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2014 Astana Challenger
The 2014 Astana Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 8th edition and part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour, offering a total of $75,000 in prize money on 17–23 February 2014. Men's main draw entrants Seeds Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Kuatbek Abiyev * Timur Khabibulin * Karen Khachanov * Denis Yevseyev The following players used protected ranking to gain entry into the singles main draw : * Gilles Müller The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Aleksandre Metreveli * Nikoloz Basilashvili * Victor Baluda * Alexey Vatutin Champions Singles * Andrey Golubev def. Gilles Müller 6–4, 6–4 Doubles * Sergey Betov / Alexander Bury Aliaksandr Ivanavich Bury ( be, Аляксандр Іванавіч Буры; russian: Александр Иванович Бурый; also spelt Alexander Bury), (born 14 Septembe ...
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Hard Court
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 ...
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Alexander Kudryavtsev
Alexander Mikhailovich Kudryavtsev (russian: Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Кудря́вцев; born 26 October 1985) is a retired Russian professional tennis player who has played professionally since 2003. He made his breakthrough in 2008, playing in his first top-level international tournaments on the ATP tour, having spent time playing at the ATP Challenger Tour and Futures events. He reached his career-high singles ranking of 117 on 2 February 2015 and career-high doubles ranking of 70 on 7 November 2011. Professional career Early career Kudryavtsev reached the quarter-finals in a futures event in Bucharest in 2003. In 2004 he advanced to the second round in three futures events, and won a doubles challenger title. In 2005 he was a semi-finalist in a Beijing futures tournament, and reached the quarterfinals in Korolev (Russia) and Minsk (Belarus). In 2006 he became a finalist for the first time in Uzbekistan, as well as reaching the semi-finals once and ...
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President's Cup (tennis)
The President's Cup (also known as Astana Challenger) is a tennis tournament played on outdoor hardcourts. It is currently part of the ATP Challenger Tour and the ITF Women's Circuit and has been held annually in Nur-Sultan Astana, previously known as Akmolinsk, Tselinograd, Akmola, and most recently Nur-Sultan, is the capital city of Kazakhstan. The city lies on the banks of the Ishim (river), Ishim River in the north-central part of Kazakhstan, within the Akmo ..., Kazakhstan, since 2007. Past finals Men's singles Men's doubles Women's singles Women's doubles External links Official website {{DEFAULTSORT:President's Cup ATP Challenger Tour ITF Women's World Tennis Tour Hard court tennis tournaments Recurring sporting events established in 2007 Sport in Astana Tennis tournaments in Kazakhstan Summer events in Kazakhstan ...
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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 ...
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Alexey Vatutin
Alexey Vatutin (russian: Алексе́й Дми́триевич Вату́тин; born 27 October 1992) is a Russian tennis player. Vatutin achieved a career high ATP singles ranking of 136 on 2 July 2018. He has won one ATP Challenger singles title and ten ITF singles titles. One of his best results in the ATP World Tour so far was reaching the quarterfinal of Marrakech Marrakesh or Marrakech ( or ; ar, مراكش, murrākuš, ; ber, ⵎⵕⵕⴰⴽⵛ, translit=mṛṛakc}) is the fourth largest city in the Kingdom of Morocco. It is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco and is the capital of the Marrakes ... in 2018. Performance timeline Singles ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals Singles: 20 (11-9) Doubles: 1 (0–1) External links * * 1992 births Living people Russian male tennis players Sportspeople from Volgograd {{Russia-tennis-bio-stub ...
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Victor Baluda
Victor Mikhaylovich Baluda (russian: Виктор Михайлович Балуда; born 30 September 1992) is a Russian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour The ATP Challenger Tour, known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series, is a series of international men's professional tennis tournaments. The Challenger Tour events are the second-highest tier of tennis competition, behind the ATP T .... In September 2013, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 290 and achieved his highest doubles ranking of No. 115 in August 2014. Future and Challenger finals Singles: 12 (6–6) Doubles 18 (9–9) External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Baluda, Victor 1992 births Living people Russian male tennis players Tennis players from Moscow Tennis players at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Universiade medalists in tennis Universiade silver medalists for Russia Universiade bronze medalists for Russia Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade ...
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Nikoloz Basilashvili
Nikoloz Basilashvili ( ka, ნიკოლოზ ბასილაშვილი, tr, ; born 23 February 1992) is a Georgian professional tennis player. He reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 16 on 27 May 2019. In July 2018, he made it into the main draw of the German Open in Hamburg as a qualifier and went on to win the tournament, defeating Leonardo Mayer in the final, thereby becoming the first Georgian player since Alex Metreveli to win an ATP tournament. In October 2018, Basilashvili won his second ATP title at the China Open by defeating world No. 4 Juan Martín del Potro in the final. In 2019, Basilashvili completed his first title defense by winning the German Open for a second successive year. Personal life Basilashvili was born 23 February 1992 in Tbilisi, Georgia. His father, Nodar, is a dancer of the Sukhishvili Georgian National Ballet, his mother, Natalia, worked as a physician. He has a brother, Tengiz. Apart from his native language he also ...
