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Pablo González (tennis)
Pablo González (born 2 July 1982) is a retired Colombian tennis player. González has a career high ATP singles ranking of 299 achieved on 14 May 2007. He also has a career high doubles ranking of 240 achieved on 1 October 2007. He made his main draw debut on the ATP Tour at the 2000 Bancolombia Open The Bancolombia Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour. It was held annually in Bogotá, Colombia, from 1994 (as an ATP World ... as a wild card in the singles competition. He has been part of the Colombia Davis Cup team from 2000 until 2007. Since 2016, he is the captain of the Colombia Davis Cup Team. ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 9 (4–5) Doubles: 21 (7–14) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:González, Pablo 1982 births Living people Colombian male tennis players Central American and Caribbean Games medal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bogotá
Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city of Colombia, and one of the largest cities in the world. The city is administered as the Capital District, as well as the capital of, though not part of, the surrounding department of Cundinamarca. Bogotá is a territorial entity of the first order, with the same administrative status as the departments of Colombia. It is the political, economic, administrative, and industrial center of the country. Bogotá was founded as the capital of the New Kingdom of Granada on 6 August 1538 by Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada after a harsh expedition into the Andes conquering the Muisca, the indigenous inhabitants of the Altiplano. Santafé (its name after 1540) became the seat of the government of the Spanish Royal Audiencia of the New Kingdom of Granada (cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricardo Schlachter
Ricardo Schlachter (born 7 July 1977) is a former professional tennis player from Brazil. Biography As a junior, Schlachter was runner-up in the boys' doubles at the 1994 Wimbledon Championships, with Vladimír Pláteník as his partner. Schlachter, who comes from the city of Joinville in Santa Catarina State, turned professional in 1998 and that year qualified for the singles main draw at the Colombia Open. His other ATP Tour main draw appearances were all in doubles, partnering Gustavo Kuerten at the 1998 Movistar Open, then competing twice at the Brasil Open, in 2001 and 2002. He won two doubles titles on the ATP Challenger Tour The ATP Challenger Tour, known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series, is a series of international men's professional tennis tournaments. The Challenger Tour events are the second-highest tier of tennis competition, behind the ATP T .... Junior Grand Slam finals Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Ghem
André Swytka Ghem (born 29 May 1982) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking in July 2015, when he became the World No. 118. Career Born in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Ghem became the World No. 181 in August 2006. At the 2006 Brasil Open, he won against Gustavo Kuerten Gustavo "Guga" Kuerten (; born 10 September 1976) is a Brazilian former world No. 1 tennis player. He won the French Open singles title three times (1997, 2000, and 2001), and was the Tennis Masters Cup champion in 2000. During his career he .... The score was 3–6, 6–3, 6–4. Titles (14) Challengers and futures (5) Doubles (9) Runners-up (7) Singles (1) Doubles (6) References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ghem, Andre 1982 births Living people Brazilian male tennis players Brazilian people of German descent Brazilian people of Polish descent People from Novo Hamburgo Sportspeople from Rio Grande do Sul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucas Engel
Lucas Feltes Engel (born 1 December 1981) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player. A native of Novo Hamburgo, Engel competed in ATP Challenger and ITF Futures events, reaching a career high singles ranking of 297 in the world. He won six Futures singles titles and was a semi-finalist at the 2006 Joinville Challenger, with wins over Ricardo Mello and André Sá. In doubles, Engel was ranked as high as 207 and won the 2007 Florianópolis Challenger, along with 10 Futures tournaments. In 2020 it was revealed that Engel was undergoing chemotherapy for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), also known as non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, is a group of blood cancers that includes all types of lymphomas except Hodgkin lymphomas. Symptoms include lymphadenopathy, enlarged lymph nodes, fever, night sweats, weight los .... Engel's younger brother, Thomás, was a promising junior tennis player who in 2001, at the age of 16, was killed in a police shooting. He was being searc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rubén Torres (tennis)
Rubén-Darío Torres (born 23 February 1981) is a Colombian former professional tennis player. A native of Cali, Torres represented Colombia in a 2000 Davis Cup tie against Ecuador in Bogotá. While competing on the professional tour he attained best rankings of 627 for singles and 549 for doubles, with his three ITF Futures titles won in doubles. He was also a collegiate tennis player for the University of Southern California (USC Trojans), featuring in the 2002 NCAA Division I championship team. Torres was in a relationship with Hollywood actress Hilary Swank Hilary Ann Swank (born July 30, 1974) is an American actress and film producer. She first became known in 1992 for her role on the television series '' Camp Wilder'' and made her film debut with a minor role in ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' (1992 ... from 2015 to 2016 and the pair were briefly engaged. He now works as a financial advisor in Los Angeles. ITF Futures titles Doubles: (3) References External links * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Levar Harper-Griffith
