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Brent Larkham
Brent Larkham (born 8 January 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. He is the elder brother of Todd Larkham, who also played professional tennis. Career Larkham had the best performance of his career at the 1994 Australian Open, where he made a surprise run to the third round, as a wildcard. He won his opening match against Japanese qualifier Ryuso Tsujino in straight sets and also didn't drop a set in his second round meeting with 27th ranked Amos Mansdorf. In the third round he played Martin Damm but couldn't beat the Czech, losing in four sets. Also in 1994, Larkham made the second round of the Stella Artois Championships (Queen's), with a win over Patrick McEnroe, who was then ranked 66 in the world. He was then eliminated by Stefan Edberg. After retiring, due to a back injury, Larkham spent some time coaching his brother Todd and has also worked with Wayne Arthurs, Richard Fromberg and Paul Hanley. He is now head coach of the tennis program at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a Megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with Deserts of Australia, deserts in the centre, tropical Forests of Australia, rainforests in the north-east, and List of mountains in Australia, mountain ranges in the south-east. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approximately Early human migrations#Nearby Oceania, 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Institute Of Sports
The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) is a high performance sports training institution in Australia. The Institute's headquarters were opened in 1981 and are situated in the northern suburb of Bruce, Canberra. The AIS is a division of the Australian Sports Commission (ASC), part of the Australian Government under the Department of Health and Aged Care. History Two reports were the basis for developing the AIS: ''The Role, Scope and Development of Recreation in Australia (1973)'' by John Bloomfield and ''Report of the Australian Sports Institute Study Group (1975)'' (group chaired by Allan Coles). The need for the AIS was compounded in 1976 when the Australian Olympic team failed to win a gold medal at the Montreal Olympics, which was regarded as a national embarrassment for Australia. The institute's well-funded programs (and more generally the generous funding for elite sporting programs by Australian and State Governments) have been regarded as a major reason for Aust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franken Challenge
The Franken Challenge (former Schickedanz Open) is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour. It is held annually in Fürth, Germany, since 1979 (as a club event from 1979 to 1985, as a Futures Futures may mean: Finance *Futures contract, a tradable financial derivatives contract *Futures exchange, a financial market where futures contracts are traded * ''Futures'' (magazine), an American finance magazine Music * ''Futures'' (album), a ... in 1986, as a Challenger since 1987). After having been on the calendar for 38 years, the 2017 edition had to be cancelled for lack of funding.http://www.franken-challenge.de/2017/04/21/franken-challenge-2017-wichtige-information/ Past finals Singles Doubles References External linksOfficial website {{ATP Challenger Tour ATP Challenger Tour Clay court tennis tournaments Tennis tournaments in Germany Sport in Fürth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Philippoussis
Mark Anthony Philippoussis ( ; born 7 November 1976) is an Australian former professional tennis player of Greek and Italian descent. Philippoussis' greatest achievements are winning two Davis Cup titles with Australia in 1999 and 2003, winning the deciding rubber in the final of each. He also reached the final of the 1998 US Open and the 2003 Wimbledon singles tournaments. Philippoussis reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 8. Philippoussis has had a minor career in modelling and starred in the American reality television dating show '' Age of Love''. He is nicknamed 'the Scud', after the Scud missile. He is also known in Australia as “The Pou”. Biography Early career Philippoussis was born in Melbourne to a Greek father, Nikolaos ("Nick"), and an Italian mother, Rossana; and was educated at Maribyrnong College and later at Wesley College. He is of the Catholic faith. Coached by his father, Nick, the right-hander has played tennis since he was six years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Ellwood
Ben Ellwood (born 12 March 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Career An outstanding junior, Ellwood won the boys' singles at the 1994 Australian Open, defeating Andrew Ilie in the final. He was the boys' doubles champion as well (with Mark Philippoussis) and also went on to win the boys' doubles at the 1994 Wimbledon Championships and 1994 US Open (with Philippousssis and Nicolás Lapentti, respectively). This made Ellwood the first ever player to win the boys' doubles at the Australian Open, Wimbledon Championships and US Open in the same year. Ellwood made his Grand Slam debut in the 1995 Australian Open and came close to upsetting world number 46 Fabrice Santoro in the opening round. He lost the encounter in five sets, but had a chance to win the match in a fourth set tiebreak, which the Frenchman won 9–7. His only Grand Slam singles win came in Australia a year later, when he beat Olivier Delaître. As a doubles player he had much more succes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Kilderry
