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Lukáš Klein
Lukáš Klein (born 22 March 1998) is a Slovak tennis player. Klein has a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 136, achieved on 28 November 2022. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 240, achieved on 5 April 2021. Klein has reached 12 career singles finals, with a record of 8 wins and 4 losses, including 2 ATP Challenger titles and the rest on the ITF Futures Tour. Additionally, he has reached 11 career doubles finals, with a record of 5 wins and 6 losses, including a 1–3 result in ATP Challenger finals. Career 2021: ATP & top 250 & Olympics singles & doubles debut Klein won the doubles title at the 2021 Challenger La Manche with compatriot Alex Molčan ''1–6, 7–5, 0–6'. Klein made his ATP main draw singles debut in March 2021 at the 2021 Argentina Open in Argentina, where he defeated Andrea Collarini, Thiago Seyboth Wild and Ernesto Escobedo to qualify for the main draw. Klein then went on to upset compatriot Andrej Martin in the first ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Wimbledon Championships
The 2022 Wimbledon Championships was a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tier tennis tournament that took place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. Novak Djokovic successfully defended his gentlemen's singles title to claim his 21st Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major title, defeating Nick Kyrgios in the final. Ashleigh Barty was the reigning ladies' champion, but did not defend her title after retiring from professional tennis in March 2022. The ladies' singles title was won by Elena Rybakina, who defeated Ons Jabeur in the final. This year, the AELTC #Controversy regarding the participation of Russian and Belarusian players, barred Russian and Belarusian tennis players from competing, because of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. In reaction, the Women's Tennis Association, WTA, Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP, and International Tennis Federation, ITF withdrew ranking points from the tournament. This was the final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrej Martin
Andrej Martin (; born 20 September 1989, in Bratislava) is a Slovak professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 93 in February 2020. Career 2016: Best season: French Open third round, first ATP final, top 100 debut He was a lucky loser at the French Open and defeated Daniel Muñoz de la Nava in the first round of the main draw and 29th seed Lucas Pouille in the second, before losing to 8th-seed Milos Raonic in the third round. In July 2016, Martin reached first ATP final, in Umag, defeated Martin Klizan, Joao Sousa, Carlos Berlocq and Sergiy Stakhovsky en route. In the final he lost to Italian No. 1 Fabio Fognini. Later in the year, Martin participated in the 2016 Summer Olympics. After comfortably defeating Denis Kudla in the first round, Martin got a walkover into the 3rd round when opponent Philipp Kohlschreiber withdrew with an injury. However, Martin was then beaten by the 4th-seeded Kei Nishikori, 2–6, 2–6. He achieved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bratislava
Bratislava (, also ; ; german: Preßburg/Pressburg ; hu, Pozsony) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Slovakia. Officially, the population of the city is about 475,000; however, it is estimated to be more than 660,000 — approximately 140% of the official figures. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia at the foot of the Little Carpathians, occupying both banks of the River Danube and the left bank of the Morava (river), River Morava. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two sovereign states. The city's history has been influenced by people of many nations and religions, including Austrians, Bulgarians, Croats, Czechs, Germans, Hungarian people, Hungarians, Jews, Romani people, Romani, Serbs and Slovaks. It was the coronation site and legislative center and capital of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1536 to 1783; eleven King of Hungary, Hungarian kings and eight queens were crowned in St Martin's Cathedral, Bratislava, St Martin' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grégoire Jacq
Grégoire Jacq (born 9 November 1992) is a French tennis player. Jacq has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 332 achieved on 29 October 2018. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 210 achieved on 14 August 2017. Jacq made his ATP main draw debut at the 2017 French Open after receiving a wildcard to the doubles main draw with Hugo Nys. They were defeated by Jan-Lennard Struff Jan-Lennard Struff (; born 25 April 1990) is a German professional tennis player. He reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 29 in August 2020. In doubles, he achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 21 in October 2018. He ha ... and Mischa Zverev in the first round. ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 13 (5–8) References External links * * 1992 births Living people French male tennis players Sportspeople from Clermont-Ferrand 20th-century French people 21st-century French people {{France-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piešťany
Piešťany (; german: Pistyan, hu, Pöstyén, pl, Pieszczany , cs, Píšťany ) is a town in Slovakia. It is located in the western part of the country within the Trnava Region and is the seat of its own district. It is the biggest and best known spa town in Slovakia and has around 28,000 inhabitants. Etymology The name Piešťany comes from Slovak ''Piesok'' (sand), referring to local sandbanks. The etymology is straightforward – ''Piešťanci'' – people who live on the sandy site and ''Piešťany'' – their settlement. History The first human settlement in the area is dated to the prehistoric times, about 80,000 years ago. People were attracted to the site by abundance of game in the vicinity of the thermal springs that did not freeze in winter. A small female statue called Venus of Moravany was found in the nearby village Moravany nad Váhom. It is made of mammoth ivory and is dated to 22,800 BC. It currently resides in the Bratislava Castle museum. In another nearb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Sparkassen ATP Challenger
The 2022 Sparkassen ATP Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts in Ortisei, Italy between 24 and 30 October 2022. It was the 13th edition of the tournament and was part of the 2022 ATP Challenger Tour. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 17 October 2022. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Federico Arnaboldi * Luca Nardi * Stefano Travaglia The following players received entry into the singles main draw as alternates: * Mirza Bašić * Mattia Bellucci * Lorenzo Giustino The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Térence Atmane * Alibek Kachmazov * Evgeny Karlovskiy * Sandro Kopp * Petr Nouza * Andrew Paulson The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * Marius Copil Champions Singles * Borna Gojo def. Lukáš Klein 7–6(7–4), 6–3. Doubles * Denis Istomin / Evgeny Karlovskiy def. Marco Bortolotti / Sergio Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 JC Ferrero Challenger Open
The 2022 JC Ferrero Challenger Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the fifth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2022 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Alicante, Spain between 3 and 9 October 2022. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 26 September 2022. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Dali Blanch * Ulises Blanch * Martín Landaluce The following players received entry into the singles main draw as alternates: * Robin Haase * Billy Harris The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Bu Yunchaokete * Steven Diez * Federico Gaio * Hady Habib * Rudolf Molleker * Stuart Parker Champions Singles * Lukáš Klein def. Nick Hardt 6–3, 6–4. Doubles * Robin Haase / Albano Olivetti def. Sanjar Fayziev / Sergey Fomin Sergey Vladimirovich Fomin (Сергей Владимирович Фомин) (born 16 February ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liam Broady
Liam Tarquin Broady (born 4 January 1994) is a tennis player and current British No. 6. In 2010, he won the Boys' Doubles at Wimbledon with Tom Farquharson, and the Boys' Doubles at the Australian Open with Joshua Ward-Hibbert, as well as reaching the Boys' Singles finals at Wimbledon 2011 and US Open 2012, peaking at No. 2 in the junior world rankings. He currently plays on the ATP Tour and is coached by David Sammel. Early and personal life Broady, the younger brother of fellow tennis player Naomi Broady, has another sister, Emma and a brother, Calum. The family grew up in Heaton Chapel, Stockport. Their parents, Shirley and Simon, took the young Liam and Naomi to tennis tournaments. Broady started playing table tennis at the age of four and went to Matchpoint in Bramhall for lessons. His first tournament was at the age of eight and he showed potential at ten. He attended Norris Bank primary and Priestnall School where he completed his GCSEs in 2010. In 2007, the Lawn Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Saturn Oil Open
The 2022 Saturn Oil Open was a professional tennis tournament that was played on clay courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2022 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Troisdorf, Germany between 23 and 29 May 2022. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 16 May 2022. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Rudolf Molleker * Henri Squire * Marko Topo The following players received entry into the singles main draw as alternates: * Steven Diez * Benjamin Hassan * Julian Lenz * Daniel Michalski The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Rémy Bertola * Andrey Chepelev * Lucas Gerch * Lukáš Klein * Shintaro Mochizuki * Aldin Šetkić Champions Singles * Lukáš Klein def. Zizou Bergs 6–2, 6–4. Doubles * Dustin Brown / Evan King def. Hendrik Jebens / Piotr Matuszewski Piotr Matuszewski (born 22 April 1998) is a Polish tennis player. Mat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filip Polášek
Filip Polášek (; born 21 July 1985) is a Slovak professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He was forced to retire in 2013 due to health issues, but returned in 2018 and began the most successful phase of his career. Polášek won his first Grand Slam title at the 2021 Australian Open alongside Ivan Dodig, and also won the 2019 Cincinnati Masters and 2021 Indian Wells Masters, with Dodig and John Peers respectively. Polášek was the first Slovak man to reach, or win, a major doubles final, and also reached the semifinals at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships, 2020 Australian Open and 2021 US Open. He reached his highest doubles ranking of world No. 7 in February 2020, and has won 17 titles on the ATP Tour, qualifying for the ATP Finals in both 2019 and 2021. Polášek has represented Slovakia in the Davis Cup since 2008, and also competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics partnering Lukáš Klein. Career 2008: First ATP titles Polášek reached his first ATP f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matteo Berrettini
Matteo Berrettini (; born 12 April 1996) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 6 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved in January 2022, and world No. 105 in doubles achieved on July 2019. Berrettini has won seven ATP Tour singles titles and two doubles titles, and produced his best major performance by reaching the singles final of the 2021 Wimbledon Championships. He has also reached the quarterfinals or better at all four majors, being the first man born in the 1990s and the first Italian man to achieve the feat. After turning professional in 2015, Berrettini won two singles titles on the ITF World Tennis Tour and three on the ATP Challenger Tour, breaking into the top 100 of the ATP rankings in May 2018. Two months later, he reached his first ATP Tour final at the 2018 Swiss Open, where he won his maiden title and made his top 60 debut. In 2019, after claiming two further titles at the Hung ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alternate (tennis)
This page is a glossary of tennis terminology. A * Ace: Serve where the tennis ball lands inside the '' service box'' and is not touched by the receiver; thus, a shot that is both a serve and a winner is an ace. Aces are usually powerful and generally land on or near one of the corners at the back of the service box. Initially, the term was used to indicate the scoring of a point. * Action: Synonym of '' spin''. * Ad court: Left side of the court of each player, so called because the ''ad'' (''advantage'') point immediately following a deuce is always served to this side of the court. * Ad in: '' Advantage'' to the ''server''. * Ad out: '' Advantage'' to the '' receiver''. * Ad: Used by the chair umpire to announce the score when a player has the '' advantage'', meaning they won the point immediately after a ''deuce''. See scoring in tennis. * Advantage set: Set won by a player or team having won at least six games with a two-game advantage over the opponent (as opposed to a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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