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2021 Tampere Open
The 2021 Tampere Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts.. It was the 39th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2021 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Tampere, Finland, on 19–25 July 2021. Men's singles main draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings as of 12 July 2021. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Leo Borg * Patrik Niklas-Salminen * Otto Virtanen The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt: * Mario Vilella Martínez The following players received entry into the singles main draw as alternates: * Jonáš Forejtek * Orlando Luz The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Geoffrey Blancaneaux * Bogdan Bobrov * Arthur Cazaux * Nicolás Kicker The following players received entry as lucky losers: * Alexander Erler * Kyrian Jacquet Champions Singles * Jiří Lehečka def. Nicolás Kicker 5–7, 6–4, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tampere
Tampere ( , , ; sv, Tammerfors, ) is a city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be de ... in the Pirkanmaa Regions of Finland, region, located in the western part of Finland. Tampere is the most populous inland city in the Nordic countries. It has a population of 244,029; the Tampere urban area, urban area has a population of 341,696; and the metropolitan area, also known as the Tampere sub-region, has a population of 393,941 in an area of . Tampere is the List of urban areas in Finland by population, second-largest urban area and List of Finnish municipalities, third most-populous individual municipality in Finland, after the cities of Helsinki and Espoo, and the most populous Finnish city outside the Greater Helsinki area. Today, Tampere is one of the major urban, econo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandre Müller
Alexandre Müller (; born 1 February 1997) is a French professional tennis player. He has been ranked by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) as high as world No. 76 in singles, which he achieved on 16 July 2023. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 273, attained on 9 May 2022. Since turning professional in 2014, Müller has spent most seasons on the ITF Men's World Tennis Tour and ATP Challenger Tour, where he has won 17 total singles and doubles titles across both circuits. He sealed his top 150 debut in July 2022, a month after winning his first Challenger title in Blois. The following season, Müller made his breakthrough on the ATP Tour after reaching his first tour final in Marrakesh, which earned him his top 100 debut. Professional career 2017-19: Grand Slam debut Müller made his ATP main draw debut at the 2017 French Open after receiving a wildcard to the singles main draw. He was defeated by Thiago Monteiro in the first round. He quali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felipe Meligeni Alves
Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves (born 19 February 1998) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 137 achieved on 25 July 2022 and a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 75 achieved on 20 June 2022. He is currently the No. 2 Brazilian tennis player. Junior career Meligeni Alves won the 2016 US Open boys' doubles title, partnering Juan Carlos Aguilar. Professional career 2020: ATP debut and maiden Challenger singles and doubles titles Meligeni made his debut in an ATP Tour singles main draw as wildcard at the 2020 Rio Open, losing in three sets to world No. 4 Dominic Thiem in the first round. Meligeni won his first ATP Challenger doubles title at Guayaquil alongside Venezuelan Luis David Martínez, defeating spaniards Sergio Martos Gornés and Jaume Munar in the final. Meligeni Alves won his first ATP Challenger singles title at São Paulo, defeating Portuguese Frederico Ferreira Silva, on 29 November 2020. He also wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyrian Jacquet
Kyrian Jacquet (born 11 May 2001) is a French professional tennis player. Jacquet reached his career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) singles ranking of world No. 300 in October 2021 and doubles ranking of world No. 239 in August 2022. At the 2020 Rennes Challenger, Jacquet was awarded a wild card. He reached the quarter-finals where he lost in 3 sets to Britain’s James Ward. In 2021, Jacquet reached two semi-finals at the Challengers of Aix-en-Provence 125 (France) and Tampere 80 (Finland) Jacquet made his ATP Tour main draw debut in doubles when he was awarded a wildcard entry into the doubles draw at the 2020 French Open alongside compatriot Corentin Denolly. They faced the first seeded and eventual semi finalist Colombian pair Robert Farah and Juan-Sebastian Cabal and won the first set 6–3; they ultimately lost the match 6–3, 2–6, 3–6. Jacquet has reached 4 career singles finals, all being on the ITF Futures The ITF World Tennis Tour (former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Erler
Alexander Erler (; born 27 October 1997) is an Austrian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 322, achieved on 4 October 2021. He has a career high doubles ranking of world No. 32, achieved on 8 May 2023. He has won four doubles titles on the ATP Tour with compatriot Lucas Miedler, the home tournaments in Kitzbühel and in Vienna, and in Acapulco and Munich. On the ITF Futures Tour, Erler has reached 15 ITF singles finals, with a record of 7 wins and 8 losses. He has also reached 38 ITF doubles finals, with a record of 25 wins and 13 losses. Professional career 2015: ATP doubles debut Erler made his ATP main draw debut at the 2015 Generali Open Kitzbühel in the doubles draw, partnering Philipp Kohlschreiber. 2021: ATP singles debut and first match win, maiden doubles ATP title At the 2021 Generali Open Kitzbühel, Erler won his first ATP match as a wildcard defeating future world no. 1 Carlos Alcaraz who was then ranked No. 5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolás Kicker
Nicolás Kicker (, born 16 August 1992 in Merlo) is an Argentine tennis player. He plays mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour. Kicker achieved his highest career singles ranking of 78 in June 2017. He has won 3 singles titles, and 1 doubles title on the ATP Challenger Tour, but also 14 singles titles, and 7 doubles titles on the ITF Men's Circuit. Career His best Grand Slam result is reaching the third round of the 2018 Australian Open where he played against Márton Fucsovics Márton Fucsovics ( hu, Fucsovics Márton, ; 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. 1 Hungarian player. Early life Fucso .... In 2018, Kicker was suspended for six years and fined $25,000 for committing match-fixing offences under the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program. He was banned from professional tennis until January 2021. Challenger and Futures titles Singles titles: 18 See a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Cazaux
Arthur Cazaux (; born 23 August 2002) is a French tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 126 achieved on 14 August 2023. He also has a career high doubles ranking of world No. 430, achieved of 1 November 2021. Cazaux has won 1 singles Challenger title and 3 singles ITF titles. Junior career As a junior, Cazaux reached his highest ranking of number 4 in the world, in the combined singles and doubles junior ranking system. This was highlighted by a runner-up finish at the 2020 Australian Open where he was defeated by compatriot Harold Mayot in straight sets. Professional career 2020: Grand Slam doubles debut Cazaux made his ATP main draw debut at the 2020 Open 13 in the doubles draw partnering Harold Mayot when they were granted a wildcard entry. They were defeated in the first round by Nicolas Mahut and Vasek Pospisil in straight sets 5–7, 1–6. Pairing Mayot again, they were also given a wildcard entry into the main doubles draw of the 2020 Fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoffrey Blancaneaux
Geoffrey Blancaneaux (born 8 August 1998) is a French tennis player. He competes mainly on the ITF Men's Circuit and ATP Challenger Tour. Blancaneaux has a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 134 achieved on 14 November 2022 and a doubles ranking of World No. 164 achieved on 18 July 2022. Junior Career Blancaneaux won the 2016 French Open boys' singles title, defeating Félix Auger-Aliassime in the final. Professional career 2017: Grand Slam debut In September 2017, Blancaneaux made his Grand Slam debut, after receiving a wildcard to enter the main draw at the US Open. 2021: First Challenger title In December 2021, Blancaneaux won his first Challenger singles tournament at the Maia Challenger, defeating Tseng Chun-hsin in the finals. 2022: French Open, Masters and top 150 debuts Seeded No. 190 at the 2022 French Open The 2022 French Open was a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was held at the Stade Roland Garro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orlando Luz
Orlando Moraes Luz (born 8 February 1998 in Carazinho) is a Brazilian tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 272 achieved on 16 August 2021, and a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 90 achieved on 27 September 2021. Juniors Luz along with Marcelo Zormann won the 2014 Wimbledon boys' doubles title after defeating Stefan Kozlov and Andrey Rublev ''6–4, 3–6, 8–6'' in the final. At the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics held in Nanjing China, Luz (seeded 2nd) won the silver medal in singles, falling to Kamil Majchrzak of Poland ''4–6, 5–7'' in the final. Additionally, he and compatriot Marcelo Zormann teamed up to win the gold medal in doubles, defeating the Russian pairing of Andrey Rublev and Karen Khachanov ''7–5, 3–6, 0–3' in the final also seeded second. He and Chung Yun-seong lost to Yishai Oliel of Israel and Patrik Rikl of the Czech Republic in the final of the 2016 French Open Boys' Doubles tournament, 6–3, 6–4. Profession ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonáš Forejtek
Jonáš Forejtek (born 10 March 2001) is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. Forejtek has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 217, achieved on 1 August 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 302, achieved on 28 February 2022. Forejtek has reached five career singles finals, with a record of 2 wins and 3 losses all on the ITF Futures Tour. Additionally, he has reached five career doubles finals, with a record of 4 wins and 1 loss which includes a 2–0 record in ATP Challenger Tour finals. Junior career In 2019, Forejtek reached three junior grand slam finals, one in singles and two in doubles, winning them all. At the 2019 Australian Forejtek and compatriot partner Dalibor Svrčina won the boys' doubles title beating Americans Emilio Nava and Cannon Kingsley ''7–6(7–5), 6–4'' in the finals. At the 2019 Wimbledon Championships he partnered with another compatriot Jiří Lehečka capturing his second boys' grand sl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Virtanen
Otto Virtanen (born 21 June 2001) is a Finnish tennis player. Virtanen has a career high ATP singles ranking of 176 achieved on 21 November 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 270 achieved on 31 October 2022. Virtanen won the Boys' Doubles title in the Wimbledon Championships in 2018. In December 2018 Virtanen won singles tournament in Orange Bowl. He won his first Challenger title at the 2022 Trofeo Faip–Perrel and reached the top 200 on 7 November 2022 at world No. 195. Personal life Virtanen appeared in two videos on the Finland-based YouTube YouTube is a global online video sharing and social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by Google, and is the second most ... channel Pongfinity, one titled "Tennis Trick Shots" in July 2019, and another titled "Return a Pro Tennis Serve, Win $1000" in June 2022. Unsurprisingly, no membe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrik Niklas-Salminen
Patrik Niklas-Salminen (born 5 March 1997) is a Finnish professional tennis player. Niklas-Salminen has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 418 achieved on 3 March 2020. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 95 achieved on 17 April 2023. Niklas-Salminen has won one singles and nineteen doubles titles on the ITF Men's Circuit including four Challengers. On the junior tour, Niklas-Salminen had a career high ITF junior ranking of No. 20 achieved in September 2015. Niklas-Salminen reached the semifinals of the 2015 Wimbledon boys' singles event, losing to Mikael Ymer in the semifinal. Niklas-Salminen has represented Finland in Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the orga ..., where he has a win–loss record of 2–3. External links * * * 1997 b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