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Aleksandre Metreveli
Aleksandre Metreveli ( ka, ალექსანდრე მეტრეველი, tr, ; born 10 August 1993), nicknamed Sandro, is a Georgian tennis player. Metreveli has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 264 achieved on 6 June 2016. His career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 184 was achieved on 25 July 2015. He has won 7 ITF singles titles and 4 ITF doubles titles. Personal life He is the grandson of the famous tennis player Alexander Metreveli, former ATP No. 9 and 1973 Wimbledon finalist. In 2016, Metreveli broke both of his legs in a car accident, eventually recovering after five surgeries. Career Playing for Georgia in 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 ..., Metreveli has a W/L record of 18–10. ATP Challengers and ITF Fu ...
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Gilles Müller
Gilles Müller (; born 9 May 1983) is a former professional tennis player from Luxembourg. He is a two-time Grand Slam quarterfinalist and the most successful male tennis player in the history of his country. Müller won two titles on the ATP World Tour and achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 21 on 31 July 2017. He was known for his powerful left-handed serve and excellent net skills. Following his retirement, Müller was appointed as Luxembourg's Davis Cup team captain. Career Junior tennis Müller played his first junior match in 1997 at the age of 14 at a grade 4 tournament in Luxembourg. 2001 was Müller's most successful year in juniors. He started off by making the semifinals of the Junior Australian Open where he lost to the No. 1 ranked junior Janko Tipsarević of Yugoslavia (1–6, 6–4, 2–6). Following an early exit at the Junior French Open, He reached the final of the Boys' Singles at the 2001 Wimbledon Championships, where he was defeated b ...
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Denis Yevseyev
Denis Yevseyev (born 22 May 1993) is a Kazakh tennis player. Yevseyev has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 262 achieved on 8 August 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 247 achieved on 12 July 2021. Career 2017 He played at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in singles but was defeated by Farrukh Dustov in the quarterfinal. In men's doubles partnering Timur Khabibulin, he lost the final and won a silver medal. 2018: Silver medalist at the Asian Games Yevseyev participated at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia. In singles, he lost to the bronze medalist South Korean Lee Duck-hee in the third round. In doubles, he won the silver medal after losing in the final with his partner Alexander Bublik against the Indian duo of Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan. 2019 In 2019, Yevseyev was nominated for the Kazakhstan Davis Cup team but has not participated in a match. 2020: ATP doubles debut Yevseyev made his ATP main draw d ...
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Karen Khachanov
Karen Abgarovich Khachanov (russian: Каре́н Абга́рович Хача́нов; born 21 May 1996) is a Russian professional tennis player. Khachanov has won four ATP Tour singles titles, including a ATP Tour Masters 1000, Masters 1000 title at the 2018 Rolex Paris Masters – Singles, 2018 Paris Masters, claimed an Olympic silver medal at the Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's singles, 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and reached a Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major semifinal at the 2022 US Open – Men's singles, 2022 US Open. He achieved his career-high singles ranking of world No. 8 on 15 July 2019. Early life and background Khachanov started playing tennis at the age of three in kindergarten when his parents put him into the tennis group. His father Abgar, an Armenians, Armenian from Yerevan, played volleyball before studying medicine, while his mother, Nataliya, a Russian, also studied medicine. Khachanov's maternal grandfather was also half Armenian. Despite havi ...
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Timur Khabibulin
Timur Khabibulin ( tt-Cyrl, Тимур Хәбибуллин, translit=Timur Xäbibullin, born 2 August 1995) is an Uzbekistani–Kazakhstani tennis player of Tatar descent. Khabibulin has a career high ATP singles ranking of 753 achieved on 9 May 2016. He also has a career high doubles ranking of 219 achieved on 9 October 2017. Khabibulin has won 1 ATP Challenger The ATP Challenger Tour, known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series, is a series of international men's professional tennis tournaments. The Challenger Tour events are the second-highest tier of tennis competition, behind the ATP T ... doubles title at the 2016 Astana Challenger Capital Cup. Tour titles Doubles References External links * * 1995 births Living people Sportspeople from Tashkent Tatar sportspeople Uzbekistani emigrants to Kazakhstan Uzbekistani people of Tatar descent Kazakhstani people of Tatar descent Kazakhstani male tennis players Uzbekistani male tennis players T ...
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