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2022 Traralgon International
The 2022 Traralgon International was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the seventh (women) and ninth (men) editions of the tournament which was part of the 2022 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2022 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Traralgon, Australia between 3 and 9 January 2022. Men's singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 27 December 2021. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Joshua Charlton * Blake Ellis * Jeremy Jin * Philip Sekulic * Gilles Simon The following player received entry as an alternate into the singles main draw: * Brandon Walkin The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Ernests Gulbis * Calum Puttergill * Divij Sharan * Rubin Statham The following players received entry as lucky losers: * Patrick Fitzgerald * David Hough Women's singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 27 December 2021. ... [...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] |
Bjorn Fratangelo
Bjorn Fratangelo ( ; born July 19, 1993) is a professional American tennis player. He won the boys' singles title at the 2011 French Open defeating Dominic Thiem. Fratangelo is only the second American out of three to win the event, following John McEnroe in 1977 and preceding Tommy Paul in 2015. Early life Fratangelo began playing tennis at age three. and is named after tennis champion Björn Borg. His father, Mario, is his coach. Fratangelo attended St. John the Baptist School in Plum, Pennsylvania until the 8th grade when he moved to Naples, Florida for training reasons, and was an online student of Barron Collier High School. Junior career Fratangelo won the boys' singles title at the 2011 French Open, beating Dominic Thiem in the final. The win propelled him to a career high of No. 2 in the junior rankings. He also played in the junior championship at the 2011 US Open, losing in the third round to eventual champion Oliver Golding in three sets. Professional Early years F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernests Gulbis
Ernests Gulbis (, born 30 August 1988, nicknamed "Lord", "The Gull" or "Ernie") is a Latvian professional tennis player. In 2008, Gulbis won his first ATP Tour doubles title at the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, teaming with Rainer Schüttler, and in 2010, he won his first ATP Tour singles title in the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, Delray Beach, defeating Ivo Karlović in the final. In total, Gulbis has six ATP titles to his name. His best performance at a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam is reaching the semifinals of the 2014 French Open – Men's singles, 2014 French Open. He had previously reached the quarterfinals of the 2008 French Open – Men's singles, 2008 French Open. Gulbis' career-high singles ranking is world No. 10, making him the only Latvian tennis player ever to be ranked inside the top 10 in ATP Singles Ranking. He achieved this in June 2014. Beginning after Wimbledon 2011, Gulbis was coached by Austrian Günter Bresnik, until his departu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandon Walkin
Brandon Walkin (born 16 August 1994) is an Australian tennis player. Walkin has a career high ATP ATP doubles ranking of 204 and a singles ranking of 702 achieved on 17 February 2020 Walkin made his ATP main draw debut at the 2022 Adelaide International 2 after receiving a wildcard into the doubles main draw with Harry Bourchier. Career 2013–2017: Career beginnings on ITF and Challenger Tour Walkin made his ITF debut in March 2013 at the Australia F4, where he made the second round. It was his only singles tournament of the year. In 2014 and 2015 Walkin played on the ITF in Australia and Europe, with the second round being he best performance in singles and semi-finals in doubles. In September 2016 Walkin reached the quarter-final of the Australia F5. In October 2016 Walkin debuted on the ATP Challenger Tour after he qualified for Traralgon ATP Challenger. In February 2017 Walkin reached his first ITF finals in doubles in Anning, China. Walkin also won his first ITF titl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blake Ellis (tennis)
Blake Ellis (born 6 January 1999) is an Australian tennis player. Ellis won the 2016 Australian Open boys' doubles alongside Alex De Minaur. Career 2014 – 2017: Senior Beginnings Ellis made his senior debut in October 2014 at the Australia F7, where he lost in round 1. Between 2015 and 2017, Ellis competed in the ITF Men's Circuit around Australia, Asia, and Europe, with his best result in that time period being a semi-final appearance in the August 2017 Thailand F6 Futures tournament in Nonthaburi. In October 2017, Ellis won his first Challenger match against Austrian Lucas Mielder in the Canberra International. 2018 At the 2018 Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships, Ellis had his best Challenger-level performance to date, winning his qualifying matches and then defeating two previous tournament champions in 5th seed Tatsuma Ito and 3rd seed Go Soeda en route to a semi-final loss against fellow Australian and eventual champion John Millman John H. Millman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Pablo Ficovich
