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2017 BNP Paribas De Nouvelle-Calédonie
The 2017 BNP Paribas de Nouvelle-Calédonie was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the fourteenth edition of the tournament which is part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Nouméa, New Caledonia on 2–7 January 2017. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of December 26, 2016. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Alexander Blasco * Romain Bousquet * Nicolas N'Godrela * Joanick Pattoua The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Jake Delaney * Peđa Krstin * Luca Margaroli * Finn Tearney Finn Tearney (born 27 September 1990) is a tennis player from New Zealand. Tearney has a career high ATP singles ranking of 356 achieved on 10 October 2016 and a career high ATP doubles ranking of 402 achieved on 8 February 2016. He has won tw ... Champions Singles * Adrian Mannarino def. Nikola Milojević 6–3, 7–5. Doubles * Quentin Hal ... [...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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Novikov
Dennis Novikov (born 6 November 1993 in Moscow, Russia) is an American professional tennis player born in Russia. He won both the singles and doubles titles at the USTA Boys 18s National Championships in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 2012. As a result, he was awarded wild cards into the main draw of the US Open in both singles and doubles. He did not join the UCLA tennis team until March 2012, first competing on March 27. Tennis career Novikov won his first main-draw match at the US Open in 2012, defeating world no. 86 Jerzy Janowicz of Poland in four sets. In doubles, he teamed with Michael Redlicki. In the first round, they defeated compatriots Bobby Reynolds and Michael Russell in three sets, with a tie-break in the third set. In 2015, he qualified for the main draw in Indian Wells. That year, Novikov also captured his first two titles on the ATP Challenger Tour in back-to-back weeks. He won the inaugural Cary Challenger the week of September 14 followed by the Columbus Challe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrián Menéndez Maceiras
Adrián Menéndez Maceiras (; born 28 October 1985) is a Spanish tennis player. He has a career high-ranking singles of World No. 111, achieved in June 2015. Menéndez Maceiras has reached the finals of fourteen Futures tournaments, winning nine of them. He has won four Challenger tournaments, lifting his maiden title at the 2007 Open Diputación Challenger in Pozoblanco, Spain defeating Dudi Sela David "Dudi" Sela ( he, דודי סלע; born 4 April 1985) is an Israeli professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 29 in July 2009. Sela won the French Open 2003 junior doubles title. Representing Israel ... in the final. Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour finals Singles: 32 (13–19) Doubles: 35 (16–19) Notes References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Menendez Maceiras, Adrian 1985 births Living people People from Marbella Sportspeople from the Province of Málaga Spanish male tennis players Tennis players fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikola Milojević (tennis)
Nikola Milojević ( sr-Cyrl, Никола Милојевић, ; born 19 June 1995) is a Serbian professional tennis player. Milojević has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 125, which he achieved on 21 February 2022. He also achieved a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 252 on 18 February 2019. He reached his highest ranking of no. 1 in ITF Junior rankings on 7 January 2013. Career 2014: ATP debut Milojević was a fifth player on a Serbian Davis Cup team in the first round tie against United States in the 2010 Davis Cup as well as a first round tie against Switzerland in 2014 and didn't play in any match. Milojević made his ATP main draw debut as a wildcard at 2014 Düsseldorf Open, where he defeated Mirza Bašić in the first round before losing to eventual finalist, Ivo Karlović, in the second round. 2017: Three Challengers finals, Top 150 debut He was also invited for a semifinal clash against France in 2017, but instead chose to play in a Challenger tourna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finn Tearney
Finn Tearney (born 27 September 1990) is a tennis player from New Zealand. Tearney has a career high ATP singles ranking of 356 achieved on 10 October 2016 and a career high ATP doubles ranking of 402 achieved on 8 February 2016. He has won two ITF Futures singles titles and six ITF Futures doubles titles. Tearney made his ATP main draw debut at the 2015 Heineken Open, where he received a wildcard into the doubles competition, partnering Wesley Whitehouse. He made his ATP singles main draw debut at the 2016 ASB Classic. He has become very much a part-time player on the professional circuit as he continues his academic career at Durham University in England, but returned to New Zealand in December 2018 to successfully defend his New Zealand title. Career Winning the New Zealand championships gained Tearney a wild card entry into the qualifying draw for the 2019 ASB Classic The 2019 Auckland Open (sponsored by ASB Bank) was a joint ATP and WTA tennis tournament, played o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luca Margaroli
