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Oliver Freelove
Oliver Freelove (born 5 March 1977) is a British former professional tennis player. Biography Freelove played collegiate tennis in the United States for the University of Illinois. He earned All-American honours in the 1998/99 season. On the professional tour he was more successful as a doubles player, but featured in the singles at the 2000 Brighton International and won the first set of his opening round match against Diego Nargiso, before losing in three. All of his Wimbledon main draw appearances came in doubles. He competed in the men's doubles with James Davidson in 2000 and then again in 2001 partnering Kyle Spencer, losing both first round matches in four sets. At the 2003 Wimbledon Championships he played with Helen Crook in the mixed doubles draw. He is now in the finance industry and currently works for Marex Spectron Marex is a UK-based diversified global financial services platform, connecting clients to global energy, metals, agricultural and financial ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles
Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde defeated Paul Haarhuis and Sandon Stolle in the final, 6–3, 6–4, 6–1, to win the gentlemen's doubles title at the 2000 Wimbledon Championships. It was their sixth Wimbledon title and eleventh and last major title overall, though Woodbridge would go on to win the title a further three times partnering Jonas Björkman. Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes were the defending champions, but Paes did not compete. Bhupathi partnered with David Prinosil but lost in the third round to Roger Federer and Andrew Kratzmann. This marked Haarhuis' fourth consecutive final with the third partner change in a row. Seeds Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde (champions) Paul Haarhuis / Sandon Stolle ''(final)'' Alex O'Brien / Jared Palmer ''(quarterfinals)'' Ellis Ferreira / Rick Leach ''(quarterfinals)'' Jonas Björkman / Byron Black ''(third round)'' David Adams / John-Laffnie de Jager ''(semifinals)'' Martin Damm / Wayne Ferreira ''(second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyle Spencer (tennis)
Kyle Spencer (born 26 January 1976) is a former tennis player from the United Kingdom. Spencer represented the United Kingdom in the men's doubles competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, partnering Barry Cowan. The pair was eliminated in the first round. Spencer's highest ranking in singles was World No. 953, which he reached on 21 September 1998. His highest doubles ranking was World No. 126, which he reached on 17 July 2000. Spencer has coached U.S. college tennis teams at Baylor University, University of Maryland, and North Carolina State University North Carolina State University (NC State) is a public land-grant research university in Raleigh, North Carolina. Founded in 1887 and part of the University of North Carolina system, it is the largest university in the Carolinas. The universit .... ATP career finals Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Doubles: 9 (2–7) Performance timeline Doubles References Exte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Male Tennis Players
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British Male Tennis Players
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1977 Births
Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). * January 17 ** 49 marines from the and are killed as a result of a collision in Barcelona harbour, Spain. * January 18 ** Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease. ** Australia's worst railway disaster at Granville, a suburb of Sydney, leaves 83 people dead. ** SFR Yugoslavia Prime minister Džemal Bijedić, his wife and 6 others are killed in a plane crash in Bosnia and Herzegovina. * January 19 – An Ejército del Aire CASA C-207C Azor (registration T.7-15) plane crashes into the side of a mountain near Chiva, on approach to Valencia Airport in Spain, killing all 11 people on board. * January 20 – Jimmy Carter is sworn in as the 39th Pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Business Insider
''Insider'', previously named ''Business Insider'' (''BI''), is an American financial and business news website founded in 2007. Since 2015, a majority stake in ''Business Insider''s parent company Insider Inc. has been owned by the German publishing house Axel Springer. It operates several international editions, including one in the United Kingdom. ''Insider'' publishes original reporting and aggregates material from other outlets. , it maintained a liberal policy on the use of anonymous sources. It has also published native advertising and granted sponsors editorial control of its content. The outlet has been nominated for several awards, but is criticized for using factually incorrect clickbait headlines to attract viewership. In 2015, Axel Springer SE acquired 88 percent of the stake in Insider Inc. for $343 million (€306 million), implying a total valuation of $442 million. In February 2021, the brand was renamed simply ''Insider''. History ''Busi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marex Spectron
