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Fred Simonsson
Fred Simonsson (born 27 November 1994) is a Swedish former tennis player. Simonsson has a career high ATP singles ranking of 633, achieved on 1 August 2016. His career high ATP doubles ranking of 195 was achieved on 20 February 2017. Tennis career Simonsson made his ATP main draw doubles debut at the 2012 Swedish Open. He reached the quarterfinals of the 2015 Swedish Open partnering Jonathan Mridha and repeated the achievement at the 2016 Swedish Open partnering Isak Arvidsson. In March 2016 Simonsson won the ATP Challenger Tour doubles tournament RC Hotel Open partnering Isak Arvidsson. With the same partner he won the 2016 Båstad Challenger in July. Simonsson retired in 2019 and shortly thereafter started to work as an assistant producer for Day International AB, an independent production agency in photo, film and digital content production. Personal life Simonsson is a big supporter of the Stockholm team Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly know ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people live in the Stockholm Municipality, municipality, with 1.6 million in the Stockholm urban area, urban area, and 2.4 million in the Metropolitan Stockholm, metropolitan area. The city stretches across fourteen islands where Mälaren, Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea. Outside the city to the east, and along the coast, is the island chain of the Stockholm archipelago. The area has been settled since the Stone Age, in the 6th millennium BC, and was founded as a city in 1252 by Swedish statesman Birger Jarl. It is also the county seat of Stockholm County. For several hundred years, Stockholm was the capital of Finland as well (), which then was a part of Sweden. The population of the municipality of Stockholm is expected to reach o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Båstad Challenger
The 2016 Båstad Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It is the first edition of the tournament which is part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It will take place in Båstad, Sweden between 4 and 10 July 2016. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of June 27, 2016. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Isak Arvidsson * Markus Eriksson * Christian Lindell * Carl Söderlund The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Maxim Dubarenco * Scott Griekspoor * Prajnesh Gunneswaran * Zhang Ze The following player entered as a lucky loser: * Hubert Hurkacz Champions Singles * Horacio Zeballos def. Roberto Carballés Baena, 6–3, 6–4 Doubles * Isak Arvidsson / Fred Simonsson def. Johan Brunström Johan Brunström (born 3 April 1980) is a professional Swedish tennis player. His highest ATP doubles ranking is no. 31, which he reached on 22 March ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heraklion
Heraklion or Iraklion ( ; el, Ηράκλειο, , ) is the largest city and the administrative capital of the island of Crete and capital of Heraklion regional unit. It is the fourth largest city in Greece with a population of 211,370 (Urban Area) according to the 2011 census. The population of the municipality was 177,064. The Bronze Age palace of Knossos, also known as the Palace of Minos, is located 5.5 km (3.1m) southeast of the city. Heraklion was Europe's fastest growing tourism destination for 2017, according to Euromonitor, with an 11.2% growth in international arrivals. According to the ranking, Heraklion was ranked as the 20th most visited region in Europe, as the 66th area on the planet and as the 2nd in Greece for the year 2017, with 3.2 million visitors and the 19th in Europe for 2018, with 3.4 million visitors. Etymology The Arab traders from al-Andalus (Iberia) who founded the Emirate of Crete moved the island's capital from Gortyna to a new castle they called ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Markus Eriksson (tennis)
Markus Eriksson (born 29 November 1989) is a retired Swedish tennis player. Eriksson has a career high ATP singles ranking of 277, achieved on 19 August 2019. Tennis career Eriksson made his ATP main draw singles debut at the 2013 Swedish Open where he lost in the first round to Martín Alund. In 2014, he made his debut in the main draw of an ATP doubles event, when he and partner Isak Arvidsson received a wild card at the Swedish Open. They lost in the quarterfinals to the tournament third seeds, Tomasz Bednarek and Henri Kontinen. In 2012, Eriksson was selected to represent the Swedish Davis Cup team in the World Group Playoffs against Belgium. For the period 2012 to 2020, he played in 14 Davis Cup ties winning 7 of the 16 singles matches and 4 of the 7 doubles matches that he played. Eriksson won his first ATP Challenger title in the doubles, when he and his compatriot André Göransson won the title at the Tampere challenger, where they beat Ivan Gakhov and Alexand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 RC Hotel Open – Doubles
This was the first edition of the tournament. Isak Arvidsson and Fred Simonsson won the title, defeating Markus Eriksson and Milos Sekulic Milos Sekulic ( sr, Милош Секулић, Miloš Sekulić, ; born 4 November 1989) is a Swedish professional tennis player. Sekulic has a career high ATP singles ranking of 643, achieved on 25 August 2014 and a career high ATP doubles ranki ... 6–3, 3–6, 0–6in the final. Seeds Draw References Main Draw {{DEFAULTSORT:2016 RC Hotel Open - Doubles RC Hotel Open - Doubles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragoș Nicolae Mădăraș
Dragoș Nicolae Mădăraș (born 12 September 1997) is a Romanian-born Swedish tennis player. Mădăraș has a career high ATP singles ranking of 289 achieved on 3 October 2022. His career high ATP doubles ranking of 554 was achieved on 9 May 2022. Career 2022: ATP debut He made his ATP debut at the 2022 Sofia Open as a qualifier where he lost to Oscar Otte in the first round. National representation Davis Cup Mădăraș represents Sweden at the Davis Cup, where he made his first appearance in March 2022 in a tie against Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north .... Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour Finals Singles: 26 (18-8) References External links * * * 1997 births Living people Swedish male tennis players Romanian male tennis players Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikael Ymer
