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2020 Sofia Open – Singles
Daniil Medvedev was the defending champion, but chose not to defend his title. Jannik Sinner won his first ATP Tour title, defeating Vasek Pospisil in the final, 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–3). Seeds The top four seeds A seed is an embryonic plant enclosed in a protective outer covering, along with a food reserve. The formation of the seed is a part of the process of reproduction in seed plants, the spermatophytes, including the gymnosperm and angiosperm pl ... received a bye into the second round. Draw Finals Top half Bottom half Qualifying Seeds Qualifiers Lucky losers Qualifying draw First qualifier Second qualifier Third qualifier Fourth qualifier References External links Main drawQualifying draw {{DEFAULTSORT:Sofia Open - Singles, 2020 2020 ATP Tour 2020 Singles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jannik Sinner
Jannik Sinner (; ; born 16 August 2001) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 9 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved on 1 November 2021, and world No. 124 in doubles, achieved on 27 September 2021. Sinner has won six ATP titles in singles and one in doubles, and became the youngest ATP title-holder since 2008 by winning the 2020 Sofia Open and the youngest to have five titles since Novak Djokovic in 2007. He became the first teenage ATP 500 champion by winning the 2021 Citi Open. Sinner grew up in northern Italy in the region of South Tyrol. He was active in skiing, football, and tennis as a child. After winning a national championship in skiing at age eight, Sinner switched his focus to tennis at age thirteen and moved to the Italian Riviera to train with veteran coach Riccardo Piatti. Despite limited success as a junior, Sinner began playing in professional events at age 16 and became one of the few players to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egor Gerasimov
Egor Alekseyevich Gerasimov ( be, Ягор Аляксеевіч Герасімаў; russian: Егор Алексеевич Герасимов; born 11 November 1992 in Minsk) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 65, which he achieved on 24 February 2020. He also achieved a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 263 on 2 March 2015. Professional career 2014: ATP debut In 2014, Gerasimov made his ATP main draw debut in Shenzhen, where he received entry to the main draw as a wildcard entrant. 2019-2020: Grand Slam debut and first win, Maiden ATP final At the 2019 US Open, Gerasimov won his first Grand Slam match. He reached his maiden ATP final at the 2020 Maharashtra Open where he was defeated by Jiří Veselý. Singles performance timelines ''Current through the 2022 Miami Open.'' ATP career finals Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) Challenger and ITF finals Singles (9–10) Doubles (7–5) Record aga ... [...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] |
Roberto Carballés Baena
Roberto Carballés Baena (; born 23 March 1993) is a Spanish tennis player. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 71 on 15 November 2021. His preferred surface is clay, on which he has won one ATP title and 19 ITF titles in singles. Tennis career 2014-2015: First ATP win In a first-round contest between two qualifiers, Carballés Baena recorded his first ATP World Tour win at the 2014 Casablanca Open as he defeated David Goffin of Belgium in straight sets. He followed this up with a tightly fought win over João Sousa in the second round. He faced lucky loser Andrey Kuznetsov in the quarterfinals and won in straight sets. His run was stopped in the semifinals by Guillermo García-López, again in a close three-set match. 2016-2018: Grand Slam debut, top 100 debut, first singles ATP title In February 2018, he won his first ATP tournament at the 2018 Ecuador Open Quito, beating Albert Ramos Vinolas in the final. He became the 1st Spanish qualifier to win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonáš Forejtek
Jonáš Forejtek (born 10 March 2001) is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. Forejtek has a career high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of World No. 217, achieved on 1 August 2022. He also has a career high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP doubles ranking of World No. 302, achieved on 28 February 2022. Forejtek has reached five career singles finals, with a record of 2 wins and 3 losses all on the ITF Futures Tour. Additionally, he has reached five career doubles finals, with a record of 4 wins and 1 loss which includes a 2–0 record in ATP Challenger Tour finals. Junior career In 2019, Forejtek reached three junior grand slam finals, one in singles and two in doubles, winning them all. At the 2019 Australian Open – Boys' doubles, 2019 Australian Forejtek and compatriot partner Dalibor Svrčina won the boys' doubles title beating Americans Emilio Nava and Cannon Kingsley ''7–6(7–5), 6–4'' in the finals. At the 2019 Wimbl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illya Marchenko
Illya Vasylovych Marchenko ( uk, Ілля Васильович Марченко) (born 8 September 1987) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. Marchenko turned professional in 2005 and had been playing at the Futures and Challengers level from 2005 to 2008. His career high in singles is World No. 49 achieved on 26 September 2016 and No. 268 in doubles achieved on 25 August 2014. On the ATP Tour, Marchenko reached the semifinals of Moscow in 2009, the 2010 St. Petersburg Open and Doha in 2016. He is noted for his backhand, which he cites as his best shot. His favorite surface is hard courts. Personal life Illya began playing tennis at age seven. His father Vassili and mother Anna are both engineers. Has one older brother, Igor Marchenko, a manager and former ice skater who took part in the 1998 Winter Olympics. Growing up, he admired Lleyton Hewitt and Roger Federer. He has played doubles on the Futures level with fellow Ukrainian Artem Smirnov. He was coached by Orest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrej Martin
