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Play In Challenger
The Play In Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP Challenger Tour. It will be held annually in Lille, France. Its predecessor is the Open du Nord, a tournament that has been part of the ITF Men's Circuit 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 Tennis Federation. ... from 2002 until 2017. Past finals Singles Doubles References External linksOfficial website {{DEFAULTSORT:Play In Challenger ATP Challenger Tour [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lille
Lille ( , ; nl, Rijsel ; pcd, Lile; vls, Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, in French Flanders. On the river Deûle, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, department, and the main city of the Métropole Européenne de Lille, European Metropolis of Lille. The city of Lille proper had a population of 234,475 in 2019 within its small municipal territory of , but together with its French suburbs and exurbs the Lille metropolitan area (French part only), which extends over , had a population of 1,510,079 that same year (Jan. 2019 census), the fourth most populated in France after Paris, Lyon, and Marseille. The city of Lille and 94 suburban French municipalities have formed since 2015 the Métropole Européenne de Lille, European Metropolis of Lille, an Indirect election, indirectly elected Métropole, metr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zizou Bergs
Zizou Bergs (born 3 June 1999) is a Belgian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 128 achieved on 26 September 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 449 achieved on 25 October 2021. He is currently the No. 2 Belgian singles tennis player. Professional career 2020: ATP debut and first win Bergs made his ATP main draw debut at the 2020 European Open after receiving a wildcard for the singles main draw. In the first round, he recorded his first ATP victory by defeating Albert Ramos Viñolas in straight sets, before pushing world No. 17 Karen Khachanov to three sets. 2021: Three ATP Challenger titles, top 200 debut Bergs won his first Challenger title at the 2021 Saint Petersburg Challenger in March and later on in the month, would win his second Challenger title at the 2021 Lille Challenger. In June, he won his third Challenger title at the 2021 Almaty Challenger. After a second round showing at the 2021 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romain Arneodo
Romain Arneodo (born 4 August 1992) is a French-born Monegasque professional tennis player who specializes in doubles.(in FrenchRomain Arneodo pourra représenter Monaco en Coupe Davis sur ''codesport.fr'', 30 septembre 2013 From 2008 to 2013, Arneodo represented France in international competition, but has since represented Monaco. Arneodo has been ranked by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) as high as world No. 51 in doubles, which he achieved in May 2023. He also has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 455, attained in August 2014. Since turning professional, Arneodo has won one ATP doubles title (2019 Los Cabos Open) as well as twelve doubles titles on the ATP Challenger Tour and one singles and 20 doubles titles on the ITF Men's World Tennis Tour. Career Arneodo made his ATP main draw debut at the 2014 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters in the doubles tournament with partner Benjamin Balleret. The pair entered the main draw with a wild card and reached th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Purav Raja
Purav Raja ( ; born 7 December 1985) is an Indian tennis player. He specializes in doubles and competes on the ATP World Tour. He has 2 ATP world tour level titles in men's doubles. He represents India in the Davis Cup. Personal and early life Purav Raja grew up in Mumbai and began playing tennis when he was 7 years old. He cites indoor carpet as his preferred surface, with his favourite shot being the drop shot. Raja was educated at Millfield in Somerset. Raja is very active in the Ananda Ashran orphanage and The Fellowship of the Physically Handicapped in Mumbai. He splits his training between Mumbai and Bromley. Professional career Early years Raja turned pro in year 2005. He started with ITF tour finding negligible success in singles but continued to excel in doubles. In year 2007 he started emerging as a doubles specialist as he went on to win 4 ITF titles. He followed his success in year 2008 with four more ITF doubles titles. The same year he reached his first ATP Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (born 20 October 1988) is an Indian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ranking of No. 64 achieved on 18 March 2019. He won the doubles title with Rohan Bopanna at the 2017 Chennai Open, in a historic final featuring four Indian players. He broke into the top 100 of the ATP rankings in doubles in 2017. Personal life He is the grandson of veteran political leader V. R. Nedunchezhiyan, who was acting chief minister of Tamil Nadu in two tenures. Maternally he is the grandson of Col.Dr. M. D. K. Kuthalingam, who was a former vice chancellor of Madurai Kamaraj University, and has also been Jeevan's mentor. Professional career 2011: Turned pro Nedunchezhiyan turned pro in year 2011. 2017: First ATP doubles title Nedunchezhiyan won his first ATP World Tour level title at the 2017 Aircel Chennai Open. He won the title with partner Rohan Bopanna by defeating a pair of compatriots, Purav Raja and Divij Sharan, in an all Indian final. As a result he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Pütz
Tim Pütz (; born 19 November 1987) is a German professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 7 on 29 August 2022, and has won seven doubles titles on the ATP Tour, most notably the 2021 Paris Masters alongside Michael Venus. Pütz has also reached three Grand Slam quarterfinals in doubles. In singles, he has a career-high ranking of world No. 163, achieved in February 2015, and reached the second round at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships. Pütz has represented Germany in the Davis Cup since 2017, most notably reaching the semifinals in 2021. He also competed at the 2020 Olympic Games alongside Kevin Krawietz. Professional career 2014: ATP debut in singles Pütz made his ATP Tour main-draw singles debut at Wimbledon. As a qualifier, he defeated Teymuraz Gabashvili in the first round. He lost to Fabio Fognini in four sets in the next round. 2017: Davis Cup debut Pütz played in the Davis Cup for the first time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugo Nys
