2020 Columbus Challenger – Singles
Peter Polansky was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Strong Kirchheimer. J. J. Wolf won the title after defeating Denis Istomin 6–4, 6–2 in the final. Seeds All seeds In botany, a seed is a plant structure containing an embryo and stored nutrients in a protective coat called a ''testa''. More generally, the term "seed" means anything that can be sown, which may include seed and husk or tuber. Seeds are the ... receive a bye into the second round. Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Bottom half Section 3 Section 4 References External linksMain draw Qualifying draw {{DEFAULTSORT:Columbus Challenger - Singles, 2020 2020 ATP Challenger Tour [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Denis Istomin
Denis Olegovich Istomin (born 7 September 1986) is an Uzbekistani professional tennis player. He won two singles titles (at the 2015 Aegon Open Nottingham and 2017 Chengdu Open) and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 33 in August 2012. In January 2017, he defeated defending champion Novak Djokovic in the second round of the Australian Open. Personal life Denis Istomin was born in Orenburg to Russian parents Oleg Istomin and Klaudiya Istomina. His father moved the family to Tashkent, Uzbekistan, when Denis was 3 months old. Denis is coached by his mother, who introduced him to the sport at an early age. Injuries resulting from a car crash in 2001 en route to an event kept Istomin away from tennis for 2 years, with doctors initially stating that he would never hold a racquet again. Despite this, Istomin resumed training in April 2003. He is good friends with Varvara Lepchenko, who previously played for Uzbekistan. On court Istomin is one of the few top ATP ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Luca Castelnuovo
Luca Castelnuovo (born 29 January 1997) is a Swiss tennis player. Castelnuovo has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 456 achieved on 30 June 2025. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 267 achieved on 11 July 2022. Castelnuovo has won 3 ATP Challenger 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 ... doubles titles. ATP Challenger Tour finals Doubles: 3 (3 titles) References External links * * 1997 births Living people Swiss male tennis players Sportspeople from Locarno 21st-century Swiss sportsmen {{Switzerland-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alexander Cozbinov
Alexandr Cozbinov (born 28 April 1995) is a Moldovan inactive tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 420 achieved on 21 August 2023. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 237 achieved on 8 August 2022. Cozbinov represents Moldova at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 15–6. Cozbinov played college tennis at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas between 2015 and 2018. He won the Mountain West Conference Tennis Player of the Year in 2018. In January 2020, he participated at the ATP Cup as a member of the Moldovan team. Before his match against Belgian Steve Darcis the organisers played the wrong national anthem, they played the Romanian anthem instead of the Moldovan one. Future and Challenger finals Singles: 4 (3–1) Doubles 19 (13 titles, 6 runners-up) National participation Davis Cup (10–5) * indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score The Score may refer to: Films and television * The Scor ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Guilherme Clezar
Guilherme Sarti Clezar (pronounced ''Clézar''; born 31 December 1992), is a professional tennis player from Brazil. Clezar plays mainly in ATP Challenger Tour events. He played also in several ATP 250 events, including the 2011 Brasil Open The 2011 Brasil Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 11th edition of the event known as the Brasil Open, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2011 ATP World Tour. It took place in Costa do Sauípe, .... Career finals Singles: 7 (2–5) References External links * * * Living people 1992 births Brazilian male tennis players South American Games bronze medalists for Brazil South American Games medalists in tennis Competitors at the 2010 South American Games Tennis players from Porto Alegre 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen {{Brazil-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Justin Boulais
Justin Boulais (born 20 October 2001) is an American-born Canadian tennis player. Boulais has a career high ATP singles ranking of 483 achieved on 7 August 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 382 achieved on 21 October 2024. Boulais has won 1 ATP Challenger doubles title at the 2023 Calgary National Bank Challenger with Juan Carlos Aguilar. Boulais plays college tennis at Ohio State The Ohio State University (Ohio State or OSU) is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio, United States. A member of the University System of Ohio, it was founded in 1870. It is one of the largest universities by enrollme .... ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 3 (2–1) Doubles: 5 (2–3) References External links * * 2001 births Living people Canadian male tennis players Ohio State Buckeyes men's tennis players Canadian expatriate tennis players in the United States Tennis players at the 2023 Pan American Games 21st- ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Antoine Escoffier
