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1989 Grand Prix De Tennis De Toulouse – Singles
The 1989 Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts in Toulouse, France that was part of the Regular Series of the 1989 Grand Prix tennis circuit. It was the eighth edition of the tournament and was held from 9 October – 15 October. Seeds Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. Draw Finals Top half Bottom half References {{DEFAULTSORT:1989 Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse - Singles Singles Singles are people not in a committed relationship. Singles may also refer to: Film and television * ''Singles'' (miniseries), a 1984 Australian television series * ''Singles'' (1992 film), written and directed by Cameron Crowe * ''Singles'' ... Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Connors
James Scott Connors (born September 2, 1952) is an American 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 268 weeks (List of ATP number 1 ranked singles players#Weeks at No. 1, fifth-most of all time), and finished as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles players#Year-end No. 1 players, year-end No. 1 five times. By virtue of his long and prolific career, Connors still holds three prominent Open Era tennis records – men's singles#All tournaments, Open Era men's singles records: 109 titles, 1,557 matches played, and 1,274 match wins. His titles include eight singles Grand Slam (tennis), majors (an Open Era joint-record five US Open (tennis), US Opens, two The Championships, Wimbledon, Wimbledons, one Australian Open) and three Open Era tennis records – men's singles#Year-end championships, year-end championships. In 1974, he became the seco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diego Pérez (tennis)
Diego Pérez (; born 9 February 1962) is a retired professional tennis player from Uruguay. Pérez turned pro in 1981, and won one ATP Tour singles and three doubles titles in his career, which lasted until 1995. He has the most singles wins for the Uruguay Davis Cup team (31, shared with 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 o ...). ATP career finals Singles (1 win, 1 loss) Doubles (3 wins, 12 losses) External links * * * 1962 births Living people Uruguayan male tennis players Tennis players from Montevideo South American Games medalists in tennis South American Games silver medalists for Uruguay Competitors at the 1978 Southern Cross Games Tennis players at the 1995 Pan American Games 20th-century Uruguayan sportsmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andres Võsand
Andres Võsand (born 10 March 1966) is a former professional tennis player from Estonia. He represented the Soviet Union for most of his career, but was based in West Germany, then in 1995 took up German citizenship.All draw sheets on the ATP website give his nationality as German or West German, but he didn't become a German citizen until after he retired from the ATP Tour Career Võsand won the mixed doubles title at the 1987 USSR tennis championship and was also a singles semi-finalist. The Estonian appeared in the main draw of five Grand Slam tournaments during his career. He twice made it past the first round, both times in the French Open. In 1988 he beat both Menno Oosting and Jorge Lozano en route to a third round exit, at the hands of Andre Agassi. He was the only qualifier in the draw to make the final 32 and had gone into the tournament ranked 256th in the world. At the French Open the following year he reached the second round, defeating Alexander Mronz. He also co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Francisco Altur
José Francisco Altur Gascón (born 24 March 1968) is a tennis coach and a former professional player from Spain. Career Pro tour Altur won the 1989 San Marino Open, as a qualifier, although he didn't have to face a single top 100 player. It was his only tournament win on the ATP Tour. He played 11 Grand Slam singles matches during his career, but lost them all. His most noteworthy efforts were taking a set off Jim Courier at the 1990 French Open and winning the opening set against Michael Chang at that year's Wimbledon. Altur did however make it into the second round of the Men's Doubles at the 1990 Australian Open, his only Grand Slam appearance in that format. Partnering South African David Adams, they defeated the Spanish pairing of Jordi Arrese and Francisco Clavet. His best performance in 1992 came at the Croatia Open, where he reached the quarterfinals. In 1993 he made the semifinals of the BMW Open in Munich. Although he lost the first set, Altur was able to defea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michiel Schapers
Michiel Schapers (; born 11 October 1959) is a former tennis player and coach from the Netherlands. Tennis career Turning professional in 1982, Schapers represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where he was defeated in quarterfinals by eventual winner Miloslav Mečíř of Czechoslovakia. In 1987 at Wimbledon, he was the only player to take a set against eventual champion Pat Cash Patrick Hart Cash (born 27 May 1965) is an Australian former professional tennis player and coach. He reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 4 in May 1988 and a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 6 in August 1988. Upo ... in their third-round match. His most famous victory was over reigning Wimbledon champion Boris Becker in the second round of the 1985 Australian Open. Schapers went on to reach the quarterfinals, his best singles result at a Grand Slam, and later equaled that result at the 1988 Australian Open. In 1988, he reached the fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Bergström
Per Christian Bergström (born 19 July 1967) is a former tennis player from Sweden, who turned professional in 1985. He did not win any titles (neither singles nor doubles) during his career, but reached three singles quarter-finals in Grand Slam tournaments: Wimbledon (1990, 1994) and Australian Open (1993). The right-hander reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on 27 January 1992, when he became World No. 32. Career 1984–1985: Junior career Bergström was the Swedish junior champion in 1984 and European junior champion in 1985. He reached the semi-finals of the 1985 U.S. Open Juniors, losing to Joey Blake. At the Junior French Open, he lost in the 3rd round to Thomas Muster. Bergström was ranked No. 2 in the ITF Junior world rankings and turned professional at the end of 1985. Junior Slam results – Singles *French Open: 3R (1985) *US Open: SF (1985) Junior Slam results – Doubles *French Open: QF (1985) *US Open: 2R (1985) 1986–1987 Bergströ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabrice Santoro
Fabrice Vetea Santoro (; born 9 December 1972) is a French former professional tennis player. Successful in both singles and doubles, he had an unusually long professional career, with many of his accomplishments coming towards the end of his career, and he is popular among spectators and other players alike for his winning demeanor and shot-making abilities; he is also one of a rare breed of player who plays two-handed on both the forehand and backhand sides. Owing to his longevity on the tour and consistent ranking, Santoro holds several Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP records: the most career wins over top ten opponents for a player who never reached the top ten (40). He was the first player to appear in Open Era tennis records – Men's singles#Grand Slam tournaments, 70 Grand Slam men's singles events, and has the second-most losses in singles play behind López (444). In singles, Santoro won six titles, but reached the quarterfinals at a Grand Slam only once. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Bailey (tennis)
Chris Bailey (born 29 April 1968) is a former professional tennis player (1987–1994), British No. 1 and ATP world No. 126 (1989), now a television sports commentator on tennis (BBC Sport 1995-2010, Sky Sports 1995–2007) and football (One since February 2010), and a real estate property consultant in Australia. Early life Chris D. Bailey was born in Norwich in 1968 and grew up in Norfolk. In 1980 he won the under-12 British Championships, subsequently reaching the semi-finals in the under-16 (1984) and under-18 (1986) Championships. In 1985 he won the Cromer Lawn Tennis & Squash Association tournament, which now incorporates the Men's Open Championship of Norfolk. In 1986 he reached the junior Wimbledon quarter-finals. His nickname is Bails. Tennis career Chris became a professional tennis player at the age of 19, in June 1987, with a provisional ranking of 625 in the world, winning his first match against fellow Englishman and world No. 202 Steve Shaw at the Bristol gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Tauson
Michael Tauson (born 25 June 1966 in Copenhagen) is a former tennis player from Denmark, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. There he was defeated in the first round by the number five seed from the United States, Brad Gilbert. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 5 March 1990, when he became the number 101 of the world. Nowadays Michael Tauson is working, among other things, as tennis commentator for the Danish television channels TV2 and TV2 Sport. Personal life His niece Clara Tauson is also a professional tennis player. Challenger titles Singles: (2) Doubles: (1) See also *List of Denmark Davis Cup team representatives This is a list of tennis players who have represented the Denmark Davis Cup team in an official Davis Cup match. Denmark have taken part in the competition since 1921. Players References {{DEFAULTSORT:Denmark Davis Cup Lists of Davis C ... References External links * 1966 birth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Laurendeau
Martin Laurendeau (; born July 10, 1964) is a tennis coach and a former professional player and captain of the Canada Davis Cup team. Professional career A 6'3 right-hander, Laurendeau starred in collegiate tennis at Pepperdine University where he played between 1984 and 1987. He finished his career with the second most career singles wins in school history with 80 and the third best singles winning percentage (.816). During his pro career which stretched from 1986 to 1993, Laurendeau had a career ATP tour singles win–loss record of 36 and 60. His best results were a round of 16 appearance in the 1988 U.S. Open and a third round appearance at the 1991 Wimbledon Championships, both in singles. His best ranking was World No. 90 which he achieved in October 1988. His tour doubles record stands at 15 and 33. Coaching career Laurendeau has been a tennis coach since 1994 and is currently coaching top-50 player Gabriel Diallo since 2021. He became the Canada Davis Cup captain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javier Frana
Javier Alberto Frana Maggi (; born 25 December 1966) is a former tennis player from Argentina and former tennis commentator for ESPN Latin America. He won 1996 French Open mixed doubles title with compatriot Patricia Tarabini. Tennis career Frana turned professional in 1986. He reached his career-high ATP singles ranking on July 24, 1995, when he became world No. 30. His highest doubles ranking was world No. 14, achieved on May 25, 1992. Olympics Frana debuted at the Seoul Olympics in 1988, where he was defeated in the second round by fellow countryman Martín Jaite, 2–6, 4–6 and 2–6. At the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, he reached the second round again, this time falling to France's Fabrice Santoro, 6–4, 2–6, 1–6, and 1–6. He represented his native country for the last time in Olympic competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, where he was defeated in the first round by Great Britain's Greg Rusedski. Personal life Frana was born in Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Éric Winogradsky
Éric Winogradsky (born 22 April 1966) is a French tennis coach and a former professional player. Career He never reached a final in singles on the ATP Tour, but was much more successful in doubles, winning two titles and finishing runner-up at the 1989 French Open. At the 1987 French Open, Winogradsky upset Stefan Edberg in straight sets en route to the third round. Coaching He was Jo-Wilfried Tsonga's coach from 2004 until 2011. Since 2024, he is coaching Lucas Pouille Lucas Pouille (, born 23 February 1994) is a French professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 10, achieved on 19 March 2018 and a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 79, achieved on 11 April 2016. .... Career finals Doubles: 4 (2–2) External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Winogradsky, Eric 1966 births Living people French male tennis players French people of Polish descent Sportspeople from Neuilly-sur-Seine Tennis players from Hauts-de-Seine 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
