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ATP Geneva
The Geneva Open is an ATP Tour (formerly Grand Prix) affiliated tennis tournament that was held annually from 1980 to 1991 in Geneva, Switzerland on clay courts. In November 2014 the ATP announced that the Düsseldorf tournament would be moved to Geneva where it would be held in 2015 as a 250 tournament. Mats Wilander, Stan Wawrinka, and Casper Ruud are the singles record-holders, each with two back-to-back editions won. Mate Pavić is the doubles record-holder with three wins, two with Oliver Marach and one with Nikola Mektić. Balázs Taróczy Balázs Taróczy ( hu, Taróczy Balázs; born 9 May 1954) is a retired tennis player from Hungary. The right-hander won 13 singles titles in his career, and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 12 in April 1982. Tennis career Ta ... is the only player to win both singles and doubles title the same year. Past finals Singles Doubles External linksOfficial Website {{ATP World Series tournaments Tennis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Of Tennis Professionals
The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) is the governing body of the men's professional tennis circuits – the ATP Tour, the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP Champions Tour. It was formed in September 1972 by Donald Dell, Jack Kramer, and Cliff Drysdale to protect the interests of professional tennis players, and Drysdale became the first President. Since 1990, the association has organized the ATP Tour, the worldwide tennis tour for men and linked the title of the tour with the organization's name. It is the governing body of men's professional tennis. In 1990 the organization was called the ATP Tour, which was renamed in 2001 as just ATP and the tour being called ATP Tour. In 2009 the name of the tour was changed again and was known as the ATP World Tour, but changed again to the ATP Tour by 2019. It is an evolution of the tour competitions previously known as Grand Prix tennis tournaments and World Championship Tennis (WCT).The ATP's global headquarters are in London. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980 Geneva Open
The 1980 Geneva Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts that was part of the 1980 Volvo Grand Prix. It was played at Geneva in Switzerland and was held from 22 September until 28 September 1980. Third-seeded Balázs Taróczy won the singles title. Finals Singles Balázs Taróczy defeated Adriano Panatta 6–3, 6–2 * It was Taróczy's 3rd singles title of the year and the 9th of his career. Doubles Željko Franulović / Balázs Taróczy defeated Heinz Günthardt Heinz Peter Günthardt (born 8 February 1959) is a retired tennis player from Switzerland. Tennis player career Günthardt won five singles titles during his professional career, including the Rotterdam WCT in 1980. The right-hander reached hi ... / Markus Günthardt 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 * It was Franulović's only title of the year and the 16th of his career. It was Taróczy's 5th title of the year and the 16th of his career. References External links ITF tournament edition detai ... [...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] |
Henri Leconte
Henri Leconte (born 4 July 1963) is a French former professional tennis player. He reached the men's singles final at the French Open in 1988, won the French Open men's doubles title in 1984, and helped France win the Davis Cup in 1991. Leconte's career-high singles ranking was world No. 5. Biography and career Leconte first came to the tennis world's attention as an outstanding junior player who won the French Open junior title in 1981. He turned professional that year and won his first career doubles title at Bologna, and his first top-level singles title the following year, 1982, in Stockholm. Leconte played in the Davis Cup final for the first time in 1982, when France was defeated 4–1 by the United States. Leconte teamed up with Yannick Noah to win the men's doubles title at the French Open in 1984. In 1985, Leconte and Noah reached a second Grand Slam doubles final at the US Open, where they finished runners-up. Leconte reached his career-high doubles ranking of world N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986 Geneva Open
The 1986 Geneva Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts that was part of the 1986 Nabisco Grand Prix. It was the seventh edition of the tournament and was played at Geneva in Switzerland from 8 September through 15 September 1986. First-seeded Henri Leconte won the singles title. Finals Singles Henri Leconte defeated Thierry Tulasne 7–5, 6–3 * It was Leconte's 1st singles title of the year and the 5th of his career. Doubles Andreas Maurer / Jörgen Windahl Jörgen Windahl (born 12 March 1963) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. Career Windahl was the Boys' Singles Champion at the 1981 Australian Open, the first Swede to win the junior title. He defeated Pat Cash in the final. In ... defeated Gustavo Luza / Gustavo Tiberti 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 * It was Maurer's only title of the year and the 3rd of his career. It was Windahl's only title of the year and the 1st of his career. References External links ITF tournament e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 Geneva Open
The 1985 Geneva Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts that was part of the 1985 Nabisco Grand Prix. It was played at Geneva, Switzerland from 16 September through 23 September 1985. Third-seeded Tomáš Šmíd won the singles title. Finals Singles Tomáš Šmíd defeated Mats Wilander 6–4, 6–4 * It was Šmíd's 6th title of the year and the 46th of his career. Doubles Sergio Casal / Emilio Sánchez defeated Carlos Kirmayr Carlos Kirmayr (born 23 September 1950) is a retired Brazilian professional tennis player. Kirmayr won a total of 10 Grand Prix doubles titles. In singles, he achieved a career-high ranking of World No. 36. Career finals Singles 6 (1–5) ... / Cássio Motta 6–4, 4–6, 7–5 * It was Casal's 3rd title of the year and the 3rd of his career. It was Sánchez's 2nd title of the year and the 2nd of his career. References External links ITF tournament edition details {{DEFAULTSORT:Geneva Open,1985 20th cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Krickstein
Aaron Krickstein (born August 2, 1967), nicknamed "Marathon Man", is an American former professional tennis player who competed on the ATP Tour from 1983 to 1996. He currently competes on the Outback Champions Series Over-30 tour. Krickstein reached his career high ATP ranking of World No. 6 on February 26, 1990. He achieved this ranking on the back of wins in Sydney and Los Angeles, as well as his best ever results at Wimbledon and the US Open. He is perhaps best known for his five-set, marathon loss to Jimmy Connors at the 1991 US Open, which ESPN called "an instant classic". Personal life Krickstein was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the son of Evelyn, a stay-at-home mom, and Herb Krickstein, a pathologist. His sister, Kathy, won the Big Ten tennis championship in 1978. He is the uncle of LPGA golfer Morgan Pressel, Kathy's daughter. Krickstein is Jewish and in the early 1990s was one of three highly ranked Jewish-American tennis players, along with Jay Berger and Brad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 Geneva Open
The 1984 Geneva Open was a men's tennis tournament played on clay courts that was part of the 1984 Volvo Grand Prix. It was played at Geneva in Switzerland from 17 September through 23 September 1984. Fifth-seeded Aaron Krickstein won the singles title. Fifth-seeded Aaron Krickstein won the singles title. The doubles final could not be played due to rain. It was rescheduled to the first day of the 1984 Stockholm Open tournament in late October and was played on the indoor hard courts of the Kungliga tennishallen. Finals Singles Aaron Krickstein defeated Henrik Sundström 6–7, 6–1, 6–4 * It was Krickstein's 3rd singles title of the year and the 4th of his career. Doubles Michael Mortensen / Mats Wilander defeated Libor Pimek / Tomáš Šmíd Tomáš Šmíd (born 20 May 1956) is a former tennis player from Czechoslovakia, who won nine singles titles during his career. In doubles, he won 54 titles and was world No. 1 in doubles from December 17, 1984 to August 11, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henrik Sundström
Henrik Sundström (born 29 February 1964) is a former professional male tennis player from Sweden. He is nicknamed Henke. Sundström was at his best on clay and achieved his strongest results on this surface, with his solid and heavy topspin groundstrokes from the baseline. He reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 6. Tennis career Sundström turned professional in 1981 and in 1982 he went on to make his first final at the Swedish Open in Båstad losing to countryman and reigning French Open champion Mats Wilander. In 1983 Sundström won his first ATP title in Nice over Manuel Orantes and made the final of Madrid, losing to Yannick Noah who later went on to win the French Open that year. Sundström also made his Davis Cup debut against New Zealand in the quarter finals played at Eastbourne on grass. He lost both of his matches, but Sweden still won the tie and make the final that year against Australia. 1984 was the best year of Sundström's career as he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983 Geneva Open
The 1983 Geneva Open was a men's tennis tournament played on clay courts that was part of the 1983 Volvo Grand Prix. It was played at Geneva in Switzerland and took place from 19 September until 25 September 1983. First-seeded Mats Wilander won the singles title. Finals Singles Mats Wilander defeated Henrik Sundström 3–6, 6–1, 6–3 * It was Wilander's 6th singles title of the year and the 10th of his career. Doubles Stanislav Birner / Blaine Willenborg defeated Joakim Nyström / Mats Wilander Mats Arne Olof Wilander (; born 22 August 1964) is a Swedish former world No. 1 tennis player. From 1982 to 1988, he won seven major singles titles (three at the French Open, three at the Australian Open, and one at the US Open), and one major ... 6–1, 2–6, 6–3 * It was Birner's only title of the year and the 1st of his career. It was Willenborg's only title of the year and the 1st of his career. References External links ITF tournament edition details {{DEFA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1982 Geneva Open
The 1982 Geneva Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts that was part of the 1982 Volvo Grand Prix. It was played at Geneva in Switzerland and was held from 20 September until 26 September 1982. Second-seeded Mats Wilander on the singles title. Finals Singles Mats Wilander defeated Tomáš Šmíd 7–5, 4–6, 6–4 * It was Wilander's 3rd singles title of the year and of his career. Doubles Pavel Složil / Tomáš Šmíd defeated Carl Limberger Carl Limberger (born 24 January 1964) is a former professional tennis player Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player u ... / Mike Myburg 6–4, 6–0 * It was Složil's 5th title of the year and the 8th of his career. It was Šmíd's 7th title of the year and the 19th of his career. References External links ITF tournament edition details 20th century in Geneva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomáš Šmíd
Tomáš Šmíd (born 20 May 1956) is a former tennis player from Czechoslovakia, who won nine singles titles during his career. In doubles, he won 54 titles and was world No. 1 in doubles from December 17, 1984 to August 11, 1985. The right-hander reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world No. 11 in July 1984. Šmíd participated in 31 Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the organis ... ties for Czechoslovakia from 1977–1989, posting a 20-10 record in doubles and a 22-15 record in singles. Career finals Singles: 28 (9 wins, 19 losses) Doubles: 101 (54 wins, 47 losses) Grand Slam finals Doubles: 3 (2 wins, 1 loss) External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Smid, Tomas 1956 births Living people Czech male tennis players Czechoslovak male tennis player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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