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Andoni Vivanco-Guzmán
Andoni Vivanco-Guzmán (born 15 October 1990) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. Born in Getxo, Vivanco-Guzmán competed mostly on the ITF Futures circuit, where he won a total of 18 titles across singles and doubles. He had career best rankings of 408 in singles and 307 in doubles. His only ATP Tour main draw appearance came in doubles at the 2008 Valencia Open. Vivanco-Guzmán is a former tour coach of Lara Arruabarrena Lara Arruabarrena Vecino (; born 20 March 1992) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. On 3 July 2017, she reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of 52, and her best doubles ranking is world No. 28, set on 22 February 2016. Arr .... ITF Futures titles Singles: (3) Doubles: (15) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vivanco-Guzman, Andoni 1990 births Living people Spanish male tennis players Sportspeople from Biscay Sportspeople from Getxo Tennis players from the Basque Country (autonomous community) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Getxo
Getxo () is a town located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, in Spain. It is part of Greater Bilbao, and has 77,946 inhabitants (2019). Getxo is mostly an affluent residential area, as well as being the third largest municipality of Biscay. History Getxo (formerly spelt ''Guecho'') was a parish (''elizatea, ''anteiglesia'), originally a rural area, including a large beach at the mouth of the Estuary of Bilbao, centered on the little fishing village of Algorta. The parish council met at the church of ''Getxoko Andra Mari'' (Basque) or ''Santa María de Getxo'' (Spanish) (both mean Saint Mary of Getxo), not far from the headland called Punta Galea. The town's coat of arms has an oak with two cauldrons chained to its branches and the motto ''Kaltea Dagianak Bizarra Lepoan'' (Basque for "Who makes evil, the beard at the back"). It is a proverb meaning that the evil doers look back, fearing revenge. With industrialisation in the 19th centur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armin Sandbichler
Armin Sandbichler (born 22 January 1985) is an Austrian former professional tennis player. Born in Schwaz, Sandbichler was a left-handed player and turned professional in 2005. He made his only ATP Tour singles main draw appearance at the 2006 Austrian Open, falling to Dušan Vemić Dušan Vemić ( sr-cyr, Душан Вемић; born 17 June 1976) is a Serbian tennis coach and former professional tennis player. Professional career His professional tennis career started in 1995, and his career high was No. 146 in singles (re ... in the first round. In 2007 he reached his career high singles ranking of 421 in the world. He won two singles and five doubles titles at ITF Futures level. ITF Futures titles Singles: (2) Doubles: (5) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sandbichler, Armin 1985 births Living people Austrian male tennis players Sportspeople from Tyrol (state) People from Schwaz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Ángel López Jaén
Miguel Ángel López Jaén (; born 29 November 1982 in Elche, Spain) is a professional tennis player from Spain. Junior career López Jaén had a brief career at the top level of Juniors play, reaching a high of No. 76 in April 2000 before turning his sights on pro tournaments. Professional career 2000 to 2007 López Jaén cracked the top-300 as a 20-year-old in 2003, but was sidelined by injury early in 2004. He regained his form in 2007, when he again cracked the top-300 late in the year. 2008 From January through March, López Jaén met with limited success, failing to qualify in his ATP attempts, and having limited success at the Futures level. However, in April, López Jaén qualified into his first ATP tournament, beating No. 161 Dušan Vemić in the qualifying round before bowing out to No. 27 Nicolás Almagro in the main draw in Valencia, Spain. After failing to qualify the next week in Barcelona, he beat his first top-100 opponent, No. 97 Peter Luczak, at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murcia
Murcia (, , ) is a city in south-eastern Spain, the capital and most populous city of the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia, and the seventh largest city in the country. It has a population of 460,349 inhabitants in 2021 (about one third of the total population of the Region). The total population of the metropolitan area is 672,773 in 2020, covering an urban area of 1,230.9 km2. It is located on the Segura River, in the southeast of the Iberian Peninsula. It has a climate with hot summers, mild winters, and relatively low precipitation. Murcia was founded by the emir of Cordoba Abd ar-Rahman II in 825 with the name ''Mursiyah'' ( ar, مرسية). It is now mainly a services city and a university town. Highlights for visitors include the Cathedral of Murcia and a number of baroque buildings, renowned local cuisine, Holy Week procession, works of art by the famous Murcian sculptor Francisco Salzillo, and the ''Fiestas de Primavera'' (Spring Festival). The city, as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Bester
Philip Bester (born October 6, 1988) is a Canadian former professional tennis player from North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Bester was a finalist at the 2006 junior French Open. In doing so he became the first Canadian male to reach a Grand Slam final in singles. As a junior Bester was coached by his dad Alek Bester from age 5 when he started. Alek, a long time P.E. teacher at York House School in Vancouver, was the core of Philip's physical and tennis development till around the age of 16. Rufus Nel a high performance coach from South Africa was also a big part of Philip's early development, contributing his tennis knowledge and expertise on the game of tennis. At age 13, still coached by his dad, Philip moved down to Florida to attend the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy. There he spent 4 years, before teaming up with Jon Sorbo for the 2006 year. He was a member of the 2005 Canadian Davis Cup team as a 17-year-old. He was also voted British Columbia's junior male ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boy Westerhof
