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Orest Tereshchuk
Orest Tereshchuk (born 18 August 1981) is a former professional tennis player from Ukraine. Career Tereshchuk began playing Davis Cup tennis for the Ukrainian national team in 1999. His last appearance in 2007 was his 18th tie for Ukraine, leveling Andrei Medvedev's record. He finished with a 22/10 career record, second only to Medvedev. On the ATP Tour he made doubles appearances in the 2006 Kremlin Cup (partnering Alexey Kedryuk) and the 2007 St. Petersburg Open (partnering Sergiy Stakhovsky) but was unable to progress past the opening round in either. He was however highly successful on the ATP Challenger circuit, winning 11 doubles titles. As a singles player, he had the best win of his career in a Challenger tournament at Dnipropetrovsk in 2003, when he defeated Karol Beck, then ranked 66th in the world. The Ukrainian teamed up with Lars Burgsmüller at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships and after making it through qualifying they faced the Belgian pairing of Olivier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invasion, it was the eighth-most populous country in Europe, with a population of around 41 million people. It is also bordered by Belarus to the north; by Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; and by Romania and Moldova to the southwest; with a coastline along the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov to the south and southeast. Kyiv is the nation's capital and largest city. Ukraine's state language is Ukrainian; Russian is also widely spoken, especially in the east and south. During the Middle Ages, Ukraine was the site of early Slavic expansion and the area later became a key centre of East Slavic culture under the state of Kievan Rus', which emerged in the 9th century. The state eventually disintegrated into rival regional po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lars Burgsmüller
Lars Burgsmüller (born 6 December 1975) is a retired German professional tennis player. Burgsmüller reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 65, achieved on 18 February 2002. He also reached a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 61, achieved on 28 August 2006. Burgsmüller reached two singles finals on the ATP Tour, winning the 2002 Copenhagen Open in Denmark where he defeated Olivier Rochus of Belgium in the final in straight sets, and losing the final of the 2004 ATP Shanghai to Argentine Guillermo Cañas, also in straight sets. He also reached three doubles finals on the ATP Tour with three different partners. Partnered with Andrew Painter, he lost in the final of the 2000 Grand Prix Hassan II tournament in Casablanca falling in two sets to Frenchmen Sébastien Grosjean and Arnaud Clément. Alongside Jan Vacek he lost his next doubles final at the 2004 Ordina Open in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands in three sets to Czech pairing Martin Damm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hungary to the north, Romania to the northeast, Bulgaria to the southeast, North Macedonia to the south, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the west, and Montenegro to the southwest, and claims a border with Albania through the Political status of Kosovo, disputed territory of Kosovo. Serbia without Kosovo has about 6.7 million inhabitants, about 8.4 million if Kosvo is included. Its capital Belgrade is also the List of cities in Serbia, largest city. Continuously inhabited since the Paleolithic Age, the territory of modern-day Serbia faced Slavs#Migrations, Slavic migrations in the 6th century, establishing several regional Principality of Serbia (early medieval), states in the early Mid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GEMAX Open
The MT:S Open powered by Sony Ericsson (known until 2009 as the GEMAX Open) and now known as the Serbia Challenger Open is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It is part of the ATP Challenger Tour and the Challenger series of the WTA Tour. It was held annually at the Tennis Club Gemax until 2010 before its relocation to the Novak Tennis Centre since 2021 in Belgrade Belgrade ( , ;, ; Names of European cities in different languages: B, names in other languages) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers a ..., Serbia. The tournament was first played in 2002. The women's edition started in 2021. Past finals Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles External links * ITF search {{ATP Challenger Tour ATP Challenger Tour Tretorn SERIE+ tournaments Clay court tennis tournaments Tennis tournaments in Serbia Tennis to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dmitry Vlasov
Dmitry Vlasov (born 11 July 1982) is a former professional tennis player from Russia. Biography Vlasov, who is originally from Tula, was ranked as high as 11 in the world for singles during his junior career and had wins over future top players including David Nalbandian and Robin Söderling. He made the semi-finals of the boys' singles at the 1999 US Open. His only appearance in the main draw of an ATP Tour tournament came at the 2001 Swedish Open. After defeating Radek Štěpánek to make it through qualifying, Vlasov lost to Spaniard Albert Portas in the first round. A regular on the Challenger circuit, Vlasov won a total of four titles, all in doubles. He was runner-up in singles at the Togliatti Challenger in 2002 and had a win over Philipp Kohlschreiber at a Challenger tournament in the Indian city of Belgaum in 2003. In 2005, he received a one year suspension after testing positive to Pemoline Pemoline, sold under the brand name Cylert among others, is a stimula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuri Schukin
Yuri Schukin (russian: Ю́рий Ива́нович Щу́кин, Shchukin; born 26 June 1979) is a retired Russian-born Kazakhstani tennis player. Schukin has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 119, achieved on 19 November 2007. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 117, achieved on 16 October 2000. Career Schukin made his ATP Tour singles debut at the 2001 Australian Open where he battled through the qualifying rounds to earn a spot in the main draw. In qualifying, he defeated Neville Godwin ''4–6, 6–1, 6–4'', Eric Taino ''7–5, 6–1'' and lastly Robin Vik ''0–6, 7–6(7–4), 8–6'' to solidify the first main draw appearance of his career. In the first round he was defeated by Australian Wayne Arthurs in four sets ''3–6, 5–7, 6–4, 2–6''. He made his ATP double main draw debut at the 2000 Dutch Open in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Alongside Orlin Stanoytchev, they were granted direct entry into the main doubles draw whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikhail Elgin
