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2021 Amex-Istanbul Challenger II
The 2021 Amex-Istanbul Challenger II was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 35th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2021 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Istanbul, Turkey between 13 and 19 September 2021. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 30 August 2021. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Sarp Ağabigün * Victor Vlad Cornea * Koray Kırcı The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Nick Chappell * Christopher Heyman * Laurent Lokoli * Aldin Šetkić The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * Geoffrey Blancaneaux Champions Singles * James Duckworth def. Wu Tung-lin 6–4, 6–2. Doubles * Radu Albot / Alexander Cozbinov def. Antonio Šančić / Artem Sitak 4–6, 7–5, 1–9 References {{DEFAULTSORT:Amex-Istanbul Challenger II, 2021 2021 ATP Challenger Tour 2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, F ... [...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] |
Mohamed Safwat
Mohamed Safwat ( ar, محمد صفوت; born 19 September 1990) is an Egyptian tennis player. Safwat has been a regular player on the Egypt Davis Cup team since 2009. Safwat has won one singles and three titles in doubles on the ATP Challenger Tour. He is currently the Egyptian No. 1. Professional career In 2016, Safwat became the first Egyptian player since 1997 to reach the final of an Challenger tournament when he reached the final in Kenitra, where he lost to Maximilian Marterer in straight sets. He also reached the semifinals at the Challenger tournament in Launceston in 2017, eventually losing to Mitchell Krueger. In 2018, Safwat beat No. 3 seed and top 100 player Jordan Thompson en route to his second Challenger singles final in Anning, where he lost to Prajnesh Gunneswaran. Safwat qualified for his first Grand Slam at the 2018 French Open as a lucky loser, where he lost to Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets. He was the first man from Egypt to play in a Grand Slam tenni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PTT İstanbul Cup
The PTT Cup is a professional tennis tournament played on hard court. It is currently part of the ATP Challenger Tour. It is held annually in Istanbul, Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with .... Past finals Singles Doubles External linksOfficial website {{DEFAULTSORT:PTT Istanbul Cup ATP Challenger Tour [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artem Sitak
Artem Yurievich Sitak ( ; russian: Артём Юрьевич Ситак, Artyom Sitak; born 8 February 1986) is a Russian-born New Zealand professional tennis player. On 11 August 2008, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 299, whilst his highest doubles ranking of World No. 32 was reached on 10 September 2018, after the US Open. He is the younger brother of Dmitri Sitak, who was also a professional tennis player. Junior years Coached during the 1990s by Santini, as a 13-year-old in 1999, Sitak received a wildcard into the main draw of an ITF junior tournament in Russia as a 13-year-old in 1999. He was defeated by Evgeni Smirnov 6–4, 6–1. The following year he entered the qualifying draw of the same tournament, and defeated future ATP top 50 player Denis Istomin 6–0, 6–1 to win his first ITF junior match. Sitak was taken out in the third and final round of qualifying by a future ATP top 100 player Teimuraz Gabashvili 6–4, 7–5. At the age ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Šančić
Antonio Šančić (born 23 November 1988, in Samobor) is professional Croatian tennis player. "Antonio Šančić, mladi samoborski tenisač, poražen je u 1. kolu ATP Challenger turnira Zagreb Open." He is playing mostly on the ATP Challenger Tour
The ATP Challenger Tour, known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series, is a series of international men's professional tennis tournaments. The Challenger Tour events are the second-highest tier of tennis competition, behind the ATP T ... .
