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2014 Mersin Cup
The 2014 Mersin Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the third edition of the tournament which was part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Mersin, Turkey between 7 and 13 April 2014. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Anıl Yüksel * Barış Ergüden * Cem İlkel * Tuna Altuna The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Nicolas Reissig * Philipp Davydenko * Michael Linzer * Claudio Fortuna Doubles main-draw entrants Seeds Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: * Marsel İlhan / Cem İlkel * Anıl Yüksel / Efe Yurtaçan * Tuna Altuna / Barış Ergüden Champions Singles * Damir Džumhur def. Pere Riba, 7–6(7–4), 6–3 Doubles * Radu Albot / Jaroslav Pospíšil Jaroslav Pospíšil (; born 9 February 1981) is a Czech tennis player playing o ... [...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] |
Barış Ergüden
Barış Ergüden (born 1 January 1986) is a Turkish tennis player. Ergüden has a career high ATP singles ranking of 520 achieved on 15 June 2015. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 532, achieved on 16 June 2014. Ergüden has represented Turkey at 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 ..., where he has a win–loss record of 8–9. Career titles External links * * * 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Istanbul Turkish male tennis players 21st-century Turkish people {{Turkey-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aliaksandr Bury
Aliaksandr Ivanavich Bury ( be, Аляксандр Іванавіч Буры; russian: Александр Иванович Бурый; also spelt Alexander Bury), (born 14 September 1987) is a Belarusian professional tennis player and competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures, both in singles and doubles. He has won one doubles title at ATP World Tour with Denis Istomin. Bury reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 366 on 10 February 2014, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 59, on 19 October 2015. Bury has represented Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ... at Davis Cup, where he has a win–loss record of 8–5. ATP finals Doubles (1-0) ITF finals (30-33) Singles (1–1) Doubles (29-32) References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergey Betov
Sergey Aleksandrovich Betov ( be, Сяргей Аляксандравіч Бетаў Siarhiej Betaŭ; ; born 15 October 1987) is a Belarusian tennis player competing on the ATP Challenger Tour. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 340 on 1 August 2011 and his highest doubles ranking of 61 was achieved on 26 October 2015. On April 29, 2016, the International Tennis Federation found that Betov had committed an Anti-Doping Rule Violation in connection with the consumption of meldonium, but further determined that he bore no fault or negligence for the violation and therefore permitted him to resume competition. He married Russian tennis player Margarita Gasparyan Margarita Melikovna Betova (née Gasparyan; rus, Маргари́та Ме́ликовна Гаспаря́н, , mərɡɐˈrʲitə ɡəspɐˈrʲan, Ru-Margarita Gasparyan.ogg, hy, Մարգարիտա Մելիքի Գասպարյան; born 1 Sept ... in July 2021; they announced their pregnancy in February 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wesley Koolhof
Wesley Koolhof (; born 17 April 1989) is a Dutch professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He achieved his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 1 in doubles on 7 November 2022. He has won 14 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, most notably the 2020 ATP Finals with Mektić, the 2022 Madrid Masters, the 2022 Canadian Open and the 2022 Paris Masters partnering Neal Skupski. He has finished runner-up at a further 19 ATP tournaments, including two times at the US Open and four at Masters 1000 level. He won his first Grand Slam title at the 2022 French Open alongside Ena Shibahara in mixed doubles, having previously reached the men's doubles final at the 2020 US Open with Nikola Mektić. Koolhof has also reached two further major semifinals across the two disciplines. Koolhof made his Davis Cup debut for the Netherlands in 2019, and also competed at the 2020 Olympic Games alongside Jean-Julien Rojer. Personal life He is the son of the late Dutch international foot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephan Fransen
Stephan Fransen (born 8 August 1988) is a Dutch 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 .... On 7 June 2010, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 817 and his highest doubles ranking of 163 achieved on 18 November 2013. Tour titles Doubles External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fransen, Stephan 1988 births Living people Dutch male tennis players Sportspeople from The Hague ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artem Sitak