Mikhail Nikolayevich Elgin ( rus, Михаил Николаевич Елгин, Yelgin, mʲɪxɐˈiɫ ɪ̯ɪɫˈɡʲin; born 14 October 1981) is a Russian professional tennis player. Elgin became famous when he advanced to the quarter–finals in singles at the 2008 St. Petersburg Open, where he lost to Victor Hănescu from Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ... 1–6, 4–6. Career finals ATP career finals Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runners-up) Other Finals Futures and Challenger finals Singles: 27 (17 titles, 10 runners-up) Doubles: 95 (62 titles, 33 runners-up) Career statistics Doubles performance timeline External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Elgin, Mikhail 1981 births Living people Sportspeople from Saint Petersburg Russian male tennis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Djalmar Sistermans
Djalmar Sistermans (born 24 December 1976) is a Dutch former professional tennis player. Sistermans reached a career high ranking of 140 in doubles and won two ATP Challenger doubles titles. At Wimbledon in 2002 he and Ignacio Hirigoyen came close to qualifying for the main draw when they played a marathon final round qualifier against Amir Hadad Amir Hadad (Hebrew: אמיר חדד, born 17 February 1978) is a retired Israeli professional tennis player. His highest singles ATP ranking was World No. 180, achieved in April 2003, and his highest doubles ranking was No. 87, achieved in Ma ... and Aisam Qureshi, which they lost 13–15 in the fifth set. Challenger titles Doubles: (2) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sistermans, Djalmar 1976 births Living people Dutch male tennis players 21st-century Dutch people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Norman
Dick Norman (born 1 March 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Belgium. He achieved a degree of folk popularity among tennis fans due to his height (6 feet 8 inches), his left-handed power game and, in the last few years of his career, his age (between late 2006 and his retirement in June 2013 he was the oldest player on the ATP Tour). After retirement Norman became involved in coaching and organizing local tennis events. In March 2018, he became the tournament director of ATP Antwerp, also known as the European Open. Career Turning professional in 1991, Norman notched up only his 14th Grand Slam appearance at the 2006 Wimbledon, where, at 35, he was the second oldest male competitor, to Andre Agassi. With Agassi's retirement immediately following the 2006 US Open, Norman succeeded him as the oldest active player on the ATP tour. In 1995, he made it to the fourth round at Wimbledon, despite qualifying out of the lucky loser's draw. He defeated successive b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Stauder
Franz Stauder (born 28 May 1977) is a former professional tennis player from Germany and current head coach at TC Rot-Weiß Worms. Biography His first appearance in the main draw of an ATP Tour level tournament came at the 1996 Gerry Weber Open in Halle where he partnered Pat Cash in the doubles. He also featured twice in the singles event at Halle, as a wildcard in 1997 and a qualifier in 1998, for a first round exit in each. On the second occasion, the 1998 Gerry Weber Open, he took world number 27 Jan Siemerink to a final set tiebreak. From 1998 to 2001 he competed in the men's doubles at Halle every year. He was a quarter-finalist three times, twice with Karsten Braasch and once with Rainer Schüttler. Stauder, who won six Challenger titles, narrowly missed out on qualifying for the singles draw at the 1999 Wimbledon Championships. In the final qualifying round he had a two set lead over Britain's Jamie Delgado, but the local player came back to win 7–5 in the fifth set. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magdeburg
Magdeburg (; nds, label=Low Saxon, Meideborg ) is the capital and second-largest city of the German state Saxony-Anhalt. The city is situated at the Elbe river. Otto I, the first Holy Roman Emperor and founder of the Archdiocese of Magdeburg, was buried in the city's cathedral after his death. Magdeburg's version of German town law, known as Magdeburg rights, spread throughout Central and Eastern Europe. In the Late Middle Ages, Magdeburg was one of the largest and most prosperous German cities and a notable member of the Hanseatic League. One of the most notable people from the city is Otto von Guericke, famous for his experiments with the Magdeburg hemispheres. Magdeburg has been destroyed twice in its history. The Catholic League sacked Magdeburg in 1631, resulting in the death of 25,000 non-combatants, the largest loss of the Thirty Years' War. During the World War II the Allies bombed the city in 1945 and destroying much of it. After World War II the city belonged t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristof Vliegen
Kristof Vliegen (born 22 June 1982) is a Belgian former tennis player. He plays right-handed and he turned professional in 2001. He was a semi-finalist in Chennai in 2006 and in May of the same year, he reached the final of the ATP tournament in Munich, setting up the first all-Belgian men's singles final against Olivier Rochus. 2009 In Doha, the first tournament of the year he defeated Spaniard Óscar Hernández with 6–1, 6–7 and 6–7. In the next round he faced German Philipp Kohlschreiber. He was defeated in three straight sets 4–6, 7–6 and 6–4. At the Australian open he met Italian Simone Bolelli but lost in three long sets 6–7, 5–7 and 6–7. One week later he started in the SA Tennis Open as the seventh seed. In the first round he won in two straight sets of unranked Ross Hutchins. In the next round he defeated Czech Jan Minář. In the quarterfinals he lost to world number 6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in straight sets 4–6 and 1–6. At the Open 13 in Marsei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
