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Mario Visconti
Mario Visconti (born 23 October 1968) is a former professional tennis player from Italy. Career In the 1993 French Open, his only Grand Slam appearance, Visconti defeated Luis Herrera to make the second round, where he was beaten by Carl-Uwe Steeb. His best ATP Tour performances also came that year. He teamed up with Massimo Ardinghi in August to make the doubles quarter-final at the Austrian Open and in the same month he also was a semi-finalist in the doubles at San Marino, partnering Paolo Canè Paolo Canè (born 9 April 1965; ) is a former tennis player from Italy. Canè turned professional in 1983. During his career, he won three top-level singles titles (Bordeaux in 1986, Båstad in 1989, and Bologna in 1991) and achieved much succe .... Challenger titles Singles: (2) Doubles: (1) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Visconti, Mario 1968 births Living people Italian male tennis players People from Eboli Sportspeople from the Province of Sal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical region. Italy is also considered part of Western Europe, and shares land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia and the enclaved microstates of Vatican City and San Marino. It has a territorial exclave in Switzerland, Campione. Italy covers an area of , with a population of over 60 million. It is the third-most populous member state of the European Union, the sixth-most populous country in Europe, and the tenth-largest country in the continent by land area. Italy's capital and largest city is Rome. Italy was the native place of many civilizations such as the Italic peoples and the Etruscans, while due to its central geographic location in Southern Europe and the Mediterranean, the country has also historically been home ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas Geiwald
Douglas Geiwald (born 14 April 1971) is a Swedish former professional tennis player. Tennis career As a junior, Geiwald participated in the singles at the junior French Open and US Open in 1989 and with Mårten Renström in the doubles at the 1989 junior US Open. He finished 1989 as the No. 16 in singles and the No. 4 in doubles on the Junior World rankings. On the professional tour, Geiwald had best world rankings of 362 in singles and 242 in doubles. His only appearance in the main draw of an ATP event was at the 1990 Swedish Open, where he and partner Roger Pettersson lost in the first round of the doubles to their compatriots, Rikard Bergh and Ronnie Båthman Ronnie Båthman (born 24 April 1959) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he won three doubles titles and finished as a runner-up four times. He achiev .... He reached one singles final and one doubles final on the ATP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Male Tennis Players
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1968 Births
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * January 10 – John Gorton is sworn in as 19th Prime Minister of Australia, taking over from John McEwen after being elected leader of the Liberal Party the previous day, following the disappearance of Harold Holt. Gorton becomes the only Senator to become Prime Minister, though he immediately transfers to the House of Representatives through the 1968 Higgins by-election in Holt's vacant seat. * January 15 – The 1968 Belice earthquake in Sicily kills 380 and injures around 1,000. * January 21 ** Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh – One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins, ending on April 8. ** 1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash: A U.S. B-52 Stratofortress crashes in Greenland, discharging 4 nuclear bombs. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ola Kristiansson
Ola Kristiansson (born 23 September 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. Biography A right-handed player from Helsingborg, Kristiansson was a Sweden Junior Davis Cup team representative and made three grand slam boys' doubles quarter-finals in 1989, with Nicklas Kulti. Kristiansson, who turned professional in 1990, was most prominent on tour as a double player, with a best ranking of 123 in the world. In singles he had a career high ranking of 277 and reached the final round of qualifying in each of the four grand slam tournaments during his career. He won his only singles match on the ATP Tour at the Prague Open in 1994, over Bohdan Ulihrach. In 1995 he competed in the main draw of the men's doubles at all grand slam events. At the Australian Open he made the round of 16 partnering Lars-Anders Wahlgren, which included a win against sixth seeds David Adams and Andrei Olhovskiy. He also paired up with Wahlgren for first round exits at the French Open and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Donar
Johan Donar (born 24 March 1966) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. Career Donar was a doubles specialist and appeared in only one singles event during his career on the ATP Tour, at Mexico City in 1993, where he was defeated in the opening round by Thomas Muster. His best ever singles ranking was 371 in the world. He broke into the top 100 of the doubles rankings in 1992, after winning the tournament in Palermo, with countryman Ola Jonsson. Earlier that year he was a semi-finalist twice, both times with Jan Apell, at Kitzbuhel and then Prague. In 1993 he took part in all four Grand Slam events, but wasn't able to register a win in any of his matches. He partnered Peter Nyborg at Wimbledon Wimbledon most often refers to: * Wimbledon, London, a district of southwest London * Wimbledon Championships, the oldest tennis tournament in the world and one of the four Grand Slam championships Wimbledon may also refer to: Places London * ..., but played besid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Branislav Gálik
Branislav Gálik (born 20 October 1973) is a former professional tennis player from Slovakia. Biography Gálik played Davis Cup tennis for Slovakia in 1995, for a tie against Egypt in Cairo. When Ján Krošlák was injured in one of the opening singles rubbers, Gálik came in to partner Karol Kučera in the doubles. They were beaten by the Egyptian pairing in a five set match and surrendered the tie with a loss by Kučera in the reverse singles. In the final reverse singles, now a dead rubber, Gálik was called up again and was able to defeat Amr Ghoneim to win Slovakia's second match of the tie. During the 1990s he competed on the professional tour, as high as Challenger level. He won the 1994 Tampere Challenger doubles event with Mario Visconti and in 1996 was runner-up in the singles at the Alicante Challenger. His peak in singles came in 1996 when he made it to 199 in the world. Challenger titles Doubles: (1) See also *List of Slovakia Davis Cup team representatives Thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland across Estonia to the south. Finland covers an area of with a population of 5.6 million. Helsinki is the capital and largest city, forming a larger metropolitan area with the neighbouring cities of Espoo, Kauniainen, and Vantaa. The vast majority of the population are ethnic Finns. Finnish, alongside Swedish, are the official languages. Swedish is the native language of 5.2% of the population. Finland's climate varies from humid continental in the south to the boreal in the north. The land cover is primarily a boreal forest biome, with more than 180,000 recorded lakes. Finland was first inhabited around 9000 BC after the Last Glacial Period. The Stone Age introduced several differ ... [...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] |
Ettore Rossetti
Ettore Rossetti (born 7 July 1968) is an Italian former professional tennis player. A native of Tuscany, Rossetti reached a career high singles ranking of 274 in the world. Rossetti featured in his only ATP Tour singles main draw at the San Marino Open in 1990, but he made two further main draws in doubles, including an appearance in the semi-finals of the 1990 Sanremo Open The 1990 Sanremo Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts held in Sanremo, Italy that was part of the World Series of the 1991 ATP Tour. It was the only edition of the tournament and was held from 30 July to 6 August 1991. ... with Marcello Bassanelli. On the ATP Challenger Tour, Rossetti was the singles runner-up at the Bangalore tournament in 1992 and had a win over Guillermo Vilas at an event in Santiago that same year, which was the Argentine veteran's final season on tour. Rossetti made it through to the final qualifying round at the 1992 US Open. References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations average to between 73–55 ka.", "Modern human beings—''Homo sapiens''—originated in Africa. Then, int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
