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1995 Seoul Open – Singles
Jeremy Bates (tennis player), Jeremy Bates was the defending champion, but retired from his opening round match. Greg Rusedski won the title, defeating Lars Rehmann, who retired from the final while Rusedski held a 6–4, 3–1 lead. Seeds Draw Finals Top half Bottom half References External links Main draw {{DEFAULTSORT:1995 Seoul Open - Singles Seoul Open 1995 ATP Tour 1995 Seoul Open ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Rusedski
Gregory Rusedski (born 6 September 1973) is a Canadian-British former professional tennis player. He was the British No. 1 in 1997, 1999 and 2006, and reached the ATP Tour, ATP ranking of world No. 4 for periods from 6 October 1997 to 12 October 1997 and from 25 May 1998 to 21 June 1998. In 1997, he was the 1997 US Open – Men's singles, US Open finalist, which led to him receiving the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award and the ITV Sports Champion of the Year Award. Also, he scored 30 wins and 13 losses with the Great Britain Davis Cup team. Along with erstwhile rival and teammate Tim Henman, Rusedski was credited with beginning a renaissance in British men's singles tennis from the doldrums of the eighties and nineties, reaching a Grand Slam (tennis), grand slam final and returning Great Britain to relevance in the Davis Cup, progress that would eventually be brought to fruition by Andy Murray. Personal life Rusedski was born in Montreal, Quebec, to a British mother and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Herrera (tennis)
Luis-Enrique Herrera (born 27 August 1971) is a Mexican former professional tennis player. Career Herrera was Mexico's national champion in the 12s, 14s and 16s junior events. He partnered Mark Knowles in the Boys' Doubles at the 1989 French Open and they finished runners-up. He broke into the top 100 for the first time in 1991, after some good performances on the ATP Tour. Herrera reached the semi-final of the Seoul Open and the quarter-final in Washington. En route to the Washington quarter finals he defeated John McEnroe. He also won the gold medal at the 1991 Pan American Games, held in Cuba. In 1992, he reached the third round of the Wimbledon Championships, having beaten veteran Jimmy Connors in four sets and Japan's Shuzo Matsuoka in five sets. This was the furthest a Mexican had gone at Wimbledon since Raúl Ramírez reached the quarters in 1978. He also made it into the semi-finals of the Manchester Open and along the way defeated second-seed Brad Gilbert, in a close ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Wekesa
Paul Wekesa (born 2 July 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Kenya. He won 3 doubles titles, achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 100 and reached two tour-level quarterfinals at Auckland in 1989 and Seoul in 1995. Tennis career Prior to turning professional, he won the doubles tournament at the 1987 Division II NCAA Men's Tennis Championships while attending Chapman University. During his career, Wekesa won 3 ATP Tour doubles titles. He reached the quarterfinals in doubles at the 1992 Australian Open. Wekesa won a bronze medal at the 1987 All-Africa Games held in Nairobi, Kenya. He is the only Kenyan tennis player to reach Top 100 of ATP rankings. He also features for the Kenya Davis Cup team and was still active in 1998. He was the first player to be beaten by Tim Henman Timothy Henry Henman (born 6 September 1974) is a British former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 4 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Profes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Weinzierl
Jan Weinzierl (born 1 May 1973) is a former professional tennis player from Germany. Biography Weinzierl, a right-handed player, grew up in Biberach an der Riss. A winner of 11 Futures titles, he has beaten Nikolay Davydenko in Futures tournaments on three occasions and also has a win over Jo Wilfried Tsonga. He played his first Challenger tournament in 1994 and finished runner-up at Challengers twice in his career, at Campos Do Jordao and Sopot. His two ATP Tour main draw appearance came eight years apart. In 1995 he lost in the final round of qualifying at the Seoul Open but entered the draw as a lucky loser, where he was beaten in the first round by Paul Wekesa. He featured as a lucky loser again when he played at the 2003 International Raiffeisen Grand Prix in Sankt Pölten and lost in the first round to Irakli Labadze Irakli Labadze ( ka, ირაკლი ლაბაძე, tr, ; born June 9, 1981) is a Georgian retired professional tennis player. His career-high sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wally Masur
Wally Masur (; born 13 May 1963) is a tennis coach, television commentator, and former professional tennis player from Sydney, Australia. He reached the semifinals of the 1987 Australian Open and the 1993 US Open, achieving a career-high singles ranking of world No. 15 in October 1993. Tennis career Juniors Masur began playing tennis at the age of eight. In 1980, he reached the final of the Australian Open boys' singles tournament and won the boys' doubles title. Pro tour Masur turned professional in 1982. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. In 1983, Masur won his first top-level singles title at Hong Kong, and his first tour doubles title at Taipei. He also reached quarterfinals of that year's Australian Open, before being knocked out by John McEnroe. In 1987, Masur won his second career singles title at Adelaide and reached the Australian Open semifinals, where he lost to eventual champion Stefan Edberg. Masur won his third singles title in 1988 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Bates (tennis)
Michael Jeremy Bates (born 19 June 1962) is a British former professional tennis player. He was ranked UK number 1 in 1987 and from 1989 to 1994. He reached a career-high ATP world ranking of 54 from 17 April 1995 to 23 April 1995. During his career Bates won two Grand Slam mixed doubles titles, at Wimbledon in 1987 and the Australian Open in 1991, partnering his fellow British player Jo Durie. He also won one top-level singles title and three men's doubles titles on the professional circuit. After retiring as a player, Bates served as the captain of Britain's Davis Cup team from 2004 to 2006. Career Bates turned professional in 1982. Partnering his fellow British player Jo Durie, he won the mixed doubles titles at Wimbledon in 1987, the first British doubles team to win the title for 51 years and the Australian Open in 1991, the first time a British doubles team has ever won the title. He was also a Men's Doubles runner-up at the Australian Open in 1988 (partnering Sweden's P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emanuel Couto
