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Branislav Gálik
Branislav Gálik (born 20 October 1973) is a former professional tennis player from Slovakia. Biography Gálik played Davis Cup tennis for Slovakia in 1995, for a tie against Egypt in Cairo. When Ján Krošlák was injured in one of the opening singles rubbers, Gálik came in to partner Karol Kučera in the doubles. They were beaten by the Egyptian pairing in a five set match and surrendered the tie with a loss by Kučera in the reverse singles. In the final reverse singles, now a dead rubber, Gálik was called up again and was able to defeat Amr Ghoneim to win Slovakia's second match of the tie. During the 1990s he competed on the professional tour, as high as Challenger level. He won the 1994 Tampere Challenger doubles event with Mario Visconti and in 1996 was runner-up in the singles at the Alicante Challenger. His peak in singles came in 1996 when he made it to 199 in the world. Challenger titles Doubles: (1) See also *List of Slovakia Davis Cup team representatives Thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object of the game is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball validly will not gain a point, while the opposite player will. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society and at all ages. The sport can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including wheelchair users. The modern game of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis. It had close connections both to various field (lawn) games such as croquet and bowls as well as to the older racket sport today called real tennis. The rules of modern tennis have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ján Krošlák
Ján Krošlák (born 17 October 1974) is a former tennis player from Slovakia, who turned professional in 1993. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, where he was defeated in the first round by America's MaliVai Washington. The right-hander reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 53 in September 1999. He won two singles title on the ATP Tour. In the 1998 Davis Cup he played with Martin Hromec. Political career In 2020, Košlák was elected an MP of the National Council of Slovakia representing the Ordinary People and Independent Personalities along with a fellow former tennis players Karol Kučera and Romana Tabak. He departed from OĽaNO caucus in 2021, joining We Are Family parliamentary group. In December 2022, Krošlák was one of crucial MPs in a vote of no confidence to Heger's Cabinet. He stated he will declare no confidence and in so doing go against We Are Family parliamentary caucus. He departed fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karol Kučera
Karol Kučera (born 4 March 1974) is a retired ATP professional male tennis player from Slovakia. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 6 in September 1998, reaching the semi-finals of the Australian Open the same year. In 2020, Kučera was elected an MP of the National Council of Slovakia representing the Ordinary People and Independent Personalities movement along with a fellow former tennis player Ján Krošlák and Romana Tabak. Tennis career Kučera turned professional in 1992. He was a member of the Czechoslovakian Galea Cup teams in 1991 and 1992 and the 1992 European championship squad. In 1993 he qualified for his first Grand Slam at Roland Garros. In 1995 when Kučera won his first ATP title in Rosmalen. In 1996 he played in the Summer Olympics in Atlanta where he lost to eventual gold medalist Andre Agassi. A year later he won his second ATP title in Ostrava defeating Magnus Norman. He was runner-up in two other tournaments in Nottingham on gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amr Ghoneim
Amr Ghoneim ( Arabic:عمرو غنيم) is a former tennis player Rankings Career High ATP ranking - Singles: 261 (30-Oct-00) Career High Stanford ATP Doubles Ranking: 320 (13-Nov-00) Davis Cup Statistics He has the all-time Egyptian records for Davis cup ties played: 29 He has the all-time Egyptian records for Davis cup years played: 13 External links * Egyptian male tennis players Egyptian tennis coaches Year of birth missing (living people) Living people African Games medalists in tennis African Games silver medalists for Egypt African Games bronze medalists for Egypt Competitors at the 1991 All-Africa Games Competitors at the 1995 All-Africa Games {{Egypt-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davis Cup
The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the organisers as the "World Cup of Tennis", and the winners are referred to as the World Champion team. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Great Britain and the United States. By 2016, 135 nations entered teams into the competition. The most successful countries over the history of the tournament are the United States (winning 32 titles and finishing as runners-up 29 times) and Australia (winning 28 titles, including six with New Zealand as Australasia, and finishing as runners-up 19 times). The current champions are Canada, who beat Australia to win their first title in 2022. The women's equivalent of the Davis Cup is the Billie Jean King Cup, formerly known as the Fed Cup. Australia, Russia, the Czech Republic, and the United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tampere Open
