ATP Athens
The ATP Athens Open is a defunct Grand Prix and ATP Tour affiliated tennis tournament held annually in Athens in Greece from 1986 to 1994, played on outdoor clay courts at Athens Lawn Tennis Club. In 2008 the tournament was renewed under the new name of the Status Athens Open on the ATP Challenger Series, awarding $75,000 in prize money. Finals Singles Doubles See also * Athens Trophy – women's tournament References ATP Results Archive {{ATP World Series tournaments Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ... Grand Prix tennis circuit Clay court tennis tournaments Tennis tournaments in Greece Defunct tennis tournaments in Europe Annual sports competitions in Athens Defunct sports competitions in Greece ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Athens
Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates and is the capital of the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning over 3,400 years and its earliest human presence beginning somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennia BC. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. It was a centre for the arts, learning and philosophy, and the home of Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum. It is widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy, largely because of its cultural and political influence on the European continent—particularly Ancient Rome. In modern times, Athens is a large cosmopolitan metropolis and central to economic, financial, industrial, maritime, political and cultural life in Gre ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bruno Orešar
Bruno Orešar (born 21 April 1967) is a Croatian businessman and former professional tennis player who competed for Yugoslavia. Tennis career Orešar had a highly successful junior tennis career. He is a three-time winner of Orange Bowl, his third win coming after beating the then-16-year-old Boris Becker in the final. At one time he was the number one ranked junior in the world. Orešar's senior career was less successful. Apart from winning two gold medals in the 1987 Summer Universiade (in singles and in mixed doubles with Sabrina Goleš), his biggest singles tournament successes were reaching the finals of Athens and Båstad in 1988 and 1989 respectively. A persistent back injury forced him into early retirement from professional tennis in 1991. His highest ATP ranking was #46 in May 1989. In the early 1990s Orešar took part in founding the Croatian Tennis Association and coached the Croatian national tennis team. In 1995 he bought Jadrankamen, a Brač Brač is an isla ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1994 Athens International
The 1994 Athens International was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Athens, Greece that was part of the World Series of the 1994 ATP Tour. It was the ninth and last edition of the tournament A tournament is a competition involving at least three competitors, all participating in a sport or game. More specifically, the term may be used in either of two overlapping senses: # One or more competitions held at a single venue and concentr ... and was held from 3 October until 10 October 1994. First-seeded Alberto Berasategui won the singles title. Finals Singles Alberto Berasategui defeated Oscar Martinez 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–3 * It was Berasategui's 5th title of the year and the 6th of his career. Doubles Luis Lobo / Javier Sánchez defeated Cristian Brandi / Federico Mordegan 5–7, 6–1, 6–4 * It was Lobo's only title of the year and the 1st of his career. It was Sánchez's 2nd title of the year and the 20th of his career. Externa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alberto Berasategui
Alberto Berasategui Salazar (born 28 June 1973) is a former top-10 professional tennis player from Spain. He was a Grand Slam finalist at the 1994 French Open, and won a total of 14 ATP singles titles, achieving a career-high singles ranking of world no. 7 in November 1994. Tennis career Berasategui won a total of 14 top-level singles titles and one tour doubles title. All of them, as well as all losses in finals, were on clay. He won at least one singles title for six consecutive years (1993–1998). He began playing tennis at age seven and was the European junior champion in 1991. He turned professional later that year, and won his first top-level singles title in 1993, two years later. In 1994, Berasategui reached nine finals, winning seven of them. He also reached his first Grand Slam final at the French Open, where he defeated Wayne Ferreira, Cédric Pioline, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Javier Frana, Goran Ivanišević and Magnus Larsson to face fellow Spaniard and defending ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1993 Athens International
The 1993 Athens International was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Athens, Greece that was part of the World Series of the 1993 ATP Tour. It was the 8th edition of the tournament and was held from 4 October until 11 October 1993. Unseeded Jordi Arrese won his second consecutive singles title at the event. Finals Singles Jordi Arrese defeated Alberto Berasategui 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 * It was Arrese's only title of the year and the 9th of his career. Doubles Horacio de la Peña / Jorge Lozano defeated Royce Deppe Royce Deppe (born 11 August 1965, in Durban, South Africa) is a former 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 ( doubl ... / John Sullivan 3–6, 6–1, 6–2 * It was de la Peña's 2nd title of the year and the 10th of his career. It was Lozano's only title of the year and the 9th of his career. Reference ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1992 Saab International
The 1992 Saab International was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Athens, World Series of the 1992 ATP Tour. It was the seventh edition of the tournament and was played from 5 October until 12 October 1992. Third-seeded Jordi Arrese won the singles title. Finals Singles Jordi Arrese defeated Sergi Bruguera 7–5, 3–0 (Bruguera retired) * It was Arrese's only singles title of the year and the 5th of his career. Doubles Tomás Carbonell / Francisco Roig defeated Marcelo Filippini / Mark Koevermans Mark Koevermans (born 3 February 1968) is a former tennis player from the Netherlands, who turned professional in 1987. He represented his native country as a lucky loser at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he was defeated in the th ... 6–3, 6–4 * It was Carbonell's 3rd title of the year and the 9th of his career. It was Roig's 1st title of the year and the 2nd of his career. External links ITF tournament edition details {{1992 AT ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jordi Arrese
Jordi Arrese i Castañé (; born 29 August 1964) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. Born in Barcelona, Arrese won the men's singles silver medal at the 1992 Olympic Games in his home town. In the final, he was defeated in a marathon five-set match by Marc Rosset Marc Rosset (born 7 November 1970) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He is best known for winning the men's singles gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He also won a major doubles title, at the French Open in 1992 partnering com ... of Switzerland, 7–6, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 8–6. During his career, Arrese won six top-level singles and four tour doubles titles, and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 23. Career finals Singles: 12 (6 wins, 6 losses) Doubles: 10 (4 wins, 6 losses) External links * * * Tennis players from Catalonia Olympic medalists in tennis Olympic silver medalists for Spain Olympic tennis players of Spain Spanish male tennis players ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sergi Bruguera
Sergi Bruguera i Torner (; born 16 January 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. He won consecutive men's singles titles at the French Open in 1993 and 1994, a silver medal at the 1996 Olympic Games in men's singles and reached a career-high ranking of No. 3 in August 1994. Bruguera is the only player to have a winning record against both Roger Federer and Pete Sampras. He won three of his five matches against Sampras: Bruguera leads 1–0 on hard court, 2–1 on clay, and Sampras leads 1–0 on carpet. In their only match, at the 2000 Barcelona Open, Bruguera defeated Federer 6–1, 6–1. By number of games won, the match remains Federer's worst loss in his entire career. Bruguera was selected to captain the Spain Davis Cup team in 2018. He became coach of Alexander Zverev in May 2022. Career Bruguera won a total of 14 top-level singles titles and 3 doubles titles. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 3. He is currently the director of the Brug ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1991 Athens Open
The 1991 Athens Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Athens, Greece that was part of the World Series of the 1991 ATP Tour. It was the sixth edition of the tournament and was held from 30 September until 7 October 1991. First-seeded Sergi Bruguera won the singles title. Finals Singles Sergi Bruguera defeated Jordi Arrese 7–5, 6–3 * It was Bruguera's 4th title of the year and the 6th of his career. Doubles Jacco Eltingh / Mark Koevermans defeated Menno Oosting / Olli Rahnasto Olli Rahnasto (born 28 December 1965) is a retired professional tennis player from Finland. Rahnasto turned pro in 1982. During his career, he won two ATP Tour doubles titles and reached a career high doubles ranking of No. 79 in 1986. He was a ... 5–7, 7–6, 7–5 * It was Eltingh's 2nd title of the year and the 2nd of his career. It was Koevermans' 1st title of the year and the 2nd of his career. External links ITF tournament edition details {{1991 ATP ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Franco Davín
Franco Davín (; born January 11, 1970) is a tennis coach and a former tennis player from Argentina. Davín won his first ATP-tour match at 15 years, 1 month against Hans Gildemeister in Buenos Aires. He holds the Open Era record for being the youngest player to win a tour level main draw match. Davín won three singles tournaments on the ATP Tour, and reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 30 in October 1990. He coached fellow countryman Juan Martín del Potro until July 2015, and was the captain of the Argentine Davis Cup team. Under Davín's tutelage, Del Potro won the 2009 US Open, defeating Rafael Nadal in the semi-finals and Roger Federer in the final en route to the championship. Davín also coached Gastón Gaudio when he won the 2004 French Open and Grigor Dimitrov from 2015 to 2016. He is currently coaching Brandon Nakashima. Tennis career Juniors Davín had an excellent junior career, reaching the US Open Boys' Singles final and winning the French Ope ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mark Koevermans
Mark Koevermans (born 3 February 1968) is a former tennis player from the Netherlands, who turned professional in 1987. He represented his native country as a lucky loser at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he was defeated in the third round by Brazil's Jaime Oncins. Going by the nickname ''Koef'', a right-hander, won one career title in singles (Athens, 1990). He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 27 May 1991, when he was ranked number 37. In April 2009, Koevermans was appointed as commercial director at Dutch football club Feyenoord Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club (association football), football club in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the club changed to various names bef .... Career finals Doubles: 16 (4 wins, 12 losses) Singles (1 win) External links * * * 1968 births Living people Dutch male tennis players Olympic tennis players ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1990 Athens Open
The 1990 ATP Athens Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Athens in Greece that was part of the World Series of the 1990 ATP Tour. It was held from 1 October through 7 October 1990. Seventh-seeded Mark Koevermans won the singles title. Finals Singles Mark Koevermans defeated Franco Davín 5–7, 6–4, 6–1 * It was Koevermans' only singles title of his career. Doubles Sergio Casal / Javier Sánchez defeated Tom Kempers / Richard Krajicek 6–4, 6–3 * It was Casal's 7th title of the year and the 32nd of his career. It was Sánchez's 4th title of the year and the 10th of his career. See also * 1990 Athens Trophy – women's tournament References External links ITF tournament edition details {{1990 ATP Tour Athens International Championship ATP Athens Open ATP Athens Open The ATP Athens Open is a defunct Grand Prix and ATP Tour affiliated tennis tournament held annually in Athens in Greece from 1986 to 1994, played on outdoor c ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |