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Gwangju Open
The Gwangju Open is a tennis tournament held in Gwangju, South Korea since 2016. The event is part of the ATP Challenger Tour and is played on outdoor hard court A hardcourt (or hard court) is a surface or floor on which a sport is played, most usually in reference to tennis courts. It is typically made of rigid materials such as asphalt or concrete, and covered with acrylic resins to seal the surface and ...s. Past finals Singles Doubles References External links ITF search ATP Challenger Tour Hard court tennis tournaments Tennis tournaments in South Korea Sports competitions in Gwangju Recurring sporting events established in 2016 {{Tennis-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gwangju
Gwangju () is South Korea's sixth-largest metropolis. It is a designated metropolitan city under the direct control of the central government's Home Minister. The city was also the capital of South Jeolla Province until the provincial office moved to the southern village of Namak in Muan County in 2005 because Gwangju was promoted to a metropolitan city and was independent of South Jeolla province. Its name is composed of the words ''Gwang'' () meaning "light" and ''Ju'' () meaning "province". Gwangju was historically recorded as ''Muju'' (), in which "Silla merged all of the land to establish the provinces of Gwangju, Ungju, Jeonju, Muju and various counties, plus the southern boundary of Goguryeo and the ancient territories of Silla" in the ''Samguk Sagi.'' In the heart of the agricultural Jeolla region, the city is also famous for its rich and diverse cuisine. History The city was established in 57 BC. It was one of the administrative centers of Baekje during the Three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nam Ji-sung
Nam Ji-sung (born 15 August 1993, in Busan) is a South Korean tennis player. Nam has a career high ATP singles ranking of 236 achieved on 12 August 2019. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 102 achieved on 3 February 2020. Playing for South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eas ... in Davis Cup, Nam has a W/L record of 3–7. Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour finals Singles: 16 (5–11) Doubles: 62 (33 titles, 29 runners-up) External links * * * 1993 births Living people South Korean male tennis players Sportspeople from Busan Tennis players from Seoul Tennis players at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for South Korea Universiade medalists in tennis FISU World University Games gold medalists for South Ko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuki Bhambri
Yuki Bhambri (born 4 July 1992) is an Indian professional tennis player. He is a former junior no. 1 and winner of the 2009 Australian Open Junior Championship. He is the first Indian to win the junior Australian Open title and the fourth Indian in history to capture a junior singles title at a Grand Slam championship. He represents India in the Davis Cup. Personal and early life He started playing tennis at the age of 6 years. His father is Chander and mother is Indu. He is the youngest in the family. His sisters are Ankita Bhambri and Sanaa Bhambri, and he is the cousin of Prerna Bhambri and Prateek Bhambri, all of whom are professional tennis players. His early career tennis coach was Aditya Sachdeva. He is currently being coached by Stephen Koon, Impact Tennis Academy, and is accompanied by trainer Abhimanu Singh & Ahmad Nasir. Junior career Bhambri reached the junior No. 1 ranking in the world in February 2009. He won the Junior Australian Open Boys singles title in 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela
Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela (; born June 21, 1987) is a Mexican 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. Reyes-Varela has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 400, achieved on 17 June 2013. In the doubles rankings he has a career high of world No. 49, achieved on 20 August 2018. He has played multiple seasons of the Davis Cup, including on the 2011 Mexican Davis Cup squad. "El tapatío Miguel Ángel Reyes Varela es la esperanza de México en la segunda edición del Jalisco Open." ATP career finals Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runners-up) Challenger and Futures finals Singles: 5 (4–1) Doubles: 84 (42–42) Notes References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Reyes-Varela, Miguel Angel 1987 births Mexican male tennis pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolás Barrientos
Nicolás Barrientos (; born 24 April 1987) is a Colombian professional tennis player competing mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour both in singles and doubles. Barrientos reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world No. 237 on 21 September 2015 and his highest ATP doubles ranking of world No. 61 on 24 October 2022. Barrientos also made his first appearance on an ATP World Tour in July 2013 when he lost in the first round of 2013 Claro Open Colombia against Ruben Bemelmans Ruben Bemelmans (; born 14 January 1988) is a Belgian former professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP ranking of world No. 84 in singles, achieved on 28 September 2015, and world No. 128 in doubles, achieved on 1 October 2012. Beme .... Doubles performance timeline ''Current till 2022 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles. ATP career finals Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups) ATP Challenger & ITF Futures Singles: 10 (6–4) Doubles: 41 (20–21) National representation Pan Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John-Patrick Smith
John-Patrick Tracey "JP" Smith (born 24 January 1989) is an Australian professional tennis player who competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. He attended the University of Tennessee from 2007 through 2011 where he was a four-time All-American and made it to the college No. 1 ranking in both singles and doubles. Smith reached his highest ATP singles ranking of No. 108 on 28 September 2015, and his highest ATP doubles ranking of No. 52 on 11 September 2017. In July 2015, Smith won his maiden ATP Tour match defeating fellow Aussie Bernard Tomic in the first round of the Hall of Fame Championships in Newport. He went on to reach the semifinals. In 2019, he reached the final of the Australian Open mixed doubles alongside fellow Aussie Astra Sharma. College career Knoxville became Smith's home away from home when he enrolled at the University of Tennessee in August 2007. It was on those campus' hardcourts that he became one of the most prolific at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Harris (tennis)
