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2017 Columbus Challenger – Singles
Stefan Kozlov was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title. Ante Pavić won the title after defeating Alexander Ward Alexander Ward (born 30 April 1990) is a retired British tennis player. Early life Ward was born on 30 April 1990 in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England. He was educated at Northampton School for Boys. Tennis career Ward has a career high ... 6–7(11–13), 6–4, 6–3 in the final. Seeds Draw Finals Top half Bottom half ReferencesMain DrawQualifying Draw
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Ante Pavić
Ante Pavić (; born 7 March 1989) is an inactive Croatian professional tennis player. His highest singles ranking is No. 132 achieved on 13 October 2014. He qualified for the main draw in the 2014 French Open after saving a match point in the final round of qualifying against Thanasi Kokkinakis Athanasios "Thanasi" Kokkinakis ( ; ; born 10 April 1996) is an Australian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 65 in singles by the ATP, achieved on 6 November 2023. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of .... Challenger and Futures finals Singles: 9 (5–4) Doubles: 37 (26–11) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pavic, Ante 1989 births Living people Croatian male tennis players People from Ogulin Sportspeople from Karlovac County 21st-century Croatian sportsmen ...
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Matthew Barton (tennis)
Matthew Barton (born 16 December 1991) is an Australian professional tennis player. He made his Grand Slam singles debut at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships reaching the second round. Personal Barton grew up on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. He attended St Luke's Grammar School. Professional career 2012 Barton won his first ITF Futures title defeating Samuel Groth in the final 7–6(3) 6–3. Barton played the 2013 Australian Open Wildcard Playoff defeating Thanasi Kokkinakis and Nick Kyrgios. 2013 Barton defeated Croatian Ivo Karlović 6–7(0) 7–6(5) 7–6(5) at the Apia International Sydney qualification, Then beat Tatsuma Ito 7–5 6–1. Before losing to Björn Phau of Germany. Barton reached the 2nd round of the Australian Open with John Millman defeating Marinko Matosevic and Daniel Gimeno Traver in the opening round. Before losing to Kevin Anderson and Jonathan Erlich. Barton won his first ATP Challenger Tour Title in West Lakes defeating the number 2 ...
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Sekou Bangoura
Sekou Bangoura Jr. (born November 18, 1991) is an American professional tennis player. Bangoura partnered with Nathan Pasha to win the 2010 Kalamazoo Boys' Junior National Tennis Championship, defeating Jack Sock and Matthew Kandath 7–5, 6–3 in the finals. With their victory, Bangoura and Pasha earned a wildcard into the 2010 US Open doubles event, where they lost in the first round to Michael Kohlmann and Jarkko Nieminen 3–6, 1–6. Bangoura made his ATP main draw debut at the 2014 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships in the doubles event partnering Vahid Mirzadeh. The pair had only made through the doubles draw as an alternate team but in the first round they defeated the 2nd seeds Eric Butorac and Raven Klaasen 7–5, 3–6, 0–5 Their run came to a stop in the quarterfinals where they lost to Sam Groth and Max Mirnyi 6–7(5–7), 4–6. Bangoura has won 10 singles titles and 21 doubles titles all achieved on the ITF Futures Tour with one sole double ...
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Filip Peliwo
Filip Peliwo ( , ; born January 30, 1994) is a Canadian-born Polish professional tennis player. He reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 161 on 21 May 2018. In 2022, he began competing for Poland. Peliwo became the first Canadian male and second Canadian ever to win a Grand Slam in singles at any level with his 2012 Wimbledon boys' title win. This was Canada's second Grand Slam title in two days, one day after Eugenie Bouchard's. With the victory, Peliwo reached the No. 1 combined junior world ranking in July 2012, the first time a Canadian has been top ranked.CBC News, "The National", airdate 2012 July 7 He won his second straight junior Grand Slam title at the 2012 US Open. Peliwo was also runner-up in the boys singles events at the 2012 Australian Open and French Open. Early life Peliwo was born in Vancouver to Polish parents Mark and Monika. He played his early tennis through his teens at the North Shore Winter Club in North Vancouver BC and was part of the ...
