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Neil Bamford
Neil Bamford (born 10 February 1982) is a British former professional tennis player. Biography Bamford, a right-handed player from Hertfordshire, made three main draw appearance at Wimbledon. In 2006 and 2007 he featured in the main draw partnering Jim May, the first of those appearances coming as successful qualifiers. At the 2008 Wimbledon Championships he was granted a wildcard for a second time and played with Josh Goodall Joshua Jake Goodall (born 17 October 1985) is a retired English tennis player, former British no 2 and Davis Cup player. He is currently Director of Tennis. Personal life Goodall attended Cranbourne School, now called Cranbourne Business and .... He and Goodall were losing finalists at the Mexico City Challenger in 2008. Retiring after the 2008 season, he now works as a tennis coach at Dukes Meadows in London. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bamford, Neil 1982 births Living people British male tennis players Tennis people fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles
Stephen Huss and Wesley Moodie were the defending champions but lost in the third round to Simon Aspelin and Todd Perry. Bob and Mike Bryan defeated Fabrice Santoro and Nenad Zimonjić in the final, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2, to win the gentlemen's doubles title at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships By winning the 2006 Doubles title, their first title at Wimbledon, the Bryan brothers completed the Grand Slam (tennis)#Career Grand Slam, Career Grand Slam, having previously won the 2003 French Open – Men's Doubles, 2003 French Open, the 2005 US Open (tennis), 2005 US Open, and the 2006 Australian Open, Australian Open earlier that year. Additionally, it was their record 7th consecutive grand slam final. The quarterfinal match between Mark Knowles & Daniel Nestor and Simon Aspelin & Todd Perry became, at that time, the longest match ever played at Wimbledon, lasting 6 hours and 9 minutes, with Knowles & Nestor winning the match 5–7, 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 23–21. This r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles
Arnaud Clément and Michaël Llodra defeated the defending champions Bob and Mike Bryan in the final, 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–4, 6–4, to win the gentlemen's doubles title at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships The French duo won their first Grand Slam as a team, however this was Llodra's third, having won the Australian Open twice previously with Fabrice Santoro in 2003 and 2004. Seeds Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan ''(final)'' Jonas Björkman / Max Mirnyi ''(first round)'' Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor ''(quarterfinals)'' Fabrice Santoro / Nenad Zimonjić ''(semifinals)'' Martin Damm / Leander Paes ''(quarterfinals)'' Paul Hanley / Kevin Ullyett ''(second round)'' Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram ''(second round)'' Simon Aspelin / Julian Knowle ''(first round)'' Lukáš Dlouhý / Pavel Vízner ''(quarterfinals)'' Arnaud Clément / Michaël Llodra ''(champions)'' Mahesh Bhupathi / Radek Štěpánek ''(withdrew)'' Ashley Fisher / Tripp Phillips ''(first round ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles
Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić defeated Jonas Björkman and Kevin Ullyett in the final, 7–6(14–12), 6–7(3–7), 6–3, 6–3, to win the gentlemen's doubles title at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships. With the win, Nestor completed the career Grand Slam and the career Super Slam. Arnaud Clément and Michaël Llodra were the reigning champions, but withdrew due to a left arm injury for Llodra. Seeds Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan ''(semifinals)'' Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić (champions) Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram ''(quarterfinals)'' Mahesh Bhupathi / Mark Knowles ''(first round)'' Simon Aspelin / Julian Knowle ''(first round)'' Martin Damm / Pavel Vízner ''(first round)'' Arnaud Clément / Michaël Llodra ''(withdrew)'' Jonas Björkman / Kevin Ullyett ''(final)'' Lukáš Dlouhý / Leander Paes ''(semifinals)'' Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski ''(first round)'' Jeff Coetzee / Wesley Moodie ''(second round)'' Marcelo Melo / André ... [...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] |
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire ( or ; often abbreviated Herts) is one of the home counties in southern England. It borders Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire to the north, Essex to the east, Greater London to the south, and Buckinghamshire to the west. For government statistical purposes, it forms part of the East of England region. Hertfordshire covers . It derives its name – via the name of the county town of Hertford – from a hart (stag) and a ford, as represented on the county's coat of arms and on the flag. Hertfordshire County Council is based in Hertford, once the main market town and the current county town. The largest settlement is Watford. Since 1903 Letchworth has served as the prototype garden city; Stevenage became the first town to expand under post-war Britain's New Towns Act of 1946. In 2013 Hertfordshire had a population of about 1,140,700, with Hemel Hempstead, Stevenage, Watford and St Albans (the county's only ''city'') each having between 50,000 and 100,000 r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Championships, Wimbledon
The Wimbledon Championships, commonly known simply as Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely regarded as the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London, since 1877 and is played on outdoor grass courts, with retractable roofs over the two main courts since 2019. Wimbledon is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the others being the Australian Open, the French Open, and the US Open. Wimbledon is the only major still played on grass, the traditional tennis playing surface. Also, it is the only Grand Slam that retains a night-time curfew, though matches can now continue until 11.00 pm under the lights. The tournament traditionally takes place over two weeks in late June and early July, starting on the last Monday in June and culminating with the Ladies' and Gentlemen's Singles Finals, scheduled for the Saturday and Sunday at the end of the second week. Five major events are held each year, with addi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim May (tennis)
James May (born 17 June 1981) is a British former professional tennis player. Biography May grew up in Kent and attended Dartford Grammar School. He studied sports science at Loughborough University, graduating in 2004. During his time at Loughborough he represented Great Britain at the 2003 Summer Universiade in Daegu and won a gold medal in the men's doubles with Iain Bates. On the professional tour he reached as high as 242 in the world in doubles. He made two main draw appearances at Wimbledon, as a qualifier in 2006 and wildcard in 2007, both times partnering Neil Bamford Neil Bamford (born 10 February 1982) is a British former professional tennis player. Biography Bamford, a right-handed player from Hertfordshire, made three main draw appearance at Wimbledon. In 2006 and 2007 he featured in the main draw partne .... References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:May, Jim 1981 births Living people British male tennis players Tennis players from Kent Alumni of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Wimbledon Championships
The 2008 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. It was the 122nd edition of the The Championships, Wimbledon, Wimbledon Championships and were held from 23 June to 6 July 2008. It was the third Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tennis event of the year. Spanish people, Spanish player Rafael Nadal won the first Wimbledon title of his career; the first Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournament he had won other than the French Open. Nadal defeated five-time defending champion Roger Federer in the 2008 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles final, final in what many regard as the greatest tennis match of all time. In the women's singles, Venus Williams claimed her fifth title, and first win over her sister Serena Williams, Serena in a Wimbledon final (she had lost the previous two). The performances of Britons Andy Murray in the men's singles and Laura Robson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Goodall
Joshua Jake Goodall (born 17 October 1985) is a retired English tennis player, former British no 2 and Davis Cup player. He is currently Director of Tennis. Personal life Goodall attended Cranbourne School, now called Cranbourne Business and Enterprise College. His parents remortgaged their house five times to support his tennis career. Career On 23 June 2007 Goodall reached his only ATP (World) Tour final, in doubles, at the Nottingham Open. He and partner Ross Hutchins lost that match in three sets 6–4, 3–6, –10to Eric Butorac and Jamie Murray. Goodall was British no 2, behind Andy Murray from 13 August 2012 with a world ranking of 196, until 19 November 2012. Goodall played Davis Cup twice, in the 2009 Europe/Africa Zone Group I first round against Ukraine and the 2012 Europe/Africa Zone Group I second round against Belgium. At the Belgium tie, Goodall was the British no 1, in the absence of Andy Murray Sir Andrew Barron Murray (born 15 May 1987) is a Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreal Gazette
The ''Montreal Gazette'', formerly titled ''The Gazette'', is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Three other daily English-language newspapers shuttered at various times during the second half of the 20th century. It is one of the French-speaking province's last two English-language dailies; the other is the ''Sherbrooke Record'', which serves the anglophone community in Sherbrooke and the Eastern Townships southeast of Montreal. Founded in 1778 by Fleury Mesplet, ''The Gazette'' is Quebec's oldest daily newspaper and Canada's oldest daily newspaper still in publication. The oldest newspaper overall is the English-language ''Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph'', which was established in 1764 and is published weekly. History Fleury Mesplet founded a French-language weekly newspaper called ''La Gazette du commerce et littéraire, pour la ville et district de Montréal'' on June 3, 1778. It was the first entirely French-language newspaper i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torneo Internacional Challenger León
The Torneo Internacional Challenger León (formerly known as Challenger Ficrea, presentado por ultra, Torneo Internacional AGT and Abierto Internacional Leon) is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour and the International Tennis Federation (ITF) The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is the governing body of world tennis, wheelchair tennis, and beach tennis. It was founded in 1913 as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by twelve national tennis associations. As of 2016, there a ... Women's Circuit. It is held annually in León, Mexico, since 2003. Past finals Men's singles Men's doubles Women's singles Women's doubles External linksOfficial website {{DEFAULTSORT:Torneo Internacional Challenger Leon ATP Challenger Tour ITF Women's World Tennis Tour Hard court tennis tournaments Tennis tournaments in Mexico León, Guanajuato Recurring s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1982 Births
__NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 198 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire *January 28 **Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar. **Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus. China *Winter – Battle of Xiapi: The allied armies led by Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeat Lü Bu; afterward Cao Cao has him executed. By topic Religion * Marcus I succeeds Olympianus as Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211). Births * Lu Kai (or Jingfeng), Chinese official and general (d. 269) * Quan Cong, Chinese general and advisor ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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