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2014 Seguros Bolívar Open Pereira
The 2014 Seguros Bolívar Open Pereira was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the sixth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Pereira, Colombia between 22 and 28 September 2014. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of September 15, 2014. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Alejandro Falla * Daniel Elahi Galán * Juan Carlos Spir * Eduardo Struvay The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Iván Endara * José Hernández * Wilson Leite * Juan Pablo Varillas The following player received entry by a special exempt: * Gonzalo Escobar Champions Singles * Víctor Estrella Burgos def. João Souza, 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 7–6(8–6) Doubles * Nicolás Barrientos / Eduardo Struvay def. Guido Pella / Horacio Zeballos Horacio Zeballos Jr. (, ; born 27 April 1985) is an Argentine professional ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clay Court
A clay court is one of the types of tennis court on which the sport of tennis is played. Clay courts are built on a foundation of crushed stone, brick, shale, and other construction aggregate, aggregate, with a thin layer of fine clay particles on top. Clay courts are more common in Continental Europe and Latin America than in North America, Asia-Pacific or Britain. The only Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournament that uses clay courts is the French Open. Clay courts come in the more common #Red clay, red clay (known in France as ''terre battue''), which is actually crushed brick, and the slightly harder #Green clay, green clay, which is actually crushed metabasalt. Although slightly less expensive to construct than other types of tennis courts, clay requires much maintenance: the surface must be watered and rolled regularly to preserve texture and flatness, and brushed carefully before and during each match. Early history Clay courts, although now commonly associated with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
João Souza
João Olavo Soares de Souza (; born 27 May 1988) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player. Before receiving a lifetime ban for match-fixing, Souza competed mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 69, on April 6, 2015, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 70, on January 7, 2013. Souza was coached by former Brazilian player Ricardo Acioly. Souza is also known as "Feijão" (Portuguese for Bean). Career In 2011, he qualified to the US Open, but was defeated in the first round by wildcard Robby Ginepri 3–6, 4–6, 7–6, 1–6. In the 2014 season, Souza beat world No. 45, Robin Haase in round of 32 of the ATP 250 São Paulo. Later he reached semifinals at the Marburg, Scheveningen and Poznan Challengers. At the Medellin Challenger, he beat Facundo Bagnis in semifinals and lost to Austin Krajicek in the final. He reached semifinals at the Quito Challenger. In 2015, he played in the longest sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Pablo Varillas
Juan Pablo Varillas Patiño-Samudio (; born 6 October 1995) is a Peruvian professional tennis player. Varillas has a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of No. 60 achieved on 26 June 2023. He is currently the No. 2 Peruvian player. Varillas has won 7 ATP Challenger Tour, ATP Challenger and 5 International Tennis Federation, ITF singles titles. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 289 achieved on 10 May 2021. He has also won 4 ITF doubles titles. He has represented Peru Davis Cup team, Peru at the Davis Cup where he has a total W/L record of 16–15. In singles his W/L is 13–11. Career 2020–2021: ATP & Olympics debut Varillas made his ATP debut at the 2020 Chile Open as a lucky loser where he reached the second round by defeating Filip Horansky before losing to Albert Ramos Viñolas. The following year at the same 2021 Chile Open, tournament he reached the quarterfinals as a qualifier where he lost to top seed and eventual wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Hernández (tennis)
José Hernández may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Jose Acosta Hernandez (born 1966), Cuban-born American artist * José Hernández (writer) (1834–1886), Argentine writer * Pepe Hern (José Hernández Bethencourth, 1927–2009), American actor * José Hernández, American singer (born 1940), better known as Little Joe * José Hernández (painter) (1944–2013), Spanish painter * José Hernández (musician) (born 1958), Mexican musician * Chef Pepín (José Hernández), Cuban-born, American TV cook * José Hernández Delgadillo (1927–2000), Mexican painter and muralist Politicians * José Conrado Hernández (1849–1932), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico * José Manuel Hernández (1853–1921), Venezuelan caudillo, army general and politician * José Alarcón Hernández (born 1945), Mexican politician * José María Hernández (1959–2015), Spanish politician * José Hernández Concepción, Puerto Rican politician Science and academia * José ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iván Endara
Iván Endara (; born 4 March 1988) is an Ecuadorian 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. ATP Tournaments Finals Titles (3) References External links * * * 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Ibarra, Ecuador Ecuadorian male tennis players Tennis players at the 2011 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Ecuador 21st-century Ecuadorian sportsmen {{Ecuador-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Carlos Spir
Juan Carlos Spir (; born 1 May 1990) is a Colombian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour The ATP Challenger Tour (known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series) is a series of international men's professional tennis tournaments. It was founded in 1976 as a replacement for the ILTF Satellite Circuit (founded in 1971) as .... He played college tennis for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and was a three-time ITA All-American (2011, 2012, 2013) and a three-time All-ACC performer. On September 8, 2014, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 410 and his highest doubles ranking of 122, on August 4, 2014. Central American and Caribbean Games Doubles: 1 Tour titles Singles: 3 (1–2) Doubles: 12 (7–5) Notes See also * List of Georgia Institute of Technology athletes References External links * * 1990 births Living people Colombian male tennis players Sportspeople from Medellín Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's tennis play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Elahi Galán
