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Aberto De São Paulo
The Aberto de São Paulo is a defunct tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was part of the ATP Challenger Tour. It was held annually at the Villa-Lobos State Park, Parque Villa Lobos in São Paulo, Brazil, since 2001. All the Brazilian single title winning players have multiple victories, with the exception of João Souza who won the last edition. The record is detained in the single discipline by Ricardo Mello, and by André Sá in the double, both with four wins. In 2006 Brazilian player Flávio Saretta won both singles and doubles titles. Past finals Singles Doubles External linksOfficial website {{DEFAULTSORT:Aberto de Sao Paulo Aberto de São Paulo, ATP Challenger Tour Hard court tennis tournaments Sport in São Paulo Tennis tournaments in Brazil Defunct tennis tournaments in Brazil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Paulo
São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC as an alpha global city, São Paulo is the most populous city proper in the Americas, the Western Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere, as well as the world's 4th largest city proper by population. Additionally, São Paulo is the largest Portuguese-speaking city in the world. It exerts strong international influences in commerce, finance, arts and entertainment. The city's name honors the Apostle, Saint Paul of Tarsus. The city's metropolitan area, the Greater São Paulo, ranks as the most populous in Brazil and the 12th most populous on Earth. The process of conurbation between the metropolitan areas around the Greater São Paulo (Campinas, Santos, Jundiaí, Sorocaba and São José dos Campos) created the São Paulo Macrometr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thiago Alves (tennis)
Thiago Hernandez Alves (; born May 22, 1982) is a retired professional tennis player who competed mainly on the ITF Tour. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 88, achieved in July 2009. Tennis career In Grand Slams He has made four Grand Slam main draw appearances, qualifying into the U.S. Open in both 2006 and 2008, Roland Garros and Wimbledon in 2009. In 2006, he beat No. 359 Mariano Zabaleta in the first round before losing to No. 22 Fernando Verdasco in the 2nd round. 2007 Win Over Moya At the 2007 Brasil Open, Alves, roared on by his home crowd, scored a famous victory over No. 4 seed and former French Open champion Carlos Moyà. However, he fell to Juan Mónaco in the second round 2008 Alves lost to Roger Federer in the second round of the US Open in three sets. 2009 In the first round of the Johannesburg, SA Tennis Open he lost heavily to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. He also lost in the first round of the 2009 French Open to Jérémy Chardy. At Wimbledon he played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrián García
Adrián Alonso García Sobarzo (born May 25, 1978) is a former professional from Chile. Born in Concepción, Chile, García achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 103 in September 2004. His best achievement in singles was reaching the quarterfinals of the 2004 Sopot Open, where he lost to Félix Mantilla in straight sets. García also achieved three silver medals in the Pan American Games during his career: one at Santo Domingo 2003 and two at Rio de Janeiro 2007. Performance timeline Singles ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 23 (11–12) Doubles: 27 (13–14) Team competitions (3 runner-ups) ;Singles ;Doubles References External links * * * 1978 births Living people Chilean male tennis players Sportspeople from Concepción, Chile Tennis players from Santiago Tennis players at the 2003 Pan American Games Tennis players at the 2007 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for Chile Pan American Gam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Mónaco
Juan Mónaco (; born 29 March 1984), nicknamed "Pico", is an Argentine former tennis player. He won nine singles titles, reached the semifinals of the 2010 Shanghai Masters and the 2012 Miami Masters, and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world no. 10 in July 2012. He announced his retirement from professional tennis on 15 May 2017. Biography Monaco comes from an indigenous Argentine background, and he started playing tennis at the age of six. His father, Héctor, is a businessman, while his mother, Cristina, is an architect. He has two siblings. He enjoys spending time at home in Tandil with family and friends. His favorite sports to follow are football and basketball. His favorite teams are Estudiantes de La Plata and the San Antonio Spurs. His favorite surface is clay. He counts Andre Agassi and countryman Mariano Zabaleta as his heroes. He also enjoys going to the cinema. His favorite movies are Gladiator and 300. He is also a fan of The Lord of the Rings books. M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Lapentti
