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2021 Iași Open
The 2021 Iași Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2021 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Iași, Romania between 12 and 18 July 2021. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings as of 28 June 2021. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Cezar Crețu * David Ionel * Ștefan Paloși The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking: * Matteo Donati The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate: * Hernán Casanova The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Alexandar Lazarov * David Poljak * Dan Alexandru Tomescu * Miljan Zekić The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * Bogdan Bobrov Champions Singles * Zdeněk Kolář def. Hugo Gaston 7–5, 4–6, 6–4. Doubles * Orlando Luz / Felipe Meligeni Alves def. Her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clay Court
A clay court is one of the types of tennis court on which the sport of tennis is played. Clay courts are built on a foundation of crushed stone, brick, shale, and other construction aggregate, aggregate, with a thin layer of fine clay particles on top. Clay courts are more common in Continental Europe and Latin America than in North America, Asia-Pacific or Britain. The only Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournament that uses clay courts is the French Open. Clay courts come in the more common #Red clay, red clay (known in France as ''terre battue''), which is actually crushed brick, and the slightly harder #Green clay, green clay, which is actually crushed metabasalt. Although slightly less expensive to construct than other types of tennis courts, clay requires much maintenance: the surface must be watered and rolled regularly to preserve texture and flatness, and brushed carefully before and during each match. Early history Clay courts, although now commonly associated with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marius Copil
Marius Copil (born 17 October 1990) is a Romanian professional tennis player, competing currently on the ATP Challenger Tour. His career-high singles ranking is No. 56 achieved on 28 January 2019. Copil is known for his Fastest recorded tennis serves, extremely fast, powerful, and consistent serve. He was a member of the Romania Davis Cup team, Romanian Davis Cup team. Career 2009: ATP debut In September 2009 he received wild card (tennis), wildcard for the main draw of 2009 BCR Open Romania, where he defeated his fellow countryman Victor Crivoi in the first round, but lost to Spaniard Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo in the second round. 2010–2012: Challenger Tour success In May 2010, Copil reached his first ATP Challenger Tour final at the 2010 Trofeo Paolo Corazzi, Trofeo Paolo Corazzi as a qualifier. On his route to the final he won in three sets against Australian Bernard Tomic in the semifinals and finished runner-up to German Denis Gremelmayr. The 2011 season started well f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Ortega Olmedo
Roberto Ortega Olmedo (; born 30 April 1991) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He advanced through the qualifiers of the 2016 Geneva Open to make the main draw defeating Michael Linzer and wild card Johan Nikles. In the main draw he was defeated in straight set by Lukáš Rosol Lukáš Rosol (; born 24 July 1985) is a Czech former professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 26, achieved on 22 September 2014. His first notable victory was against world No. 8, Jürgen Melzer, at the 2011 Fre .... Challenger and Futures finals Singles: 28 (15–13) Doubles: 43 (22–21) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ortega Olmedo, Roberto 1991 births Living people Spanish male tennis players 21st-century Spanish sportsmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bogdan Bobrov
Bogdan Bobrov (born 16 September 1997) is a Russian tennis player. Bobrov has a career-high ATP singles ranking of 361 achieved on 11 December 2023. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of 329 achieved on 12 June 2023. Bobrov has won 1 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 title at the 2023 Kiskút Open with Sergey Fomin. Challenger and World Tennis Tour Finals Singles: 17 (8–9) References External links * * 1997 births Living people Russian male tennis players Sportspeople from Penza 21st-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miljan Zekić
Miljan Zekić ( sr-Cyrl, Миљан Зекић, ; born 12 July 1988) is a Serbian tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ... player. On 11 July 2016, Zekic reached his best singles ranking of world No. 188, while on 8 July 2013, he peaked at No. 269 in the doubles rankings. Career Zekić made his ATP main draw debut in doubles with compatriot David Savić as a wildcard pair at the 2011 Serbia Open, losing in the first round to top-seeded pair Zimonjić/ Granollers. In July 2016 he won his first trophy on the ATP Challenger Tour winning Internazionali di Tennis dell'Umbria in Todi. Zekić made his ATP main draw debut in singles as a qualifier at 2017 Croatia Open Umag, losing to Radu Albot in the first round. In two weeks' time, he played in another ATP tou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandar Lazarov
Alexandar Lazarov (, born 6 November 1997) is a Bulgarian professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 272 achieved on 14 November 2022 and his best doubles ranking is No. 359 achieved on 3 February 2020. Professional career 2016: Professional debut, first ITF title In 2016 Lazarov made his debut at ATP level at the ATP Sofia Open. He received a wild card for the qualification of the event in his homeland, losing in two sets to the world No. 214 Marius Copil. A month later Alexandar made his debut for the Bulgaria Davis Cup team against Turkey, losing the first match to Marsel İlhan, but claiming his maiden win over Altuğ Çelikbilek in the second. In September he won his first ITF singles title at the Serbia F8 event in Sokobanja, defeating Filip Veger in the final. 2017–2020: Maiden ATP main draw appearance & ATP Cup match win Lazarov lost in the first qualifying round at the ATP Sofia Open in 2017 and 2018, but at the 2019 event the Bulgarian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hernán Casanova
Hernán Casanova (born 6 February 1994) is an Argentine tennis player. Casanova had a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 221 achieved on 24 October 2022. Casanova also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 160 achieved on 24 October 2022. Casanova made his ATP doubles main draw debut at the 2022 Argentina Open after entering into the main draw as alternates with Sergio Galdós. Casanova also made his ATP singles main draw debut at the 2022 Generali Open Kitzbühel as a qualifier where he lost to Jurij Rodionov Jurij Rodionov (born 16 May 1999) is an Austrian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 87 achieved on 19 February 2024. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 254 achieved on 9 September 202 .... Challenger and Futures finals Singles: 37 (22 titles, 15 runner-ups) Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) References External links * * 1994 births Living people Argentine male tennis playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matteo Donati
Matteo Donati (; born 28 February 1995) is an Italian former professional tennis player and current tennis coach. Career On 13 April 2015, he reached the final of the ATP Challenger, the Napoli Cup, and reached a career-high of No. 247 in the ATP World Tour singles rankings. Professional career 2015 Donati's first big professional result came in Naples at the 2015 Tennis Napoli Cup. As a wildcard, the Italian defeated Axel Michon in straight sets in the first round, World number 111 (former n. 33) and number 1 seed Andrey Golubev 6–7(3), 6–4, 6–2 in the following round, and fellow Italian Andrea Arnaboldi in a thriller three-setter in the quarterfinals. Donati then reached his first ATP Challenger Tour final (beating Marco Cecchinato 7–6(5), 6–2 in the semifinals) where he lost to Daniel Muñoz de la Nava in straight sets. In May Donati obtained a wildcard into the main draw of the 2015 Internazionali BNL d'Italia, in Rome. Playing for the first time in a Master ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Ionel
Nicholas David Ionel (born 12 October 2002) is a Romanian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 184 achieved on 12 June 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 356 achieved on 24 April 2023. He is currently the No. 2 Romanian player. Career 2020: ATP qualification debut Ionel won the 2020 Australian Open – Boys' doubles title. Ionel was awarded with a qualification wildcard to play his first ATP tournament at the 2020 European Open, where he pushed former world No. 36 Yūichi Sugita to three sets. 2022: Top 250 debut He reached the top 250 in singles on 7 November 2022 at No. 241. 2023: Major qualifications, Top 200 debut Personal life He trains at the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy The Mouratoglou Tennis Academy is a tennis academy and training center in Biot, Alpes-Maritimes, France. Originally named the Bob Brett Academy, it was founded in 1996 by Patrick Mouratoglou and Bob Brett. History In 1996, Patrick Mou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cezar Crețu
Cezar Crețu (born 24 April 2001) is a Romanian tennis player. He has a career high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) singles ranking of world No. 288 achieved on 11 November 2024. He also has a career high doubles ranking of world No. 308 achieved on 11 November 2024. He is currently the No. 3 Romanian player. He represents Romania at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 4–1. Career He made his ATP main draw debut at the 2024 Țiriac Open after receiving a wildcard into the singles qualifying draw and doubles main draw. Crețu has won one 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 title at the 2024 Iași Open with Bogdan Pavel. ATP Challenger Tour finals Doubles: 1 (1 title) References External links * 2001 births ... [...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] |
Maxime Janvier
Maxime Janvier (; born 18 October 1996) is a French tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 170 achieved on 30 September 2019. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 297 achieved on 18 October 2021. Professional career 2014: First ITF title In July, Janvier won his first ITF title at the Serbia F6, defeating Tomislav Jotovski in the final. 2016: First Challenger title In January, Janvier made his Grand Slam qualifying debut at the Australian Open, losing in the second round to Daniel Brands. In October, Janvier won his first ATP Challenger singles title in Casablanca, defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final. 2018: Grand Slam debut, top 200 In June, Janvier was awarded a wildcard to the French Open, losing in the first round to twenty first seed Kei Nishikori. 2019: ATP Tour debut In May, Janvier made his debut on the ATP Tour as a qualifier at the Lyon Open, losing in the first round to Richard Gasquet. In June, he was awarded a wildc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
