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Ville Jansson
Ville Jansson (born 10 April 1965) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. Biography Born in Timrå, Jansson grew up in the town of Värnamo. Prior to touring professionally he played collegiate tennis for Northeast Louisiana University. He earned All-American honours in 1986 and graduated in 1988. From 1989 he joined the professional circuit, where he competed for two years. He beat Chris Pridham to win a Challenger tournament in Coquitlam in 1989, in addition to three Challenger titles he won in doubles. In 1990 he appeared in the main draw of the men's doubles at the Australian Open, French Open and US Open. Since retiring he has lived mostly in Texas. In 2017 he became the Director of Sports at Lost Creek Country Club in Austin, Texas Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the county seat, seat and largest city of Travis County, Texas, Travis County, with portions extending into Hays County, Texas, Hays and Williamson County, T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timrå
Timrå () is a locality and the seat of Timrå Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden with 10,443 inhabitants in 2010. It is located about 13 km north of Sundsvall (a town with a metropolitan area of some 100,000 inhabitants), and could arguably be considered a satellite to that town. The two closest cities (Sundsvall and Härnösand) share one airport, Midlanda, that is geographically located in Timrå. Indalsälven, one of Sweden's largest rivers with a length of 430 km, meets the Gulf of Botnia in Timrå. In Sweden, Timrå is mainly known for its ice hockey club Timrå IK, which, as of season 2021/22 plays in the Swedish top division SHL. In 1995, Swedish artist Bengt Lindström constructed the Y, a 30 meter high sculpture located in Timrå. Local legend says that Sörberge, on the north side of the town, is haunted by a tall man wearing a very large coat called 'Stor Bubbas'. Climate Timrå has historically had a subarctic climate, but it has in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coquitlam
Coquitlam ( ) is a city in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada. Mainly suburban, Coquitlam is the List of cities in British Columbia, sixth-largest city in the province, with a population of 148,625 in 2021, and one of the 21 municipalities comprising Metro Vancouver. The mayor is Richard Stewart. Simon Fraser (explorer), Simon Fraser explored the region in 1808, encountering the Indigenous Coast Salish peoples. Europeans started settling in the 1860s. Fraser Mills, a lumber mill on the north bank of the Fraser River was constructed in 1889, and by 1908 there were 20 houses, a store, post office, hospital, office block, barber shop, pool hall, and a Gurdwara, Sikh temple. History The Coast Salish people were the first to live in this area, and archaeology confirms continuous occupation of the territory for at least 9,000 years. The name ''Kwikwetlem First Nation, Kwikwetlem'' is said to be derived from a Coast Salish term "kʷikʷəƛ̓əm" meaning "red fish up th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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1965 Births
Events January–February * January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndon B. Johnson, sworn in for a full term as President of the United States. ** Indonesian President Sukarno announces the withdrawal of the Indonesian government from the United Nations. * January 30 – The Death and state funeral of Winston Churchill, state funeral of Sir Winston Churchill takes place in London with the largest assembly of dignitaries in the world until the 2005 funeral of Pope John Paul II. * February 4 – Trofim Lysenko is removed from his post as director of the Institute of Genetics at the Russian Academy of Sciences, Academy of Sciences in the Soviet Union. Lysenkoism, Lysenkoist theories are now treated as pseudoscience. * February 12 ** The African and Malagasy Republic, Malagasy Common Organization ('; OCA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryan Shelton
Bryan Shelton (born December 22, 1965) is an American college tennis coach and former professional tennis player. Shelton played collegiately for Georgia Tech from 1985 to 1988, and then played professionally from 1989 to 1997. He subsequently returned to his alma mater to coach the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's tennis team, which won the NCAA Women's Tennis Championship in 2007. He is currently the head coach of the Florida Gators men's tennis team of the University of Florida, where he coached the Gators to winning the 2021 NCAA Championship. He is the only head coach to have won a national championship in both men and women's NCAA Division I Tennis. Early years Shelton was born in Huntsville, Alabama. For high school, he attended Randolph School in Huntsville. He played for the Randolph Raiders men's tennis team, and won the Alabama high school singles championship as a senior in 1984. Personal life He is the father of tennis player Ben Shelton. College career She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nduka Odizor
Nduka Emmanuel Odizor (born 28 August 1958) is a former tennis player from Nigeria, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in 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 .... He won one career title in singles (Taipei, 1983) and seven doubles titles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world No. 52 in June 1984 and reached No. 20 in doubles in August 1984. Between 1986 and 1993 he played in 11 ties for the Nigerian Davis Cup team and compiled a 20–13 win-loss record. Career finals Singles (1 win) Doubles (7 wins, 4 losses) References External links * * * 1958 births Living people Sportspeople from Lagos Nigerian male tennis players Tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic tennis players for Nigeria Afric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pablo Albano
Pablo Albano (; born 11 April 1967) is a 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 from Argentina. Albano enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he won 9 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 25 in 1997. Career finals Doubles (9 wins– 9 losses) External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Albano, Pablo Argentine male tennis players Tennis players from Buenos Aires Living people 1967 births Pan American Games medalists in tennis Pan American Games silver medalists for Argentina Tennis players at the 1987 Pan American Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico City
Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley of Mexico within the high Mexican central plateau, at an altitude of . The city has 16 boroughs or ''demarcaciones territoriales'', which are in turn divided into neighborhoods or ''colonias''. The 2020 population for the city proper was 9,209,944, with a land area of . According to the most recent definition agreed upon by the federal and state governments, the population of Greater Mexico City is 21,804,515, which makes it the sixth-largest metropolitan area in the world, the second-largest urban agglomeration in the Western Hemisphere (behind São Paulo, Brazil), and the largest Spanish language, Spanish-speaking city (city proper) in the world. Greater Mexico City has a gross domestic product, GDP of $411 billion in 2011, which makes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arkie Engle
Arthur Knapp Engle (born December 19, 1965) is an American former professional tennis player. A left-handed player from Boston, Engle attended Harvard University and competed in varsity tennis. He earned ITA All-American honors for doubles in 1985 and was named the Region I Senior Player of the Year in 1988. Engle, now an attorney, featured briefly on the professional tour after Harvard and had a best singles ranking of 287. He was a semi-finalist at the 1989 Bossonnens Challenger and made two qualifying draw appearances at Wimbledon. In his only Grand Prix Grand Prix ( , meaning ''Grand Prize''; plural Grands Prix), is a name sometimes used for competitions or sport events, alluding to the winner receiving a prize, trophy or honour Grand Prix or grand prix may refer to: Arts and entertainment ... main draw he reached the doubles second round of the 1989 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships. ATP Challenger finals Doubles: 1 (0–1) References External links * * {{DEFAUL ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Warner (tennis)
Scott Warner (born December 22, 1965) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Career Warner attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and won the Pacific Coast Athletic Association, PCAA singles title in both 1986 and 1987.''Los Angeles Times''"Opposing Coaches Watch Out for Witcher" March 10, 1988, Heather Hafner He earned All-American honors in 1987 when he made the quarter-finals of the NCAA Championships. The American had his best year on tour in 1989. He made his Grand Prix tennis circuit, Grand Prix debut at Key Biscayne and defeated Argentina's Martín Jaite in the first round, before being eliminated in the second round by Mats Wilander. At the 1989 OTB Open, Warner made it to the quarter-finals, his best showing in a Grand Prix tournament. He got through qualifying at the 1989 Wimbledon Championships to make his only appearance in the main singles draw of a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam event and lost in the opening round to Miloslav Mečíř. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nielsen Pro Tennis Championships
The Nielsen Pro Tennis Championship is a tennis tournament held intermittently in Winnetka, Illinois, USA since 1984. The event is part of the ATP Challenger Tour and is played on outdoor 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 and ...s at the A. C. Nielsen Tennis Center, a facility owned and operated by the Winnetka Park District. Past finals Singles Doubles External links ITF search {{ATP Challenger Tour [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byron Talbot
Byron Talbot (born 15 September 1964) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he won seven doubles titles and finished as a runner-up six times. He achieved a career-high doubles world ranking of number 20 in 1996. Byron played collegiate tennis at the University of Tennessee. He is currently working as a financial advisor for Merrill Lynch Merrill (officially Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated), previously branded Merrill Lynch, is an American investment management and wealth management division of Bank of America. Along with BofA Securities, the investment bank ... in Dallas, Texas. Career finals Doubles (7 wins, 6 losses) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Talbot, Byron South African male tennis players Living people 1964 births White South African people Sportspeople from Johannesburg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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