2020 St. Petersburg Open – Singles
The tournament was played on a hard surface. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and many ATP tournaments having been cancelled, this year's event was upgraded to ATP 500 level. Daniil Medvedev was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Reilly Opelka. Andrey Rublev won the title, defeating last year finalist Borna Ćorić Borna Ćorić (; born 14 November 1996) is a Croatian professional tennis player. On 5 November 2018, he reached his best singles ranking of world No. 12. In 2022, Ćorić became the lowest-ranked champion in ATP Tour Masters 1000, Masters 1000 h ... in the final, 7–6(7–5), 6–4. Seeds Draw Finals Top half Bottom half Qualifying Seeds Qualifiers Lucky losers Qualifying draw First qualifier Second qualifier Third qualifier Fourth qualifier References Main Draw Qualifying Draw [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Andrey Rublev (tennis)
Andrey Andreyevich Rublev (; born 20 October 1997) is a Russian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 5 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved in September 2021. Rublev has won 17 ATP Tour singles titles, including two ATP Masters 1000 tournaments, Masters 1000 events at the 2023 Monte-Carlo Masters – Singles, 2023 Monte-Carlo Masters and the 2024 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's singles, 2024 Madrid Open. He has reached the quarterfinals of all four Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, majors. Rublev also has four ATP Tour-level doubles titles, including a Masters 1000 event at the 2023 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's doubles, 2023 Madrid Open partnering Karen Khachanov, and a gold medal in Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Mixed doubles, mixed doubles at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics partnering Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. In his junior career, Rublev won the 2014 French Open – Boys' singles, 2014 French Op ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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James Duckworth (tennis)
James Duckworth (born 21 January 1992) is an Australian professional tennis player. He has a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of World No. 46 achieved on 31 January 2022 and No. 185 in doubles achieved on 10 February 2020. Duckworth represented Australia in Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's singles, tennis at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the 2022 ATP Cup. As a junior, Duckworth enjoyed a successful career which included winning three titles and reaching the semifinals of the 2010 French Open – Boys' singles, 2010 French Open. Personal life Duckworth was born in Sydney. He attended Sydney Church of England Grammar School, where he was on the school tennis first team from Year 7 and went on to win several AAGPS Premierships. He was offered a scholarship to the Australian Institute of Sport, where he was able to further develop his tennis. Duckworth is a keen supporter of the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League. Junior ca ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Egor Gerasimov
Yegor Alekseyevich Gerasimov () or Yahor Alyakseyevich Herasimaŭ (; born 11 November 1992 in Minsk) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 65, which he achieved on 24 February 2020. He also achieved a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 263 on 2 March 2015. He is the current No. 1 Belarusian player. Professional career 2014: ATP debut In 2014, Gerasimov made his ATP main draw debut in Shenzhen, where he received entry to the main draw as a wildcard entrant. 2017-2018: ATP Challenger success In May 2017 Gerasimov won the Karshi Challenger defeating Yuki Bhambri in the semifinals and Cem İlkel in the final. In July 2018, Gerasimov recorded his first ATP match victory on the hardcourts of Los Cabos, defeating Bernard Tomic 6-4 6–3. He also beat the experienced big server Sam Querrey before facing defeat against world No. 4 Juan Martín del Potro. 2019-2020: Major debut and first win, Top 100, Maiden ATP final ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Evgeny Donskoy
Evgeny Evgenyevich Donskoy ( rus, Евге́ний Евге́ньевич Донско́й, , jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj dɐnˈskoj; born 9 May 1990) is a Russian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 65, achieved on 8 July 2013 and a doubles ranking of No. 161, achieved on 5 November 2012. Personal life He was born and currently resides in Moscow, Russia. Donskoy was mentored by former player and two-time Grand Slam champion Marat Safin. His favourite surface is hard courts. Career In 2010, Donskoy played doubles with the British player Morgan Phillips at the Seville Challenger, losing in the first round. By 2013, Marat Safin had built a coaching team for Donskoy that included Morgan Phillips. Donskoy entered 2013 Australian Open's main draw for the first time, reaching the third round and defeating 23rd seed Mikhail Youzhny en route. He also pushed Andy Murray to three sets in the Indian Wells Masters 1000 event. Consequently, Donskoy made hi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dan Evans (tennis)
Daniel Evans (born 23 May 1990) is a British professional tennis player from England. He has been ranked as high as world No. 21 in singles by the ATP, which he achieved on 7 August 2023. He reached a career-high ranking of No. 52 in doubles on 26 April 2021. In 2015, he formed part of the winning British Davis Cup team. Evans's four ATP Tour finals to date have been the 2017 Apia International Sydney (losing to Gilles Müller), Delray Beach Open (losing to Radu Albot), the 2021 Murray River Open, where he beat Félix Auger-Aliassime to win his first title, and the 2023 Washington Open, winning his first ATP 500 title against Tallon Griekspoor. Evans made his Davis Cup debut for Great Britain against Poland in September 2009. Evans twice won deciding fifth rubbers, against Slovakia and Russia respectively, helping Great Britain progress to the Davis Cup World Group. Evans also played in the semifinal against Australia, losing both of his rubbers, and was a substitute for ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vasek Pospisil
Vasek Pospisil ( ; , ; known in born June 23, 1990) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. Pospisil has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 25, and No. 4 in doubles. Along with partner Jack Sock, he won the 2014 Wimbledon Championships and the 2015 BNP Paribas Open, 2015 Indian Wells Masters men's doubles titles. He also reached the quarterfinals in singles at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles, 2015 Wimbledon Championships. Early life and career Vasek was born on June 23, 1990, in Vernon, British Columbia, to Miloš and Mila. In 1988, before Vasek was born, his parents and older brothers unlawfully drove from Czechoslovakia to Austria to escape the Communist regime. Before moving, Miloš worked as the plant manager of a dairy factory, and Mila taught in a kindergarten. Both had experience playing recreational sports such as tennis with their sons and in local tournaments. The family lived in northeastern Austria and saved up to move to Canada d ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ugo Humbert
Ugo Humbert (; born 26 June 1998) is a French professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 13, achieved on 15 April 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 348, achieved on 26 August 2024. Humbert has won seven ATP Tour singles titles, and was runner-up at a Masters 1000 event at the 2024 Paris Masters. He also holds nine Challenger singles titles. He is currently the No. 2 player from France. Humbert won his first ATP Tour match and made his Grand Slam singles debut in 2018. At the 2019 Wimbledon Championships, he reached the fourth round, where he lost to eventual champion Novak Djokovic. Early life Humbert was born in Metz, the son of Eric and Anne, and has one sister, Léa. Both parents and sister are butchers and caterers and run a store in Metz. Career Juniors When Humbert was 12, he made the difficult decision to take the train to Poitiers to train with the French Tennis Federation. He ended up moving to Poitiers and continued hi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pavel Kotov
Pavel Vyacheslavovich Kotov ( rus, Павел Вячеславович Котов, , ˈpavʲɪl ˈkotəf; born 18 November 1998) is a Russian professional tennis player. Kotov has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 50 achieved on 17 June 2024. He also has a career high doubles ranking of World No. 226 achieved on 8 November 2021. Career 2020–2021: ATP debut, Maiden Challengers in singles & doubles He made his ATP debut at the 2020 St. Petersburg Open as a qualifier where he was defeated by Ugo Humbert. Kotov won his maiden ATP Challenger doubles title at the 2020 Challenger La Manche and maiden single title at the 2021 Città di Forlì III. 2022: First ATP win, Grand Slam and top 100 debuts He won his first ATP match at the 2022 Grand Prix Hassan II as a qualifier defeating ninth seed Tallon Griekspoor. He won his second singles Challenger title at 2022 Città di Forlì III. He reached the top 150 on 16 May 2022 at World No. 143. At the 2022 French Open ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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Mikhail Kukushkin
Mikhail Aleksandrovich Kukushkin (; born 26 December 1987) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 39, achieved on 25 February 2019. Career 2006–10: Turned pro, Masters debut, maiden ATP Tour title He turned pro in 2006. Before 2008, he played for his country of birth, Russia. In 2009, he came through qualifying to reach the main draw of a Masters Series 1000 tournament for the first time at the Miami Masters. He beat Tommy Haas in the first round, but lost to Dmitry Tursunov in the second round. In September 2010, during the Davis Cup play-offs, he notably beat Swiss player Stanislas Wawrinka. His good form continued, later winning his only ATP World Tour title, as he beat world number 10 player Mikhail Youzhny in the final of the St. Petersburg Open 6–3, 7–6. 2012–13: Historic fourth round at the Australian Open, Olympics & top 50 debuts In January 2012, Kukushkin became the first player fro ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cameron Norrie
Cameron Norrie (; born 23 August 1995) is a British professional tennis player. He has reached career-high ATP Rankings, rankings of world No. 8 in singles (on 12 September 2022) and No. 117 in doubles (on 13 June 2022). Norrie has won five ATP Tour singles titles, including a ATP Tour Masters 1000, Masters 1000 title at the 2021 BNP Paribas Open – Men's singles, 2021 Indian Wells Masters, and one doubles title. He has reached a major semifinal, in Wimbledon in 2022. He was the British No. 1 in men's singles from October 2021 to June 2024. Born in South Africa, he represented New Zealand, where he grew up, before switching nationality in May 2013. From 2014 to 2017 he studied at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas, Fort Worth playing for its Horned Frogs team on the U.S. college tennis circuit. Early and personal life Norrie was born in 1995 in Johannesburg, South Africa, to British microbiologist parents: his father David is from Glasgow and his mother Helen is ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mackenzie McDonald
Michael Mackenzie Lowe McDonald (born April 16, 1995) is an American professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ATP rankings, ranking of world No. 37, achieved on October 16, 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 49, achieved on October 2, 2023. McDonald won the 2016 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships in both 2016 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships#Men's singles championship, singles and doubles. Junior career McDonald was a semifinalist in the 2012 Australian Open – Boys' singles, boys' singles of the 2012 Australian Open. In 2012, he reached a career high ranking in the ITF World Tour Junior Rankings of number 12 and won the 18s singles title at the 2012 Easter Bowl. While still a junior, he won the men's singles title at the amateur Ojai Tennis Tournament in 2013, and also qualified for the 2013 Western & Southern Open, 2013 Cincinnati Masters at age 18 by defeating top 100 players Nicolas Mahut and Steve Johnson (tennis), Steve Johnson. However, he lost in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |