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Andrew Coelho
Andrew Coelho (born 2 October 1987) is a retired professional Australian 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. Coelho's highest ATP singles ranking is World No. 281, which he reached on 3 November 2008. His career high in doubles was at 207 set at 5 November 2007. ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 6 (4–2) Doubles: 15 (9–6) References External links * * * 1987 births Living people Australian male tennis players Australian people of Portuguese descent Tennis players from Melbourne 20th-century Australian people 21st-century Australian people {{australia-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metropolitan area known as Greater Melbourne, comprising an urban agglomeration of 31 local municipalities, although the name is also used specifically for the local municipality of City of Melbourne based around its central business area. The metropolis occupies much of the northern and eastern coastlines of Port Phillip Bay and spreads into the Mornington Peninsula, part of West Gippsland, as well as the hinterlands towards the Yarra Valley, the Dandenong and Macedon Ranges. It has a population over 5 million (19% of the population of Australia, as per 2021 census), mostly residing to the east side of the city centre, and its inhabitants are commonly referred to as "Melburnians". The area of Melbourne has been home to Aboriginal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Lindahl
Nick Lindahl (born 31 July 1988) is a former Australian tennis player. As a junior, he reached the final of the Boys' Singles at the 2006 Australian Open. He struggled to transition onto the men's circuit, and was later found guilty of match-fixing, for which he was given a seven-year ban. Lindahl reached a career high ATP Tour, ATP singles ranking of world No. 187, achieved on 17 May 2010. He also reached a career high ATP Tour, ATP doubles ranking of world No. 585, achieved on 29 July 2013. Personal life Lindahl was born in Sweden to Swedish parents but they emigrated to Australia when he was only 3 months old. Tennis career Early career Lindahl first gained recognition as a tennis player when he made the Australian Open Boy's Final in 2006. He lost to France, French teenager Alexandre Sidorenko 6–3, 7–6 (7–4). In August 2006, Lindahl won his first official tournament, winning the Futures tennis tournaments, Futures event in Australia F6. He beat fellow Aussie Sadik K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie Baker (tennis)
Jamie Baker (born 5 August 1986) is a retired British professional male tennis player, who was British No. 2 in 2008. He won the first match of Leon Smith's tenure as Davis Cup captain, in the tie against Turkey, helping Great Britain to a first Davis Cup win in three years. Baker has twelve Futures single titles; in doubles, he has 1 Challenger and four Futures titles. After retiring from tennis, Baker moved into Corporate Finance for a bank, whilst also being a part-time television pundit for Eurosport and the BBC. Early and personal life Baker's parents are Gordon and Lynn, and he has an older brother Steven. Baker first picked up a tennis racket at four, and holidayed at Center Parcs where he and Steven would win adult competitions. Baker went to junior tournaments all over the UK, and met the Murray brothers. Their mother Judy Murray counselled the Bakers that the best way to progress, would be for Jamie to leave home and move to the LTA Tennis Academy in Loughboroug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunderland
Sunderland () is a port city in Tyne and Wear, England. It is the City of Sunderland's administrative centre and in the Historic counties of England, historic county of County of Durham, Durham. The city is from Newcastle-upon-Tyne and is on the River Wear's mouth to the North Sea. The river also flows through Durham, England, Durham roughly south-west of Sunderland City Centre. It is the only other city in the county and the second largest settlement in the North East England, North East after Newcastle upon Tyne. Locals from the city are sometimes known as Mackems. The term originated as recently as the early 1980s; its use and acceptance by residents, particularly among the older generations, is not universal. At one time, ships built on the Wear were called "Jamies", in contrast with those Tyneside, from the Tyne, which were known as "Geordies", although in the case of "Jamie" it is not known whether this was ever extended to people. There were three original settlements ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Rushby
Thomas Rushby (6 September 1880 – 13 July 1962) was an English cricketer. He was a right-arm fast-medium bowler who played for Surrey from 1903 to 1921. In all first-class matches, he took 954 wickets at an average of 20.58. In his final season, he took all ten wickets for 43 runs in the Somerset ( en, All The People of Somerset) , locator_map = , coordinates = , region = South West England , established_date = Ancient , established_by = , preceded_by = , origin = , lord_lieutenant_office =Lord Lieutenant of Somerset , lord_ ... first innings at Taunton. References Cricinfo English cricketers Surrey cricketers [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Groth
Samuel Groth OLY, Member of Parliament#Australia, MP (born 19 October 1987) is an Australian politician and a former professional tennis player. Sitting as a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, Groth represents the Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division), Liberal Party in the seat of Electoral district of Nepean, Nepean. He is also the Shadow Minister for Youth and Shadow Minister for Tourism, Sport and Events since December 2022. His highest Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking was World No. 53, which he reached in August 2015. His career high in doubles was World No. 24, reached in February 2015. Groth's best singles result was a semi-final appearance at the 2014 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships. He hit the Fastest recorded tennis serves, fastest serve on record at 263 km/h (163.4 mph) in 2012 at the ATP Challenger in Busan. Prior to his political career, he worked for the Nine Network's tennis broadcasts and as a host on ''Postc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frinton-on-Sea
