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Gianluca Luddi
Gianluca Luddi (born 4 February 1978) is an Italian former professional tennis player. Born in Rome, Luddi had a best singles world ranking of 183 and won an ATP Challenger title at Bressanone in 1999, beating Thierry Guardiola in the final. He had wins over top-100 players Jacobo Díaz and Guillermo Cañas en route to the semi-finals of the 1999 Buenos Aires Challenger. In 2000 he featured in the qualifying draw for the French Open. Luddi now coaches tennis in Turin and is married to tennis player Stefania Chieppa Stefania Chieppa (; born 5 April 1983) is an Italian former tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 359, which she reached on 10 July 2006. On 9 July 2007, she peaked at No. 204 of the doubles rankings. In her career, she w .... Challenger/Futures titles Singles: (5) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Luddi, Gianluca 1978 births Living people Italian male tennis players Tennis players from Rome 21st-century Italian sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rome
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Pietro Angelini
Pietro Angelini (born 7 December 1971 in L'Aquila) is an Italian former professional tennis player. Active in the 1990s, Angelini is a native of L'Aquila and reached a best world ranking of 253, competing mostly in satellite and Challenger tournaments. He featured in the qualifying draw for the 1993 French Open and made an 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 organ ... main draw appearance at the 1998 Campionati Internazionali di San Marino, losing at the first stage in both. ITF Futures titles Singles: (1) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Angelini, Pietro 1971 births Living people Italian male tennis players Sportspeople from L'Aquila ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Male Tennis Players
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Living People
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1978 Births
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Marcelo Charpentier
Marcelo Charpentier (born 11 July 1973) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. Career Charpentier was the 18s and under Orange Bowl champion in 1991. He had his best performance on tour at the 1996 Campionati Internazionali di San Marino, getting past seeded players Hernán Gumy and Gilbert Schaller en route to the semi-finals, where he lost to Albert Costa. In 1997 he took part in a Davis Cup tie for Argentina. He lost his only rubber, a singles match against Nicolás Lapentti from Ecuador. Also that year he appeared in two Grand Slams. He exited in the first round of the 1997 French Open, to Francisco Clavet, but did stretch the Spaniard to five sets. At Wimbledon he was beaten in the opening round by eventual runner-up Cédric Pioline. The only other Grand Slam he took part in was the 2000 French Open and he managed to defeat world number 30 Karim Alami, in another five set match. He was unable to progress past the second round, losing to Gustavo Kuerten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verona
Verona ( , ; vec, Verona or ) is a city on the Adige River in Veneto, Northern Italy, Italy, with 258,031 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region. It is the largest city Comune, municipality in the region and the second largest in northeastern Italy. The metropolitan area of Verona covers an area of and has a population of 714,310 inhabitants. It is one of the main tourist destinations in northern Italy because of its artistic heritage and several annual fairs and shows as well as the Opera, opera season in the Verona Arena, Arena, an ancient Ancient Rome, Roman Amphitheatre, amphitheater. Between the 13th and 14th century the city was ruled by the Scaliger, della Scala Family. Under the rule of the family, in particular of Cangrande I della Scala, the city experienced great prosperity, becoming rich and powerful and being surrounded by new walls. The Della Scala era is survived in numerous monuments around Verona. Two of William Shakespeare's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gergely Kisgyörgy
Gergely Kisgyörgy (born 8 March 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Hungary. Kisgyörgy was twice the runner-up at the Hungarian Tennis Championships, in 1999 and 2001, but was more successful as a doubles player during his career. He won seven doubles titles on the Challenger circuit and participated in one Grand Slam, the 2004 Wimbledon Championships. With Łukasz Kubot as his partner, the pair defeated South Americans Juan Ignacio Chela and Luis Horna in a close first round encounter, won 9–7 in the third set. They were then eliminated in the second round by Bob and Mike Bryan. He began playing Davis Cup matches for Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ... in 1997 and went on to appear in a total of 24 ties. In singles he won 16 of his 24 sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caracas
Caracas (, ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas, abbreviated as CCS, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the northern part of the country, within the Caracas Valley of the Venezuelan coastal mountain range (Cordillera de la Costa). The valley is close to the Caribbean Sea, separated from the coast by a steep 2,200-meter-high (7,200 ft) mountain range, Cerro El Ávila; to the south there are more hills and mountains. The Metropolitan Region of Caracas has an estimated population of almost 5 million inhabitants. The center of the city is still ''Catedral'', located near Bolívar Square, though some consider the center to be Plaza Venezuela, located in the Los Caobos area. Businesses in the city include service companies, banks, and malls. Caracas has a largely service-based economy, apart from some industrial activity in its metropolitan ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latina, Lazio
Latina () is the capital of the province of Latina in the Lazio region, in central Italy. , the city has 126,612 inhabitants and is the second-largest city of the region, after the national capital Rome. It was founded in 1932 under the fascist administration, as Littoria, when the area surrounding it which had been a swamp since antiquity was drained. History Although the area was first settled by the Latins, the modern city was founded by Benito Mussolini on 30 June 1932 as Littoria, named for the fascio littorio. The city was inaugurated on 18 December of the same year. Littoria was populated with settlers coming mainly from Friuli and Veneto, who formed the so-called Venetian- Pontine community (today surviving only in some peripheral boroughs). The edifices and the monuments, mainly in rationalist style, were designed by famous architects and artists such as Marcello Piacentini, Angiolo Mazzoni and Duilio Cambellotti. In 1934 it became a provincial capital and, after Wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bressanone
Brixen (, ; it, Bressanone ; lld, Porsenù or ) is a town in South Tyrol, northern Italy, located about north of Bolzano. Geography First mentioned in 901, Brixen is the third largest city and oldest town in the province, and the artistic and cultural capital of the valley. It is located at the confluence of the Eisack and Rienz rivers, north of Bolzano and south of the Brenner Pass, on the Italy-Austrian border. It is flanked on the eastern side by the Plose and Telegraph (Monte Telegrafo) mountains (2,504 m) and on the western side by the Königsanger (Monte Pascolo) (2,436 m) mountain. Brixen is especially known as a major skiing resort (the Plose). Other activities include hydroelectric power, orchards, and vineyards. ''Frazioni'' ''Frazioni'' / incorporated villages: Afers (Eores), Albeins (Albes), Elvas, Gereuth, Karnol, Klerant (Cleran), Kranebitt (Costa d'Elvas), Mahr (La Mara), Mairdorf, Mellaun (Meluno), Milland, Pairdorf (Perara), Pinzagen (Pinzago), Plabach, R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forlì
Forlì ( , ; rgn, Furlè ; la, Forum Livii) is a ''comune'' (municipality) and city in Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italy, and is the capital of the province of Forlì-Cesena. It is the central city of Romagna. The city is situated along the Via Emilia, to the east of the Montone river, and is an important agricultural centre. The city hosts some of Italy's culturally and artistically significant landmarks; it is also notable as the birthplace of painters Melozzo da Forlì and Marco Palmezzano, humanist historian Flavio Biondo, physicians Geronimo Mercuriali and Giovanni Battista Morgagni. The University Campus of Forlì (part of the University of Bologna) is specialized in Economics, Engineering, Political Sciences as well as the Advanced school of Modern Languages for Interpreters and Translators (SSLMIT). Climate The climate of the area is humid subtropical (''Cfa'' in the Köppen climate classification) with Mediterranean features, fairly mitigated by the relative closeness ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
