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Leonardo Tavares
Leonardo Tavares (born 20 February 1984) is a Portuguese professional tennis player. He has regularly competed on the ATP Challenger Tour throughout his career. In August 2010, he achieved a career-high singles world ranking of no. 186. Earlier in his career, Tavares played in the ITF Men's Circuit. However, a breakthrough year in 2009 led him to his first Challenger final in August. He became a mainstay at that level, capturing several doubles titles and breaking into the top 100 doubles ranking. Tavares reached a career high no. 95 ranking in September 2010. He played regularly for the Portugal Davis Cup team between 2002 and 2011. Tavares is currently inactive, having played his last tournament in May 2016. Career finals ATP Challenger Tour Singles: 2 (0 titles, 2 runners-up) Doubles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runners-up) ITF Men's Circuit Singles: 7 (2 titles, 5 runners-up) Doubles: 25 (13 titles, 12 runners-up) Performance timelines ''Current through 2016 ATP Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Espinho, Portugal
Espinho () is a city and a municipality located in the Aveiro District, Portugal. It is located in both the Greater Porto and the Metropolitan Area of Porto, 16 km from its city centre. It is one of the smallest municipalities in Portugal and was, until 1899, part of the Santa Maria da Feira Municipality. In 2021, Espinho had a population of 31,027, a slight decrease from the previous census in 2011, when 31,786 were registered, in an area of 21.06 km². The current Mayor is Miguel Reis, elected by the PS. It is a beach resort and a zone of legal gambling with a casino - ''Casino Solverde''. Its fair - ''Feira de Espinho'', having been first organised in 1894, is well known in Portugal. The city is home to ''CINANIMA - Festival Internacional de Cinema de Animação'', an international animation festival, and FEST - New Directors New Films Festival', an international film festival. The municipal holiday is June 16. Sports Volleyball The city, known as the volleybal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carpet Court
A carpet court is a type of tennis court. The International Tennis Federation describes the surface as a "textile or polymeric material supplied in rolls or sheets of finished product." It is one of the fastest court types, second only to grass courts. The use of carpet courts in ATP Tour competitions ended in 2009. In women's tennis, no WTA Tour tournaments have used carpet courts since the last edition of the Tournoi de Québec in 2018. ATP Challenger and ITF circuit level tournaments with carpet courts continue to exist up to the present (2022). Types There are two types of carpet court. The most common outdoor version consists of artificial turf with a sand in-fill. This type of carpet court became popular in the 1980s in British and Asian tennis clubs for recreational play as they were easier and cheaper to maintain than grass courts. The other type used predominantly for indoor tennis is a textile surface of nylon or rubber matting laid out on a concrete base. They came in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Sá
André Rezende Sá (; born 6 May 1977) is a former Brazilian tennis player. In singles, he was a Wimbledon quarterfinalist in 2002. Sá reached the semifinals of ATP tournaments in Memphis and Hong Kong in 2000 and 2001 respectively. He reached a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 17, winning 11 doubles titles. Personal Sá started playing tennis at the age of eight, encouraged by his older brother. At the age of 12 and ranked number one in Brazil, he moved to the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Bradenton, Florida, where he stayed for five years. In 1996, he graduated from Brandenton Academy, where he played basketball for three years. In 2019 Andre Sá and his family moved to Australia after being appointed to head of player liaison for Tennis Australia. Professional career Sá played his first professional match in 1993, in a Challenger in his hometown of Belo Horizonte, where he lost in the first round at the age of 16. In 1997, he started travelling around South A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramón Delgado
Ramón Delgado (; born 14 November 1976) is a Paraguayan retired tennis player and current tennis coach. He turned professional in 1995 and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 52 in April 1999. He reached the final at Bogotá in 1998 and the fourth round of the 1998 French Open, defeating Pete Sampras in the second round. Tennis career 2002 In April 2002, Delgado lost in the first round of the Mallorca Open to a 15-year-old Rafael Nadal in Nadal's first ever ATP match. Nadal would go on to win 22 major titles as of the 2022 French Open. 2006 Delgado also nearly qualified for the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, but was defeated in the third and final qualifying round by Roko Karanušić. 2010 In October 2010, Delgado defeated Chilean Nicolás Massú in three sets (7-5, 2-6 y 6-3) to advance and face Spanish player Peré Riba at the last 16 stage of the Copa Petrobras. 2011 He announced his retirement from tennis in May 2011. Coaching career In 2011, Delgado beg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominik Meffert
Dominik Meffert (born 9 April 1981) is a German professional tennis player. He qualified for the 2007 US Open, his only Grand Slam singles competition, but lost in the first round. He recorded a first round victory over 2003 French Open Champion Juan Carlos Ferrero Juan Carlos Ferrero Donat (; born 12 February 1980) is a Spanish former world No. 1 tennis player. He won the men's singles title at the 2003 French Open, and in September of that year became the 21st player to hold the top ranking, which he h ... at the 2010 Gerry Weber Open. Titles Singles (5) Doubles (8) External links Official website* * 1981 births Living people People from Mayen German male tennis players Sportspeople from Rhineland-Palatinate 21st-century German people {{Germany-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazil Open Series
The Brazil Open Series is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP Challenger Tour. It is held annually in Curitiba Curitiba () is the capital and largest city in the state of Paraná in Brazil. The city's population was 1,948,626 , making it the eighth most populous city in Brazil and the largest in Brazil's South Region. The Curitiba Metropolitan area ..., Brazil, since 2010. Past finals Singles Doubles External linksITF Search ATP Challenger Tour Hard court tennis tournaments Tennis tournaments in Brazil {{tennis-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Ouellette
Greg Ouellette (born 19 May 1986) is an American Professional tennis player. Ouellette reached a career high singles ranking of 269 on August 12, 2011 winning 5 professional singles titles and 7 doubles titles.This ranking high came shortly after his only ATP Challenger Semi-Final, in Lexington (d. Wayne Odesnik 0-6 0-6). He was named the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Player of the Month in October 2010. Ouellette won a Bronze Medal at the 2011 Pan American Games held in Guadalajara, Mexico. During his collegiate career at the University of Florida, Ouellette advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2005 NCAA singles tournament in his freshman season. His record was 11-0 at the #2 position in SEC matches and was named the 2005 SEC Freshman of the Year and the Southeast Region Rookie of the Year. In the 2008 NCAA singles tournament, Ouellette appeared as the number 2 seed. He was honored as the 2008 SEC Player of the Year and completed his collegiate career as a fiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adil Shamasdin
Adil Shamasdin ( ; born May 23, 1982) is a Canadians, Canadian professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He reached his highest doubles ranking of world No. 41 on June 26, 2017. Tennis career Shamasdin's junior career saw him finish ranked No. 5 in singles and No. 1 in doubles in Canada. In his senior career, he has won so far three Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP World Tour doubles titles, in 2011 at the 2011 SA Tennis Open, SA Tennis Open with James Cerretani, in 2015 at the 2015 Grand Prix Hassan II, Grand Prix Hassan II with Rameez Junaid and in 2017 at the 2017 Lyon Open, Lyon Open with Andrés Molteni. He also has won twenty ATP Challenger Tour doubles titles and seven ITF Men's Circuit, ITF Futures doubles titles. In 2015 in the 2015 Davis Cup World Group, Davis Cup World Group quarterfinals, he was selected to play his first tie for Canada, losing the doubles match with Daniel Nestor. The next year in the 2016 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs, Davis C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andre Begemann
Andre Begemann (born 12 July 1984) is a German inactive 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. He is a doubles specialist who reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 36, achieved in May 2015. He has a career-high singles ranking of No. 166, achieved in July 2010. Begemann has won four doubles titles on the ATP Tour in his career. Doubles performance timeline ATP career finals Doubles: 11 (4 titles, 7 runner-ups) ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 11 (9–2) Doubles: 58 (38–20) External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Begemann, Andre 1984 births Living people German male tennis players Tennis people from North Rhine-Westphalia 21st-century German people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abierto Internacional Varonil Casablanca Cancún
The Abierto Internacional Varonil Casablanca Cancún is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour. It is held annually in Cancún Cancún ( ), often Cancun in English (without the accent; or ) is a city in southeast Mexico on the northeast coast of the Yucatán Peninsula in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. It is a significant tourist destination in Mexico and the seat ..., Mexico, since 2008. Past finals Singles Doubles External linksITF search ATP Challenger Tour Clay court tennis tournaments Recurring sporting events established in 2008 Tennis tournaments in Mexico Sport in Cancún {{tennis-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Éric Prodon
Éric Prodon (born 27 June 1981) is a former French professional tennis player. Juniors career Prodon had a long career in Juniors, playing from 1997 to 1999 and reaching year-end No. 28 in 1998. In matches against future top pros, he beat Mikhail Youzhny and Julien Benneteau in 1997. Early in 1998, he lost to Jarkko Nieminen, and late in the year, he beat Roger Federer, Karol Beck, and Guillermo Coria in successive rounds at Eddie Herr before losing to David Nalbandian in the final. He then beat Youzhny again after that in the Orange Bowl. Early in 1999, he had a great Australian hard court run, beating Nieminen and splitting matches with Kristian Pless in finals two weeks in a row. In March 1999, he lost to Coria and Paul-Henri Mathieu in successive finals. In May, he lost to Nieminen again, but beat him and Karol Beck the next week in the French Open before losing again to Nalbandian in the quarters. In June in England on the grass, he lost to Mardy Fish in a final. In the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tampere Open
The Tampere Open is a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It is currently part of the ATP Challenger Tour, and has been held annually at the Tampere Tennis Center in Tampere Tampere ( , , ; sv, Tammerfors, ) is a city in the Pirkanmaa region, located in the western part of Finland. Tampere is the most populous inland city in the Nordic countries. It has a population of 244,029; the urban area has a population o ..., Finland, since 2008 (and 2007 for the women's ITF). Prior to that ATP Challenger competition was held at the Pyynikki tennis courts from 1982–2007. Past finals Men's singles Men's doubles Women's singles Women's doubles References External links Official website {{ITF Women's Circuit ATP Challenger Tour ITF Women's World Tennis Tour Clay court tennis tournaments Recurring sporting events established in 1982 Sport in Tampere Tennis tournaments in Finland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
