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2019 Oracle Challenger Series – New Haven
The 2019 Oracle Challenger Series – New Haven was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. This tournament was part of the 2019 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2019 WTA 125K series. The first edition took place from September 2 to 8, 2019 at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center in New Haven, United States. Men's singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 26 August 2019. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Petros Chrysochos * Aleksandar Kovacevic * Dylan King * John McNally * Evan Zhu The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking: * Raymond Sarmiento The following players received entry into the singles main draw as alternates: * Alafia Ayeni * Ulises Blanch * Simon Carr * Strong Kirchheimer The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Liam Broady * Felix Corwin Women's singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ATP Challenger Tour
The ATP Challenger Tour (known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series) is a series of international men's professional tennis tournaments. It was founded in 1976 as a replacement for the ILTF Satellite Circuit (founded in 1971) as the second tier of tennis. The Challenger Tour events are the second-highest tier of tennis competition, behind the ATP Tour and ahead of the ITF Men%27s World Tennis Tour, ITF World Tennis Tour tournaments. The ATP Challenger Tour is administered by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Players who succeed on the ATP Challenger Tour earn sufficient ranking points to enter the main or qualifying draws at ATP Tour tournaments. Players on the Challenger Tour are typically young players looking to advance their careers, those who fail to qualify for ATP events, or former ATP Tour players looking to return to the top tour. History of challenger events The first challenger events were held in 1978, with eighteen events taking place. ... [...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] |
John McNally (tennis)
John McNally (born 18 October 1998) is a former American tennis player. Juniors On the junior tour, McNally had a career high ranking of No. 13 achieved on 30 May 2016. Professional career McNally made his Grand Slam main draw debut at the 2016 US Open in the doubles event, partnering J. J. Wolf. He won his first Professional Title at the ITF Mens 25K Future in Columbus, Ohio.(November 2021) He received a wild card into qualifying for the 2019 Western & Southern Open. His younger sister, Caty McNally Catherine "Caty" McNally (born November 20, 2001) is an American professional tennis player. She achieved her career-high singles ranking of world No. 54 on 22 May 2023 and her best WTA doubles ranking of No. 11 on 4 April 2022. She has won ei ..., is also a professional tennis player. Both are coached by their mother. On 13 November 2022, he announced his retirement via Instagram. ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 2 (1–1) Doubles: 7 (5–2) Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandar Kovacevic (tennis)
Aleksandar Kovacevic ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Александар Ковачевић, Aleksandar Kovačević, separator=" / "; born August 29, 1998) is an American professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 72, achieved on September 16, 2024. He also has a doubles ranking of No. 254, achieved on April 3, 2023. Early life and background Born in New York, Kovacevic is of Bosnian and Serbian descent. His mother Milanka is from Travnik in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and his father Milan Kovačević is from Belgrade, Serbia. Both his parents played table tennis and met during a tournament on the junior circuit. Later before Aleksandar was born, they emigrated to the United States in 1998, where Milan studied computer science at UCLA and then worked at Columbia University in New York. When Kovacevic was younger, the family visited Serbia every year. He cites the 2005 US Open match between Novak Djokovic and Gaël Monfils, which he watched on TV when he wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petros Chrysochos
Petros Chrysochos (Greek: Πέτρος Χρυσοχός; born April 8, 1996) is a professional Cypriot tennis player and a member of Cyprus Davis Cup team. He won his first professional ITF futures tournament in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt without dropping a set which saw him debuting at 860 in the world on the professional ATP world rankings. Chrysochos was a member of the 2018 NCAA Men's Tennis Championship team at Wake Forest University Wake Forest University (WFU) is a private research university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1834, the university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina. The R ..., playing #2 in both the singles and doubles lineups. Chrysochos also won the 2018 NCAA Men's Tennis Singles Championship. Chrysochos reached his highest combined ranking of 19 in the world on ITF junior circuit and a career high ATP ranking of 354 achieved on 28 June 2021. Chrysochos has a caree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Polansky
Peter Polansky ( ; born June 15, 1988) is a Canadian professional tennis player of Czech origin. He was Canada's top singles player from June 21, 2010, until January 17, 2011, in the Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP rankings. He was also Canada's No. 2 from August 4, 2008, until June 21, 2010, with the exception of one week. In 2018, he became the first player in the Open Era to qualify for all four Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournaments as a lucky loser within the same calendar year. Personal Polansky () was born in North York, Ontario, Canada. Polansky survived a major scare as an 18-year-old. While in Mexico for a Davis Cup tie as a team hitting partner, he woke up sleepwalking and jumped or fell from a three-story room suffering serious injuries. Later, he said that he saw a dark figure approaching his bed wielding a knife and only thought about escaping through the window. He recovered miraculously to be playing tennis just four months later. Polansky has been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Eubanks
Christopher Eubanks ( ; born May 5, 1996) is an American professional tennis player. He played college tennis for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's tennis, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. There, he was a two-time All-American and twice named Atlantic Coast Conference, ACC Player of the Year. He has a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of world No. 29, achieved on July 31, 2023. In doubles, he achieved a career-high ranking of No. 142 on August 12, 2024. Early life and background Christopher is the son of Mark and Carla Eubanks and has one older brother, Mark. He was coached regularly by his father until he was 13. Eubanks became close friends with Donald Young (tennis), Donald Young and his family after they moved from Chicago to Atlanta. Around when he started high school, he began training with Young's parents, who run the South Fulton Tennis Center near where Eubanks lived. During this time, he also had the opportunity to practice with You ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darian King
Darian King (born 26 April 1992 in Bridgetown) is a Barbadian tennis player. He has a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) singles ranking of world No. 106 achieved on 8 May 2017, and a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 156 achieved on 21 October 2019. He has represented Barbados at the Davis Cup and at the 2016 Olympics. His first Grand Slam appearance came at the 2017 US Open, where he lost to fourth seed Alexander Zverev in straight sets. Personal life King was born on April 26, 1992, in Bridgetown, Barbados, where he currently resides. His father played field hockey and his mother played net ball and died of pancreatic cancer in 2010. He has 3 siblings; 2 brothers and 1 sister. One of the brothers, Christopher, is King's current head coach. He is good friends with many tennis players Frances Tiafoe, Dustin Brown, Noah Rubin, Taylor Townsend, and Sloane Stephens. His favorite athlete is Usain Bolt. Career Junior career King began playing tennis at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitchell Krueger
Mitchell Krueger (born January 12, 1994) is an American tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking by the ATP of world No. 135, achieved on July 18, 2022 and a doubles ranking of No. 173, achieved on April 27, 2015. Professional career Krueger received a wildcard into the 2012 US Open mixed doubles event, where he partnered fellow American Samantha Crawford, but lost in the first round. He made his ATP Tour main-draw debut and recorded his first ATP win when he qualified and defeated Benoît Paire for a first of two wins of his career against this same player at the 2017 Western & Southern Open and the 2018 BNP Paribas Open. He made his Grand Slam debut when he qualified into the main draw of the 2018 US Open. At the 2019 Australian Open, Krueger qualified for the first time at this Major but lost to world No. 1, Novak Djokovic, in the first round. His first Grand Slam win was at the 2020 US Open where he defeated Pedro Sousa in the first round as a wildcard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emilio Gómez (tennis)
Emilio Gómez Estrada (; born 28 November 1991) is an Ecuadorian inactive professional tennis player who competed primarily on the ATP Challenger Tour. On 20 February 2023, he reached his highest Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of world No. 90 and a doubles ranking of world No. 254, achieved on 14 September 2015. He is currently the No. 3 Ecuadorian tennis player. Career 2016–2018 He defeated Adam Hornby of Barbados during Davis Cup play on March 4, 2016, by a score of 6–0, 6–0, 6–0, making him the first player to win by such a scoreline at any tournament since 2011, and one of two players to accomplish the feat on that day (Jarkko Nieminen of Finland earned a triple bagel victory over Courtney John Lock of Zimbabwe at Davis Cup competition elsewhere). 2019–2021: First Challenger title, Top 200 & Grand Slam debuts He reached the top 200 on 29 April 2019 following his first title at the 2019 Tallahassee Tennis Challenger in Florida. Gómez mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enzo Couacaud
Enzo Couacaud (; born 1 March 1995) is a French professional tennis player. He has a career high singles ranking of world No. 151, which he achieved on 17 July 2023 and a doubles ranking of world No. 188 achieved on 8 March 2021. Career 2015: Grand Slam doubles debut Couacaud received a wildcard to enter the doubles main draw in the 2015 French Open with doubles partner Quentin Halys, losing in the first round. He competed in the 2015 Wimbledon singles qualifying event, losing to John Millman in the third qualifying round. 2018-21: Maiden Challenger title, Major singles debut & first win Couacaud made his Grand Slam singles main draw debut at the 2021 French Open as a wildcard where he defeated Egor Gerasimov to reach the second round. 2022: Wimbledon and US Open debut In May, Couacaud was awarded a wildcard into the main draw of the 2022 French Open in doubles partnering Manuel Guinard where they defeated Hans Hach Verdugo and Philipp Oswald. He qualified for the 2022 W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
