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2021 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's Singles
Aslan Karatsev defeated Lloyd Harris in the final, 6–3, 6–2 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2021 Dubai Tennis Championships. It was his first ATP Tour singles title. Karatsev was the second wildcard in the tournament's history to win the men's singles title. Novak Djokovic was the reigning champion, but chose not to participate this year. Seeds All seeds receive a bye into the second round. The players who also received a bye into the second round were as follows, each semifinalist from Doha or Marseille: * Nikoloz Basilashvili * 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 ch ... The other six byes were removed, and six players were added to the main draw. Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Bottom half Section 3 Section 4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aslan Karatsev
Aslan Kazbekovich Karatsev (, ; born 4 September 1993) is a Russian professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 14 on 7 February 2022, and peaked at No. 76 in the doubles rankings on 16 May 2022. Karatsev had a career-best season in 2021. In February, he passed through qualifiers for the Australian Open. In his first main draw of a major, and ranked No. 114, he defeated 8th seed Diego Schwartzman, 20th seed Félix Auger-Aliassime and 18th seed Grigor Dimitrov to reach the semifinals: becoming the first man in the Open Era to reach the semifinals on his major debut. In March, he won his first ATP title at the Qatar Open in doubles, partnering Andrey Rublev. A week later, Karatsev won his first ATP singles title at the 2021 Dubai Open, entering the top 30 of the ATP singles rankings for the first time in his career. In April, Karatsev defeated the world No. 1 Novak Djokovic on his home court at the Serbia Open to reach the final. At the 2020 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hubert Hurkacz
Hubert Hurkacz (; born 11 February 1997) is a Polish professional tennis player. He has been ATP rankings, ranked as high as world No. 6 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP, making him the highest-ranked Polish man in singles history. He has won eight ATP Tour singles titles, including two ATP Tour Masters 1000, Masters 1000 titles at the 2021 Miami Open – Men's singles, 2021 Miami Open and the 2023 Rolex Shanghai Masters – Singles, 2023 Shanghai Masters, becoming the first Pole to win an ATP Masters 1000 title. Hurkacz also has a career-high ranking of world No. 30 in doubles, which he attained in June 2022. As a junior, Hurkacz was ranked as high as No. 29 in the world. He and his partner Alex Molčan were the runners-up at the 2015 Australian Open – Boys' doubles, 2015 Australian Open boys' doubles final. As a professional, he broke into the top 100 for the first time in 2018 after reaching the second rounds of the 2018 French Open – Men's singles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (born 5 June 1999) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 21 achieved on 21 August 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 196 achieved on 21 February 2022. He is currently the No. 2 Spanish player. Early life Davidovich Fokina was born and raised in La Cala del Moral, Rincón de la Victoria, about 10 km away from Málaga, Spain, to Swedish-Russian father Eduard Mark Davidovich, and Russian mother Tatiana Fokina. His father is a former boxer. Davidovich Fokina has a brother, Mark. Alejandro began playing tennis with his father at the age of three. When he turned five, he started training at Calaflores and later Serramar tennis courts with coach Manolo Rubiales. Junior career Davidovich Fokina was Spanish Champion at U12, U15 and U18 levels. He started his professional tennis career in 2016. He won his first ITF Grade 1 in Canada at the Repentigny Internationaux de Tennis Junior, defeating Fé ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher O'Connell
Christopher O'Connell (born 3 June 1994) is an Australian professional tennis player. O'Connell reached a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 53 on 11 September 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 460 on 25 April 2022. Personal life His father is Irish. He grew up on the Northern Beaches of Sydney where he made his ATP Tour debut in January 2017 at the Sydney International. As of August 28, 2023, he was one of only twelve members of the ATP top 100 to hit a one-handed backhand. O'Connell is a supporter of English football club Crystal Palace F.C.. Career 2011–16: Professional career beginnings O'Connell played his first ITF Men's Circuit match in October 2011, where he defeated Robert Howe in the Australia F8 before being defeated in the second round. O'Connell ended 2011 with a ranking of 1745. In 2012, O'Connell lost in the first round of qualifying for the Caloundra Challenger while attending the Australian Institute of Sport on a tennis scholarship. He played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Márton Fucsovics
Márton Fucsovics (, ; born 8 February 1992) is a Hungarian professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 31 on 4 March 2019. He is currently the No. 2 Hungarian player. Early life Fucsovics started playing tennis at the age of five. He came through the ranks quickly and at the age of 8 he played in a field 3–4 years older. In 2003 Fucsovics won his age group National Championship and the Nike Junior Tour. With that he got the chance to represent Hungary on the World Final in Sun City, South Africa. Fucsovics also showed talent in basketball as a youth, but chose to make tennis his career path. Junior tennis Fucsovics's first major success came in 2009, when he won the US Open Boys' Doubles title, with Hsieh Cheng-peng of Chinese Taipei. In 2010 he reached the semi-final of the Australian Open Boys' singles, and a few months later he won the Wimbledon Boys' singles, defeating qualifier Benjamin Mitchell in a straight-sets final. Fucsov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jérémy Chardy
