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2019 Ilkley Trophy
The 2019 Ilkley Trophy was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the fifth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2019 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Ilkley, United Kingdom between 17 and 23 June 2019. Men's singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 10 June 2019. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: * Liam Broady * Jan Choinski * Evan Hoyt * Paul Jubb * Ryan Peniston The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate: * Go Soeda The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Viktor Galović * Brydan Klein The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * Evgeny Karlovskiy Women's singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 10 June 2019. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Maia Lumsden * Katie Swan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grass Court
A grass court is one of the four different types of tennis court on which the sport of tennis, originally known as "lawn tennis", is played. Grass courts are made of grasses in different compositions depending on the tournament. Although grass courts are more traditional than other types of tennis courts, maintenance costs of grass courts are higher than those of hard courts and clay courts. Grass courts (in the absence of suitable covers) must be left for the day if rain appears, as the grass becomes very slippery when wet and will not dry for many hours. This is a disadvantage on outdoor courts compared to using hard and clay surfaces, where play can resume in 30 to 120 minutes after the end of rain. Grass courts are most common in the United Kingdom and Australia, although the Northeastern United States also has some private grass courts. Play style Because grass courts tend to be slippery, the ball often skids and bounces low while retaining most of its speed, rarely rising ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denis Istomin
Denis Olegovich Istomin (born 7 September 1986) is an Uzbek professional tennis player. He has won two singles titles (at the 2015 Aegon Open Nottingham and 2017 Chengdu Open) and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 33 in August 2012. In January 2017, he defeated defending champion Novak Djokovic in the second round of the Australian Open. Personal life Denis Istomin was born in Orenburg to Russian parents Oleg and Klaudiya Istomin. His father moved the family to Tashkent, Uzbekistan, when Denis was 3 months old. Denis is coached by his mother, who introduced him to the sport at an early age. Injuries resulting from a car crash in 2001 en route to an event kept Istomin away from tennis for 2 years, with doctors initially stating that he would never hold a racquet again. Despite this, Istomin resumed training in April 2003. He is good friends with Varvara Lepchenko, who previously played for Uzbekistan. On court Istomin is one of the few top ATP Professional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Card (sports)
A wild card (also wildcard or wild-card and also known as an at-large berth or at-large bid) is a tournament or playoff berth awarded to an individual or team that fails to qualify in the normal way; for example, by having a high ranking or winning a qualifying stage. In some events, wildcards are chosen freely by the organizers. Other events have fixed rules. Some North American professional sports leagues compare the records of teams which did not qualify directly by winning a division or conference. International sports In international sports, the term is perhaps best known in reference to two sporting traditions: team wildcards distributed among countries at the Olympic Games and individual wildcards given to some tennis players at every professional tournament (both smaller events and the major ones such as Wimbledon). Tennis players may even ask for a wildcard and get one if they want to enter a tournament on short notice. In Olympics, countries that fail to produce athlet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gianluca Mager
Gianluca Mager (born 1 December 1994) is an Italian tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 66 achieved on 13 September 2021. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 310 achieved on 10 June 2019. Personal Info Born in Liguria, from a family of German origins. In 2010, Mager was disqualified for failing a doping test after smoking marijuana at a party. Professional career Mager made his ATP main draw debut at the 2017 Internazionali BNL d'Italia after earning a wildcard in the pre-qualifying wildcard tournament. He was defeated by Aljaž Bedene in the first round. He got his first singles ATP main-draw win in the first round in Stockholm in October 2019 against Spaniard Pablo Andújar. At the 2020 Rio Open in Brazil, an ATP 500 level tournament on clay courts, he beat world No. 34 Casper Ruud in the first round, and world No. 4 Dominic Thiem in the quarterfinals to reach the semifinal as a qualifier. Mager reached his first ATP Tour final, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikael Ymer
Mikael Ymer (born 9 September 1998) is a Swedish tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 67, achieved in March 2020. In the ATP doubles ranking his career high is No. 187, achieved in October 2017. He is currently the No. 1 Swedish player. Early life Ymer was born in Skara, Sweden to Ethiopian immigrant parents. His mother, Kelem, is a physician; his father, Wondwosen, works at a dairy company. He is the younger brother of fellow tennis player Elias Ymer. His other younger brother, Rafael, is a tennis player on the juniors' circuit. Juniors Mikael contested his first junior major final at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships but was defeated by American Reilly Opelka in straight sets. In 2015 Ymer managed to claim his second European Championships title (U18), beating Bernabé Zapata Miralles in the final in straight sets. Professional career 2016-2018: Masters debut, Maiden ATP title in doubles 2019-2021: Major & Top 70 debut, Two Majors third ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salvatore Caruso
Salvatore Caruso (; born 15 December 1992) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 76 achieved on 16 November 2020. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 166 achieved on 18 January 2021. Caruso has won 5 ITF Futures singles and two ATP Challenger singles titles, and 4 ITF Futures and one ATP Challenger doubles titles in his career. Early Life Caruso grew up in Sicily,Italy. Career 2016 Caruso made his ATP and Masters 1000 main draw debut at the 2016 Italian Open, where he received a main draw wildcard. He lost in the first round to Nick Kyrgios 6–1, 6–2. 2019: Top 100 debut The 2019 season was a season of a progress. At the 2019 French Open, he got his first Grand Slam win and later reached the third round. He then lost to world No. 1 Novak Djokovic. A month later, he successful participated in the Umag Open. In the second round, he recorded his biggest win to date against World No. 14 Borna Ćorić and adva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoine Hoang
