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BVA Open
The BVA Open is a tennis tournament held in São José do Rio Preto, Brazil since 2011. The event is part of the ATP Challenger Tour and is played on outdoor clay court A clay court is one of the types of tennis court on which the sport of tennis, originally known as "lawn tennis", is played. Clay courts are made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate depending on the tournament. ...s. Past finals Singles Doubles References External linksOfficial website ATP Challenger Tour Tennis tournaments in Brazil Clay court tennis tournaments {{ATPtour-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São José Do Rio Preto
São José do Rio Preto () is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The city is located at the northwest portion of the state, 440 km (273 mi) from the city of São Paulo and 700 km (435 mi) from Brasília. As of the 2021 census, the population of the city was 469,173 inhabitants making it the 11th largest city in the state of São Paulo and the 36th largest city in Brazil. Also known as Rio Preto, it was founded in 1852 and its history is strongly linked to the commercial activity, provision of services, and agriculture. Demographically, São José do Rio Preto is the principal city of the Mesoregion of São José do Rio Preto (population 1,569,220). In 2020, the Microregion of São José do Rio Preto had a population of 763,534 inhabitants. The anniversary of the city is celebrated on the same day of Saint Joseph's Day. History Before the 19th century the region of São José do Rio Preto was inhabited by the Kaingang that were gradually red ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricardo Mello
Ricardo Mello (born 21 December 1980) is a Brazilian retired tennis player. His preference is for clay courts. He has had the occasional win in hard court tournaments. His best singles rank was No. 50 in 2005. He won one singles tournament (Delray Beach in 2004) and reached the semifinals three times at the Brasil Open. He played most of his tennis in Challenger tournaments, where he won 15 singles titles and three doubles titles. Career Early days Ricardo was born in Campinas, Brazil and started to play tennis at the age of three. At 15, he drew a wild card into a tournament in his hometown. He lost to veteran and French Open winner Gustavo Kuerten. However, he gained his first ATP career points. In 1999, Ricardo won his first Futures events in Uruguay and Paraguay. 2004 Mello won his lone ATP title at Delray Beach, defeating Vincent Spadea in the final. 2006 At the Campbell's Hall of Fame Championships, Mello played top seed Andy Murray. Murray was in control of the first set ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo
Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo (; born 6 January 1978 in Alicante, Spain) is a former professional male tennis player from Spain. His career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 50, achieved on 2 October 2006. His favourite surface is clay, where he has won numerous ATP Challenger Tour events, and has reached the final in three events of the ATP tour, all in 2007, finishing runner-up in all three finals. Career Ramírez Hidalgo turned pro in 1998. At the 2006 French Open, Ramírez Hidalgo reached the 4th round in a Grand Slam event for the first time in his career, defeating Thierry Ascione, Christophe Rochus and future finalist David Ferrer. Before the tournament, he had lost four consecutive times in the first round of a Grand Slam, a pattern he proceeded to return to for a further 9 appearances. On 4 August 2016, after defeating Ante Pavić in the 2nd round of the Chengdu Challenger, Ramírez Hidalgo became the first player ever to win 400 matches in the ATP Challenger Tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franco Ferreiro
Franco Ferreiro (born July 1, 1984) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player. He qualified for the 2009 French Open, but lost to Feliciano López Feliciano López Díaz-Guerra (; born 20 September 1981) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high singles ranking of world No. 12 in March 2015 and doubles ranking of world No. 9 in November 2016.In 2005, López was t ... in five sets in the first round after leading two sets to love. Career finals ATP World Tour finals Doubles: 2 (0–2) Challenger Titles Doubles (19) References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferreiro, Franco 1984 births Living people Brazilian male tennis players Sportspeople from Porto Alegre People from Rio Grande do Sul South American Games medalists in tennis South American Games bronze medalists for Brazil Competitors at the 2002 South American Games 21st-century Brazilian people 20th-century Brazilian people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaroslav Pospíšil
Jaroslav Pospíšil (; born 9 February 1981) is a Czech tennis player playing on the ITF Futures Tour and ATP Challenger Tour. On 23 May 2011 he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 103. The following year, on 1 October 2012, he reached the highest ATP doubles ranking of his career of World No. 115. To date, Pospíšil has reached 53 singles finals on the ATP Challenger and ITF Futures tours, from which he has won 28 titles. From the same tours, he has won 64 doubles titles after reaching a total of 100 doubles finals. Career Predominantly playing on the Challenger and Futures tours, Pospisil has made 7 main draw appearances on the ATP Tour, including the 2011 Wimbledon Championships as his only Grand Slam appearance. His sole win came at the ATP 250 level on the hard courts of the 2013 Erste Bank Open in Vienna, Austria, where despite losing in qualifying, he was granted entry to the tournament proper as a lucky loser and defeated France's Gaël Monfils in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederico Gil
João Frederico Limpo Franco Gil (born 24 March 1985), known as Fred Gil (), is a retired Portuguese professional tennis player, who currently competes in the ITF Men's Circuit. He is ranked no. 432 in the world by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), as of 10 April 2017. Gil made some Portuguese tennis major breakthroughs during his career. At the 2010 Estoril Open, he was the first Portuguese to reach an ATP Tour final, and in April 2011, he achieved a career-high singles world ranking of 62 – the highest ever for a Portuguese player until he was surpassed by Rui Machado in September that same year. Gil was the first Portuguese man to reach the third round in a Grand Slam singles event ( 2012 Australian Open) and the quarterfinals of a Masters 1000 event ( 2011 Monte-Carlo Masters). He was the first Portuguese to hit one million dollars in career prize money. In 2009, Gil became the second Portuguese player to reach the singles top 100 (after Nuno Marques), and in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcelo Demoliner
Marcelo Fedrizzi Demoliner (born 18 January 1989) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. A doubles specialist, he won his first title at the ATP 250 Antalya Open with Santiago González in June 2018, after having reached six finals at that level. He was runner-up at the ATP 500 Vienna in 2018 and Saint Petersburg in 2020. Alongside Maria José Martinez Sanchez, he was a mixed doubles semifinalist in 2017 Wimbledon Championships and 2018 Australian Open. He reached a career high ranking of world No. 34 in doubles in November 2017. Career 2006: Turned Professional Demoliner turned professional in 2006, playing smaller tournaments (Futures). In 2007, he played his 1st Challenger. At this time, he was considered one of the promises of the sport in Brazil. 2009-2012: First singles Challenger title, new partnership with Souza In 2009, he managed to enter the top 300, and won his first Challenger title, in Blumenau. In 2011, again achieved good results in Blumenau Challenger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Salamanca
Carlos Salamanca Caicedo (; born 15 January 1983) is a Colombian 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. Junior Grand Slam finals Doubles: 1 (1 title) Performance timelines Singles ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 25 (16–9) Doubles: 25 (14–11) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Salamanca, Carlos 1983 births Living people Colombian male tennis players French Open junior champions Sportspeople from Bogotá Pan American Games competitors for Colombia Tennis players at the 2015 Pan American Games South American Games silver medalists for Colombia South American Games medalists in tennis Competitors at the 2014 South American Games Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles Cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolás Barrientos
Nicolás Barrientos (; born 24 April 1987) is a Colombian professional tennis player competing mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour both in singles and doubles. Barrientos reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world No. 237 on 21 September 2015 and his highest ATP doubles ranking of world No. 61 on 24 October 2022. Barrientos also made his first appearance on an ATP World Tour in July 2013 when he lost in the first round of 2013 Claro Open Colombia against Ruben Bemelmans Ruben Bemelmans (; born 14 January 1988) is a Belgian former professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP ranking of world No. 84 in singles, achieved on 28 September 2015, and world No. 128 in doubles, achieved on 1 October 2012. Beme .... Doubles performance timeline ''Current till 2022 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles. ATP career finals Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups) ATP Challenger & ITF Futures Singles: 10 (6–4) Doubles: 41 (20–21) National representation Pan Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduardo Schwank
Eduardo Jonatan Schwank (; also known as ''Schwanka''; born 23 April 1986) is a retired professional tennis player from Argentina. In 2011, he reached the finals of the French Open in men's doubles partnering Juan Sebastian Cabal and of the US Open in mixed doubles partnering Gisela Dulko. He was coached by Javier Nalbandian, the brother of David Nalbandian. Schwank's family background is from the German-speaking part of Switzerland. Junior career In his final year on the junior circuit in 2004, Schwank had a record of 39-4 winning five tournaments, with his biggest title the Banana Bowl defeating Pablo Andújar in the final. Schwank finished no. 2 in the rankings behind Gaël Monfils. Professional career 2006 In 2006, he won four consecutive Futures events: the former two in Argentina, the latter two in Bolivia. 2007 In 2007 he won a Challenger title in Medellín, defeating Chris Guccione (tennis), Chris Guccione in the final. He also won three consecutive Futures events. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 BVA Open
The 2011 BVA Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which is part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in São José do Rio Preto, Brazil between 24 and 30 October 2011. ATP entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of October 17, 2011. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Thiago Alves * Augusto Laranja * Carlos Oliveira * Bruno Semenzato The following players received entry as a special exempt into the singles main draw: * Andre Begemann The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Martín Alund * James Duckworth * Pablo Galdón * José Pereira Champions Singles Ricardo Mello def. Eduardo Schwank, 6–4, 6–2 Doubles Frederico Gil / Jaroslav Pospíšil def. Franco Ferreiro / Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo (; born 6 January 1978 in Alicante, Spain) is a former professional male tennis pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ATP Challenger Tour
The ATP Challenger Tour, known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series, is a series of international men's professional tennis tournaments. The Challenger Tour events are the second-highest tier of tennis competition, behind the ATP Tour. The ITF World Tennis Tour tournaments are on the entry-level of international professional tennis competition. The ATP Challenger Tour is administered by the Association of Tennis Professionals. Players who succeed on the ATP Challenger Tour earn sufficient ranking points to become eligible for main draw or qualifying draw entry at ATP Tour tournaments. Players on the Challenger Tour are usually young players looking to advance their careers, those who fail to qualify for ATP events, or former ATP players looking to get back into the big tour. History of challenger events The first challenger events were held in 1978, with eighteen events taking place. Two were held on the week beginning January 8, one in Auckland and another in Hoba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