Frinton-on-Sea is a seaside town and (as just Frinton) a former civil parish, now in the parish of Frinton and Walton, in the Tendring district of Essex, England. In 2018 it had an estimated population of 4,837. In 1931 the parish had a population of 2196. History The place-name 'Frinton' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as ''Frientuna''. The name may mean 'fenced-in or enclosed town or settlement'. Until late Victorian times, Frinton-on-Sea was a church, several farms and a handful of cottages. In the 1890s, the original developer of the town, Peter Bruff, was bought out by the industrialist Richard Powell Cooper, who had already laid out the golf course. (Registration required). Powell Cooper rejected Bruff's plans for a pier, stipulated the quality of housing to be built and prohibited boarding houses and pubs. The Sea Defence Act 1903 established a project to stabilise the cliffs, with the Greensward, which separates the Esplanade from the se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horia Tecau
Horia or ''Horea'' may refer to: Places in Romania Communes * Horea, Alba *Horia, Constanța * Horia, Neamț *Horia, Tulcea * Hilișeu-Horia, Botoșani Villages *Horea, in Sanislău, Satu Mare *Horia, in Vladimirescu, Arad *Horia, in Surdila-Greci, Brăila *Horia, in Mitoc, Botoșani *Horia, in Axintele, Ialomiţa Other places *Horea, Satu Mare, a residential district Other uses * Horea, leader of a Romanian revolt in 1784 *Horia (beetle) *Horia (name), a Romanian given name * ''Horia'' (Bretan), a 1937 opera *''Horia'', an opera by Sabin Drăgoi *Horea, a small river in Romania and Hungary, tributary of the Crasna See also * Hora (other) Hora may refer to: Companies * Hora (company), a Romanian manufacturer of stringed musical instruments People * Hora (surname) * Hora (musician), member of the Japanese duo Schwarz Stein * Hora people, an indigenous people of Bolivia Places * ... * Horațiu * Horești (other) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rohan Bopanna
Rohan Bopanna ( ; born 4 March 1980) is an Indian professional tennis player. His tennis singles, singles career-high ranking was world No. 213 in 2007 and his career-high ranking in doubles was world No. 3 on 22 July 2013. He has been a member of the Indian Davis Cup team since 2002. Bopanna partnered with Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi in doubles in 2007. The duo, nicknamed the ''IndoPak Express'', went on to win four Challenger titles in quick succession. However, it was only in the 2010 season that the pair broke into the top-ten doubles teams. That year, they reached the quarterfinals at The Championships, Wimbledon, Wimbledon, finished runners-up in the 2010 US Open (tennis), US Open and in five ATP Tour events, and won the Joburg Open, Johannesburg Open. The Indian has won four Masters 1000 men's doubles tournaments: the 2011 and 2012 Paris Masters, the 2015 Madrid Open, and the 2017 Monte Carlo Masters. He was a finalist at the ATP World Tour Finals in 2012 and 2015. The player a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berri, South Australia
Berri is a city in the Riverland region of South Australia. It is 238 kilometres north-east of Adelaide, the capital of the state of South Australia and a few kilometres west of the SA-Victoria border. It is primarily an agriculture, agricultural and viticulture, viticultural city on the north bank of the Murray River. It is the original home of a juice company, Berri Ltd. History The name "Berri" is from the local Australian Aboriginal, Aboriginal tribe, Meri, meaning "a wide bend in the river". The area was first explored by European settlers when Charles Sturt navigated the Murray River. Its first impetus for settlement came when paddle steamers came down the River Murray and a refuelling stop was developed. This was to become Berri. The area was also part of Cobdogla Station pastoral run before it was broken up for closer farming. In 1910, irrigation was established and Berri was proclaimed as a town in 1911. Irrigation subsequently led to the establishment of vineyards and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Feeney
Adam Feeney (born 7 March 1985) is a professional Australian tennis player. Tennis career Feeney's highest ATP singles ranking was World No. 248, which he reached in September 2007. His career high in doubles was World No. 100, which he reached in April 2008. Adam Feeney was a successful junior, especially at doubles. At the 2003 Wimbledon Championships, Feeney, along with fellow Australian Chris Guccione, made the final of the Boys' Doubles. They lost the final to the Romanian pairing of Horia Tecău and Boys' Singles champion Florin Mergea. Feeney made his first final in a professional tournament in March 2006 in the Australia F4 tournament in Bairnsdale, Victoria. He lost to Konstantinos Economidis in the final. In August 2006 Feeney won his first pro tournament, the USA F21. He defeated South African Kevin Anderson in the final. In September 2006, Feeney won the Australia F9 tournament, winning the final against Miles Armstrong. In July 2007, Feeney won the Great Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carsten Ball
Carsten Thomas Ball (born 20 June 1987) is an American-Australian retired professional tennis player. Although born and based in the United States, Carsten has represented Australia on tour. Tennis career Carsten Ball was born in Newport Beach, California. His father, Syd Ball, was also a tour tennis player. As a junior tennis player he reached a career high of number 9 in the world. He continues to be based in Newport Beach, with his father as his coach. Ball has five Futures titles to his credit. His best singles results previously consisted of three runner up appearances in American Challengers in 2008 and 2009. In August 2009, Ball reached the final of the LA Tennis Open. He lost to sixth-seeded Sam Querrey. Later in August he qualified for the US Open, where he reached the second round, losing to Novak Djokovic in straight sets. Ball enjoyed considerable success as a doubles player, often partnering with fellow Australian Chris Guccione. Ball and Guccione won back-to-b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
