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Hendrik Dreekmann
Hendrik Dreekmann (born 29 January 1975) is a former tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 1991. He reached the quarterfinals of the 1994 French Open and the 1997 Miami Masters. Personal life Dreekmann was born in Bielefeld, West Germany, on 29 January 1975. He has been married to former long jumper Susen Tiedtke since 28 January 2005. Career Juniors As a junior, Dreekmann was the runner-up at the 1989 European Junior Championships in Sofia, and reached the semis at the 1991 Orange Bowl. Pro tour Dreekman's greatest result in singles was reaching the quarterfinals of the 1994 French Open, only the second grand slam he had participated in. En route he defeated Adrian Voinea, Richey Reneberg and former top tenners Carlos Costa and Aaron Krickstein. In the quarter-finals, Dreekman led Magnus Larsson two sets to love, but eventually lost in five sets. The right-hander reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour The ATP Tour is a worldwide top-tie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bielefeld
Bielefeld () is a city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 341,755, it is also the most populous city in the administrative region (''Regierungsbezirk'') of Detmold and the 18th largest city in Germany. The historical centre of the city is situated north of the Teutoburg Forest line of hills, but modern Bielefeld also incorporates boroughs on the opposite side and on the hills. The city is situated on the ', a hiking trail which runs for 156 km along the length of the Teutoburg Forest. Bielefeld is home to a significant number of internationally operating companies, including Dr. Oetker, Gildemeister and Schüco. It has a university and several technical colleges ('' Fachhochschulen''). Bielefeld is also famous for the Bethel Institution, and for the Bielefeld conspiracy, which satirises conspiracy theories by claiming that Bielefeld does not exist. This concept has been used in the town's marketing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Costa (tennis)
Carles ("Carlos") Costa Masferrer (born 22 April 1968) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. Costa turned professional in 1988. He was among the game's leading clay court players in the early 1990s. Costa was runner-up at the 1992 Italian Open, and reached the fourth round at that year's French Open and US Open. Additionally, Costa won the Barcelona Open, a tournament hosted by the tennis club where he grew up. In May 1992, he reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 10. Costa retired in 1999. In April 2006 he played in the 2006 Seniors Torneo Godó event in Barcelona where he lost to Sergi Bruguera in the final. Costa worked for IMG as an agent of most male Spanish tennis players (including Rafael Nadal). A few years later, Costa left IMG and created his own sports agency company with Rafael Nadal. He is not related to his compatriot Albert Costa Albert Costa i Casals (; born 25 June 1975) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Jensen
Luke Jensen (born June 18, 1966) is an American former professional tennis player and Grand Slam doubles champion. Jensen won the 1993 French Open Doubles title with his younger brother Murphy Jensen. He attended the University of Southern California from 1986–87 and earned singles All-American honors both years (doubles in 1987). He began working for ESPN as a tennis analyst in 1994. Jensen compiled a 106-57 record in seven and a half seasons as the head coach of the Syracuse Women’s tennis team. Jensen worked with his brother as the touring pro, tennis director and tennis pro emeritus at the Sea Island Resort until 2016. Tennis career Jensen attended East Grand Rapids High School, winning the Michigan state singles championship in 1983, and graduating in 1985. Juniors As a junior Jensen reached the No. 1 junior world ranking in both singles and doubles in 1984. Pro tour Jensen turned professional in 1987. Jensen gained the nickname of "Dual Hand Luke" because he was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Volkov (tennis)
Alexander Vladimirovich Volkov (russian: Алекса́ндр Влади́мирович Во́лков ; 3 March 1967 – 19 October 2019) was a Russian professional tennis player. Tennis career Volkov finished runner-up in three tournaments over 1989 and 1990; in the latter year he defeated World No. 1 Stefan Edberg in straight sets in the first round of the US Open. Volkov won his first top-level professional singles title in 1991 at Milan. At Wimbledon that year, he lost a close match in the fourth round to the eventual tournament champion Michael Stich, 4–6, 6–3, 7–5, 1–6, 7–5 despite winning the same number of games as Stich overall in the match, which hinged on a lucky shot hit by the German when he was trailing 3–5 in the final set. As Volkov served for the match, with the score at 30–15 in his favour, a shot hit by Stich was heading out, but the ball made contact with the inside edge of the top of the net post, sailed over Volkov's head, and landed insi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connecticut Open (tennis)
The Connecticut Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was a WTA Premier Tournament on the WTA Tour until its final edition in 2018. From 2005 through 2010 the tournament was also part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the ATP Tour. It was held annually at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center in New Haven, Connecticut, United States, just before the fourth and last Grand Slam tournament of the year, the US Open. In 2019 the tournament sanction was sold to APG, a leading Sports and Entertainment company. The tournament sanction was transferred to Zhengzhou, China. History The tournament was created in 1948 as the ''U.S. Women's Hardcourt Championships'' and first played in Sacramento, California, in the United States. Over the 20 years of its first run the event was moved to several U.S. locations including San Francisco; Berkeley, California; Salt Lake City, Utah; Seattle, Washington; La Jolla, San Diego, California; and Denver, Colorado. Among ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Genovese Hamlet Cup – Doubles
