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Wade McGuire
Wade McGuire (born August 19, 1969) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Early life Wade McGuire was born on August 19, 1969. His mother is Marie Coleman. He holds the record for the youngest winner of the Richmond Tennis Tournament at 12 years old. He then won it multiple years in a row. Career McGuire was an All-American in each of his three years at the University of Georgia, from 1991 to 1993. He was the NCAA singles runner-up in both 1992 and 1993.''USA Today'',"Agassi wins too quickly for coach Segura's liking", August 18, 1993, John Bannon In the 1994 US Open, McGuire appeared in the main draw as a wildcard and lost in the opening round to 12th seed Wayne Ferreira. He also competed in the men's doubles with Jeff Tarango. They defeated Mike Bauer and Alexander Mronz in the first round, before being eliminated in the second round by Rikard Bergh and Mark Keil. McGuire was a semi-finalist at the 1994 AT&T Challenge in Atlanta, with wins over Bry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Keil
Mark Keil (born June 3, 1967) is a former professional tennis player from the United States who won five ATP World Tour doubles tournaments and was runner up at eight more. Early life and college Prior to college, Keil was raised in Albuquerque and in 1985 he was the NM 4-A HS state singles champion. Keil turned pro in the middle of his junior year (1987) from the University of South Florida. Professional career One of Keil's major career wins came in the second round of the 1991 Queen's Club Championships in London when he defeated Pete Sampras, then ranked 8th in the world, in straight sets. Keil went on to play in the main draw at Wimbledon in 1991 and 1993 and reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of no. 167. He qualified and won a round in singles at the 1993 Australian Open. Keil later carved a career for himself on the doubles tour, reaching a career-high ranking of no. 32 in 1995. He has doubles wins over Stefan Edberg, Boris Becker, Todd Martin, Tommy Haa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Male Tennis Players
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1969 Births
This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to London's Gatwick Airport, killing 50 of the 62 people on board and two of the home's occupants. * January 14 – An explosion aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65), USS ''Enterprise'' near Hawaii kills 27 and injures 314. * January 19 – End of the siege of the University of Tokyo, marking the beginning of the end for the 1968–69 Japanese university protests. * January 20 – Richard Nixon is First inauguration of Richard Nixon, sworn in as the 37th President of the United States. * January 22 – Attempted assassination of Leonid Brezhnev, An assassination attempt is carried out on Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev by deserter Viktor Ilyin. One person is killed, several are injured. Leonid Brezhnev, Brezhnev es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Tebbutt
Michael Tebbutt (born 22 December 1970) is an Australian former tennis player. He was educated at St Johns Park High School (Australia) and Northern Arizona University (US) before starting his career as a professional tennis player. He was the first NAU 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 in the NAU Athletics Hall of Fame. Tebbutt played hitting the ball with both hands, both forehand and backhand. His service was powerful and this fact made him to have his best performances in fast courts. Michael was ranked world No. 87 in singles and No. 26 in doubles. In singles tournaments he had wins over Pat Rafter, Lleyton Hewitt, and Tim Henman. In doubles, he had wins over Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras and the Woodies, among others. He reached the fourth roun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jens Knippschild
Jens Knippschild (born 15 February 1975) is a former tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 1992. In his career, he won two doubles titles (2001, Båstad and 2002, Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...). The right-hander reached his highest singles ranking by the ATP on 9 August 1999, when he became the No. 76 of the world. ATP career finals Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up) ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 10 (5–5) Doubles: 20 (15–5) Performance timelines Singles Doubles External links * * * 1975 births Living people People from Bad Arolsen Sportspeople from Kassel (region) German male tennis players Tennis people from Hesse {{Germany-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wimbledon Championships
The Wimbledon Championships, commonly known simply as Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely regarded as the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, All England Club in Wimbledon, London, since 1877 and is played on outdoor grass courts, with retractable roofs over the two main courts since 2019. Wimbledon is one of the four Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the others being the Australian Open, the French Open, and the US Open (tennis), US Open. Wimbledon is the only major still played on grass, the traditional tennis playing surface. Also, it is the only Grand Slam that retains a night-time curfew, though matches can now continue until 11.00 pm under the lights. The tournament traditionally takes place over two weeks in late June and early July, starting on the last Monday in June and culminating with the Ladies' and Gentlemen's Singles Finals, scheduled for the Saturday and Sunday ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Costa (tennis)
Carles ("Carlos") Costa Masferrer (born 22 April 1968) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. Costa turned professional in 1988. He was among the game's leading clay court players in the early 1990s. Costa was runner-up at the 1992 Italian Open, and reached the fourth round at that year's French Open and US Open. Additionally, Costa won the Barcelona Open, a tournament hosted by the tennis club where he grew up. In May 1992, he reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 10. Costa retired in 1999. In April 2006 he played in the 2006 Seniors Torneo Godó event in Barcelona where he lost to Sergi Bruguera in the final. Costa worked for IMG as an agent of most male Spanish tennis players (including Rafael Nadal). A few years later, Costa left IMG and created his own sports agency company with Rafael Nadal. He is not related to his compatriot Albert Costa Albert Costa i Casals (; born 25 June 1975) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Legg Mason Tennis Classic
The 1996 Legg Mason Tennis Classic was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington, D.C. in the United States and was part of the Championship Series of the 1996 ATP Tour. It was the 28th edition of the tournament and was held from July 15 through July 21, 1996. Second-seeded Michael Chang won the singles title. Finals Singles Michael Chang defeated Wayne Ferreira 6–2, 6–4 * It was Chang's 2nd title of the year and the 25th of his career. Doubles Grant Connell / Scott Davis defeated Doug Flach / Chris Woodruff 7–6, 3–6, 6–3 * It was Connell's 4th title of the year and the 21st of his career. It was Davis' only title of the year and the 25th of his career. References External links Official websiteATP tournament profile {{1996 ATP Tour Legg Mason Tennis Classic The Washington Open (known as the Citigroup, Citi Open for sponsorship reasons) is an annual hardcourt tennis tournament play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lars Jonsson (tennis) , Swedish film producer
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Lars Jonsson or Jönsson may refer to: *Lars Jonsson (illustrator) (born 1952), ornithological illustrator *Lars Jonsson (ice hockey) (born 1982), Swedish ice hockey player *Lars Theodor Jonsson (1903–1998), Swedish cross country skier *Lars Jönsson (tennis) (born 1970), Swedish tennis player *Lars Jönsson (film producer) Lars Jönsson (born 4 September 1961) is a Swedish film producer connected to Memfis Film and the " Trollywood" facilities. Since the early 1990s he has been the producer of several films in Sweden and Scandinavia, being the usual producer for am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcelo Filippini
Marcelo Filippini (born 4 August 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Uruguay. In 1996, Filippini played what was longest known game in ATP Tour history at Casablanca, going to deuce 20 times with Alberto Berasategui in one game of a 6–2, 6–3 first round loss. The game lasted 28 minutes. Filippini's best performance at a Grand Slam event came at the French Open in 1999, where he reached (as a qualifier without dropping a set) the quarterfinals, defeating Laurence Tieleman, Martin Damm, Vince Spadea and Greg Rusedski before being knocked-out by eventual champion Andre Agassi Andre Kirk Agassi ( ; born April 29, 1970) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. He is an eight-time major champion and an Olympic gold medalist, as well as a runner-up in seven other majors. Agassi is the second of five men to ac .... He also reached the quarterfinals of the 1993 Rome Masters. Career finals Singles: 10 (5 wins – 5 losses) Doubles: 5 (3 wins – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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