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Samsung Securities Cup
The Samsung Securities Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ATP Challenger Tour, Challenger Tour and the ITF Women's Circuit. The men's event was held annually in Seoul, South Korea, from 2000 to 2013, the women's event parallel from 2011 to 2013. Past finals Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles {{ATP Challenger Tour Samsung Securities Cup, ATP Challenger Tour ITF Women's World Tennis Tour Samsung Sports Sport in Seoul Hard court tennis tournaments Tennis tournaments in South Korea Recurring sporting events established in 2000 Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2013 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seoul
Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 of the 1948 constitution. According to the 2020 census, Seoul has a population of 9.9 million people, and forms the heart of the Seoul Capital Area with the surrounding Incheon metropolis and Gyeonggi province. Considered to be a global city and rated as an Alpha – City by Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC), Seoul was the world's fourth largest metropolitan economy in 2014, following Tokyo, New York City and Los Angeles. Seoul was rated Asia's most livable city with the second highest quality of life globally by Arcadis in 2015, with a GDP per capita (PPP) of around $40,000. With major technology hubs centered in Gangnam and Digital Media City, the Seoul Capital Area is home to the headquarters of 15 ''Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Samsung Securities Cup
The 2010 Samsung Securities Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the eleventh edition of the tournament which was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Seoul, South Korea between 18 and 24 October 2010. ATP entrants Seeds * Rankings are as of October 11, 2010. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Cho Soong-jae * Chung Hong * Lu Yen-hsun * Noh Sang-woo The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Treat Conrad Huey * Nam Ji-sung * Ante Pavić * Daniel Yoo Champions Singles Lu Yen-hsun def. Kevin Anderson, 6–3, 6–4 Doubles Rameez Junaid / Frank Moser def. Vasek Pospisil / Adil Shamasdin, 6–3, 6–4 External linksITF SearchATP official site {{2010 ATP Challenger Tour Samsung Securities Cup The Samsung Securities Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was part of the Association of Tenni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werner Eschauer
Werner Eschauer (born 26 April 1974) is an Austrian former professional tennis player. Tennis career In his first 12 years as a pro, Eschauer found little success, winning just 7 ATP-level matches and cracking the top-100 for just a few weeks in late 2003, peaking at No. 96. In 2007 however, at the age of 33, Eschauer cracked the top 100 in April and reached World No. 52 in August. He won 7 ATP-level matches in 2007 to match his total from the previous 12 years and won 4 matches at the Dutch Open in July to reach his first ATP final, including a win over Carlos Moyà in the quarters. He then lost to Steve Darcis, another first-time finalist. Eschauer's most notable match likely was playing Rafael Nadal on Centre Court at Wimbledon in the 2nd round in June 2007. ESPN's Chris Fowler reported during coverage of this event that when searching for a left-handed player to practice against as a warm-up for the left-handed Nadal, Eschauer ended up facing off against John McEnroe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Van Scheppingen
Dennis van Scheppingen (born 5 July 1975) is a Dutch former professional tennis player. Turning pro in 1993, right-hander van Scheppingen reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour The ATP Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for men organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals. The second-tier tour is the ATP Challenger Tour and the third-tier is the ITF Men's World Tennis Tour. The equivalent women's organ ... on 13 September 2004, when he became world No. 72. Performance timeline Singles ATP career finals Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 20 (13–7) Doubles: 7 (3–4) References External links * * * 1975 births Living people Dutch male tennis players People from De Ronde Venen Sportspeople from Utrecht (province) {{Netherlands-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-René Lisnard
Jean-René Lisnard (born 25 September 1979) is a professional tennis player who represents Monaco, and formerly France. He has been a member of the Monaco Davis Cup team since 2007. He is to date, the only Monegasque tennis player to have won a match in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament. Tennis career Lisnard plays right-handed, and turned professional in 1997. He reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 84 in January 2003. His current doubles ranking is 400 with his highest rank being 171 on 10 September 2007. In May at the 2009 French Open, he lost his first-round match to Israeli player Dudi Sela 6–4, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3. Lisnard qualified for the main draw of the 2011 US Open and defeated Olivier Rochus of Belgium in straight sets to advance to the second round. He lost to Germany's Florian Mayer Florian Mayer (; born 5 October 1983) is a German former professional tennis player. Mayer reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 18 in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Thomann
Nicolas Thomann (born 29 November 1972) is a former professional tennis player from France. Career Thomann was a quarter-finalist in the 2000 Davidoff Swiss Indoors, beating top 50 players Nicolas Escudé and Nicolás Lapentti en route. His best win however came in Atlanta the following year, where he had a straight sets upset win over Andre Agassi in the opening round, playing as a qualifier. The American had gone into the tournament having won his previous two tournaments, both ATP Masters Series events.BBC Sport"Agassi suffers shock defeat" 25 April 2001 In the 2001 French Open he competed in both the singles and men's doubles. He lost his singles match in five sets to Jan Frode Andersen and also exited in the first round of the doubles, partnering Jérôme Golmard. The Frenchman lost to Thomas Enqvist in the opening round of 2002 Australian Open but reached the second round in the 2002 Wimbledon Championships, with a win against Markus Hipfl, won 11–9 in the fifth set ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Björn Phau