Marex is a UK-based diversified global financial services platform, connecting clients to global energy, metals, agricultural and financial markets. Across its businesses, Marex provides high value add services in Market Making, Execution and Clearing, Hedging and Investment Solutions, Price Discovery and Data & Advisory. The company's clients are predominantly commodity producers and consumers, banks, hedge funds, asset managers, broking houses, commodity trading advisors and professional traders. Marex currently has over 1,100 employees and 22 offices across Europe, USA and APAC. History Marex Financial started in 2005 as an independent derivatives and forex broker providing trading in commodities, financial futures, options and foreign exchange, established by the Marathon Special Opportunity Master Fund Limited which is managed by Marathon Asset Management after its former parent REFCo collapsed in 2005. In February 2010, hedge fund JRJ Group took a 74% stake and ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Crook
Helen Crook (born 20 November 1971) is a British former professional tennis player. Biography Before turning professional, Crook attended college in the United States, as a journalism student at the University of South Carolina. She formed a doubles partnership in college tennis with another British player, Victoria Davies. The pair made the semifinals of the 1994 NCAA Doubles Championships. Crook, who was based in Essex, began competing on the international circuit in 1996. All of her WTA Tour and Wimbledon main-draw appearances were in doubles, a format in which she reached No. 155 in the world. She made two WTA Tour doubles quarterfinals, both with regular doubles partner Victoria Davies, at the 1999 Warsaw Cup and the 2001 Birmingham Classic. She featured in the women's doubles at Wimbledon on eight occasions and twice in mixed doubles. Her only grand slam win came when partnering Anna Hawkins at the 2003 Wimbledon Championships, with the pair overcoming Barbara Schett a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 Wimbledon Championships
The 2003 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 117th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 23 June to 6 July 2003. It was the third Grand Slam tennis event of the year. Lleyton Hewitt was unsuccessful in his 2002 title defence, being upset in the first round by Grand Slam debutant Ivo Karlović. It was the first time in the Open Era history of Wimbledon that a defending champion had lost in the first round, the second time overall. This Wimbledon was notable for being Roger Federer's first grand slam victory when he defeated Mark Philippoussis in the final. This would be the first of five consecutive Wimbledon titles for Federer, and eight overall. Serena Williams successfully defended her 2002 title, defeating her sister Venus in the final for the second consecutive year. Media coverage Broadcast coverage of the 2003 Cham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Davidson (tennis)
James Davidson (born 16 September 1973) is a British former professional tennis player. Biography Davidson played in the doubles main draws of two ATP Tour tournaments, the 1999 Bournemouth International and 2000 Brighton International. At the age of 26 he made his first main draw at Wimbledon in 2000, as a wildcard pairing with Oliver Freelove. They were beaten in their first round match in four sets by Paul Kilderry and Alberto Martín. He partnered with Victoria Davies at the 2001 Wimbledon Championships. The wildcard pair won a long second set tiebreak 10–8 but went down in the third, to Julien Boutter and Nathalie Dechy. A former coach of Aljaž Bedene, he has been coaching London based Frenchman Jérémy Chardy Jérémy Chardy (; born 12 February 1987) is a French inactive professional tennis player. He has won one ATP Tour singles title, in Stuttgart in 2009. His best Grand Slam performance in singles was reaching the quarterfinals of the 2013 Austra ... since 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles
Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde were the defending champions, but Woodforde had retired from the tour. Woodbridge partnered with Jonas Björkman but lost in the third round to Bob and Mike Bryan. Donald Johnson and Jared Palmer defeated Jiří Novák and David Rikl in the final, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(8–6), to win the gentlemen's doubles title at the 2001 Wimbledon Championships Seeds Jonas Björkman / Todd Woodbridge ''(third round)'' Daniel Nestor / Sandon Stolle ''(second round)'' Jiří Novák / David Rikl ''(final)'' Donald Johnson / Jared Palmer (champions) Ellis Ferreira / Rick Leach ''(quarterfinals)'' Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes ''(first round)'' Petr Pála / Pavel Vízner ''(quarterfinals)'' Joshua Eagle / Andrew Florent ''(second round)'' Michael Hill / Jeff Tarango ''(third round)'' David Prinosil / Cyril Suk ''(second round)'' Mark Knowles / Brian MacPhie ''(third round)'' Wayne Black / Kevin Ullyett ''(first round)'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
