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Markus Hipfl
Markus Hipfl (born 26 April 1978) is a former professional tennis player from Austria. Career Hipfl had a noteworthy junior career. He won the Under-16s Orange Bowl in 1994 and was also a finalist in that year's European Championship. In 1996 he finished runner-up in the 1996 US Open Boys' Singles, losing in the final to German Daniel Elsner. During the 1999 ATP Tour, Hipfl broke into the top 100 for the first time. He made the semi-finals of Morocco's Grand Prix Hassan II and was a quarter-finalist at four tournaments, in San Marino, Sankt Pölten, Sicily and Majorca. His best performances in 2000 included being a semi-finalist at the Swedish Open and making another quarter-final appearance in the International Raiffeisen Grand Prix at Sankt Pölten. Hipfl bettered his previous two efforts at the Sankt Pölten tournament in 2001, making it into the final, which he lost to fellow wild card Andrea Gaudenzi. He also reached quarter-finals at the 2001 Copa AT&T and the 2001 Est ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous city and state. A landlocked country, Austria is bordered by Germany to the northwest, the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia to the northeast, Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The country occupies an area of and has a population of 9 million. Austria emerged from the remnants of the Eastern and Hungarian March at the end of the first millennium. Originally a margraviate of Bavaria, it developed into a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire in 1156 and was later made an archduchy in 1453. In the 16th century, Vienna began serving as the empire's administrative capital and Austria thus became the heartland of the Habsburg monarchy. After the dissolution of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 ATP Tour
The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the ATP. The 1999 ATP Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournaments, supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF), the ATP Super 9, the ATP Championship Series, the ATP World Series, the ATP World Team Cup, the ATP Tour World Championships and the Grand Slam Cup (organised by the ITF). Also included in the 1999 calendar are the Davis Cup and the Hopman Cup, which do not distribute ranking points, and are both organised by the ITF. In April 1999 ATP signed a $1.2 billion 10-year-deal with the sports marketing agency International Sport and Leisure, ISL Worldwide to promote the sport. The deal gave ISL the commercial rights for the Super-9 tournaments as well as the ATP World Championship. The ATP also introduced a simplified ranking system and made participation in the Super-9 events mandatory for top players. Schedule This is the complete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 BellSouth Open
The 2002 BellSouth Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Viña del Mar in Chile and was part of the International Series of the 2002 ATP Tour. It was the 9th edition of the tournament and ran from February 11 through February 17, 2002. Fernando González won the singles title. Unseeded Fernando González, who entered on a wildcard, won the singles title. Finals Singles Fernando González defeated Nicolás Lapentti 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–4) * It was González's 1st title of the year and the 2nd of his career. Doubles Gastón Etlis / Martín Rodríguez defeated Lucas Arnold / Luis Lobo Luis Lobo (born 9 November 1970) is a retired professional male tennis player from Argentina, who won the gold medal in the men's doubles competition at the 1995 Pan American Games. He reached his career high doubles ranking, World No. 12, on ... 6–3, 6–4 * It was Etlis's 1st title of the year and the 1st of his career. It was Rodríguez's 1s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 International Raiffeisen Grand Prix
The 2002 International Raiffeisen Grand Prix was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Sankt Pölten in Austria and was part of the International Series of the 2002 ATP Tour. It was the 22nd edition of the tournament and ran from 20 May through 26 May 2002. Second-seeded Nicolás Lapentti won the singles title. Finals Singles Nicolás Lapentti defeated Fernando Vicente 7–5, 6–4 * It was Lapentti's only title of the year and the 8th of his career. Doubles Petr Pála / David Rikl defeated Mike Bryan Michael Carl Bryan (born April 29, 1978) is an American former doubles world No. 1 tennis player. With his twin brother Bob, he was the world's top doubles player for more than nine years, first achieving the top ranking in Septemb ... / Michael Hill 7–5, 6–4 * It was Pála's only title of the year and the 2nd of his career. It was Rikl's 1st title of the year and the 23rd of his career. References {{2002 ATP Tour Internatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 Estoril Open
The 2001 Estoril Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Estoril Court Central in Oeiras in Portugal and was part of the International Series of the 2001 ATP Tour and of Tier IV of the 2001 WTA Tour. The tournament ran from 9 April until 15 April 2001. Juan Carlos Ferrero and Ángeles Montolio won the singles titles. Finals Men's singles Juan Carlos Ferrero defeated Félix Mantilla 7–6(7–3), 4–6, 6–3 * It was Ferrero's 2nd title of the year and the 3rd of his career. Women's singles Ángeles Montolio defeated Elena Bovina 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 * It was Montolio's 1st title of the year and the 1st of her career. Men's doubles Radek Štěpánek / Michal Tabara defeated Donald Johnson / Nenad Zimonjić 6–4, 6–1 * It was Štěpánek's 1st title of the year and the 2nd of his career. It was Tabara's 2nd title of the year and the 2nd of his career. Women's doubles Květa Hrdličková / Barbara Rittner defeated Tina Križan / K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |