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Antonio Veić
Antonio Veić (born 18 February 1988) is a Croatian former professional tennis player and current coach. His highest singles ranking is 119, which was reached on 14 May 2012. Tennis career 2009 Veić received a wild card for Zagreb Indoors and caused an upset as he beat ex-top 10 player Guillermo Cañas 4–6, 6–4, 6–2. Betfair started an internal investigation after Cañas had been "trading as a rank outsider" although Veić was considered an underdog before the match. Veić issued a brief statement calling the allegations 'ridiculous and unfounded'. Veić continued his successful run following a 3–6, 7–6, 6–4 victory over Evgeny Korolev. It came to an end after he lost to fellow Croat Marin Čilić 6–2, 7–6. 2010 Veic qualified for the 2010 Australian Open Men's Singles draw, where he beat Daniel Köllerer of Austria 6–4, 3–6, 6–7, 6–1, 6–4. He fell to Gaël Monfils Gaël Sébastien Monfils (; born 1 September 1986) is a French professional ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mali Lošinj
Mali Lošinj ( it, Lussinpiccolo, vec, Lusinpicolo) is a town in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, on the island of Lošinj, in western Croatia. At the time of the 2011 census, there were 8,116 inhabitants, of whom 86% were Croats. The favourable climatic conditions, the construction of hotels and resorts, foresting and maintenance of beaches have led to an intensive development of tourism. The town is located in the most protected part of the Lošinj bay, on the eastern, sunny side of the island. The asteroid 10415 Mali Lošinj is named after this town. History The town was first mentioned in 1398, under the name Malo selo ("small village"). In 1868, it experienced its golden year. There were as many as eleven shipyards, and it became the place with the largest and most developed merchant marine in the Adriatic Sea, even ahead of cities like Rijeka, Trieste and Venice. American author Kenneth Roberts observed that the little town, like some in southern Maine, seemed to have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous city and state. A landlocked country, Austria is bordered by Germany to the northwest, the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia to the northeast, Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The country occupies an area of and has a population of 9 million. Austria emerged from the remnants of the Eastern and Hungarian March at the end of the first millennium. Originally a margraviate of Bavaria, it developed into a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire in 1156 and was later made an archduchy in 1453. In the 16th century, Vienna began serving as the empire's administrative capital and Austria thus became the heartland of the Habsburg monarchy. After the dissolution of the H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1988 Births
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Andreas Haider-Maurer
Andreas Haider-Maurer (; born 22 March 1987) is a retired professional tennis player from Austria. In the first round of the 2010 US Open, he forced world No. 5 Robin Söderling to a fifth set before losing the match. That same year, Haider-Maurer reached the final of his home tournament in Vienna. He lost to compatriot, defending champion and top seed Jürgen Melzer Jürgen Melzer (born 22 May 1981) is an Austrian former professional tennis player. Melzer reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 8 in April 2011, and a doubles ranking of world No. 6 in September 2010. He has a younger brother, Gera .... In late 2015, Haider-Maurer suffered a right heel injury and it eventually turned out that he missed the whole 2016 season. He retired in January 2019 after 3 years of injury problems. Haider-Maurer won 9 Challenger events and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 47 in April 2015. ATP career finals Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) Singles performance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Arimex Challenger Trophy
The 2014 Arimex ATP Challenger Trophy was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the eighth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place at the TC EMPIRE in Trnava, Slovakia from 15 to 21 September 2014. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Karol Beck * Jan Choinski * Jan Hájek * Miloslav Mečíř Jr. The following player received a special exemption into the singles main draw: * Benjamin Balleret The following player received a protected ranking into the singles main draw: * Steve Darcis The following player entered into the singles main draw as an alternate: * Jan Mertl The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Victor Crivoi * Dennis Novak * Franko Škugor * Artem Smirnov Champions Singles * Andreas Haider-Maurer def. Antonio Veić, 2–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4) Doubles * Roman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian Ungur