Andrej Martin (; born 20 September 1989, in Bratislava) is a Slovak professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 93 in February 2020. Career 2016: Best season: French Open third round, first ATP final, top 100 debut He was a lucky loser at the French Open and defeated Daniel Muñoz de la Nava in the first round of the main draw and 29th seed Lucas Pouille in the second, before losing to 8th-seed Milos Raonic in the third round. In July 2016, Martin reached first ATP final, in Umag, defeated Martin Klizan, Joao Sousa, Carlos Berlocq and Sergiy Stakhovsky en route. In the final he lost to Italian No. 1 Fabio Fognini. Later in the year, Martin participated in the 2016 Summer Olympics. After comfortably defeating Denis Kudla in the first round, Martin got a walkover into the 3rd round when opponent Philipp Kohlschreiber withdrew with an injury. However, Martin was then beaten by the 4th-seeded Kei Nishikori, 2–6, 2–6. He achieved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilles Simon
Gilles Simon (; born 27 December 1984) is a French former professional tennis player. He had a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 6 attained on 5 January 2009. He turned professional in 2002 and won 14 singles titles on the ATP Tour. Personal life Gilles Simon was born in Nice but grew up in Fontenay-sous-Bois, outside Paris. His nickname is "Gilou". His mother is a doctor. His father works for an insurance company. Gilles has a brother.Simon: From a Family of Non-Jocks to the Top 10 Tennis.com, March 31, 2009 Supported by his parents, he started playing tennis at the age of six. Owing to a growth delay that runs in the family, he was shorter than most children of his age during his early teenage yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian Andreev
Adrian Andreev ( bg, Адриан Андреев, born 12 May 2001) is a professional Bulgarian tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 189 achieved on 19 December 2022. He is currently the No. 3 Bulgarian player. Andreev won the 2018 US Open Junior doubles title with Anton Matusevich. He has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 584 achieved on 12 September 2022. Junior career As a junior, he reached a career-high ITF ranking of No. 2 on 31 December 2018. Andreev won the 2017 Eddie Herr Junior Championships both in singles and in doubles. In 2018, Andreev won the Junior title at the US Open in doubles with Anton Matusevich, becoming the second Bulgarian to win the US Open after Grigor Dimitrov in 2008 Singles. In October 2018, Andreev reached the semifinals in singles at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics and the final in doubles winning the silver, teaming with Australia’s Rinky Hijikata. In 2018, Andreev also won the bronze medal of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc-Andrea Hüsler
Marc-Andrea Hüsler (born 24 June 1996) is a Swiss tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 51, achieved on 16 January 2023. In doubles, he achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 132 on 25 October 2021. He is currently the No. 1 Swiss player. Tennis career 2017: ATP debut and first ATP win in doubles Hüsler made his ATP main-draw doubles debut at the Swiss Indoors tournament, where he partnered former world No 1. Nenad Zimonjić, having received a wildcard into the tournament. The pair defeated Adrian Mannarino and Benoît Paire to give Hüsler a win in his first tour level match, before losing in the quarterfinals to Marcus Daniell and Dominic Inglot. 2018: First Challenger doubles title, ATP singles debut and first win Hüsler claimed his first ATP Challenger Tour doubles title in his first final, partnering Sem Verbeek at the Winnipeg Challenger. Just over a week later, Hüsler made his ATP main draw singles debut at the Swiss Open Gsta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Márton Fucsovics
Márton Fucsovics ( hu, Fucsovics Márton, ; born 8 February 1992) is a Hungarian professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 31 on 4 March 2019. He is currently the No. 1 Hungarian player. Early life Fucsovics started to play tennis at the age of five. He came through the ranks quickly and at the age of 8 he played in a field 3–4 years older. In 2003 Fucsovics won his age group National Championship and the Nike Junior Tour. With that he got the chance to represent Hungary on the World Final in Sun City, South Africa. Fucsovics also showed talent in basketball as a youth, but chose to make tennis his career path. Junior tennis Fucsovics's first major success came in 2009, when he won the US Open Boys' Doubles title, with Hsieh Cheng-peng of Chinese Taipei. In 2010 he reached the semi-final of the Australian Open Boys' Singles, and a few months later he won the Wimbledon Boys' Singles, defeating qualifier Benjamin Mitchell in a stra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aslan Karatsev
Aslan Kazbekovich Karatsev (russian: Аслан Казбекович Карацев, os, Хъарацаты Хъазыбеджы фырт Аслан; born 4 September 1993) is a Russian-Israeli professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ATP ranking of world No. 14 on 7 February 2022, and peaked at No. 76 in the doubles rankings on 16 May 2022. In February 2021, Karatsev went through qualifiers for the Australian Open. In his first main draw of a major, ranked 114th, he defeated 8th seed Diego Schwartzman, 20th seed Félix Auger-Aliassime and 18th seed Grigor Dimitrov to reach the semifinals. Karatsev is the first man in the Open Era to reach the semifinals in his Grand Slam debut. In March 2021, he won his first ATP title at the Qatar Open with Andrey Rublev in doubles. A week later, as a wildcard, Karatsev won his first ATP singles title at the 2021 Dubai Open, beating South African Lloyd Harris in the final. Karatsev, who was unseeded and beat four seeded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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