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2016 Launceston Tennis International
The 2016 Launceston Tennis International was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the second edition (for men) and fifth edition (for women) of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2016 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $75,000 in prize money for both genders. It took place in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, on 1–8 February 2016. Men's singles entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings as of 18 January 2016. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Harry Bourchier * Blake Mott * Alexei Popyrin * Max Purcell The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a lucky loser: * Jarryd Chaplin The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Thomas Fancutt * Marc Polmans * José Statham * Stefanos Tsitsipas Women's singles entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings as of 18 January 2016. Other entrants The following players r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Tour. The ITF World Tennis Tour tournaments are on the entry-level of international professional tennis competition. The ATP Challenger Tour is administered by the Association of Tennis Professionals. Players who succeed on the ATP Challenger Tour earn sufficient ranking points to become eligible for main draw or qualifying draw entry at ATP Tour tournaments. Players on the Challenger Tour are usually young players looking to advance their careers, those who fail to qualify for ATP events, or former ATP players looking to get back into the big tour. History of challenger events The first challenger events were held in 1978, with eighteen events taking place. Two were held on the week beginning January 8, one in Auckland and another in Hoba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Sarkissian
Alexander Sarkissian (born April 3, 1990) is an American professional tennis player 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 cove ... of Armenian descent. He won his first ATP Challenger title at the 2015 Gimcheon Open ATP Challenger in South Korea in June 2015. ATP Challenger Tour finals Singles: 1 (1–0) References External links * * American male tennis players 1990 births Living people Sportspeople from Glendale, California Pepperdine Waves men's tennis players Armenian American American people of Armenian descent Tennis people from California Armenian-American tennis players {{US-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Risa Ozaki
is a former professional Japanese tennis player. In her career, Ozaki won six singles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 24 April 2017, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 70. On 6 March 2017, she peaked at No. 246 in the WTA doubles rankings. Ozaki made her WTA Tour debut at the 2013 Tashkent Open The 2013 Tashkent Open was a WTA International tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 15th edition of the Tashkent Open, on the 2013 WTA Tour. It took place at the Tashkent Tennis Center in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on September ..., having entered the qualifying tournament and defeating Veronika Kapshay and Ksenia Palkina for a spot in the main draw. She was thereby pitted against fellow qualifier Kateryna Kozlova and defeated the Ukrainian in straight sets, simultaneously recording her first main-draw win at the WTA Tour-level. She was subsequently beaten in the second round by Nastassja Burnett in a final-set tiebreak. Performance time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donna Vekić
Donna Vekić (; born 28 June 1996) is a Croatian professional tennis player and businesswoman. She has won three singles titles on the WTA Tour – at the 2014 Malaysian Open, at the 2017 Nottingham Open, and the 2021 Courmayeur Ladies Open. She has also won five singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Circuit. Entering the quarterfinals of the 2019 US Open was her best performance at a major singles event. In November 2019, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 19. Professional career 2012: First WTA Tour final Born in Osijek, Vekić is a member of the Croatia Fed Cup team. In February 2012, she played three rubbers at the tournament, including helping her country to a 2–0 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina. At the Tashkent Open, Vekić made it to her first final on the WTA Tour. It was her first main-draw appearance there, and she was the youngest player in six years to make it to the final of such an event. However, she was defeated by Irina-Came ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Stefanos Tsitsipas ( gr, Στέφανος Τσιτσιπάς, ; born 12 August 1998) is a Greek professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 3 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved on 9 August 2021, making him the highest-ranked Greek player in history alongside Maria Sakkari. Tsitsipas was the champion at the 2019 ATP Finals, becoming the youngest winner of the year-end championships in eighteen years. He has won nine ATP singles titles (including two Masters 1000 championships) and appeared in a major final at the 2021 French Open, finishing runner-up to Novak Djokovic. He is also a three-time semifinalist at the Australian Open. He has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 64, achieved on 29 August 2022.Born into a tennis family – his mother Julia Apostoli was a professional on the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tour and his father trained as a tennis coach – Tsitsipas was introduced to the sport at age three a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Statham
Rubin Statham (born 25 April 1987), often referred to by his nickname of "José," is a professional tennis player from New Zealand. His twin brother Mikal (usually referred to by his nickname of "Oliver") is also a professional tennis player. He has reached a ATP career high ranking of 279 in singles as of 25 February 2013, and 139 in doubles as of 17 June 2013. Career In June 2005, Statham's second year on the professional tour, he made his first final at the Japan F8 tournament. He lost in the final to Go Soeda of Japan 4–6, 3–6. In November 2008, Kyu Tae Im of Korea defeated him 6–7(3), 1–6 in the final of the Malaysia F2 event. This was the second time he had made a final in over three years. In May 2009 Statham won his first tournament, at Australia F3, defeating Australian Greg Jones 4–6, 6–4, 6–1 in the final. In his next tournament, Australia F4, he lost in the final to Jones 5–7, 6–7(6). He won his next tournament in Egypt F7 by defeating Jean-Noel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Polmans