Andrew Harris (born 7 March 1994) is an Australian professional tennis player from Melbourne. He was the winner of the junior doubles titles at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships and the Roland Garros Junior French Championship. He signed a National Letter of Intent with Oklahoma Sooners to participate in 2013. In October 2013, Harris won his first Futures title. Professional career 2011 Harris's first appearance in a professional tournament was at the Australia F7 in September 2011, where he made the quarter final before losing to Alex Bolt. 2012 Harris lost in round 1 of the 2012 Australian Open qualification to Denys Molchanov, before competing in three Future tournaments in Australia. His best result being a quarter final in Australia F4 in March where he retired whilst playing Maverick Banes. Harris played only one more tournament in 2012, the Great Britain F10 in July, where he lost in the second round. 2013 Harris successfully returned to competition in May 2013, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reese Stalder
Reese Stalder (born 12 November 1996) is an American tennis player. Stalder has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 956 achieved on 28 June 2021. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 63 achieved on 16 October 2023. He has won eight ATP Challenger doubles titles, six of them with Evan King. Stalder played college tennis at Texas Christian University. Career 2021: Maiden Challenger title He won his maiden Challenger doubles title at the 2021 Puerto Vallarta Open with Gijs Brouwer. 2023: ATP, top 100 and Major debut and third round He made his ATP doubles debut at the 2023 Delray Beach Open where he reached the semifinals partnering 2023 Australian Open winner Rinky Hijikata and defeating second seeded pair of Jamie Murray and Michael Venus in the quarterfinals.https://www.atptour.com/en/news/dodig-krajicek-rotterdam-doubles-friday-2023 He reached the final defeating Mexican duo Hans Hach Verdugo and Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela. As a result he moved into the top ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evan King
Evan King (born March 25, 1992) is an American professional tennis player. King has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 185, achieved in April 2018. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 113, achieved in February 2020. He has won ten doubles titles on the ATP Challenger Tour. On the ITF Pro Circuit, King has six career singles titles and 22 career doubles titles. King holds the record for most combined career men's singles and doubles wins at the University of Michigan. King was a three-time ITA All-American (2011, '12, '13), a two-time Big Ten Athlete of the Year (2012, '13), and a four-time All-Big Ten (2010, '11, '12, '13) player. Professional career King made his ATP main-draw debut at the 2009 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships as a 17 year old. At the 2021 US Open (tennis) he reached the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career as a wildcard pair partnering fellow American Hunter Reese defeating ninth seeds Ku ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grega Žemlja
Grega Žemlja (born 29 September 1986) is a retired Slovenian tennis player. He has won five singles titles and one doubles title on the ATP Challenger Tour. In 2012, he reached the third round of the US Open, the first Slovenian male player ever to reach that stage in a Grand Slam tournament. He is also the first Slovenian ATP player who in 2013 reached third round at Wimbledon. He reached his highest ATP ranking of World No. 43 in singles in May 2013, becoming the first Slovene ATP player to reach the top 50. Žemlja also became the first Slovene player earning over 1 million US dollars in prize money, and he was the highest-paid Slovene player in history until he was passed by Blaž Kavčič. He represented his country as a member of Slovenia Davis Cup team. Tennis career 2009 2009 was Žemlja's first year at the main draw on the ATP Tour. For the first time in his career he qualified for the main draw of Wimbledon where he lost in first round against Albert Montañés. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ričardas Berankis
Ričardas Berankis (; born June 21, 1990) is a Lithuanian professional tennis player. He is the first and only Lithuanian citizen (not counting Lithuanian American Vitas Gerulaitis) to enter the ATP top 50 rankings, making him the highest ranked Lithuanian tennis player of all time. Berankis has reached two finals on the ATP World Tour, at the Los Angeles Open in 2012 and Kremlin Cup in 2017. He is also a prominent member of the Lithuania Davis Cup team. Tennis career Early career Berankis started playing tennis at the age of two, when his six years older sister Lina took him to her tennis practices. Berankis' first coach was Valdas Adomaitis from Jurbarkas. When Berankis was nine years old he accepted an invitation from Remigijus Balžekas to practise with him at the Šiauliai tennis school (over 200 km from Vilnius). It turned out to be a long term partnership and friendship. In 2004, Berankis won several prestigious junior events (under 14 division) – Tennis Europe Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Gwangju Open
The 2016 Gwangju Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 1st edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Gwangju, South Korea between 11 and 17 April 2016. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings as of April 4, 2016. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Kwon Soon-woo * Chung Yun-seong * Lim Yong-kyu * Chung Hong The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Liam Broady * Greg Jones * Gavin van Peperzeel * Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * Daniel Yoo Champions Singles * Ričardas Berankis def. Grega Žemlja, 6–3, 6–2 Doubles * Sanchai Ratiwatana / Sonchat Ratiwatana def. Frederik Nielsen / David O'Hare, 6–3, 6–2 External linksCombined Draw {{DEFAULTSORT:2016 Gwangju Open Gwangju Open The Gwangju Open is a tennis tournament held in Gwang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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