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2021 MercedesCup – Singles
Marin Čilić defeated Félix Auger-Aliassime in the final, 7–6(7–2), 6–3 to win the singles tennis title at the 2021 Stuttgart Open. It was Čilić's 19th career ATP Tour singles title, his first in three years, and he did not drop a set en route to the victory. The No. 47-ranked, 32-year-old Čilić also became the lowest-ranked winner since Juan Carlos Ferrero in 2011 and the third-oldest champion in tournament history. Defending finalist Auger-Aliassime was contesting for his first career singles title in his eighth final. Matteo Berrettini was the reigning champion from when the event was last held in 2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ..., but he could not participate as he was still competing at the French Open upon the beginning of the tournament. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marin Čilić
Marin Čilić (; born 28 September 1988) is a Croatian professional tennis player. Čilić has won 20 ATP Tour singles titles, including a major at the 2014 US Open. He was also runner-up at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships and the 2018 Australian Open, and won a silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the men's doubles tournament partnering Ivan Dodig. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 3, achieved on 28 January 2018.Čilić has reached the semifinal stage or better at all four majors, and the quarterfinal stage or better at all nine ATP Masters 1000 tournaments. He is one of six active players with at least 20 ATP Tour titles and one of the five active players to reach at least the semifinal stage at all four majors. Alongside compatriot Goran Ivanišević, Čilić is widely considered to be one of the greatest Croatian tennis players in history. Personal life Marin Čilić was born in Medjugorje, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, a town in the Herzegovina region of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ugo Humbert
Ugo Humbert (; born 26 June 1998) is a French professional tennis player. He has achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 25 on 21 June 2021. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 361 achieved on 14 October 2019. Humbert has won three ATP titles, the first in January 2020, in Auckland, beating fellow Frenchman Benoit Paire in three sets. He won his second ATP title in Antwerp in October 2020, beating fellow Next Generation ATP Finals player Alex De Minaur in straight sets. He won his third title and first ATP 500 in June 2021 in Halle, beating world No. 7 Andrey Rublev in the final. At the 2018 US Open, Humbert made his Grand Slam singles debut as a qualifier. He won his first main-draw match by defeating fellow qualifier Collin Altamirano. He then lost in the second round to Stan Wawrinka in four sets. He won his first ATP 250 main-draw match on home soil at the 2018 Moselle Open, defeating Bernard Tomic in three sets. At Wimbledon in 2019, H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilya Ivashka
Ilya Uladzimiravich Ivashka ( be, Ілья Уладзіміравіч Івашка; russian: Илья Владимирович Ивашко; born 24 February 1994) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. Ivashka has a career-high singles ranking by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) of No. 40, achieved on 20 June 2022. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 340, reached on 15 August 2016. He is the current No. 1 Belarusian men's singles player. Additionally, Ivashka has won five ITF singles titles and three ITF doubles titles. Ivashka has represented Belarus in Davis Cup, and has a win-loss record of 9–10. Personal life Fellow tennis player Karen Khachanov is his brother-in-law, their wives being (twin) sisters. Professional career 2018: Breakthrough, top 100 debut He entered the top 150 when he hit a career high ranking of No. 147 on 26 February 2018 after reaching as a qualifier the semifinals of the 2018 Open 13 in Marseille, ranked world No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Gojowczyk
Peter Gojowczyk ( ; born 15 July 1989) is a German professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 39 in June 2018. Tennis career 2014: Cracking the top 100 Gojowczyk began the year by reaching his first tour-level semifinal at Doha as a qualifier, defeating sixth seed and countryman Philipp Kohlschreiber en route, before losing to Rafael Nadal in three sets (taking the first). After qualifying at the Australian Open, he broke into the top 100 for the first time in his career. In April, he defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in five sets in a Davis Cup World Group quarterfinal tie. In June, Gojowczyk reached the quarterfinals of Halle, defeating world No. 9 Milos Raonic in straight sets in the second round. In August at the US Open, he defeated Benjamin Becker in straight sets in the first round. He ended the year ranked as world No. 79. 2015–2016: Struggles with form, out of top 100 2017: Maiden ATP 250 title Gojowczyk qualified for and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominik Koepfer
Dominik Koepfer (born 29 April 1994) is a German professional tennis player. He has achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 50 on 10 May 2021, and a doubles ranking of No. 92 on 14 February 2022. He played college tennis at Tulane University. Professional career 2017: ATP debut Koepfer made his ATP main draw debut at the Winston-Salem Open as a lucky loser. He won his first ATP Challenger Tour title in doubles at the 2017 Columbus Challenger, partnering Denis Kudla. 2018: First ATP win Koepfer won his first match on the ATP Tour, again as a lucky loser at the Winston-Salem Open, defeating Tennys Sandgren. 2019: First Challenger title, Grand Slam debut, US Open fourth round By winning his first Challenger in singles at the Ilkley Trophy Koepfer gained a wildcard for the 2019 Wimbledon Championships. There, he won his first Grand Slam main draw match by defeating Filip Krajinović in the first round before losing to Diego Schwartzman in straight sets. He rea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordan Thompson (tennis)
