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2017 Open Città Della Disfida
The 2017 Open Città della Disfida is a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It is the 18th edition of the tournament to be part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Barletta, Italy between 10 and 16 April 2017. Point distribution Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of April 3, 2017. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Matteo Berrettini * Matteo Donati * Andrea Pellegrino * Lukáš Rosol The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt: * Jozef Kovalík The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate: * Kimmer Coppejans The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Jeremy Jahn * Filip Krajinović * Lorenzo Sonego * Stefano Travaglia Champions Singles * Aljaž Bedene def. Gastão Elias, 7–6(7–4), 6–3. Doubles * Marco Cecchinato / Matteo Donati def. Marin Draganja / Tom ... [...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] |
Jozef Kovalík
Jozef Kovalík (; born 4 November 1992) is a Slovak professional tennis player who competes on the ATP Challenger Tour. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 80 and a doubles ranking of No. 245 reached in 2018. He is currently the No. 4 Slovak player. Career 2010–2014: First Challenger title Kovalík together with Filip Horanský won bronze medal in doubles at 2010 Summer Youth Olympics. He won his first Challenger title on 17 August 2014, after beating second seed Andrey Kuznetsov. He became the fourth player to win an ATP Challenger title while ranked outside the top 300. 2016: ATP, Masters & Grand Slam debuts He played his first match at ATP level on 5 January 2016 in Chennai, where he lost in the first round. He played his first match at a Grand Slam at the 2016 Australian Open, where he lost to fellow qualifier Marco Trungelliti in the first round. At the 2016 BNP Paribas Open Kovalík won his first match at ATP level, defeating another qualifier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marin Draganja
Marin Draganja (; born 13 May 1991) is a Croatian former professional tennis player who competed mainly on the ATP World Tour in doubles. Draganja reached his highest ATP doubles ranking of world No. 20 on 6 April 2015 and highest ATP singles ranking of No. 550 on 29 April 2013. Personal info After having a hip surgery in August 2015 Draganja paused his career for recovery. Marin Draganja was coached by Gilbert Schaller and managed by the McCartney Group, Vienna. His younger brother is 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 Tomislav Draganja. ATP career finals Doubles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner-ups) Challenger finals Doubles: 16 (13–3) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Draganja, Marin Croatian male tennis play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefano Travaglia
Stefano Travaglia (born 18 December 1991 in Ascoli Piceno) is an Italian tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 60, which he reached on 8 February 2021. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 224 achieved on 31 January 2022. Career 2014: ATP debut, First Challenger title Travaglia made his ATP main-draw debut at the 2014 Internazionali BNL d'Italia, where he qualified for the main draw by defeating Albert Montañés and Blaž Rola in the qualifying rounds. In the main draw, he put up a good fight against fellow Italian Simone Bolelli in the first round. Travaglia won his first Challenger title in the doubles event at the 2014 Morocco Tennis Tour – Meknes, partnering Hans Podlipnik-Castillo, defeating Gerard Granollers and Jordi Samper Montaña Jordi Samper Montaña (; born 23 April 1990) is a Spanish tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On 16 September 2013, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 211 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorenzo Sonego
Lorenzo Sonego (; born 11 May 1995) is an Italian professional tennis player. Sonego has won four singles titles on the ATP Tour, and two doubles titles. He has a career high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ATP rankings, ranking of world No. 21 achieved on 4 October 2021, and a career high doubles ranking of No. 60 achieved on 12 September 2022. Sonego was part of the Italy Davis Cup team, Italian team that won the Davis Cup in 2023 Davis Cup, 2023, and he reached a Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major quarterfinal at the 2025 Australian Open – Men's singles, 2025 Australian Open. Early life Sonego was born in Turin, Italy. He began playing tennis when he was 11 years old, encouraged by his father Giorgio and his coach Gipo Arbino. A fan of Italian football club Torino F.C., Torino, he played for the Torino youth academy between the age of six and 13 before focusing on tennis. Music Sonego has released three singles, all alongside AlterEdo: "Un solo secondo" ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filip Krajinović
Filip Krajinović (, ; born 27 February 1992) is a Serbian former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 26 on 23 April 2018.Filip Krajinović at the Association of Tennis Professionals His best individual result has been a Masters 1000 final, at the 2017 Rolex Paris Masters – Singles, 2017 Paris Masters. He played a Davis Cup semifinal with the Serbia Davis Cup team, Serbian national team. His ATP Tour debut came at the 2009 Serbia Open – Singles, 2009 Serbia Open. Career Junior career Krajinović started playing tennis in local tennis clinic TK Žak. In 2006, he reached the fourth round of 2006 Orange Bowl, losing to Bernard Tomic.[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimmer Coppejans
Kimmer Coppejans (born 7 February 1994) is a Belgium, Belgian tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking is world No. 97, achieved in June 2015. Coppejans competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour. Career He was the Junior Champion at the 2012 French Open – Boys' singles, 2012 French Open, defeating Filip Peliwo of Canada 6–1, 6–4 in the final. He qualified for the 2023 Wimbledon Championships making his debut at this Major. Performance timeline Singles ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals Singles: 30 (17–13) Doubles: 7 (1–6) Junior Grand Slam finals Singles: 1 (1 title) References External links * * 1994 births Living people Belgian male tennis players Sportspeople from Ostend French Open junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles 21st-century Belgian sportsmen Long stubs with short prose {{Belgium-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lukáš Rosol
Lukáš Rosol (; born 24 July 1985) is a Czech former professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 26, achieved on 22 September 2014. His first notable victory was against world No. 8, Jürgen Melzer, at the 2011 French Open, whom he defeated in five sets in the second round a year after Melzer had reached the semifinal. A year later, Rosol defeated world No. 2, Rafael Nadal, in the second round of Wimbledon to achieve one of the biggest wins in his career. Rosol has had sustained success since then having played an integral part in the Czech Republic's Davis Cup winning team in 2012, and winning his first tour-level title in April 2013. Rosol also played in the longest ever ATP doubles match, alongside Tomáš Berdych, defeating Marco Chiudinelli and Stanislas Wawrinka in the first round of the 2013 Davis Cup. The match was played on 2 February 2013, lasting 7 hours, 1 minute. It was the second longest ATP match of any kind, after the Isner– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Pellegrino
Andrea Pellegrino (; born 23 March 1997) is an Italian tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 136 achieved on 26 September 2022. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 81 achieved on 8 January 2024. Pellegrino has won one doubles ATP Tour title at the 2023 Chile Open. He has also won three singles and five doubles ATP Challenger Tour titles. Career in June 2025, Pellegrino won his third Challenger title in Perugia Perugia ( , ; ; ) is the capital city of Umbria in central Italy, crossed by the River Tiber. The city is located about north of Rome and southeast of Florence. It covers a high hilltop and part of the valleys around the area. It has 162,467 ..., returning to his career-high in singles, from three years prior, of world No. 136 on 16 June 2025. ATP Tour finals Doubles: 1 (1 title) ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals Singles: 15 (8–6) Doubles: 18 (11–7) References External links * * * 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matteo Berrettini
Matteo Berrettini (; born 12 April 1996) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has been ATP rankings, ranked as high as world No. 6 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved in January 2022, and world No. 105 in doubles, attained in July 2019. Berrettini has won ten ATP Tour singles titles and two doubles titles, and produced his best Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major performance by reaching the singles final of the 2021 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles, 2021 Wimbledon Championships. He is the first man born in the 1990s and first Italian man to reach the quarterfinals or better at all four majors. Berrettini was part of the Italy Davis Cup team that won the 2024 Davis Cup, 2024 crown, going undefeated in all his rubbers. After turning professional in 2015, Berrettini won two singles titles on the ITF World Tennis Tour and three on the ATP Challenger Tour, breaking into the top 100 of the ATP rankings in May 2018. Two month ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elias Ymer
Elias Ymer (born 10 April 1996) is a Swedish tennis player. Ymer has a career high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of World No. 105, achieved on 11 June 2018. He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 188, achieved on 16 October 2017. He is the current No. 1 Swedish singles player. Personal info Ymer was born in Skara, Sweden to Ethiopian immigrant parents. He is the elder brother of tennis player Mikael Ymer. From 2017 to 2018, Ymer was coached by Robin Söderling. In the autumn of 2022 Ymer, together with ten other athletes, was accepted as a student at Harvard Business School's “Crossover into Business” program. Career 2014: ATP debut Ymer made his ATP main draw singles debut at the 2013 Swedish Open where he lost in the first round to Grigor Dimitrov. Ymer received a wildcard at the 2014 Swedish Open defeating Mikhail Kukushkin in the first round before falling to João Sousa in the second round. 2015: Qualification at all Grand Sl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maximilian Marterer
Maximilian Marterer (born 15 June 1995) is a German professional tennis player. He has a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of world No. 45, achieved in 13 August 2018. Professional career 2015-2017: ATP and top 100 debuts, Maiden Challenger title Marterer made his ATP main draw debut at the 2015 MercedesCup in Stuttgart where he was given a wildcard into the singles event. Marterer won his first ATP Challenger Tour singles title at the 2016 Morocco Tennis Tour – Meknes, 2016 Morocco Tennis Tour in Meknes. Marterer entered the world's top 100 for the first time, becoming world No. 100 on 16 October 2017. 2018-2020: First ATP semifinal, French Open fourth round and top 50 At the 2018 Australian Open, Australian Open, Marterer won his first ATP main draw match after losing 14 first round matches in a row. He defeated compatriot Cedrik-Marcel Stebe in straight sets. In the second round, he upset former top-10 player Fernando Verdasco in a fiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