Giovanni Lapentti Gómez (; born 25 January 1983) is retired Ecuadorian tennis player. His brother is Nicolás Lapentti, another professional tennis player, while a third brother, Leonardo, has also been active at the lower levels of professional tennis. Personal life Lapentti married Andrea Gómez Miss Venezuela 2004 in 2011 and became a father in 2012. Tennis career 2002-2004 Lapentti announced his ATP debut in 2002, but he actually had his first tour match in 2003, at the Franklin Templeton Classic in Scottsdale, Arizona, United States. Lapentti obtained his first professional victory at that tournament's first round, defeating Paradorn Srichaphan, 7–6 (7–2), 6–2. He lost in the tournament's second round to David Sánchez. He participated in 2003's Italian and French Open, losing in the first round both times. During the French Open, he was tied at 2 sets apiece with Tommy Robredo but had to retire in the fifth set due to an injury, which did not allow him to return ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diego Hartfield
Diego Hartfield (born 31 January 1981), nicknamed 'El Gato Hartfield' (''Hartfield the Cat'' in Spanish) is a stockbroker and a former tennis player on the ATP Tour from Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th .... Career 2000 : Diego began his pro career by playing Futures in South America. 2001 : He reached his first career Futures final in Mendoza (Argentina), was three times Doubles finalist at Futures, and won one title in Asunción (Paraguay) 2002 : He won his first career Futures Singles title in Viña del Mar (Chile) and reached the final in Santa Cruz (Bolivia). He won two Doubles titles in Bolivia at the Cochabamba and Santa Cruz Futures and reached the final in La Paz (Bolivia). 2003 : Diego won the Futures title in Viña del Mar, for the second ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillermo Cañas
Guillermo Ignacio Cañas (; born November 25, 1977), often referred to as Willy Cañas, is a retired tennis player from Argentina. He was born in Buenos Aires and named after Argentine tennis star Guillermo Vilas. Cañas won the 2002 Canada Masters – Singles, Canada Masters in 2002, and reached the quarterfinal stage of the French Open in 2002, 2005 and 2007. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 8, achieved in June 2005. After being suspended in August 2005, Cañas returned to the circuit in September 2006 at ATP Challenger Series, ATP Challenger level. Career Early years Cañas started playing at age 7. He turned professional in 1995, and began playing on the juniors circuit, enjoying some successes; these included a runner-up appearance at Surbiton, United Kingdom, and a win in the doubles event at the Italian Junior Championships, partnering Martín García (tennis), Martín García. From 1995–1999, Cañas played mainly ATP Challenger Tour, Challenger Series tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Berlocq
Carlos Alberto Berlocq (; born February 3, 1983) is an Argentine retired professional tennis player nicknamed ''Charly'', ''Panther'' and ''Warlocq''. His favourite surface was clay and he was last coached by Walter Grinovero. Berlocq's career-high singles ranking was World No. 37, achieved in March 2012. Career Berlocq started playing tennis at the age of four and had success on the ATP Futures and Challenger circuits. In 2004, he made six consecutive finals on the Futures circuit and won half of them, two each in Argentina, France and Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an .... He also made his first Challenger final in Manta, Ecuador, losing to Giovanni Lapentti before winning another Futures title in Argentina. At the end of 2005, Berlocq finished inside t ... [...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] |
2009 Prime Cup Aberto De São Paulo
The 2009 Aberto de São Paulo was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in São Paulo, Brasil between 5 and 11 January 2009. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * Rankings are as of December 28, 2008. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Eric Gomes * Nicolás Santos * Flávio Saretta * Daniel Silva The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Rafael Camilo * Harel Levy * Frédéric Niemeyer * Izak van der Merwe Champions Men's singles * Ricardo Mello def. 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 s ..., 6–2, 6–4 Men's doubles * Carlos Berlocq / Leonardo Mayer def. Mariano Hood / ... [...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] |
2010 Prime Cup Aberto De São Paulo
The 2010 Aberto de São Paulo was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in São Paulo, Brazil between 3 and 10 January 2010. ATP entrants Seeds * Rankings are as of December 28, 2009 Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Marcelo Demoliner * Leonardo Kirche * Tiago Lopes * Fernando Romboli The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Ričardas Berankis * Michael McClune * Guillermo Olaso * Caio Zampieri Champions Singles * Ricardo Mello def. Eduardo Schwank, 6–3, 6–1 Doubles * Brian Dabul / Sebastián Prieto def. Tomasz Bednarek Tomasz Bednarek (; born 12 November 1981) is a professional tennis player from Poland. Career He is a doubles' specialist. He reached his career-high doubles ranking of No. 44 on 14 April 2014. His current partner is Mateusz Kowalczyk, but Bedn ... / Mateusz Kowalczyk, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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