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2014 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual The Championships, Wimbledon, Wimbledon Tennis Championships. Seeds # Thomaz Bellucci ''(first round)'' # Go Soeda ''(first round)'' # Tim Smyczek ''(qualifying competition)'' # Gilles Müller (qualified) # Damir Džumhur ''(first round)'' # Michael Berrer ''(first round)'' # Malek Jaziri ''(qualifying competition, lucky loser)'' # Peter Gojowczyk ''(first round)'' # Denis Kudla (qualified) # Frank Dancevic ''(qualifying competition, lucky loser)'' # Peter Polansky ''(second round)'' # Andreas Beck (tennis), Andreas Beck ''(second round)'' # Simone Bolelli ''(qualifying competition, lucky loser)'' # Tatsuma Ito (qualified) # Filip Krajinović ''(second round)'' # Daniel Brands ''(qualifying competition)'' # Norbert Gombos ''(first round)'' # Aljaž Bedene ''(qualifying competition, lucky loser)'' # Pierre-Hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Championships, Wimbledon
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Norbert Gombos
Norbert Gombos (, ; born 13 August 1990, occasionally spelled Norbert Gomboš) is a Slovak professional tennis player competing primarily on the ATP Challenger Tour. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 80 on 2 October 2017. He was also part of the Slovakia Davis Cup team. Personal life He is a member of the Hungarian community in Slovakia Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's m .... Performance timeline Singles ''Current through the 2022 Davis Cup.'' Challenger and Futures finals Singles: 28 (10–18) Doubles: 5 (1–4) Record against top 10 players Gombos' record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw matches are considered: References External link ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farrukh Dustov
Farrukh Dustov (born 22 May 1986) is a retired Uzbek tennis player and tennis coach, playing on the ITF Futures Tour and 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 .... In February 2015, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world No. 98. He was coached by Manuel Gasbarri, Boris Agostini, Petr Lebed and Diego Rosellini. ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 22 (10–12) Doubles: 12 (7–5) Performance timeline Singles References External links * * * 1986 births Living people Asian Games medalists in tennis Tennis players from Tashkent Uzbekistani male tennis players Tennis players at the 2006 Asian Games Tennis players at the 2010 Asian Games Tennis players at the 2014 Asian Games Tennis players at the 2018 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Gicquel
Marc Gicquel (; born 30 March 1977) is a former professional male tennis player from France. Tennis career Gicquel turned pro in 1999. He made his ATP Tour singles debut at the 2002 Open 13 tournament on hard courts in Marseilles, France. He was granted direct entry into the qualifying draw, which saw him defeat Johan Rousseaux ''6–4, 6–4'' and Cristiano Caratti ''6–2, 7–6(10–8)'' in the first two rounds prior to being defeated in the third and final round by Renzo Furlan ''3–6, 3–6''. He would however be gifted a lucky loser entry when sixth seeded Roger Federer withdrew from the tournament. He faced wild card compatriot Nicolas Mahut in the first round and bettered him by a score of ''6–4, 6–3'' before falling to another Frenchman and eventual runner-up Nicolas Escudé ''1–6, 6–7(3–7)''. Gicquel made his ATP Tour doubles main draw debut when he received a wild card entry into the 2005 French Open alongside compatriot Nicolas Devilder. They would ... [...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] |
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] |
Alex Kuznetsov
Alex Kuznetsov (born February 5, 1987) is a retired professional tennis player. He is a former hitting partner of Maria Sharapova. Personal life Kuznetsov was born in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Kyiv, Ukraine). His family moved to the United States when he was three years old, settling just outside Philadelphia. He now lives in Tampa, Florida, where he trains at Saddlebrook Resort Club with John Isner and Tim Smyczek. Tennis career Juniors Kuznetsov was coached by Jason Katzer during his youth. As a junior, Kuznetsov compiled a singles win–loss record of 67–27 (50-21 in doubles), reaching a combined junior world ranking of number 4 in July 2004. Junior Slam results – Singles: Australian Open: - French Open: F (2004) Wimbledon: 2R (2004) US Open: 3R (2005) Nike offered Kuznetsov a one-million dollar sponsorship contract as soon as he turned pro, which he accepted. 2006 In July 2006, Kuznetsov played in the Comerica Challenger in Aptos, defeating Go Soeda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrej Martin
Andrej Martin (; born 20 September 1989, in Bratislava) is a Slovak professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 93 in February 2020 and a doubles ranking of world No. 69 on 11 July 2016. Career 2016: Best season: French Open third round, Maiden ATP singles final, top 100 He was a lucky loser at the French Open and defeated Daniel Muñoz de la Nava in the first round of the main draw and 29th seed Lucas Pouille in the second, before losing to 8th-seed Milos Raonic in the third round. In July 2016, Martin reached first ATP final, in Umag, defeated Martin Kližan, João Sousa, Carlos Berlocq and Sergiy Stakhovsky en route. In the final he lost to Italian No. 1 Fabio Fognini. Later in the year, Martin participated in the 2016 Summer Olympics. After comfortably defeating Denis Kudla in the first round, Martin got a walkover into the 3rd round when opponent Philipp Kohlschreiber withdrew with an injury. However, Martin was then beaten b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuichi Sugita
Yūichi, Yuichi, or Yuuichi is a masculine Japanese name, Japanese given name. Written forms Yūichi can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples: *勇一, "courage, 1" *祐一, "to help, 1" *祐市, "to help, city" *佑一, "to help, 1" *佑市, "to help, city" *裕一, "abundant, 1" *裕市, "abundant, city" *雄一, "male, 1" *友一, "friend, 1" *悠一, "long time, 1" *悠市, "long time, city" *優一, "superiority, 1" *有一, "to have, 1" *邑一, "village, 1" The name can also be written in hiragana ゆういち or katakana ユウイチ. Yuichi is a separate given name. *諭一, "to persuade, 1" *愉一, "pleased, 1" *愈一, "more and more, 1" And can also be written in hiragana ゆいち or katakana ユイチ. Notable people with the name *, Japanese short track speed skater *, Japanese jockey *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese tennis player *, Japanese video director *, Japanese football pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Wang (tennis)
Wang Yeu-tzuoo (), who also goes by Jimmy Wang, (born February 8, 1985) is a Taiwanese former professional tennis player. Until the emergence of Lu Yen-hsun, Wang was the highest ranked player from Taiwan. The right-hander stands 5 feet 10 inches and weighs 141 pounds. Wang's trademark look is his wearing a white baseball cap backwards. Tennis career Juniors Wang started playing tennis at age seven and quickly emerged as one of Asia's most highly touted junior players. He made the final of the 2001 Australian Open Boys' Singles (losing to Janko Tipsarević) and the final of the US Open Boys' Singles (losing to Gilles Müller). As a junior, he compiled a 136–52 win–loss record in singles (and 78–57 in doubles), reaching as high as No. 3 in the world junior singles rankings in April 2001 (and No. 8 in doubles). Junior Slam results – Singles: Australian Open: F (2001) French Open: 1R (2000, 2001) Wimbledon: SF (2001) US Open: F (2001) Pro tour Wang turned pro in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Harrison (tennis)
Ryan Harrison (born May 7, 1992) is an American former professional tennis player. Harrison won one career ATP title in singles at the 2017 Memphis Open to go along with four in doubles, including the 2017 French Open. Before turning 16, Harrison was regarded as a prodigy after cracking the top 10 in the junior rankings and becoming one of the youngest players ever to win an ATP match. Although he broke through onto the ATP level by the age of 20, Harrison then fell out of the top 100 for several years. He would return to the top 100 in 2016 after a strong second half of the season that included multiple wins over opponents ranked in the top 20 and his first career appearance in the round of 32 at a Grand Slam. Harrison built on that momentum in 2017 to reach a top-40 career-high ranking in singles after winning his first career ATP title. Personal life Harrison began playing tennis at age 2 and was coached by his father, Pat Harrison, who had a brief career as a professional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ričardas Berankis
Ričardas Berankis (; born June 21, 1990) is a Lithuanian professional tennis player. He is the first and only Lithuanian to enter the Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP top 50 rankings, making him the highest ranked Lithuanian tennis player of all time. Berankis has reached two finals on the ATP World Tour, at the Los Angeles Open (tennis), Los Angeles Open in 2012 and at the Kremlin Cup in 2017. He is also a prominent member of the Lithuania Davis Cup team. Early years Berankis started playing tennis at the age of two, when his six years older sister Lina took him to her tennis practices. Berankis' first coach was Valdas Adomaitis from Jurbarkas. When Berankis was nine years old he accepted an invitation from Remigijus Balžekas to practise with him at the Šiauliai tennis school (over 200 km from Vilnius). It turned out to be a long-term partnership and friendship. Career Juniors In 2004, Berankis dominated the U14 circuit of the Tennis Europe Junior Tour, winning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
