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2012 Swedish Open
The 2012 Swedish Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts as part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2012 ATP World Tour and as part of the International Series on the 2012 WTA Tour. It took place in Båstad, Sweden, from 7 July until 15 July 2012 for the Men's tournament and from July 14 through July 22, 2012 for the Women's tournament. It was also known as the 2012 SkiStar Swedish Open for the Men's and the 2012 Sony Swedish Open for the Women's for sponsorship reasons. It was the 65th edition for the men's and the 4th edition for the women's. David Ferrer and Polona Hercog won the singles titles. ATP singles main draw entrants Seeds * 1 Seedings are based on the rankings of June 25, 2012 Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Christian Lindell * Michael Ryderstedt * Tommy Robredo The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Thiago Alves * Alessandro Giannessi * Evgeny Korole ... [...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] |
Filippo Volandri
Filippo Volandri (born 5 September 1981; ) is a former Italian professional male tennis player. Volandri is a right-handed player who reached a career-high singles ranking of world no. 25 in July 2007. He turned professional in 1997 and has earned almost $4,000,000 in prize money. Earlier career 2006: Second title Volandri won the second title of his career in September 2006, beating Nicolás Lapentti in the final of the Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia, Sicily International in Palermo. 2007: Rome Masters & French open success At the Rome Masters in 2007 Volandri, having entered as a wild card (sports), wild card, recorded the biggest win of his career by beating the then world no. 1 Roger Federer in straight sets 6–2, 6–4."Federer beaten by wild card" ''Reuters'', 10 May 2007 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruno Soares
Bruno Fraga Soares (; born 27 February 1982) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. A doubles specialist, Soares won six major titles, the Australian Open and US Open in 2016 alongside Jamie Murray, and the 2020 US Open with Mate Pavić in men's doubles. In mixed doubles, Soares won the 2012 US Open partnering Ekaterina Makarova, the 2014 US Open with Sania Mirza, and the 2016 Australian Open with Elena Vesnina. He also finished runner-up at the 2013 US Open and 2020 French Open in men's doubles, and the 2013 Wimbledon Championships in mixed doubles. Soares was the fourth Brazilian to win a major title in any discipline, following Maria Bueno, Thomaz Koch and Gustavo Kuerten. He reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 2 in October 2016, and has won 35 titles on the ATP Tour, including four at Masters 1000 level. Soares was part of the ATP Doubles Team of the year in both 2016 and 2020. In singles, his highest ranking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Peya
Alexander Peya (born 27 June 1980) is an Austrian male tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world no. 92 in April 2007. His career-high doubles ranking is World No. 3, first achieved in August 2013. In September 2008 Peya helped Austria to a Davis Cup play-off win against Great Britain. Peya beat Alex Bogdanovic in four sets in the deciding rubber of the tie. Significant finals Grand Slam finals Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) Mixed Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) Masters 1000 finals Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runners-up) ATP career finals Doubles: 46 (17 titles, 29 runner-ups) Performance timelines Singles Doubles ''Current through the 2019 Miami Open The 2019 Miami Open (sponsored by Itaú) was a professional men and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts that started on March 18, 2019, and ended on March 31, 2019. It was the 35th edition of the Miami Open, and part of the ...''. External links * * * * {{DE ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaël Monfils
Gaël Sébastien Monfils (; born 1 September 1986) is a French professional tennis player. He has been ATP rankings, ranked as high as world No. 6 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved in November 2016. His career highlights include reaching two Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major semifinals at the 2008 French Open – Men's singles, 2008 French Open and 2016 US Open – Men's singles, 2016 US Open, and three ATP Tour Masters 1000, ATP Masters 1000 finals – two at the BNP Paribas Masters, Paris Masters in 2009 BNP Paribas Masters – Singles, 2009 and 2010 BNP Paribas Masters – Singles, 2010, and the other at the 2016 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters – Singles, 2016 Monte-Carlo Masters. Monfils was named the ATP Newcomer of the Year in 2005 ATP Tour, 2005. He has won eleven ATP Tour singles titles and been runner-up twenty-two times, and has reached at least one ATP Tour singles final every year since 2005. Early life Gaël Sébastien ... [...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] |
Ivo Minář
Ivo Minář (born 21 May 1984) is a former professional male tennis player from the Czech Republic. On July 20, 2009, Minář reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 62. His brother Jan Minář, Jan is also a professional player, who has been ranked in the top 200 in the world. Minář was a member of the winning Czech Republic team in the 2012 Davis Cup. Minář also worked as coach of Czech tennis player Kristýna Plíšková. Career Minář won the European junior championships in Klosters when he was 16, defeating fellow Czech Tomáš Berdych. Professional career In his career, he has not won an Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles title, but has reached one singles final – in 2005 in Medibank International Sydney, Sydney, where he lost to Lleyton Hewitt of Australia. Later that year, he qualified for the tournament in Dubai Tennis Championships, Dubai and pushed World No. 1 Roger Federer to final set tie-break in the first round, losing 7–6(5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evgeny Korolev
Evgeny Evgenyevich Korolev ( rus, Евге́ний Евге́ньевич Королёв; born 14 February 1988) is a retired Russian tennis player and the cousin of former Russian player Anna Kournikova. He began playing tennis at age four with his father, and picked up his first ATP points at age 15 in three German challenger events. He can speak Russian, German, English and Spanish. Personal Korolev retired from Tennis in 2016 due to persistent injuries. Career Early years In 2005, he won three futures and a challenger event. He started off the year with a defeat in a German futures event, although only after beating fellow hopeful Andrey Golubev on the way. He later claimed a second futures win in France, in which he beat home favorite Mathieu Montcourt in the final. He later won another futures event in Austria and an F1 event in France. His success in these contests convinced him to start playing more challenger events, including a victory in the Aachen challenger e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessandro Giannessi
Alessandro Giannessi (born 30 May 1990) is a professional Italian tennis player. On 24 July 2017 he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 84 while his best doubles ranking was 171 on 14 October 2013. Career Giannessi made his Grand Slam debut at the 2016 US Open (tennis) as a qualifier where he recorded his first Major win defeating Denis Kudla in five sets. Giannessi was a singles semifinalist at the 2017 Croatia Open Umag. At the 2021 French Open he made his debut at this Major after qualifying for the main draw with a win over Francisco Cerundolo. At the 2022 French Open although he lost in the third round of qualifying to Sebastian Ofner Sebastian Ofner (born 12 May 1996) is an Austrian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 126 achieved on 6 May 2019. He was a semifinalist at the 2017 Generali Open Kitzbühel in his home country. Pro ... he entered the main draw as a lucky loser. Challenger and Futures finals Sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thiago Alves (tennis)
Thiago Hernandez Alves (; born May 22, 1982) is a retired professional tennis player who competed mainly on the ITF Tour. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 88, achieved in July 2009. Tennis career In Grand Slams He has made four Grand Slam main draw appearances, qualifying into the U.S. Open in both 2006 and 2008, Roland Garros and Wimbledon in 2009. In 2006, he beat No. 359 Mariano Zabaleta in the first round before losing to No. 22 Fernando Verdasco in the 2nd round. 2007 Win Over Moya At the 2007 Brasil Open, Alves, roared on by his home crowd, scored a famous victory over No. 4 seed and former French Open champion Carlos Moyà. However, he fell to Juan Mónaco in the second round 2008 Alves lost to Roger Federer in the second round of the US Open in three sets. 2009 In the first round of the Johannesburg, SA Tennis Open he lost heavily to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. He also lost in the first round of the 2009 French Open to Jérémy Chardy. At Wimbledon he played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Robredo
Tomás Robredo Garcés, known as Tommy Robredo (, ; born 1 May 1982), is a Spanish former professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 5, which he reached in August 2006 as a result of winning the Hamburg Masters earlier in the year. Robredo reached the quarterfinals at seven singles major tournaments. He was also a three-time semifinalist at the US Open men's doubles tournament, and a semifinalist at the Australian Open in mixed doubles. Robredo turned professional in 1998 and was coached by José Manuel "Pepo" Clavet and then by Karim Perona. Robredo considered his forehand to be his best shot, and red clay his favorite surface. He remains the only player in Open Era history to mount three consecutive comebacks from two sets down, a feat achieved en route to the quarterfinals of the 2013 French Open. He has one of the highest percentages of five-set matches won with 77.3 per cent (17–5 win–loss record). Tennis career Early years Robredo be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Ryderstedt
Michael Ryderstedt (born 12 November 1984) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. Ryderstedt was born in Stockholm. In August 2001, at the Fischer Junior Open he captured the doubles title with Dudi Sela of Israel. His best accomplishment on the ATP tour until 2011 is his semifinal at the 2004 If Stockholm Open, where he was defeated by that year's eventual winner Thomas Johansson Karl Thomas Conny Johansson (; born 24 March 1975) is a Swedish retired professional tennis player and coach. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. 7 singles ranking on 10 May 2002. His career highlights .... Ryderstedt's highest singles ranking was World No. 130 (July 2005) and his highest doubles ranking was World No. 154 (June 2009). In October 2012, Ryderstedt announced his retirement from tennis. ATP career finals Doubles: 1 (0–1) Challenger Singles titles Challenger Doubles titles Runners-up (6) References External link ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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