Artem Yurievich Sitak ( ; russian: Артём Юрьевич Ситак, Artyom Sitak; born 8 February 1986) is a Russian-born New Zealand professional tennis player. On 11 August 2008, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 299, whilst his highest doubles ranking of World No. 32 was reached on 10 September 2018, after the US Open. He is the younger brother of Dmitri Sitak, who was also a professional tennis player. Junior years Coached during the 1990s by Santini, as a 13-year-old in 1999, Sitak received a wildcard into the main draw of an ITF junior tournament in Russia as a 13-year-old in 1999. He was defeated by Evgeni Smirnov 6–4, 6–1. The following year he entered the qualifying draw of the same tournament, and defeated future ATP top 50 player Denis Istomin 6–0, 6–1 to win his first ITF junior match. Sitak was taken out in the third and final round of qualifying by a future ATP top 100 player Teimuraz Gabashvili 6–4, 7–5. At the age ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Hsin-han
:''The person who is the subject of this biography has a Chinese name; his family name is '' Lee''.'' Lee Hsin-han (; born May 19, 1988) is a Taiwanese professional male tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ... player. He specializes in doubles. ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 3 (0–3) Doubles: 73 (32–41) Davis Cup Singles performances (1–3) *RPO/QF = Relegation Play–offs/Quarterfinal References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Hsin-Han 1988 births Living people Asian Games medalists in tennis Taiwanese male tennis players Tennis players at the 2006 Asian Games Tennis players at the 2010 Asian Games Tennis players at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Chinese Taipei Medalists at the 2010 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudio Grassi (tennis)
Claudio Grassi (born 25 July 1985) is an Italian 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 .... On 22 August 2011, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 300 and his highest doubles ranking of No. 137 achieved on 4 November 2013. Tour titles Doubles External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Grassi, Claudio 1985 births People from Carrara Living people Italian male tennis players Sportspeople from the Province of Massa-Carrara 21st-century Italian people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riccardo Ghedin
Riccardo Ghedin (born 5 December 1985) is an Italian tennis player. He began playing tennis when he was 12 years old. At the 2009 Wimbledon Championships, Ghedin advanced successfully through the qualifying rounds to reach his first and only grand slam main draw. He lost in 3 sets im the first round to Latvian Ernests Gulbis ''2–6, 4–6, 4–6''. In his career, he has reached 16 singles finals on the ITF Futures Tour which have resulted in winning 5 singles titles, and finishing runner-up 11 times.. In doubles, he has won 7 Challenger titles and 16 Futures titles. Ghedin reached a career high singles ranking of world No. 222 on 10 August 2009. He reached a career high doubles ranking of world No. 109 on August 15, 2016. He has played in 4 ATP Tour The ATP Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for men organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals. The second-tier tour is the ATP Challenger Tour and the third-tier is the ITF Men's World Tennis Tour. The equiva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Linzer
Michael Linzer (; born 2 November 1989) is an Austrian professional tennis player and competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures The ITF World Tennis Tour (formerly known as the ''ITF Men's World Tennis Tour'', and previously ''ITF Men's Circuit'') is a series of professional tennis tournaments held around the world that are organized by the International Tennis Federation. ..., both in singles and doubles. Linzer reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 236 on 20 August 2012, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 380, on 30 July 2012. He made his ATP main draw debut at the 2016 Romanian Open. ATP career finals (1) Doubles (1) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Linzer, Michael 1989 births Living people Austrian male tennis players People from Oberpullendorf District Sportspeople from Burgenland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philipp Davydenko
Philipp Eduardovich Davydenko (russian: Филипп Эдуардович Давыденко; born 2 September 1992 in Volgograd) is a Russian tennis player. Tennis career Davydenko has a career high ATP singles ranking of 390 achieved on 8 December 2014. Davydenko made his ATP main draw debut at the 2009 Kremlin Cup in the doubles event partnering Ilya Belyaev losing in the first round to Martín Vassallo Argüello and Horacio Zeballos. At the 2014 MercedesCup, Davydenko qualified for the main draw, defeating Facundo Bagnis, Alexander Lobkov and Louk Sorensen en route. In the main draw he won his first round match defeating Blaž Rola 6–4, 7–6(10–8), before losing to Santiago Giraldo in the second round in three sets. Davydenko is the nephew of Nikolay Davydenko Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko ( rus, Никола́й Влади́мирович Давыде́нко ; born 2 June 1981) is a Ukrainian-born Russian former professional tennis player. He achieved a ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
