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ATP Bordeaux
The ATP Bordeaux is a defunct men's tennis tournament that was held annually under variations of the name Grand Prix Passing Shot and was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit tour from (1979-1989) it then became an ATP Tour event until 1995. The tournament was played on two different surfaces during its tenure: clay from 1979 through 1990 and hard from 1991 through 1995. Guy Forget was the only man to win the tournament more than once, doing so in 1990 and 1991. Yannick Noah Yannick Noah (; born 18 May 1960) is a French former professional tennis player and singer. Noah won the French Open in 1983, and is currently the captain of both France's Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup teams. During his nearly two-decade ..., the only other Frenchman to triumph in the singles event, won the inaugural event of 1979. Results Singles Doubles External linksATP website {{ATP World Series tournaments Clay court tennis tournaments Hard court tennis tournaments Defunct tennis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Prix Tennis Circuit
The Grand Prix tennis circuit was a professional tennis tour for male players that existed from 1970 to 1989. The Grand Prix and World Championship Tennis (WCT) were the two predecessors to the current tour for male players, the ATP Tour, with the Grand Prix being more prominent. Background Before the Open Era, popular professional tennis players, such as Suzanne Lenglen and Vincent Richards, were contracted to professional promoters. Amateur players were under the jurisdiction of their national (and international) federations. Later professional promoters, such as Bill Tilden and Jack Kramer, often convinced leading amateurs like Pancho Gonzales and Rod Laver to join their tours with promises of good prize money. But these successes led to financial difficulties when players were paid too much and falling attendances resulted in reduced takings. In the early 1960s, the professional tour began to fall apart. It survived only because the U.S. Pro Tennis Championships, having ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thierry Tulasne
Thierry Tulasne (born 12 July 1963) is a former tennis player from France, who won five singles titles during his professional career. He reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 10 in August 1986. Since his retirement, he has coached players such as Sébastien Grosjean, Paul-Henri Mathieu and 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. .... Career finals Singles (5 titles, 4 runner-ups) References External links * * * 1963 births Living people French male tennis players Hopman Cup competitors People from Aix-les-Bains Wimbledon junior champions Sportspeople from Savoie Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles {{France-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paolo Canè
Paolo Canè (born 9 April 1965; ) is a former tennis player from Italy. Canè turned professional in 1983. During his career, he won three top-level singles titles (Bordeaux in 1986, Båstad in 1989, and Bologna in 1991) and achieved much success at the Olympics, reaching the semi-finals in 1984 (when it was a demonstration event) and the quarter-finals in 1988. He also won three tour doubles titles (Bologna in 1985, and Bologna and Palermo in 1986). Canè's career-high rankings were World No. 26 in singles (in 1989) and World No. 43 in doubles (in 1985). He retired from the professional ATP Tour The ATP Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for men organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals. The second-tier tour is the ATP Challenger Tour and the third-tier is the ITF Men's World Tennis Tour. The equivalent women's organ ... in 1995. ATP career titles Singles (3 titles, 2 runner-ups) Doubles (3 titles, 5 runner-ups) External links * * * { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986 Bordeaux Open
The 1986 Bordeaux Open also known as the Nabisco Grand Prix Passing Shot was a men's tennis tournament played on clay courts at Villa Primrose in Bordeaux, France that was part of the 1986 Nabisco Grand Prix. It was the ninth edition of the tournament and was held from 7 July until 11 July 1986. Unseeded Paolo Canè won the singles title. Finals Singles Paolo Canè defeated Kent Carlsson 6–4, 1–6, 7–5 * It was Canè's first singles title of his career. Doubles Jordi Arrese / David de Miguel defeated Ronald Agénor / Mansour Bahrami Mansour Bahrami ( fa, منصور بهرامی; born 26 April 1956) is a former professional tennis player. He is Iranian with dual French nationality since 1989. While only moderately successful on the ATP Tour, his showmanship has made him a lo ... 7–5, 6–4 References External links ITF tournament edition details {{1986 Nabisco Grand Prix Bordeaux Open ATP Bordeaux Bordeaux Open Bordeaux Open ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Brown (tennis)
Jimmy Brown (born April 28, 1965) is a retired professional tennis player (in both singles and doubles play) from the United States. Brown reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 42 in November 1983 and was runner-up in 4 ATP Tour singles tournaments. His best result at a grand slam Grand Slam most often refers to: * Grand Slam (tennis), one player or pair winning all four major annual tournaments, or the tournaments themselves Grand Slam or Grand slam may also refer to: Games and sports * Grand slam, winning category te ... was the third round at the 1984 US Open. Career finals Singles (4 runners-up) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Jimmy American male tennis players Sportspeople from Hialeah, Florida People from Largo, Florida Sportspeople from Pinellas County, Florida Tennis people from Florida 1965 births Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diego Pérez (tennis)