Marc David Polmans (born 2 May 1997) is a South African-born Australian tennis player. Polmans has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 116 achieved on 12 October 2020. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 68 achieved on 16 October 2017. He won the 2015 Australian Open boys' doubles title with fellow Australian Jake Delaney, defeating Hubert Hurkacz and Alex Molčan in the final. He reached the semifinal of the 2017 Australian Open doubles with Andrew Whittington. Personal life He supports Collingwood in the Australian Football League. Career 2012–2015: Career beginnings Polmans turned pro in 2012 and ended the year with a ranking of 1813. Over the next three years, Polmans played predominantly in the ITF Futures tour. Polmans won his first title with Steven de Waard at the Australia F9 Futures in 2014. The pair won five more future titles in 2015. Polmans reached the second round of qualifying in the 2015 Australian Open where he de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Fancutt
Thomas Fancutt (born 25 February 1995) is an Australian tennis player. Fancutt has a career high ATP singles ranking of 491 achieved on 28 January 2019. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 276 achieved on 2 December 2018. Fancutt made his ATP main draw debut at the 2021 Great Ocean Road Open, where he was an alternate into the singles main draw. Personal life Fancutt comes from a tennis-playing family, with his grandfather Trevor, grandmother Daphne, uncles Charlie and Michael and father Chris all former professional tennis players. Career 2013–2020: Career beginnings Fancutt made his debut on the ITF circuit at the Australia F6 in September 2013. Fancutt won his first ITF title in Anning, China in July 2016. 2021: ATP debut In February 2021, Fancutt made his ATP tour main draw debut at the 2021 Great Ocean Road Open The 2021 Great Ocean Road Open was a tournament on the 2021 ATP Tour, one of six events in the 2021 Melbourne Summer Series. It was played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Purcell
Max Purcell (born 3 April 1998) is an Australian professional tennis player. He won his first Grand Slam title at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships in doubles alongside Matthew Ebden. The pair also finished runners-up at the 2022 Australian Open, and Purcell previously reached the final at the 2020 Australian Open with Luke Saville. He reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 25 in April 2022, and has won two titles on the ATP Tour, finishing runner-up on four further occasions. Purcell also reached the mixed doubles semifinals at the 2021 US Open with Dayana Yastremska. In singles, his highest ranking is world No. 156, achieved in June 2022, and he represented Australia in both disciplines at the 2020 Olympic Games, partnering John Peers in doubles. Professional career 2016–2019: Early career In July 2016, Purcell qualified for and won the Gimcheon Challenger in South Korea against fellow Australian Andrew Whittington. Purcell was ranked No. 762 in the world ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexei Popyrin
Alexei Popyrin (born 5 August 1999) is an Australian professional tennis player. Popyrin has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 59 achieved on 8 November 2021. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 235 achieved in June 2022. He turned professional in 2017 and has won one singles title on the ATP Tour. Personal life Popyrin was born in Sydney, Australia to Russian parents. He began playing tennis at the Kim Warwick Tennis Academy in Hornsby at the age of four and was in attendance for the historic 2008 Australian Open third round match between Lleyton Hewitt and Marcos Baghdatis. At the age of 8, Popyrin relocated to Dubai for two years due to his father's work commitments before moving to Alicante, Spain where fellow Australian Alex de Minaur was his neighbour. Popyrin also spends time training in Nice, France, Marbella, Spain and Dubai. He has trained at the Mouratoglou Academy since April 2017. Popyrin is multilingual in English, Russian and Spanish. P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Bourchier
Harry Bourchier (born 24 January 1996) is an Australian tennis player. Bourchier has a career high ATP singles ranking of 279 achieved on 13 January 2020. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 275 achieved on 2 March 2020. Bourchier made his ATP main draw debut at the 2021 Murray River Open, where he was a late alternate into the singles main draw. He beat fellow compatriot Marc Polmans in the first round but lost to 13th seed Nick Kyrgios in the second round. Personal life Bourchier started playing tennis at the age of six. Career 2012–2020: Career beginnings Bourchier made his debut on the ITF circuit at the Australia F5 in August 2012. Bourchier won his first ATP Challenger Tour match at the 2014 West Lakes Challenger in February 2014. In March 2015, Bourchier reached his first ITF final in Mildura. In February 2015, Bourchier reacher the quarter-final of the Launceston Tennis International. In March 2015, Bourchier reached his first ITF final in Mildura. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stéphane Robert
Stéphane Robert (; born 17 May 1980) is a professional French tennis player. Career Coach From 2001 to March 2010, Ronan Lafaix was Robert's coach. In May 2016, Lafaix, who is 12 years older than Robert, became Robert's coach for the second time. Lafaix joined the Patrick Mouratoglou tennis academy and has coached several professional tennis players. 2007–2008 Robert missed 16 months of tennis action in 2007–2008 because he was infected with the Hepatitis A virus in February 2007. In early June 2008, he returned to tennis action at the ITF Men's Circuit tournament in Apeldoorn, without an ATP singles ranking, reaching the final as a qualifier.Stéphane Robert's biography ATP World Tour official website. 2010 On 1 February 2010, Robert broke into Top 100 of the ATP singles ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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