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Henry Searle (tennis)
Henry Searle (born 29 March 2006) is a British tennis player. In July 2023 he won the Wimbledon Boys' singles title. Career In 2022 he won the Under 16 & Junior British National Championship. Searle reached the quarterfinals at the 2023 French Open boys singles before losing to eventual winner Dino Prizmic. In July 2023, he defeated the top seed Juan Carlos Prado Ángelo in Boys' singles at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships. He followed that up with wins over Manas Dhamne, Arthur Gea and João Fonseca, without dropping a set. He defeated American junior Grand Slam winner Cooper Williams in the semifinals, again winning in straight sets. During the semi-final he was recorded as serving a first serve at 129mph. In the final he faced Yaroslav Demin again winning in straight sets, becoming the first British junior to win the boys' title at Wimbledon since Stanley Matthews, in 1962. In the final he had a serve registered at 134mph. Searle's coach Morgan Phillips, being the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton () is a city, metropolitan borough and administrative centre in the West Midlands, England. The population size has increased by 5.7%, from around 249,500 in 2011 to 263,700 in 2021. People from the city are called "Wulfrunians". Historically part of Staffordshire, the city grew initially as a market town specialising in the wool trade. In the Industrial Revolution, it became a major centre for coal mining, steel production, lock making, and the manufacture of cars and motorcycles. The economy of the city is still based on engineering, including a large aerospace industry, as well as the service sector. Toponym The city is named after Wulfrun, who founded the town in 985, from the Anglo-Saxon ''Wulfrūnehēantūn'' ("Wulfrūn's high or principal enclosure or farm"). Before the Norman Conquest, the area's name appears only as variants of ''Heantune'' or ''Hamtun'', the prefix ''Wulfrun'' or similar appearing in 1070 and thereafter. Alternatively, the city ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
João Fonseca (tennis)
João Fonseca (born 21 August 2006) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. Fonseca has a career high ATP singles ranking of 343 achieved on 26 February 2024. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 431 achieved on 26 February 2024. Career 2023: First Brazilian Junior world No. 1, ATP debut Fonseca reached the final of the 2023 Australian Open – Boys' doubles tournament with Alexander Blockx, João Fonseca became the Junior champion of the 2023 US Open - Boys' singles tournament with a victory over Learner Tien in the final. Fonseca was the 2023 world champion of the Junior circuit. At 17 years old, he was the first Brazilian to finish the season as No. 1 in the junior rankings. He made his ATP debut at the 2023 Rio Open after receiving a wildcard for the singles main draw and also appeared in the doubles main draw, entering as lucky losers with Mateus Alves. 2024: First ATP wins & quarterfinal, top 350 & turning pro at 17 years old In January 2024, the 17-yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wimbledon Junior Champions
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English Male Tennis Players
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Living People
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2006 Births
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The Championships, Wimbledon
The Wimbledon Championships, commonly known simply as Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely regarded as the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London, since 1877 and is played on outdoor grass courts, with retractable roofs over the two main courts since 2019. Wimbledon is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the others being the Australian Open, the French Open, and the US Open. Wimbledon is the only major still played on grass, the traditional tennis playing surface. Also, it is the only Grand Slam that retains a night-time curfew, though matches can now continue until 11.00 pm under the lights. The tournament traditionally takes place over two weeks in late June and early July, starting on the last Monday in June and culminating with the Ladies' and Gentlemen's Singles Finals, scheduled for the Saturday and Sunday at the end of the second week. Five major events are held each year, with addi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolverhampton Wanderers F
Wolverhampton () is a city, metropolitan borough and administrative centre in the West Midlands, England. The population size has increased by 5.7%, from around 249,500 in 2011 to 263,700 in 2021. People from the city are called "Wulfrunians". Historically part of Staffordshire, the city grew initially as a market town specialising in the wool trade. In the Industrial Revolution, it became a major centre for coal mining, steel production, lock making, and the manufacture of cars and motorcycles. The economy of the city is still based on engineering, including a large aerospace industry, as well as the service sector. Toponym The city is named after Wulfrun, who founded the town in 985, from the Anglo-Saxon ''Wulfrūnehēantūn'' ("Wulfrūn's high or principal enclosure or farm"). Before the Norman Conquest, the area's name appears only as variants of ''Heantune'' or ''Hamtun'', the prefix ''Wulfrun'' or similar appearing in 1070 and thereafter. Alternatively, the ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Premier League
The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Football League (EFL). Seasons typically run from August to May with each team playing 38 matches (playing all 19 other teams both home and away). Most games are played on Saturday and Sunday afternoons, with occasional weekday evening fixtures. The competition was founded as the FA Premier League on 20 February 1992 following the decision of clubs in the Football League First Division to break away from the Football League, founded in 1888, and take advantage of a lucrative television rights sale to Sky UK, Sky. From 2019 to 2020, the league's accumulated television rights deals were worth around £3.1 billion a year, with Sky and BT Group securing the domestic rights to broadcast 128 and 32 games respectively. The Premier League is a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harvey Trump
Harvey Russell John Trump (born 11 October 1968) is a former English cricketer who played for Somerset between 1988 and 1996. Trump, the son of Gerald Trump, a former captain of both Somerset's Second XI and of Devon's Minor Counties side, was a lower-order right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-spin bowler. A successful school cricketer at Millfield School, he played for England's Under-19 team in Tests in Sri Lanka in 1986–87. In these three matches, he took seven wickets and also scored an unbeaten 50 in the final match at Galle. He made his debut for Somerset in 1988 and played fairly regularly for nine seasons, without ever quite appearing to make the decisive breakthrough to be an automatic selection. His most successful seasons were 1991 and 1992: he took around 50 first-class wickets in each season and in 1992 against Gloucestershire, in the last first-class match played at the Wagon Works Ground at Gloucester, he took seven for 52 in each innings to give both his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morgan Phillips (tennis)
Morgan Phillips (born 23 June 1984) is a British tennis coach and former professional male tennis player from Croydon. He reached a peak world ranking of 406 in May 2010. Career 2003 Phillips joined the senior tour. 2006 Phillips beat James Ward at the Spain Futures in the first round. 2009 Phillips came back from a career threatening knee injury to jump 1,441 places in the world rankings to 431, and become the biggest mover in the British men's game in 2009. 2010 Phillips played doubles with the Russian player Evgeny Donskoy at the Seville Challenger, losing in the first round. 2012 Phillips retired from playing with a singles ranking of 581 and a doubles ranking of 1183. 2013 Phillips starts coaching Evgeny Donskoy. Donskoy made his Davis Cup debut in Europe/Africa Zone Group I match against Great Britain in Coventry. Donskoy won an epic first rubber against James Ward, one of Phillips' best friends, 4–6 4–6 7–5 6–2 8–6 to help give Russia a 2–0 lead hea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley Matthews (tennis)
Stanley John Matthews (born 20 November 1945) is an English former professional tennis player. He became Wimbledon Boys' Champion in 1962 and reached the second round of the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. He is the son of former professional footballer Sir Stanley Matthews. Football career Matthews' first foray in sport was via football, and, like his father, he played on the wing. "But I stopped playing soccer, as we call it in America, when I was 12," he explained in 2007. "I was fairly good, but whoever I played, they kicked the shit out of me. I came with a name, and the mentality was, 'We're going to get Stanley Matthews' son.' " Tennis career In 1958, Matthews' father arranged for him to attend the Lawn Tennis Association in London. He lived with the family of Charlie Chester, a friend of his father, in North Finchley. In the morning he would work with a private tutor; in the afternoon he would practise at Queen's Club. Matthews was British Junior Champion bet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