Jordan Thompson (born 20 April 1994) is an Australian professional tennis player, reaching a career-high ranking of World No. 43 on 15 July 2019. He made his Grand Slam debut at the 2014 Australian Open after winning the Australian Open wildcard play off on 15 December 2013. Personal life Thompson was born in Sydney and, along with tennis, grew up as an avid fan of rugby league. He supports the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League. Thompson names Lleyton Hewitt as his tennis idol. Thompson has a tattoo on his right bicep of the Australian coat of arms and Olympic rings which he attained after playing in the 2016 Olympic Games. Thompson's mantra is "hard work always pays off". Junior career The highlight of his junior career came at the 2012 US Open when he partnered with fellow Australian Nick Kyrgios to reach the doubles final. Thompson reached as high as No. 18 in the combined world rankings in October 2012, compiling a singles win–loss record of 82–38. Professio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guido Pella
Guido Pella (; born 17 May 1990) is an inactive Argentine professional tennis player. In August 2019, Pella reached his career best world No. 20 in singles. In July 2019, he peaked at No. 55 in doubles. Personal life His father, Carlos, taught him the game at the age of five. His sister, Catalina, is also a tennis player who competes mainly in ITF tournaments. He is engaged to marry the model and entrepreneur Stephanie Demner. In February 2020 Pella announced via his Instagram account that he would be out indefinitely after being diagnosed with Morton's neuroma. Career Junior career As a junior Pella posted a 19–5 record in singles and reached as high as No. 42 in the combined world rankings in 2008. Entering as a qualifier, he reached the semifinals of the French Open boys' singles in 2008, upsetting first-seeded Bernard Tomic in the quarterfinals (and losing to Jerzy Janowicz). 2006–2011 Pella started playing Futures tournaments in 2005, winning his first at Peru F3 i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dustin Brown (tennis)
Dustin Brown (born 8 December 1984) is a German-Jamaican professional tennis player. He rose to fame after beating Rafael Nadal in the 2014 Halle Open and Wimbledon 2015, and is known for his technique, speed, and entertaining playing style, often entertaining the crowd with trick shots. He is also known as "Dreddy" due to his distinctive long dreadlocked hair. Brown competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, in singles and doubles, having won 31 overall titles. His highest career singles world rank at No. 64 was in October 2016, and doubles world rank at No. 43 in May 2012. Brown is also notable for being one of the only two players to remain undefeated against Rafael Nadal after playing more than one match with him, holding a 2–0 head-to-head record. Brown has yet to make an ATP tour singles final but has made two semifinals at the 2016 Open Sud de France and the 2016 Swiss Open Gstaad. In doubles, he won two titles on the ATP Tour. Early life Brown was born on 8 De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudolf Molleker
Rudolf Molleker (born 26 October 2000) is a German tennis player. Molleker achieved a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 146 on 29 July 2019 and a doubles ranking of World No. 376 on 21 March 2022. Personal information He was born in Sieverodonetsk in Ukraine to Roman and Tanja Molleker and moved to Oranienburg in Germany when he was three years old. He is of Russian–German descent. He trains at Patrick Mouratoglou Academy in Sophia Antipolis (France) since 2018. Tennis career 2017: ATP debut Molleker made his ATP main draw debut at the German Open after defeating Casper Ruud and Leonardo Mayer, who later won the tournament as a lucky loser, in the qualifying rounds. 2018: First Challenger title & ATP and top-10 wins Molleker won his first ATP Challenger Tour title as a wildcard at the Heilbronner Neckarcup, defeating Jiří Veselý in the final. He won his first match at ATP-level at the Stuttgart Open, defeating compatriot Jan-Lennard Struff in the fi ... [...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] |
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 the first male Spanish tennis player to reach the quarterfinals of Wimbledon since 1972. He repeated the feat in 2008 and 2011. López defeated Tim Henman at the 2007 Wimbledon second round. Throughout his career, he has played in the most five-set matches that have gone beyond 6–6 in the post-tiebreak era, his longest fifth set being 16–14 at the 2009 Australian Open against Gilles Müller. He reached the quarterfinals of the 2015 US Open, and won his first Grand Slam title at the 2016 French Open when he won the men's doubles title with Marc López. In 2017 at the age of 35 López won the Aegon Championship at The Queen's Club, London, beating Marin Čilić in a third set tiebreak. He distinguished himself by winning his ATP titles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Querrey
Samuel Austin Querrey (; born October 7, 1987) is an American former professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 11 achieved on February 26, 2018, and won ten ATP singles titles. Known for his powerful serve, Querrey holds the record for consecutive service aces in a match with 10. He was also a capable doubles player, with five ATP doubles titles and a career-high doubles ranking of No. 23 achieved on May 17, 2010. His best performance in a Grand Slam singles event was at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships, where he reached the semifinals after defeating world No. 1 Andy Murray in the quarterfinals to become the first American man to reach the last four of a Grand Slam in eight years. At the same tournament the previous year, he defeated world No. 1 Novak Djokovic to reach the quarterfinals, ending his Grand Slam win streak of 4 in a row. Other career highlights for Querrey include defeating former world number one Rafael Nadal in the Acapulc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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