Björn Phau (born 4 October 1979) is a retired German tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 59 in June 2006. Career highlights include reaching five ATP tour semifinals ( Tokyo in 2005, Casablanca in 2006, Beijing in 2008, Houston in 2009 and Zagreb in 2014) and finishing runner-up in doubles at Munich in 2006 (partnering Alexander Peya). Phau defeated Andre Agassi 7–5, 7–5 at the 2006 Dubai Tennis Championships. In an interview, Agassi cited Phau as one of the quickest tennis players he has ever faced. His main strengths are his movement, foot speed and fitness. He is sponsored by Nike and Wilson. Personal life Phau was born in Darmstadt. He is the son of a German mother and an Indonesian father. ATP career finals Doubles: 1 (0–1) Challenger & Futures singles titles Doubles finals (1) Performance timelines Singles Doubles ''Current through the 2012 US Open (tennis) The 2012 US Open (tennis), US Open was a tennis tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konstantinos Economidis
Konstantinos Economidis ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Οικονομίδης, born 2 November 1977) is a retired professional Greek tennis player and a former Greek No. 1. In 2007, he qualified for the French Open and defeated Australian Chris Guccione in the first round before losing to Tommy Robredo in the second round. He achieved his career-high singles ranking of world No. 112 in February 2007 and has won 5 Challenger titles. Despite playing relatively few ATP Tour The ATP Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for men organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals. The second-tier tour is the ATP Challenger Tour and the third-tier is the ITF Men's World Tennis Tour. The equivalent women's organ ...-level matches, Economidis has impressively managed to post a positive record in both singles and doubles. Singles Titles Grand Slam performance timeline References External links * * * Economidis World ranking historyGreek Men Recent Match Result ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dudi Sela
David "Dudi" Sela ( he, דודי סלע; born 4 April 1985) is an Israeli professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 29 in July 2009. Sela won the French Open 2003 junior doubles title. Representing Israel in the Davis Cup, his highlights include a win in 2007 over then-world No. 7 Fernando González, and being a key player in Israel's semifinal run in 2009. In 2008 he beat world No. 5 David Ferrer in straight sets, and in 2010 he beat world No. 7 Andy Roddick in straight sets. Sela reached the fourth round of the 2009 Wimbledon Championships and has finished runner-up in two ATP tournaments in Beijing and Atlanta. In 2015, he won his 24th career ATP Challenger event of his career, moving him into second place on the all-time list of Challenger title wins (behind Lu Yen-hsun). Early life Sela was born and raised in Kiryat Shmona, an Israeli city near the Israel-Lebanon border. His father Michael, a bus driver, and mother Anca, a nurse fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivo Minář
Ivo Minář (born 21 May 1984) is a former professional male tennis player from the Czech Republic. On July 20, 2009, Minář reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 62. His brother Jan Minář, Jan is also a professional player, who has been ranked in the top 200 in the world. Minář was a member of the winning Czech Republic team in the 2012 Davis Cup. Minář also worked as coach of Czech tennis player Kristýna Plíšková. Career Minář won the European junior championships in Klosters when he was 16, defeating fellow Czech Tomáš Berdych. Professional career In his career, he has not won an Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles title, but has reached one singles final – in 2005 in Medibank International Sydney, Sydney, where he lost to Lleyton Hewitt of Australia. Later that year, he qualified for the tournament in Dubai Tennis Championships, Dubai and pushed World No. 1 Roger Federer to final set tie-break in the first round, losing 7–6(5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Hyung-taik
Lee Hyung-taik ( ko, 이형택, born 3 January 1976) is a former professional tennis player from South Korea. He won one singles title and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 36, in August 2007. Personal life Lee was born in a potato-farming village in Hoengseong County, South Korea. He began playing tennis at age nine with a school teacher. After retirement, he is running his own academy in Gangwon Province in the tennis center at Song-ahm Sports Town in Chuncheon named “Lee Hyung Taik Tennis Academy”, which opened on 12 September 2009. Tennis career 2000 With the help of Coach Hee june Choi, Lee made a splash at the US Open tournament, reaching the fourth round before losing to Pete Sampras. En route to his fourth-round appearance against Sampras, Lee defeated Jeff Tarango, 13th seed Franco Squillari, and future Australian Open runner-up Rainer Schüttler. 2003 In 2003, Lee became the first Korean to win ATP Tour singles and doubles titles by winning the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dušan Lojda
Dušan Lojda (born 8 March 1988) is a Czech 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, currently inactive. He was the 2006 US Open – Boys' singles champion for tennis. He broke into the top 300 in May 2007 but fell out after a week. He reached his career-high ranking of #161 on 26 July 2010. Performance timeline Singles ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals Singles: 29 (19–10) Doubles: 6 (2–4) Junior Grand Slam finals Singles: 1 (1 title) References External links * * 1988 births Living people People from Ivančice Czech male tennis players US Open (tennis) junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles Sportspeople from the South Moravian Region {{CzechRepublic-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