ATP career finals Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups) Challenger and Futures Finals Singles: 4 (2–2) |
Wu Tung-lin
Wu Tung-lin (; born 12 May 1998), also known as Tony Wu, is a Taiwanese tennis player. Wu has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 158, achieved on 3 April 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 246, achieved on 17 October 2022. Wu represents Chinese Taipei at the Davis Cup, where he has a won-loss record of 1–1. Career 2022: Maiden Challenger title, top 200 debut In April 2022, Wu won his first ATP Challenger title in Tallahassee, United States, becoming the fifth Taiwanese player to win an ATP challenger title. Following his second final at the 2022 Little Rock Challenger in May, he reached the top 200 at world no. 196 on 13 June 2022. 2023: Masters 1000 debut and first win He made his Masters 1000 debut in Indian Wells as a qualifier and won his first match at this level by defeating Alexander Bublik Alexander Stanislavovich "Sasha" Bublik (; born 17 June 1997) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani professional tennis player. He has b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoffrey Blancaneaux
Geoffrey Blancaneaux (born 8 August 1998) is a French tennis player. He competes mainly on the ITF Men's Circuit and ATP Challenger Tour. Blancaneaux has a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 134 achieved on 14 November 2022 and a doubles ranking of World No. 164 achieved on 18 July 2022. Junior Career Blancaneaux won the 2016 French Open boys' singles title, defeating Félix Auger-Aliassime in the final. Professional career 2017: Grand Slam debut In September 2017, Blancaneaux made his Grand Slam debut, after receiving a wildcard to enter the main draw at the US Open. 2021: First Challenger title In December 2021, Blancaneaux won his first Challenger singles tournament at the Maia Challenger, defeating Tseng Chun-hsin in the finals. 2022: French Open, Masters and top 150 debuts Seeded No. 190 at the 2022 French Open he qualified to make his Grand Slam debut at this Major in his sixth attempt. He reached the top 150 on 8 August 2022. In October, Blancaneaux made h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aldin Šetkić
Aldin Šetkić (born 21 December 1987) is a Bosnian professional 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. : "Bosanskohercegovački teniser Aldin Šetkić eliminiran je sa ATP Challenger turnira "BH Telecom Indoors" u Sarajevu." 15 March 2012 Career statistics Singles titles (14) Doubles titles (16) Singles performance timeline ''Current as far as the < ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurent Lokoli
Laurent Lokoli (born 18 October 1994) is a French professional tennis player. Lokoli plays primarily ATP Challenger and ITF events. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 169 achieved on 30 January 2023. Career Lokoli received a wildcard for the 2014 French Open men's singles qualifying draw. He won three qualifying matches and hence advanced to the main draw 1st round, where he lost to Steve Johnson. He was given a wildcard for the 2017 French Open where he lost in the first round to Martin Klizan. He made minor news by twice refusing to shake hands with Klizan after the match. He reached the top 200 at No. 199 on 3 October 2022. He made his first Challenger final at the 2023 Open Nouvelle-Calédonie in Noumea, New Caledonia losing to Raul Brancaccio. As a result he reached a new career-high ranking of No. 176 inside the top 200 in 9 January 2023. Next he qualified into the 2023 Australian Open The 2023 Australian Open was a Grand Slam level tennis tournament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Chappell
Nick Chappell (born September 19, 1992) is a Canadian-born American tennis player. Chappell has a career high ATP singles ranking of 329 achieved on November 8, 2021. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 416 achieved on June 27, 2016. Chappell made his ATP main draw debut at the 2022 Los Cabos Open after qualifying for the main draw in singles, defeating Maxime Janvier and Aziz Dougaz to qualify. He also qualified for the 2023 Mexican Open defeating second qualifying seed Steve Johnson and New Zealander Rubin Statham Rubin Statham (born 25 April 1987), often referred to by his nickname of "José," is a professional tennis player from New Zealand. His twin brother Mikal (usually referred to by his nickname of "Oliver") is also a professional tennis player. H .... References External links * * 1992 births Living people Canadian emigrants to the United States American male tennis players TCU Horned Frogs men's tennis players Tennis players from Toront ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koray Kırcı
Koray Kırcı (born 17 August 1998) is a Turkish tennis player. Kırcı has a career high ATP singles ranking of 868 achieved on 30 July 2018. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 855 achieved on 29 October 2018. Kırcı made his ATP main draw debut at the 2018 Antalya Open in the doubles draw partnering Ergi Kırkın Ergi Kırkın (born 27 January 1999) is a Turkish 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 rack .... External links * * 1998 births Living people Turkish male tennis players 21st-century Turkish people Place of birth missing (living people) {{Turkey-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Vlad Cornea
Victor Vlad Cornea (born 24 September 1993) is a Romanian tennis player. He reached his highest ATP doubles ranking of No. 66 on 2 October 2023. He has won 11 ATP Challenger doubles titles. He has three Davis Cup participations for Team Romania. Career Cornea made his Grand Slam debut at the 2023 French Open with Zhang Zhizhen and at the 2023 US Open with Nikola Cacic. He also qualified at the ATP 500 2023 Swiss Indoors as a lucky loser pair with Cacic and reached the quarterfinals by defeating Swiss duo Mika Brunold and 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 cur ... in straight sets. ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals Singles: 1 (0–1) Doubles: 52 (33–19) References External links * * 1993 births Living people Spor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |