The 2014
Svijany Open
The Svijany Open is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ATP Challenger Tour, Challenger Tour. It is held annually at the Liberec Tennis Club in Li ...
was a professional
tennis
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tournament played on
clay court
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s. It was the 2nd edition of the tournament which was part of the
2014 ATP Challenger Tour
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. It took place in
Liberec
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,
Czech Republic
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between 28 July and 3 August 2014.
ATP entrants
Seeds
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1 Rankings are as of July 21, 2014.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
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Steve Darcis
Steve Darcis (, born 13 March 1984) is a Belgium, Belgian retired professional tennis player. In his career, he won two ATP titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 38 on 22 May 2017.
Personal life
Steve Darcis was born in ...
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Roman Jebavý
Roman Jebavý (born 16 November 1989) is a Czech tennis player. He is a doubles specialist who has won 4 ATP Tour doubles titles. He is the current No. 1 Czech player in doubles. He reached a career-high ranking in doubles of World No. 43 on 4 M ...
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Václav Šafránek
Václav Šafránek (born 20 May 1994) is an inactive Czech tennis player.
Šafránek has a career-high ATP singles ranking of 191 achieved on 6 November 2017. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of 286 achieved on 18 September 2017.
Šafr ...
* Robin Stanek
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
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Marek Michalička
Marek Michalička (born 23 December 1986) is a professional Czech tennis player.
On 6 June 2015 Michalička reached his career-high singles ranking of 235. On 23 June 2014 Michalička reached a career-high doubles ranking of 261.
Michalička ...
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Gianni Mina
Gianni Mina (born 9 February 1992 in Les Abymes, Guadeloupe, France) is a French professional tennis player.
Tennis career Juniors
On the junior circuit, Mina reached the No. 1 combined world ranking in March 2010. He finished runner-up to even ...
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Thiago Monteiro
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Artem Smirnov
Champions
Singles
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Andrej Martin
Andrej Martin (; born 20 September 1989, in Bratislava) is a Slovak professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 93 in February 2020.
Career 2016: Best season: French Open third round, first ATP fin ...
def.
Horacio Zeballos
Horacio Zeballos Jr. (; born 27 April 1985) is an Argentine professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 39 achieved in March 2013 and his career-high doubles ranking is world No. 3 achieved in September 2019. In dou ...
1–6, 6–1, 6–4
Doubles
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Roman Jebavý
Roman Jebavý (born 16 November 1989) is a Czech tennis player. He is a doubles specialist who has won 4 ATP Tour doubles titles. He is the current No. 1 Czech player in doubles. He reached a career-high ranking in doubles of World No. 43 on 4 M ...
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Jaroslav Pospíšil
Jaroslav Pospíšil (; born 9 February 1981) is a Czech tennis player playing on the ITF Futures Tour and ATP Challenger Tour. On 23 May 2011 he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 103. The following year, on 1 October 2012, h ...
def.
Ruben Gonzales /
Sean Thornley
Sean Thornley (born 31 May 1989) is a former British tennis player, best known for playing on the doubles circuit with David Rice.
Career
In 2011 Thornley and Rice qualified for the Men's Doubles at Wimbledon. They lost in the first round to J ...
6–4, 6–3
External links
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Svijany Open
Svijany Open
The Svijany Open is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ATP Challenger Tour, Challenger Tour. It is held annually at the Liberec Tennis Club in Li ...
Sport in Liberec
Svijany Open
The Svijany Open is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ATP Challenger Tour, Challenger Tour. It is held annually at the Liberec Tennis Club in Li ...
Svijany Open
The Svijany Open is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ATP Challenger Tour, Challenger Tour. It is held annually at the Liberec Tennis Club in Li ...