Luca Margaroli (born 15 February 1992) is a Swiss tennis player. Margaroli has a career high ATP singles ranking of 692, achieved on 23 October 2017. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 128 achieved on 6 June 2019. Margaroli made his ATP main draw doubles debut at the 2015 Geneva Open where he partnered Henri Laaksonen receiving a wildcard. At the 2015 Swiss Open Gstaad The 2015 Swiss Open Gstaad presented by Visilab was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 48th edition of the Swiss Open, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2015 ATP World Tour. It took place at the R ..., Margaroli was also given a wildcard into the doubles event partnering Laaksonen. The pair defeated Santiago Giraldo and Feliciano López in the first round. Challenger and Futures finals Doubles: 60 (26–34) External links * * 1992 births Living people Swiss male tennis players Sportspeople from Brescia Sportspeople from Lugano ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peđa Krstin
Peđa Krstin ( sr-Cyrl, Пеђа Крстин; born 3 September 1994) is a Serbian professional tennis player. Krstin has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 159, which he achieved on 9 May 2016. He also achieved a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 554 on 17 October 2015. He has won one Challenger and 14 Futures singles titles in his career. Career Krstin made his ATP main draw debut at 2014 PBZ Zagreb Indoors after defeating Marcos Baghdatis, Gianluigi Quinzi and Martin Fischer in the qualifying rounds before losing to compatriot Dušan Lajović in the first round of the main draw. Krstin was a fifth player on a Serbian Davis Cup team in the first round tie against Croatia in the 2015 Davis Cup, but didn't play in any match. He finally played his first match for the Davis Cup team against United States in the first round of 2018 Davis Cup, defeating world No. 50 Steve Johnson in two sets in a dead rubber. He received a wildcard for 2021 Serbia Open and won his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jake Delaney
Jake Delaney (born 14 May 1997, in Sydney) is an Australian tennis player. Delaney won the 2015 Australian Open – Boys' doubles title with fellow Australian Marc Polmans, defeating Hubert Hurkacz and Alex Molčan Alex Molčan (born 1 December 1997) is a Slovak professional tennis player. Molčan has a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 38 achieved on 23 May 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 268 achieved on 14 June 2021 ... in the final, 0–6, 6–2, 0–8 Future and Challenger finals Singles: 0 (0–0) Doubles 5 (2–3) Junior Grand Slam finals Doubles: 1 (1–0) External links * * 1997 births Living people Australian male tennis players Tennis players from Sydney Australian Open (tennis) junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles 20th-century Australian people 21st-century Australian people {{Australia-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas N'Godrela
Nicolas N'Godrela (born (6 October 1984) is a New Caledonian tennis player. He won the Men's singles and Men's doubles gold medal at the 2015 Pacific Games The 2015 Pacific Games, also known as Port Moresby 2015 or POM 2015, was held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, from 4 to 18 July 2015. It was the fifteenth staging of the Pacific Games as well as the third to be hosted in Port Moresby. More tha .... Apart from that, he was also part of the New Caledonian Tennis Team which won Gold at the 2015 Pacific Games Men's Team Event. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:N'Godrela, Nicolas 1984 births Living people French male tennis players New Caledonian male tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathias Bourgue
Mathias Bourgue (; born 18 January 1994) is a French tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 140 achieved on 24 April 2017. Career He received a wildcard to advance to the singles main draw in the 2016 French Open, where he reached the second round defeating Jordi Samper-Montaña, before losing to world No. 2 Andy Murray Sir Andrew Barron Murray (born 15 May 1987) is a British professional tennis player from Scotland. He was ranked world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 41 weeks, and finished as the year-end No. 1 in 2016. Murray h ... in five sets. Challenger and Futures finals Singles: 24 (12-12) References External links * * 1994 births Living people French male tennis players Sportspeople from Avignon {{France-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefano Napolitano
Stefano Napolitano (; born 11 April 1995) is an Italian professional tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On 12 June 2017, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 152 and his highest doubles ranking of 182 was achieved on 3 April 2017. Napolitano defeated Augusto Virgili in the qualifying of 2015 Distal & ITR Group Tennis Cup 6–0, 6–3, winning the first set without dropping a single point, which is referred to as a golden set In tennis, a golden set is a set which is won without losing a single point. This means scoring the 24 minimum points required to win the set 6–0, without conceding any points. In professional tennis, this has occurred twice in the main draw o .... Challenger and Futures finals Singles: 13 (2–11) Doubles: 10 (4–6) Singles performance timeline Junior Grand Slam finals Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Napolitano, Stefano 1995 births Living people Italian male tennis pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |