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Philip Bester
Philip Bester (born October 6, 1988) is a Canadian former professional tennis player from North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Bester was a finalist at the 2006 junior French Open. In doing so he became the first Canadian male to reach a Grand Slam final in singles. As a junior Bester was coached by his dad Alek Bester from age 5 when he started. Alek, a long time P.E. teacher at York House School in Vancouver, was the core of Philip's physical and tennis development till around the age of 16. Rufus Nel a high performance coach from South Africa was also a big part of Philip's early development, contributing his tennis knowledge and expertise on the game of tennis. At age 13, still coached by his dad, Philip moved down to Florida to attend the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy. There he spent 4 years, before teaming up with Jon Sorbo for the 2006 year. He was a member of the 2005 Canadian Davis Cup team as a 17-year-old. He was also voted British Columbia's junior male ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Vancouver (district Municipality)
The District of North Vancouver is a district municipality in British Columbia, Canada, and is part of Metro Vancouver. It surrounds the City of North Vancouver on three sides. As of 2016, the District stands as the second wealthiest city in Canada, with neighbouring West Vancouver the richest. The municipality is largely characterized as being a relatively quiet, affluent suburban hub home to many middle and upper-middle-class families. Homes in the District generally range from mid-sized family bungalows to very large luxury houses. A number of dense multi-family and mixed-use developments have popped up across the district in recent years; however, the District remains a primarily suburban municipality. The District is served by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, British Columbia Ambulance Service, and the District of North Vancouver Fire Department. History For thousands of years, the Indigenous Squamish and their kin Tsleil-Waututh, of the Coast Salish, resided in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Polansky
Peter Polansky ( ; born June 15, 1988) is a Canadian professional tennis player of Czech origin. He was Canada's top singles player from June 21, 2010, until January 17, 2011, in the ATP rankings. He was also Canada's No. 2 from August 4, 2008, until June 21, 2010, with the exception of one week. In 2018, he became the first player in the Open Era to qualify for all four Grand Slam tournaments as a lucky loser within the same calendar year. He is currently coaching fellow Canadian Denis Shapovalov while on a hiatus from competing professionally. Personal Polansky ( cz, Polanský) was born in North York, Ontario, Canada. Polansky survived a major scare as an 18-year-old. While in Mexico for a Davis Cup tie as a team hitting partner, he woke up sleepwalking and jumped or fell from a three-story room suffering serious injuries. Later, he said that he saw a dark figure approaching his bed wielding a knife and only thought about escaping through the window. He recovered miraculously ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louisville Challenger
The Ford Tennis Championships was a tennis tournament held annually in Louisville, Kentucky from 2006 to 2008. The event was part of the ''challenger series and was played on indoor hard court A hardcourt (or hard court) is a surface or floor on which a sport is played, most usually in reference to tennis courts. It is typically made of rigid materials such as asphalt or concrete, and covered with acrylic resins to seal the surface an ...s. Past finals Singles Doubles Defunct tennis tournaments in the United States Hard court tennis tournaments in the United States ATP Challenger Tour Sports competitions in Louisville, Kentucky Tennis in Kentucky Recurring sporting events established in 2006 Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2008 2006 establishments in Kentucky 2008 disestablishments in Kentucky {{Louisville-sport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rimouski Challenger
The Challenger de Drummondville, currently sponsored as Challenger Banque Nationale de Drummondville, is a professional tennis tournament held in Drummondville, Quebec, Canada since 2015. It was held in Rimouski, Quebec, Canada from 2006 to 2014. The event is part of the ATP Challenger Tour and is played on indoor hard courts A hardcourt (or hard court) is a surface or floor on which a sport is played, most usually in reference to tennis courts. It is typically made of rigid materials such as asphalt or concrete, and covered with acrylic resins to seal the surface and .... Past finals Singles Doubles References External linksOfficial website {{DEFAULTSORT:Challenger de Drummondville ATP Challenger Tour Tennis tournaments in Canada Hard court tennis tournaments Sport in Drummondville Tennis in Quebec Recurring sporting events established in 2006 2006 establishments in Quebec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venezuela Davis Cup Team
The Venezuela national tennis team represents Venezuela in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Federación Venezolana de Tenis. Venezuela currently compete in the Americas Zone Group I. They have never competed in the World Group, but reached the Play-offs in 1995 and 2002. History Venezuela competed in its first Davis Cup in 1957. Current team (2022) * Ricardo Rodríguez-Pace Ricardo Rodríguez-Pace (born 28 April 1993) is a Venezuelan professional tennis player. He achieved a career high ATP ranking of World No. 282 on June 9, 2014. Born in Caracas, Venezuela, Rodríguez started playing tennis at the age of seven an ... * Brandon Pérez * Rafael Abdul Salam * Francisco Sinopoli See also * Davis Cup * Venezuela Fed Cup team External links Davis Cup teams Davis Cup Davis Cup {{Venezuela-sport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jhonnatan Medina-Álvarez
