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2021 Slovak Open II
The 2021 Slovak Open II was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 23rd edition of the tournament which was part of the 2021 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Bratislava, Slovakia between 8 and 14 November 2021. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 1 November 2021. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Jonáš Forejtek * Lukáš Palovič * Lukáš Pokorný The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate: * Tobias Kamke The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Danylo Kalenichenko * Miloš Karol * Zsombor Piros * Dalibor Svrčina The following players received entry as lucky losers: * Shintaro Mochizuki * Alexander Shevchenko Champions Singles * Tallon Griekspoor def. Zsombor Piros 6–3, 6–2. Doubles * Filip Horanský / Sergiy Stakhovsky def. Denys Molchanov / Aleksandr Nedovyesov 6–4, 6–4. Referenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Tour. The ITF World Tennis Tour tournaments are on the entry-level of international professional tennis competition. The ATP Challenger Tour is administered by the Association of Tennis Professionals. Players who succeed on the ATP Challenger Tour earn sufficient ranking points to become eligible for main draw or qualifying draw entry at ATP Tour tournaments. Players on the Challenger Tour are usually young players looking to advance their careers, those who fail to qualify for ATP events, or former ATP players looking to get back into the big tour. History of challenger events The first challenger events were held in 1978, with eighteen events taking place. Two were held on the week beginning January 8, one in Auckland and another in Hoba ... [...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] |
Aleksandr Nedovyesov
Aleksandr Nedovyesov (born 15 February 1987), formerly known as Oleksandr Nedovyesov, is a Ukrainian-Kazakhstani professional tennis player. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world No. 72 on 21 April 2014 and his highest doubles ranking of world No. 54 on 15 August 2022. He has reached two doubles ATP finals partnering Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi both in 2022. He represented Ukraine until December 2013. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. Nedovyesov has reached 17 career singles finals, posting a record of 9 wins and 8 losses which includes 3 ATP Challenger Tour titles. Additionally, he has reached 57 doubles finals, posting a record of 35 wins and 22 losses which includes 22 ATP Challenger Tour titles. Career 2004–2005: World No. 33 in Juniors As a junior, Nedovyesov had a singles win–loss record of 29–16. His best showing at a junior grand slam tournament in singles was reaching the second round in both the 2004 French Open and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denys Molchanov
Denys Petrovych Molchanov ( uk, Денис Петрович Молчанов; born 16 May 1987) is a Ukrainian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour winning 15 singles and 62 doubles titles. He has also won one ATP doubles title. On 5 January 2015 he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 169, whilst his highest doubles ranking of No. 63 was reached on 22 July 2019. He also played for the Ukraine Davis Cup team. Career 2018 Molchanov reached his first ATP doubles final at the 2018 Swiss Open in Gstaad partnering Igor Zelenay. 2022 At the 2022 Melbourne Summer Set 1 he reached the semifinals partnering Ricardas Berankis losing to sixth seeds Aleksandr Nedovyesov and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi. At the 2022 Open 13 Molchanov won his first title partnering Andrey Rublev in Marseilles. Personal life In February 2015, he faced never confirmed or investigated allegations of match-fixing after suspicious betting patterns and unforced errors were noticed during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Shevchenko (tennis)
Alexander Alexandrovich Shevchenko ( rus, links=no, Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Шевче́нко; ; born 29 November 2000) is a Russian tennis player. Shevchenko has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 83 achieved on 28 August 2023 and a career-high doubles ranking of No. 406 achieved on 20 February 2023. Career 2022: Maiden Challenger and ATP debut Shevchenko made his ATP debut at the 2022 Generali Open Kitzbühel as a lucky loser where he lost to Dominic Thiem. He qualified into the main draw at the ATP 500 2022 Astana Open. 2023: Major debut and first win, Masters debut and third round, first top-10 win, top 65 In February, he qualified at the ATP 500 in Dubai as a lucky loser. As a result he reached a new career high of No. 113 on 6 February 2023. In March, he reached his second Challenger final of the season as a qualifier in Phoenix, Arizona defeating Gaël Monfils, sixth seed Marc-Andrea Hüsler, top seed Matteo Berrettini and Quentin Hal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shintaro Mochizuki
Shintaro Mochizuki (Japanese: 望月 慎太郎, ''Mochizuki Shintaro'', born 2 June 2003) is a Japanese tennis player. He has an ATP career-high singles ranking of world No. 348 achieved on 18 July 2022. Mochizuki has a career high ITF junior combined ranking of No. 1 achieved on 15 July 2019. Mochizuki won the 2019 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' singles title after becoming the first Japanese male to reach a Grand Slam juniors singles final. In September that year, he led the Japanese team to win the Junior Davis Cup in Orlando, Florida. In February 2021, Mochizuki made his ATP main draw debut as a wildcard at the 2021 Singapore Tennis Open where he lost to Altug Celikbilek in straight sets. In March 2021, he qualified for his first ATP Masters 1000 main draw at the 2021 Miami Open having been given a wildcard for the qualifying competition. ATP Challenger and ITF Future finals Singles: 1 (0–1) {, , -valign=top , {, class=wikitable style=font-size:97% !Legend (sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dalibor Svrčina
