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Claude N'Goran
Claude N'Goran (born 18 March 1975) is a former professional tennis player from the Ivory Coast. Biography Born in Adzopé, N'Goran grew up in a family of 13 in the city of Abidjan, the son of an auto factory worker and a homemaker. He learned to play tennis with self-made wooden paddles, as they couldn't afford proper rackets. One of his seven brothers is tennis player Clement N'Goran. N'Goran, a big serving left-handed player, is the most capped Ivorian Davis Cup representative in history. In total he featured in 94 matches across 45 ties, from 1990 to 2008, for 53 overall wins, 37 in singles. He also represented the Ivory Coast at the 1996 Summer Olympics, in the men's doubles competition. Partnering his brother, Clement, the Ivorians won their first round match over Chinese Taipei, then exited in the round of 16 to the third seeded Dutch pairing, Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis. He was a member of Ivory Coast's gold medal winning team at the 1999 All-Africa Games. During ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adzopé
Adzopé is a town in south-eastern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of Adzopé Department. It is also a commune and the seat of La Mé Region in Lagunes District. In the 2021 census, the sub-prefecture of Adzopé had a population of 156,488. Notable people *Hervé Guy, French-Ivorian footballer *Igor Lolo Igor Alexandre Lolo (born 22 July 1982) is an Ivorian former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football), defender. Club career Born in Adzopé, Ivory Coast, Lolo started his career with ASEC Mi ..., Ivorian footballer References Sub-prefectures of La Mé Communes of La Mé Regional capitals of Ivory Coast {{Lagunes-geo-stub ... [...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] |
Otávio Della
Otávio Della (born 22 June 1969) is a former professional tennis player from Brazil, now a tennis administrator. Della played mostly on the Challenger circuit, but also made some appearances on the Grand Prix tennis circuit and ATP Tour. He twice participated in the Guarujá Open and in 1988 made it into the second round, with a win over Swede Ronnie Båthman. The Brazilian also played at the 1989 Citibank Open in Itaparica, where he was defeated in the opening round by Todd Witsken of the United States. He had more success as a doubles player, winning five Challenger titles and making quarter-finals at Umag Umag (; it, Umago) is a coastal town in Istria, Croatia. Geography It is the westernmost town of Croatia, and it includes Bašanija, the westernmost point of Croatia. Population Umag has a population of 7,281, with a total municipal populatio ... in 1990 and Bogota in 1994. Challenger titles Doubles: (5) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Della, Otavio 1969 births Liv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cali
Santiago de Cali (), or Cali, is the capital of the Valle del Cauca department, and the most populous city in southwest Colombia, with 2,227,642 residents according to the 2018 census. The city spans with of urban area, making Cali the second-largest city in the country by area and the third most populous after Bogotá and Medellín. As the only major Colombian city with access to the Pacific Coast, Cali is the main urban and economic center in the south of the country, and has one of Colombia's fastest-growing economies. The city was founded on 25 July 1536 by the Spanish explorer Sebastián de Belalcázar. As a sporting center for Colombia, it was the host city for the 1971 Pan American Games. Cali also hosted the 1992 World Wrestling Championships, the 2013 edition of the World Games, the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in 2014, the World Youth Championships in Athletics in 2015 as well as the inaugural Junior Pan American Games in 2021 and the 2022 World Athletic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Rodríguez (tennis)
Francisco Rodríguez (born 18 March 1976) is a Paraguayan former professional tennis player. Tennis career Rodríguez played collegiate tennis for the University of Alabama before turning professional, earning All-American honours for singles in both 1998 and 1999. On the professional tour he won his first ITF Futures singles title in 2003 at Montego Bay and during his career won a further five Futures titles in doubles. He had a career high singles world ranking of 373, attained in 2004. A member of the Paraguay Davis Cup team from 1998 to 2007, Rodríguez featured in a total of 13 ties and won 19 rubbers, 14 of which came in singles. In 2004 he had an upset win over Brazil's top player Marcos Daniel, 11–9 in the fifth set, which helped Paraguay qualify for the Davis Cup World Group playoffs. Personal life Soon after retiring, Rodríguez came out as gay ''Gay'' is a term that primarily refers to a homosexual person or the trait of being homosexual. The term originally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paulo Carvallo
Paulo Sergio Carvallo (born 11 July 1976) is a Paraguayan former professional tennis player. Born in Asunción, Carvallo played in 15 Davis Cup ties for Paraguay, from his debut in 1999. He featured in a World Group play-off tie against the Czech Republic in 2004 and was competitive in his loss to former world number five Jiří Novák, claiming the first set. This was his final Davis Cup appearance until 2010, when he played a one-off tie before retirement. He won a total of eight singles and ten doubles rubbers for Paraguay. While competing on the professional tour he reached a career high singles ranking of 354. He won three singles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On the ATP Challenger Tour, he played and lost in three doubles finals. Carvallo represented Paraguay at the 2003 Pan American Games The 2003 Pan American Games were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from August 1 to 17, 2003. The successful bid for the games was made in the mid-1990s, whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Montana
Francisco Montana (born November 5, 1969) is a former professional tennis player from the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori .... He turned into a professional in 1990. He reached his career high doubles ranking, world No. 13, on July 8, 1998. Montana reached his career high singles ranking, world No.100, on May 4, 1992. Career finals Doubles (10 titles, 7 runner-ups) External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Montana, Francisco 1969 births Living people American male tennis players Georgia Bulldogs tennis players Hispanic and Latino American sportspeople Tennis players from Miami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asunción
Asunción (, , , Guarani: Paraguay) is the capital and the largest city of Paraguay. The city stands on the eastern bank of the Paraguay River, almost at the confluence of this river with the Pilcomayo River. The Paraguay River and the Bay of Asunción in the northwest separate the city from the Occidental Region of Paraguay and from Argentina in the south part of the city. The rest of the city is surrounded by the Central Department. Asunción is one of the oldest cities in South America and the longest continually inhabited area in the Río de la Plata Basin; for this reason it is known as "the Mother of Cities". From Asunción, Spanish colonial expeditions departed to found other cities, including the second foundation of Buenos Aires, that of other important cities such as Villarrica, Corrientes, Santa Fe, Córdoba, Santa Cruz de la Sierra and 65 more. Administratively, the city forms an autonomous capital district, not a part of any department. The metropolitan area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lionel Barthez
Lionel Barthez (born 18 May 1967) is a former professional tennis player from France. Barthez competed in four Grand Slams during his career. In the 1994 French Open he took the first two sets off world number 31 Ronald Agenor but lost in five. He and partner Stéphane Sansoni were unable to progress past the first round in the doubles. His next appearance was at the 1995 French Open, where he lost in the opening round to Norwegian player Christian Ruud and also failed to win a match in the men's doubles, partnering Thierry Guardiola. He also took part in the mixed doubles with Isabelle Demongeot and made the second round. In 1996 he played in his third successive French Open and once more lost his only singles match, to Gianluca Pozzi in four sets. He participated in the men's doubles with Gilles Bastié and the pair were unable to win their opening round fixture, although he did make the second round of the mixed doubles with Sandrine Testud. The Frenchman was a quarter-fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Prix De Tennis De Toulouse
The Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse is a defunct Grand Prix and ATP Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1982 to 2000. It was held at the Palais des Sports de Toulouse in Toulouse in France and was played on indoor carpet courts from 1982 to 1993 and on indoor hard courts from 1994 to 2000. Roger Federer Roger Federer (; born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 310 weeks, including a record 237 consecutive weeks, and finished as the year-e ... recorded the first match win of his career in Toulouse at the 1998 event. Finals Singles Doubles References {{ATP World Series tournaments Grand Prix tennis circuit Hard court tennis tournaments Carpet court tennis tournaments Indoor tennis tournaments Defunct tennis tournaments in France Sport in Toulouse ATP Tour Recurring sporting events established in 1982 Recurring sporting events disestablishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Courier-Journal
''The Courier-Journal'', also known as the ''Louisville Courier Journal'' (and informally ''The C-J'' or ''The Courier''), is the highest circulation newspaper in Kentucky. It is owned by Gannett and billed as "Part of the ''USA Today'' Network". According to the ''1999 Editor & Publisher International Yearbook'', the paper is the 48th-largest daily paper in the United States. History Origins ''The Courier-Journal'' was created from the merger of several newspapers introduced in Kentucky in the 19th century. Pioneer paper ''The Focus of Politics, Commerce and Literature'', was founded in 1826 in Louisville when the city was an early settlement of less than 7,000 individuals. In 1830 a new newspaper, ''The Louisville Daily Journal'', began distribution in the city and, in 1832, absorbed ''The Focus of Politics, Commerce and Literature''. The ''Journal'' was an organ of the Whig Party, founded and edited by George D. Prentice, a New Englander who initially came to Kentu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MaliVai Washington
MaliVai "Mal" Washington ( ) (born June 20, 1969) is an American former professional tennis player. He reached the men's singles final at Wimbledon in 1996, won four ATP titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 11 in October 1992. Family Washington began playing tennis aged five. Washington's younger sister, Mashona, is also a former top-50 professional tennis player. His younger brother, Mashiska, received All-America honors at Michigan State University, before joining the men's professional tour. MaliVai's older sister Michaela also played professionally. Amateur tennis As a high school senior, Washington was coached by former ATP Tour participant Victor Amaya. For two seasons, Washington played tennis for the University of Michigan and was the top ranked college player in the United States at the end of his sophomore season. He left college two years into his studies to pursue a professional tennis career. Professional career Washington turned pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
