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2017 Visit Panamá Cup
The 2017 Visit Panamá Cup will be a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It will be the fourth edition of the tournament which will be part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It will take place in Panama City, Panama between 3 and 8 April 2017. Point distribution Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of March 20, 2017. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Mateo Galdón * José Gilbert Gómez * Miomir Kecmanović * Oliver Marach The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking: * Bradley Klahn The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Bjorn Fratangelo * Kevin Krawietz * Tomás Lipovšek Puches * Péter Nagy Champions Singles * Rogério Dutra Silva def. Peđa Krstin 6–2, 6–4. Doubles * Sergio Galdós / Caio Zampieri def. Kevin Krawietz / Adrián Menéndez Maceiras Adrián Menéndez Maceiras (; born 28 Oct ... [...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] |
Henri Laaksonen
Henri Joona Julius Laaksonen (, Swiss Standard German: ; born 31 March 1992) is a Swiss inactive professional tennis player. His highest singles ranking is world No. 84, which he achieved on 14 February 2022, and his highest doubles ranking is world No. 191, achieved on 24 December 2018. Early life Laaksonen's father, Sandro Della Piana, is a former Swiss tennis player. His mother is from Finland. His parents separated very early in his life, but he nonetheless kept contact with his father. He started playing tennis at the age of 3. During his adolescent years he lived in Hyvinkää where he was coached by Pasi Virtanen. At 16, he became European champion for the Under-16s category. In 2009, he moved to Switzerland to train at the Swiss Tennis National Tennis Center in Bienne. Before January 2011, he represented his country of birth, Finland. Since then, he has represented Switzerland. Professional career 2021: Two Major third rounds & two top-20 wins, back to top 100 in tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peđa Krstin
Peđa Krstin ( sr-Cyrl, Пеђа Крстин; born 3 September 1994) is a Serbian professional tennis player and coach.4 Krstin has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 159, which he achieved on 9 May 2016. He also achieved a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 554 on 17 October 2015. He has won one Challenger and 14 Futures singles titles in his career. Career Krstin made his ATP main draw debut at 2014 PBZ Zagreb Indoors after defeating Marcos Baghdatis, Gianluigi Quinzi and Martin Fischer in the qualifying rounds before losing to compatriot Dušan Lajović in the first round of the main draw. Krstin was a fifth player on a Serbian Davis Cup team in the first round tie against Croatia in the 2015 Davis Cup, but didn't play in any match. He finally played his first match for the Davis Cup team against United States in the first round of 2018 Davis Cup, defeating world No. 50 Steve Johnson in two sets in a dead rubber. He received a wildcard for 2021 Serbia Open ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Péter Nagy (tennis)
Péter Nagy (born 17 March 1992) is a Hungary, Hungarian tennis coach and a former professional player. Nagy has a career high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of world No. 409 achieved on 15 May 2017. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 283 achieved on 10 December 2018. Nagy has won three International Tennis Federation, ITF singles titles and thirteen doubles titles. Playing for Hungary Davis Cup team, Hungary in Davis Cup, Nagy has a W/L record of 4–5. He is currently coaching Márton Fucsovics since 2022. Future and Challenger finals Singles: 11 (3–8) Doubles 31 (13–18) Record against other players Nagy's match record against players who have been ranked in the top 100, with those who are active in boldface. ATP Tour, Challenger and Future tournaments' main draw and qualifying matches are considered. Davis Cup Participations: (4–6) * indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup matc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomás Lipovšek Puches
Tomás Lipovšek Puches (born 17 April 1993) is a Slovenian–Argentine tennis player. Lipovšek Puches has a career high ATP singles ranking of 250 achieved on 25 April 2016. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 214 achieved on 2 October 2017. In February 2016, Lipovsek Puches made his ATP main draw debut at the 2016 Argentina Open, where he received a wildcard into the doubles draw partnering Manuel Peña López. They lost in the first round to Guido Pella and Diego Schwartzman. His professional debut had also been against his compatriot Diego Schwartzman, in April 2011, losing 3-6 0-6 at a Futures event in his native Argentina. In May 2019, Lipovšek Puches switched nationalities to represent Slovenia Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati .... He return ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Krawietz
Kevin Krawietz (born 24 January 1992) is a German professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He achieved his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 5 on 10 February 2025. Krawietz has won eleven doubles titles on the ATP Tour, including the 2024 ATP Finals with Tim Pütz, becoming the first all-German pair to win the title. He is a two-time Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam champion at the French Open in 2019 French Open – Men's doubles, 2019 and 2020 French Open – Men's doubles, 2020 with Andreas Mies. Krawietz was also a finalist with Tim Pütz at the 2024 US Open – Men's doubles, 2024 US Open and reached the mixed doubles semifinals at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles, 2021 Wimbledon Championships and at the 2022 French Open – Mixed doubles, 2022 French Open, partnering Květa Peschke and Nicole Melichar-Martinez respectively. In singles, Krawietz reached his highest ranking of world No. 211 in December 2018. He has represented Germany in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bradley Klahn
Bradley Klahn (born August 20, 1990) is an American former professional tennis player from Poway, California. Klahn played collegiate tennis at Stanford University, where he won the 2010 NCAA Singles Championships as a sophomore. His next year as a junior, he was a finalist in the NCAA Doubles Championship. He played at the 2010 US Open, taking a set from 20th seed Sam Querrey before being defeated in four sets. Klahn received a wild card into the 2011 SAP Open. He underwent back surgery in February 2015 and did not resume playing until late 2016, accepting a wild card into qualifying for the Challenger event in Champaign-Urbana and winning three matches to reach the main draw, where he defeated Sam Groth in the first round and Tennys Sandgren in the second before falling to Jared Donaldson in the quarterfinals. Personal life Klahn began playing tennis at age 11 after his mother, Nancy, who played tennis at University of Iowa, signed him up for a summer round-robin league. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Marach
Oliver Marach (born 16 July 1980) is a former Austrian professional tennis player who primarily specialised in doubles. He achieved his highest singles ranking of world No. 82 in August 2005, but achieved most of his success in doubles where he reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 2 on 28 May 2018. Marach won his first Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam title at the 2018 Australian Open – Men's doubles, 2018 Australian Open, partnering Mate Pavić, and the pair also finished runners-up at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles, 2017 Wimbledon Championships and 2018 French Open – Men's doubles, 2018 French Open. He and Pavić were the 2018 ATP Doubles Team of the year. In mixed doubles, he has reached three Grand Slam semifinals. He has represented Austria in the Davis Cup since 2003, and also played at the Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles, 2016 Olympic Games alongside Alexander Peya. In 2021, in the Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olymp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miomir Kecmanović
Miomir Kecmanović ( sr-Cyrl, Миомир Кецмановић, ; born 31 August 1999) is a Serbian professional tennis player. Kecmanović reached his best singles ranking of world No. 27 on 16 January 2023 and he peaked at world No. 127 on 24 April 2023 in the doubles rankings. He has won two Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP titles both in singles and doubles. He is currently the No. 2 Serbian player. Career Juniors: Orange Bowl champion & junior No. 1 In December 2015, Kecmanović won the Orange Bowl (tennis), Orange Bowl in a 3-set match against Stefanos Tsitsipas from Greece, 6–3, 2–6, 7–6(5). He reached the final in singles at 2016 US Open – Boys' singles, 2016 Junior US Open where he was defeated by Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime. He finished the year 2016 as ITF World Champions#Boys' combined (from 2004), ITF Juniors number 1 ranked tennis player. 2016: Davis Cup alternate player Kecmanović was a fifth (reserve) player on a Serbia Davis Cup team, Serbi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Gilbert Gómez
José Gilbert Gómez (born 22 June 1991) is a Panamanian tennis player. Gómez has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 942 achieved on 16 June 2014. Gómez appeared in the 2017 Visit Panamá Cup as a wildcard. Gómez represents Panama at the Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and contested annually between teams from over 150 competing countries, making it the world's largest annual ... where he has a W/L record of 1–14. References External links * * * 1991 births Living people Panamanian male tennis players 21st-century Panamanian sportsmen {{NorthAm-tennis-bio-stub ... [...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] |
Stefan Kozlov
Stefan Kozlov (, ; born February 1, 1998) is an American professional tennis player of Russian descent. He has a career-high ATP ranking of world No. 103 achieved on 18 July 2022 and doubles ranking of world No. 180 on 19 June 2017. Kozlov made his ATP World Tour debut as a wildcard in 2013 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships at the age of 15. He reached two junior Grand Slam finals in 2014 and finished the year at World No. 3 in the ITF Junior Combined rankings. Personal life He is the son of Russian parents and his father Andrei is a tennis coach. He has a brother, Boris, who is also a tennis player. Junior career In 2014, Kozlov reached two junior Grand Slam finals, where he lost to Alexander Zverev at the Australian Open and Noah Rubin at Wimbledon. This success led him to a career high junior ranking of No. 2. Kozlov also competed at the U18 National Championships, finishing in third place in the singles tournament and winning the doubles tournament with Noah Rubin. Wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