Jhonnatan Medina-Álvarez (born 12 January 1982) is a Venezuelan former professional tennis player. A left-handed player from Caracas, Medina competed mostly in ITF Futures events, with the occasional appearance on the ATP Challenger Tour. He featured in the qualifying draw for an ATP Tour tournament in Delray Beach in 2005. His career high singles ranking of 370 in the world was attained in 2007. Between 2001 and 2009, Medina appeared in 13 Davis Cup ties, from which he won eight singles rubbers. Medina, the winner of two bronze medals at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games, also represented Venezuela at both the 2003 Pan American Games and 2007 Pan American Games The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games, were a major continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to 29, 2007. A total of 5,633 athletes from 42 National Olympic C .... Based in the United States since 2007, Medina becam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vero Beach
Vero Beach is a city in and the seat of Indian River County, Florida, United States. Vero Beach is the second most populous city in Indian River County. Abundant in beaches and wildlife, Vero Beach is located on Florida's Treasure Coast. It is thirty-four miles south of Melbourne, Florida. According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2010 data, the city had a population of 15,220. History Pre-Columbian Parts of a human skeleton were found north of Vero in association with the remains of Pleistocene animals in 1915. The find was controversial, and the view that the human remains dated from much later than the Pleistocene prevailed for many years. In 2006, an image of a mastodon or mammoth carved on a bone was found in vicinity of the Vero man discovery. A scientific forensic examination of the bone found the carving had probably been done in the Pleistocene. Archaeologists from Mercyhurst University, in conjunction with the Old Vero Ice Age Sites Committee (OVIASC), conducted excavatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruno Echagaray
Bruno Echagaray (born 8 May 1983 in Mexico City) is a former Mexican tennis player. He was the most known Mexican tennis player 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 cove ... in 2006. He reached as high as 156 in the world for singles, and 162 for doubles. Most of his wins came on carpet, mostly because of his speed. He played a lot in the Davis Cup for Mexico. Junior Grand Slam finals Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 20 (6–14) Doubles: 37 (22–15) External links * * 1983 births Living people Mexican male tennis players Tennis players from Mexico City Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in tennis Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Mexico 21st-century Mexican people {{Mexico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico Davis Cup Team
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The Mexico national tennis team represents Mexico in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Federación Mexicana de Tenis. Mexico finished as runners-up in 1962 losing with Australia 5-0 in Melbourne. They currently compete in the World Group I Play-Offs. They last competed in the World Group in 1997. History Mexico competed in its first Davis Cup in 1924. Current team (2022) * Gerardo López Villaseñor * Alan Fernando Rubio Fierros * Luis Carlos Álvarez Valdés * Miguel Ángel Reyes Varela * Santiago González (''Doubles player'') See also *Davis Cup *Mexico Fed Cup team External links Davis Cup teams Davis Cup 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 competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the organi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada Masters
The Canadian Open (french: Tournoi de tennis du Canada), also known as the Canada Masters, and currently branded as the National Bank Open presented by Rogers for sponsorship reasons, is an annual tennis tournament held in Ontario and Quebec. The men's competition is a Masters 1000 event on the ATP Tour, and the women's competition is a WTA 1000 tournament on the WTA Tour. The competition is played on outdoor hard courts. Prior to 2011, they were held during separate weeks in the July–August period; now the two competitions are held during the same week in August. The events alternate from year to year between the cities of Montreal and Toronto. Since 2021 in even-numbered years the men's tournament is held in Montreal, while the women's tournament is held in Toronto, and vice versa in odd-numbered years. The Toronto tournament is held at Sobeys Stadium and the Montreal tournament is held at IGA Stadium. The current singles champions as of 2022 are Pablo Carreño Busta (de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odlum Brown Vancouver Open
The VanOpen, currently sponsored as Odlum Brown VanOpen, is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hardcourts. It is part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour, and of the ITF Women's Circuit. It is held at Hollyburn Country Club in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The event was hosted continuously from 2002 to 2015, but returned in 2017 after a one-year hiatus. History The inaugural Odlum Brown VanOpen took place in the summer of 2002, in the Jericho Tennis Club, before it eventually moved to Hollyburn Country Club, in West Vancouver, for the 2005 edition. Started as a $25,000 ITF Women's Circuit event, the Van Open saw the victory of eventual world No. 1 Maria Sharapova over Laura Granville in 2002, and of then-Junior world No. 1 and French Open girls' singles champion Anna-Lena Grönefeld in 2003. The following year, Tennis Canada and Tennis BC (tennis' governing body in British Columbia) joined to bring the event to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Granby Challenger
The Championnats de Granby, currently sponsored as Championnats Banque Nationale de Granby, is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour and a WTA 250 tournament the WTA Tour. It has been held annually in Granby, Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ..., Canada, since 1993 for men, and 2011 for women. The event was known as the Challenger de Granby until the 2022 edition. Past finals Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles External linksOfficial website {{DEFAULTSORT:Challenger de Granby ATP Challenger Tour ITF Women's World Tennis Tour Tennis tournaments in Canada Hard court tennis tournaments Sport in Granby, Queb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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