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ATP Rye Brook
The Rye Brook Open was a Grand Prix tennis circuit, Grand Prix affiliated men's tennis tournament held in Rye Brook, New York. It was held twice: once in 1987 and once in 1988 and both were held on Hard court, outdoor hard courts. Results Singles Doubles External linksATP Tour Website Rye Brook Open, Defunct tennis tournaments in the United States Hard court tennis tournaments Grand Prix tennis circuit Tennis tournaments in New York (state) {{NewYork-sport-stub ... [...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] |
Jeff Klaparda
Jeff Klaparda (born November 7, 1963) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Biography Klaparda, who is Jewish, won a gold medal at the 1981 Maccabiah Games in Israel, in the mixed doubles with Andrea Leand. He went to UCLA in the early 1980s and was an All-American player on the UCLA Bruins, tennis team. In the 1984 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships he was captain of the UCLA side that won the Championship and he also made the semi-finals of the singles. He won the 1984 USTA National Amateur Clay Courts title. At a Grand Prix tennis circuit, Grand Prix tournament in Grand Prix Cleveland, Cleveland in 1984, Klaparda had an upset win over top 20 player Bill Scanlon, before exiting in the semi-finals. Soon after he qualified for the main draw in the 1984 US Open (tennis), 1984 US Open and beat countryman John Hayes (tennis), John Hayes in the first round, then lost a four-set second round match to eight seed Aaron Krickstein. It was his only Grand Slam a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defunct Tennis Tournaments In The United States
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Rye Brook Open
The Rye Brook Open was a Grand Prix affiliated men's tennis tournament held in Rye Brook, New York Rye Brook is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States, within the town of Rye. The population was 9,347 at the 2010 census. Rye Brook has been designated as a Tree City USA for 14 years. History Rye Brook is located in sout .... It was held twice: once in 1987 and once in 1988 and both were held on outdoor hard courts. Results Singles Doubles External linksATP Tour Website Defunct tennis tournaments in the United States Hard court tennis tournaments Grand Prix tennis circuit Tennis tournaments in New York (state) {{NewYork-sport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Mortensen
Michael Mortensen (born 12 March 1961) is a former professional tennis player from Denmark. Mortensen achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 34 in 1988 and a career-high singles ranking of world No. 301 in 1984. He won five ATP doubles titles. Mortensen participated in 22 Davis Cup ties for Denmark from 1979 to 1990, posting an 11–13 record in doubles and a 12–14 record in singles. Mortensen later became a coach. He was the captain of the Denmark Fed Cup team in 2011 competing for 2011 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I. Among players he coached was the WTA top-5 player and Chinese No. 1 Li Na Li Na (born 26 February 1982) is a Chinese former professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high WTA ranking of world No. 2 on 17 February 2014. Over the course of her career, Li won nine WTA Tour singles titles including two Grand Sl ..., who won the 2011 French Open Women's Singles title under Mortensen. Career finals Doubles: 12 (5 titles, 7 runner-up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Bates (tennis Player)
Michael Jeremy Bates (born 19 June 1962) is a British former professional tennis player. He was ranked UK number 1 in 1987 and from 1989 to 1994. He reached a career-high ATP world ranking of 54 from 17 April 1995 to 23 April 1995. During his career he won two Grand Slam mixed doubles titles, Wimbledon in 1987 and the Australian Open in 1991, with tennis partner Jo Durie as well as one singles title and three men's doubles titles. After retiring from the professional circuit, he served as the captain of Britain's Davis Cup team from 2004 to 2006. Career Bates turned professional in 1982. Partnering his fellow British player Jo Durie, he won the mixed doubles titles at Wimbledon in 1987, the first British doubles team to win the title for 51 years and the Australian Open in 1991, the first time a British doubles team has ever won the title. He was also a Men's Doubles runner-up at the Australian Open in 1988 (partnering Sweden's Peter Lundgren). As a singles player, he r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Castle
Andrew Nicholas Castle (born 15 November 1963) is a British broadcaster and former tennis player. Castle was UK number 1 in singles tennis in 1986, reaching as high as World No. 80 in June 1988, and No. 45 in doubles in December 1988, with Tim Wilkison of the United States. Castle reached one Grand Slam final in his career in the 1987 Australian Open mixed doubles event with Anne Hobbs. He won three ATP titles in men's doubles, as well as one title on the Challenger tour. He won in prize money (equivalent to in 1992). Between 2000 and 2010, Castle was a presenter on the now defunct ITV breakfast programme ''GMTV'', sharing duties with Ben Shephard to present its weekday magazine programme. In 2009, he began presenting the ITV daytime game show ''Divided''. In 2013, Castle began presenting for LBC. He has also taken part in ''Strictly Come Dancing'' and ''71 Degrees North''. Early life Castle was born in Epsom, Surrey. His mother, Lavinia Pollock (the great-grandchild of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988 Rye Brook Open – Doubles
Lloyd Bourne and Jeff Klaparda were the defending champions, but did not participate this year. Andrew Castle and Tim Wilkison won the title, defeating Jeremy Bates and Michael Mortensen 4–6, 7–5, 7–6 in the final. Seeds # Jeremy Bates / Michael Mortensen ''(final)'' # Eric Jelen / Patrik Kühnen ''(quarterfinals)'' # Andrew Castle / Tim Wilkison (champions) # Matt Anger / Michiel Schapers Michiel Schapers (born 11 October 1959) is a former tennis player from the Netherlands. Tennis career Turning professional in 1982, Schapers represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where he was defeated in quarterfi ... ''(semifinals)'' Draw Draw ReferencesDraw {{DEFAULTSORT:1988 Rye Brook Open - Doubles Doubles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Woodforde
Mark Raymond Woodforde, OAM (born 23 September 1965) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. He is best known as one half of "The Woodies", a doubles partnership with Todd Woodbridge. Woodforde was born in Adelaide, and joined the men's professional tennis ATP Tour in 1984. Woodforde won four singles titles, including his hometown Adelaide tournament twice. His best singles result in a Grand Slam was reaching the semi-final of the Australian Open in 1996, his 38th Grand Slam singles tournament, which remains a record for the longest time taken to reach a maiden semi-final. Woodforde is best known for his doubles success, having won twelve Grand Slam doubles titles in his career – one French Open, two Australian Opens, three US Opens, and a record six Wimbledons. Eleven of these victories came as a member of the Woodies, and he won the 1989 US Open doubles with John McEnroe. He also won five Grand Slam mixed doubles titles – one French Open, two Australian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball cove ... from Australia. Limberger won one doubles title and reached eight doubles finals when on the ATP Circuit. His highest singles ranking was World Number 71 on 11 May 1987. His highest doubles ranking was World Number 53 on 6 July 1987. The right-hander resides in Sydney. Career finals Doubles: 8 (1 win – 7 losses) External links * * Australian male tennis players Sportspeople from Wagga Wagga Tennis players from Sydney Australian people of German descent 1964 births Living people {{australia-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lloyd Bourne
Lloyd Bourne (born October 18, 1958) 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 ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ... player from the United States. Bourne attended St. Francis High School in La Canada, California, transferring to Blair High in Pasadena as a senior. He played for Stanford in college on its NCAA Championship team in 1981. During his career, Bourne won one doubles titles. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 71 in 1982 and a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 42 in 1987. Grand Prix Tour finals Singles (2 losses) Doubles (1 win, 1 loss) External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bourne, Lloyd American male tennis players Tennis players from Los Angeles Sportspeople from Pasadena, California Stanford Cardinal men's tennis players 1958 birth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |