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Víctor Romero
Víctor Romero (born 26 January 1979) is a Mexican former professional tennis player. Biography Romero grew up in Mexico City and was a top-50 ITF junior. Before turning professional he played college tennis in the United States for Tulane University, a private university in New Orleans, Louisiana. He represented Mexico at the 2005 Summer Universiade and won a mixed doubles silver medal. On the professional tour he reached a best singles ranking of 395 in the world. As a doubles player he was runner-up in two ATP Challenger tournaments, both in 2006. He won 20 ITF satellite tournaments, 7 in singles and 13 in doubles. Romero was a men's doubles bronze medalist for Mexico at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, partnering Santiago González. During his career he featured in four Davis Cup ties for his native country and retired unbeaten, from one singles and three doubles rubbers. Romero emigrated with his family to New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) ... [...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] |
Monterrey
Monterrey ( , ) is the capital and largest city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León, Mexico, and the third largest city in Mexico behind Guadalajara and Mexico City. Located at the foothills of the Sierra Madre Oriental, the city is anchor to the Monterrey metropolitan area, the second-largest in Mexico with an estimated population of 5,341,171 people as of 2020 and the second most productive metropolitan area in Mexico with a GDP ( PPP) of US$140 billion in 2015. According to the 2020 census, the city itself has a population of 1,142,194. Monterrey is one of the most livable cities in Mexico, and a 2018 study found that suburb San Pedro Garza García is the city with the best quality of life in Mexico. It serves as a commercial center of northern Mexico and is the base of many significant international corporations. Its purchasing power parity-adjusted GDP per capita is considerably higher than the rest of Mexico's at around US$35,500, compared to the country's US$18,800. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adriano Biasella
Adriano Biasella (born 1 September 1980) is a retired Italian tennis player. Biasella has a career high ATP singles ranking of 389 achieved on 19 November 2007. He also has a career high doubles ranking of 342 achieved on 23 July 2007. He won his only ATP Challenger Tour The ATP Challenger Tour, known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series, is a series of international men's professional tennis tournaments. The Challenger Tour events are the second-highest tier of tennis competition, behind the ATP T ... title at the 2006 AON Open Challenger doubles competition in Genoa. ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 7 (1–6) Doubles: 9 (4–5) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Biasella, Adriano 1980 births Living people Italian male tennis players 21st-century Italian people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naucalpan
Naucalpan, officially Naucalpan de Juárez, is one of 125 municipalities located just northwest of Mexico City in the adjoining State of Mexico. The municipal seat is the city of Naucalpan de Juárez, which extends into the neighboring municipality of Huixquilucan. The name Naucalpan comes from Nahuatl and means "place of the four neighborhoods" or "four houses." Juárez was added to the official name in 1874 in honor of Benito Juárez. The history of the area begins with the Tlatilica who settled on the edges of the Hondo River between 1700 and 600 B.C.E., but it was the Mexica who gave it its current name when they dominated it from the 15th century until the Spanish conquest of the Mexica Empire. Naucalpan claims to be the area where Hernán Cortés rested on the " Noche Triste" as they fled Tenochtitlan in 1520, but this is disputed. It is the home of the Virgin of Los Remedios, a small image of the Virgin Mary which is strongly associated with the Conquest and is said to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafael Arevalo
Rafael may refer to: * Rafael (given name) or Raphael, a name of Hebrew origin * Rafael, California * Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, Israeli manufacturer of weapons and military technology * Hurricane Rafael, a 2012 hurricane Fiction * ''Rafael'' (TV series), a Mexican telenovela * ''Rafaël'' (film), a 2018 Dutch film People * Rafael (footballer, born 1978) (Rafael Pires Vieira), Brazilian football striker * Rafael (footballer, born 1979) (Rafael da Silva Santos), Brazilian football defender * Rafael (footballer, born 1980) (Rafael Pereira da Silva), Brazilian football right-back * Rafael (footballer, born March 1982) (Rafael de Andrade Bittencourt Pinheiro), Brazilian football goalkeeper * Rafael (footballer, born August 1982) (Rafael dos Santos Silva), Brazilian football striker * Rafael (footballer, born 1984) (Alberto Rafael da Silva), Brazilian football goalkeeper * Rafael (footballer, born 1986) (Rafael Diego de Souza), Brazilian football centre-back * Rafael ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marinko Matosevic
Marinko Matosevic ( hr, Marinko Matošević, ; born 8 August 1985) is a retired Australian professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is World No. 39, which he achieved in February 2013. Matosevic defeated top players including Milos Raonic, Marin Čilić, Nikolay Davydenko, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and John Isner. Fans referred to Matosevic affectionately through his nickname "mad dog". Personal life Matosevic was born in Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is of Croat descent. During his childhood, Matosevic's parents, Branko and Ljubica, moved the family to Melbourne, Australia and he now competes for his adopted country. While growing up he played soccer along with tennis and is a fan of cricketer Shane Warne as well as following the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League. Tennis career and background Starting tennis at age 10, he trained at the Universal Tennis Academy from age 13. Marinko was unable to obtain an ITF junior ranking. After achieving an A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Monroe
Benjamin Nicholas Monroe (born April 12, 1982) is an American professional tennis player. He has won 4 ATP World Tour doubles titles and 13 ATP Challenger Tour titles in his career. College career Monroe had a highly successful college career at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 2000 to 2004. His achievements include: * University of North Carolina's Senior Male Student-Athlete of the Year (2003–2004) * All-American Status (2003–2004) * All-ACC Status (2002–2004) * 2nd in all-time singles wins (100) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill * Recipient of the Arthur Ashe Regional Sportsmanship Award (2003–2004) * National and Regional NCAA/ITF John Van Nostrand Sportsmanship Awards (2003–2004) Professional career 2001 Nicholas competed in doubles in his first main-draw Futures match. He and partner (compatriot) Tripp Phillips lost in the first round of USA F21. This was the only tour event he competed in 2001. 2002 Monroe reached th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celaya
Celaya (; ) is a city and its surrounding municipalities of Mexico, municipality in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico, located in the southeast quadrant of the state. It is the third most populous city in the state, with a 2005 census population of 310,413. The municipality for which the city serves as municipal seat, had a population of 415,869. The city is located in the geographic center of the municipality, which has an areal extent of 553.18 km2 (213.58 sq mi) and includes many smaller outlying communities, the largest of which are San Miguel Octopan, Rincón de Tamayo and San Juan de la Vega. There are many smaller towns around Celaya including Rincón de Tamayo, Tarimoro, Villagrán, Guanajuato, Villagrán, La Moncada, Panales Jamaica (Cañones), Panales Galera, La Calera, La Estancia, La Noria, Los Fierros, El Acebuche, Cacalote, and Charco Largo. It is also not far away from Cortazar, Guanajuato, Cortazar, Salamanca, Guanajuato, Salamanca, Salvatierra, Guanajuato, Salvat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Palencia
Carlos Palencia (born 22 August 1981) is a Mexican tennis player. Palencia has a career high ATP singles ranking of 435 achieved on 22 May 2006. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 269 achieved on 30 July 2007. Palencia has 1 ATP Challenger Tour title at the 2007 Torneo Internacional Challenger León The Torneo Internacional Challenger León (formerly known as Challenger Ficrea, presentado por ultra, Torneo Internacional AGT and Abierto Internacional Leon) is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part .... ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 7 (3–4) Doubles: 32 (15–17) External links * * * 1981 births Living people Mexican male tennis players Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in tennis Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Mexico {{Mexico-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guadalajara
Guadalajara ( , ) is a metropolis in western Mexico and the capital of the list of states of Mexico, state of Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 1,385,629 people, making it the 7th largest city by population in Mexico, while the Guadalajara metropolitan area has a population of 5,268,642 people, making it the Metropolitan areas of Mexico#List of metropolitan areas in Mexico by population, third-largest metropolitan area in the country and the List of metropolitan areas in the Americas, twentieth largest metropolitan area in the Americas Guadalajara has the second-highest population density in Mexico, with over 10,361 people per square kilometer. Within Mexico, Guadalajara is a center of business, arts and culture, technology and tourism; as well as the economic center of the Bajío region. It usually ranks among the 100 most productive and globally competitive cities in the world. It is home to numerous landmarks, including Guadalajara Cathedral, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comitán
Comitán (; formally: Comitán de Domínguez, for Belisario Domínguez ''Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México'') is the fourth-largest city in the of . It is the seat of government of the municipality of the same name. It is located in the east-central part of Chiapas, near the border with at . The mun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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