The Tampere Open is a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It is currently part of the ATP Challenger Tour, and has been held annually at the Tampere Tennis Center in Tampere Tampere ( , , ; sv, Tammerfors, ) is a city in the Pirkanmaa region, located in the western part of Finland. Tampere is the most populous inland city in the Nordic countries. It has a population of 244,029; the urban area has a population o ..., Finland, since 2008 (and 2007 for the women's ITF). Prior to that ATP Challenger competition was held at the Pyynikki tennis courts from 1982–2007. Past finals Men's singles Men's doubles Women's singles Women's doubles References External links Official website {{ITF Women's Circuit ATP Challenger Tour ITF Women's World Tennis Tour Clay court tennis tournaments Recurring sporting events established in 1982 Sport in Tampere Tennis tournaments in Finland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Visconti
Mario Visconti (born 23 October 1968) is a former professional tennis player from Italy. Career In the 1993 French Open, his only Grand Slam appearance, Visconti defeated Luis Herrera to make the second round, where he was beaten by Carl-Uwe Steeb. His best ATP Tour performances also came that year. He teamed up with Massimo Ardinghi in August to make the doubles quarter-final at the Austrian Open and in the same month he also was a semi-finalist in the doubles at San Marino, partnering Paolo Canè Paolo Canè (born 9 April 1965; ) is a former tennis player from Italy. Canè turned professional in 1983. During his career, he won three top-level singles titles (Bordeaux in 1986, Båstad in 1989, and Bologna in 1991) and achieved much succe .... Challenger titles Singles: (2) Doubles: (1) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Visconti, Mario 1968 births Living people Italian male tennis players People from Eboli Sportspeople from the Province of Sal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Donar
Johan Donar (born 24 March 1966) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. Career Donar was a doubles specialist and appeared in only one singles event during his career on the ATP Tour, at Mexico City in 1993, where he was defeated in the opening round by Thomas Muster. His best ever singles ranking was 371 in the world. He broke into the top 100 of the doubles rankings in 1992, after winning the tournament in Palermo, with countryman Ola Jonsson. Earlier that year he was a semi-finalist twice, both times with Jan Apell, at Kitzbuhel and then Prague. In 1993 he took part in all four Grand Slam events, but wasn't able to register a win in any of his matches. He partnered Peter Nyborg at Wimbledon Wimbledon most often refers to: * Wimbledon, London, a district of southwest London * Wimbledon Championships, the oldest tennis tournament in the world and one of the four Grand Slam championships Wimbledon may also refer to: Places London * ..., but played besid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ola Kristiansson
Ola Kristiansson (born 23 September 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. Biography A right-handed player from Helsingborg, Kristiansson was a Sweden Junior Davis Cup team representative and made three grand slam boys' doubles quarter-finals in 1989, with Nicklas Kulti. Kristiansson, who turned professional in 1990, was most prominent on tour as a double player, with a best ranking of 123 in the world. In singles he had a career high ranking of 277 and reached the final round of qualifying in each of the four grand slam tournaments during his career. He won his only singles match on the ATP Tour at the Prague Open in 1994, over Bohdan Ulihrach. In 1995 he competed in the main draw of the men's doubles at all grand slam events. At the Australian Open he made the round of 16 partnering Lars-Anders Wahlgren, which included a win against sixth seeds David Adams and Andrei Olhovskiy. He also paired up with Wahlgren for first round exits at the French Open and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Slovakia Davis Cup Team Representatives ...
This is a list of tennis players who have represented the Slovakia Davis Cup team in an official Davis Cup match. Slovakia have taken part in the competition since 1994. Players References {{DEFAULTSORT:Slovakia Davis Cup Lists of Davis Cup tennis players Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the organis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973 Births
Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam. * January 17 – Ferdinand Marcos becomes President for Life of the Philippines. * January 20 – Richard Nixon is Second inauguration of Richard Nixon, sworn in for a second term as President of the United States. Nixon is the only person to have been sworn in twice as President (First inauguration of Richard Nixon, 1969, Second inauguration of Richard Nixon, 1973) and Vice President of the United States (First inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953, Second inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1957). * January 22 ** George Foreman defeats Joe Frazier to win the heavyweight world boxing championship. ** A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
Related categories * :Year of birth missing (living people) / :Year of birth unknown * :Date of birth missing (living people) / :Date of birth unknown * :Place of birth missing (living people) / :Place of birth unknown * :Year of death missing / :Year of death unknown * :Date of death missing / :Date of death unknown * :Place of death missing / :Place of death unknown * :Missing middle or first names See also * :Dead people * :Template:L, which generates this category or death years, and birth year and sort keys. : {{DEFAULTSORT:Living people 21st-century people People by status ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