Mikael Ymer (born 9 September 1998) is a Swedish tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 67, achieved in March 2020. In the ATP doubles ranking his career high is No. 187, achieved in October 2017. He is currently the No. 1 Swedish player. Early life Ymer was born in Skara, Sweden to Ethiopian immigrant parents. His mother, Kelem, is a physician; his father, Wondwosen, works at a dairy company. He is the younger brother of fellow tennis player Elias Ymer. His other younger brother, Rafael, is a tennis player on the juniors' circuit. Juniors Mikael contested his first junior major final at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships but was defeated by American Reilly Opelka in straight sets. In 2015 Ymer managed to claim his second European Championships title (U18), beating Bernabé Zapata Miralles in the final in straight sets. Professional career 2016-2018: Masters debut, Maiden ATP title in doubles 2019-2021: Major & Top 70 debut, Two Majors third ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Båstad
Båstad () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Båstad Municipality, Scania County, Sweden, with approximately 5,000 permanent residents. It is however one of Sweden's most typical summer resorts. The population is presumably more than twice as large between April and September, and even larger during July. Its municipality follows a similar pattern: some 15,000 permanent residents, but more than 30,000 during July. Some villages within the municipality are almost empty during the winter, but have more than 2,000 "summer guests" during July. Torekov is a good example of this. Within Sweden, Båstad is well known for tennis. The largest centre court in Sweden is located in the town's centre, and can take more than 5,000 attendants. Several top national players, such as Björn Borg, Mats Wilander and Stefan Edberg, have played tennis in Båstad. Geography The town of Båstad is located in a sheltered bay with the Hallandian ridge stretching behind it. The town bord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Kontinen
Henri Kontinen (; born 19 June 1990) is an inactive Finnish professional tennis player who is a former List of ATP number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles. After being forced to end his singles career at a young age due to injuries, having reached a career-high ranking of No. 220, Kontinen became a successful doubles player. He is a two-time Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam champion, having won the 2017 Australian Open – Men's doubles, 2017 Australian Open with John Peers in men's doubles, and the 2016 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles, 2016 Wimbledon Championships in mixed doubles alongside Heather Watson. Kontinen and Peers also won the 2016 ATP World Tour Finals – Doubles, 2016 and 2017 ATP Finals – Doubles, 2017 ATP Finals, and reached the final at the 2019 Australian Open – Men's doubles, 2019 Australian Open. He has won 21 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, and became world No. 1 for the first time on 3 April 2017, spending 26 weeks at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milos Sekulic
Milos Sekulic ( sr, Милош Секулић, Miloš Sekulić, ; born 4 November 1989) is a Swedish professional tennis player. Sekulic has a career high ATP singles ranking of 643, achieved on 25 August 2014 and a career high ATP doubles ranking of 288, achieved on 1 August 2016. Sekulic made his ATP main draw debut at the 2012 If Stockholm Open, partnering Patrik Rosenholm, but they lost in the first round to the top seeds. At the 2013 If Stockholm Open, Sekulic qualified for his home event, defeating Tobias Blomgren, Fred Simonsson and Julian Reister in the qualifying rounds. In the main draw he lost to Jan-Lennard Struff Jan-Lennard Struff (; born 25 April 1990) is a German professional tennis player. He reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 29 in August 2020. In doubles, he achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 21 in October 2018. He ha ... in the first round in straight sets. References External links * * 1989 births Living people S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falun
Falun () is a city and the seat of Falun Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 37,291 inhabitants in 2010. It is also the capital of Dalarna County. Falun forms, together with Borlänge, a metropolitan area with just over 100,000 inhabitants. Falun was originally famous for its copper mine, and is today an important service and industrial city even though the mine is closed (since 1992). Faluån is a river, flowing through the city, separating it into two sides. Falu copper mine is located on one of the sides which during many centuries was one of Sweden's main business. This side of the river was usually called "the mining side", where not many plants grew due to the toxic smoke which contaminated the soil. On the other side of the river, where the smoke did not reach, set many large villas, which made this side to be called "the delightful side". The centre of Falun consists of classical pedestrian streets with small shops. In 1998, the city reclaimed the award of "the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filip Bergevi
Filip Bergevi (born 20 April 1994) is a Swedish tennis player. Bergevi has a career high ATP singles ranking of 568 achieved in 2019. His career high ATP doubles ranking is 389 achieved in 2021. Career Bergevi made his ATP main draw debut at the 2012 Swedish Open in the doubles draw partnering Fred Simonsson. Bergevi played college tennis at the University of California, Berkeley. ATP Challenger and ITF titles Singles: 1 {, , -valign=top , {, class=wikitable style=font-size:97% !Legend , -bgcolor=moccasin , ATP Challenger (0) , -bgcolor=cffcff , ITF Futures / World Tennis Tour (1) {, class="sortable wikitable" !class="unsortable", No. !Date !Tournament !Tier !Surface !Opponent !class="unsortable", Score , - , 1. , , style="background:#cffcff;", M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt , style="background:#cffcff;", World Tennis Tour , Hard , Sun Fajing , 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–2) Doubles: 10 {, , -valign=top , {, class=wikitable style=font-size:97% !Legend , -bgcolor=moccasi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
