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2008 Mercedes Cup – Singles
Rafael Nadal was the defending champion, but was forced to withdraw due to a knee injury. Unseeded Juan Martín del Potro won in the final 6–4, 7–5, against second-seeded Richard Gasquet. Seeds The top four seeds A seed is an embryonic plant enclosed in a protective outer covering, along with a food reserve. The formation of the seed is a part of the process of reproduction in seed plants, the spermatophytes, including the gymnosperm and angiosperm pl ... receive a bye into the second round. Draw Finals Top half Bottom half External links DrawQualifying draw {{DEFAULTSORT:2008 Stuttgart Open - Singles Stuttgart Open Singles Singles 2008 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Martín Del Potro
Juan Martín del Potro () (born 23 September 1988) is an Argentine inactive professional tennis player. Del Potro's biggest achievement is a major title: the 2009 US Open, where he defeated Rafael Nadal in the semifinals and the five-time defending champion Roger Federer in the final. He was the only man outside the Big Three (Novak Djokovic, Federer, and Nadal) to win a major between the 2005 French Open and the 2012 Wimbledon Championships, a span of 30 tournaments. Del Potro's other career highlights include reaching the 2018 US Open final, winning an Olympic bronze medal in men's singles at the 2012 London Olympics and the silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics, winning Indian Wells in 2018, and leading Argentina to the 2016 Davis Cup title; but his career has also been hampered by a succession of wrist and knee injuries. Del Potro first entered the top 10 of the ATP rankings on 6 October 2008. In January 2010, he reached a then-career-high ranking of world No. 4, after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuri Schukin
Yuri Schukin (russian: Ю́рий Ива́нович Щу́кин, Shchukin; born 26 June 1979) is a retired Russian-born Kazakhstani tennis player. Schukin has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 119, achieved on 19 November 2007. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 117, achieved on 16 October 2000. Career Schukin made his ATP Tour singles debut at the 2001 Australian Open where he battled through the qualifying rounds to earn a spot in the main draw. In qualifying, he defeated Neville Godwin ''4–6, 6–1, 6–4'', Eric Taino ''7–5, 6–1'' and lastly Robin Vik ''0–6, 7–6(7–4), 8–6'' to solidify the first main draw appearance of his career. In the first round he was defeated by Australian Wayne Arthurs in four sets ''3–6, 5–7, 6–4, 2–6''. He made his ATP double main draw debut at the 2000 Dutch Open in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Alongside Orlin Stanoytchev, they were granted direct entry into the main doubles draw wher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Fischer (tennis)
Martin Fischer (; born 21 July 1986) is an Austrian retired professional tennis player. His career-high ranking was no. 117 achieved on 11 October 2010. Performance timeline Singles ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 20 (12–8) Doubles: 46 (30–16) External links Official Page* * References {{DEFAULTSORT:Fischer, Martin Austrian male tennis players People from Dornbirn 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Vorarlberg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lukáš Rosol
Lukáš Rosol (; born 24 July 1985) is a Czech professional tennis player. He competes on the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP Tour, both in singles and doubles. Rosol was coached by former Czech player, 1999 US Open quarterfinalist Ctislav Doseděl. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 26, achieved on 22 September 2014. His first notable victory was against world No. 8, Jürgen Melzer, at the 2011 French Open, whom he defeated in five sets in the second round a year after Melzer had reached the semifinal. A year later, Rosol defeated world No. 2, Rafael Nadal, in the second round of Wimbledon to achieve one of the biggest wins in his career. Rosol has had sustained success since then having played an integral part in the Czech Republic's Davis Cup winning team in 2012, and winning his first tour-level title in April 2013. Rosol also played in the longest ever ATP doubles match, alongside Tomáš Berdych, defeating Marco Chiudinelli and Stanislas Wawrinka in the firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Óscar Hernández (tennis)
Óscar Hernández Pérez (; born 10 April 1978 in Barcelona, Spain) is a former professional male tennis player from Spain. He turned pro in 1998 and achieved his career-high singles ranking of World No. 48 in October 2007. Hernández scored an upset in the first round of the 2007 Rome Masters, when he defeated the World No. 20, Lleyton Hewitt Lleyton Glynn Hewitt (born 24 February 1981) is an Australian former world No. 1 tennis player. He is the most recent Australian man to win a major singles title, with two at the 2001 US Open and 2002 Wimbledon Championships. In November 20 ..., 3–6, 7–6(3), 6–1. Hernández announced his retirement from tennis on 22 July 2011. ATP career finals Doubles: 1 (1 win, 1 loss) ATP Challenger titles Singles References External links * 1978 births Living people Tennis players from Catalonia Spanish male tennis players Tennis players from Barcelona {{Spain-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santiago Ventura Bertomeu
Santiago Ventura Bertomeu (; born 5 January 1980) is a retired tennis player from Spain. He was born in Castellón, Spain and lives in Burriana, Spain. He is a clay court specialist and is known for the considerable use of drop shots during his matches. Ventura reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 65 on 3 March 2008. He reached a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 37 on 7 July 2008. He was the first player to be beaten by Andy Murray on the ATP Tour, in the first round of the Aegon Championships tournament in 2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in .... Career finals Singles (1 title) Doubles (5 titles, 3 runner-ups) ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 22 (13–9) Doubles: 55 (38–17) Notes References External l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Montañés
