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Guillermo Durán
Guillermo Durán (; born 6 June 1988) is an Argentine tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour The ATP Challenger Tour, known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series, is a series of international men's professional tennis tournaments. The Challenger Tour events are the second-highest tier of tennis competition, behind the ATP T .... On 2 April 2012, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 385. His highest ATP doubles ranking of 48 was achieved on 23 May 2016. ATP career finals Doubles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up) Challenger and Futures finals Singles: 10 (1–9) Doubles: 76 (47–29) Notes External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Duran, Guillermo 1988 births Living people Argentine male tennis players Tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic tennis players of Argentina Sportspeople from Tucumán Province 21st-century Argentine people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tucumán Province
Tucumán () is the most densely populated, and the second-smallest by land area, of the provinces of Argentina. Located in the northwest of the country, the province has the capital of San Miguel de Tucumán, often shortened to Tucumán. Neighboring provinces are, clockwise from the north: Salta, Santiago del Estero and Catamarca. It is nicknamed El Jardín de la República (''The Garden of the Republic''), as it is a highly productive agricultural area. Etymology The word ''Tucumán'' probably originated from the Quechua languages. It may represent a deformation of the term ''Yucumán'', which denotes the "place of origin of several rivers". It can also be a deformation of the word ''Tucma'', which means "the end of things". Before Spanish colonization, the region lay in the outer limits of the Inca empire. History Before the Spanish colonization, this land was inhabited by the Diaguitas and Tonocotes. In 1533, Diego de Almagro explored the Argentine Northwest, incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ATP Challenger Tour
The ATP Challenger Tour, known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series, is a series of international men's professional tennis tournaments. The Challenger Tour events are the second-highest tier of tennis competition, behind the ATP Tour. The ITF World Tennis Tour tournaments are on the entry-level of international professional tennis competition. The ATP Challenger Tour is administered by the Association of Tennis Professionals. Players who succeed on the ATP Challenger Tour earn sufficient ranking points to become eligible for main draw or qualifying draw entry at ATP Tour tournaments. Players on the Challenger Tour are usually young players looking to advance their careers, those who fail to qualify for ATP events, or former ATP players looking to get back into the big tour. History of challenger events The first challenger events were held in 1978, with eighteen events taking place. Two were held on the week beginning January 8, one in Auckland and another in Hoba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croatia Open
The Croatia Open (currently sponsored by Plava laguna) is a men's ATP tennis tournament held in Umag, Croatia that is part of the 250 series of the ATP Tour. The tournament began in 1990 when it was part of Yugoslavia, and is the oldest tennis tournament in Croatia. It began as the Yugoslavia Open and has been played every year since. It is played on outdoor red clay courts. Carlos Moyá has won the tournament a record five times; he also holds the record for the most consecutive wins at three. His most recent win was in 2007. In 2016, the centre court stadium was named after Croatian tennis player Goran Ivanišević. Past finals Singles Doubles See also * Zagreb Indoors * Bol Open * Makarska International Championships * Zagreb Open External links Official Croatia Open website {{coord, 45.44769, 13 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Croatia Open Umag – Doubles
Martin Kližan and David Marrero were the defending champions, but Kližan chose not to participate this year and Marrero chose to compete in Båstad instead. Guillermo Durán and Andrés Molteni won the title, defeating Marin and Tomislav Draganja Tomislav Draganja (; born 10 August 1994) is a Croatian tennis player. Draganja usually competes on the ATP Challenger Tour Draganja primarily focuses on doubles, where he has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 115 achieved on 26 February 2018 ... in the final, 6–3, 6–7(4–7), 0–6 Seeds Draw Draw References Main Draw {{DEFAULTSORT:2017 Croatia Open Umag - Doubles Croatia Open Croatia Open Umag – Doubles Croatia Open Umag – Doubles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi ( Punjabi, ; born 17 Mar 1980) is a Pakistani professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He is the only Pakistani player ever to reach a Grand Slam final, having done so in both men's and mixed doubles at the 2010 US Open, alongside Rohan Bopanna and Květa Peschke respectively. Qureshi has also reached seven further major semifinals across the two disciplines. He reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 8 in June 2011, and has won 18 titles on the ATP Tour, including the 2011 Paris Masters and 2013 Miami Open, with Bopanna and Jean-Julien Rojer respectively. Qureshi has also qualified for the ATP Finals in doubles on three occasions. In singles, he reached his highest ranking of world No. 125 in December 2007, and achieved his best Grand Slam result at the Wimbledon Championships that year, reaching the second round. Qureshi is also the most successful Davis Cup player in Pakistan's history, with the team most notably reaching ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marin Draganja
