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Óscar Hernández (tennis)
Óscar Hernández Pérez (; born 10 April 1978 in Barcelona, Spain) is a former professional male tennis player from Spain. He turned pro in 1998 and achieved his career-high singles ranking of World No. 48 in October 2007. Hernández scored an upset in the first round of the 2007 Rome Masters, when he defeated the World No. 20, Lleyton Hewitt, 3–6, 7–6(3), 6–1. Hernández announced his retirement from tennis on 22 July 2011. ATP Career Finals Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 21 (16–5) Doubles: 22 (13–9) Performance timeline Singles Doubles References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hernandez, Oscar 1978 births Living people Spanish male tennis players Tennis players from Barcelona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barcelona
Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within city limits,Barcelona: Población por municipios y sexo – Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (National Statistics Institute) its urban area extends to numerous neighbouring municipalities within the province of Barcelona and is home to around 5.3 million people, making it the fifth most populous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 French Open – Men's Doubles
Pablo Cuevas and Luis Horna were the defending champions, but lost in the third round to Igor Kunitsyn and Dmitry Tursunov. Lukáš Dlouhý and Leander Paes won in the final 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 against Wesley Moodie and Dick Norman. Seeds Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Bottom half Section 3 Section 4 External linksDraw at the International Tennis Federation {{DEFAULTSORT:2009 French Open - Men's Doubles Men's Doubles [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Movistar Open – Doubles
José Acasuso and Sebastián Prieto were the defending champions, but Acasuso did not participate this year. Prieto partnered Martín García, losing in the first round. Paul Capdeville and Óscar Hernández won the title, defeating Albert Montañés and Rubén Ramírez-Hidalgo 4–6, 6–4, 0–6in the final. Seeds Martín García / Sebastián Prieto ''(first round)'' Luis Horna / Sergio Roitman ''(first round)'' Marcelo Melo / André Sá ''(semifinals)'' Pablo Cuevas Pablo Gabriel Cuevas Urroz (; born January 1, 1986) is a Uruguayan tennis coach and a former professional player. Cuevas won the 2008 French Open – Men's doubles, 2008 French Open men's doubles title with Luis Horna, and was especially noted t ... / Adrián García ''(first round, García withdrew because of a back injury)'' Draw Draw External linksDraw {{DEFAULTSORT:2007 Movistar Open - Doubles Doubles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariano Hood
Mariano Hood (born 14 August 1973) is a retired left-handed professional Argentine tennis player who specialized in doubles. In his career, Hood won 13 out of the 26 top level doubles finals he was in. He turned professional in 1993, and currently resides in his city of birth, Buenos Aires. He won US$806,888 in earnings and was coached by Daniel Orsanic. He won his first doubles title in Santiago, Chile, in 1998 and Palermo in 2005 was his last title. On October 27, 2003, Hood reached his highest doubles ranking of World Number 20. He partnered either Sebastián Prieto or Lucas Arnold Ker to win most of his doubles titles, although he did have other partnerships as well. Hood was banned by the ITF of the illegal use of Finasteride after he had made the French Open quarterfinals in 2005. He thus planned to retire from the professional circuit. However, Hood made a comeback in 2008. He last played on the tour in 2009. 2008 comeback In his first tournament of the year, he went ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucas Arnold Ker
Lucas Arnold Ker (; born 12 October 1974) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. Arnold Ker started playing tennis in the Olivos Tenis Club of Buenos Aires, under coach Malcolm Campbell. He is the younger brother of Patricio Arnold. He is right-handed and turned professional in 1994. He played several times for the Argentine Davis Cup team, where he made his debut in 1997 against Venezuela. Arnold Ker was Roger Federer's opponent in the latter's first professional match in 1998, beating the 17-year-old future singles world No. 1 and 20-time major singles champion in straight sets. Arnold Ker retired from professional tennis in 2016. Cancer In August 2006, he was diagnosed with testicular cancer. The testicle was removed, and he successfully underwent chemotherapy Chemotherapy (often abbreviated chemo, sometimes CTX and CTx) is the type of cancer treatment that uses one or more anti-cancer drugs (list of chemotherapeutic agents, chemotherapeutic agents or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Acasuso
José Javier "Chucho" Acasuso (; born 20 October 1982) is a tennis coach and a former professional player from Argentina. Like many of his fellow countrymen, he favoured clay. He was known for his strong serve and his hard groundstrokes off both sides. He won three ATP Tour singles titles. In doubles, Acasuso together with Sebastián Prieto, won four titles: in 2005 in Stuttgart and also in Bucharest, and in 2006 and 2008 in Viña Del Mar. He also won a doubles title partnering Flávio Saretta at the Croatia Open Umag in 2004. Early years Acasuso began playing tennis at the age of two, when his father took his brother and sister to his grandfather's tennis club. Reportedly, he got the nickname of "Chucho" from the fact that, when he was a child, he used to say his name was "José Acachucho." Acasuso played both basketball and tennis up until the age of 12, and then gave up basketball for tennis. Career Acasuso turned professional in 2000, playing futures and challeng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romanian Open
The Țiriac Open (also known as the Romanian Open) is a professional men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the successor event to the earlier Romanian International Championships (1930–1983). It is part of the ATP 250 tournaments of the ATP Tour. It was held annually in Bucharest, Romania, between 1993 and 2016 and revived in 2024. Its name is taken from Romania's famous tennis players Ion Țiriac and Ilie Năstase (when it was called BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy until 2016). The tournament never saw a Romanian winner in singles (though the 2005 edition saw two Romanian players reaching the semifinals, and the 2007 edition saw Victor Hănescu reach the finals), but a Romanian pair ( Andrei Pavel and Gabriel Trifu) took home the doubles title in 1998. Also, Horia Tecău took three consecutive doubles titles at the tournament (2012, 2013 & 2014), each time with a different partner. The organizers announced that from 2012, the ATP World Tour 250 seri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 BCR Open Romania – Doubles
Karsten Braasch and Sargis Sargsian were the defending champions, but Sargsian did not compete this year. Braasch teamed up with Philipp Kohlschreiber and lost in the semifinals to José Acasuso and Óscar Hernández. Lucas Arnold Ker and Mariano Hood Mariano Hood (born 14 August 1973) is a retired left-handed professional Argentine tennis player who specialized in doubles. In his career, Hood won 13 out of the 26 top level doubles finals he was in. He turned professional in 1993, and curren ... won the title by defeating Acasuso and Hernández 7–6(7–5), 6–1 in the final. Seeds Draw Draw References External links Main draw (ATP)ITF tournament profile {{DEFAULTSORT:2004 BCR Open Romania - Doubles 2004 in tennis Romanian Open ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lleyton Hewitt
Lleyton Glynn Hewitt (born 24 February 1981) is an Australian former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 80 weeks, including as the year-end No. 1 in 2001 ATP Tour, 2001 and 2002 ATP Tour, 2002. Hewitt won Lleyton Hewitt career statistics, 30 singles titles and 3 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, including two singles Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, majors at the 2001 US Open – Men's singles, 2001 US Open and 2002 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles, 2002 Wimbledon Championships, a doubles major at the 2000 US Open – Men's doubles, 2000 US Open, the 2001 Tennis Masters Cup – Singles, 2001 and 2002 Tennis Masters Cup – Singles, 2002 Tennis Masters Cups in singles, and led Australia Davis Cup team, Australia to Davis Cup crowns in 1999 Davis Cup, 1999 and 2003 Davis Cup, 2003. In November 2001, Hewitt became (at the time) the youn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rome Masters
The Italian Open () is an annual professional tennis tournament held in Rome, Italy. It is played on clay courts at the Foro Italico, and is held during the second week of May. The tournament is part of the ATP 1000 events on the ATP Tour and part of the WTA 1000 events on the WTA Tour. The two events were combined in 2011. History The Italian tennis championship was first held in 1930 in Milan at the Tennis Club and was initiated by Count Alberto Bonacossa. The singles events at the tournament were won by Bill Tilden and Lilí Álvarez. The championships were held in Milan until 1934. The next year, 1935, the event moved to the ''Foro Italico'' in Rome. No edition was held between 1936 and 1949. The competition resumed in 1950. In 1961, on the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the Unification of Italy, the tournament was held in Turin at the Sporting Club. It has had various naming incarnations through the years including: the Italian International Championships, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennis
Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket strung with a cord to strike a hollow rubber tennis ball, ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's tennis court, court. The object is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. If a player is unable to return the ball successfully, the opponent scores a Point (tennis), point. Playable at all levels of society and at all ages, tennis can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including Wheelchair tennis, wheelchair users. The original forms of tennis developed in France during the late Middle Ages. The modern form of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis. It had close connections to various field (lawn) games such as croqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 US Open – Men's Doubles
Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals against Lukáš Dlouhý and Leander Paes. Lukáš Dlouhý and Leander Paes won in the final 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 against Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles Mark Knowles (born 4 September 1971) is a Bahamians, Bahamian former professional tennis player and coach. He is a former List of ATP number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles tennis, doubles. He won three of the four Gran .... Seeds Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Bottom half Section 3 Section 4 External links Main Draw at the Inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
