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Olivier Rochus
Olivier Rochus (; born 18 January 1981) is a retired Belgian tennis player. He is the younger brother of Christophe Rochus, also a former top-40 tennis player. Rochus won two singles titles in his career and in 2004 French Open – Men's doubles, 2004 won the French Open doubles title, partnering fellow Belgian Xavier Malisse. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 24. At tall, he was the shortest player on the ATP World Tour. Career Juniors Rochus was a partner of Roger Federer on the junior circuit, winning the boys' doubles title at Wimbledon in 1998. As a junior, he compiled a singles win–loss record of 81–30 (42–20 in doubles), reaching as high as No. 11 in the world in 1997 (and No. 16 in doubles the following year). Rochus reached at least the quarterfinals of all four junior Grand Slam tournaments (including the semifinals of the French Open and Wimbledon). 1999–2008 He won his first title in Palermo in 2000, defeating his brother in the semifinals and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dion-Valmont
Chaumont-Gistoux (; wa, Tchåmont-Djistou) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. On 1 January 2006 Chaumont-Gistoux had a total population of 10,926. The total area is 48.09 km2 which gives a population density of 227 inhabitants per km2. It was formed from the fusion, in 1977, of Dion-Valmont (itself a fusion in 1971 of Dion-le-Val and Dion-le-Mont), Bonlez, Corroy-le-Grand, Longueville and Chaumont-Gistoux. The administrative offices are now in the village of Gistoux. It is a semi-rural municipality with several working farms, large areas given over to fields and forests, although there is a major industry of sand extraction, now mostly in decline. Due to this history there are now several haulage and construction firms based in the municipality. Chaumont-Gistoux is on the KW-line, a defensive line erected early in the Second World War, intended to prevent invasion from Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (lit. "National Sociali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennis At The 2008 Summer Olympics
Tennis competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 10 to August 17 at the Olympic Green Tennis Centre. The DecoTurf surface rendered the event a hardcourt tournament. The women's singles event proved notable for being one of only two Olympiads — and the first since 1908 — in which all tennis medalists were from the same country, Russia. The men's singles featured the first time an Olympic tennis player had medaled in consecutive Olympiads since the 1920 games, while the men's doubles gave Switzerland its first medal in the event. The doubles also returned Switzerland and the United States to the medals stand for the first time since the 1988 re-introduction of the sport. Qualification The majority of players in the singles competitions (56 of 64 players in the draw) gained entry through their position in either the ATP (men) or WTA (women) rankings. The remaining eight places were given to six players who gained ITF places (wild cards) a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (; born 17 April 1985) is a French former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 5 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved in February 2012. Tsonga won 18 singles titles on the ATP Tour, including two ATP Tour Masters 1000, Masters 1000 titles.In his early career, Tsonga won the 2003 US Open – Boys' singles, 2003 US Open junior singles title and was the ATP World Tour Awards#Most improved player, Comeback player & Newcomer of the year, ATP Newcomer of the Year for 2007 ATP Tour, 2007. He rose to fame by reaching the 2008 Australian Open – Men's singles, 2008 Australian Open final as an unseeded player, defeating four seeded players (including world No. 2 Rafael Nadal) en route. He followed by winning his first Masters title at the 2008 BNP Paribas Masters – Singles, 2008 Paris Masters, and reached the final of the 2011 ATP World Tour Finals – Singles, 2011 ATP Finals. At the Tennis at the 2012 Summer Oly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincent Millot
Vincent Millot (; born 30 January 1986, in Montpellier, France) is a French 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. Despite never having reached the top 100, Millot has played at each of the four Grand Slam events. Career statistics ATP Challenger Tour and ITF tournaments career finals ATP Challenger Tour =Singles: 10 (2–8)= =Doubles: 1 (0–1)= Performance timelines Singles ''Current through 2019 Australian Open. Doubles ''Current through 2019 Australian Open. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Millot, Vincent Living people French male tennis players 1986 births Sportspeople from Dijon 20th-century French people 21st-century French people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Grand Prix De Tennis De Lyon
The 2009 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 23rd edition of the Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2009 ATP World Tour. It was held at the Palais des Sports de Gerland in Lyon, France, from 26 October through 1 November 2009. Tird-seeded Ivan Ljubičić won the singles title. Finals Singles Ivan Ljubičić defeated Michaël Llodra 7–5, 6–3 *Ljubičić wins his first title of the year and ninth of his career. It was his second win at the event, also winning in 2001. Doubles Julien Benneteau / Nicolas Mahut defeated Arnaud Clément / Sébastien Grosjean 6–4, 7–6(8–6) ATP entrants Seeds * Seeds are based on the rankings of October 19, 2009 Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Arnaud Clément * Sébastien Grosjean * Michaël Llodra The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcos Baghdatis
Marcos Baghdatis ( el, Μάρκος Παγδατής, ar, ماركوس بغداتيس; ; born 17 June 1985) is a Cypriot former professional tennis player. He was the runner-up at the 2006 Australian Open and a semifinalist at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, and reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 8 in August 2006. In the latter part of his career, Baghdatis endured a series of injuries that impacted his play. Personal and early life Baghdatis was born in Paramytha, Cyprus, to a Lebanese father, Christos, and a Greek Cypriot mother, Androula. He has two brothers—Petros and Marinos—and a sister, Zena, who was adopted by his family at just six months old. His father, a native Lebanese (Antiochian Greek Christian) who follows Greek Orthodox Christianity, emigrated to Cyprus from Lebanon and owns a clothes shop. He began playing tennis at the age of five with his father and brothers. He grew up idolizing tennis players Pat Rafter, Andre Agassi and Pet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Australian Open – Men's Singles
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Thomaz Bellucci
Thomaz Cocchiarali Bellucci (born 30 December 1987, in Tietê) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 21 in July 2010. Bellucci used a string of ATP Challenger Tour victories early in 2008 to break into the top 100 rankings of the ATP World Tour as a 20-year-old. He has won 4 ATP World Tour titles (the 2009 and 2012 Swiss Open, the 2010 Movistar Open and the 2015 Geneva Open), reached the quarterfinals at the 2016 Olympics and reached the semi-finals of the 2011 Madrid Masters. Playing style Thomaz's playing style relies on using the heavy topspin of his forehand to control the points. He lacks outright power to produce a lot of aces, but he has excellent spin on his serve, allowing him to force his opponents off of the court which leads to him taking the offensive at the beginning of the point. His two-handed backhand is much more compact than his forehand, and is flatter, which allows him to take balls earlier on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jarkko Nieminen
Jarkko Kalervo Nieminen (born 23 July 1981) is a Finnish former professional tennis player. His highest ranking of world No. 13, achieved in July 2006, is a Finnish record. He has won two ATP singles titles and five doubles titles in his career. His best performances in Grand Slam tournaments have been reaching the quarterfinals of the 2005 US Open, the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, and the 2008 Australian Open. Statistically Finland's best player to date, Nieminen is also the first and so far only Finnish player to have won an ATP singles title and to have reached the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam singles event. He is also notable for winning the shortest recorded Masters Tour tennis match in Open Era history, defeating Bernard Tomic in just 28 minutes and 20 seconds in the first round of the 2014 Sony Open Tennis. He was ranked inside the Top 75 11 times in 14 years (2001 to 2014). On 23 June 2015, he announced his retirement from professional tennis at the end of the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feliciano López
Feliciano López Díaz-Guerra (; born 20 September 1981) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high singles ranking of world No. 12 in March 2015 and doubles ranking of world No. 9 in November 2016.In 2005, López was the first male Spanish tennis player to reach the quarterfinals of Wimbledon since 1972. He repeated the feat in 2008 and 2011. López defeated Tim Henman at the 2007 Wimbledon second round. Throughout his career, he has played in the most five-set matches that have gone beyond 6–6 in the post-tiebreak era, his longest fifth set being 16–14 at the 2009 Australian Open against Gilles Müller. He reached the quarterfinals of the 2015 US Open, and won his first Grand Slam title at the 2016 French Open when he won the men's doubles title with Marc López. In 2017 at the age of 35 López won the Aegon Championship at The Queen's Club, London, beating Marin Čilić in a third set tiebreak. He distinguished himself by winning his ATP titles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreas Vinciguerra
Andreas Vinciguerra (; born 19 February 1981) is a former tennis player from Sweden, who turned professional in 1998. He won 1 singles title in Copenhagen; reached the semi-finals of the 2001 Rome Masters and 2001 Paris Masters; and attained a career-high singles ranking of World No. 33 in November 2001. Tennis career Vinciguerra is of Italian origin on his father's side. Junior career As a junior Vinciguerra reached as high as No. 6 in the world in 1998. Junior Slam results: Australian Open: F ( 1998) French Open: SF ( 1998) Wimbledon: - US Open: 1R ( 1998) Pro career He experienced significant problems with a back injury, but in 2006 made a comeback, which has seen him edge towards the top 100 in the ATP rankings. Has played 9 Davis Cup matches in singles, and won 3 of them. In the 2009 World Group Playoffs in March 2009, Sweden faced Israel in Vinciguerra's hometown. Dudi Sela first defeated Vinciguerra 11–9 in the fifth. Harel Levy Harel Levy ( he, הראל לו ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 If Stockholm Open
The 2009 If Stockholm Open was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 41st edition of the event known that year as the If Stockholm Open, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2009 ATP World Tour. It was held at the Kungliga tennishallen in Stockholm, Sweden, from 17 October through 25 October 2009. Unseeded Marcos Baghdatis won the singles title. ATP entrants Seeds * seeds are based on the rankings of October 12, 2009 Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Andreas Vinciguerra * Joachim Johansson * Grigor Dimitrov The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Michael Berrer * Arnaud Clément * Henri Kontinen * Frederik Nielsen The following players received entry as a Lucky loser: * Giovanni Lapentti Finals Singles Marcos Baghdatis defeated Olivier Rochus, 6–1, 7–5 *It was Baghdatis' first title of the year and 3rd of his career. Doubles Bruno Soa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