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Mikael Torpegaard
Mikael Torpegaard (born 8 May 1994) is a Danish professional tennis player. He was a member of the Denmark Davis Cup team. Earlier career Torpegaard won his first career ATP Challenger $75,000 title at the 2016 Columbus Challenger, which is played at Ohio State, where Mikael went to college and became a five-time All-American and a two-time Big Ten Athlete of the Year, an achievement that ranks him among the most successful tennis players in Ohio State history. Professional career 2019: ATP debut Torpegaard qualified for his first ATP main draw at the 2019 Citi Open in Washington, USA where he lost to Marius Copil. 2021: Grand Slam debut Torpegaard made his Grand Slam main draw debut at the 2021 Australian Open as a lucky loser where he lost to Lloyd Harris. Davis Cup On 22 September 2015 Torpegaard, representing host Denmark for the third time in Davis Cup play, played Rafael Nadal, losing 6–4, 6–3, 6–2. ATP Challenger Tour finals Singles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner- ...
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Roberto Quiroz
Roberto Quiroz Gómez (; born 23 February 1992) is an Ecuadorian professional tennis player. Quiroz is the nephew of Andrés Gómez and the cousin of Emilio Gómez and Nicolás Lapentti. He attended and played collegiate tennis at the University of Southern California. In 2010 he won the finals stage of Boys' Doubles events on the French Open and US Open with Peruvian tennis player Duilio Beretta. They defeated Argentinian pair Facundo Argüello and Agustín Velotti 6–3, 6–2 in France and they won against Oliver Golding and Jiří Veselý Jiří Veselý (; born 10 July 1993) is a Czech professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 35 on 27 April 2015. Youth career Veselý reached the No. 1 junior combined world ranking in January 2011, co ... 6–1, 7–5 in the United States. Challenger and Futures finals Singles: 12 (6–6) Doubles: 32 (20–12) Junior Grand Slam finals Doubles: 2 (2 titles) References Exte ...
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Aleksandar Vukic
Aleksandar Vukic ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Александар Вукић, Aleksandar Vukić, separator=" / ", ; born 6 April 1996) is an Australian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 48 achieved on 14 August 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 389 achieved on 21 March 2022. Vukic has reached one ATP Tour singles final at the 2023 Atlanta Open. Vukic made his main draw ATP singles debut at the 2018 Sydney International and his Grand Slam debut at the 2020 French Open, after qualifying for both. Early life Vukic was born in Sydney, Australia, and is of Serbian and Montenegrin descent. His parents and older brother left Montenegro during the breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s and settled in Sydney before Vukic was born. Vukic began playing tennis at the age of 6 and attended Normanhurst Boys High School throughout his upbringing. He later attended the University of Illinois from 2015 to 2018 where he ...
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José Hernández-Fernández
José Hernández-Fernández (; born March 13, 1990) is a tennis coach and a former professional player from the Dominican Republic. He reached his highest singles ranking on the ATP Tour of World No. 179 in August 2015 and his highest doubles ranking of No. 206 in 2016. College career Prior to joining UNC Hernández-Fernández received offers from Texas A&M, Ohio State, Pepperdine, among others. Hernández-Fernández played tennis at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. In 2011, he reached the round of 16 in the 2011 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships losing to the previous year champion Bradley Klahn from Stanford. He finished his career at UNC ranked No. 9 in singles and ranked No. 6 in doubles in the nation in the 2012 pre-season NCAA Div 1 rankings before turning pro. He was twice a member of the "All-ACC" team. Combined record at UNC was 48 wins and 17 losses. Professional career Juniors Ranked No. 37 in the world junior rankings by the Internation ...
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Evan King
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Peter Kobelt
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Daniel Elahi Galán
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Prajnesh Gunneswaran
Prajnesh Gunneswaran (born 12 November 1989) is an Indian former professional tennis player. He reached a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 75 in 2019. He won 2 ATP Challenger and 8 ITF titles in singles and 1 ITF title in doubles. He represented India at the Davis Cup. At the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, he won the bronze medal in the men's singles event. Personal life Prajnesh Gunneswaran is the son of Mr. S G Prabhakharan and Mrs. Usha. He married Sudarshana Pai in Ernakulam, Kerala in 2019. Career 2010–2017: Early career Gunneswaran mainly participated in ITF and ATP Challenger events in his early years. While he won eight ITF Futures singles titles, he found limited success on the Challenger tour. In October 2016, he reached his first ATP Challenger singles final at Pune Challenger. He lost the title match to Frenchman Sadio Doumbia. In May 2017, he reached his first ATP Challenger doubles final at 2017 Samarkand Challenger. Partnering with compatriot Vishnu Va ...
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