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Trophée Des Alpilles
The Trophée des Alpilles is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP Challenger Tour. It is held annually at the Tennis Club de Saint-Rémy-de-Provence in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France, since 2009. History The creation of an ATP Challenger Tour event in the Provence region had been envisioned for several years by several tennis tournaments organisers, as well as former World No. 4, Marseille-born Sébastien Grosjean, before the project came to life during 2008 and 2009 when the Saint-Rémy-de-Provence organisers, sponsored by Grosjean, met with the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) to discuss the introduction of such an event in the calendar. The €42,500 tournament was set in the time slot of the second week of the US Open (tennis), US Open in September, to allow players eliminated in the qualifications or in the early rounds to compete in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. As a follow-up to the US Open, the event uses the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Rémy-de-Provence
Saint-Rémy-de-Provence (; Provençal Occitan: ''Sant Romieg de Provença'' in classical and ''Sant Roumié de Prouvènço'' in Mistralian norms) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Southern France. Located in the northern part of the Alpilles, of which it is the main town, it had a population of 9,893 in 2017. History The town, which has been inhabited since Prehistory, was named after Saint Remigius under the Latin name ''Villa Sancti Remigii''. From May 1889 to May 1890, Vincent van Gogh was a patient at the Saint-Paul Asylum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, and painted some of his most memorable works, including The Starry Night, which features the town. Geography Saint-Rémy-de-Provence is situated about south of Avignon, just north of the Alpilles mountain range. Transportation The Avignon-TGV high-speed train station is 20 km from the city. The closest airports are located in Avignon, Nîmes, and Marseille. Also, there ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xavier Malisse
Xavier Malisse (born 19 July 1980) is a former Belgian professional tennis player. Born in the north-western Flemish city of Kortrijk and nicknamed ''X-Man'', he is one of only two Belgian men (the other being David Goffin) to have been ranked in the top 20 of the ATP Tour, with a career-high singles ranking of world No. 19. Career Juniors As a junior Malisse compiled a singles win–loss record of 66–18, reaching as high as No. 10 in the junior world singles rankings in 1997. He made the quarterfinals of Wimbledon in 1997, whilst his final junior tournament was winning Eddie Herr later that year. 1998–2008 Malisse turned professional in 1998. His best performance in Grand Slam singles competition was at the 2002 Wimbledon championships, where he reached the semi-final, beating Galo Blanco, Vince Spadea, Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Britain's Greg Rusedski in five sets en route, as well as former champion Richard Krajicek. He eventually lost to runner-up David Nalbandian, agai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matteo Viola
Matteo Viola (; born 7 July 1987) is an Italian professional tennis player. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and 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 Tennis Federation. ..., both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 118 on 18 March 2013 and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 171 on 24 September 2012. Challenger and Futures finals Singles: 34 (17–17) Doubles: 28 (13–15) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Viola, Matteo 1987 births Living people Italian male tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Gicquel
Marc Gicquel (born 30 March 1977) is a former professional male tennis player from France. Tennis career Gicquel turned pro in 1999. He made his ATP Tour singles debut at the 2002 Open 13 – Singles, 2002 Open 13 tournament on hard courts in Marseilles, France. He was granted direct entry into the qualifying draw, which saw him defeat Johan Rousseaux ''6–4, 6–4'' and Cristiano Caratti ''6–2, 7–6(10–8)'' in the first two rounds prior to being defeated in the third and final round by Renzo Furlan ''3–6, 3–6''. He would however be gifted a lucky loser entry when sixth seeded Roger Federer withdrew from the tournament. He faced wild card compatriot Nicolas Mahut in the first round and bettered him by a score of ''6–4, 6–3'' before falling to another Frenchman and eventual runner-up Nicolas Escude ''1–6, 6–7(3–7)''. Gicquel made his ATP Tour doubles main draw debut when he received a wild card entry into the 2005 French Open alongside compatriot Nicolas De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Trophée Des Alpilles
The 2013 Trophée des Alpilles was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the fifth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2013 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France between 2 and 8 September 2013. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of August 26, 2013. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Martin Vaïsse * Enzo Couacaud * Maxime Chazal * Konstantin Kravchuk The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Denis Matsukevich * David Rice * Yannick Jankovits * Purav Raja The following players received entry as a lucky loser the singles main draw: * Marcelo Demoliner Champions Singles * Marc Gicquel def. Matteo Viola 6–4, 6–3 Doubles * Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Albano Olivetti def. Marc Gicquel / Josselin Ouanna Josselin Ouanna (born 14 April 1986) is a retired French tennis player. Biography Born in Tours an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincent Millot