Emanuel Couto (born 6 August 1973), is a Portuguese former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 91 in 1997. The highest moment of his career was his only ATP level victory in his home country at the Oporto Open in 1996 with fellow Portuguese player and regular doubles partner Bernardo Mota. Couto participated in 20 Davis Cup ties for Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it share ... from 1994 to 2003, posting a 13–5 record in doubles and an 11–10 record in singles. Couto also represented Portugal in the Olympics in Barcelona 92 and Atlanta 96 in the doubles category. Career finals Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) Awards *2013 – ITF Commitment Award References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Couto, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Montana
Francisco Montana (born November 5, 1969) is a former professional 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 st ... player from the United States. He turned into a professional in 1990. He reached his career high doubles ranking, world No. 13, on July 8, 1998. Montana reached his career high singles ranking, world No.100, on May 4, 1992. Performance timelines Singles Doubles ATP Career Finals Doubles: 17 (10 titles, 7 runner-ups) ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 3 (0–3) Doubles: 19 (12–7) External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Montana, Francisco 1969 births Living people American male tennis players Georgia Bulldogs men's tennis players Tennis players from Miami 20th-century American sportsmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carsten Arriens
Carsten Arriens (born 11 April 1969) is a former professional tennis player from Germany. Career Arriens played his first tournament on the ATP Tour in 1991, at the Geneva Open, where he upset world number 33 Omar Camporese. In 1992 he won the Guarujá Open, as a qualifier. It would be his only tour title. He also reached the quarter-finals in Long Island. At the 1993 French Open, Arriens won his first Grand Slam match, outlasting Thomas Enqvist in five sets. He was then defeated by MaliVai Washington in the second round. He had a quiet year in 1994, with his best result being a quarter-final appearance in the Athens International. In 1995, while playing New Zealander Brett Steven in the opening round of the French Open, Arriens became the first player in the Open era to be disqualified from the French championships. Upon losing the second set, to level the match at 1–1, the German threw his racquet into the net in frustration, from the baseline. He received a warning fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Mronz
Alexander Mronz (born 7 April 1965) is a former tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 1987. Mronz played right-handed, and won one doubles title (1988, Schenectady) in his career. Mronz reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on April 8, 1991, when he became the world No. 73. Mronz is famous for being the opponent of Jeff Tarango in a third round match at 1995 Wimbledon, having already knocked out Sjeng Schalken and Kenneth Carlsen to get to that stage. Mronz was leading by a set and a break, when Tarango was defaulted after losing his temper with the umpire, Bruno Rebeuh, following a couple of code violations. Tarango walked off the court in anger. Tarango's wife, Benedict, later slapped Rebeuh across the face. Mronz then lost to the world No. 1, Andre Agassi, in the fourth round. Mronz also reached the third round of the 1994 Australian Open, losing from 2 sets up against former world No. 1 and three-time Australian Open champion Mats Wilander ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leander Paes
Leander Adrian Paes ( ; born 17 June 1973) is an Indian former professional tennis player and the first Asian man to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. He is regarded as one of the greatest doubles tennis players of all-time and holds the record for the most doubles wins in the Davis Cup. Paes won eight men's doubles and ten mixed doubles Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam titles. He holds a career Grand Slam in men's doubles and mixed doubles making him one of only three men in the Open era to achieve this distinction and won the rare men's/mixed double at the 1999 Wimbledon Championships. Paes, together with Mahesh Bhupathi, were the first pair in Open era history to reach the men's doubles finals of all 4 Grand Slams in the same calendar year (1999). His mixed doubles Wimbledon Championships, Wimbledon title in 2015 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles, 2015 made him the second man (after Rod Laver) to win Wimbledon titles in three different decades. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Rădulescu
Alex Rădulescu (born 7 December 1974) is a former tennis player from Romania, who competed for Germany. Rădulescu turned professional in 1995. The righthander reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on 10 March 1997, when he became World No. 51. At the 1996 Wimbledon tournament Rădulescu had his best finish at a Grand Slam tournament, where he reached the quarterfinals by defeating Arnaud Boetsch, Stefano Pescosolido, David Wheaton David Wheaton (born June 2, 1969) is an American author, radio host, columnist, and former professional tennis player. Personal Born in Minneapolis as the youngest of four children. During his tennis career, he dated tennis star Mary Joe Fern ... and Neville Godwin before losing to MaliVai Washington. He currently coaches at the Tennis-Company in Munich. Junior Grand Slam finals Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) ATP career finals Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals Singles: 6 (4–2) Double ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
