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2016 MercedesCup – Singles
Rafael Nadal was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year. Dominic Thiem won the title, defeating Philipp Kohlschreiber in the final, 6–7(2–7), 6–4, 6–4. Seeds The top four seeds In botany, a seed is a plant structure containing an embryo and stored nutrients in a protective coat called a ''testa''. More generally, the term "seed" means anything that can be sown, which may include seed and husk or tuber. Seeds are the ... receive a bye into the second round. Draw Finals Top half Bottom half Qualifying Seeds Qualifiers Qualifying draw First qualifier Second qualifier Third qualifier Fourth qualifier References External links Main drawQualifying draw {{DEFAULTSORT:2016 MercedesCup - Singles Stuttgart Open Singles Singles 2016 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominic Thiem
Dominic Thiem (; born 3 September 1993) is an Austrian former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 3 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved in March 2020. Thiem won 17 ATP Tour-level singles titles, including a major at the 2020 US Open. He finished runner-up at three other majors, the 2018 and 2019 French Opens and the 2020 Australian Open. Thiem was also runner-up at the 2019 and 2020 ATP Finals. As a junior, Thiem was ranked as high as world No. 2. He was runner-up at the 2011 French Open boys tournament, and won the 2011 Orange Bowl. As a professional, he broke into the top 100 for the first time in 2014. In 2015, he won his first ATP title at the 2015 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur. He reached his first major semifinal at the 2016 French Open. In doing so, he first entered the top ten in the ATP rankings. He went on to reach his first Masters 1000 final in 2017 at the Madrid Open, then reaching his first majo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florian Mayer
Florian Mayer (; born 5 October 1983) is a German former professional tennis player. Mayer reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 18 in June 2011. Also in 2011, Mayer won his first ATP Tour title after four previous defeats in ATP finals. Mayer competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics. At the 2004 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles, 2004 Wimbledon Championships, Mayer reached the quarter-finals, which is his best Grand Slam result to date. He received the ATP Awards, ATP Newcomer of the Year award in 2004 ATP Tour, 2004. Eight years later, Mayer made his second Grand Slam quarter-final, once again at 2012 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles, Wimbledon. The biggest win of his career came at the 2011 Shanghai Rolex Masters when he upset twenty-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal in the round of 16. Mayer was known for his unorthodox style of play. He had a long backswing on his forehand and backhand and used many different Backspin, slices and spin on h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denis Istomin
Denis Olegovich Istomin (born 7 September 1986) is an Uzbekistani professional tennis player. He won two singles titles (at the 2015 Aegon Open Nottingham and 2017 Chengdu Open) and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 33 in August 2012. In January 2017, he defeated defending champion Novak Djokovic in the second round of the Australian Open. Personal life Denis Istomin was born in Orenburg to Russian parents Oleg Istomin and Klaudiya Istomina. His father moved the family to Tashkent, Uzbekistan, when Denis was 3 months old. Denis is coached by his mother, who introduced him to the sport at an early age. Injuries resulting from a car crash in 2001 en route to an event kept Istomin away from tennis for 2 years, with doctors initially stating that he would never hold a racquet again. Despite this, Istomin resumed training in April 2003. He is good friends with Varvara Lepchenko, who previously played for Uzbekistan. On court Istomin is one of the few top ATP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denis Kudla
Denis Kudla ( ; born August 17, 1992) is an American tennis coach and former professional player. He had a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 53, achieved in May 2016. He had a career-high doubles ranking of No. 133, achieved in August 2018. He won nine Challenger singles and nine doubles titles in his career. He is currently coaching Reilly Opelka. Personal life Kudla's family moved from Ukraine to Fairfax, Virginia on his first birthday. He began playing tennis at age 7, in part because his older brother Nikita played tennis, but also because many of his father's friends played. He used to tag along as Nikita took informal lessons from their father in Fairfax's Van Dyck Park. Kudla's father, Vladimir Kudla, took his family out of Ukraine shortly after the Soviet Union collapsed. Kudla's parents moved to the US not speaking a word of English, but learned it within a few years. His mother got permission to pick him up from elementary school one hour early so that t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dušan Lajović
Dušan Lajović ( sr-Cyrl, Душан Лајовић; born 30 June 1990) is a Serbian professional tennis player. On 29 April 2019, he reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 23. On 21 September 2020, he peaked at No. 82 in the doubles rankings. Lajović has won two singles and two doubles titles on the ATP Tour. He won his first singles tournament at the 2019 Croatia Open and reached his first Masters 1000 final at the 2019 Monte-Carlo Masters. He is best known for his clay court game, kick serve and strong flowing groundstrokes, especially his one-handed backhand. Lajović regularly represents Serbia in team competitions, after playing in the now defunct World Team Cup in 2010 and 2011. He is a member of the Serbian Davis Cup team since 2012 and contributed greatly to Serbia winning the inaugural ATP Cup in 2020, as he won four of his six matches. He also qualified for the Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification#Qualified players, 2024 Paris Olympics. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Pierre-Hugues Herbert (; born 18 March 1991) is a French professional tennis player. In doubles, he has completed the Grand Slam (tennis)#Career Grand Slam, Career Grand Slam with titles at the 2015 US Open – Men's doubles, 2015 US Open, the 2016 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles, 2016 Wimbledon Championships, the 2018 French Open – Men's doubles, 2018 French Open, the 2021 French Open – Men's doubles, 2021 French Open, and the 2019 Australian Open – Men's doubles, 2019 Australian Open partnering Nicolas Mahut. His career-high doubles ranking is World No. 2 achieved on 11 July 2016. The pair have also claimed seven ATP Tour Masters 1000 titles and ATP Finals titles in 2019 ATP Finals – Doubles, 2019 and 2021 ATP Finals – Doubles, 2021. In singles, Herbert has reached four Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP career finals and achieved his career-high singles ranking of world No. 36 on 11 February 2019. Junior career Herbert won the Wimbledon Championships, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcos Baghdatis
Marcos Baghdatis (Greek language, Greek: Μάρκος Παγδατής, Arabic language, Arabic: ماركوس بغداتيس); born 17 June 1985 is a Greek Cypriot former professional tennis player and coach. He was the runner-up at the 2006 Australian Open – Men's singles, 2006 Australian Open and a semifinalist at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles, 2006 Wimbledon Championships, and reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ATP rankings, ranking of world No. 8 in August 2006. In the latter part of his career, Baghdatis endured a series of injuries that impacted his play. Personal and early life Baghdatis was born in Paramytha, Cyprus, to a Lebanese people, Lebanese father, Christos, and a Greek Cypriot mother, Androula. He has two brothers—Petros and Marinos—and a sister, Zena, who was adopted by his family at just six months old. His father, a native Antiochian Greek Christians, Lebanese (Antiochian Greek Christian) who foll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan-Lennard Struff
Jan-Lennard Struff (; born 25 April 1990) is a German professional tennis player. He reached his career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles and doubles rankings of world No. 21 on 19 June 2023 and on 22 October 2018 respectively. He is the current German No. 3. He has won one ATP singles and four doubles titles. Struff became the third oldest first-time ATP champion (since the inception of the ATP Tour in 1990) in 2024 at the age of 33, when he won his first ATP singles title by beating third seeded Taylor Fritz in straight sets in the final of the 2024 BMW Open – Singles, BMW Open. Career 2014: First two ATP semifinals, top 50 debut Struff advanced to his first semifinals on the ATP Tour in 2014 Open 13 – Singles, Marseille, 2014 BMW Open – Singles, Munich and 2014 Moselle Open – Singles, Metz. He entered the top 50 in the ATP rankings for the first time in his career and finished the year in the top 100 also for the first time at World No. 59. 2015: Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grigor Dimitrov
Grigor Dimitrov Dimitrov (, ; born 16 May 1991) is a Bulgarian professional tennis player. He has been ATP rankings, ranked as high as world No. 3 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP, making him the highest-ranked Bulgarian in history. Dimitrov reached the ranking after winning the biggest title of his career at the season-ending 2017 ATP Finals – Singles, ATP Finals in November 2017. He has won nine ATP Tour singles titles. Prior to his professional career, Dimitrov enjoyed a successful junior career, in which he reached the world No. 1 ranking and won consecutive Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major boys' singles titles at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' singles, 2008 Wimbledon Championships and the 2008 US Open – Boys' singles, 2008 US Open. In October 2013 at the 2013 If Stockholm Open – Singles, Stockholm Open, Dimitrov became the first Bulgarian man to win an ATP Tour singles title. As of 2025, he is the male player with the longes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Millman
John H. Millman (born 14 June 1989) is an Australian former professional tennis player. He won one title on the ATP Tour, the 2020 Astana Open, reaching a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 33 in October 2018. His other career highlights included reaching the quarterfinals of the 2018 US Open (beating then-world No. 2 Roger Federer en route), reaching the finals of the 2019 Japan Open and 2018 Hungarian Open and winning twelve ATP Challenger Tour titles. Millman represented Australia on numerous occasions, including in the Davis Cup and ATP Cup and at two Summer Olympics. Millman retired from tennis after the 2024 Australian Open. Personal life Millman was born in Brisbane, Australia, into a family of five children (four girls) and he is the second youngest. During his schooling years he attended Brisbane Grammar School then the Anglican Church Grammar School . Outside tennis he enjoys soccer and supports Liverpool F.C. who compete in the English Premier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikhail Youzhny
Mikhail Mikhailovich Youzhny (born 25 June 1982), nicknamed "Misha" and "Colonel" by his fans, is a Russian former professional tennis player who was ranked inside the top 10 and was the Russian No. 1. He achieved a top-10 ranking by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the first time on 13 August 2007, and reached a career peak of world No. 8 in January 2008, and again in October 2010.Youzhny reached the quarterfinals of all Grand Slam (tennis), majors, reaching the semifinals at the US Open in 2006 US Open – Men's singles, 2006 and 2010 US Open – Men's singles, 2010. The closest he came to a major final was at the 2006 US Open semifinals when he took the first set from world No. 9 Andy Roddick, after upsetting world No. 2 Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals. At the other semifinal he lost in straight sets to the eventual champion, Nadal. Youzhny reached the finals of 21 ATP Tour-level titles, winning ten of them. He reached ATP Tour finals on all surfaces, but ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergiy Stakhovsky
Sergiy Eduardovych Stakhovsky (, ; born January 6, 1986) is a Ukrainian former professional tennis player. Stakhovsky turned professional in 2003 and played mostly at the Challenger level from 2005 to 2008. His career-high rankings were World No. 31 in singles (September 2010) and No. 33 in doubles (June 2011). Stakhovsky won his first career title in March 2008, as a lucky loser ranked No. 209, defeating top seed Ivan Ljubičić in the final, thus becoming the first lucky loser to win a title since Christian Miniussi in 1991. He is the elder brother of tennis player Leonard Stakhovsky. He was coached by Burghard Riehemann. He is perhaps best known for beating eight-time winner and defending champion Roger Federer in the second round of the 2013 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles, 2013 Wimbledon Championships, ending the latter's record run of 36 consecutive Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major quarterfinals. Stakhovsky retired from tennis in January 2022, and following ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