Levar Harper-Griffith (born September 4, 1981) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Career Juniors Harper-Griffith was a boys' singles quarter-finalist at the 1999 Australian Open and a boys' doubles semi-finalist (with Andy Roddick) at the 1999 US Open. Pro tour On top of their semifinal run in the juniors, Harper-Griffith also competed with Roddick in the men's doubles draw at the 1999 US Open, making the second round. At the 2001 US Open, Harper-Griffith lost to Spaniard Albert Costa in the opening round of the men's singles. It would be his only appearance in the men's singles draw of a Grand Slam but he did make another US Open doubles appearance, in 2002, with Eric Taino. The pair defeated Dominik Hrbatý and Andre Sa in the first round, before being eliminated in the second round by Jiri Novak and Radek Štěpánek Radek Štěpánek (; born 27 November 1978) is a Czech former professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricio Arquez
Patricio Arquez (born 12 April 1980) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. Tennis career Arquez competed mainly in ATP Challenger and ITF Futures events, reaching a career best singles ranking of 222 in the world. He was runner-up at the Quito Challenger in 2000 and made an ATP Tour main draw appearance in 2001, when he lost in the first round of a tournament in Vina del Mar Vina may refer to: People * Émilie Vina (born 1982), French cross-country skier * Ionuț Vînă (born 1995), Romanian footballer * Vina Bovy (1900–1983), Belgian operatic soprano * Vina Mazumdar (1927–2013), Indian academic and feminist ..., as a qualifier. ITF Futures titles Singles: (2) Doubles: (3) Personal life Arquez is married to an American fashion designer and the couple have two children. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Arquez, Patricio 1980 births Living people Argentine male tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javier Taborga
Paulo Javier Taborga (born 15 April 1979) is a Bolivian former professional tennis player. A left-handed player from La Paz, Taborga was a doubles silver medalist at the 1997 Bolivarian Games, debuting for Bolivia's Davis Cup team the following year. He earned the top national ranking in Bolivia during his career. Taborga played collegiate tennis in the United States for the University of Notre Dame, where as a senior in 2002 he received All-American honors and was an NCAA singles championship participant. That year he also achieved the distinction of registering wins over both the top ranked singles player and doubles duo in college tennis. Following college he turned professional and had a best singles world ranking of 519, with four ITF Futures The ITF World Tennis Tour (formerly known as the ''ITF Men's World Tennis Tour'', and previously ''ITF Men's Circuit'') is a series of professional tennis tournaments held around the world that are organized by the International Tenni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Pitta
Gabriel Albejante Pitta (born 12 May 1980) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player. Pitta, a native of Mogi Mirim, São Paulo, had a best singles world ranking of 625 and a career high of 419 in doubles. He won seven ITF Futures doubles titles. In 2004 he participated in a Davis Cup tie against Peru in the midst of a player boycott. The first choice team was unavailable due to a Gustavo Kuerten-led boycott over alleged mismanagement from the head of the Brazilian Tennis Confederation. As a result, Pitta was one of the reserve players called up and faced Peru's best player Luis Horna Luis Horna Biscari (; born 14 September 1980, in Lima) is a former tour professional tennis player from Peru, who turned professional in 1998. Known by his nickname "Lucho", he won 2 career singles titles, reached the quarterfinals of the 2004 ... in singles, losing in three sets. He also played and lost in the doubles rubber. ITF Futures finals Singles: 3 (0–3) Doubles: 18 (7– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diego Cristin
Diego Nicolás Cristin (born 5 April 1981) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. Biography A right-handed player, Cristin comes from the Núñez neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. Cristin was known for his fast serve, once registering 214 km/h while still a teenager, surpassing the fastest serve of any other Argentine player at that time. In 2003 he had the distinction of being the first player to beat future US Open winner Juan Martín del Potro in a professional match, which he did at a local satellite tournament. He was unable to break into the ATP Tour, featuring only as high as Challenger level. As a doubles player he made the world's top 200 and won a Challenger tournament in Santiago in 2009, partnering Eduardo Schwank Eduardo Jonatan Schwank (; also known as ''Schwanka''; born 23 April 1986) is a retired professional tennis player from Argentina. In 2011, he reached the finals of the French Open in men's doubles partnering Juan Sebastian Cabal and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan-Martín Aranguren
Juan Martín Aranguren (born 10 July 1983) is a retired Argentine professional tennis player who played primarily ITF and Challengers events. TF Tennis Aranguren made his debut at the 2006 Romanian Open in , when he successfully advanced through three qualifying rounds to reach the main draw. He defeated |
Sebastián Decoud
Sebastián Decoud (; born 18 September 1981) is a professional Argentine tennis player. Tennis career Decoud was born in Curuzú Cuatiá, Argentina. He starting playing tennis relatively late, taking it up as a 10-year-old. Juniors In his brief career as a junior, he lost his only matches against future top pros Guillermo Coria and Nicolas Mahut, split his two matches with Paul-Henri Mathieu, and won his only encounter with Boris Pašanski. Decoud reached as high as No. 32 in the junior world singles rankings in 1999. 2000 to 2006 Decoud began playing professionally in 2000, but he progressed very slowly as a pro player. He broke into the top-400 in the world for the first time late in 2006 as a 25-year-old, finishing the year ranked #384. 2007 Decoud made more career progress in 2007, finishing the year at #289. He had moderate success in Futures and Challenger tournaments, and got his ranking high enough to try qualifying at two ATP stops in July, but lost both matches. 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
