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Máté Valkusz
Máté Valkusz (born 13 August 1998) is a Hungarian tennis player. Valkusz has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 204, achieved on 12 June 2023. Juniors On the junior tour, Valkusz has a career high combined junior ranking of 1 achieved on 11 January 2016. Valkusz was the winner of the 2015 Yucatán Cup, a Grade 1 event in Mérida and the Canadian Open Junior Championships in Repentigny. He was also a semifinalist at the 2015 Orange Bowl and a finalist at the 2015 Osaka Mayor's Cup. Valkusz was also a semifinalist at the 2015 Australian Open boys' doubles and 2015 French Open boys' doubles events. Pro Career He won his first Challenger title defeating Francisco Comesaña at the 2023 Macedonian Open. Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour Finals Singles: 19 (14-5) Doubles: 3 (3-0) Davis Cup Participations: (3–2) * indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, a ... [...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] |
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 covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object of the game is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball validly will not gain a point, while the opposite player will. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society and at all ages. The sport can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including wheelchair users. The modern game of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis. It had close connections both to various field (lawn) games such as croquet and bowls as well as to the older racket sport today called real tennis. The rules of modern tennis have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filip Horanský
Filip Horanský (; born 7 January 1993) is a tennis player from Slovakia. Junior career Filip, with partner Jiří Veselý, won the 2011 Boys Doubles Australian Open. He also won the bronze medal in doubles at 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, partnering Jozef Kovalík. Professional career 2018 At 2018 Lyon Open, Horanský qualified for the first time into the main draw of an ATP event and he also earned his first win at this level, defeating João Sousa. In second round, he lost to Dušan Lajović Dušan Lajović ( sr-cyrl, Душан Лајовић; born 30 June 1990) is a Serbian professional tennis player. Lajović has won one singles and two doubles titles on the ATP Tour. On 29 April 2019, Lajović reached his career-high singles rank ... in straight sets. Horanský then qualified into the main draw in Antalya, where he lost again to Lajović. Grand Slam singles performance timeline Challenger and Futures finals Singles: 25 (12 titles, 13 runner-ups) Doubles: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zalaegerszeg
Zalaegerszeg (; hr, Jegersek; sl, Jageršek; german: Egersee) is the administrative center of Zala County, Zala county in western Hungary. Location Zalaegerszeg lies on the banks of the Zala River, close to the Slovenian and Austrian borders and west-southwest of Budapest by road. History The area was already inhabited in the Upper Paleolithic, according to archaeological findings (the oldest ones in Zala county). Later, the area was inhabited by Celts. The first written mentions of the town are as ''Egerscug'' (1247) and ''Egerszeg'' (1293); the name means "alder-tree corner" and is probably a reference to the town's situation in the angle where two rivers meet. King Béla IV of Hungary, Béla IV donated the town to the diocese of Veszprém in 1266, so that it became Church property. As Egerszeg lay somewhat distant from Veszprém, however, the taxes paid by the town often ended up in the pockets of such local oligarchs as the Kőszegi family. In the 14th century, Egerszeg w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragoș Dima
Dragoș Dima (born 16 June 1992 in Ploiești) is a Romanian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of 279 achieved on 24 September 2018. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 903 achieved on 27 June 2016. Dima represents Romania at the Davis Cup making his debut on 15 September 2017 against Austria's Gerald Melzer in 1st round play-offs of Group I Group 1 may refer to: * Alkali metal, a chemical element classification for Alkali metal * Group 1 (racing), a historic (until 1981) classification for Touring car racing, applied to standard touring cars. Comparable to modern FIA Group N * Group On .... ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures finals Singles: 22 (9 titles, 13 runners-up) Doubles: 2 (0 titles, 2 runners-up) Davis Cup Singles performances (1–2) References External links * * * 1992 births Living people Romanian male tennis players Tennis players from Bucharest Sportspeople from Ploiești 21st-century Romanian peo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poreč
Poreč (; it, Parenzo; la, Parens or ; grc, Πάρενθος, Párenthos) is a town and municipality on the western coast of the Istrian peninsula, in Istria County, west Croatia. Its major landmark is the 6th-century Euphrasian Basilica, which was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. The town is almost 2,000 years old, and is set around a harbour protected from the sea by the small island of Sveti Nikola/San Nicola (Saint Nicholas). Its population of approximately 12,000 resides mostly on the outskirts, while the wider Poreč area has a population of approximately 16,600 inhabitants. The municipal area covers , with the long shoreline stretching from the Mirna River near Novigrad (Cittanova) to Funtana (Fontane) and Vrsar (Orsera) in the south. Ever since the 1970s, the coast of Poreč and neighboring Rovinj (Rovigno) has been the most visited tourist destination in Croatia. History Prehistory This area has been inhabited since prehistoric times. Roman pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Choinski
