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2017 Kobe Challenger
The 2017 Kobe Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 3rd edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Kobe, Japan between 6 and 12 November 2017. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 30 October 2017. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Yuya Kibi * Ken Onishi * Yuta Shimizu * Kaito Uesugi The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt: * Hubert Hurkacz The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Sora Fukuda * Marinko Matosevic * Lucas Miedler * Yosuke Watanuki Champions Singles * Stéphane Robert def. Calvin Hemery 7–6(7–1), 6–7(5–7), 6–1. Doubles * Ben McLachlan / Yasutaka Uchiyama def. Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan / Christopher Rungkat 4–6, 6–3, 0–8 External linksOfficial Website {{DEFAULTSORT:Kobe Challenger, 2017 ...
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Tennis Court
A tennis court is the venue where the sport of tennis is played. It is a firm rectangular surface with a low net stretched across the centre. The same surface can be used to play both doubles and singles matches. A variety of surfaces can be used to create a tennis court, each with its own characteristics which affect the playing style of the game. Dimensions The dimensions of a tennis court are defined and regulated by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) governing body and are written down in the annual 'Rules of Tennis' document. The court is long. Its width is for singles matches and for doubles matches. The service line is from the net. Additional clear space around the court is needed in order for players to reach overrun balls for a total of wide and long. A net is stretched across the full width of the court, parallel with the baselines, dividing it into two equal ends. The net is high at the posts, and high in the center. The net posts are outside the d ...
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Tatsuma Ito
, fullname = Tatsuma Ito , country = , residence = , birth_date = , birth_place = Inabe, Japan , height = , turnedpro = December 2006 , plays = Right-handed (two-handed backhand) , coach = Alexander Waske , careerprizemoney = $1,735,524. , singlesrecord = 36–66 , singlestitles = 0 , highestsinglesranking = No. 60 (22 October 2012) , currentsinglesranking =No. 219 (12 July 2021) , AustralianOpenresult = 2R (2012, 2013, 2020) , FrenchOpenresult = 1R (2012, 2015) , Wimbledonresult = 1R (2012, 2014) , USOpenresult = 2R (2014) , Othertournaments= yes , Olympicsresult= 1R (2012) , doublesrecord = 3–16 , doublestitles = 0 , highestdoublesranking = No. 312 (09 June 2014) , currentdoublesranking = No. 0 , AustralianOpenDoublesresult= , FrenchOpenDoublesresult= , WimbledonDoublesresult= , USOpenDoublesresult= 1R (2012) , updated = 14 July 2021 is a Japanese professional tennis player. He has won 6 Challenger tournaments and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World ...
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Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (born 20 October 1988) is an Indian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ranking of No. 64 achieved on 18 March 2019. He won the doubles title with Rohan Bopanna at the 2017 Chennai Open, in a historic final featuring four Indian players. He broke into the top 100 of the ATP rankings in doubles in 2017. Personal life He is the grandson of veteran political leader V. R. Nedunchezhiyan, who was acting chief minister of Tamil Nadu in two tenures. Maternally he is the grandson of Col.Dr. M. D. K. Kuthalingam, who was a former vice chancellor of Madurai Kamaraj University, and has also been Jeevan's mentor. Professional career 2011: Turned pro Nedunchezhiyan turned pro in year 2011. 2017: First ATP doubles title Nedunchezhiyan won his first ATP World Tour level title at the 2017 Aircel Chennai Open. He won the title with partner Rohan Bopanna by defeating a pair of compatriots, Purav Raja and Divij Sharan, in an all Indian final. As a result he ...
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Calvin Hemery
Calvin Hemery (born 28 January 1995) is a French tennis player of Nigerian descent. Hemery has a career high ATP singles ranking of 116 achieved on 30 April 2018. Hemery has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 252 achieved on 24 December 2018. Hemery made his ATP main draw debut at the 2015 Swiss Open Gstaad where he qualified for the main draw, then lost in the first round to Dušan Lajović. Hemery was a runner-up at a Futures event in 2013. In 2015, he won his first singles Futures title in Italy. He was awarded a wildcard to the 2018 French Open. Personal life Calvin Hemery was born in Les Lilas Les Lilas () is a commune in the northern-eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. History The commune of Les Lilas (literally "the lilacs") was created on 24 July 1867 by detaching a part of the territory of .... He is one of few tennis players who are on the vegan diet. He is vegan and animal defender according to his Instagram profile ...
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Yosuke Watanuki
is a Japanese tennis player. He has a career-high ATP ranking of World No. 138 achieved on 9 January 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 374 achieved on 7 January 2019. He is currently the No. 3 Japanese player. Juniors On the junior tour, Watanuki has a career high combined ranking of No. 2 achieved on 21 March 2016. Watanuki was the winner of the 2016 Campeonato Internacional Juvenil de Tenis de Porto Alegre, a Grade A event in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Professional career 2018-19: Maiden ATP win and Challenger title Watanuki first main draw match victory on the ATP Tour came at the 2018 Rakuten Japan Open over Robin Haase as a qualifier. He won his maiden title at the 2019 Kobe Challenger. 2021-22: ATP quarterfinal, Two Challenger titles, Top 150 debut Watanuki entered the 2021 Winston-Salem Open as a lucky loser and won his first match against Jaume Munar. He lost to Marton Fucsovics in the second round. He reached the quarterfinals of an ATP tournament for the first time ...
