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Daniel Lencina-Ribes
Daniel Lencina-Ribes (born 5 February 1977) is a retired professional tennis player who is born in Alicante, Spain. He got by presidential decree, from president Paksas, the Lithuanian nationality. Represented Lithuania at international tennis tournaments. He was number one from Lithuania in the ATP ranking for 322 weeks and a member of Lithuania Davis Cup team for five years. At the moment he is married and lives in Germany where after being the director of the Lencina tennis school, he is working as a clinical psychologist in a psychiatric hospital. ITF Men's Circuit career finals Doubles Davis Cup He was a member of the Lithuania Davis Cup team, he has an 11–4 record in singles and an 8–5 record in doubles in 20 ties played. Also, he was partnering Rolandas Muraška Rolandas Muraška (born March 13, 1973) is a retired Lithuanian professional tennis player and a former member of Lithuania Davis Cup team. He was the first Lithuanian who got ranked by ATP (July ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuania
Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania shares land borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and Russia to the southwest. It has a Maritime boundary, maritime border with Sweden to the west on the Baltic Sea. Lithuania covers an area of , with a population of 2.8 million. Its capital and largest city is Vilnius; other major cities are Kaunas and Klaipėda. Lithuanians belong to the ethno-linguistic group of the Balts and speak Lithuanian language, Lithuanian, one of only a few living Baltic languages. For millennia the southeastern shores of the Baltic Sea were inhabited by various Balts, Baltic tribes. In the 1230s, Lithuanian lands were united by Mindaugas, Monarchy of Lithuania, becoming king and founding the Kingdom of Lithuania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pärnu
Pärnu () is the fourth largest city in Estonia. Situated in southwest Estonia, Pärnu is located south of the Estonian capital, Tallinn, and west of Estonia's second largest city, Tartu. The city sits off the coast of Pärnu Bay, an inlet of the Gulf of Riga, which is a part of the Baltic Sea. In the city, the Pärnu River drains into the Gulf of Riga. Pärnu is a popular summer holiday resort town among Estonians with many hotels, restaurants and large beaches. The city is served by Pärnu Airport. History Perona (german: Alt-Pernau, links=no, et, Vana-Pärnu, links=no), which was founded by the bishop of Ösel–Wiek , suffered heavily under pressure of the concurrent town, and was finally destroyed . Another town, Embeke (later german: Neu-Pernau, links=no, et, Uus-Pärnu, links=no) was founded by the Livonian Order, who began building an Ordensburg nearby in 1265. The latter town, then known by the German name of , was a member of the Hanseatic League and an impor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuanian Male Tennis Players
Lithuanian may refer to: * Lithuanians * Lithuanian language * The country of Lithuania * Grand Duchy of Lithuania * Culture of Lithuania * Lithuanian cuisine * Lithuanian Jews as often called "Lithuanians" (''Lita'im'' or ''Litvaks'') by other Jews, sometimes used to mean Mitnagdim See also * List of Lithuanians This is a list of Lithuanians, both people of Lithuanian descent and people with the birthplace or citizenship of Lithuania. In a case when a person was born in the territory of former Grand Duchy of Lithuania and not in the territory of modern ... {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stian Boretti
Stian Boretti (born 20 December 1981) is a Norwegian former professional tennis player. Born in Nesodden, Boretti had a career best singles ranking of 375 on the professional tour, winning six ITF Futures singles titles. He had a best doubles ranking of 511 and won five ITF Futures doubles tournaments. Boretti, a five-time King's Cup winner, is the Norwegian record holder for Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the organis ... appearances. His Davis Cup career spanned 15-years, between 2000 and 2014, with 26 singles and 12 doubles wins, from 39 ties. References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Boretti, Stian 1981 births Living people Norwegian male tennis players People from Nesodden Sportspeople from Viken (county) 21st-century Norwegian people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommi Lenho
Tommi Lenho (born 17 September 1975) is a Finnish former professional tennis player. Lenho, a two-time national singles champion, competed for the Finland Davis Cup team from 1994 to 1998 and was unbeaten in three singles rubbers, which included a win over France's Guillaume Raoux. On the professional tour, Lenho reached a best singles ranking of 291 in the world, with qualifying draw appearances at the US Open. His best performance on the Challenger Tour was a runner-up finish at the Tampere Open in 1998. ITF Futures titles Singles: (2) Doubles: (2) See also *List of Finland Davis Cup team representatives This is a list of tennis players who have represented the Finland Davis Cup team The Finland men's national tennis team represents Finland in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Suomen Tennisliitto. Finland currently compete i ... References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lenho, Tommi 1975 births Living people Finnish male tennis playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Šiauliai
Šiauliai (; bat-smg, Šiaulē; german: Schaulen, ) is the fourth largest city in Lithuania, with a population of 107,086. From 1994 to 2010 it was the capital of Šiauliai County. Names Šiauliai is referred to by various names in different languages: Samogitian ''Šiaulē'', Latvian ''Saule'' (historic) and ''Šauļi'' (modern), German (outdated) ''Schaulen'', Polish ''Szawle'', Russian Шавли (Shavli – historic) and Шяуля́й (Shyaulyai – modern), Yiddish שאַװל (Shavel). History The city was first mentioned in written sources as ''Soule'' in Livonian Order chronicles describing the Battle of Saule. Thus the city's founding date is now considered to be 22 September 1236, the same date when the battle took place, not far from Šiauliai. At first, it developed as a defence post against the raids by the Teutonic and Livonian Orders. After the Battle of Grunwald in 1410, the raids stopped and Šiauliai started to develop as an agricultural settlement. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tapio Nurminen
Tapio Nurminen (born 12 October 1975) is a Finnish former professional tennis player. Born in Imatra, Nurminen reached a career high singles ranking of 212 while competing on the professional tour, in a career which included making the qualifying draws of the French Open and US Open. His only ATP Tour main draw appearance came at the 1998 Prague Open, where he lost his first round match in three sets to Martin Sinner. Between 1994 and 2001 he was an occasional Davis Cup player for Finland, featuring in a total of five ties. He won his only Davis Cup singles rubber against Vincenzo Santopadre in 2001. See also *List of Finland Davis Cup team representatives This is a list of tennis players who have represented the Finland Davis Cup team The Finland men's national tennis team represents Finland in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Suomen Tennisliitto. Finland currently compete i ... References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nurminen, Tapio 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mait Künnap
Mait Künnap (born 23 September 1982) is an Estonian 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. His all-time world ranking high came on 4 August 2008 when he reached number 705, although his doubles ranking is somewhat better, having reached world number 377 on 4 July 2005. Works at Pärnu Tennisehall as tennis trainer. External links * * * 1982 births Living people Estonian male tennis players {{Estonia-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolandas Muraška
Rolandas Muraška (born March 13, 1973) is a retired Lithuanian professional tennis player and a former member of Lithuania Davis Cup team. He was the first Lithuanian who got ranked by ATP (July 26, 1993) and he was also the highest ranked Lithuanian for 259 weeks in total. Career finals Singles Doubles Davis Cup Muraška holds the record of being a member of Lithuania Davis Cup team The Lithuania men's national tennis team represents Lithuania in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Lithuanian Tennis Association. Lithuania has never been a tennis country – no tennis player from Lithuania entered ATP to ... for the longest time period – 12 years – from the debut of Lithuania in Davis Cup competition in 1994 until his retirement in 2005. Also, he played most ties representing Lithuania (49) and he won the most singles (37) and the most doubles (19) matches in the history of Lithuanian team. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Lake Peipus and Russia. The territory of Estonia consists of the mainland, the larger islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa, and over 2,200 other islands and islets on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea, covering a total area of . The capital city Tallinn and Tartu are the two largest urban areas of the country. The Estonian language is the autochthonous and the official language of Estonia; it is the first language of the majority of its population, as well as the world's second most spoken Finnic language. The land of what is now modern Estonia has been inhabited by '' Homo sapiens'' since at least 9,000 BC. The medieval indigenous population of Estonia was one of the last " pagan" civilisations in Europe to adopt Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orest Tereshchuk
Orest Tereshchuk (born 18 August 1981) is a former professional tennis player from Ukraine. Career Tereshchuk began playing Davis Cup tennis for the Ukrainian national team in 1999. His last appearance in 2007 was his 18th tie for Ukraine, leveling Andrei Medvedev's record. He finished with a 22/10 career record, second only to Medvedev. On the ATP Tour he made doubles appearances in the 2006 Kremlin Cup (partnering Alexey Kedryuk) and the 2007 St. Petersburg Open (partnering Sergiy Stakhovsky) but was unable to progress past the opening round in either. He was however highly successful on the ATP Challenger circuit, winning 11 doubles titles. As a singles player, he had the best win of his career in a Challenger tournament at Dnipropetrovsk in 2003, when he defeated Karol Beck, then ranked 66th in the world. The Ukrainian teamed up with Lars Burgsmüller at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships and after making it through qualifying they faced the Belgian pairing of Olivier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated between the Baltic and North seas to the north, and the Alps to the south; it covers an area of , with a population of almost 84 million within its 16 constituent states. Germany borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. The nation's capital and most populous city is Berlin and its financial centre is Frankfurt; the largest urban area is the Ruhr. Various Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical antiquity. A region named Germania was documented before AD 100. In 962, the Kingdom of Germany formed the bulk of the Holy Roman Empire. During the 16th ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
