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2003 NASDAQ-100 Open – Men's Doubles
Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Roger Federer and Max Mirnyi. Federer and Mirnyi won in the final 7–5, 6–3 against Leander Paes and David Rikl David Rikl (born 27 February 1971) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. His success came mostly in doubles, winning 30 titles and finishing runner-up at the 2004 US Open and 2001 Wimbledon Championships Doubles even .... Seeds Draw Final Top half Bottom half External links 2003 NASDAQ-100 Open Men's Doubles Draw {{DEFAULTSORT:2003 NASDAQ-100 Open - Men's Doubles 2003 NASDAQ-100 Open Doubles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Federer
Roger Federer ( , ; born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 310 weeks (List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players#Weeks at No. 1, second-most of all time), including a record 237 consecutive weeks, and finished as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players#Year-end No. 1 players, year-end No. 1 five times. Federer won 103 singles titles on the ATP Tour, the second most since the start of the Open Era in 1968, including 20 Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major men's singles titles (among which a record eight men's singles Wimbledon Championships, Wimbledon titles, and an Open Era joint-record five men's singles US Open (tennis), US Open titles) and six ATP Finals, year-end championships. For nearly two decades, Federer was a leading figure in men's tennis alongside Rafael Nadal a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Robredo
Tomás Robredo Garcés (, ; born 1 May 1982) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 5, which he reached in August 2006 as a result of winning the 2006 Hamburg Masters – Singles, Hamburg Masters earlier in the year. Robredo reached the quarterfinals at seven singles Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major tournaments. He was also a three-time semifinalist at the US Open (tennis), US Open men's doubles tournament, and a semifinalist at the Australian Open in mixed doubles. Robredo turned professional in 1998 and was coached by José Clavet, José Manuel "Pepo" Clavet and then by Karim Perona. Robredo considered his forehand to be his best shot, and clay court, red clay his favorite surface. He remains the only player in Open Era history to mount three consecutive comebacks from two sets down, a feat achieved en route to the quarterfinals of the 2013 French Open – Men's singles, 2013 French Open. He has one of the highest AT ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mardy Fish
Mardy Simpson Fish (born December 9, 1981) is an American former professional tennis player. He was a hardcourt specialist. He is one of several American tennis players who rose to prominence in the early 2000s. Fish won six tournaments on the main ATP Tour and reached the final of four ATP World Tour Masters 1000, Masters Series events: Cincinnati Masters, Cincinnati in 2003 and 2010, Indian Wells Masters, Indian Wells in 2008, and Rogers Cup (tennis), Montreal in 2011. His best results at Grand Slam tournaments are reaching the quarterfinals of the 2007 Australian Open, the 2008 US Open (tennis), 2008 US Open, and the 2011 Wimbledon Championships. At the 2004 Summer Olympic Games, Fish won the silver medal in men's singles, losing the final to Nicolás Massú. In April 2011, Fish overtook compatriot Andy Roddick to become the American No. 1 in the ATP rankings, reaching a career-high singles ranking of world No. 7 in August 2011. He then played in the year-end tournament for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Professionals (ATP) during the early 2000s. Henman won 15 career ATP Tour titles (eleven in singles and four in doubles), including the 2003 Paris Masters. A serve-and-volley player, he was the first British man to reach the singles semifinals of Wimbledon since Roger Taylor in the 1970s. Henman reached six major semifinals, and earned a 40–14 win-loss record with the Great Britain Davis Cup team. Henman was the British No. 1 player in 1996 and again from 1999 to 2005. He is one of the most successful British players of the Open Era, winning $11,635,542 prize money. In the 2004 New Year Honours, he was appointed an OBE. Henman started playing tennis before the age of three, and began systematic training in the Slater Squad at eleven. After suffering a serious injury which affected him for the better part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahesh Bhupathi
Mahesh Shrinivas Bhupathi (born 7 June 1974) is an Indian former doubles world No. 1 tennis player. In 1997, he became the first Indian to win a major tournament (with Rika Hiraki). With his win at the 2006 Australian Open mixed doubles, he joined the elite group of eight tennis players who have achieved a career Grand Slam in mixed doubles. He is also the founder of International Premier Tennis League. In December 2016, Bhupathi was appointed as India's next non-playing Davis Cup captain and took over the reins from Anand Amritraj in February 2017. Career 1995–2006 Mahesh Bhupathi is considered one of the top doubles players of the 1990s and 2000s. In 1999, Bhupathi won three doubles titles with Leander Paes, including the French Open and Wimbledon. He and Paes became the first doubles team to reach the finals of all four Grand Slams, the first time such a feat has been achieved in the open era and the first time since 1952. On 26 April of that year, they became the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sjeng Schalken
Sjeng Schalken (; born 8 September 1976) is a coach and a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands. Playing style A right-handed baseliner with a single-handed backhand, Schalken's game is characterised by his consistency of both wings and his continental technique on both the forehand and backhand. The latter is his major weapon, a rallying shot that is also capable of being struck for winners either cross-court or down the line. The player he admired most while growing up was Ivan Lendl. Schalken is known for his placid on-court demeanour, seemingly reacting in the same manner whether trailing or leading. But as a junior and a young pro he had an explosive temper that, he has stated, hindered him in many matches and caused him to lose through not thinking clearly. Only in 1999 did he manage to suppress his emotional side while on court and develop a more level-headed temperament, although he was disqualified from the Nasdaq-100 Open in 2004 for verbally abusing t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Adams (tennis)
David Dixie Adams (born 5 January 1970) is a former tennis player from South Africa. He turned professional in 1989. In his career, he won 19 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 33 times, including at the French Open in 1992. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 9 in February 1994. Adams participated in six Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and contested annually between teams from over 150 competing countries, making it the world's largest annual ... ties for South Africa between 1997 and 2003, posting a 4–2 record, all in doubles. Adams won two Grand Slam titles in mixed doubles, both with fellow South African Mariaan de Swardt, taking the Australian Open title in 1999 and the French Open title in 2000. Grand Slam finals Mixed doubles: 2 (2 titles) Career finals Doubles: 52 (19 titles, 33 runner-ups) Doubles performan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rainer Schüttler
Rainer Schüttler (; born 25 April 1976) is a German former professional tennis player. Schüttler was the runner-up at the 2003 Australian Open and a semifinalist at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships. He won an Olympic silver medal in doubles at the 2004 Athens Olympics, and achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 5 in April 2004. Early life He began playing tennis at the age of nine. He resides in Switzerland. Career 2003–2009 In 2003, Schüttler became the first German since Boris Becker in 1989 to advance to the fourth round at all Grand Slam tournaments. He became the first German to reach a Grand Slam final, at the Australian Open, since Michael Stich was the runner-up at Roland Garros in 1996. En route to the final, which he lost in straight sets to Andre Agassi, he defeated Andy Roddick who would end the season as world No 1. In 2004, Schüttler reached his first career ATP Masters Series final in Monte Carlo by beating Gustavo Kuerten in the first round, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Kohlmann
Michael Kohlmann (born 11 January 1974) is a retired professional tennis player from Germany. Primarily a doubles specialist, he has won five ATP Tour doubles titles in his career. In March 2007, he reached his career-high doubles ranking of World No. 27. Kohlmann reached the third round of the 1998 US Open in singles and was part of the squad who reached the semifinals of the 2007 Davis Cup. Since 2015 he is the captain of the Germany Davis Cup Team The Germany Davis Cup team represents Germany in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the German Tennis Federation. As East Germany never participated in the Davis Cup, and the Deutscher Tennisbund remained the same organization thro .... Performance timelines Singles Doubles Mixed doubles ATP Career Finals Doubles: 19 (5 titles, 14 runner-ups) ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 10 (5–5) Doubles: 41 (23–18) External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kohlmann, Michael 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Roddick
Andrew Stephen Roddick (born August 30, 1982) is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 13 weeks, including as the year-end No. 1 in 2003. Roddick won 32 ATP Tour-level singles titles, including a major at the 2003 US Open and five Masters events, and led the United States to the 2007 Davis Cup title. He was the runner-up at four other majors (Wimbledon in 2004, 2005, and 2009, and the US Open in 2006), losing to rival Roger Federer each time. Roddick was ranked in the year-end top 10 for nine consecutive years (2002–2010), first reaching the No. 1 spot in 2003. Roddick retired from the sport following the 2012 US Open to focus on his work at the Andy Roddick Foundation. In retirement, Roddick played for the Austin Aces in World Team Tennis in 2015. He was also the 2015 and 2017 champion of the QQQ Champions Series. Roddick was inducted into the Internation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robby Ginepri
Robert Louis Ginepri ( ; born October 7, 1982) is an American former professional tennis player. He won three ATP singles titles in his career and achieved a career-high ranking of World No. 15 in December 2005. Ginepri's best Grand Slam result was the semifinals of the 2005 US Open, where he lost to Andre Agassi. Early life Robby Ginepri is of Luxembourgish ancestry. He attended Joseph Wheeler High School, located in Marietta, Georgia. He graduated as a member of the class of 2001. Career 2005 Ginepri was the first player to be beaten by Novak Djokovic in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, at the 2005 French Open. In August, he reached the semifinals of an ATP Masters Series tournament for the first time in his career, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He beat 2005 French Open runner-up Mariano Puerta in the first round, David Ferrer in the second round, 1998 French Open champion Carlos Moyá in the third round, and two-time Grand Slam singles titlist Marat Safin in the quart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Philippoussis
Mark Anthony Philippoussis (born 7 November 1976) is an Australian tennis coach, commentator and former professional tennis player of Greek and Italian descent. Philippoussis' greatest achievements are winning two Davis Cup titles with Australia Davis Cup team, Australia in 1999 Davis Cup, 1999 and 2003 Davis Cup, 2003, winning the deciding rubber in the final of each. He also reached the final of the 1998 US Open – Men's singles, 1998 US Open and the 2003 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles, 2003 Wimbledon singles tournaments. Philippoussis reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 8. Philippoussis has had a minor career in modelling and starred in the American reality television dating show ''Age of Love (TV series), Age of Love''. He is nicknamed 'the Scud', after the Scud, Scud missile. He is also known in Australia as “The Pou”. Background Mark Philippoussis (, ) was born in Melbourne to a Greek father, Nikolaos ("Nick"), and an Italian mother, Ross ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
