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Błażej Koniusz
Błażej Koniusz () (born 22 February 1988(PolishPolish Tennis Association website player listing - Błażej Koniusz in Świętochłowice) is a tennis player from Poland. Koniusz has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 445, achieved on 7 July 2008. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 150, achieved on 16 February 2015. Koniusz began playing at the age of four, and joined his first club at the age of seven. As a junior, he and compatriot Grzegorz Panfil won the 2006 Australian Open boys' doubles championship, defeating Americans Kellen Damico and Nathaniel Schnugg Nathaniel Schnugg (born October 5, 1988), also known as "Nate", is an American tennis player. Schnugg has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 1149, achieved on November 7, 2011. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of Wo ... ''7–6(7–5), 6–3 in the final''. He began his senior career in 2006. Koniusz represented Team Poland during Davis Cup play in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Świętochłowice
Świętochłowice (; german: Schwientochlowitz; szl, Świyntochłowice) is a town in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. It is also the central district of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union metropolis, with a population of 2 million, and is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Rawa River (tributary of the Vistula). It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship since its formation in 1999, previously in Katowice Voivodeship, and before then, of the Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship. Świętochłowice is one of the cities of the 2.7 million conurbation – Katowice urban area and within a greater Silesian metropolitan area populated by about 5,294,000 people. The population of the city is 49,762 (2019). History Initially, Świętochłowice was divided into two parts: the older Małe Świętochłowice (''Little Świętochłowice'') and newer Duże Świętochłowice (''Big Świętochłowice''), which date back to the 12th and 13th centuries, respectively. The oldest known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massimo Dell'Acqua
Massimo Dell'Acqua (born 6 September 1979) is a former professional tennis player from Italy. Biography Dell'Acqua comes from Como and trained at the Centro Tecnico Nazionale before turning professional in 1999. His first ATP Tour main draw appearance came at Copenhagen in 2003, when he lost to Marc Rosset in the first round. In 2004 he featured in tournaments in Dubai, Barcelona and most notably the Rome Masters. In Rome he lost a close match to world number 11 Nicolás Massú, which went for 3 hours and 20 minutes. It wasn't until s-Hertogenbosch in 2008 that he played again in an ATP Tour tournament. After getting through qualifying, Dell'Acqua beat Fabio Fognini in first round, then lost to David Ferrer. During his career he took part in the qualifiers of all four Grand Slam tournaments. At Challenger level he won the title at Bristol in 2003 and in the same year had a win over Andy Murray in Nottingham. At the 2004 Recanati Challenger he won the doubles title with Uros Vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gdynia
Gdynia ( ; ; german: Gdingen (currently), (1939–1945); csb, Gdiniô, , , ) is a city in northern Poland and a seaport on the Baltic Sea coast. With a population of 243,918, it is the List of cities in Poland, 12th-largest city in Poland and the second-largest in the Pomeranian Voivodeship after Gdańsk. Gdynia is part of a conurbation with the spa town of Sopot, the city of Gdańsk, and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the Tricity, Poland, Tricity (''Trójmiasto'') with around 1,000,000 inhabitants. Historically and culturally part of Kashubia and Pomerelia, Eastern Pomerania, Gdynia for centuries remained a small fishing village. By the 20th-century it attracted visitors as a seaside resort town. In 1926, Gdynia was granted city rights after which it enjoyed demographic and urban development, with a Modernist architecture, modernist cityscape. It became a major seaport city of Poland. In 1970, 1970 Polish protests, protests in and aroun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clément Morel
Clément Morel (born 16 July 1984) is a French former professional tennis player. Career Morel was the junior champion at the 2002 Australian Open. He defeated countryman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the semi-finals, then won the title with a win over Todd Reid in the final. In the juniors event at the 2002 Wimbledon Championships, Morel lost in the second round to Ryan Henry, with a final set scoreline of 24–26, which was a tournament record. He took part in qualifying for the 2004 French Open and also appeared in an ATP Challenger tournament in Grenoble that year, but otherwise played on the Futures circuit. His two Futures titles came in South Africa in 2006 and the other a 2008 tournament in Belgium. In 2008 he switched nationalities and began representing the Monaco Davis Cup team. He played two matches, the first was a win over Algerian Slimane Saoudi in 2008 and the other a loss to Finland's Henri Laaksonen Henri Joona Julius Laaksonen (, Swiss Standard German: ; born 31 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Balleret
Benjamin Balleret (born 15 January 1983) is a professional tennis player from Monaco. His father, Bernard Balleret, is former tennis player, while his cousin Arthur Rinderknech also plays the sport professionally. Balleret is a member of the Monaco Davis Cup team. Tennis career Juniors As a junior Balleret reached as high as No. 19 in the junior world singles rankings (and No. 29 in doubles) in 2001. Pro tour Balleret is best known for his April 2006 fairy tale run to the third round of the Monte Carlo Open, an ATP ATP World Tour Masters 1000, Masters Series. Entering the tournament, he was ranked 351st in the world and had competed only in challenger tournaments and several Davis Cup matches (he played for the Monegasque team in 2004 and 2005 and compiled a modest record of 4 wins and 5 losses). However, on 16 April 2006, he received a Wild card (sports)#Professional tennis, wild card into the qualifying draw of the Monte Carlo Open and won upsets over seeded, far more accompl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opole