Paul Kilderry (born 11 April 1973) is a former 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 from Australia. Kilderry enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 3 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 67 in 1996. Paul Kilderry was appointed as the Hopman Cup tournament director in 2013. Junior Grand Slam finals Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) ATP career finals Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups) ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals Singles: 2 (1–1) Doubles: 15 (9–6) Performance timelines Singles Doubles Mixed doubles External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kilderry, Paul Australian male tennis players 1973 births Living people Tennis players f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is part of the South West Land Division of Western Australia, with most of the metropolitan area on the Swan Coastal Plain between the Indian Ocean and the Darling Scarp. The city has expanded outward from the original British settlements on the Swan River, upon which the city's central business district and port of Fremantle are situated. Perth is located on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk Noongar people, where Aboriginal Australians have lived for at least 45,000 years. Captain James Stirling founded Perth in 1829 as the administrative centre of the Swan River Colony. It was named after the city of Perth in Scotland, due to the influence of Stirling's patron Sir George Murray, who had connections with the area. It gained city stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Nyborg
Peter Nyborg (born 12 December 1969), is a former 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 from Sweden. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 5 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 38 in 1996. He currently works for racket sport platform MATCHi. Career finals Doubles (5 titles, 6 runner-ups) External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nyborg, Peter Swedish male tennis players Sportspeople from Gothenburg Living people 1969 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kent Kinnear
Kent Kinnear (born November 30, 1966) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Kinnear enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he won four doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 15 times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 24 in 1992. Career finals Doubles (4 wins, 15 losses) External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kinnear, Kent 1966 births Living people American male tennis players Clemson Tigers men's tennis players Sportspeople from Naperville, Illinois Tennis people from Illinois ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darren Kirk
Darren Kirk (born 23 July 1968) is a British former professional tennis player. Kirk, who comes from Lincolnshire, reached a best singles ranking of 650 and made a main draw appearance at the 1988 Bristol Open, as well as in qualifiers for Wimbledon. He was ranked as high as 261 in the world for doubles and won an ATP Challenger 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 T ... doubles title in Bristol in 1992, beating a pairing of Leander Paes/ Kevin Ullyett en route. ATP Challenger titles Doubles: (1) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kirk, Darren 1968 births Living people British male tennis players English male tennis players Tennis players from Lincolnshire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bristol
Bristol () is a city, ceremonial county and unitary authority in England. Situated on the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south. Bristol is the most populous city in South West England. The wider Bristol Built-up Area is the eleventh most populous urban area in the United Kingdom. Iron Age hillforts and Roman villas were built near the confluence of the rivers Frome and Avon. Around the beginning of the 11th century, the settlement was known as (Old English: 'the place at the bridge'). Bristol received a royal charter in 1155 and was historically divided between Gloucestershire and Somerset until 1373 when it became a county corporate. From the 13th to the 18th century, Bristol was among the top three English cities, after London, in tax receipts. A major port, Bristol was a starting place for early voyages of exploration to the New World. On a ship out of Bristol in 1497, John Cabot, a Venetia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alejo Mancisidor
Alejo Mancisidor (born 31 July 1970) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. Career Mancisidor played NCAA tennis while at Pepperdine University and was an All-American.''Los Angeles Times''"UCLA Tennis Players Win Before Season Starts" 17 January 1991 He was a quarter-finalist at the Guarujá Open in 1992, with wins over Peru's Jaime Yzaga and German Marc-Kevin Goellner. The right-hander played Jeff Tarango in the opening round of the 1992 US Open and was beaten in five sets. He defeated Yzaga again in 1994, at the Bancolombia Open, when the Peruvian was ranked 19th in the world. Coach Mancisidor coached WTA top 10 player Garbiñe Muguruza Garbiñe Muguruza Blanco (; born 8 October 1993) is a Spanish-Venezuelan professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 1 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and a career-high doubles ranking of world No. ... between 2010 and 2015. Challenger titles Singles: (2) References {{D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
