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Stella Artois Clay Court Championships
The Stella Artois Clay Court Championships (later shortened to Stella Artois Cup) was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. During its existence, it was an annual event on the Challenger Series, the second tier of competition of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). It was held each July, from 2001 through 2005, at the Budaörsi Teniszcentrum in Budapest, Hungary. Past finals Singles Doubles See also *Budapest Grand Prix * Budapest Challenger (May) *Budapest Challenger (September) The Budapest Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was the latter one of the two simultaneous challengers played in Hungary with the event taking place usually in September. It was part of the ATP Ch ... External links2001 Draw - ATP [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Budapest
Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population of 1,752,286 over a land area of about . Budapest, which is both a city and county, forms the centre of the Budapest metropolitan area, which has an area of and a population of 3,303,786; it is a primate city, constituting 33% of the population of Hungary. The history of Budapest began when an early Celtic settlement transformed into the Roman town of Aquincum, the capital of Lower Pannonia. The Hungarians arrived in the territory in the late 9th century, but the area was pillaged by the Mongols in 1241–42. Re-established Buda became one of the centres of Renaissance humanist culture by the 15th century. The Battle of Mohács, in 1526, was followed by nearly 150 years of Ottoman rule. After the reconquest of Buda in 1686, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Ignacio Chela
Juan Ignacio Chela (; born 30 August 1979), nicknamed as “El Flaco” or “Liliano,” is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. Chela was given a three-month ban from the professional tour in 2001 for failing a drugs test. Post-doping ban, Chela went on to reach the quarterfinals of the 2004 and 2011 French Open, and the 2007 US Open, attaining a career-high singles ranking of world No. 15 in August 2004. Chela is currently the coach of Argentinian tennis player Diego Schwartzman. Career 2000-2001: Failed drugs test and doping suspension In April 2001, Chela was found to have failed a routine drugs test (in August 2000) - testing positive for the banned steroid methyltestosterone - and was given a three-month ban, as well as being made to forfeit all prize money and ranking points accumulated over the previous eight months since testing positive. 2004 In February, he reached the quarterfinals in Salvador, defeating Flavio Saretta and David Ferrer, before fal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radomír Vašek
Radomír Vašek (born 23 September 1972) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. Career Vašek was the Czechoslovak national Under-18s tennis champion in 1990, the same year he turned professional. At the 1994 French Open he came into the draw as a qualifier but won his first two matches, against Younes El Aynaoui in straight sets and Dimitri Poliakov, from two sets down. Vašek reached his first and only ATP Tour final in 1995, at the Jakarta Open. Also that year, Vašek made the quarterfinals of the Tel Aviv Open in Israel. He was a quarterfinalist at Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whose ...'s Movistar Open in 1997. ATP career finals Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 9 (5–4) Doubles: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Vik
Robin Vik (born 5 February 1980 in Hradec Králové) is a Czech professional tennis player. Vik turned professional in 1995 and he reached a career high ranking of World No. 57 in January 2006. Career highlight runs are reaching the semifinals of St. Petersburg in 2005 and the quarterfinals of Dubai and Munich in 2006. Notable victories include World No. 10 Gastón Gaudio at the 2006 World Team Cup in Düsseldorf, World No. 25 Tomáš Berdych at Dubai in 2006, World No. 27 and recent US Open semifinalist Mikhail Youzhny at St. Petersburg in 2005 and a declining World No. 27 and defending champion Guillermo Coria at Umag in 2006. Vik was beaten in the first round of the 2006 Australian Open by Lleyton Hewitt Lleyton Glynn Hewitt (born 24 February 1981) is an Australian former world No. 1 tennis player. He is the most recent Australian man to win a major singles title, with two at the 2001 US Open and 2002 Wimbledon Championships. In November 200 ... in a tight 5-set ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrián García
Adrián Alonso García Sobarzo (born May 25, 1978) is a former professional from Chile. Born in Concepción, Chile, García achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 103 in September 2004. His best achievement in singles was reaching the quarterfinals of the 2004 Sopot Open, where he lost to Félix Mantilla in straight sets. García also achieved three silver medals in the Pan American Games The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held ... during his career: one at Santo Domingo 2003 and two at Rio de Janeiro 2007. Performance timeline Singles ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 23 (11–12) Doubles: 27 (13–14) Team competitions (3 runner-ups) ;Singles ;Doubles References External links * * * 1978 births Living people Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermes Gamonal