Antoine Escoffier (born 29 February 1992) is a French professional tennis player who competes on the ATP Challenger Tour. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 135, achieved on 16 October 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 214, achieved on 20 May 2024. He achieved most of his career milestones after the age of 30. Professional career 2015: First ITF title In June 2015, Escoffier won his first ITF title in Hyderabad, India, following seven straight lost finals in the previous three years. 2022: Grand Slam qualifying debut, Top 200 debut In May 2022, Escoffier played his first Grand Slam qualifying match at the French Open, losing in the first round. In July 2022, Escoffier made his Top 200 debut in the ATP singles ranking. 2023: First Challenger finals, Top 150 debut In April 2023, Escoffier won his first ATP Challenger doubles title at the 2023 León Open partnering with Aziz Dougaz. In July 2023, Escoffier reached his first final on the singles Challenger ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Martin Redlicki
Martin Redlicki (born August 24, 1995) is an American former tennis player of Polish descent. Juniors Redlicki along with Kamil Majchrzak won the 2013 US Open boys' doubles title after defeating Quentin Halys and Frederico Ferreira Silva 6–3, 6–4 in the final. Redlicki has a career high ATP singles ranking of 381 as of April 29, 2019, and a career high ATP doubles ranking of 187 achieved on November 25, 2019. Junior Grand Slam finals Finals: 1 (1 title) Professional career Redlicki made his ATP main draw debut at the 2014 Sony Open Tennis in the doubles event, where he partnered Deiton Baughman, losing in the first round to Ryan Harrison and Jack Sock, 7–5, 6–4. For the 2016 season, he played for the Pac-12 Conference men's tennis champions UCLA Bruins and teamed with teammate Mackenzie McDonald to win the doubles individual championship at the NCAA Men's Tennis Championship. They defeated the team of Arthur Rinderknech and Jackson Withrow from the University ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ricardo Rodríguez-Pace
Ricardo Rodríguez-Pace (born 28 April 1993) is a Venezuelan professional tennis player. He achieved a career high ATP ranking of World No. 282 on 9 June 2014. He reached his highest doubles ranking in October 2016 of No. 670. He has won eleven ITF titles in singles and nine in doubles. Rodríguez is also a member of the Venezuela Davis Cup team where he holds the record of most singles victories in the history of Venezuela (22-9) in 17 appearances. Early life Born in Caracas, Venezuela Caracas ( , ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas (CCS), is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the northern p ..., Rodríguez started playing tennis at the age of seven. Career As a junior, Rodriguez got his highest ranking of Number 10 in the world (January 2010) where he competed in two Grand Slams (Roland Garros and US Open), one Grade A (Copa Gerdau, B ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nick Hardt
Nick Hardt (born 20 September 2000) is a Dominican professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 180 achieved on 29 July 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 282 achieved on 24 August 2023. He is currently the No. 1 Dominican player. Hardt represents the Dominican Republic in the Davis Cup. Junior career Hardt was ranked No. 16 in the world junior rankings by the ITF on 5 March 2018. In 2016, he won the XXV Copa Merengue tournament in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, becoming the youngest Dominican to win the title at 15 years of age. In 2017, he reached the quarterfinals of thEddie Herr Junior ChampionshipsITF tournament where he lost to eventual champion, Bulgarian Adrian Andreev. In 2018, he reached the quarterfinals of the 2018 French Open Junior Championships and the third round in the 2018 U.S. Open Junior Championships. Hardt also reached the finals of the 2018 Porto Alegre Junior Championships losing to the No. 1 ranked junior ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Diego Hidalgo (tennis)
Diego Hidalgo (born 18 April 1993) is an Ecuadorian tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 61 achieved on 1 July 2024. He also has a career high singles ranking of No. 358 achieved on 3 February 2020. Hidalgo has won 9 ATP Challengers and 16 ITF doubles titles. He represents Ecuador at the Davis Cup where he has a W/L record of 4–6. College career Hidalgo played college tennis at the University of Florida The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public university, public land-grant university, land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida, United States. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida and a preem ... between 2013 and 2016. He won the SEC Player of the Year Award in 2016. ATP Tour career finals Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) Future and Challenger finals Singles: 4 (2–2) Doubles: 60 (27–33) National representation South American Games Doubles 2 (2 victory) ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |