Junchao (born 22 September 1988) is a Chinese former professional tennis player. Xu qualified for the main draw of the 2008 China Open, an ATP Tour tournament in Beijing, losing in the first round to Lu Yen-hsun Lu Yen-hsun (; born 14 August 1983) is a Taiwanese retired professional tennis player, who goes by the nickname Rendy Lu. He won the most titles on the ATP Challenger Tour in tennis history. His favorite surface is hardcourt, though several o .... He represented China at the 2011 Summer Universiade. ITF Futures titles Singles: (1) Doubles: (2) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Xu, Junchao 1988 births Living people Chinese male tennis players Competitors at the 2011 Summer Universiade 21st-century Chinese people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wang Chuhan
Wang Chuhan (; ; born 24 February 1992 in Dalian) is a Chinese male tennis player. As a junior, Wang peaked at a career high of world No. 24. He played in the junior Australian and French Open but did not perform significantly. Wang represents his native country China in Davis Cup matches and has a record of 0– in singles matches. 1 Wang has a career high ATP singles ranking of 377 achieved on 9 February 2015. He received a wildcard entry into the main draw of the 2014 Shanghai Rolex Masters, where he made his ATP Tour match debut and made the most of it. In the first round, he defeated the 15th seed Fabio Fognini of Italy ''7–6(7–5(, 6–4'' which was a huge upset. He fell in the second round to Tunisia's Malek Jaziri Malek Jaziri ( ar, مالك الجزيري, Mālik al-Jazīrī; born January 20, 1984) is a Tunisian professional tennis player. Jaziri reached his highest singles ranking on the ATP Tour of World 42 in January 2019. He reached the final of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gao Peng
Gao , or Gawgaw/Kawkaw, is a city in Mali and the capital of the Gao Region. The city is located on the River Niger, east-southeast of Timbuktu on the left bank at the junction with the Tilemsi valley. For much of its history Gao was an important commercial centre involved in the trans-Saharan trade. In the 9th century external Arabic writers described Gao as an important regional power, and by the end of the 10th century, the local ruler was said to be a Muslim. Towards the end of the 13th century Gao became part of the Mali Empire, but in first half of the 15th century the town regained its independence and with the conquests of Sunni Ali (ruled 1464–1492) it became the capital of the Songhai Empire. The Empire collapsed after the Moroccan invasion in 1591 and the invaders chose to make Timbuktu their capital. By the time of Heinrich Barth's visit in 1854, Gao had declined to become an impoverished village with 300 huts constructed from matting. In 2009, the urban commune ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiago Fernandes (tennis)
Tiago Fernandes (born January 29, 1993) is a former Brazilian tennis player. He achieved the No. 1 ranking on the ITF Junior Circuit. Fernandes was coached by Larri Passos, the former coach of Brazilian former world #1 and three-time French Open winner Gustavo Kuerten. Fernandes won the Boys' Singles division of the 2010 Australian Open, defeating Sean Berman of Australia in the final, 7–5, 6–3. Tennis career Junior ranks 2009 In 2009, he competed in his first Grand Slam in the Boys' Singles division of the 2009 French Open. He first competed against Cedrick Commin, winning 7–5, 6–1, in the second round he lost Richard Becker 6–3, 7–5, 6–3. In 2009 Wimbledon Championships, he reached the third round losing to Devin Britton, 7–5, 6–4. At the 2009 US Open, he reached the Quarterfinals, where he lost to Bernard Tomic 6–1, 6–4, from Australia. 2010 At the Junior Australian Open, he became the first Brazilian to win a Junior Grand Slam, defeating Sean B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