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Lucas Miedler
Lucas Miedler (; born 21 June 1996) is an Austrian tennis player. He has a career-high singles ATP ranking of World No. 201 achieved on 15 October 2018 and a doubles ranking of No. 53 achieved 7 November 2022. He has won two doubles titles on the ATP tour with compatriot Alexander Erler both at the home tournaments in Kitzbühel and in Vienna. Junior Career He won the boys' doubles at the 2014 Australian Open where he partnered with Australian Bradley Mousley, defeating the French duo of Quentin Halys and Johan-Sébastien Tatlot 6–3, 7–6(7–3). Professional career 2015: ATP debut In 2015, Miedler made his ATP World Tour main draw debut by qualifying to the first round of the Vienna Open, where he lost in three sets to Latvian Ernests Gulbis. 2021: Maiden ATP doubles title At the 2021 Generali Open Kitzbühel, he won the doubles title partnering Alexander Erler Alexander Erler (; born 27 October 1997) is an Austrian professional tennis player. He has a career hig ...
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Marinko Matosevic
Marinko Matosevic ( hr, Marinko Matošević, ; born 8 August 1985) is a retired Australian professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is World No. 39, which he achieved in February 2013. Matosevic defeated top players including Milos Raonic, Marin Čilić, Nikolay Davydenko, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and John Isner. Fans referred to Matosevic affectionately through his nickname "mad dog". Personal life Matosevic was born in Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is of Croat descent. During his childhood, Matosevic's parents, Branko and Ljubica, moved the family to Melbourne, Australia and he now competes for his adopted country. While growing up he played soccer along with tennis and is a fan of cricketer Shane Warne as well as following the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League. Tennis career and background Starting tennis at age 10, he trained at the Universal Tennis Academy from age 13. Marinko was unable to obtain an ITF junior ranking. After achieving an A ...
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Hubert Hurkacz
Hubert Hurkacz (; born 11 February 1997) is a Polish professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 9 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved in November 2021, making him the highest-ranked Polish man in singles history. He has won five ATP Tour singles titles, including a Masters 1000 title at the 2021 Miami Open. With the win, he became the first Pole to win an ATP Masters 1000 title. Hurkacz also has a career-high ranking of world No. 30 in doubles, which he attained in June 2022. As a junior, Hurkacz was ranked as high as No. 29 in the world. He and his partner Alex Molčan were the runners-up at the 2015 Australian Open boys' doubles final. As a professional, he broke into the top 100 for the first time in 2018 after reaching the second rounds of the 2018 French Open and 2018 US Open. That year, he qualified for the Next Generation ATP Finals, where he won against Jaume Munar, but lost to Frances Tiafoe and ...
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Yuta Shimizu
Yuta Shimizu (born 9 June 1999) is a Japanese tennis player. Shimizu has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 241 achieved on 19 June 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 143 achieved on 12 June 2023. Shimizu represents Japan at the 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 W/L record of 1–0. Junior Grand Slam finals Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals Singles: 18 (12–6) Doubles: 22 (10 titles, 12 runners-up) References External links * * * 1999 births Living people Japanese male tennis players 21st-century Japanese people {{Japan-tennis-bio-stub ...
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John Millman
John H. Millman OLY (born 14 June 1989) is an Australian professional tennis player and commentator. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 33 in October 2018. He has won one ATP title in his career. Personal life Millman was born in Brisbane, Australia, into a family of five children (four girls) and he is the second youngest. During his schooling years he attended Brisbane Grammar School then the Anglican Church Grammar School . Outside tennis he enjoys soccer and supports Liverpool Football Club who compete in the English Premier League. In January 2019, Millman received the OLY post-nominal title at the Brisbane International tournament. Junior career Millman made his ITF junior tournament debut in Darwin as a 15-year-old in 2004 and reached the quarterfinals. He made his junior Grand Slam debut at the 2006 Australian Open. He won his first junior tournament in June 2006 at a tournament held in New Caledonia. He then won his next two tournaments in ...
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Go Soeda
is a former professional Japanese tennis player. He started playing tennis at the age of four and turned professional in April 2003. He has won 18 singles titles on the ATP Challenger Tour, and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 47 on 23 July 2012. Career Junior career As a junior, he compiled a 49–48 win–loss record in singles (and 47–47 in doubles), achieving a singles ranking of No. 20 in December 2002 and doubles ranking of No. 43 in September 2002. 2002–04 Soeda began playing professional tournaments regularly in 2002 before turning professional in 2003. He played primarily on Asian ITF Futures event. Soeda rose steadily through his ATP ranking over the next three years. He ended 2004 as ranked world No. 493. 2005–07 In 2005, Soeda won two Futures tournament in Japan and Sri Lanka, and he made his debut in an ATP World Tour event in Ho Chi Minh City, losing to top seed Mariano Puerta in the first round. The following year, Soeda had a ver ...
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Akira Santillan
is a Japanese born, Australian tennis player. Early life Santillan was born in Tokyo to a Japanese mother and a South African father of Spanish descent. He lived the first 8 years of his life in Japan before his family relocated to the Gold Coast, Australia and became citizens. He played much of his junior tennis at the Gold Coast before moving to Brisbane to join the national academy program at the Queensland Tennis Centre. Junior career On the junior tour, Santillan has a career high ITF junior ranking of 7 achieved in September 2015. Santillan's major highlights on the junior tour included a semi-final at the 2015 Australian Open and doubles finals at the 2014 French Open and the 2015 Wimbledon Championships. In March 2015, Santillan opted to play under the Japanese flag instead due to a fractious relationship with Tennis Australia. He returned to playing under the Australian flag in 2017. Junior Grand Slam finals Doubles Professional career Santillan has a career high ...
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