Marin Draganja (; born 13 May 1991) is a Croatian professional tennis player and competes mainly on the ATP World Tour in doubles. Draganja reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 550 on 29 April 2013, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 20, on 6 April 2015. After having a hip surgery in August 2015 Draganja paused his career for recovery. Marin Draganja is currently coached by Gilbert Schaller and managed by the McCartney Group, Vienna. His younger brother is a professional tennis player Tomislav Draganja Tomislav Draganja (; born 10 August 1994) is a Croatian tennis player. Draganja usually competes on the ATP Challenger Tour Draganja primarily focuses on doubles, where he has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 115 achieved on 26 February 2018 .... ATP career finals Doubles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner-ups) Challenger finals Doubles: 16 (13–3) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Draganja, Marin Croatian male tennis players Tennis pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Máximo González
Máximo González Mereira (; born July 20, 1983, in Tandil) is an Argentine professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is World No. 58, achieved in July 2009 and his career-high doubles ranking is World No. 22 achieved on 22 April 2019. Career Singles Early career through 2006 In singles play, González won two Futures events in the second half of 2004. He won four more Futures events in 2005 before finally finding success on the Challenger circuit with two consecutive semi-final appearances and a quarterfinal, improving his ranking to No. 206 in November 2005. 2007: ATP singles debut, Challenger circuit success His success waned in early 2007, and by the end of July, his ranking had slipped out of the 250 to No. 267 in singles, despite qualifying in late July for his first ATP-level event, and then again a second time the following week. In August, he built on that recent success, winning his first-ever Challenger title in Spain. The following week in Italy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Prix Hassan II
The Grand Prix Hassan II is an annual men's tennis tournament on the ATP Tour and is currently part of the ATP Tour 250 series. The event is played on clay courts and was held annually at the Complexe Al Amal in Casablanca, Morocco through 2015, before relocating to Marrakesh Marrakesh or Marrakech ( or ; ar, مراكش, murrākuš, ; ber, ⵎⵕⵕⴰⴽⵛ, translit=mṛṛakc}) is the fourth largest city in the Kingdom of Morocco. It is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco and is the capital of the Marrakes ... in 2016. Between 1984 and 1989 it was part of the Challenger Series. It is currently the only ATP event held in Africa. The tournament is usually held in April and is a lead up tournament for the French Open. Past finals Key Singles Doubles References External links Official websiteATP tournament profile {{Casablanca Tennis tournaments in Morocco Clay court tennis tournaments ATP Tour Recurring sporting events established in 1986 Spring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Grand Prix Hassan II – Doubles
Rameez Junaid and Adil Shamasdin were the defending champions, but chose not to compete this year. Guillermo Durán and Máximo González won the title, defeating Marin Draganja and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi in the final, 6–2, 3–6, 0–6 Seeds Draw Draw ReferencesMain Draw {{DEFAULTSORT:2016 Grand Prix Hassan II - Doubles 2016 Grand Prix Hassan II ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcelo Demoliner
Marcelo Fedrizzi Demoliner (born 18 January 1989) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. A doubles specialist, he won his first title at the ATP 250 Antalya Open with Santiago González in June 2018, after having reached six finals at that level. He was runner-up at the ATP 500 Vienna in 2018 and Saint Petersburg in 2020. Alongside Maria José Martinez Sanchez, he was a mixed doubles semifinalist in 2017 Wimbledon Championships and 2018 Australian Open. He reached a career high ranking of world No. 34 in doubles in November 2017. Career 2006: Turned Professional Demoliner turned professional in 2006, playing smaller tournaments (Futures). In 2007, he played his 1st Challenger. At this time, he was considered one of the promises of the sport in Brazil. 2009-2012: First singles Challenger title, new partnership with Souza In 2009, he managed to enter the top 300, and won his first Challenger title, in Blumenau. In 2011, again achieved good results in Blumenau Challenger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomaz Bellucci
Thomaz Cocchiarali Bellucci (born 30 December 1987, in Tietê) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 21 in July 2010. Bellucci used a string of ATP Challenger Tour victories early in 2008 to break into the top 100 rankings of the ATP World Tour as a 20-year-old. He has won 4 ATP World Tour titles (the 2009 and 2012 Swiss Open, the 2010 Movistar Open and the 2015 Geneva Open), reached the quarterfinals at the 2016 Olympics and reached the semi-finals of the 2011 Madrid Masters. Playing style Thomaz's playing style relies on using the heavy topspin of his forehand to control the points. He lacks outright power to produce a lot of aces, but he has excellent spin on his serve, allowing him to force his opponents off of the court which leads to him taking the offensive at the beginning of the point. His two-handed backhand is much more compact than his forehand, and is flatter, which allows him to take balls earlier on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pablo Carreño Busta
Pablo Carreño Busta (; born 12 July 1991) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 10 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved on 11 September 2017. He also reached a best doubles ranking of No. 16, on 17 July 2017. He has won seven singles titles, including a Masters 1000 title at the Canadian Open, and four doubles titles on the ATP Tour. Representing Spain, Carreño Busta has won an Olympic bronze medal in men's singles at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics (defeating world No. 1 Novak Djokovic en route) and was a member of the Spanish team that won the 2019 Davis Cup. Career Juniors Carreño Busta reached as high as No. 6 in the combined junior world rankings in February 2009. 2009–13: Early pro tour, Grand Slam debut His first appearance in an ATP Tour tournament was at the 2011 Barcelona Open, where he lost in the first round to Benoît Paire. He has reached 18 singles finals competing in ITF Futures to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
