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Aniceto Álvarez
Aniceto Álvarez Álvarez (born October 24, 1957) is a former Spanish tennis player who reached as high as the eighth position in the Spanish national ranking. His best results as a professional came in doubles. He reached the semifinals at the 1976 Swedish Open partnering with Peter Fleming, and lost in the same round at the 1978 Columbus Open, this time alongside Andrés Molina Andrés Molina (10 November 1944 – 12 November 2003) was a Cuban boxer. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics. At the 1968 Summer Olympics, he lost to Manfred Wolke of East Germany. At the 1972 Summer Olympi .... References External links * * Spanish male tennis players Living people 1957 births {{Spain-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennis In Spain
Tennis is highly popular in Spain, and the country has produced several tennis players with international careers. Spain has won the Davis Cup six times (2000, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2019) and the Billie Jean King Cup (formerly Fed Cup) five times (1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998). Rafael Nadal is regarded as the greatest Spanish player of all time. He has won an all-time record 22 Grand Slam men's singles titles, the most in tennis history. He has won the French Open a record 14 times, between 2005 and 2022. After defeating then-world No. 1 Roger Federer in 2008, Nadal claimed the Wimbledon title in a historic final, having won the tournament twice thus far. In 2009, he became the first Spaniard win the Australian Open, a feat he repeated at the 2022 Australian Open. After defeating Novak Djokovic in the 2010 US Open final, he became the first man in history to win majors on clay, grass, and hard courts in a calendar year (Surface Slam), and the first Spaniard to complete a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1976 Swedish Open
The 1976 Swedish Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts held in Båstad, Sweden. It was a Three Star category tournament and part of the Grand Prix circuit. It was the 29th edition of the tournament and was held from 4 July through 11 July 1976. Unseeded Tonino Zugarelli won the singles title. Finals Singles Tonino Zugarelli defeated Corrado Barazzutti 4–6, 7–5, 6–2 Doubles Fred McNair / Sherwood Stewart defeated Wojciech Fibak / Juan Gisbert 6–3, 6–4 References External links ITF tournament edition details {{1976 WTA Tour Swedish Open Swedish Open Swedish Open Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ... July 1976 sports events in Europe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Fleming (tennis)
Peter Blair Fleming (born January 21, 1955 in Chatham Borough, New Jersey) is an American former professional tennis player. In his doubles partnership with John McEnroe, he won 52 titles, of which seven were at Grand Slams (four at Wimbledon, three at the US Open). As a singles player, he peaked at world No. 8, winning three titles (including the 1979 Cincinnati Open). Tennis career Fleming attended Chatham High School, where he won the New Jersey high school individual championship in 1972, during his junior year. He won the men's singles in the Ojai Tennis Tournament in 1975. During the 1980s, Fleming teamed up with fellow American John McEnroe to dominate the men's doubles game. The duo won 52 doubles titles together, including four at Wimbledon (1979, 1981, 1983 and 1984), and three at the US Open (1979, 1981 and 1983). Fleming once said that "The best doubles pair in the world is John McEnroe and anyone". Fleming also played on three American Davis Cup winning teams ( 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Columbus Open
The Columbus Open, also known as the Buckeye Tennis Championships or Buckeye Open, is a defunct affiliated men's tennis tournament played from 1970 to 1984 in Columbus, Ohio, in the United States. The inaugural edition in 1970 was an invitational tournament with eight top independent professional players. It was played on synthetic hard court at the newly created 3,200-seat stadium at the Buckeye Boys Ranch in Grove City, Ohio, Grove City, a suburb of Columbus. From 1971 until 1984 the tournament was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit, Grand Prix circuit. The tournament was played on Clay court, outdoor clay courts from 1971 to 1979, and then played on Hard court, outdoor hard courts from 1980 to 1984. Brian Teacher was the most successful player at the tournament, winning the singles competition twice and the doubles competition three times with three different partners; once with American William Brown (tennis), William Brown, once with American Bruce Manson and once with Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrés Molina (tennis)
Andrés Molina (10 November 1944 – 12 November 2003) was a Cuban boxer. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics. At the 1968 Summer Olympics, he lost to Manfred Wolke of East Germany. At the 1972 Summer Olympics, he defeated Pentti Saarman and Anatoliy Kamnev, before losing to Ray Seales "Sugar" Ray Seales, (born September 4, 1952) is an American former boxer. He was the only American boxer to win a gold medal in the 1972 Summer Olympics. As a professional, he fought middleweight champion Marvin Hagler three times. He is also .... References 1944 births 2003 deaths Cuban male boxers Olympic boxers for Cuba Boxers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Pan American Games medalists in boxing Boxers at the 1967 Pan American Games Sportspeople from Villa Clara Province Welterweight boxers Medalists at the 1967 Pan American Games 20th-century Cuban people [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Male Tennis Players
Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Canada * Spanish River (other), the name of several rivers * Spanish Town, Jamaica Other uses * John J. Spanish (1922–2019), American politician * "Spanish" (song), a single by Craig David, 2003 See also * * * Español (other) * Spain (other) * España (other) * Espanola (other) * Hispania, the Roman and Greek name for the Iberian Peninsula * Hispanic, the people, nations, and cultures that have a historical link to Spain * Hispanic (other) * Hispanism * Spain (other) * National and regional identity in Spain * Culture of Spain * Spanish Fort (other) Spanish Fort or Old Spanish Fort may refer to: United States * Spanish Fort, Alabama, a city * Spanish Fort (Colorad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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