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Menno Oosting
Menno Oosting (17 May 1964 – 22 February 1999) was a professional tennis player from the Netherlands, who won seven ATP Tour doubles titles out of 18 finals in his career. Born in Son en Breugel, North Brabant, Oosting reached a career-high ranking of 72 in the men's singles in 1988, and 20 in doubles in 1995. Oosting won the mixed-doubles title on Roland Garros in 1994, partnering Kristie Boogert Kristie Boogert (born 16 December 1973) is a former professional female tennis player from the Netherlands who retired in 2003 due to chronic elbow pain. On 5 February 1996 she reached her career-high singles ranking of number 29. She has .... Oosting played in four Davis Cup ties for the Netherlands during the 1980s, posting a 5–3 record in singles and a 2–1 record in doubles. He died of injuries sustained in a car accident in Turnhout, Belgium. Career finals Doubles: 18 (7 wins, 11 losses) References External links * * * 1964 births 1999 deaths Dut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Son En Breugel
Son en Breugel () is a municipality in the southern Netherlands just outside Eindhoven. The municipality covers an area of of which is water. It had a population of in . Son en Breugel used to be two different villages: 'Son' and 'Breugel', with the stream the Dommel separating the two villages. Son en Breugel also borders the following larger municipalities: Eindhoven, Meierijstad, Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten, and Best. The spoken language is North Meierijs (an East Brabantian dialect, which is very similar to colloquial Dutch). Population centres * Breugel *Son ''Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Son en Breugel, June 2015'' History The villages of Son and Breugel were founded between the 12th and 14th centuries. The villages developed quickly; some 300 households (150 household for each village) occupied the two villages during the 15th century. According to Karel van Mander's 1604 ''Schilder-boeck'', the painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder was born in the vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BMW Open
The Bavarian International Tennis Championships (german: Internationale Tennis-Meisterschaften von Bayern, known since 1990 by its sponsored name BMW Open) is a men's tennis tournament held at the MTTC Iphitos in Munich, Germany. Held since 1900, the tournament is played on outdoor clay courts and is a part of the ATP Tour schedule. History In 1900, the first edition of the tournament was held by the tennis club ''Münchner Tennis- und Turnierclub (MTTC) Iphitos'', which was the first tennis club in Munich having been formed in 1892 by students. The club only had grass courts, and the first edition was therefore played on grass. The Center Court of the MTTC has been in Aumeisterweg since 1930, and holds 5,600 people. The tournament has offered prize money since 1970, when the total prizes amounted to $20,000. Past finals Singles Doubles (since 1974) See also *List of tennis tournaments List of current and past men's and women's tennis tournaments. Criteria for inclusion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federico Mordegan
Federico Mordegan (born 1 February 1970 in Vicenza, Italy Vicenza ( , ; ) is a city in northeastern Italy. It is in the Veneto region at the northern base of the ''Monte Berico'', where it straddles the Bacchiglione River. Vicenza is approximately west of Venice and east of Milan. Vicenza is a th ...) is a former professional tennis player from Italy. Mordegan enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he won one doubles title. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 70 in 1995. ATP career finals Doubles: 6 (1 title, 5 runner-ups) ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 1 (0–1) Doubles: 13 (6–7) External links * * Italian male tennis players Sportspeople from Vicenza Living people 1970 births 20th-century Italian people {{Italy-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristian Brandi
Cristian Brandi (born 10 June 1970 in Brindisi, Italy) is a former professional tennis player from Italy. Brandi enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he won two doubles titles and finished as a runner-up nine times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 50 in 2000. Brandi participated in three Davis Cup ties for 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 re ... from 1994 to 1995, posting a 2–1 record in doubles. Career finals Doubles (2 wins, 9 losses) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Brandi, Cristian Italian male tennis players People from Brindisi Living people 1970 births Tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic tennis players of Italy Sportspeople from the Province of Brindi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Prix Hassan II
The Grand Prix Hassan II is an annual men's tennis tournament on the ATP Tour and is currently part of the ATP Tour 250 series. The event is played on clay courts and was held annually at the Complexe Al Amal in Casablanca, Morocco through 2015, before relocating to Marrakesh Marrakesh or Marrakech ( or ; ar, مراكش, murrākuš, ; ber, ⵎⵕⵕⴰⴽⵛ, translit=mṛṛakc}) is the fourth largest city in the Kingdom of Morocco. It is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco and is the capital of the Marrakes ... in 2016. Between 1984 and 1989 it was part of the Challenger Series. It is currently the only ATP event held in Africa. The tournament is usually held in April and is a lead up tournament for the French Open. Past finals Key Singles Doubles References External links Official websiteATP tournament profile {{Casablanca Tennis tournaments in Morocco Clay court tennis tournaments ATP Tour Recurring sporting events established in 1986 Spring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ciprian Petre Porumb
Ciprian Petre Porumb (born 6 March 1971) is a Romanian retired professional tennis player and current captain of the Romania Davis Cup Team. On 4 May 1992 he reached his highest ATP ATP may refer to: Companies and organizations * Association of Tennis Professionals, men's professional tennis governing body * American Technical Publishers, employee-owned publishing company * ', a Danish pension * Armenia Tree Project, non ... singles ranking of 394 whilst his highest doubles ranking was 275 achieved on 20 September 1993. ATP career finals Doubles: 1 (0–1) References External links * * * 1971 births Living people Sportspeople from Cluj-Napoca Romanian male tennis players 20th-century Romanian people {{Romania-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Cosac
George Cosac (born 26 January 1968) is a former tennis player from Romania. He competed in doubles at the 1992 Summer Olympics, together with Dinu Pescariu Dinu Mihail Pescariu (born 12 April 1974) is a former tennis player from Romania, who turned professional in 1991. The right-hander represented his native country at two Summer Olympics: in Barcelona (1992) and in Atlanta (1996). He reached his h ..., but the pair was eliminated in the quarter finals. Cosac reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 23 October 1995, when he became the number 265 of the world. On 22 February 2013, he was elected president of the Romanian Tennis Federation. Career finals Doubles: 3 (3 losses) References External links * * * 1968 births Living people Sportspeople from Constanța Romanian male tennis players Tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic tennis players of Romania Presidents of the Romanian Tennis Federation {{Romania-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libor Pimek
Libor Pimek (born 3 August 1963) is a former professional male tennis player. Pimek's best Grand Slam singles result came at the 1987 US Open when he reached the 3rd round, losing to Swede Mats Wilander in straight sets. He won one singles tournament during his career at the Bavarian Open, reaching a career-high ranking of world No. 21 in April 1985 (and No. 15 in doubles in July 1996). Pimek competed as a Czechoslovak early in his career, competing for the country a few times in the Davis Cup in the mid-1980s, before representing Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ... internationally. As a Davis Cup player for Belgium, he won 4 ties (Israel 1994, Denmark and France 1997, The Netherlands 1998) Career finals Singles (1 win, 1 loss) Doubles (17 wins, 12 lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ATP Bucharest
The Romanian Open (also known as the BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy) was a professional men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the ATP Tour. It was held annually in Bucharest, Romania, since 1993. Its name is taken from Romania's famous tennis players Ilie Năstase and Ion Țiriac. The tournament never saw a Romanian winner in singles (though the 2005 edition saw two Romanian players reaching the semifinals, and the 2007 edition saw Victor Hănescu reach the finals), but a Romanian pair (Andrei Pavel and Gabriel Trifu) took home the doubles title in 1998. Also, Horia Tecău took three consecutive doubles titles at the tournament (2012, 2013 & 2014), each time with a different partner. The organizers announced that from 2012, the ATP World Tour 250 series tournament would be scheduled to take place in April, thus ending a period of 19 years when it took place in the last week of September. The last edition of the tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrei Olhovskiy
Andrei Stanislavovich Olhovskiy (russian: Андре́й Станисла́вович Ольхо́вский; ; born 15 April 1966) is a former tennis player from Russia, who turned professional in 1989. Career Olhovskiy represented the Soviet Union at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul and Russia at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he reached the quarterfinals as a wild card before falling to Brazil's Fernando Meligeni. The right-hander won two career titles in singles (Copenhagen, 1993 and Shanghai, 1996) and 20 titles in doubles, French Open (1993) and Australian Open (1994) champion in mixed doubles. Olhovskiy reached his highest ATP singles ranking on 14 June 1993, when he became world No. 49, and his highest doubles ranking of No. 6 (31 July 1995). He played for the Russia Davis Cup team from 1983 to 2001. He defeated No. 1 seed Jim Courier in the third round of Wimbledon in 1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Udo Riglewski
Udo Riglewski (born 28 July 1966) 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 tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ... player from Germany. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 10 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 10 times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 6 in 1991. Career finals Doubles: 20 (10–10) External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Riglewski, Udo 1966 births Living people German male tennis players People from Lauffen am Neckar Sportspeople from Stuttgart (region) West German male tennis players Tennis people from Baden-Württemberg 20th-century German people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portugal Open
The Portugal Open (formerly named Estoril Open) was an ATP and WTA clay court tennis tournament in Portugal. The event took place at the sports complex of Jamor in Oeiras, of which Estoril Court Central is the most prominent show court. In 2015, the tournament was canceled due to lack of sponsorship. A new tournament, Millennium Estoril Open, was created in its place, moving from Oeiras to Cascais. The 2014 Portugal Open was the last edition. History The men's tournament was created in 1990 and has been won by several top-10 players, including former world No. 1 players Thomas Muster (1995 and 1996), Carlos Moyà (2000), Juan Carlos Ferrero ( 2001), Novak Djokovic ( 2007), and Roger Federer (2008). Also, Marat Safin lost the 2004 final and Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Gustavo Kuerten won the doubles tournament in 1995 and 1997, respectively. The men's half was part of ATP World Tour 250 series tournaments. The women's tournament started in 1989 as the ''Estoril Ladies Op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
