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2017 Canberra Challenger
The 2017 Canberra Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is the second edition of the tournament, which is a part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It takes place in Canberra, Australia, between 9 and 14 January 2017. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of January 2, 2017. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Andrew Harris * Alexei Popyrin * Calum Puttergill * Brandon Walkin The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * James Frawley * Luca Margaroli * Nathan Pasha * Yusuke Watanuki The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * Jake Delaney Champions Men's singles * Dudi Sela def. Jan-Lennard Struff 3–6, 6–4, 6–3. Men's doubles * Andre Begemann / Jan-Lennard Struff def. Carlos Berlocq / Andrés Molteni 6–3, 6–4. External linksOfficial WebsiteATP Challenger Tour official site {{2017 ATP Challenger Tour 2017 File:2017 ... [...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 sy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Darcis
Steve Darcis (, born 13 March 1984) is a Belgium, Belgian retired professional tennis player. In his career, he won two ATP titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 38 on 22 May 2017. Personal life Steve Darcis was born in Liège the son of Marie Agnes, a sports instructor, and Alain Darcis, a tennis coach. He has a sister named Céline. Growing up, he looked up at Pete Sampras. On 29 May 2013, his girlfriend Lauranne gave birth to daughter Camille. Career Juniors As a junior, Darcis compiled a singles win–loss record of 73–32, reaching as high as No. 8 in the junior world singles rankings in May 2002 (and No. 15 in doubles). He reached the semifinals at the 2002 Wimbledon Championships boys' singles event. 2007–2009 Darcis won his first ATP World Tour event at the Dutch Open (tennis), Dutch Open in July 2007 and achieved his first top-100 ranking on 26 November 2007 after winning a ITF Men's Circuit, Challenger event in Finland. Darcis competed at ... [...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] |
Yusuke Watanuki
is a Japanese 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. Watanuki has a career high ATP singles ranking of 477 achieved on 29 September 2014. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 520 achieved on 12 June 2017. External links * * 1990 births Living people Japanese male tennis players Sportspeople from Saitama (city) 21st-century Japanese people {{Japan-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathan Pasha
Nathan Pasha (born July 15, 1992) is an American tennis player. Pasha has a career high ATP singles ranking of 507 achieved on January 7, 2019. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 119 achieved on December 3, 2018. Pasha made his ATP main draw debut at the 2010 US Open in the doubles draw partnering Sekou Bangoura. Pasha also played college tennis at the University of Georgia , mottoeng = "To teach, to serve, and to inquire into the nature of things.""To serve" was later added to the motto without changing the seal; the Latin motto directly translates as "To teach and to inquire into the nature of things." , establ .... Challenger and Futures finals Singles: 1 (0–1) Doubles: 24 (8–16) References External links * * * 1992 births Living people American male tennis players Tennis players from Atlanta Georgia Bulldogs men's tennis players {{US-tennis-bio-stub ... [...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, Margaroli was also given a wildcard into the doubles event partnering Laaksonen. The pair defeated Santiago Giraldo and Feliciano López Feliciano López Díaz-Guerra (; born 20 September 1981) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high singles ranking of world No. 12 in March 2015 and doubles ranking of world No. 9 in November 2016.In 2005, López was t ... 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] |
James Frawley (tennis)
James Frawley (born 29 March 1994) is an Australian tennis player. Frawley has a career high ATP singles ranking of 606 achieved on 27 May 2019. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 289 achieved on 19 December 2022. Frawley made his ATP main draw debut at the 2015 Malaysian Open in the doubles draw partnering Nick Kyrgios Nicholas Hilmy Kyrgios ( ; born 27 April 1995) is an Australian professional tennis player. In singles, Kyrgios' career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 13 was achieved on 24 October 2016. He has won seven ATP Tour singles titles, includin .... ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour Finals Doubles: 15 (10–5) References External links * * 1994 births Living people Australian male tennis players Tennis people from the Australian Capital Territory 21st-century Australian people {{Australia-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandon Walkin
Brandon Walkin (born 16 August 1994) is an Australian tennis player. Walkin has a career high ATP ATP doubles ranking of 204 and a singles ranking of 702 achieved on 17 February 2020 Walkin made his ATP main draw debut at the 2022 Adelaide International 2 after receiving a wildcard into the doubles main draw with Harry Bourchier. Career 2013–2017: Career beginnings on ITF and Challenger Tour Walkin made his ITF debut in March 2013 at the Australia F4, where he made the second round. It was his only singles tournament of the year. In 2014 and 2015 Walkin played on the ITF in Australia and Europe, with the second round being he best performance in singles and semi-finals in doubles. In September 2016 Walkin reached the quarter-final of the Australia F5. In October 2016 Walkin debuted on the ATP Challenger Tour after he qualified for Traralgon ATP Challenger. In February 2017 Walkin reached his first ITF finals in doubles in Anning, China. Walkin also won his first ITF titl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calum Puttergill
Calum Puttergill (born 22 October 1993) is a South African-born Australian tennis player. Puttergill has a career high ATP singles ranking of 663 achieved on 24 February 2020. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 244 achieved on 7 November 2022. Puttergill made his ATP 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 on outdoor hard courts in Melbourne, Australia. It was organised as a lead-up tournament to the 2021 Austr ... in the doubles draw partnering Scott Puodziunas. ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 1 (0–1) Doubles: 15 (8–7) References External links * * 1993 births Living people Australian male tennis players People from Mthatha Sportspeople from the Sunshine Coast Tennis people from Queensland South African emigrants to Australia {{Australia-tennis-bio-stub ... [...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] |
Andrew Harris (tennis)
Andrew Harris (born 7 March 1994) is an Australian professional tennis player from Melbourne. He was the winner of the junior doubles titles at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships and the Roland Garros Junior French Championship. He signed a National Letter of Intent with Oklahoma Sooners to participate in 2013. In October 2013, Harris won his first Futures title. Professional career 2011 Harris's first appearance in a professional tournament was at the Australia F7 in September 2011, where he made the quarter final before losing to Alex Bolt. 2012 Harris lost in round 1 of the 2012 Australian Open qualification to Denys Molchanov, before competing in three Future tournaments in Australia. His best result being a quarter final in Australia F4 in March where he retired whilst playing Maverick Banes. Harris played only one more tournament in 2012, the Great Britain F10 in July, where he lost in the second round. 2013 Harris successfully returned to competition in May 2013, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Berlocq
Carlos Alberto Berlocq (; born February 3, 1983) is an Argentine retired professional tennis player nicknamed ''Charly'', ''Panther'' and ''Warlocq''. His favourite surface was clay and he was last coached by Walter Grinovero. Berlocq's career-high singles ranking was World No. 37, achieved in March 2012. Career Berlocq started playing tennis at the age of four and had success on the ATP Futures and Challenger circuits. In 2004, he made six consecutive finals on the Futures circuit and won half of them, two each in Argentina, France and Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an .... He also made his first Challenger final in Manta, Ecuador, losing to Giovanni Lapentti before winning another Futures title in Argentina. At the end of 2005, Berlocq finished inside t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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