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2018 Diema Xtra Sofia Open
The 2018 Sofia Open (also known as 2018 DIEMA XTRA Sofia Open for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the third edition of the Sofia Open as part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2018 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Arena Armeec in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 5 February until 11 February 2018. Unseeded Mirza Bašić, who entered the main draw as a qualifier, won the singles title. Finals Singles * Mirza Bašić defeated Marius Copil, 7–6(8–6), 6–7(4–7), 6–4 Doubles * Robin Haase / Matwé Middelkoop defeated Nikola Mektić / Alexander Peya, 5–7, 6–4, 0–4 Points and prize money Point distribution Prize money Singles main-draw entrants Seeds *1 Rankings as of January 29, 2018 Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Adrian Andreev * Alexander Donski * Dimitar Kuzmanov The following players received entry from the qualifying dra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ATP World Tour 250 Series
The ATP 250 tournaments (previously known as the ''ATP World Tour 250'' tournaments, ''ATP International Series'', and ''ATP World Series'') are the lowest tier of annual men's tennis tournaments on the main ATP Tour, after the four Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam/major tournaments, ATP Finals, ATP Masters 1000 tournaments, ATP 1000 tournaments, and ATP 500 tournaments, ATP 500 tournaments. As of 2024 ATP Tour, 2024, the series included 38 tournaments, with 250 ranking points awarded to each singles champion—which accounts for the name of the series. Draws consist of 28, 32, or 48 for singles and 16 for doubles. In 2025 ATP Tour, 2025, the series includes only 30 tournaments after the retirement of three tournaments (Atlanta, Córdoba and Lyon), the downgrade of two (Estoril and Newport) and the upgrade of three tournaments to the 500 level (Dallas, Doha and Munich). Thomas Muster holds the record for most singles titles at 26, while Mike Bryan holds the record for most doub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philipp Kohlschreiber
Philipp Eberhard Hermann Kohlschreiber (; born 16 October 1983) is a German former professional tennis player. The right-hander won eight singles and seven doubles titles on the ATP World Tour and made the quarterfinals at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world No. 16 in July 2012. Personal life Kohlschreiber married his long-term girlfriend Lena Alberti on 1 August 2018 in Kitzbühel, Austria. Career 2007: First ATP career title In 2007, Kohlschreiber achieved his greatest result at an ATP Masters Series event during the Monte-Carlo Masters, when he reached the quarterfinals after going through qualifying, defeating world No. 12 David Nalbandian in the second round. He won his first career title in Munich defeating Mikhail Youzhny, thereby becoming the first German player to win the event since Michael Stich in 1994. 2008: Four top-ten victories Kohlschreiber started 2008 by reaching the quarterfinals of the tournament in Doha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Ebden
Matthew Ebden (born 26 November 1987) is an Australian professional tennis player who reached a career high of List of ATP number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles. Ebden is a three-time Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam champion, having won the 2022 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles, 2022 Wimbledon Championships and 2024 Australian Open – Men's doubles, 2024 Australian Open in doubles with Max Purcell and Rohan Bopanna respectively, and the 2013 Australian Open – Mixed doubles, 2013 Australian Open in mixed doubles alongside Jarmila Gajdošová. Ebden won an Olympic gold medal at the Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics, 2024 Paris Olympics with John Peers. Ebden also finished runner-up at the 2022 Australian Open – Men's doubles, 2022 Australian Open and 2023 US Open – Men's doubles, 2023 US Open in men's doubles with Purcell and Bopanna respectively, and the 2021 Australian Open – Mixed doubles, 2021 Australian Open and 2022 Wimbledon Cham ... [...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] |
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] |
Salvatore Caruso
Salvatore Caruso (; born 15 December 1992) is an Italian former professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 76 achieved on 16 November 2020. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 166 achieved on 18 January 2021. Caruso has won 5 ITF Futures singles and two ATP Challenger singles titles, and 4 ITF Futures and one ATP Challenger doubles titles in his career. Early life Caruso grew up in Sicily, Italy. Career 2016 Caruso made his ATP and Masters 1000 main draw debut at the 2016 Italian Open, where he received a main draw wildcard. He lost in the first round to Nick Kyrgios 6–1, 6–2. 2019: Top 100 debut The 2019 season was a season of a progress. At the 2019 French Open, he got his first Grand Slam win and later reached the third round. He then lost to world No. 1 Novak Djokovic. A month later, he successful participated in the Umag Open. In the second round, he recorded his biggest win to date against World No. 14 Borna ... [...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] |
