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Dirk Dier
Dirk Dier (born 16 February 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Germany. Career Dier, an under 12s and 14s national champion, was a semi finalist in the Orange Bowl. In 1990, he defeated Leander Paes to win the boys' singles event in the Australian Open and also finished runner-up in the juniors at Queen's that year. He appeared in the main draw of a Grand Slam for the first time at the 1990 Wimbledon Championships, where he lost in the opening round to countryman Michael Stich. His other two Grand Slam appearances came in 1996. The German exited in the first round of the 1996 French Open, to Félix Mantilla in four sets, but reached the second round in the US Open, with a win over Chuck Adams. He then faced second seed Thomas Muster, who beat him in straight sets. Dier made just one quarter-final during his career on the ATP Tour, which was in the 1996 Bermuda Open. En route he defeated two top 100 players, Michael Joyce and Nicolás Lapentti Nico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blieskastel
Blieskastel () is a city in the Saarpfalz (Saar-Palatinate) district, in Saarland, Germany which is divided into villages. It is situated on the river Blies, approximately southwest of Homburg (Saar), west of Zweibrücken, and east of Saarbrücken. Geography Blieskastel is the capital of the Bliesgau and is located in the center of the Bliesgau Biosphere Reserve. The city borders on the cities of Homburg, St. Ingbert, Zweibrücken and Hornbach, and the municipalities of Gersheim, Kirkel and Mandelbachtal. The Blies flows by Blieskastel. The districts of Niederwürzbach, Lautzkirchen and Alschbach are located in the Sankt Ingbert-Kirkeler forest area. Climate The annual rainfall is and is in the upper third. 70% indicate low values. The driest month is April. It rains most in December. Organization The city of Blieskastel consists of Blieskastel-Mitte and 14 districts. Alphabetically these are Altheim, Aßweiler, Ballweiler, Bierbach an der Blies, Biesingen, Blickweiler, Böc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 Wimbledon Championships
The 1990 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. It was the 104th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 25 June to 8 July 1990. Prize money The total prize money for 1990 championships was £3,819,730. The winner of the men's title earned £230,000 while the women's singles champion earned £207,000. * per team Champions Seniors Men's singles Stefan Edberg defeated Boris Becker, 6–2, 6–2, 3–6, 3–6, 6–4 * It was Edberg's 4th career Grand Slam title and his 2nd and last Wimbledon title. Women's singles Martina Navratilova defeated Zina Garrison, 6–4, 6–1 * It was Navratilova's 54th career Grand Slam title and her 9th Wimbledon title. It was also Navratilova's last Grand Slam Singles title. Men's doubles Rick Leach / Jim Pugh defeated Pieter Aldrich / Danie Visser, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copa Sevilla
The Copa Sevilla is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It is part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour since 1991. It is held annually at the Real Club de Tenis Betis in Seville Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula ..., Spain since 1963. Past finals Key Singles Doubles References External linksOfficial website {{DEFAULTSORT:Sevilla ATP Challenger Tour [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Open
The Australian Open is a tennis tournament held annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. The tournament is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events held each year, preceding the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open. The Australian Open starts in the middle of January and continues for two weeks coinciding with the Australia Day holiday. It features men's and women's singles; men's, women's, and mixed doubles; junior's championships; and wheelchair, legends, and exhibition events. Novak Djokovic has the most Australian Open mens singles titles of all time with 9. Before 1988, it was played on grass courts, but since then three types of hardcourt surfaces have been used: green-coloured Rebound Ace up to 2007, blue Plexicushion from 2008 to 2019, and blue GreenSet since 2020. First held in 1905 as the Australasian championships, the Australian Open has grown to become one of the biggest sporting events in the Southern Hemisphere. Nicknamed "the happy sl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelique Kerber
Angelique Kerber (; born 18 January 1988) is a German professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 1, for a total of 34 weeks, and won three major titles at the 2016 Australian Open, the 2016 US Open, and the 2018 Wimbledon Championships. She is also an Olympic silver medalist and was the year-end world number one in 2016. Kerber made her professional debut in 2003 and began her rise to prominence upon reaching the semifinals of the 2011 US Open as the world No. 92. An accomplished left-handed player, Kerber's ranking cracked the top 5 in 2012, and she would eventually reach the world No. 1 ranking on 12 September 2016, becoming the 22nd and oldest player to achieve the top ranking. She has won 14 career singles titles, across all surfaces, including three major titles. She has also won a silver medal in women's singles representing Germany at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Early life Kerber was born on 18 January 1988 in Bremen to Polish parents Sławomir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolás Lapentti
Nicolás Alexander Lapentti Gómez (; born 13 August 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Ecuador. His brothers, Giovanni Lapentti, Giovanni and Leonardo, uncle Andrés Gómez, Andrés, and cousins Roberto Quiroz, Roberto and Emilio Gómez (tennis), Emilio also are or were on the pro circuit. His father, also named Nicolás Lapentti, was a star basketball player at the College (now University) of St. Thomas in Minnesota from 1963 to 1967, and played on the Ecuador Olympic team. Beginnings Lapentti began playing tennis at the age of six. He first came to the tennis world's attention an outstanding junior player who won the Orange Bowl in Florida in 1994, when he also captured the junior doubles titles at the French Open (partnering with Gustavo Kuerten) and the US Open (tennis), US Open. Professional Lapentti turned professional in 1995 and won his first top-level singles title later that year at Bogotá. In 1999, Lapentti was a semi-finalist at the Australian Op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Joyce (tennis)
Michael T. Joyce (born February 1, 1973) is an American former tennis player, who turned professional in 1991. The right-hander reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 64 in April 1996. He also became a coach of professional players, most notably former world number one Maria Sharapova from 2004 to 2011. Tennis career Juniors He reached the final of the Wimbledon Jr event in 1991, where he was runner-up to Thomas Enqvist. Professional tennis player On the professional tour, Joyce won 3 Challenger events and reached the 4th round of the 1995 Wimbledon Championships. He won the men's singles in the Ojai Tennis Tournament in 2004. He was the subject of an essay by David Foster Wallace in '' Esquire''; the essay was later republished in Wallace's collections ''A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again'' and ''String Theory''. Throughout his time on the tour from 1991 to 2003, Joyce won against Pat Rafter, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Jim Courier and Michael Chang, and many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 XL Bermuda Open – Singles
Mauricio Hadad was the defending champion but did not compete that year. MaliVai Washington won in the final 6–7(6–8), 6–4, 7–5 against Marcelo Filippini. Seeds A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. # MaliVai Washington (champion) # Javier Frana ''(semifinals)'' # Jason Stoltenberg ''(first round)'' # Michael Joyce ''(first round)'' # Chris Woodruff ''(first round)'' # Vince Spadea ''(quarterfinals)'' # Fernando Meligeni ''(first round)'' # Scott Draper Scott Dennis Draper (born 5 June 1974) is an Australian former tennis player and golfer. He won the Australian Open Mixed Doubles with Samantha Stosur in 2005. Draper also reached the fourth round of the 1995 and 1996 French Opens, and the four ... ''(first round)'' Draw References External links 1996 XL Bermuda Open draw {{DEFAULTSORT:Singles XL Bermuda Open 1996 ATP Tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ATP Tour
The ATP Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for men organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals. The second-tier tour is the ATP Challenger Tour and the third-tier is the ITF Men's World Tennis Tour. The equivalent women's organisation is the WTA Tour. ATP Tour tournaments The ATP Tour comprises ATP Masters 1000, ATP 500, and ATP 250 and the ATP Cup. The ATP also oversees the ATP Challenger Tour, a level below the ATP Tour, and the ATP Champions Tour for seniors. The Grand Slam tournaments, the Olympic tennis tournament, the Davis Cup, and the entry-level ITF World Tennis Tour do not fall under the purview of the ATP, but are overseen by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) instead and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the Olympics. In these events, however, ATP ranking points are awarded, with the exception of the Olympics. Players and doubles teams with the most ranking points (collected during the calendar year) play in the season-ending ATP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Muster
Thomas Muster (born 2 October 1967) is an Austrian former world No. 1 tennis player. One of the world's leading clay court players in the 1990s, he won the 1995 French Open and at his peak was called "The King of Clay". In addition, he won eight Masters 1000 Series titles. Muster is one of the nine players to win Super 9/ATP Masters Series/ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titles on clay, hardcourt and carpet. With his 1995 French Open title, Muster became the first Austrian to win a Grand Slam singles title, followed by Dominic Thiem at the 2020 US Open. Tennis career Juniors Muster first came to prominence when he reached the final of the French Open junior tournament and the Orange Bowl juniors tournament in 1985. Pro tour Muster played his first matches at the top-level in 1984, as a junior player, at the age of 16. In 1984, he played his first match for Austria in the Davis Cup. He also played at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, and in two tournaments on Austrian soil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuck Adams
Chuck Adams (born April 23, 1971) 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 the United States. He won one ATP singles title and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 34 in 1995. ATP career finals Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runners-up) ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 6 (4–2) Performance timelines Singles External links * * 1971 births Living people American male tennis players People from Pacific Palisades, California Tennis people from California {{US-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 US Open (tennis)
The 1996 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the USTA National Tennis Center in New York City in New York in the United States. It was the 116th edition of the US Open and was held from August 26 through September 8, 1996. Seniors Men's singles Pete Sampras defeated Michael Chang 6–1, 6–4, 7–6(7–3) * It was Sampras' 8th career Grand Slam title and his 4th US Open title. Women's singles Steffi Graf defeated Monica Seles 7–5, 6–4 * It was Graf's 21st career Grand Slam title and her 5th and last US Open title. Men's doubles Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde defeated Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–2) * It was Woodbridge's 12th career Grand Slam title and his 4th US Open title. It was Woodforde's 13th career Grand Slam title and his 4th and last US Open title. Women's doubles Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva defeated Jana Novotná / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 1–6, 6–1, 6–4 * It was Ferná ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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