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2023 Cary Challenger II
The 2023 Cary Challenger II was a professional tennis tournament being played on hard courts. It was the 11th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2023 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Cary, North Carolina, United States between 11 and 17 September 2023. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of August 28, 2023. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Darwin Blanch * William Jansen * Pedro Ródenas The following players received entry into the singles main draw using protected rankings: * Christian Harrison * Brayden Schnur The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Jaimee Floyd Angele * Garrett Johns * Strong Kirchheimer * Thai-Son Kwiatkowski * Pedro Vives Marcos * Donald Young The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * Cannon Kingsley Champions Singles * Zachary Svajda def. Rinky Hijikata 7–6(7–3), 4–6, 6–1. Doubles * Andrew Harris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hardcourt
A hardcourt (or hard court) is a surface or floor on which a sport is played, most usually in reference to tennis courts. It is typically made of rigid materials such as asphalt or concrete, and covered with acrylic resins to seal the surface and mark the playing lines, while providing some cushioning. Historically, hardwood surfaces were also in use in indoor settings, similar to an indoor basketball court, but these surfaces are rare now. Tennis Tennis hard courts are made of synthetic/acrylic layers on top of a concrete or asphalt foundation and can vary in color. These courts tend to play medium-fast to fast because there is little energy absorption by the court, as with grass courts but unlike clay courts. The ball tends to bounce high and players are able to apply many types of spin during play. Flat balls are favored on hard courts because of the extremely quick play style. Speed of rebound after tennis balls bounce on hard courts is determined by how much sand is in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennys Sandgren
Tennys Sandgren II ( ; born July 22, 1991) is an American professional tennis player. He has achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 41 on January 14, 2019. He broke into the top 100 of the ATP rankings toward the end of 2017 after competing mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour. Born and raised in Gallatin, Tennessee, he played two years of college tennis at the University of Tennessee before launching his professional career. Early life Sandgren's parents, South African Lia Lourens and American David Sandgren, met at a tennis club in Johannesburg. They married and moved to Tennessee in 1988 with Sandgren's older brother, Davey. Sandgren, who was named Tennys after his Swedish great-grandfather, was home-schooled and is coached by his mother. Davey Sandgren is also a tennis player who achieved a career-high ATP ranking of 800 in doubles in 2009 Junior career As a junior, Sandgren compiled a singles win–loss record of 70–38 (and 53–35 in doubles), reaching as high a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis David Martínez
Luis David Martínez (; born 12 May 1989 in Lara) is a Venezuelan tennis player. Martínez has a career high ATP singles ranking of 390 achieved on 10 February 2014. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 97 achieved on 16 January 2023. Martínez has represented Venezuela at the 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 W/L record of 23–13. Challenger and Futures finals Singles: 5 (0–5) Doubles: 67 (29–38) Notes External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Martinez, Luis David 1989 births Living people Venezuelan male tennis players People from Lara (state) Tennis players at the 2015 Pan American Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in tennis Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Venezu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Blumberg
William Blumberg (born January 26, 1998) is an American professional tennis player. A former college player at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Blumberg has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 74 achieved on September 12, 2022. He reached a career-high of World No. 438 in singles on February 18, 2019. Early life, Junior and College career William's parents are Amy and David Blumberg. Blumberg identifies as Catholic, like his mother, while his father is Jewish. The family often has Jewish food during holidays. Blumberg has two brothers. He attended Greenwich High School in Greenwich, Connecticut. As a senior at Greenwich, he went undefeated and did not lose a set all season. During his junior career, he played at each of the four grand slam junior tournaments. He reached the final in the boys' doubles at the 2015 French Open partnering fellow American Tommy Paul. Blumberg was the nation's top recruit for the class of 2016. After going 26–2 during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cannon Kingsley
Cannon Kingsley (born 6 May 2001) is an American tennis player. Kingsley has a career high ATP singles ranking of 418 achieved on 13 November 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 425 achieved on 13 November 2023. Kingsley has won 1 ATP Challenger doubles title at the 2023 Knoxville Challenger with Luis David Martínez. Kingsley plays college tennis at Ohio State The Ohio State University, commonly called Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio. A member of the University System of Ohio, it has been ranked by major institutional rankings among the best public .... References External links * * 2001 births Living people American male tennis players People from Mineola, New York Ohio State Buckeyes men's tennis players {{US-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Young (tennis)
Donald Oliver Young Jr. (born July 23, 1989) is an American professional tennis player. Young had a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 38 achieved on 27 February 2012 and doubles ranking of No. 43 achieved on 14 August 2017. As a junior he was ranked No. 1 in the world in 2005. His best singles performance in the Grand Slams was reaching the fourth round of the 2011 US Open, as well as the 2015 US Open. In doubles he reached the final of the 2017 French Open partnering Santiago González. Early life Young began playing tennis at age three with mother, Illona, and father, Donald Sr., who are both tennis teaching professionals. Career Junior and early career In 2001 he came in second to Jesse Levine in the U.S. Clay Court 14 Nationals in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He was up 5-love in the third set of the final. Young had lost the first set, won the second, and was winning 5–0 and serving for the match at 40–15. Levine scored 23 consecutive points to defeat Young ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thai-Son Kwiatkowski
Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (born February 13, 1995) is a Vietnamese American tennis player. He played collegiately for the Virginia Cavaliers. On May 29, 2017, Kwiatkowski won the NCAA Men's Singles Championship. This victory earned him a wildcard into the main draw of the 2017 US Open. College career Coming out of high school, he was the nation's top recruit. Kwiatkowski was on three national championship teams during his time at Virginia. As a sophomore, he tied the school's single season wins record, going 44-8 during the season. On September 11, 2016, Kwiatkowski won the American Collegiate Invitational, which earned him a wild card into the qualifying tournament for the 2017 US Open. After his senior season, he was named first-team all- ACC. Kwiatkowski won the singles title at the 2017 NCAA Men's Singles Championship, defeating William Blumberg in the final. Other notable college achievements: • 2018 NCAA Top 10 Award winner • ACC Men’s Tennis Scholar-Athlete of the Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strong Kirchheimer
Strong Kirchheimer (born 26 April 1995) is an American tennis player. Kirchheimer has a career high ATP singles ranking of 385 achieved on 22 May 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 491 achieved on 20 September 2021. Kirchheimer played college tennis at Northwestern University.https://nusports.com/sports/mens-tennis/roster/strong-kirchheimer/4946 Career Kirchheimer made his ATP main draw debut at the 2023 Winston-Salem Open after entering the singles main draw as a lucky loser directly into the second round after the withdrawal of 11th seed Daniel Altmaier Daniel Altmaier (born 12 September 1998) is a German professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 53, achieved on 23 May 2022. Tennis career 2017: ATP debut Altmaier made his ATP main draw debut as a qualifie .... Challenger and World Tennis Tour finals Singles: 10 (1–9) Doubles: 5 (4–1) References External links * * 1995 births Living people Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brayden Schnur
Brayden Schnur (born July 4, 1995) is a Canadian professional tennis player. Schnur reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 92 in August 2019. He was a part of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill tennis team from January 2014 to May 2016. Schnur turned professional in July 2016 at the Rogers Cup. Early life Schnur was born in Pickering, Ontario, to Chris Schnur and Anne-Marie Nielsen; he has a younger sister named Amanda. He first started playing tennis at the age of eight, on public courts near his home in Pickering. Schnur left home at the age of 14 and moved to Bradenton, Florida, where he trained with Heath Turpin. He was part of Tennis Canada's National Training Centre from 2011 to 2013 under the guidance of Guillaume Marx. Tennis career 2011–13 In April 2011, Schnur won the first title of his career on the Junior Circuit at the G5 in Burlington. He played his first professional tournament at the Futures in Indian Harbour Beach in June 2011 where h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Harrison
Christian Harrison (born May 29, 1994) is an American professional tennis player. He has a career-high ranking of world No. 198 achieved on 2 July 2018 and a doubles ranking of world No. 162 achieved on 26 August 2013. He is the younger brother of Ryan Harrison. Early life Christian was coached by his father, Pat Harrison, and attended the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. Professional career 2012: Grand Slam doubles debut and quarterfinal In July, Christian made it to the quarterfinals of the Lexington, Kentucky Challenger event. Christian was awarded a wildcard into the 2012 US Open to play doubles alongside Ryan Harrison, where they reached the quarterfinals. 2013 Earlier in the year he reached the quarterfinals, semifinals, the final, and won, respectively, the four Futures events in which he participated. He failed to qualify in Indian Wells, losing in the first round of qualifying to Ernests Gulbis, who made a deep run to the fourth round after qualifying. However, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guido Andreozzi
Guido Andreozzi (; ; born 5 August 1991) is an Argentine professional tennis player of Italian descent. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures, both in singles and doubles. His career-high rankings are World No. 70 in singles (January 2019) and No. 101 in doubles (February 2019). Personal life and background Andreozzi started playing tennis at 6 with father at Club Harrods. His father, Jorge, is a construction worker and his mother, Nora Potente, is an accountant. He also has one brother named Franco. Guido attended school at Colegio Nicolas Avellaneda. He stated that his favourite surface is hard, shot is forehand and tournament is US Open. Idol growing up was Roger Federer. Hobbies include spending time with friends, listening to music, playing football and watching TV shows and movies. He is big fan of Boca Juniors football team. Currently trains at Club Liceo Naval. Fitness trainer is Mariano Gaute. Juniors As a junior Andreozzi posted a 34-16 single ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Peniston
Ryan Peniston (born 10 November 1995) is a British tennis player from Essex. He has a career-high singles ranking of world no. 123, achieved in July 2022, and a doubles ranking of world no. 384 achieved in June 2022. Personal life Ryan Harold Peniston was born in November 1995 to Paul and Penny (née Gok). He has two older brothers, Sam and Harry. As a child Peniston survived rhabdomyosarcoma, a soft tissue cancer, and had to have surgery to remove a tumour and chemotherapy. Cancer slowed his growth, and he was much smaller than his classmates until he was 16 years old. At 13, he moved to Nice, France to train at ISP Academy before going to college at 18. A graduate of the University of Memphis tennis program, he was part of the GB University Team that won the nation's first ever team gold medal at Master’U Championships. Professional career 2020: Battle of the Brits During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Peniston took part in the 'Battle of the Brits' tournament and performe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