Jérémy Chardy (; born 12 February 1987) is a French tennis coach and a former professional player. He has won one ATP Tour singles title, in Stuttgart in 2009. His best major performance in singles was reaching the quarterfinals of the 2013 Australian Open, and in doubles was reaching the final at the 2019 French Open partnering Fabrice Martin. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 25 on 28 January 2013 and No. 24 on 3 February 2020 in doubles. Tennis career Juniors Chardy won the 2005 Wimbledon Championships Boys' Singles title, and finished as the runner-up at the 2005 US Open Boys' Singles, losing to Ryan Sweeting. As a junior Chardy compiled a 65–28 singles win–loss record and reached as high as No. 3 in the junior combined world rankings in September 2005. 2006–2008: Breaking into the top 100 of the ATP singles rankings Chardy made his Grand Slam debut in 2006, receiving a wild card at the French Open, where he beat Jonas Björkman i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kei Nishikori
is a Japanese professional tennis player. He is the only Japanese man in the Open Era to have been ranked in the top five in singles, reaching his career-high ranking of world No. 4 in March 2015, and the second man in history to do so after Jiro Sato. Nishikori has won twelve titles on the ATP Tour and was runner-up at the 2014 US Open, making him the only man representing an Asian country to contest a major singles final. He also became the first man from Asia to qualify for the ATP Finals, reaching the semifinals in 2014 and 2016. He is currently the No. 1 Japanese player. In addition, Nishikori defeated Rafael Nadal to win the bronze medal in singles at the 2016 Summer Olympics, bringing Japan its first Olympic tennis medal in 96 years. He holds one of the highest percentages of deciding-set wins in the Open Era and has the second-highest win percentage in matches extending to five sets, with a record of 29–8 and a win percentage of 78.4%. Personal life Nishikori w ... [...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] |
Nikoloz Basilashvili
Nikoloz Basilashvili ( ka, ნიკოლოზ ბასილაშვილი, tr, ; born 23 February 1992) is a Georgian professional tennis player. He reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 16 on 27 May 2019 making him the highest ranked player from Georgia. Basilashvilli became the first Georgian to win an ATP title at the 2018 German Open. He is currently the No. 1 Georgian player. In October 2018, Basilashvili won his second ATP 500 title at the China Open by defeating world No. 4 Juan Martín del Potro in the final. In 2019, Basilashvili completed his first title defense by winning the German Open for a second successive year. Personal life Basilashvili was born 23 February 1992 in Tbilisi, Georgia. His father, Nodar, is a dancer of the Sukhishvili Georgian National Ballet, his mother, Natalia, worked as a physician. He has a brother, Tengiz. Apart from his native language he also speaks Russian and English. Basilashvili started playing tennis at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Open 13
The 2021 Open 13 Provence was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is the 29th edition of the Open 13, and part of the ATP Tour 250 series of the 2021 ATP Tour. It was the 29th edition of the tournament and took place at the Palais des Sports in Marseille, France, from 8 March until 14 March 2021. First-seeded Daniil Medvedev won the singles title. Finals Singles * Daniil Medvedev defeated Pierre-Hugues Herbert, 6–4, 6–7(4–7), 6–4 Doubles * Lloyd Glasspool / Harri Heliövaara defeated Sander Arends / David Pel, 7–5, 7–6(7–4) Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * Rankings are as of March 1, 2021. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: * Benjamin Bonzi * Hugo Gaston * Petros Tsitsipas The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw: * Mackenzie McDonald The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Matthew Ebden * Constant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Qatar ExxonMobil Open
The 2021 Qatar Open (also known as 2021 Qatar ExxonMobil Open for sponsorship reasons) was the 29th edition of the Qatar Open, a men's tennis tournament which is played on outdoor hard courts. It was part of the ATP Tour 250 of the 2021 ATP Tour. It took place at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha, Qatar from 8 to 14 March 2021. The tournament was awarded the Tournament of the Year award in the 250 category from the 2019 ATP Awards for the third time in five years. Finals Singles * Nikoloz Basilashvili defeated Roberto Bautista Agut, 7–6(7–5), 6–2 Doubles * Aslan Karatsev / Andrey Rublev defeated Marcus Daniell / Philipp Oswald, 7–5, 6–4. Points and prize money Point distribution Prize money Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 1 March 2021. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Malek Jaziri * Aslan Karatsev * Mubarak Shannan Zayid The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorenzo Sonego
Lorenzo Sonego (; born 11 May 1995) is an Italian professional tennis player. Sonego has won four singles titles on the ATP Tour, and two doubles titles. He has a career high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ATP rankings, ranking of world No. 21 achieved on 4 October 2021, and a career high doubles ranking of No. 60 achieved on 12 September 2022. Sonego was part of the Italy Davis Cup team, Italian team that won the Davis Cup in 2023 Davis Cup, 2023, and he reached a Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major quarterfinal at the 2025 Australian Open – Men's singles, 2025 Australian Open. Early life Sonego was born in Turin, Italy. He began playing tennis when he was 11 years old, encouraged by his father Giorgio and his coach Gipo Arbino. A fan of Italian football club Torino F.C., Torino, he played for the Torino youth academy between the age of six and 13 before focusing on tennis. Music Sonego has released three singles, all alongside AlterEdo: "Un solo secondo" ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