Opole (; german: Oppeln ; szl, Ôpole) ; * Silesian: ** Silesian PLS alphabet: ''Ôpole'' ** Steuer's Silesian alphabet: ''Uopole'' * Silesian German: ''Uppeln'' * Czech: ''Opolí'' * Latin: ''Oppelia'', ''Oppolia'', ''Opulia'' is a city located in southern Poland on the Oder River and the historical capital of Upper Silesia. With a population of approximately 127,387 as of the 2021 census, it is the capital of Opole Voivodeship (province) and the seat of Opole County. Its built-up (or metro area) was home to 146,522 inhabitants. It is the smallest city in Poland that is also the largest city in its province. Its history dates to the 8th century, and Opole is one of the oldest cities in Poland. An important stronghold in Poland, it became a capital of a duchy within medieval Poland in 1172, and in 1217 it was granted city rights by Duke Casimir I of Opole, the great-grandson of Polish Duke Bolesław III Wrymouth. During the Medieval Period and the Renaissance, the city was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcin Gawron
Marcin Gawron (; born 25 May 1988) is a Polish tennis player. He made the final of the 2006 Wimbledon Junior Championship, but lost to Thiemo de Bakker Thiemo Carsten Jannick de Bakker (born 19 September 1988) is a Dutch professional tennis player. Considered a top prospect of his generation as a junior, he also made an impressive breakthrough as a young pro, reaching a career-high ranking in ... 2–6, 6–7(4–7). Junior Grand Slam finals Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 22 (8–14) Doubles: 33 (19–14) External links * * 1988 births Living people Polish male tennis players Sportspeople from Nowy Sącz {{Poland-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mateusz Kowalczyk
Mateusz Kowalczyk (; born 3 May 1987) is a Polish tennis player who specialises in doubles. Career He reached his highest doubles ranking of world no. 77 on September 9, 2013. He has played with Tomasz Bednarek, Błażej Koniusz, Marcin Gawron, and Artem Sitak Artem Yurievich Sitak ( ; russian: Артём Юрьевич Ситак, Artyom Sitak; born 8 February 1986) is a Russian-born New Zealand professional tennis player. On 11 August 2008, he reached his highest Association of Tennis Profe .... ATP career finals Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) Challengers and futures titles (18) External links * * Official site of Mateusz Kowalczyk 1987 births Living people Polish male tennis players People from Chrzanów Sportspeople from Lesser Poland Voivodeship 21st-century Polish people {{Poland-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olsztyn
Olsztyn ( , ; german: Allenstein ; Old Prussian: ''Alnāsteini'' * Latin: ''Allenstenium'', ''Holstin'') is a city on the Łyna River in northern Poland. It is the capital of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, and is a city with county rights. The population of the city was estimated at 169,793 residents in 2021. Olsztyn is the largest city in Warmia, and has been the capital of the voivodeship since 1999. In the same year, the University of Warmia and Masuria was founded from the fusion of three other local universities. Today, the Castle of Warmian Cathedral Chapter houses a museum and is a venue for concerts, art exhibitions, film shows and other cultural events, which make Olsztyn a popular tourist destination. The city is the seat of the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Warmia The most important sights of the city include the medieval Old Town and the St. James Pro-cathedral (former St. James Parish Church), which dates back more than 600 years. The ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gero Kretschmer
Gero Kretschmer (; born 6 May 1985) is a German retired tennis player. He was a doubles specialist, who achieved his highest doubles ranking of world No. 79 in May 2014. He won his only ATP World Tour The ATP Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for men organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals. The second-tier tour is the ATP Challenger Tour and the third-tier is the ITF Men's World Tennis Tour. The equivalent women's organi ... title with partner Alexander Satschko as alternates in Quito on 7 February 2015. ATP career finals Doubles: 1 (1 title) ATP Challenger Tour finals Doubles: 24 (9 titles, 15 runner-ups) Doubles performance timeline References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kretschmer, Gero 1985 births Living people Tennis players from Cologne German male tennis players 21st-century German people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bytom
Bytom (Polish pronunciation: ; Silesian: ''Bytōm, Bytōń'', german: Beuthen O.S.) is a city in Upper Silesia, in southern Poland. Located in the Silesian Voivodeship of Poland, the city is 7 km northwest of Katowice, the regional capital. It is one of the oldest cities in the Upper Silesia, and the former seat of the Piast dukes of the Duchy of Bytom. Until 1532, it was in the hands of the Piast dynasty, then it belonged to the Hohenzollern dynasty. After 1623 it was a state country in the hands of the Donnersmarck family. From 1742 to 1945 the town was within the borders of Prussia and Germany, and played an important role as an economic and administrative centre of the local industrial region. Until the outbreak of World War II, it was the main centre of national, social, cultural and publishing organisations fighting to preserve Polish identity in Upper Silesia. In the interbellum and during World War II, local Poles and Jews faced persecution by Germany. After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poprad
Poprad (; hu, Poprád; german: Deutschendorf) is a city in northern Slovakia at the foot of the High Tatra Mountains, famous for its picturesque historic centre and as a holiday resort. It is the biggest town of the Spiš region and the tenth largest city in Slovakia, with a population of approximately 50,000. The Poprad-Tatry Airport is an international airport located just outside the city. Poprad is also the starting point of the Tatra Electric Railway (known in Slovak as ''Tatranská elektrická železnica''), a set of special narrow-gauge trains (trams) connecting the resorts in the High Tatras with each other and with Poprad. Main line trains link Poprad to other destinations in Slovakia and beyond; in particular, there are through trains running from Poprad to Prague in the Czech Republic. History The territory was since the Migration Period inhabited by Slavic settlers. The first written record dates from March 16, 1256 in the deed of donation of the Hungarian Kin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