Adrian Ungur (born 22 January 1985) is a Romanian former tennis player who mainly competed on the ATP Challenger Tour. He was a member of the Romania Davis Cup Team and was coached by Fabrizio Fanucci. In June 2012, Ungur reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 79. His most notable result was a four set victory over former World No. 3 David Nalbandian in the first round of the 2012 French Open. Personal life In 2006 Adrian married Liana, who is also a professional tennis player and daughter of Romanian football legend Ilie Balaci. Career Juniors Ungur reached as high as No. 10 in the junior singles world rankings in January 2003. 2012: Grand Slam debut and first top-10 win Following some good results in Challenger events, Adrian entered into the main draw at the 2012 French Open, his first main draw appearance at Grand Slam level. He beat former world No. 3 David Nalbandian in the first round, before being defeated in four sets by Roger Federer in the secon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 San Marino GO&FUN Open
The 2014 San Marino GO&FUN Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. The 27th edition of the tournament, which was part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour, took place in City of San Marino, San Marino between 4 and 10 August 2014. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of July 28, 2014. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Alessandro Giannessi * Máximo González * Filip Krajinović * Viktor Troicki The following players received a special exemption into the singles main draw: * Federico Gaio * Roberto Marcora The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Cristian Garín * Giovanni Lapentti * Wilson Leite * Antonio Veić Champions Singles * Adrian Ungur def. Antonio Veić 6–1, 6–0 Doubles * Radu Albot / Enrique López Pérez def. Franko Škugor / Adrian Ungur Adrian Ungur (born 22 January 1985) is a Romanian former tennis player who mainly compet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Capdeville
Paul Gerard Capdeville Castro (; born 2 April 1983) is a Chilean former tennis player. He was born in Santiago. Tennis career In May 2009, he achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 76. At the 2006 French Open, Capdeville had a shoving incident with Mario Ančić Mario Ančić (; born 30 March 1984) is a Croatian former professional tennis player who currently works as a private equity vice president in New York City. He won three singles titles and five doubles titles. His career-high singles ranking ..., at the end of his second round match. The two players had to be separated by the chair umpire. Ančić and Capdeville were each fined US$3,000 for the incident. Capdeville's best showing at an ATP event to date came at the 2009 Estoril Open, where he reached the semifinals. Other notable results include the quarterfinals at Memphis (2006), Washington (2007), Indianapolis (2008) and Viña del Mar (2009). Capdeville has won ten challenger tournaments: Bog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Cachantún Cup
The 2012 Cachantún Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the seventh edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Santiago, Chile between 5 and 11 March. ATP entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of February 27, 2012. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Christian Garin * Gonzalo Lama * Matías Sborowitz * Agustín Velotti The following players received entry as an alternate into the singles main draw: * Sebastián Decoud The following players received entry as a special exempt into the singles main draw: * Guido Pella The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Maximiliano Estévez * Leonardo Kirche * Fernando Romboli * Cristóbal Saavedra-Corvalán Champions Singles * Paul Capdeville def. Antonio Veić, 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–3 Doubles * Paul Capdeville / Marcel Felder def. Jorge Aguilar / Daniel Garza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Marrero
David Marrero Santana (; born 8 April 1980) is a Spanish professional tennis player. Marrero won 14 doubles titles and reaching a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 5 in November 2013. Professional career 2000–2007 Marrero earned his first world ranking late in 2000 as a 20-year-old, but he spent only a few weeks inside the top-500 until early 2005. By late 2005, he had made it into the top-300, but faded over the next year to close out 2006 outside the top-400. In the middle of 2007, he again inched into the top-300, but faded again to close out 2007 at No. 362. 2008 As a qualifier, Marrero reached the final of a Challenger in Chile in January, losing to No. 132 Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo after upsetting No. 272 Sebastián Decoud, No. 187 Adrián García and No. 111 Nicolás Lapentti. This result brought him back into the top 300 at World No. 289. The very next week he gained revenge over Ramirez-Hidalgo to qualify into an ATP stop in Chile, where he again beat Garc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