Jan Choinski (born 10 June 1996) is a German-born British tennis player of Polish descent. Choinski has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 234, achieved in April 2018. Juniors Choinski reached the semifinals of the 2014 US Open – Boys' singles. He peaked at No. 17 combined world ranking, compiling a 78–30 match record in singles. Professional career Choinski made his ATP main draw debut at the 2016 MercedesCup, where he was given a wildcard into the singles event. Ranked No. 457, he reached his second Challenger final at the 2022 Campeonato Internacional de Tênis de Campinas being the first qualifier in the history of the tournament to do so. He won his maiden Challenger title defeating Juan Pablo Varillas, moving more than a 150 positions back up close to the top 300 at No. 301 on 10 October 2022. https://www.atptour.com/en/news/svajda-skatov-claim-maiden-atp-challenger-tour-titles He returned to the top 250 on 19 December 2022. Personal life Choinski was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe ( , , ; South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the third-largest city of the German state (''Land'') of Baden-Württemberg after its capital of Stuttgart and Mannheim, and the 22nd-largest city in the nation, with 308,436 inhabitants. It is also a former capital of Baden, a historic region named after Hohenbaden Castle in the city of Baden-Baden. Located on the right bank of the Rhine near the French border, between the Mannheim/ Ludwigshafen conurbation to the north and Strasbourg/Kehl to the south, Karlsruhe is Germany's legal center, being home to the Federal Constitutional Court (''Bundesverfassungsgericht''), the Federal Court of Justice (''Bundesgerichtshof'') and the Public Prosecutor General of the Federal Court of Justice (''Generalbundesanwalt beim Bundesgerichtshof''). Karlsruhe was the capital of the Margraviate of Baden-Durlach (Durlach: 1565–1718; Karlsruhe: 1718–1771), the Margraviate of Baden (1771–1803), the Electorate of Baden (1803–1806), th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Macedonian Open
The 2023 Macedonian Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 1st edition of the tournament which was part of the 2023 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Skopje, North Macedonia between 22 and 27 May 2023. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 8 May 2023. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Kalin Ivanovski * Andrew Paulson * Mili Poljičak The following players received entry into the singles main draw as alternates: * Filip Cristian Jianu * Dino Prižmić * Eduardo Ribeiro The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Karol Drzewiecki * Maks Kaśnikowski * Wilson Leite * Sumit Nagal * Máté Valkusz * Alexander Weis Champions Singles * Máté Valkusz def. Francisco Comesaña 6–3, 6–4. Doubles * Petr Nouza / Andrew Paulson def. Sriram Balaji Sriram Balaji (born 18 March 1990) is an Indian professional tennis player. Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Comesaña
Francisco Comesaña (born 6 October 2000) is an Argentine tennis player. Comesaña has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 117 achieved on 16 October 2023. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 257 achieved on 8 May 2023. Career Comesaña won his first ATP Challenger titles in 2022, two singles in Argentina and one doubles title in Italy with Luciano Darderi Luciano Darderi (born 14 February 2002) is an Italian tennis player. Darderi has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 124 achieved on the 13 November 2023. He also has a career high doubles ranking of World No. 104 achieved on 8 August .... He made his ATP debut at the 2024 Córdoba Open as a wildcard. Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals Singles 13 (6–7) Doubles (2) References External links * * 2000 births Living people Argentine male tennis players Sportspeople from Mar del Plata 21st-century Argentine people {{Argentina-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osaka Mayor's Cup
The Osaka Mayor's Cup is an ITF Grade A junior tennis tournament. It is held annually in Osaka. Champions Boys Singles Boys Doubles Girls Singles Girls Doubles {, class="wikitable" , - !Year !width="200", Champion !width="200", Runner-up !width="150", Score , - , 2021 , Yoshino Fujita Hayu Kinoshita , Aoka Nagasawa Kaho Oyama , 6–1, 6–3 , - , 2020 , Cancelled , Cancelled , Covid-19 , - , 2019 , , Maria Bondarenko Mai Napatt Nirundorn , , Bai Zhuoxuan Yang Ya-yi , , 7–5, 6–3 , - , 2018 , , Mana Kawamura Funa Kozaki , , Himari Sato Zheng Qinwen , , 7–6(7–3), 6–4 , - , 2017 , , Park So-hyun Himari Sato , , Chen Pei-hsuan Wang Xiyu , , Walkover , - , 2016 , , Lee Yang Wang Xiyu , , Emily Appleton Anastasia Potapova , , 6–4, 7–5 , - , 2015 , , Haruna Arakawa Ayumi Miyamoto , , Dayana Yastremska Zheng Wushuang , , 6–4, 6–4 , - , 2014 , , Sara Tomic Xu Shilin , , Emily Arbuthnott Emilie Fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orange Bowl (tennis)
The Orange Bowl International Tennis Championships, known as the Dunlop Orange Bowl International Tennis Championships from 2008 to 2013 with Dunlop as the title sponsor, and renamed the Metropolia Orange Bowl International Tennis Championships from 2013 onwards, is a prestigious junior tennis tournament, one of five that are rated by the ITF as 'Grade A'. Established in 1947 in Miami Beach, the tournament has for years featured both boys and girls singles and doubles draws at both '18 and under' (under-19) and '16 and under' (under-17) age categories. From 1999 to 2010, the tournament had been held each December at Crandon Park in Key Biscayne, Florida. Since 2011, it has been held at the Frank Veltri Tennis Center in Plantation, Florida. History The Orange Bowl Tennis Championship began at Flamingo Tennis Center, Miami Beach. This facility, still in use today, hosted the tournament until 1998, when it was moved to its current site at Crandon Park in Key Biscayne, Flor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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