Antoine Hoang (born 4 November 1995) is a French tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 98 achieved on 19 August 2019. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 132 achieved on 18 October 2021. Professional career 2018: ATP and Grand Slam doubles debut Hoang made his ATP main draw debut at the 2018 Open 13 in the doubles draw partnering Alexandre Müller. He received a wild card for the main draw of the 2018 French Open in the doubles draw, partnering with Ugo Humbert. 2019: First ATP singles win and doubles final, Grand Slam and top 100 debut He won his first ATP match in Montpellier against Steve Darcis in 2019 before losing to compatriot Jeremy Chardy and made the final in doubles, partnering Benjamin Bonzi. On his Grand Slam singles debut at the 2019 French Open, Hoang reached the third round as a wildcard defeating 23rd seed Fernando Verdasco before losing to 14th seed compatriot Gael Monfils. He reached a career high ranking of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Jung
Jason Jung (; ; born 15 June 1989) is an American-born professional tennis player who represents Taiwan. He is a University of Michigan alumnus who has cracked the Top 150 in the ATP rankings and also won four ATP Challenger events. Personal life Jung played college tennis at the University of Michigan, where he majored in political science. As a tennis player, he was the National and Midwest Regional winner of the ITA/Arthur Ashe Award for Leadership & Sportsmanship in 2010, made the All Big Ten team as a junior and senior, and is 4th all-time in Michigan history in career doubles wins. He blogs about his experiences and his life as a professional tennis player. He was featured in an article by ESPN's Grantland (along with fellow Michigan alum Evan King and up-and-coming players Frances Tiafoe and William Blumberg) that highlighted the struggles and low prize money in playing on the ITF Futures Tour. Career Jung's reached his first quarterfinal at the 2018 Hall of Fame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grégoire Barrère
Grégoire Barrère (; born 16 February 1994) is a French professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 80 achieved on 7 October 2019. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 161 achieved on 26 April 2021. Barrère has won five ATP Challenger Tour singles titles and six ITF Futures singles titles as well as five Challenger doubles titles and six ITF Futures doubles titles in his career. Professional career 2016-17: Grand Slam debut Barrère made his Grand Slam main-draw debut at the 2016 French Open, where he received a wildcard, but lost to David Goffin in the first round. 2018: Top 100 debut He was awarded a wildcard to the 2018 French Open, where he lost to Radu Albot in the first round after leading 2 sets to 0. 2019: Best season, Grand Slam success, Top 80 career-high ranking In 2019, he succeeded to qualify and reach the second round of two Grand Slams 2019 Wimbledon Championships and the US Open, and also reached the second rou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamil Majchrzak
Kamil Majchrzak (; born 13 January 1996) is a Polish professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 75 achieved on 28 February 2022 and a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 241 achieved on 8 August 2016. He is currently the No. 2 Polish singles player. Junior career Partnered with Martin Redlicki, Majchrzak won the 2013 US Open boys' doubles title by defeating Quentin Halys and Frederico Ferreira Silva in the final. Professional career 2019: Grand Slam debut and first two wins, Top 100 During the 2019 Australian Open, Majchrzak advanced through the qualifying to reach the 1st round. He won the first two sets against top-10 player Kei Nishikori, but then was forced to retire due to an injury. In March 2019 Majchrzak celebrated his maiden Challenger triumph at the 2019 Open Harmonie mutuelle in St. Brieuc, France. Two months later he advanced to the 2019 Prosperita Open final with wins over Riccardio Bonadio, Zsombor Piros, No. 5 se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Novak
Dennis Novak (; born 28 August 1993, in Wiener Neustadt) is an Austrian professional tennis player. Novak achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 85 in March 2020. Professional career 2013 Novak made his ATP main draw debut at the 2013 Bet-at-home Cup Kitzbühel where he defeated Matthias Haim, Lorenzo Giustino and Tihomir Grozdanov in the qualifying rounds. In the main draw, Novak lost to compatriot Andreas Haider-Maurer. 2018: Grand Slam debut, Wimbledon third round 2019: Two Challenger titles In April, he won his first ATP Challenger Tour title in Taipei. In November, he won his second at the 2019 Slovak Open. 2020: Top 100 debut He made his debut in the top 100 on 13 January 2020 at world No. 99 and reached a career high ranking of No. 85 on 2 March 2020. 2022: Wimbledon second round, Austrian No.1 He became Austrian No. 1 on 15 August 2022. Performance timelines Singles ''Current through the 2022 Davis Cup.'' Doubles ATP career finals Doubles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thiago Monteiro (tennis)
Thiago Moura Monteiro (; born 31 May 1994) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. Monteiro has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 61 achieved on 17 October 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 144 achieved on 31 January 2022. He is currently the No. 1 Brazilian tennis player. On the ITF Junior Circuit, Monteiro peaked in the rankings at No. 2 on 2 February 2012, with his biggest junior singles title being the Grade A, Copa Gerdau in Porto Alegre, Brazil in 2011. In his first ATP match, as a wildcard ranked world No. 338 in the ATP 500 Rio de Janeiro in February 2016, Monteiro upset No. 9 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the first round. In the second round, Monteiro lost to eventual champion Pablo Cuevas. In his next tournament, the ATP 250 São Paulo, Monteiro won two matches (against former World No. 9 Nicolás Almagro, and Daniel Muñoz de la Nava), losing again to eventual champion Cuevas in the quarterfinals. On May 8, 2016, Monteiro wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