Hermes Gamonal (born 31 May 1977) is a former professional tennis player from Chile. Career Gamonal first played Davis Cup tennis for Chile in 1998 and by the time he retired had taken part in nine ties. He won three of his eight singles rubbers and four of his five doubles matches. The Chilean appeared in one Grand Slam event during his career, the 2003 French Open The 2003 French Open was the second Grand Slam event of 2003 and the 107th edition of the French Open. It took place at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from May 26 through June 8, 2003. Both Albert Costa and Serena Williams were unsucce .... He lost in straight sets to Christophe Rochus in the first round. By late 2006, Gamonal decided to retire from professional tennis, claiming that multiple injuries interrupted his career. Challenger titles Singles: (1) Doubles: (1) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Gamonal, Hermes 1977 births Living people Chilean male tennis players Tennis players at the 1999 Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michal Navrátil (tennis)
Michal Navrátil (born 20 November 1982) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. Biography Early life Born in Přerov, he is the son of former player and later Davis Cup captain Jaroslav Navrátil. As a youngster the left-hander trained at the National Tennis Centre in Moravia. He and Ladislav Chramosta made the 1999 Australian Open boys' doubles final, which they lost in three sets to Kristian Pless and Jürgen Melzer. Professional career As a professional player he won seven Futures titles in singles but didn't have success on the Challenger circuit. In doubles however he won three Challenger events, as well as 14 Futures titles. He had one main draw entry on the ATP Tour, when he and Tomáš Berdych were given a wildcard for the doubles at the Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia in 2005, but the pair had to withdraw before the match. This handed a walkover win to third seeds Martín García and Mariano Hood, who went on to win the tournament. Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gergely Kisgyörgy
Gergely Kisgyörgy (born 8 March 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Hungary. Kisgyörgy was twice the runner-up at the Hungarian Tennis Championships, in 1999 and 2001, but was more successful as a doubles player during his career. He won seven doubles titles on the Challenger circuit and participated in one Grand Slam, the 2004 Wimbledon Championships. With Łukasz Kubot as his partner, the pair defeated South Americans Juan Ignacio Chela and Luis Horna in a close first round encounter, won 9–7 in the third set. They were then eliminated in the second round by Bob and Mike Bryan. He began playing Davis Cup matches for Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ... in 1997 and went on to appear in a total of 24 ties. In singles he won 16 of his 24 sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonardo Azzaro
Leonardo Azzaro (; born 30 May 1978) is a former professional tennis player from Italy. Career Azzaro won a silver medal for Italy at the 2001 Mediterranean Games in Tunisia. He defeated Slovenian Marko Tkalec in the semi-final, before losing the gold medal play-off to Konstantinos Economidis of Greece. The left-handed player appeared in the main draw of three Grand Slams, all in the Men's Doubles, but never made it past the first round. At the 2007 US Open, Azzaro and his partner Filippo Volandri had to face the second seeds, Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor. He retired in 2010, having won 20 ITF Futures titles, seven of them in singles, as well as winning 17 Challenger Challenger, Challengers, or The Challengers may refer to: Entertainment Comics and manga * Challenger (character), comic book character * ''Challengers'' (manga), manga by Hinako Takanaga Film and TV * ''The Challengers'' (TV series), a 1979 ... trophies for doubles. Challenger titles Singles: (1) Do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ota Fukárek
Ota Fukárek (born 18 January 1977) is a retired tennis player from Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The .... Singles titles Wins (4) Runners-up (3) Doubles titles Wins (15) Runners-up (11) External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fukarek, Ota 1977 births Living people Czech male tennis players Sportspeople from Jablonec nad Nisou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stéphane Robert
Stéphane Robert (; born 17 May 1980) is a professional French tennis player. Career Coach From 2001 to March 2010, Ronan Lafaix was Robert's coach. In May 2016, Lafaix, who is 12 years older than Robert, became Robert's coach for the second time. Lafaix joined the Patrick Mouratoglou tennis academy and has coached several professional tennis players. 2007–2008 Robert missed 16 months of tennis action in 2007–2008 because he was infected with the Hepatitis A virus in February 2007. In early June 2008, he returned to tennis action at the ITF Men's Circuit tournament in Apeldoorn, without an ATP singles ranking, reaching the final as a qualifier.Stéphane Robert's biography ATP World Tour official website. 2010 On 1 February 2010, Robert broke into Top 100 of the ATP singles ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Chadaj
Adam Chadaj (; born 1 May 1984) is a professional tennis player from Poland. Biography Chadaj was born in Warsaw and turned professional in 2001. His first Challenger title came with Stéphane Robert in the doubles event at the 2004 Poznań Open. He represented the Poland Davis Cup team in a 2005 tie against Estonia in Gdynia and featured in two singles rubbers, for wins over Mait Künnap and Mikk Irdoja. Soon after he made his debut in an ATP Tour level tournament when he was a wild card entrant into the main draw of the 2005 Idea Prokom Open in Sopot. He won his first round match against Alessio di Mauro, then lost in the second round to José Acasuso. On the Challenger circuit in 2005 his wins included Julien Benneteau, Nicolas Mahut and Sam Querrey. In 2006 he won a second Challenger title, the doubles event in Telde, Spain, with Sweden's Michael Ryderstedt. He made another ATP Tour tournament appearance in 2007 at the Orange Prokom Open. Competing in the doubles, Chadaj an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