Cyril Suk and Daniel Vacek were the defending champions but did not compete that year. Luke Jensen and Murphy Jensen won in the final 6–3, 7–6 against Hendrik Dreekmann and Alexander Volkov. Seeds Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. # Jared Palmer / Jonathan Stark ''(semifinals)'' # Martin Damm / Nicolás Pereira ''(quarterfinals)'' # Vince Spadea / Jeff Tarango ''(first round)'' # Stephen Noteboom / Fernon Wibier Fernon Wibier (born 25 February 1971) is a former 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 ... ''(first round)'' Draw References 1996 Genovese Hamlet Cup Doubles Draw {{DEFAULTSORT:Genovese Hamlet Cup - Doubles, 1996 Doubles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pete Sampras
Petros "Pete" Sampras ( el, Πέτρος Σάμπρας; born August 12, 1971) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. His professional career began in 1988 and ended at the 2002 US Open, which he won, defeating longtime rival Andre Agassi in the final. Sampras won 14 major singles titles during his career, which was an all-time record at the time of his retirement: a then-record seven Wimbledon titles, two Australian Opens and a joint Open Era record five US Open titles. He won 64 singles titles in total. He first reached the world No. 1 ranking in 1993, and held that position for a total of 286 weeks (third all time), including an Open Era record of six consecutive Year-End No. 1 rankings from 1993 to 1998. A right-handed player with a single-handed backhand, his precise and powerful serve earned him the nickname "Pistol Pete". In 2007, he was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Early life Petros Sampras ( el, Πέτρος "Πητ" Σάμπρα ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swiss Indoors
The Swiss Indoors is a professional men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland. History The historical precursor event to this tournament was called the Swiss International Covered Courts that ran from 1920 to 1959, that was a fully open event for international players. To fill that gap this tournament was created in 1970 by Roger Brennwald and originally featured mainly Swiss top players. It became an event on the Grand Prix tennis circuit in 1977, when Björn Borg won the title and stayed until 1989. Since 2009 it has been part of the World Tour 500 Series of the ATP Tour. Before 2009, it was part of the ATP World Series from 1990 until 1999 which became the ATP International Series in 2000. It has been held annually at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel , french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese , neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Davidoff Swiss Indoors – Singles
Jim Courier was the defending champion but did not compete that year. Pete Sampras won in the final 7–5, 6–0, 6–2 against Hendrik Dreekmann. Seeds A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. # Pete Sampras (champion) # Goran Ivanišević ''(first round)'' # Yevgeny Kafelnikov ''(semifinals)'' # Boris Becker ''(second round)'' # Thomas Enqvist ''(first round)'' # Stefan Edberg ''(second round)'' # Mark Philippoussis ''(first round)'' # Michael Stich ''(first round)'' Draw * '' NB: The Final was the best of 5 sets while all other rounds were the best of 3 sets.'' Final Section 1 Section 2 References External links 1996 Davidoff Swiss Indoors draw {{DEFAULTSORT:Davidoff Swiss Indoors - Singles, 1996 1996 ATP Tour Singles Singles are people not in a committed relationship. Singles may also refer to: Film and television * ''Singles'' (miniseries), a 1984 Australian televis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Markus Zoecke
Markus Zoecke (born 10 May 1968) is a German former professional tennis player. Zoecke's primary weapon was a powerful serve that he could hit thanks to his height (1.95 m). He reached a highest singles ranking of No. 48 in March 1992. During his career he won one singles and one doubles title. He played three matches for the German Davis Cup team in 1992 and 1995. He is currently the sporting director at the Rot-Weiss Tennis Club The Lawn-Tennis-Turnier-Club "Rot-Weiß" (abbr.: LTTC, ''red-white'') is a tennis club located in Grunewald, part of a district in Berlin, Germany. The club was founded in 1897 as ''Lawn Tennis Turnier Club'', and was the origin for careers of ma ... in Berlin. ATP career finals Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) Doubles: 1 (1 title) ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 7 (4–3) Doubles: 2 (2–0) Performance timeline Singles References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zoecke, Markus 1968 births Living peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South African Open (tennis)
The South African Open – formerly known as the South African Championships, and for sponsorship reasons the Altech NCR South African Open and the Panasonic South African Open – is a defunct Grand Prix Tennis Tour, World Championship Series, ATP Tour and Virginia Slims Circuit affiliated tennis tournament played from 1891 to 2011 in South Africa. It was part of the pre-open era international seasonal tours from 1891 to 1967 from 1968 to 1971, part of the open era independent events tour from 1972, when it became part the men's Grand Prix Tour until 1989. The women's side of the competition was only briefly part of Virginia Slims tour (1970–74) before it returned to the independent circuit. The men's event joined the ATP Tour in 1990. It was mainly held in Johannesburg in South Africa, but played in other locations such as Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth, East London, Bloemfontein, Kimberly and Pretoria. The tournament was played on outdoor hard courts it ran for a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 South African Open (tennis)
The 1994 South African Open, also known as the ''Sun City Open'', was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 89th edition of the South African Open and was part of the ATP World Series of the 1994 ATP Tour. It took place in Sun City, South Africa from 28 March through 3 April 1994. German Markus Zoecke won the singles final against compatriot Hendrik Dreekmann. Finals Singles Markus Zoecke defeated Hendrik Dreekmann, 6–1, 6–4 * It was Zoecke's first and only singles ATP career title. Doubles Marius Barnard / Brent Haygarth defeated Ellis Ferreira / Grant Stafford, 6–3, 7–5 References External links ITF tournament edition details {{1994 ATP Tour Moses Kotane Local Municipality South African Open (tennis) Sports competitions in North West (South African province) Tennis tournaments in South Africa Open Open or OPEN may refer to: Music * Open (band), Australian pop/rock band * The Open (band), English indie rock band * ''Op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