Hugo Nys (; born 16 February 1991) is a French-born Monegasque tennis player who is a doubles specialist on the ATP Tour. On 29 July 2019, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of No. 327 and he achieved his highest doubles ranking of No. 41 on 8 November 2021. Career 2021: French Open quarterfinal, Two doubles titles, top 50 Nys won his second doubles title at the Estoril Open, partnering Tim Pütz. Later in May, Nys won his next doubles title at the Lyon Open, again with Pütz. As a result, he reached a career-high of No. 53 in doubles on 24 May 2021. The Nys/Pütz duo reached the quarterfinals of the 2021 French Open where they were defeated by eventual runner-ups Kazakh duo Bublik/Golubev. 2022: US Open quarterfinal, Fourth ATP title At the US Open he reached the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam for the second time in his career partnering Jan Zielinski defeating 10th seeded pair Jamie Murray/ Bruno Soares and Ariel Behar/Gonzalo Escobar. The pair won their first t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joris De Loore
Joris De Loore (born 21 April 1993) is a Belgian tennis player. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour circuit. De Loore has a career high ATP singles ranking of 174 achieved on 17 October 2016. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 263, achieved on 24 December 2018. De Loore has won one ATP Challenger and ten ITF singles titles and 12 doubles titles. In January 2023, he won his maiden Challenger in Oeiras becoming the oldest winner at 29 since 2015, when Italian Luca Vanni won his maiden title at 31.https://www.atptour.com/en/news/atp-challenger-tour-cerundolo-de-loore-titles-january-2023 He then reached the final in the second edition of the Challenger in Oeiras and moved close to 50 positions up to No. 219 on 16 January 2023. De Loore has represented Belgium at the Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from compe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Play In Challenger
The 2024 Play In Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the sixth edition of the tournament, which was part of the 2024 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Lille, France, between 26 February and 3 March 2024. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 19 February 2024. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Arthur Gea * Benoît Paire * Lucas Pouille The following players received entry into the singles main draw as alternates: * Mattia Bellucci * Mark Lajal The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Arthur Bouquier * Michael Geerts * Manuel Guinard * Tristan Lamasine * Hazem Naw * Henri Squire The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * Oscar Otte Champions Singles * Arthur Rinderknech Arthur Rinderknech (born 23 July 1995) is a French tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 42 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Purcell
Max Purcell (born 3 April 1998) is an Australian professional tennis player. He won his first Grand Slam title at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships in doubles alongside Matthew Ebden. The pair also finished runners-up at the 2022 Australian Open, and Purcell previously reached the final at the 2020 Australian Open with Luke Saville. He reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 25 in April 2022, and has won two titles on the ATP Tour, finishing runner-up on four further occasions. Purcell also reached the mixed doubles semifinals at the 2021 US Open with Dayana Yastremska. In singles, his highest ranking is world No. 156, achieved in June 2022, and he represented Australia in both disciplines at the 2020 Olympic Games, partnering John Peers in doubles. Professional career 2016–2019: Early career In July 2016, Purcell qualified for and won the Gimcheon Challenger in South Korea against fellow Australian Andrew Whittington. Purcell was ranked No. 762 in the world ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Virtanen
Otto Virtanen (born 21 June 2001) is a Finnish tennis player. Virtanen has a career high ATP singles ranking of 176 achieved on 21 November 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 270 achieved on 31 October 2022. Virtanen won the Boys' Doubles title in the Wimbledon Championships in 2018. In December 2018 Virtanen won singles tournament in Orange Bowl. He won his first Challenger title at the 2022 Trofeo Faip–Perrel and reached the top 200 on 7 November 2022 at world No. 195. Personal life Virtanen appeared in two videos on the Finland-based YouTube YouTube is a global online video sharing and social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by Google, and is the second mo ... channel Pongfinity, one titled "Tennis Trick Shots" in July 2019, and another titled "Return a Pro Tennis Serve, Win $1000" in June 2022. Unsurprisingly, no memb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Play In Challenger
The 2023 Play In Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the fifth edition of the tournament, which was part of the 2023 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Lille, France, between 27 March and 2 April 2023. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 20 March 2023. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg * Pierre-Hugues Herbert * Kyrian Jacquet The following players received entry into the singles main draw as special exempts: * Dan Added * Ričardas Berankis The following players received entry into the singles main draw as alternates: * Aziz Dougaz * Harold Mayot * Kacper Żuk The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Kenny de Schepper * Antoine Hoang * Maxime Janvier * Edan Leshem * Vitaliy Sachko * Beibit Zhukayev The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * Cem İlkel Champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
