2022 Nottingham Open – Men's Singles
Frances Tiafoe Frances Tiafoe Jr. ( ; born January 20, 1998) is an American professional tennis player. He reached his career high at world No. 10 in singles on June 19, 2023, becoming the first Sierra Leonean American man to be ranked in the top 10 by the ... was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title. Dan Evans won the title, defeating Jordan Thompson 6–4, 6–4 in the final. Seeds Draw Finals Top half Bottom half References External linksMain draw Qualifying draw {{DEFAULTSORT:2022 Nottingham Open - 1 Nottingham Open - 1 Men's singles ... [...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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Liam Broady
Liam Tarquin Broady ( ; born 4 January 1994) is a British professional tennis player who competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour. He reached a career high ranking of world No. 93 on 25 September 2023. Early and personal life Broady, the younger brother of fellow tennis player Naomi Broady, has another sister, Emma and a brother, Calum. The family grew up in Heaton Chapel, Heaton Chapel, Stockport. Their parents, Shirley and Simon, took the young Liam and Naomi to tennis tournaments. Broady started playing table tennis at the age of four and went to Matchpoint in Bramhall for lessons. His first tournament was at the age of eight and he showed potential at ten. He attended List of schools in Stockport, Norris Bank primary and Priestnall School where he completed his GCSEs in 2010. In 2007, the Lawn Tennis Association suspended his seventeen-year-old sister Naomi's funding, for 'unprofessional' postings on a social networking site. Their father Simon was so angry with the decis ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lucas Pouille
Lucas Pouille (, born 23 February 1994) is a French professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 10, achieved on 19 March 2018 and a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 79, achieved on 11 April 2016. He has won five singles titles on the ATP Tour and was on the winning French Davis Cup team in 2017. Personal life Pouille's mother is a Swedish-speaking Finn from Närpes, Finland. He has two brothers, and his family comes from northern France, at Loon-Plage near Dunkerque. He married his long-time girlfriend Clémence Bertrand in September 2019 and their daughter Rose was born in January 2021. He moved to Dubai in 2015 but moved back to France, to Rennes, in 2020. Le Coq Sportif and Babolat are his current sponsors. Career 2009-2011 In 2009, Pouille played (only the singles events of) two tournaments, both of them ITF Men's Circuit tournaments held in France. In 2010, Pouille played (only the singles events of) five tournaments � ... [...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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Lukáš Lacko
Lukáš Lacko (; born 3 November 1987) is a former professional Slovak tennis player. His career-high ATP singles ranking is World No. 44, achieved in January 2013. Tennis career Juniors As a junior Lacko compiled a singles win–loss record of 88–39, reaching as high as No. 3 in the combined junior world rankings in February 2005. Junior Grand Slam results: Australian Open: QF (2005) French Open: SF (2005) Wimbledon: 1R (2004) US Open: 2R (2005) Professional tour At the 2010 Australian Open, he lost in the second round to World No. 2 and defending champion Rafael Nadal 2–6, 2–6, 2–6. At the 2010 French Open, he played and won the longest match of his career in the first round against American Michael Yani with the score at 6–4, 6–7, 6–7, 7–6, 12–10. The 4-hour, 56-minutes match stretched over the course of two days, and tied the record for the most games played in the Open Era at the French Open. Lacko continued his second round streak in 2010 majors ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Antoine Bellier
Antoine Bellier (born 18 October 1996) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 168, achieved on 10 April 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 331 achieved on 22 April 2024. Bellier has won one ATP Challenger and four ITF singles titles as well as twelve doubles titles on the ITF Men's Circuit. Bellier represented Switzerland in Davis Cup, where he has a win–loss record of 1–4. He had a serve-and-volley style of play. Career 2016: ATP debut Bellier made his ATP main draw debut at the 2016 Swiss Open Gstaad, receiving singles and doubles main draw wildcards. 2022: First ATP semifinal & Top 200 debut Ranked No. 303 at the 2022 Mallorca Championships Bellier recorded his second ATP win over Federico Delbonis as a qualifier. He went one step further to defeat fourth seed Pablo Carreno Busta and reach his first ATP quarterfinal. He defeated Tallon Griekspoor to reach his first ATP semifinal in his career. He became the l ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jay Clarke (tennis)