Boy Westerhof (born 25 October 1985) is a Dutch professional tennis player and competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures, both in singles and doubles. Westerhof reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 201 on 27 August 2012, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 132, on 8 June 2015. 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, an ... . Retrieved 25 October 2014. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergio Gutiérrez Ferrol
Sergio Gutiérrez Ferrol (; born 5 March 1989) is a tennis player from Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i .... He was Spanish junior champion in 2007 and has achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 156 in August 2018. His best result at tour level was reaching the quarterfinals of Casablanca. Career statistics Singles: 2 (1-1) Challenger finals: 1 title, 1 runners-up Notes References Sources * * Living people 1989 births Spanish male tennis players Sportspeople from Alicante Tennis players from the Valencian Community 21st-century Spanish people {{Spain-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irun
Irun ( es, Irún, eu, Irun) is a town of the Bidasoaldea region in the province of Gipuzkoa in the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Autonomous Community, Spain. History It lies on the foundations of the ancient Oiasso, cited as a Ancient Rome, Roman-Vascones, Vasconic town. During the Spanish Civil War, the city was site of the 1936 Battle of Irun, which ended with a strategic victory for the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalist forces. Location and transport One of the biggest towns in Gipuzkoa, its location on the France–Spain border, border between Spain and France, across the Bidasoa river from Hendaye), has made Irun into a commercial and logistic centre. Irun railway station is a major break-of-gauge where the SNCF Rail tracks, rails meet the broad gauge Renfe ones. Currently Irun has a fairground with a modern exhibition and telecommunication facilities, just some 100 metres away from the actual border at the Santiago Bridge (river Bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pablo Carreño Busta
Pablo Carreño Busta (; born 12 July 1991) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 10 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved on 11 September 2017. He also reached a best doubles ranking of No. 16, on 17 July 2017. He has won seven singles titles, including a Masters 1000 title at the Canadian Open, and four doubles titles on the ATP Tour. Representing Spain, Carreño Busta has won an Olympic bronze medal in men's singles at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics (defeating world No. 1 Novak Djokovic en route) and was a member of the Spanish team that won the 2019 Davis Cup. Career Juniors Carreño Busta reached as high as No. 6 in the combined junior world rankings in February 2009. 2009–13: Early pro tour, Grand Slam debut His first appearance in an ATP Tour tournament was at the 2011 Barcelona Open, where he lost in the first round to Benoît Paire. He has reached 18 singles finals competing in ITF Futures to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Trujillo Soler
Gabriel Trujillo Soler (; born 30 September 1979) is a Spanish professional tennis player. ATP tournaments finals Singles (1 title, 1 runner-up) References External links * * Living people Spanish male tennis players Tennis players from Barcelona 1979 births {{spain-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oviedo
Oviedo (; ast, Uviéu ) is the capital city of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain and the administrative and commercial centre of the region. It is also the name of the municipality that contains the city. Oviedo is located approximately southwest of Gijón and south of Avilés, both of which lie on the shoreline of the Bay of Biscay. Oviedo's proximity to the ocean of less than in combination with its elevated position with areas of the city more than 300 metres above sea level causes the city to have a maritime climate, in spite of its not being located on the shoreline itself. History The Kingdom of Asturias began in 720, with the Visigothic aristocrat Pelagius's (685–737) revolt against the Muslims who at the time were occupying most of the Iberian Peninsula. The Moorish invasion that began in 711 had taken control of most of the peninsula, until the revolt in the northern mountains by Pelagius. The resulting Kingdom of Asturias, located in an eco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Clar
Pedro Clar Rosselló (born 23 January 1986) is a Spanish tennis coach and former professional player. Clar, born in Llucmajor, was at a time the second ranked Mallorcan player on tour behind Rafael Nadal. He reached a best world ranking of 237 in 2010, appearing in all four grand slam qualifying draws that year. During his career he won 11 ITF Futures singles titles. A member of the Rafa Nadal Academy, Clar is on the coaching team of Norwegian player Casper Ruud Casper Ruud (born 22 December 1998) is a Norwegian professional tennis player. Ruud has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 2, achieved on 12 September 2022, making him the highest-ranked Norwegian tennis player in history. He has won nine ... and helped the Norwegian reach two grand slam finals in 2022. ATP Challenger/ITF Futures finals Singles: 20 (11–9) Doubles: 19 (7–12) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Clar, Pedro 1986 births Living people Spanish male tennis players Spanish te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
