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Illinois Fighting Illini Men's Tennis
The Illinois Fighting Illini men's tennis team is an NCAA Division I college tennis team competing in the Big Ten Conference. The team plays its home matches at the Atkins Tennis Center in Urbana, Illinois. History The Illinois men's tennis program was founded in 1908, but has enjoyed most of its success in recent years. The Illini have been one of the most successful men's tennis programs in the nation over the past twenty seasons, winning nine consecutive Big Ten Championships from 1997–2005; six of seven Big Ten Tournament Championships between 1999 and 2005; appearing in the NCAA Sweet Sixteen fourteen times, including eight years in a row (2002–09); advancing to three NCAA Final Fours between 2003 and 2007; and winning the 2003 NCAA National Championship. Illinois men's tennis won two ITA National Team Indoor Championships in 2003 and 2004, and reached the championship match three other times in 1998, 1999, and 2002. Illinois men's tennis owns the record for longest c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atkins Tennis Center
Opened in 1991 at a cost of $5.3 million, the Atkins Tennis Center is home to both men and women's tennis at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, University of Illinois, or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. It is the flagship institution of the Univ .... The tennis center features six indoor courts and twenty outdoor courts. Additionally, the complex has a pro shop and court times for general public use. It also hosts elite junior tournaments and one of the longest running professional tournaments on the USTA Pro Circuit: the JSM Challenger. The facility includes the Khan Outdoor Tennis Complex. 2013 The 2013 NCAA Division I Women's and Men's Tennis Championships was hosted by the Atkins Tennis Center. This was the first time since 2005 (when there was a combined men and women's championship) that a Midwest school hosted the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graydon Oliver
Graydon Oliver (born June 15, 1978) is a retired American professional tennis player. A doubles specialist, he won four titles during his career. Upon retiring from the tour, Oliver took a job in the energy sector (Leor Energy Leor Energy was a company engaged in hydrocarbon exploration, primarily in East Texas. It was based in Houston. It sold most of its assets to Encana (now Ovintiv) in November 2007 for $2.55 billion and, in September 2015, the company was acquired b ...), working for an exploration and production company. In 2010, Oliver took a job in the financial sector for a company in Texas. Doubles finals Wins (8) Runners-up (9) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Oliver, Graydon 1978 births Living people American male tennis players Illinois Fighting Illini men's tennis players Tennis players from Miami Tennis players from Tampa, Florida Doping cases in tennis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandar Vukic
Aleksandar Vukic (, , ; born 6 April 1996) is an Australian professional tennis player. Vukic has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 117 achieved on 28 February 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 394 achieved on the same date. Vukic has won one ITF Futures singles title. Vukic made his main draw ATP singles debut at the 2018 Sydney International and his Grand Slam debut at the 2020 French Open, after qualifying for both. Early life Vukic was born in Sydney, Australia. His parents and older brother left Montenegro during the breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s and settled in Sydney before Vukic was born. Vukic began playing tennis at the age of 6 and later attended the University of Illinois between 2015 and 2018 where he was named three-time All-American in tennis. Professional career 2014–2019: ITF and ATP debut Vukic made his ITF Tour debut in Spain in May 2014. Vukic made his main draw ATP singles debut at the 2018 Sydney ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Kopinski
Timothy Jan Kopinski (born 2 June 1993) is an American American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, pe ... tennis player. On 5 August 2013, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 1940 and his highest doubles ranking of 615 achieved on 17 November 2014. Tour titles Doubles: 1 (1-0) External links * * Illinois Fighting Illini profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Kopinski, Tim 1993 births Living people American male tennis players American people of Polish descent Illinois Fighting Illini men's tennis players Illinois Fighting Illini men's tennis coaches People from Palos Hills, Illinois Sportspeople from Cook County, Illinois Tennis players from Chicago Tennis coaches from Illinois ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryler DeHeart
Ryler DeHeart (born March 1, 1984 in Kauai, Hawaii) is an American former professional tennis player. He reached his singles career high ranking of 174 on May 3, 2010. He was coached by Brad Dancer. DeHeart resides in Champaign, Illinois. Professional career His first win on the ATP Tour came as a qualifier at the 2008 US Open where he beat Olivier Rochus in five sets. He lost to Rafael Nadal in the next round, 1–6, 2–6, 4–6, despite taking a 3–0 lead in the third set. He predominantly played Challenger tournaments. On June 7, 2009, he won his first title on the ATP Challenger Tour, with a 6–2, 3–6, 7–5 victory over Carsten Ball in the final of the Yuba City Challenger in California. Career titles Singles (3) Doubles (2) Collegiate career DeHeart played college tennis at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, University of Illinois, or UIUC) is a public land-grant research uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Freelove
Oliver Freelove (born 5 March 1977) is a British former professional tennis player. Biography Freelove played collegiate tennis in the United States for the University of Illinois. He earned All-American honours in the 1998/99 season. On the professional tour he was more successful as a doubles player, but featured in the singles at the 2000 Brighton International and won the first set of his opening round match against Diego Nargiso, before losing in three. All of his Wimbledon main draw appearances came in doubles. He competed in the men's doubles with James Davidson in 2000 and then again in 2001 partnering Kyle Spencer, losing both first round matches in four sets. At the 2003 Wimbledon Championships he played with Helen Crook in the mixed doubles draw. He is now in the finance industry and currently works for Marex Spectron Marex is a UK-based diversified global financial services platform, connecting clients to global energy, metals, agricultural and financial ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Anderson (tennis)
Kevin Michael Anderson (born 18 May 1986) is a South African former professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ranking of world No. 5 on 16 July 2018. He was the first South African to be ranked in the top 5 since Kevin Curren was No. 5 on 23 September 1985.On 6 February 2011, Anderson defeated Somdev Devvarman in his hometown of Johannesburg to capture the South African Open title for his first ATP Tour-level title. His second ATP title came at the 2012 Delray Beach Open when he defeated Marinko Matosevic. Anderson won his third championship in 2015 at the Winston-Salem Open with a victory over Pierre-Hugues Herbert. He ended 2017 winning the exhibition World Tennis Championship. His fourth title came in February 2018 at the New York Open.Anderson reached his maiden Grand Slam final at the 2017 US Open, where he lost to Rafael Nadal. In the 2018 Wimbledon semifinals, Anderson reached his second major final by defeating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Wilson (tennis)
Brian Wilson (born May 23, 1982) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Career Wilson played collegiate tennis for the University of Illinois. He earned All-American selection as both a singles and doubles player during his college career. In 2003 he was a member of the team which won the NCAA Championships and he was also the doubles champion, partnering Rajeev Ram. It was with Ram that he took part in the men's doubles at the 2003 US Open, where they were beaten in the first round by Robby Ginepri and Bobby Reynolds. On the ATP Tour, Wilson had his best performance at the 2006 SAP Open in San Jose, California, beating Ivo Karlović, then 61st in the world. After making his way through qualifying, he made his Grand Slam singles debut in the 2007 Australian Open. He lost in the opening round to Feliciano López Feliciano López Díaz-Guerra (; born 20 September 1981) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high singles ran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajeev Ram
Rajeev Ram ( ; born March 18, 1984) is an American professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles. Ram is a five-time major champion, having won the 2020 Australian Open, the 2021 US Open, and the 2022 US Open in men's doubles with Joe Salisbury, as well as Australian Open mixed doubles titles in 2019 and 2021 alongside Barbora Krejčíková. Ram also won a mixed doubles silver medal with Venus Williams at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and finished runner-up in men's doubles at the 2021 Australian Open, and in mixed doubles at the 2016 US Open. He reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 1 on 3 October 2022, and has won 23 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, including four at Masters 1000 level. Ram has qualified for the ATP Finals on six occasions, winning the title in 2022, having finished as runner-up in both 2016 and 2021. Prior to his retirement from singles in 2017, Ram reached a career-high ranking of world No. 56 in April 2016, and won two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cary Franklin
Cary Franklin (born September 23, 1977) is an American former professional tennis player. Franklin is a native of Atlanta, Georgia and while growing up had Paul Annacone as a mentor. Annacone shared a home with the Franklin family during him time as a professional tennis player. A tall left-hander, Franklin played collegiate tennis under Craig Tiley at the University of Illinois, where he had both individual and team success. The team won the Big Ten Conference title in each of his four seasons from 1997 to 2000. He was a three-time All-American and won the NCAA doubles championship in 2000, partnering Graydon Oliver Graydon Oliver (born June 15, 1978) is a retired American professional tennis player. A doubles specialist, he won four titles during his career. Upon retiring from the tour, Oliver took a job in the energy sector (Leor Energy Leor Energy was .... Franklin competed on the professional tour in the early 2000s, reaching career best rankings of 668 for singles an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illinois Fighting Illini
The Illinois Fighting Illini () are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The university offers 10 men's and 11 women's varsity sports. The University operates a number of athletic facilities, including Memorial Stadium for football, the State Farm Center for both men's and women's basketball, Illinois Field for baseball, the ARC Pool for women's swimming and diving, the Atkins Tennis Center for men's and women's tennis, Eichelberger Field for softball, Huff Hall for men's and women's gymnastics, women's volleyball and men's wrestling, Demirjian Park for women's soccer and for men's and women's outdoor track and field, the Atkins Golf Club at the University of Illinois for men's and women's golf, the University of Illinois Arboretum for cross country and the University of Illinois Armory for men's and women's indoor track and field. The Fighting Illini lay claim to over 25 National Championships dating back to 190 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amer Delic , a town in Sindh province of Pakistan
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Amer may refer to: Places * Amer (river), a river in the Dutch province of North Brabant * Amer, Girona, a municipality in the province of Girona in Catalonia, Spain * Amber, India (also known as Amer, India), former city of Rajasthan state ** Amber Fort (also Amer Fort), India * AMER, a country grouping that refers to America or the Americas People * Amer (name) * Beni-Amer people, a mixed ethnic group inhabiting Sudan and Eritrea Other uses * Amer International Group, a Chinese company * Amer Sports, a Finnish headquartered sporting goods company * ''Amer'' (film), a 2009 Belgian-French thriller See also * Umerkot Umerkot (formerly known as Amarkot) is a city in the Sindh province of Pakistan. The local language is Dhatki, which is one of the Rajasthani languages of the Indo-Aryan language family. It is most closely related to Marwari. Sindhi, Urdu and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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