Juan Pablo Ficovich (born 24 January 1997) is an Argentine professional tennis player. Ficovich has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 125 achieved on 25 July 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 364 achieved on 25 April 2022. Career 2020-2021: ATP and Top 200 debut, First Challenger title Ficovich made his ATP main draw debut at the 2020 Córdoba Open after qualifying for the singles main draw, defeating Pedro Sousa and Filip Horanský, but losing with Gianluca Mager in the first round. A few weeks later, Juan Pablo reached the Challenger final at the 2020 Morelos Open, the second of his career, where he lost in three sets to Jurij Rodionov. He won his first singles ATP challenger title at the 2021 São Paulo Challenger de Tênis. 2022: First ATP win In Córdoba, he defeated compatriot Federico Coria Federico Coria (born 9 March 1992) is an Argentine tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 49 achieved on ... [...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] |
Robin Haase
Robin Haase (; born 6 April 1987) is a Dutch professional tennis player. He reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 33 in July 2012, and has won two singles titles, at the Austrian Open in both 2011 and 2012. Haase also reached the semifinals of the 2017 Canadian Open, and his best Grand Slam singles result was reaching the third round at the Australian Open and Wimbledon Championships in 2011. In doubles, he achieved his highest ranking of world No. 30 in May 2019, and has won 7 titles on the ATP Tour, most notably the 2022 Rotterdam Open with Matwé Middelkoop. Haase reached the final of the 2013 Australian Open in doubles alongside compatriot Igor Sijsling, and has also reached three doubles finals at Masters 1000 level. He has represented the Netherlands in the Davis Cup since 2006, and also competed at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games. Career 2005: Juniors Haase was a promising junior player, compiling a singles win–loss record of 76–41 and rea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maximilian Marterer
Maximilian Marterer (born 15 June 1995) is a German tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 45, achieved in August 2018. Professional career 2015: ATP debut Marterer made his ATP main draw debut at the MercedesCup in Stuttgart where he was given a wildcard into the singles event. 2016 Marterer won his first ATP Challenger Tour singles title at the Morocco Tennis Tour in Meknes. 2017: Top 100 debut Marterer entered the world's top 100 for the first time, becoming world No. 100 on 16 October 2017. 2018: First ATP semifinal and top 50 At the Australian Open, Marterer won his first ATP main draw match after losing 14 first round matches in a row. He defeated compatriot Cedrik-Marcel Stebe in straight sets. In the second round, he upset former top-10 player Fernando Verdasco in a five-setter before losing to Tennys Sandgren in the next round. At the Sofia Open, he reached his first ATP quarterfinal, where he lost to eventual champion Mirza BaÅ¡iÄ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesper De Jong
Jesper de Jong (born 31 May 2000) is a Dutch tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 160 achieved on 13 June 2022. He also has a career high doubles ranking of world No. 135 achieved on 23 May 2022. De Jong has won one singles and five ATP Challenger doubles titles. Professional career 2021: Maiden single Challenger title, top 250 in singles, top 200 in doubles In March, he won his first Challenger title at the 2021 Saint Petersburg Challenger II with Sem Verbeek. He won his third doubles title at the 2021 Almaty Challenger with Vitaliy Sachko. As a result, he hit a career-high in doubles of No. 204 on 14 June 2021. A week later, De Jong won also his first singles Challenger at the 2021 Almaty Challenger II defeating Marcelo Tomás Barrios Vera which resulted in a career-high of No. 260 on 21 June 2021. 2022: Top 160 in singles, top 150 in doubles, ATP debut Following a semifinal showing at the Challenger in Traralgon, Australia in January, he mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimmer Coppejans
Kimmer Coppejans (born 7 February 1994) is a Belgian tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking is world No. 97, achieved in June 2015. He was the Junior Champion at the 2012 French Open, defeating Filip Peliwo Filip Peliwo ( , ; born January 30, 1994) is a Canadian-born Polish professional tennis player. Peliwo became the first Canadian male and second Canadian ever to win a Grand Slam in singles at any level with his 2012 Wimbledon boys' title win. T ... of Canada 6–1, 6–4 in the final. Challenger and Futures finals Singles: 24 (12–12) Doubles: 7 (1–6) Junior Grand Slam finals Singles: 1 (1 title) Performance timeline Singles External links * * 1994 births Living people Belgian male tennis players Sportspeople from Ostend Flemish sportspeople French Open junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles 21st-century Belgian people {{Belgium-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filip Horanský
Filip Horanský (; born 7 January 1993) is a tennis player from Slovakia. Junior career Filip, with partner Jiřà Veselý, won the 2011 Boys Doubles Australian Open. He also won the bronze medal in doubles at 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, partnering Jozef KovalÃk. Professional career 2018 At 2018 Lyon Open, Horanský qualified for the first time into the main draw of an ATP event and he also earned his first win at this level, defeating João Sousa. In second round, he lost to DuÅ¡an Lajović in straight sets. Horanský then qualified into the main draw in Antalya la, Attalensis grc, Ἀτταλειώτης , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = 07xxx , area_code = (+90) 242 , registration_plate = 07 , blank_name = Licence plate ..., where he lost again to Lajović. Grand Slam singles performance timeline Challenger and Futures finals Singles: 25 (12 titles, 13 runner-ups) Doubles: 11 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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