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Carlos Alcaraz
Carlos Alcaraz Garfia (; born 5 May 2003) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, World No. 1 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Alcaraz has won 15 ATP Tour-level singles titles, including four Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, Grand Slam titles and five ATP Tour Masters 1000, Masters 1000 titles. Alcaraz began his professional career in 2018 at age 15, going on to win three titles on the ITF Men's World Tennis Tour and four on the ATP Challenger Tour. He broke into the top 100 in rankings in May 2021, and ended that year in the top 35 after reaching his first major quarterfinal at the 2021 US Open – Men's singles, US Open. In March 2022, Alcaraz won his first Masters 1000 title at the 2022 Miami Open – Men's singles, Miami Open at the age of 18, and then won his second at the 2022 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's singles, Madrid Open where he defeated Rafael Nadal, Novak Dj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villena
Villena () is a city in Spain, in the Valencian Community. It is located at the northwest part of Alicante (province), Alicante, and borders to the west with Castilla-La Mancha and Region of Murcia, Murcia, to the north with the province of Valencia and to the east and south with the province of Alicante. It is the capital of the Comarques of the Valencian Community, comarca of the Alto Vinalopó. The municipality has an area of 345.6 km² and a population of 34,928 inhabitants as of Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain), INE 2008. There is evidence of settlement in the area from Middle Paleolithic. However, it is on dispute if the current city dates from Visigoths, visigothic times or before, though certainly it existed in the 11th century, during the al-Andalus, Muslim period. After the Reconquista, Christian conquest, it became Seigneury of Villena, Seigneury, Principality, Duchy and finally Marquisate, until the people, encouraged by the Catholic Monarchs, revolted ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Of Tennis Professionals
The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) is the governing body of the men's professional tennis circuits – the ATP Tour, the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP Champions Tour. It was formed in September 1972 by Donald Dell, Jack Kramer, and Cliff Drysdale to protect the interests of professional tennis players, and Drysdale became the first President. Since 1990, the association has organized the ATP Tour, the worldwide tennis tour for men and linked the title of the tour with the organization's name. It is the governing body of men's professional tennis. In 1990 the organization was called the ATP Tour, which was renamed in 2001 as just ATP and the tour being called ATP Tour. In 2009 the name of the tour was changed again and was known as the ATP World Tour, but changed again to the ATP Tour by 2019. It is an evolution of the tour competitions previously known as Grand Prix tennis tournaments and World Championship Tennis (WCT).The ATP's global headquarters are in London. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 BNP Paribas Open – Men's Singles
Carlos Alcaraz defeated Daniil Medvedev in the final, 6–3, 6–2 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2023 Indian Wells Masters. He did not drop a set en route to his third ATP Tour Masters 1000 title and eighth career title overall. With the win, he usurped Novak Djokovic for the ATP No. 1 ranking, who was unable to enter the United States due to being unvaccinated for COVID-19. With this victory, Alcaraz ended Medvedev's 19-match winning streak, and Medvedev became the first Russian to make it to a Indian Wells final since Andrei Chesnokov in 1992. Taylor Fritz was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Jannik Sinner. Rafael Nadal withdrew from the tournament due to a left leg injury. As a result, he dropped out of the top 10 in the ATP rankings for the first time since his top 10 debut in 2005, ending a record streak of 912 weeks. Seeds All seeds received a bye into the second round. Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laureus World Sports Award For Breakthrough Of The Year
The Laureus World Sports Award for Breakthrough of the Year (known as the Laureus World Sports Award for Newcomer of the Year prior to 2007) is an annual award honouring the achievements of those individuals or teams who have made a breakthrough performance in the world of sports. It was first awarded in 2000 as one of the seven constituent awards presented during the Laureus World Sports Awards. The awards are presented by the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation, a global organisation involved in more than 150 charity projects supporting 500,000 young people. The first ceremony was held on 25 May 2000 in Monte Carlo, at which Nelson Mandela gave the keynote speech. , a shortlist of six nominees for the award comes from a panel composed of the "world's leading sports editors, writers and broadcasters". The Laureus World Sports Academy then selects the individual winner or winning team who is presented with a Laureus statuette, created by Cartier, at an annual awards ceremony held in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Open Era
The racket sport traditionally named lawn tennis, invented in Birmingham, England now commonly known simply as tennis, is the direct descendant of what is now denoted real tennis or royal tennis, which continues to be played today as a separate sport with more complex rules. Most rules of (lawn) tennis derive from this precursor and it is reasonable to see both sports as variations of the same game. Most historians believe that tennis was originated in the monastic cloisters in northern France in the 12th century, but the ball was then struck with the palm of the hand; hence, the name jeu de paume ("game of the palm"). It was not until the 16th century that Racket (sports equipment), rackets came into use, and the game began to be called "tennis." It was popular in England and France, and Henry VIII of England was a big fan of the game, now referred to as real tennis. Many original tennis courts remain, including courts at Oxford, Cambridge, Falkland Palace in Fife where Mary Queen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Zverev
Alexander "Sascha" Zverev (; born 20 April 1997) is a German professional tennis player. He has been ranked by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) as high as world No. 2, and was continuously ranked in the top 10 from July 2017 to November 2022. Zverev's career highlights include titles at the 2018 and the 2021 ATP Finals, and a gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. He has won 19 ATP Tour titles in singles and two in doubles, and reached his first major final at the 2020 US Open, finishing runner-up to Dominic Thiem. Zverev is the only active player outside of the Big Four with five Masters 1000 titles. He sustained an ankle injury during the semifinals of the 2022 French Open against Rafael Nadal and is currently recovering. Zverev is a former junior world No. 1, and won a junior major singles title at the 2014 Australian Open. He had an early breakthrough on the professional tour as well, becoming one of the youngest Challenger Tour title winners in history at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic ( sr-Cyrl, Новак Ђоковић, translit=Novak Đoković, ; born 22 May 1987) is a Serbian professional tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 1 for a record total 373 weeks, and has finished as the year-end No. 1 a record seven times. He has won 21 Grand Slam men's singles titles, including a record nine Australian Open titles. He is currently ranked world No. 5 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Overall, he has won 91 ATP singles titles, which include a record 65 Big Titles, a joint-record six year-end championships, and a record 38 Masters titles. Djokovic has completed a non-calendar year Grand Slam in singles, becoming the only man in tennis history to be the reigning champion of the four majors at once across three different surfaces. He is also the first man in the Open Era to achieve a double Career Grand Slam in singles and the only player to complete the Career Golden Masters in singles on the ATP Tour, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal Parera (, ; born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He is currently ranked world No. 2 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He has been ranked List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 for 209 weeks, and has finished as the year-end No. 1 five times. Nadal has won an List of Grand Slam men's singles champions#Champions list, all-time record 22 Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, Grand Slam men's singles titles, including a record 14 French Open titles. He has won 92 ATP singles titles, including 36 ATP Tour Masters 1000, Masters titles, with 63 of these on clay courts. Nadal is one of only two men to complete the Grand Slam (tennis)#Golden Slam, Career Golden Slam in singles. His Rafael Nadal career statistics#81 match win streak on clay courts, 81 consecutive wins on clay is the longest single-surface win streak in the Open Era. For over a decade, Nadal has dominated men's tennis along with Roger Fede ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's Singles
Carlos Alcaraz defeated the defending champion Alexander Zverev in the final, 6–3, 6–1 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2022 Madrid Open. Alcaraz also became the first man to defeat Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic in the same clay court tournament, which he did in the quarterfinals and semifinals, respectively. Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev were in contention for the ATP No. 1 singles ranking. Djokovic retained the top ranking by reaching the third round. Djokovic became first player to record 30+ singles wins at all ATP Masters 1000. Seeds The top eight seeds received a bye into the second round. Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Bottom half Section 3 Section 4 Seeded players The following are the seeded players based on the entry list per the ATP rankings as of 25 April 2022. The stated "rank" and "points before" are as of 2 May 2022. As a result of special ranking adjustment rules due to the COVID-19 pandemic, players are defending t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Miami Open – Men's Singles
Carlos Alcaraz defeated Casper Ruud in the final, 7–5, 6–4 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2022 Miami Open. It was his first Masters 1000 title, and he became the first Spaniard to win the title. The victory also made Alcaraz, at 18 years and 333 days old, the youngest men's singles titlist in Miami Open history, and the youngest Masters 1000 champion since Rafael Nadal at the 2005 Monte Carlo Masters. Ruud became the first Norwegian to reach a Masters 1000 final, and the first Scandinavian since Robin Söderling at the 2010 Paris Masters. Hubert Hurkacz was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Alcaraz. By reaching the semifinals on his Masters 1000 debut, Francisco Cerúndolo became the first player to achieve the feat since Jerzy Janowicz at the 2012 Paris Masters. Ranked No. 103, Cerúndolo was also the lowest-ranked semifinalist in tournament history. Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev were in contention for the ATP No. 1 singles rank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 US Open – Men's Singles
Daniil Medvedev defeated Novak Djokovic in the final, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2021 US Open. It was his first major title and he only lost one set en route (against Botic van de Zandschulp in the quarterfinals). Medvedev became the third Russian man, after Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Marat Safin, to win a major singles title, and the first to do so since Safin at the 2005 Australian Open. Dominic Thiem was the reigning champion, but did not participate due to an ongoing wrist injury. Djokovic was aiming to become the second man in the Open Era, after Rod Laver in 1969, to complete a Grand Slam. He was also attempting to win an outright record 21st major singles title and surpass his Big Three counterparts, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. By reaching the final, Djokovic tied Federer's record of 31 men's singles major finals contested, and repeated his 2015 achievement of contesting the maximum-possible 28 major singles matches in a season. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Tour. The ITF World Tennis Tour tournaments are on the entry-level of international professional tennis competition. The ATP Challenger Tour is administered by the Association of Tennis Professionals. Players who succeed on the ATP Challenger Tour earn sufficient ranking points to become eligible for main draw or qualifying draw entry at ATP Tour tournaments. Players on the Challenger Tour are usually young players looking to advance their careers, those who fail to qualify for ATP events, or former ATP players looking to get back into the big tour. History of challenger events The first challenger events were held in 1978, with eighteen events taking place. Two were held on the week beginning January 8, one in Auckland and another in Hoba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
