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2007 Australian Open – Wheelchair Men's Singles
Shingo Kunieda defeated the defending champion Michaël Jérémiasz in the final, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 to win the men's singles wheelchair tennis title at the 2007 Australian Open. It was his first Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major singles title, and the first of an eventual record 28 such titles. Seeds All seed (tennis), seeds receive a bye (tennis), bye into the second round. Draw Finals Top half Bottom half Source and link Draws {{DEFAULTSORT:Australian Open - Wheelchair Men's Singles,2007 2007 Australian Open, Wheelchair Men's Singles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shingo Kunieda
is a Japanese former wheelchair tennis player. With four Paralympic gold medals, 28 major singles titles – an all-time record in singles of any tennis discipline – and 50 major titles overall, Kunieda is widely considered the greatest male wheelchair player of all time. Kunieda was the ITF World Champion from 2007 to 2010. He was also the year-end No. 1 in doubles in 2007. In 2007, 2009, 2010, 2014, and 2015, Kunieda won all three singles majors that hosted wheelchair singles events (Wimbledon did not do so until 2016). In 2007 and 2008, Kunieda also won three of the four Masters series events. Kunieda is the only male player to retain the men's singles title at the Paralympics – he took the gold medal in 2008, 2012 and 2020. In addition, Kunieda won the gold medal in the 2004 men's doubles, and has been part of two World Team Cup wins. He has 103 career titles over singles and doubles combined, including 50 majors. Kunieda had a three-year, 106-match consecutive win st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Bonaccurso
Anthony Bonaccurso is a Paralympic alpine skier and tennis player competitor from Australia. He won a bronze medal at the 2004 Athens Games in the Men's Doubles event. He is one of the few Australian Paralympians to compete at both Summer and Winter Games. Personal He was born on 28 November 1975 in Sunshine, Victoria. At the age of 17, he climbed a pole at a railway station and was electrocuted and fell to the ground. The fall resulted in spinal injuries. Tennis He took up wheelchair tennis Wheelchair tennis is one of the forms of tennis Adaptive sport, adapted for wheelchair users. The size of the court, net height and rackets are the same, but there are two major differences from pedestrian tennis: athletes use specially designe ... in 1993 and joined the tour at the age of 23. In 2002, he was a member of the Australian team that won the World Team Cup in Italy. At the 2004 Athens Summer Games, he teamed with David Hall to win the bronze medal in the Men's Doubles. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frédéric Cazeaudumec
Frédéric and Frédérick are the French versions of the common male given name Frederick. They may refer to: In artistry: * Frédéric Back, Canadian award-winning animator * Frédéric Bartholdi, French sculptor * Frédéric Bazille, Impressionist painter best known for his depiction of figures * Frédéric Mariotti, actor In politics: * Frédéric Bamvuginyumvira, 1st Vice-President of Burundi * Frédéric Ngenzebuhoro, Vice-President of Burundi from 11 November 2004 to 26 August 2005 * Frédéric Bastiat, political economist and member of the French assembly * Frédéric Dutoit (born 1956), French politician * Frédéric Mathieu (born 1977), French politician In literature: * Frédéric Beigbeder, French writer, commentator critic and pundit * Frédéric Berat, French poet and songwriter * Frédéric Mistral, French poet In science: * Frédéric Cailliaud, French mineralogist * Frédéric Joliot-Curie, French physicist and Nobel laureate In sport: * Frédér ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robinson Méndez
Robinson may refer to: People and names * Robinson (name) Fictional characters * Robinson Crusoe, the main character, and title of a novel by Daniel Defoe, published in 1719 Geography * Robinson projection, a map projection used since the 1960s to show the entire world in two dimensions * Robinson (crater), a small lunar impact crater southwest of the large walled plain J. Herschel ;United States * Robinson, Illinois * Robinson, Iowa * Robinson, Kansas * Robinson, Kentucky * Robinson, Minnesota * Robinson, North Dakota * Robinson, Texas * Robinson Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania * Robinson Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania * Robinson, Indiana County, Pennsylvania ;United Kingdom * Robinson (Lake District), a 737 m hill in England's Lake District * Robinson College, Cambridge, a college in England's University of Cambridge ;France * Robinson (Paris RER), a commuter train station in Paris Ships * USS ''Robinson'', the name of more than one United St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Latham (tennis)
Sir David Nicholas Ramsay Latham, PC (born 18 September 1942) is a retired British judge who was Lord Justice of Appeal and Chairman of the Parole Board for England and Wales. Latham is the son of Robert Latham (1912–1995), editor of the diary of Samuel Pepys, and his first wife, Eileen Ramsay (d. 1969). He was educated at Bryanston School and Queens' College, Cambridge. Latham was vice-president of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) from 2006 until his retirement from the bench in February 2009. He was appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal in 2000, having been a High Court Judge since 1992. He was called to the Bar in 1964 and made a Bencher in 1989. He was appointed Queen's Counsel A King's Counsel (Post-nominal letters, post-nominal initials KC) is a senior lawyer appointed by the monarch (or their Viceroy, viceregal representative) of some Commonwealth realms as a "Counsel learned in the law". When the reigning monarc ... in 1985. He was Presiding Judge for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niclas Larsson
Niclas may refer to: Given name *Niclas Alexandersson (born 1971), retired Swedish football midfielder * Niclas Andersén (born 1988), Swedish ice hockey player *Niclas Bendixen, Danish actor, dancer and choreographer * Niclas Edman (born 1991), Swedish ice hockey player * Niclas Fasth (born 1972), Swedish professional golfer * Niclas Frisk (born 1969), Swedish musician * Niclas Füllkrug (born 1993), German association footballer * Niclas Hävelid (born 1973), professional ice hockey defenceman * Niclas Huschenbeth (born 1992), chess grandmaster. * Niclas Jensen (born 1974), Danish professional football player * Niclas Jönsson (born 1967), former driver in the Indy Racing League *Niclas Kindvall (born 1967), retired Swedish football player *Niclas Levein (born 1988), retired Swedish ice hockey player *Niclas Lucenius (born 1989), Finnish professional ice hockey center *Niclas Olofsson (born 1975), former floorball goalkeeper *Niclas Rasck (born 1969), former Swedish football defe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jayant Mistry
Jayant Mistry (born 29 August 1966) is a retired British wheelchair tennis player of Indian descent who competed in international level events. He is a former British no.1 player in the singles and a former World no. 2 in the men's doubles. He competed at four Paralympic Games and was a semifinalist in the men's doubles at the 2000 Summer Paralympics. He was the first British player to win the wheelchair men's doubles title at the 2005 Wimbledon Championships alongside Michaël Jeremiasz and the first British man to win a men's title at the Wimbledon Championships since Fred Perry in 1936, they were runner-ups at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships a year later. Mistry was born with spina bifida and his left leg shorter than his right. He had his right foot amputated aged twelve and has a prosthetic In medicine, a prosthesis (: prostheses; from ), or a prosthetic implant, is an artificial device that replaces a missing body part, which may be lost through physical trauma, di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
László Farkas (tennis)
László Farkas (born 1970) is a Hungarian wheelchair tennis player, reaching World No. 15 in the singles July 2007 and World No. 17 in the doubles in November 2003. He has competed at five Paralympic Games reaching the third round at 2004 Summer Paralympics, Farkas has competed at two Grand Slams reaching the second round at the Australian Open and French Open The French Open (), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a tennis tournament organized by the French Tennis Federation annually at Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. It is chronologically the second of the four Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam .... References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Farkas, Laszlo 1970 births Living people Hungarian male tennis players Paralympic wheelchair tennis players for Hungary Wheelchair tennis players at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair tennis players at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair tennis players at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair tennis players a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshinobu Fujimoto
Yoshinobu is a masculine Japanese given name. Written forms Yoshinori can be written using many different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples: *義信, "justice, believe" *義伸, "justice, extend" *義延, "justice, extend" *佳信, "skilled, believe" *佳伸, "skilled, extend" *佳延, "skilled, extend" *善信, "virtuous, believe" *吉信, "good luck, believe" *吉伸, "good luck, extend" *良信, "good, believe" *恭信, "respectful, believe" *嘉信, "excellent, believe" *嘉伸, "excellent, extend" *嘉延, "excellent, extend" The name can also be written in hiragana よしのぶ or katakana is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji). The word ''katakana'' means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana characters are derived fr ... ヨシノブ. Notable people with the name *, better known as James Iha, Japanese-American rock musician *, Jap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phillip Rowe
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Richard Engles
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include "Richie", " Dick", " Dickon", " Dickie", "Rich", " Rick", "Rico (name), Rico", " Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English (the name was introduced into England by the Normans), German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Portuguese and Spanish "Ricardo" and the Italian "Riccardo" (see comprehensive variant list below). People named Richard Multiple people with the same name * Richard Anderse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stéphane Houdet
Stéphane Houdet (born 20 November 1970) is a French wheelchair tennis player. Houdet is a former singles and doubles world number one. In 2014, he became the first man in history to complete the calendar-year Grand Slam in men's wheelchair doubles. He competed in wheelchair tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. In July 2022, Houdet was suspended from competition after missing three anti-doping tests in a 12-month window. 2013 Houdet won two titles in the 2013 season with the victories achieved in Johannesburg and Sardinia. He was a losing finalist in Pensacola, Rome, Nottingham, St Louis and Rue. Houdet also won two Grand Slam singles titles at Roland Garros and New York and was the runner-up in Melbourne. Houdet partnered Ronald Vink to the doubles titles in Sydney and Nottingham. When Frédéric Cattanéo was his partner in doubles tournaments they won titles in Baton Rouge and Johannesburg. They were also losing finalists in Pensacola. In doubles tournaments with Mart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