Jay Alexander Clarke (born 27 July 1998) is a British tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 153 achieved on 22 July 2019. Clarke has won twelve Futures titles and four Challenger titles. In 2017, on a Wimbledon wildcard, Clarke and Marcus Willis beat the defending doubles champions and second seeds, Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert, in the second round, in five sets. Early and personal life Clarke is from Pear Tree, Derby. He is of Jamaican-British descent. Clarke grew up in a tennis-oriented family with his two sisters and brother also playing tennis. He attributes his love of tennis to his father Earol who also coached him and his siblings. Clarke’s older sister Yasmin (former 532 WTA) is a big part of his team. Junior career 2012 Playing in the Great Britain Under 14 boys team, with Samuel Ferguson, they won the European Winter Cup defeating Sweden in the final. Clarke won two Tennis Europe 14U Grade 1 events to become the 14U No.1 in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Paul Jubb
Paul Jubb (born 31 October 1999) is a British tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 180, achieved on 28 October 2024. Jubb won the singles title at the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championship as a member of the South Carolina Gamecocks. Early years Jubb is the son of an English father and Kenyan mother, both of whom died before he was nine. At the age of four Jubb was spotted playing tennis at Pickering Park near his home in Hull. He was spotted by tennis coach Jonny Carmichael. Carmichael coached Jubb into his teenage years where he trained at the LTA-accredited Nuffield Health Tennis Academy in Hull. Career 2015: Juniors In 2015 he won the under 16 Boys singles title at the LTA British Nationals. 2019-2022: Grand Slam, ATP and Pro debuts Jubb made his Grand Slam main draw debut at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships after receiving a wildcard for the singles main draw, but dropped out in the first round after losing in 4 sets to João Sous ... [...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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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]   |
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Alastair Gray
Alastair Gray (born 22 June 1998) is a British tennis player. Gray has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 237 achieved on 19 September 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 304 achieved on 20 June 2022. Gray played college tennis at Texas Christian University. Career Gray made his ATP main draw debut at the 2019 Hall of Fame Open after receiving a wildcard for the singles tournament. He received a wildcard for the main draw of the 2021 Wimbledon Championships men’s doubles alongside Aidan McHugh, where he recorded his first Major win against Jiří Veselý and Roman Jebavý. Gray made his Grand Slam tournament debut at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships as a wildcard where he won his first singles match against Tseng Chun-hsin, before losing to 11th seed Taylor Fritz in the second round. Personal Gray attended Parkside School, Cobham, his time there overlapping with fellow British tennis player Jack Draper. Playing style Gray pl ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Henri Squire
Henri Squire (born 27 September 2000) is a German tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 169, achieved on 15 July 2024, and a doubles ranking of No. 345, attained on 28 August 2023. He played two seasons of college tennis for Wake Forest and became 2021 ACC Freshman of the Year and 2021 First-Team all ACC Singles. Professional career 2022: ATP debut Squire made his ATP Tour main draw debut at the Halle Open as a wildcard, where he lost by retirement to Laslo Djere in the first round. In November 2022, he won his first ATP Challenger Tour doubles title at the Trofeo Faip–Perrel in Bergamo, partnering Jan-Lennard Struff. 2024: Major debut and first win, maiden Challenger title, top 200 In March 2024, he won his maiden ATP Challenger Tour singles title in Hamburg, defeating Clément Chidekh in the final. Ranked No. 235, he reached a second Challenger final in Ostrava, losing to Damir Džumhur. Ranked No. 211, he made his Grand Slam debut at the F ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |