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2016 Internationaux De Tennis De Vendée
The 2016 Internationaux de Tennis de Vendée was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the fourth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Mouilleron-le-Captif, France between 7 and 13 November 2016. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of October 31, 2016. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Mikhail Youzhny * Geoffrey Blancaneaux * Corentin Moutet * Benoît Paire The following player entered the main draw using a special exemption: * Alex De Minaur The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Adrien Bossel * Rémi Boutillier * Calvin Hemery * Antoine Hoang Champions Singles * Julien Benneteau def. Andrey Rublev, 7–5, 2–6, 6–3. Doubles * Jonathan Eysseric / Édouard Roger-Vasselin def. Johan Brunström / Andreas Siljeström Andreas Siljeström (born 21 July 1981) is a Swedish former profes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hardcourt
A hardcourt (or hard court) is a type of surface or floor on which a sport is played, most usually in reference to tennis courts. It is typically made of rigid materials such as asphalt or concrete, and covered with acrylic resins to seal the surface and mark the playing lines, while providing some cushioning. Historically, hardwood surfaces were also in use in indoor settings, similar to an indoor basketball court, but these surfaces are rare now. Tennis Tennis hard courts are made of synthetic/acrylic layers on top of a concrete or asphalt foundation and can vary in color. These courts tend to play medium-fast to fast because there is little energy absorption by the court, as with grass courts but unlike clay courts. The ball tends to bounce high and players are able to apply many types of spin during play. Speed of rebound after tennis balls bounce on hard courts is determined by how much sand is in the synthetic/acrylic layer placed on top of the asphalt foundation. More sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikoloz Basilashvili
Nikoloz Basilashvili ( ka, ნიკოლოზ ბასილაშვილი, tr, ; born 23 February 1992) is a Georgian professional tennis player. He reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 16 on 27 May 2019 making him the highest ranked player from Georgia. Basilashvilli became the first Georgian to win an ATP title at the 2018 German Open. He is currently the No. 1 Georgian player. In October 2018, Basilashvili won his second ATP 500 title at the China Open by defeating world No. 4 Juan Martín del Potro in the final. In 2019, Basilashvili completed his first title defense by winning the German Open for a second successive year. Personal life Basilashvili was born 23 February 1992 in Tbilisi, Georgia. His father, Nodar, is a dancer of the Sukhishvili Georgian National Ballet, his mother, Natalia, worked as a physician. He has a brother, Tengiz. Apart from his native language he also speaks Russian and English. Basilashvili started playing tennis at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Brunström
Johan Brunström (born 3 April 1980) is a professional Swedish tennis player. His highest ATP doubles ranking is no. 31, which he reached on 22 March 2010. His career high in singles is no. 377, which he reached on 24 September 2007. He made his Davis Cup debut against Serbia in February 2012, with a win in doubles with partner Robert Lindstedt. In June 2012, he reached the second round of Wimbledon men's doubles partnering Philipp Marx. They lost to David Marrero and Andreas Seppi. At the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ..., he reached the second round of the men's doubles with Lindstedt. Performance timeline Doubles ATP career finals Doubles: 19 (5 titles, 14 runner-ups) ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 5 (2–3) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrey Rublev
Andrey Andreyevich Rublev (; born 20 October 1997) is a Russian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 5 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved in September 2021. Rublev has won 17 ATP Tour singles titles, including two ATP Masters 1000 tournaments, Masters 1000 events at the 2023 Monte-Carlo Masters – Singles, 2023 Monte-Carlo Masters and the 2024 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's singles, 2024 Madrid Open. He has reached the quarterfinals of all four Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, majors. Rublev also has four ATP Tour-level doubles titles, including a Masters 1000 event at the 2023 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's doubles, 2023 Madrid Open partnering Karen Khachanov, and a gold medal in Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Mixed doubles, mixed doubles at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics partnering Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. In his junior career, Rublev won the 2014 French Open – Boys' singles, 2014 French Op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoine Hoang
Antoine Hoang (born 4 November 1995) is a French tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 98 achieved on 19 August 2019. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 132 achieved on 18 October 2021. Professional career 2018: ATP and Grand Slam doubles debut Hoang made his ATP main draw debut at the 2018 Open 13 in the doubles draw partnering Alexandre Müller. He received a wild card for the main draw of the 2018 French Open in the doubles draw, partnering with Ugo Humbert. 2019: First ATP singles win and doubles final, Grand Slam and top 100 debut He won his first ATP match in Montpellier against Steve Darcis in 2019 before losing to compatriot Jérémy Chardy and made the final in doubles, partnering Benjamin Bonzi. On his Grand Slam singles debut at the 2019 French Open, Hoang reached the third round as a wildcard defeating 23rd seed Fernando Verdasco before losing to 14th seed compatriot Gaël Monfils. He reached a career high ranking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calvin Hemery
Calvin Hemery (born 28 January 1995) is a French tennis player of Nigerian descent. Hemery competes on the ATP Challenger Tour. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 116 achieved on 30 April 2018 and a doubles ranking of No. 252 achieved on 24 December 2018. Professional career 2015: ATP debut Hemery made his ATP main draw debut at the 2015 Swiss Open Gstaad where he qualified for the main draw, then lost in the first round to Dušan Lajović. In May, Hemery won his first singles Futures title in Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy, having lost his previous four Futures finals. 2016: First ATP win Hemery reached the main draw in Båstad as a qualifier where he recorded his first ATP Tour win, beating fellow countryman Tristan Lamasine in the first round, before losing to top seed David Ferrer in the second round. 2017: First Challenger title In June, Hemery reached his first Challenger final in Blois, France, losing to Damir Džumhur in the final. In July, he w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rémi Boutillier
Rémi Boutillier (born 15 January 1990) is a French 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 .... Boutillier has a career high ATP singles ranking of 235 achieved on 25 May 2015. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 340 achieved on 9 June 2014. He has won 6 ITF singles titles and 7 ITF doubles titles. Boutillier won his first ATP Challenger title at the 2015 Internationaux de Tennis de BLOIS in the doubles event partnering Maxime Teixeira. References External links * * French male tennis players 1990 births Living people Sportspeople from Briançon Fresno State Bulldogs men's tennis players French expatriate tennis players in the United States 21st-century French sportsmen {{France-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrien Bossel
Adrien Bossel (born 28 December 1986) is a Swiss former tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 262 achieved on 10 August 2015. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 401 achieved on 15 October 2012. Bossel made his ATP main-draw debut at the 2012 Swiss Indoors in the doubles event partnering Henri Laaksonen, but they lost in the first round to Kevin Anderson and Viktor Troicki. At the 2013 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Bossel qualified for the tournament by defeating Adam Feeney, Denys Molchanov and Érik Chvojka in the qualifying rounds. In the main draw, he lost to the eighth seed 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 O .... External links * * 1986 births Living people Swiss male tennis players Sportspe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex De Minaur
Alex de Minaur Román (born 17 February 1999) is an Australian professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of No. 6 on 15 July 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 58 on 12 October 2020. He has won nine ATP Tour singles and one doubles titles, and has reached five Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major quarterfinals. Early life and junior career Alex de Minaur was born in Sydney, Australia. His father, Anibal, is Uruguayan and his mother, Esther, is a Spaniard. His father owned an Italian restaurant on George Street, Sydney, George Street in Sydney and met Esther when she began working there as a waitress. De Minaur has two brothers and three sisters — Dominic, Daniel, Natalie, Cristina and Sara. His name, commonly pronounced by Australians and other native English-speakers, inspired his nickname of "The Demon", as well as his use of the demon logo when signing the camera lens after winning matches, which is h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corentin Moutet
Corentin Moutet (; born 19 April 1999) is a French professional tennis player. Moutet has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 51, attained on 7 November 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 425, attained on 12 June 2017. Moutet has won six ATP Challenger Tour and five ITF World Tennis Tour singles tournaments. Moutet made his ATP Tour main draw debut at the 2017 French Open after receiving a wildcard to the doubles main draw with Constant Lestienne. Junior career 2013: First ITF tournaments, first titles In April, Moutet entered the singles qualifying of the ITF Junior Cap d'Ail. Two tournaments later, he reached his first singles final at the Podgorica Open. At the Copa Santa Catarina Internacional in October, Moutet again reached the singles final, losing to João Menezes in straight sets. In doubles, he took his first title with Fernando Yamacita. At the Copa Guga Kuerten, his final tournament of the year, he proved victorious in both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoffrey Blancaneaux
Geoffrey Blancaneaux (born 8 August 1998) is a French professional tennis player who competes on the ATP Challenger Tour. He has a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of World No. 134 achieved on 14 November 2022 and a doubles ranking of No. 115 achieved on 19 May 2025. Junior career Blancaneaux won the 2016 French Open – Boys' singles, 2016 French Open boys' singles title, defeating Félix Auger-Aliassime in the final after saving three championship points. Professional career 2017: Grand Slam debut In September 2017, Blancaneaux made his Grand Slam debut, after receiving a wildcard to enter the main draw at the 2017 US Open – Men's singles, US Open. 2021: Maiden Challenger title In December 2021, Blancaneaux won his maiden ATP Challenger Tour, Challenger singles tournament at the Maia Challenger, defeating Tseng Chun-hsin in the finals. 2022-2024: French Open, Masters and top 150 debuts Seeded No. 190 at the 2022 French Open he qualified t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tobias Kamke
Tobias Kamke (born 21 May 1986) is a German former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 64 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved in January 2011. In 2010, Kamke was awarded Newcomer of the Year by the ATP after slashing his singles ranking from No. 254 to No. 67 by year-end following four finals on the ATP Challenger Tour, having beaten emerging players Milos Raonic and Ryan Harrison in two of the finals for the titles, and a third round appearance at the Wimbledon Championships, his career-best performance at a major. Kamke announced his retirement in July 2022 and played his last professional match at the Hamburg European Open. Professional career 2008 Although losing to No. 134 Jan Hernych in the final qualifying round, Kamke reached the main draw in singles of the Wimbledon Championships as a lucky loser. However, he then lost his first match to world No. 30, Andreas Seppi. 2010 He made the main d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