Dalibor Svrčina (born 2 October 2002) is a Czech tennis player. He has achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 167 on 18 July 2022 and a doubles ranking of No. 341 on 7 November 2022. Junior career He achieved a career-high ITF juniors ranking of World No. 8. Svrčina and his partner Jonáš Forejtek won the 2019 Australian Open boys' doubles title, beating Emilio Nava and Cannon Kingsley in the finals. Professional career 2021: First Challenger title, Top 300 debut In August Svrčina won his first Challenger title as a wildcard at the 2021 ATP Prague Open where he defeated Dmitry Popko. As a result he reached the top 350 at a career-high of No. 334 on 16 August 2021. He reached the top 300 on 15 November 2021 at No. 298. 2022: Top 200 debut In April Svrčina reached his second Challenger final at the 2022 ATP Prague Open where he lost to Sebastian Ofner. As a result he reached the top 200 at a career-high of World No. 199 on 2 May 2022. 2023: Grand Slam d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zsombor Piros
Zsombor Piros (born 13 October 1999) is a Hungarian tennis player. Piros has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 138, achieved on 10 October 2022. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 991, achieved on 8 August 2022. He is currently the No. 2 Hungarian player. Junior career On the junior tour Piros had a career-high ranking of 3 achieved on 4 September 2017. Piros won the 2017 Australian Open boys' singles championships, defeating Israeli Yshai Oliel in the final. He made headlines at Wimbledon 2017 when he and doubles partner Yibing Wu fell foul of Wimbledon's pants police, and were required to change their underpants from black to white to comply with regulations. Even without their lucky pants they won the subsequent match 6–4 6–1. Piros won the Hungarian Tennis Championships on 1 October 2017. Professional career 2018: First Challenger win, first Top 100 win Piros began his year at the Nouméa Challenger, where he came through q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danylo Kalenichenko
Danylo Serhiyovych Kalenichenko ( uk, Данило Сергійович Каленіченко; born 2 February 1994) is a Ukrainian tennis player. Kalenichenko has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 439 achieved on 13 January 2020. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 378 achieved on 22 October 2018. Kalenichenko has reached seven career singles finals, with a record of 4 wins and 3 losses. Additionally, he has reached 30 career doubles finals with a record of 18 wins and 12 losses. All 37 combined finals have come at the ITF Futures level. Kalenichenko has represented Ukraine at the Davis Cup where he has a W/L record of 0–1. In September 2022 the ITF anti-doping announced that Kalenichenko was provisionally suspended from 20 January 2022 from competition after testing positive for the banned anabolic steroid LGD-4033 Ligandrol (VK5211, LGD-4033) is a novel nonsteroidal oral selective androgen receptor modulator (SARM) for treatment of c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tobias Kamke
Tobias Kamke (born 21 May 1986) is a German former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 64 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved in January 2011. In 2010, Kamke was awarded Newcomer of the Year by the ATP after slashing his singles ranking from No. 254 to No. 67 by year-end following four finals on the ATP Challenger Tour, having beaten emerging players Milos Raonic and Ryan Harrison in two of the finals for the titles, and a third round appearance at the Wimbledon Championships, his career-best performance at a major. Kamke announced his retirement in July 2022 and played his last professional match at the Hamburg European Open. Professional career 2008 Although losing to No. 134 Jan Hernych in the final qualifying round, Kamke reached the main draw in singles of the Wimbledon Championships as a lucky loser. However, he then lost his first match to world No. 30, Andreas Seppi. 2010 He made the main draw a ... [...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] |
Tomáš Macháč
Tomáš Macháč (; born 13 October 2000) is a Czech professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) singles ranking of world No. 97 on 12 December 2022 and doubles ranking of world No. 427 on 1 August 2022. He is currently the No. 2 Czech player. Professional career 2020: Grand Slam debut, first Challenger title Macháč won his first ATP Challenger singles title at the 2020 Koblenz Open in February. Macháč played his very first Grand Slam qualification at 2020 French Open and defeated all three opponents without losing a set before losing the competitive first round against Taylor Fritz in five sets. 2021: First Grand Slam win, top 150 & Olympics debut Macháč did exactly the same thing at the next Grand Slam at the 2021 Australian Open losing just 14 games to qualify where he defeated Mario Vilella Martínez before losing in the second round to world No. 10 Matteo Berrettini in four sets. He made his ATP debut at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
