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2009 Türk Telecom İzmir Cup
The 2009 Türk Telecom İzmir Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in İzmir, Turkey between May 11 and May 17, 2009. Singles entrants Seeds * Rankings are as of May 4, 2009. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Haluk Akkoyun * Sami Beceren * Barış Ergüden * Ergün Zorlu The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Matthias Bachinger * Joshua Goodall (as a Lucky loser) * Conor Niland * Ivan Sergeyev * Joseph Sirianni Champions Singles Andrea Stoppini def. Marsel İlhan, 7–6(5), 6–2 Doubles Jonathan Erlich / Harel Levy def. Prakash Amritraj / Rajeev Ram Rajeev Ram ( ; born March 18, 1984) is an American professional tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 1 in men's doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Ram is a six-time major champion, having won the 2020 Austr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
İzmir
İzmir is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara. It is on the Aegean Sea, Aegean coast of Anatolia, and is the capital of İzmir Province. In 2024, the city of İzmir had a population of 2,938,292 (in eleven urban districts), while İzmir Province had a total population of 4,493,242. Its built-up (or metro) area was home to 3,264,154 inhabitants. It extends along the outlying waters of the Gulf of İzmir and inland to the north across the Gediz River Delta; to the east along an alluvial plain created by several small streams; and to slightly more rugged terrain in the south. İzmir has more than 3,000 years of recorded history, recorded urban history, and Yeşilova Höyük, up to 8,500 years of history as a human settlement since the Neolithic period. In classical antiquity, the city was known as Smyrna – a name which remained in use in English and various other languages until around 1930, when governmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prakash Amritraj
Prakash Amritraj (born October 2, 1983) is an Indian-American former professional tennis player, who represented India in international tournaments. He is the son of former Indian tennis player Vijay Amritraj. Background Prakash Amritraj is the son of Indian tennis player Vijay Amritraj and Shyamala, a Sri Lankan Tamil. Prakash is the paternal cousin of fellow tour pro Stephen Amritraj, whose father Anand and paternal uncle Ashok were former professional tennis players representing India. Prakash has one brother, Vikram, who was born in 1987. He played 2 years of college tennis for the University of Southern California. He won the United States Tennis Association (USTA) Boys' 18s National Championships in 2002. Professional career In 2007, Amritraj won three straight ITF Pro Circuit tournaments in India, beating Karan Rastogi in all three finals. On July 14, 2008 Amritraj played in his first ATP Tour final, losing to Fabrice Santoro from France in straight sets. Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Türk Telecom İzmir Cup
The 2009 Türk Telecom İzmir Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in İzmir, Turkey between May 11 and May 17, 2009. Singles entrants Seeds * Rankings are as of May 4, 2009. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Haluk Akkoyun * Sami Beceren * Barış Ergüden * Ergün Zorlu The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Matthias Bachinger * Joshua Goodall (as a Lucky loser) * Conor Niland * Ivan Sergeyev * Joseph Sirianni Champions Singles Andrea Stoppini def. Marsel İlhan, 7–6(5), 6–2 Doubles Jonathan Erlich / Harel Levy def. Prakash Amritraj / Rajeev Ram Rajeev Ram ( ; born March 18, 1984) is an American professional tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 1 in men's doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Ram is a six-time major champion, having won the 2020 Austr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajeev Ram
Rajeev Ram ( ; born March 18, 1984) is an American professional tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 1 in men's doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Ram is a six-time major champion, having won the 2020 Australian Open, the 2021 US Open, the 2022 US Open, and the 2023 US Open in men's doubles with Joe Salisbury, as well as Australian Open mixed doubles titles in 2019 and 2021 alongside Barbora Krejčíková. Ram has also won two Olympic silver medals, in mixed doubles with Venus Williams at the 2016 Olympics, and in doubles with Austin Krajicek at the 2024 Olympics. He also finished runner-up in men's doubles at the 2021 Australian Open, and in mixed doubles at the 2016 US Open. He became world No. 1 for the first time in October 2022, and has won 31 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, including five at Masters 1000 level, and 2 in singles. Ram has qualified for the ATP Finals on six occasions, winning the title in 2022 and in 2023, having finished ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marsel İlhan
Marsel İlhan (; born 11 June 1987) is a Turkish professional tennis player, who was ranked No. 1 in Turkey and with a career-high singles ranking of world No. 77 in March 2015. He is the first ever Turkish player to reach the second round in a Grand Slam tournament, as well as the first Turkish player to win a Challenger Tournament and also the first to enter the top 100 in the world rankings (first ranked at No. 96 in September 2010). Early Tennis Career Born in the Uzbek SSR in the Soviet Union (now Uzbekistan), he emigrated to Turkey with his mother in 2004 and he started to play for the Taçspor Tennis Club of İstanbul. He was initially sponsored by Kia Motors Turkey. After several years of intensive training with his new coach Can Üner, a former Turkish tennis player, he made an unprecedented jump within one year from No. 1320 to No. 320 in 2007. 2007–2008 During 2007 and 2008 he won several Future Tournaments and in July 2008, he won his first ATP Challenge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Sirianni
Joseph Sirianni (born 17 January 1975) is a former Australian tennis player from Melbourne, Victoria. Sirianni was born to father Joseph and mother Ida. Sirianni turned professional in 1996 and he plays right-handed. He achieved his career-high singles ranking of World Number 138 on 20 October 2008. Sirianni has participated in the Australian Open on five occasions (1999, 2000, 2003, 2008, 2009). Career 1999–2003 Sirianni earned a wildcard into the main draw of the 1999 Australian Open Men's Singles Draw. While he lost in the first round to Mariano Zabaleta, the match went into a fifth set. Eventually, Zabaleta won 3–6, 6–4, 6–3, 4–6, 6–2. At the 2000 Australian Open, Sirianni lost in the first round to Franco Squillari 6–3, 6–2, 6–1. His best Australian Open result and first ATP match won came at the 2003 Australian Open. In the first round, Sirianni defeated Max Mirnyi 6–4, 6–4, 6–3. He lost in the second round to Mikhail Youzhny, who was the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Sergeyev
Ivan Sergeyev (born 22 January 1988) is a retired professional Ukrainian 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 ... who reached a highest singles ranking of world No. 147 in August 2010. Performance timeline Singles ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 21 (11–10) Doubles: 12 (7–5) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sergeyev, Ivan Ukrainian male tennis players Summer World University Games medalists in tennis Tennis players from Dnipro Living people 1988 births FISU World University Games silver medalists for Ukraine Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conor Niland
Conor Niland (born 19 September 1981) is an Ireland, Irish former professional tennis player. He was born in Birmingham, England, and grew up in Limerick, Ireland. He attended St. Nessan's National School in Mungret, Limerick, before moving on to Crescent College, Crescent College Comprehensive in Dooradoyle, Limerick. He was the highest ranked Irish tennis player during his career. He played for the Ireland Davis Cup team from 2000 to 2012. He officially announced his retirement from tennis on 12 April 2012 due to a recurring hip injury. In a statement Niland said: "I am today sadly announcing my retirement from professional tennis. I have been suffering from labral tears in both hip cartilages and this has resulted in pain and restricted movement for the past nine months." Career Niland spent most of his career on the Futures tournaments, Futures and ATP Challenger Tour, Challenger circuits, although he has played a handful of ATP World Tour tournaments. As of 6 March 2010, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joshua Goodall
Joshua Jake Goodall (born 17 October 1985) is a retired English tennis player, former British no 2 and Davis Cup player. He is currently Head of Racquet Sports at Downe House School in Berkshire. Personal life Goodall attended Cranbourne School, now called Cranbourne Business and Enterprise College. His parents remortgaged their house five times to support his tennis career. Career On 23 June 2007 Goodall reached his only ATP (World) Tour final, in doubles, at the Nottingham Open. He and partner Ross Hutchins lost that match in three sets 6–4, 3–6, –10to Eric Butorac and Jamie Murray. Goodall was British no 2, behind Andy Murray from 13 August 2012 with a world ranking of 196, until 19 November 2012. Goodall played Davis Cup twice, in the 2009 Europe/Africa Zone Group I first round against Ukraine and the 2012 Europe/Africa Zone Group I second round against Belgium. At the Belgium tie, Goodall was the British no 1, in the absence of Andy Murray Sir Andrew B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthias Bachinger
Matthias Bachinger (born 2 April 1987) is a German former tennis player who played professionally from 2005 to 2023. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 85, achieved in August 2011. Professional career In 2007, Bachinger qualified for his first ATP tournament, the 2007 BMW Open. Bachinger won in the first round against Andreas Beck 6–2, 7–6, 7–5 before losing to Marcos Baghdatis in the second round 6–7, 2–6, 4–6. In 2008, Bachinger entered the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, the BMW Open, the Austrian Open and the If Stockholm Open, losing in the first round in each event. He then played only Challenger level tournaments before qualifying for the 2010 If Stockholm Open, where he reached the second round. Bachinger reached his first ATP semifinal at the 2012 BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy. He also reached the quarterfinals of Umag the same year, defeating seventh-seeded Martin Kližan en route. In 2013, Bachinger defeated World No. 18 Andreas Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ergün Zorlu
Ergün Zorlu is a Turkish tennis player. He reached the final of the 2009 ITF Men's Turkey F7 Future Cup, losing to Marco Simoni 6–4, 6–2. Later, he joined in the Turkey F8 Futures, losing 1–2 in the first round to Timo Nieminen. Singles Finals References ATP World Tour External links Türk raket Zorlu finalde''Hürriyet ''Hürriyet'' (, ''Liberty'') is a major List of newspapers in Turkey, Turkish newspaper, founded in 1948. it had the highest circulation of any newspaper in Turkey at around 319,000. ''Hürriyet'' combines entertainment with news coverage and ...'', (in Turkish) 21 March 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2022. * 1985 births Living people Turkish male tennis players Tennis players from Istanbul 21st-century Turkish sportsmen {{Turkey-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barış Ergüden
Barış Ergüden (born 1 January 1986) is a Turkish tennis player. Ergüden has a career high ATP singles ranking of 520 achieved on 15 June 2015. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 532, achieved on 16 June 2014. Ergüden has represented Turkey at 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 ..., where he has a win–loss record of 8–9. Career titles External links * * * 1986 births Living people Tennis players from Istanbul Turkish male tennis players 21st-century Turkish sportsmen {{Turkey-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
