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Banja Luka Challenger
The Srpska Open Challenger is a tennis tournament held each September in Banja Luka, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2002. 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 External links * ATP search {{ATP Challenger Tour ATP Challenger Tour Clay court tennis tournaments Tennis tournaments in Bosnia and Herzegovina Sport in Banja Luka Autumn events in Bosnia and Herzegovina ...
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Banja Luka
Banja Luka ( sr-Cyrl, Бања Лука, ) or Banjaluka ( sr-Cyrl, Бањалука, ) is the second largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the largest city of Republika Srpska. Banja Luka is also the ''de facto'' capital of this entity. It is the traditional centre of the densely-forested Bosanska Krajina region of northwestern Bosnia. , the city proper has a population of 138,963, while its administrative area comprises a total of 185,042 inhabitants. The city is home to the University of Banja Luka and University Clinical Center of the Republika Srpska, as well as numerous entity and state institutions for Republika Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina respectively. The city lies on the Vrbas river and is well known in the countries of the former Yugoslavia for being full of tree-lined avenues, boulevards, gardens, and parks. Banja Luka was designated European city of sport in 2018. Name The name ''Banja Luka'' was first mentioned in a document dated to 6 February 1494 b ...
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Tallon Griekspoor
Tallon Griekspoor (; born 2 July 1996) is a Dutch professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 36, achieved on 6 March 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 217 achieved on 31 October 2022. Griekspoor is the current Dutch No. 2 men's singles player. He has won a record eight Challenger titles in one season (2021), and became also the first player in history to win five consecutive such titles. Professional career 2017–2019: ATP debut Griekspoor made his ATP main draw debut as a wildcard at the 2017 Rotterdam Open in the singles draw against Gilles Müller. In 2018, at the same tournament a year later, he defeated Grand Slam champion and 5th seed Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland in three sets to reach the second round as a wildcard. And in 2019, Griekspoor defeated the World No.11 and 2nd seed Karen Khachanov in the first round again as a wildcard. 2020–2021: Grand Slam debut, record eight Challenger titles G ...
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Victor Hănescu
Victor Hănescu (born 21 July 1981) is a former Romanian tennis player. His career-high singles ranking was world no. 26. Professional career Hănescu attained a career-high singles ranking of No. 26 on 6 July 2009. In a Davis Cup match against the United States, he suffered a severe rib injury, and a subsequent injury sidelined him further in May 2006. By January 2007, his ranking had plummeted to No. 759, before he finally began making progress on a comeback. 1999: Pro career begins Hănescu earned his first ATP singles ranking points in August 1999, with first-round wins two weeks in a row at the Romania F1 and F2 Futures tournaments. Although he played four more tournaments from September through December, he did not earn any additional points and finished the year ranked No. 1231. 2000: Success in Satellites In 2000, Hănescu played Satellites and Futures tournaments. His fourth-place finish at a Satellite in Croatia in April/May and third place at a Satellite in Por ...
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Dušan Lajović
Dušan Lajović ( sr-cyrl, Душан Лајовић; born 30 June 1990) is a Serbian professional tennis player. Lajović has won one singles and two doubles titles on the ATP Tour. On 29 April 2019, Lajović reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 23. On 21 September 2020, he peaked at No. 82 in the doubles rankings. He is best known for his clay-court game, kick serve and strong flowing groundstrokes, especially his one-handed backhand. Lajović regularly represents Serbia in team competitions, after playing in the now defunct World Team Cup in 2010 and 2011, he is a member of the Serbian Davis Cup team since 2012 and he contributed greatly to Serbia winning the inaugural ATP Cup in 2020, as he won four of six matches. He won his first singles tournament at the 2019 Croatia Open and reached his first Masters 1000 final at the 2019 Monte-Carlo Masters. Tennis career 2007-2011 For a long time, Lajović primarily played on the Futures circuit and the Challenger ...
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2015 Banja Luka Challenger
The 2015 Banja Luka Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the fourteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2015 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina from 14 to 20 September 2015. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds Marcel Granollers, who was set as 2nd seed withdrew, due to right hip injury. * 1 Rankings are as of September 7, 2015. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Ilija Bozoljac * Flavio Cipolla * Jaume Munar * Jaroslav Pospíšil The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Petru-Alexandru Luncanu * Sadio Doumbia * Axel Michon * Antonio Šančić The following players received entry as lucky losers: * Nicola Ghedin * Jérôme Inzerillo Champions Singles * Dušan Lajović def. Victor Hănescu , , 7-6(7–5), 7-6(7–5) Doubles * Ilija Bozoljac / Flavio Cipolla def. Jaroslav Pospíšil Ja ...
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Miljan Zekić
Miljan Zekić ( sr-Cyrl, Миљан Зекић, ; born 12 July 1988) is a Serbian tennis player. Career Zekić made his ATP main draw debut in doubles with compatriot David Savić as a wildcard pair at the 2011 Serbia Open, losing in the first round to top-seeded pair Zimonjić/Granollers. On 11 July 2016, Zekic reached his best singles ranking of world number 188, while on 8 July 2013, he peaked at world number 269 in the doubles rankings. In July 2016 he won his first trophy on the ATP Challenger Tour winning Internazionali di Tennis dell'Umbria in Todi. Zekić made his ATP main draw debut in singles as a qualifier at 2017 Croatia Open Umag, losing to Radu Albot in the first round. In two weeks' time, he played in another ATP tournament, 2017 Generali Open Kitzbühel, defeating top seed Alessandro Giannessi and eighth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in the qualifying rounds, and earned his first ATP main draw victory by defeating world No. 66 Andrey Kuznetsov, before losing to ...
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Adam Pavlásek
Adam Pavlásek (born 8 October 1994) is a tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour from the Czech Republic. He reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 72 in January 2017 and doubles ranking of World No. 94 in October 2022. Professional career At the start of 2015, Pavlásek replaced injured countryman Radek Štěpánek in the Hopman Cup, playing alongside Lucie Šafářová. He made a name for himself by defeating world number 20 Fabio Fognini of Italy, Pavlásek's first ever win over a top 20 player. Pavlásek made his Grand Slam debut at the 2016 French Open as lucky loser. He made his ATP World Tour debut at 2016 Generali Open Kitzbühel, defeating Máximo González and Marcel Granollers to make his first ATP-level quarterfinal, where he lost to Nikoloz Basilashvili. Junior career Pavlásek made semifinals at 2012 Australian Open and 2012 French Open and quarterfinal at 2011 US Open in singles. He also made two grandslam finals at 2012 Australian ...
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2016 Banja Luka Challenger
The 2016 Banja Luka Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the fifteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina from 12 to 18 September 2016. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of August 29, 2016. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Viktor Durasovic * Antonio Šančić * Nikola Mektić * Pablo Andújar The following player received entry into the singles main draw with a protected ranking: * Nikola Čačić The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Maximilian Neuchrist * Filip Veger * Sebastian Ofner * Lenny Hampel Champions Singles * Adam Pavlásek def. Miljan Zekić, 3–6, 6–1, 6–4. Doubles * Roman Jebavý / Jan Šátral def. Andrea Arnaboldi / Maximilian Neuchrist Maximilian Neuchrist (born 22 July 1991) is an Austrian tennis p ...
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Carlos Taberner
Carlos Taberner Segarra (; born 8 August 1997) is a Spanish professional tennis player. Taberner has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 85 achieved on 23 May 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 337 achieved on 18 September 2017. He has reached 16 career singles finals, with a record of 7 wins and 9 losses which includes four ATP Challenger singles titles: the 2020 Iași Open, the 2021 Antalya Challenger II, the 2021 Open du Pays d'Aix and the 2021 Lošinj Open. Additionally, he has reached 7 career doubles finals with a record of 4 wins and 3 losses which includes one ATP Challenger doubles title at the 2017 San Benedetto Tennis Cup. Professional career 2018: ATP and Grand Slam debut Taberner made his ATP Tour debut at the 2018 Open Sud de France in Marseilles where he advanced through 2 qualifying matches to reach the main draw. In qualifying, he defeated Benjamin Bonzi ''6–2, 6–4'' and Marco Trungelliti ''4–6, 6–2, 6–4'', w ...
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Maximilian Marterer
Maximilian Marterer (born 15 June 1995) is a German tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 45, achieved in August 2018. Professional career 2015: ATP debut Marterer made his ATP main draw debut at the MercedesCup in Stuttgart where he was given a wildcard into the singles event. 2016 Marterer won his first ATP Challenger Tour singles title at the Morocco Tennis Tour in Meknes. 2017: Top 100 debut Marterer entered the world's top 100 for the first time, becoming world No. 100 on 16 October 2017. 2018: First ATP semifinal and top 50 At the Australian Open, Marterer won his first ATP main draw match after losing 14 first round matches in a row. He defeated compatriot Cedrik-Marcel Stebe in straight sets. In the second round, he upset former top-10 player Fernando Verdasco in a five-setter before losing to Tennys Sandgren in the next round. At the Sofia Open, he reached his first ATP quarterfinal, where he lost to eventual champion Mirza Baši ...
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2017 Banja Luka Challenger
The 2017 Banja Luka Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the sixteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina from 11 to 17 September 2017. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 28 August 2017. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Daniel Gimeno Traver * Franjo Raspudić * Nino Serdarušić * Kento Tagashira The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt: * Kevin Krawietz The following players received entry into the singles main draw as alternates: * André Ghem * Alexandre Müller The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Filip Horanský * Lucas Miedler * Péter Nagy * Pol Toledo Bagué The following players received entry as lucky losers: * Erik Crepaldi * Andreas Haider-Maurer Champions Singles * Maxim ...
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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 ...
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