Daniel Elahi Galán Riveros (born 18 June 1996 in Bucaramanga) is a Colombian professional tennis player. He reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 56 on 17 July 2023. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 305 achieved on 26 February 2018. He is currently the No. 1 Colombian tennis player. His best result at a Grand Slam is a fourth-round appearance at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships. Personal information He is part of the Colsanitas team, an organization that supports the best tennis players in Colombia. Professional career 2015-2020: ATP, Grand Slam debut and third round at the French Open Galán made his ATP main draw singles debut at the 2015 Claro Open Colombia where he was given a wildcard. He defeated Pere Riba in the first round. Galán gained additional recognition after he reached the third round match at the 2020 French Open on his debut, as a lucky loser, to setup a match with top seed Novak Djokovic, his best showing at a Grand Slam thus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austin Krajicek
Austin Krajicek ( ; born June 16, 1990) is an American professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 1 in doubles by the ATP in June 2023. He attained a career-high singles ranking of world No. 94 in October 2015. A former player for Texas A&M University, Krajicek won the national doubles title at the 2011 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships, the first in the program's history. He turned professional in 2012 and made his top 100 singles debut in 2015, a year in which he made the quarterfinals of the ATP 500 in Tokyo and broke through on the major level by reaching the second round of the US Open. Krajicek has established more success in doubles and following his top 100 debut in 2013, he has won 13 doubles titles on the ATP Tour. Since partnering with Ivan Dodig in 2021, Krajicek has won one ATP Masters 1000 title at Monte-Carlo in 2023, and his first major title at the 2023 French Open, a victory that crowned him the ATP world No. 1 in June 2023. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guido Pella
Guido Pella (; born 17 May 1990) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. In August 2019, Pella reached his career best world No. 20 in singles. In July 2019, he peaked at No. 55 in doubles. Personal life His father, Carlos, taught him the game at the age of five. His sister, Catalina, is also a tennis player who competes mainly in ITF tournaments. He is engaged to marry the model and entrepreneur Stephanie Demner. In February 2020, Pella announced via his Instagram account that he would be out indefinitely after being diagnosed with Morton's neuroma. Career Junior career As a junior Pella posted a 19–5 record in singles and reached as high as No. 42 in the combined world rankings in 2008. Entering as a qualifier, he reached the semifinals of the French Open boys' singles in 2008, upsetting first-seeded Bernard Tomic in the quarterfinals (and losing to Jerzy Janowicz). 2006–2011 Pella started playing Futures tournaments in 2005, winning his first at Peru F3 i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horacio Zeballos
Horacio Zeballos Jr. (, ; born 27 April 1985) is an Argentine professional tennis player. He reached a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 1 on 6 May 2024, becoming the first Argentinian man to achieve the feat. He is a Grand Slam champion at the 2025 French Open with Marcel Granollers. In singles, Zeballos has a career-high singles ranking of No. 39, achieved on 4 March 2013. He won his first and only ATP title at the 2013 Chile Open. In the final, he beat Rafael Nadal, becoming one of only five players (with Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, and Nuno Borges) to beat Nadal in a clay court final."Tennis: Nadal denied title in comeback tournament" ''Global Post'', 10 February 2013. He also reached the fourth round at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alejandro González (tennis)
Alejandro González (; born 7 February 1989) is a Colombian people, Colombian former professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of World No. 70 achieved on 9 June 2014. Career Alejandro Gonzalez won his first singles title on the ATP Challenger Tour at the Ecuador tournament 2013 Challenger ATP de Salinas Diario Expreso, Challenger ATP de Salinas Diario Expreso in March 2013, defeating Argentine Renzo Olivo in three sets in the final. Previously, he had already won seven singles and six doubles tournaments on the circuit ITF Men's Circuit, Future ITF and three doubles tournaments ATP Challenger Series. He followed this up with two more Challenger titles the same year, the 2013 Seguros Bolívar Open Medellín, Seguros Bolívar Open Medellín defeating Argentinian Guido Andreozzi in two sets, and the first edition of the São Paulo Challenger de Tênis, defeating another Argentinian Eduardo Schwank taking his tally to three Challenger wins in 2013. ATP Tou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pereira, Colombia
Pereira () is the capital city of the Colombian Departments of Colombia, department of Risaralda Department, Risaralda. It is located in the foothills of the Andean natural region, Andes in a coffee-producing area of Colombia officially known as the "Colombian coffee growing axis, Coffee Axis". Pereira, alongside the rest of the Coffee Axis, form part of UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the "Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia"."Colombia green guide Michelin 2012-2013." Michelin. 2012. Accessed at Google Books 29 December 2013. It is the most populated city in the Coffee Axis. Pereira is also part of the Central West Metropolitan Area, which has 735.769 residents and is composed of Pereira and the neighboring cities of Dosquebradas and La Virginia. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