Vincent Millot (; born 30 January 1986, in Montpellier, France) is a French former professional 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. Despite never having reached the top 100, Millot has played at each of the four Grand Slam events. Career statistics ATP Challenger Tour and ITF tournaments career finals ATP Challenger Tour =Singles: 10 (2–8)= =Doubles: 1 (0–1)= Performance timelines Singles ''Current through 2019 Australian Open. Doubles ''Current through 2019 Australian Open. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Millot, Vincent Living people French male tennis players 1986 births Sportspeople from Dijon 20th-century French people 21st-century French people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Mahut
Nicolas Pierre Armand Mahut (; born 21 January 1982) is a French professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles. He is a five-time Grand Slam champion in doubles, having completed the career Grand Slam with victories at the 2015 US Open, 2016 Wimbledon Championships, 2018 French Open, and 2019 Australian Open, all partnering Pierre-Hugues Herbert. The pair also won the 2021 French Open and finished runners-up at the 2015 Australian Open, and Mahut was runner-up at the 2013 French Open and 2019 Wimbledon Championships, with Michaël Llodra and Édouard Roger-Vasselin respectively. Mahut became world No. 1 in doubles on 6 June 2016, holding the top ranking for a total of 39 weeks, and has won 35 doubles titles overall, including the 2019 and 2021 ATP Finals. He has also won seven Masters 1000 titles in doubles. In singles, Mahut reached a career-high ATP ranking of world No. 37 in May 2014, and has won four tour-level titles. All were on grass courts, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Trophée Des Alpilles
The 2014 Trophée des Alpilles was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the sixth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France between 1 and 7 September 2014. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of August 25, 2014. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Maxime Chazal * Nicolas Mahut * Vitalii Shcherba * Martin Vaïsse The following players entered into the singles main draw as alternates: * Richard Becker * Florent Serra The following player entered into the singles main draw as a lucky loser: * Michael Lammer The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Sergey Betov * Bar Tzuf Botzer * Erik Crepaldi * Filip Veger Champions Singles * Nicolas Mahut def. Vincent Millot 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–3 Doubles * Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Konstantin Kravchuk def. David Guez / ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nils Langer
Nils Langer (; born 25 January 1990, in Ludwigsburg) is a German retired tennis player. Langer reached a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 188, achieved in March 2016. Langer made his ATP main draw debut at the 2009 International German Open in the doubles event where he partnered Kevin Krawietz, but lost in the first round to Marcelo Melo and Filip Polášek, 0–6, 4–6. At the 2013 MercedesCup he qualified for the tournament, defeating Ivo Klec, Jan Mertl and Evgeny Korolev in the qualifying rounds. In the main draw he drew compatriot Robin Kern, a wildcard entrant, winning 3–6, 6–4, 6–3. His run came to an end where he lost to the second seed and compatriot Philipp Kohlschreiber Philipp Eberhard Hermann Kohlschreiber (; born 16 October 1983) is a German former professional tennis player. The right-hander won eight singles and seven doubles titles on the ATP World Tour and made the quarterfinals at the 2012 Wimbledon Cha ..., 5–7, 2–6. ATP Chall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Dodig
Ivan Dodig (; born 2 January 1985) is a Croatian professional tennis player who primarily specialises in doubles. He is a six-time Grand Slam champion, having won men's doubles titles at the 2015 French Open with Marcelo Melo, and the 2021 Australian Open with Filip Polášek. In mixed doubles, Dodig won the 2018 and 2019 French Opens and 2019 Wimbledon Championships, all alongside Latisha Chan, and the 2022 Australian Open partnering Kristina Mladenovic. He also finished runner-up at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships in men's doubles, and the 2016 French Open and 2017 Australian Open in mixed. Dodig has won 18 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, including five at Masters 1000 level, and also finished runner-up at the 2014 ATP World Tour Finals. He reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4 in June 2015. In singles, Dodig achieved his highest ranking of world No. 29 in October 2013, and won his first ATP title at the 2011 Zagreb Indoors. His best Grand Slam singes res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Trophée Des Alpilles
The 2015 Trophée des Alpilles was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the seventh edition of the tournament which was part of the 2015 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France between 7 and 13 September 2015. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of August 31, 2015. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Sébastien Boltz * Ivan Dodig * Jonathan Hilaire * Martin Vaïsse The following players received entry as alternates: * Sam Barry * Hugo Nys The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Constantin Belot * Hugo Grenier * Alexandre Müller * Filip Veger The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * Nino Portales Champions Singles * Ivan Dodig def. Nils Langer 6–3, 6–2 Doubles * Ken Skupski / Neal Skupski def. Andrej Martin / Igor Zelenay Igor Zelenay (; born 10 February 1982) is a Slovak professional 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] |