Albert Montañés Roca (; born 26 November 1980) is a retired professional tennis player from Spain. He first entered the top 100 in 2001. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 22 in 2010 and has won six singles titles and two doubles titles. Montañés is one of the very few players to win a title after saving match points in two different matches. He did it during his title run in Estoril 2009 in his quarter-finals and the final. He holds the record for most first-round exits at Grand Slam events; 35 reached at 2016 Wimbledon, beating Kenneth Carlsen's long standing record of 30 first-round exits. His career ended at the 2017 Barcelona Open. He was awarded a wild card to participate in the event and reached the second round, where he lost to fellow countryman Feliciano López 6–2, 6–2. ATP career finals Singles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner-ups) Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups) Performance timelines Singles 1 Held as Hamburg Masters (out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Éric Prodon
Éric Prodon (born 27 June 1981) is a former French professional tennis player. Juniors career Prodon had a long career in Juniors, playing from 1997 to 1999 and reaching year-end No. 28 in 1998. In matches against future top pros, he beat Mikhail Youzhny and Julien Benneteau in 1997. Early in 1998, he lost to Jarkko Nieminen, and late in the year, he beat Roger Federer, Karol Beck, and Guillermo Coria in successive rounds at Eddie Herr before losing to David Nalbandian in the final. He then beat Youzhny again after that in the Orange Bowl. Early in 1999, he had a great Australian hard court run, beating Nieminen and splitting matches with Kristian Pless in finals two weeks in a row. In March 1999, he lost to Coria and Paul-Henri Mathieu in successive finals. In May, he lost to Nieminen again, but beat him and Karol Beck the next week in the French Open before losing again to Nalbandian in the quarters. In June in England on the grass, he lost to Mardy Fish in a final. In the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Berrer
Michael Berrer (born 1 July 1980) is a German retired professional tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 42 in May 2010. Career 2010 He reached the quarterfinal at the Aircel Chennai Open in January, losing to Stanislas Wawrinka in the quarterfinals. At the 2010 Australian Open he was defeated by Denis Istomin in the second round after beating Kristof Vliegen in straight sets. In the second week of the Australian Open, he played at Heilbronn Challenger. He won the tournament after defeating Andrey Golubev in two sets. The following week he reached his first ATP World Tour final at the PBZ Zagreb Indoors, which he lost to Marin Čilić 4–6, 7–6(5), 3–6. At the Dubai Tennis Championships in February, he defeated Sergiy Stakhovsky and Nikolay Davydenko to reach the third round, where he lost to Marcos Baghdatis, 6–7(5), 1–6. He lost the opener at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells to Mardy Fish in three sets. He won the first round o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pablo Cuevas
Pablo Gabriel Cuevas Urroz (; born January 1, 1986) is an inactive Uruguayan professional tennis player. Cuevas won the 2008 French Open men's doubles title with Luis Horna. He has won six singles titles and has a career-high singles ranking of World No. 19. Cuevas' career-high doubles ranking is World no. 14, which he achieved in April 2009. In September 2019, Cuevas led the Uruguayan Davis Cup team to a victory over the Dominican Republic, winning entry into the highest Davis Cup tier, the World Group. Professional career Early career At the 2007 French Open, Cuevas and Argentine partner Carlos Berlocq made the third round of the men's doubles tournament. Cuevas won the Tunica, Scheveningen, and Lima singles Challenger titles, and the São Paulo-1 and Florianópolis-2 doubles Challenger titles. 2008 Cuevas opened the year at the Movistar Open in Viña del Mar, Chile. He earned his first tour-level victory in his first-round match against Guillermo Coria. He then bea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santiago Giraldo
Santiago Giraldo Salazar (, born 27 November 1987) is a retired Colombian professional tennis player. He played on the ATP tour and represented Colombia in the Davis Cup competition. His best tournament result is reaching the final in the 2014 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell. He is the highest-ranked tennis singles player in Colombia's history, with a career-high singles ranking of 28th in the world, and 77th in doubles. Throughout his career he has beaten several ex-number-one players such as Lleyton Hewitt, Juan Carlos Ferrero, and Andy Murray as well as some top-ten players such as Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Kei Nishikori, Marin Cilic, Milos Raonic, Dominic Thiem, Gilles Simon, Jürgen Melzer, Rainer Schüttler, Tommy Robredo, Janko Tipsarević, and Nicolás Lapentti. He has beaten golden-generation players from Argentinian tennis such as Gastón Gaudio, Guillermo Cañas, Mariano Puerta, Juan Martin del Potro, and David Nalbandian. Professional career In October 2003, at age ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jürgen Melzer
Jürgen Melzer (born 22 May 1981) is an Austrian former professional tennis player. Melzer reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 8 in April 2011, and a doubles ranking of world No. 6 in September 2010. He has a younger brother, Gerald Melzer, with whom he played doubles in several tournaments.In 1999, Melzer won the boys' singles title at Wimbledon. For many years, he was known as one of the best players on the tour not to have progressed past the third round of a major. He ended this by reaching the semifinals of the 2010 French Open, losing to Rafael Nadal after coming from two sets down to defeat Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals. As of June 2022, he remains the only person to defeat Djokovic from two sets down.Melzer had greater success in doubles, winning the men's doubles title at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships and the 2011 US Open partnering Philipp Petzschner, as well as the mixed doubles title at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships partnering Iveta Benešov� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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