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1999 Investor Swedish Open – Singles
The defending champion was Magnus Gustafsson, but he lost in the second round to Martín Rodríguez. The unseeded Juan Antonio Marín from Costa Rica Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America. It borders Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, as well as Maritime bo ... won the singles title. Seeds A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. Draw References {{DEFAULTSORT:Swedish Open - Singles, 1999 Men's singles 1999 ATP Tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Antonio Marín
Juan Antonio Marín Casero (born 2 March 1975) is a former professional male tennis player from Costa Rica, who represented the Central American nation at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He originally played on tour under the Spanish flag, as he was born to a father from Murcia and a mother from Asturias, and lived in Spain since the age of 14. However, in May 1998 he began representing Costa Rica. In October 1999, Marín reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 55. Previously that year he came close to beating the then-world No. 2 Pete Sampras at the 1999 French Open The 1999 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament was held from 24 May until 6 June. It was the 98th staging of the French Open, and the second Gra ..., with the American eventually winning 6–7, 6–4, 7–5, 6–7, 6–4. He never won a Grand Slam main draw match, despite appearing in 17. ATP c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Markus Hipfl
Markus Hipfl (born 26 April 1978) is a former professional tennis player from Austria. Career Hipfl had a noteworthy junior career. He won the Under-16s Orange Bowl in 1994 and was also a finalist in that year's European Championship. In 1996 he finished runner-up in the 1996 US Open Boys' Singles, losing in the final to German Daniel Elsner. During the 1999 ATP Tour, Hipfl broke into the top 100 for the first time. He made the semi-finals of Morocco's Grand Prix Hassan II and was a quarter-finalist at four tournaments, in San Marino, Sankt Pölten, Sicily and Majorca. His best performances in 2000 included being a semi-finalist at the Swedish Open and making another quarter-final appearance in the International Raiffeisen Grand Prix at Sankt Pölten. Hipfl bettered his previous two efforts at the Sankt Pölten tournament in 2001, making it into the final, which he lost to fellow wild card Andrea Gaudenzi. He also reached quarter-finals at the 2001 Copa AT&T and the 2001 Es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacobo Díaz
Jacobo Díaz Ruiz (born 11 July 1976) is a former professional male tennis player 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 ... from Spain who retired in 2004. He had a promising juniors career, highlighted by the victory at Roland Garros in 1994. The right-handed player's career-high ATP Entry ranking was World No. 68, achieved in June 2001. ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 9 (5–4) Performance timeline Singles Junior Grand Slam Finals Singles: 1 (1 title) Wins over top 10 players External links * * 1976 births Living people French Open junior champions Spanish male tennis players Tennis players from Madrid Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles {{Spain-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Alonso
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Germán Puentes
Germán Puentes Alcañiz (born 18 December 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. Career Puentes was the runner-up in the 1989 Spanish Junior Championships. The Spaniard appeared in the main singles draw of five Grand Slams during his career but only once made the second round, at the 2001 Wimbledon Championships, with a win over Mariano Puerta. He also won just one Grand Slam doubles match, which was against South Africans Jeff Coetzee and Marcos Ondruska in the 2001 Australian Open, partnering Juan Balcells. His best singles showing on the ATP Tour came at Prague in 1999 when he reached the semi-finals and he was also a quarter-finalist in the Swedish Open that year and again in the 2001 Grand Prix Hassan II. As a doubles player he teamed up with countryman Eduardo Nicolás to make the semi-final stage of the 1999 Swedish Open. That effort was matched in the 2001 Mexican Open with Albert Portas. The pair also had a win that year over the fifth s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slava Doseděl
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Dinu Pescariu
Dinu Mihail Pescariu (born 12 April 1974) is a former tennis player from Romania, who turned professional in 1991. The right-hander represented his native country at two Summer Olympics: in Barcelona (1992) and in Atlanta (1996). He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 6 August 1998, when he became the number 75 of the world. ATP career finals Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runners-up) Performance timeline Singles ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 14 (9–5) Doubles: 11 (5–6) Controversy On 10 October 2017, the Romanian National Anticorruption Directorate The National Anticorruption Directorate (), formerly National Anticorruption Prosecution Office (), is the Romanian agency tasked with preventing, investigating and prosecuting Political corruption, corruption-related offenses (such as bribery, g ... announced that Dinu Pescariu will be prosecuted in the file of taking over ‘Cutezatorii’ sports base in Bucharest. He is being investigated, u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hendrik Dreekmann
Hendrik Dreekmann (born 29 January 1975) is a former tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 1991. He reached the quarterfinals of the 1994 French Open and the 1997 Miami Masters. Personal life Dreekmann was born in Bielefeld, West Germany, on 29 January 1975. He has been married to former long jumper Susen Tiedtke since 28 January 2005. Career Juniors As a junior, Dreekmann was the runner-up at the 1989 European Junior Championships in Sofia, and reached the semis at the 1991 Orange Bowl. Pro tour Dreekman's greatest result in singles was reaching the quarterfinals of the 1994 French Open, only the second grand slam he had participated in. En route he defeated Adrian Voinea, Richey Reneberg and former top tenners Carlos Costa and Aaron Krickstein. In the quarter-finals, Dreekman led Magnus Larsson two sets to love, but eventually lost in five sets. The right-hander reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour The ATP Tour (known as ATP Worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduardo Nicolás
Eduardo Nicolás Espin (born 22 September 1972) 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 Spain. Nicolas played most of his doubles career beside Germán Puentes, his partner in all five of his Grand Slam appearances. They failed to win a single Grand Slam match but did reach the semi-finals of the Swedish Open in 1999 and win six Challenger titles. As a singles player he was a quarter-finalist in the 1999 Prague Open, defeating world number 65 Ján Krošlák and German Markus Hantschk. He was eliminated in the quarter-finals by his doubles partner, Puentes. Challenger titles Doubles: (6) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Nicolas, Eduardo 1972 births Living people Spanish male tennis players Tennis players from Barcelona [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikael Tillström
Mikael Tillström (born 5 March 1972) is a former tennis player and coach from Sweden. Career He represented his native country as at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he was defeated in the third round by Switzerland's Roger Federer. The right-hander won one career title in singles (Chennai, 1997) and eight career doubles titles, all but one with fellow Swede Nicklas Kulti. He also reached the final of 2000 Majorca Open. He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 14 October 1996, when he became world no. 39. His best performance at a Grand Slam came when he got to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open in 1996, defeating Aaron Krickstein, Christian Ruud, Patrick McEnroe and Thomas Muster and then losing to Michael Chang Michael Te-pei Chang (born February 22, 1972) is an American former professional tennis player and coach. He was ranked world No. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in 1996. Chang is the youngest man in history to win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Örtegren
Johan Örtegren (born 22 March 1978) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. Career Örtegren made his ATP singles main draw debut at the 1999 Swedish Open as a qualifier, losing to world number 52 and fifth seed Christian Ruud of Norway in the first round. He also qualified for the 2000 Stockholm Open and after beating Fredrik Jonsson he lost to Sebastien Grosjean, the tournament sixth seed and world number 20, in the second round. He has the dubious honour of losing a match 6–0, 6–0, 6–0 when he was beaten by Todd Woodbridge at the 2001 Wimbledon qualifying tournament. Örtegren played mostly on the Futures circuit reaching five finals and winning three titles. He also won two ITF doubles titles. Örtegren has a career high ATP singles ranking of 295 achieved on 6 August 2001. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 479 achieved on 29 January 2001. After his retirement as a professional player, Örtegren took up coaching. He also joined the coachi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davide Sanguinetti
Davide Sanguinetti (; born 25 August 1972) is an Italian former professional male tennis player. Personal life Born in Viareggio in Tuscany, he attended the Harry Hopman academy in Florida and then UCLA. He now resides in Monte Carlo. Tennis career Sanguinetti has won two ATP singles titles in 2002, defeating Roger Federer ( Milan Indoor) and Andy Roddick ( Delray Beach) in the finals, and one doubles titles (Umag 1997). His career-high singles ranking was World No. 42 (31 December 2005), and he has represented Italy in the Davis Cup since 1998. In 1998, Sanguinetti made a run to the Wimbledon quarter-finals, defeating Johan Van Herck, Franco Squillari, Vladimir Voltchkov and Francisco Clavet before losing to Richard Krajicek in straight sets. At the 2005 US Open, Sanguinetti achieved one of the most memorable runs of his career, reaching the fourth round. He defeated Carlos Moyá and Paradorn Srichaphan – the latter in a four-and-a-half-hour match – before lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |