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Tennis At The 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
Tennis at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 17 to 24 August at the Nanjing Sport Institute in Nanjing, China. Qualification Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 4 competitors, 2 per each gender. As hosts, China is given 2 quotas, 1 per each gender should they not qualify normally, however they normally qualified two female athletes and chose not to use their male quota and a further 6 competitors, 3 per each gender will be decided by the Tripartite Commission. Only four of those spots were used, the other two were reallocated to the World Junior rankings. The remaining 56 places shall be decided by the ATP rankings, WTA rankings and ITF World Junior rankings update on 9 June 2014. The first 12 spots per each gender will go to any eligible athlete ranked in the top 450 in the ATP rankings for boys and the top 200 in the WTA rankings for girls. Should any spots remain they will be reallocated to the top ranked athletes in the ITF World Junior ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanjing Sport Institute
Nanjing Sport Institute () is a public university located in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, specializing in sports and physical education. It was founded in 1956. Alumni who have won Olympic golds * Luan Jujie, Lin Li, Ge Fei, Gu Jun, Zhang Jun, Huang Xu, Li Ju, Yan Sen, Chen Qi, Chen Ruolin, Zhong Man, Lu Chunlong, Luo Xiaojuan Luo Xiaojuan (骆晓娟, Luò Xiǎojuān, born 12 June 1984) is a Chinese épée fencer. Luo won the gold medal in the épée team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating France in the final. She accomplished this with her t ..., Xu Anqi, Cai Yun References External links *Official site: Universities and colleges in Nanjing Educational institutions established in 1956 1956 establishments in China Sports universities and colleges in China {{China-university-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matías Zukas
Matías is the Spanish version of Matthias. In Scandinavian languages (Norwegian, Swedish, Danish and Finnish) and in Portuguese it is unaccented as Matias. Notable people with the name include: Given name *Matías Alemanno, Argentine rugby player *Matías Almeyda, Argentine footballer * Matías Cahais, Argentine footballer *Matías Emilio Delgado, Argentine footballer *Matías Duarte, Chilean computer engineer *Matías Draghi, Argentine footballer * Matías Escobar, Argentine footballer * Matías Fernández, Chilean footballer * Matías Funes, Honduran academic and politician * Matías Moroni, Argentine rugby player * Matías Noble, Argentine footballer * Matías Orlando, Argentine rugby player *Matías Paredes, Argentine hockey player *Matías Pavoni, Argentine footballer *Matías Prats Cañete, Spanish journalist and commentator *Matías Prats Luque, Spanish journalist and anchorman, son of Matías Prats Cañete * Matías Rodríguez, Argentine footballer *Matías Romero, Mexi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Polmans
Marc David Polmans (born 2 May 1997) is a South African-born Australian tennis player. Polmans has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 116 achieved on 12 October 2020. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 68 achieved on 16 October 2017. He won the 2015 Australian Open boys' doubles title with fellow Australian Jake Delaney, defeating Hubert Hurkacz and Alex Molčan in the final. He reached the semifinal of the 2017 Australian Open doubles with Andrew Whittington. Personal life He supports Collingwood in the Australian Football League. Career 2012–2015: Career beginnings Polmans turned pro in 2012 and ended the year with a ranking of 1813. Over the next three years, Polmans played predominantly in the ITF Futures tour. Polmans won his first title with Steven de Waard at the Australia F9 Futures in 2014. The pair won five more future titles in 2015. Polmans reached the second round of qualifying in the 2015 Australian Open where he de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Bourchier
Harry Bourchier (born 24 January 1996) is an Australian tennis player. Bourchier has a career high ATP singles ranking of 279 achieved on 13 January 2020. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 275 achieved on 2 March 2020. Bourchier made his ATP main draw debut at the 2021 Murray River Open, where he was a late alternate into the singles main draw. He beat fellow compatriot Marc Polmans in the first round but lost to 13th seed Nick Kyrgios in the second round. Personal life Bourchier started playing tennis at the age of six. Career 2012–2020: Career beginnings Bourchier made his debut on the ITF circuit at the Australia F5 in August 2012. Bourchier won his first ATP Challenger Tour match at the 2014 West Lakes Challenger in February 2014. In March 2015, Bourchier reached his first ITF final in Mildura. In February 2015, Bourchier reacher the quarter-final of the Launceston Tennis International. In March 2015, Bourchier reached his first ITF final in Mildura. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lloyd Harris (tennis)
Lloyd George Muirhead Harris (born 24 February 1997) is a South African professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as World No. 31 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved on 13 September 2021, making him the current African and South African No. 1 men's singles player. He has a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 108, achieved on 6 June 2022. Harris has won three ATP Challenger singles titles and two Challenger doubles titles and has also won 13 ITF singles titles and 4 ITF doubles titles. Juniors In November 2012, Harris won his first ITF junior singles title at the G5 in Windhoek, Namibia. In August 2014, Harris represented South Africa at the Youth Olympic Games. As a junior, Harris reached a ranking of No. 38 by the International Tennis Federation, and he compiled a singles win–loss record of 73–44. Professional career 2015–2017 Harris turned pro in 2015 and ended the year with a single ranking of 358. During the 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Orly Iradukunda
Guy Orly Iradukunda (born 21 March 1996) is a Burundian 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. Iradukunda has a career high ATP singles ranking of 610 achieved on 14 January 2019. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 552 achieved on 18 April 2022. Iradukunda represents Burundi at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 2–0. Iradukunda played college tennis at Florida State University. References External links * * * 1996 births Living people Burundian male tennis players People from Gitega Province Tennis players at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics {{Burundi-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Rybakov
Alex Rybakov (born January 27, 1997) is an American tennis player. Rybakov has a career-high ATP singles ranking of 289 achieved on August 8, 2022. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of 369 achieved on November 8, 2021. He played college tennis at Texas Christian University. Career Rybakov made his ATP main draw debut at the 2023 Dallas Open The 2023 Dallas Open was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 2nd edition of the Dallas Open, and part of the ATP Tour 250 series on the 2023 ATP Tour. It took place at the Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex in the ... after qualifying for the singles main draw. References External links * * * 1997 births Living people American male tennis players People from Plainview, New York Sportspeople from Nassau County, New York TCU Horned Frogs men's tennis players Tennis people from New York (state) {{US-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrey Rublev (tennis)
Andrey Andreyevich Rublev (russian: Андрей Андреевич Рублёв; born 20 October 1997) is a Russian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 5 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved in September 2021. Rublev has won 12 ATP Tour singles titles. He has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 53, achieved on 15 August 2022. He has won three doubles titles and is an Olympic gold medalist, winning the Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Mixed doubles, mixed doubles title at the 2020 Summer Olympics with Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.In his junior career, Rublev won the 2014 French Open – Boys' singles, 2014 French Open singles title, defeating Jaume Munar in the final. He won the bronze medal in Tennis at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' singles, singles and the silver in Tennis at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' singles, doubles at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing. Rublev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolás Álvarez (tennis)
Nicolás Álvarez (; born 8 June 1996) is a Peruvian tennis player. On the junior tour, Álvarez has a career high ITF junior ranking of 17 achieved in March 2014. Álvarez has a career high ATP singles ranking of 295 achieved on January 6, 2020. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 345, achieved on March 2, 2020. Álvarez has represented Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = National seal , national_motto = "Firm and Happy f ... at Davis Cup. In Davis Cup he has a win–loss record of 6–5. Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour Finals Singles: 9 (4-5) Doubles 7 (2–5) Davis Cup Participations: (7–6) * indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface. References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Duck-hee
Lee Duck-hee (이덕희; born 29 May 1998) is a South Korean professional tennis player. He has won 10 titles on the ITF Junior Circuit as a teenager, including Grade 2 tournaments in Nanjing and Sarawak. Personal life Lee was born deaf. On the tennis court, he can hear vibrations, but must rely on hand gestures to pick up line calls and the umpire. In 2015, his story was included during a campaign for the ANZ Bank, which was a sponsor for the Australian Open that year. Professional career He turned pro in 2013. He played his first Challenger match at age 14. In August 2019 he became the first deaf player to compete in and win a match in the main draw of an ATP tournament with a win over Henri Laaksonen Henri Joona Julius Laaksonen (, Swiss Standard German: ; born 31 March 1992) is a Swiss professional tennis player. His highest singles ranking is world No. 84, which he achieved on 14 February 2022, and his highest doubles ranking is world No. 1 ... at the Winston-Sale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jumpei Yamasaki
Chinese Given Name In Chinese, Junpei is a name composed of two Chinese characters, where jun could be 君, 军, 俊, 骏, 峻, 筠, 珺, 均, 郡, 钧, 竣, 浚, 麇 or 隽, while pei could be 沛, 佩, 培, 裴, 霈, 旆 or 珮. Given a Chinese given name Junpei, it is usually difficult to tell whether it is a masculine or feminine given name. For example, 军佩 is more like a masculine given name, while 珺珮 is more like a feminine given name. Japanese Given Name In Japanese, Junpei or Jumpei (written: 淳平, 純平, 順平, 隼平 or 潤平) is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese music arranger and composer *, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese actor *, Japanese judoka *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese painter *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese journalist *, Japanese speed skater Fictional characters *Junpei Ryuzouji, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