Martin Kližan
Martin Kližan (; born 11 July 1989) is a Slovak professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ATP rankings, ranking of world No. 24, achieved on 27 April 2015, and No. 73 in doubles, achieved on 4 May 2015. He won the 2006 French Open – Boys' singles, 2006 French Open boys' singles title. He is currently the No. 4 Slovak player. Career Junior career In 2005, he won the European Junior Championship in the under-16 category, in both singles and doubles. In doubles, his partner was compatriot Andrej Martin. Kližan then went on to win the 2006 French Open – Boys' singles, 2006 French Open boys' singles competition. As a young man, Kližan posted a 54–21 win–loss record in singles and 58–18 in doubles. He reached the boys' No. 1 combined world ranking on 1 January 2007. 2007: Turned Professional Kližan turned pro in 2007 ATP Tour, 2007. 2010–11: Top 100 debut In 2010 ATP World Tour, 2010, Kližan qualified for the 2010 US Open – Men's singles, US Open. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernests Gulbis
Ernests Gulbis (, born 30 August 1988) is a Latvian former professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 10, making him the only male Latvian tennis player ever to be ranked inside the top 10, a feat achieved in June 2014. In 2008, Gulbis won his first ATP Tour doubles title at the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, teaming with Rainer Schüttler, and in 2010, he won his first ATP Tour singles title in the Delray Beach, defeating Ivo Karlović in the final. In total, Gulbis has six ATP titles to his name. His best performance at a Grand Slam was reaching the semifinals of the 2014 French Open. He had previously reached the quarterfinals of the 2008 French Open. Beginning after Wimbledon 2011, Gulbis was coached by Austrian Günter Bresnik, until his departure the day before the 2016 French Open. Previously, he was coached by Guillermo Cañas, and before that by Hernán Gumy (who before that was Marat Safin's coach), but their partnership ende ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimitar Kuzmanov
Dimitar Kuzmanov (, ; nickname: Miko; born 28 July 1993) is a Bulgarian professional tennis player. He competes on the ATP Challenger Tour. His career-high singles ranking is No. 159 achieved on 29 August 2022 and his best doubles ranking is No. 438 achieved on 1 April 2019. Early years and personal life Dimitar Kuzmanov was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, the son of Savko Kuzmanov (an aeronautical engineer) and Dora Rangelova (Bulgaria Fed Cup team's former tennis player and present team captain). His maternal family is entirely related to the sport. Dora's father Zdravko Rangelov, who is one of the founders of tennis in Plovdiv, has been a tennis player and longtime coach in Tennis Club Lokomotiv, whilst her mother has been a volleyball player and coach. Dora's brother, Stefan Rangelov is a former tennis player and present tennis coach. Kuzmanov began playing tennis aged six when his mother Dora took him to play on courts of Tennis Club Lokomotiv Plovdiv, and Stefan was the man, tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Donski
Alexander Donski (; born 1 August 1998) is a Bulgarian professional tennis player active on both the ITF Men's World Tennis Tour and the ATP Challenger Tour. Donski holds the third highest-ever ATP doubles ranking by a Bulgarian, achieving a career-high of world No. 193 on 17 March 2025. Only Grigor Dimitrov and Orlin Stanoytchev have achieved a higher ATP doubles ranking for a Bulgarian player, reaching No. 66 and No. 156 respectively. Donski has won 19 ITF Men's World Tennis Tour titles in doubles and is an active member of the Bulgarian Davis Cup Team. YouTube Channel In late 2016, Donski began a YouTube channel called ''Operation Liftoff'' that documented his progress at Futures tournaments on the ITF Pro Circuit as well as showcased some of the challenges and routines of a professional tennis player's life on tour. The channel was made in close collaboration with his cousin, Lazar Dokov, who traveled with and competed alongside him in Southeastern Europe until October ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian Andreev
Adrian Andreev (, born 12 May 2001) is a Bulgarian professional tennis player, who competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 183 achieved on 18 September 2023. He won the 2018 US Open – Boys' doubles, 2018 US Open Junior doubles title with Anton Matusevich. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 584 achieved on 12 September 2022. He is currently the No. 3 Bulgarian player. Junior career As a junior, he reached a career-high ITF ranking of No. 2 on 31 December 2018. Andreev won th2017 Eddie Herr Junior ChampionshipsITF tournament both in singles and in doubles. In 2018, Andreev won the Junior title at the US Open in doubles with Anton Matusevich, becoming the second Bulgarian to win the US Open after Grigor Dimitrov in 2008 US Open – Boys' Singles, 2008 Singles. In October 2018, Andreev reached the semifinals in singles at the Tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, 2018 Summer Youth Olympics and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