Diego Pérez (; born 9 February 1962) is a retired professional tennis player from Uruguay. Pérez turned pro in 1981, and won one ATP Tour The ATP Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for men organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals. The second-tier tour is the ATP Challenger Tour and the third-tier is the ITF Men's World Tennis Tour. The equivalent women's organ ... singles and three doubles titles in his career, which lasted until 1995. He has the most singles wins for the Uruguay Davis Cup team (31, shared with Marcelo Filippini). ATP career finals Singles (1 win, 1 loss) Doubles (3 wins, 12 losses) External links * * * 1962 births Living people Uruguayan male tennis players Sportspeople from Montevideo South American Games medalists in tennis South American Games silver medalists for Uruguay Competitors at the 1978 Southern Cross Games {{Uruguay-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 Bordeaux Open
The 1985 Bordeaux Open also known as the Nabisco Grand Prix Passing Shot was a men's tennis tournament played on clay courts at Villa Primrose in Bordeaux, France that was part of the 1985 Nabisco Grand Prix circuit. It was the seventh edition of the tournament and took place from 16 September until 20 September 1985. Fifth-seeded Diego Pérez won the singles title. Finals Singles Diego Pérez defeated Jimmy Brown 6–4, 7–6 * It was Pérez' only singles title of his career. Doubles David Felgate / Steve Shaw defeated Libor Pimek Libor Pimek (born 3 August 1963) is a former professional male tennis player. Pimek's best Grand Slam singles result came at the 1987 US Open when he reached the 3rd round, losing to Swede Mats Wilander in straight sets. He won one singles tou ... / Blaine Willenborg 6–4, 5–7, 6–4 References External links ITF tournament edition details {{1985 Nabisco Grand Prix Bordeaux Open ATP Bordeaux Bordeaux Open Bordeaux Open ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesco Cancellotti
Francesco Cancellotti (born 27 February 1963) is a former tennis player from Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical .... Cancellotti won two singles titles during his professional career. He reached his career-high ATP singles ranking on 15 April 1985 as world No. 21. Career finals Singles (2 wins, 5 losses) Doubles (1 runner-up) References External links * * * 1963 births Living people Italian male tennis players Sportspeople from Perugia Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games medalists in tennis Competitors at the 1983 Mediterranean Games 20th-century Italian people {{Italy-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Higueras
José Higueras (; born 1 March 1953) is a tennis coach and former professional tennis player from Spain. Between 1976 and 1984, Higueras won 16 top-level singles titles. A semi-finalist at the French Open in 1982 and 1983, he reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 6 in 1983. He was also a member of the Spanish team which won the inaugural World Team Cup in 1978. Higueras retired from the professional tour in 1986. After retiring as a player, he became a successful tennis coach. He helped coach Michael Chang to the 1989 French Open title, and later, along with Brad Stine, coached Jim Courier to help him reach the world No. 1 singles ranking in 1992, as well as coaching Courier to two French Open titles (1991 and 1992) and two Australian Open titles (1992 and 1993). Higueras has also coached Todd Martin, Sergi Bruguera, Carlos Moyá, Pete Sampras, Dmitry Tursunov, Guillermo Coria, Robby Ginepri, Roger Federer and Shahar Pe'er, and created the José Higueras Tennis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 Bordeaux Open
The 1984 Bordeaux Open also known as the Grand Prix Passing Shot was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at Villa Primrose in Bordeaux, France that was part of the 1984 Volvo Grand Prix. It was the sixth edition of the tournament and was held from 17 September until 21 September 1984. Third-seeded José Higueras won the singles title. Finals Singles José Higueras defeated Francesco Cancellotti 7–6, 6–1 * It was Higueras' 2nd singles title of the year and the 16th and last of his career. Doubles Pavel Složil / Blaine Willenborg defeated Loïc Courteau / Guy Forget Guy Forget (; born 4 January 1965) is a French tennis administrator and retired professional player. During his career, he helped France win the Davis Cup in both 1991 and 1996. Since retiring as a player, he has served as France's Davis Cup te ... 6–1, 6–4 References External links ITF tournament edition details {{1984 Volvo Grand Prix Bordeaux Open ATP Bordeaux Bordeaux ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Aguilera (tennis)
Juan Aguilera Herrera (; born 22 March 1962) is a retired Spanish professional male tennis player. He was born in Barcelona, Spain. Aguilera has won five singles titles during his career, including one Grand Prix Championship Series title and one Tennis Masters shield, the Hamburg Masters The Hamburg European Open (formerly ''German Open Tennis Championships'') is an annual tennis tournament for professional players held in Hamburg, Germany and part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour. Before 2021, it was a mal ... in 1984 and 1990, defeating Boris Becker in the final of the latter in straight sets. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 7, achieved in September 1984. Career finals Singles (5 titles, 4 runner-ups) References * * External links * * * 1962 births Living people Spanish male tennis players Tennis players from Catalonia Tennis players from Barcelona {{Spain-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983 Bordeaux Open
The 1983 Bordeaux Open also known as the Grand Prix Passing Shot was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at Villa Primrose in Bordeaux, France that was part of the 1983 Volvo Grand Prix. It was the fifth edition of the tournament and took place from 19 September until 23 September 1983. Fourth-seeded Pablo Arraya won the singles tite. Finals Singles Pablo Arraya defeated Juan Aguilera 7–5, 7–5 * It was Arraya's only singles title of his career. Doubles Stefan Simonsson Per Stefan Mikael Simonsson (born 5 January 1960, in Hyltebruk) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing singles. During his career, he won 2 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high ... / Magnus Tideman defeated Francisco Yunis / Juan Carlos Yunis 6–4, 6–2 References External links ITF tournament edition details {{1983 Volvo Grand Prix Bordeaux Open ATP Bordeaux Bordeaux Open Bordeaux Open ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |