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2023 Columbus Challenger
The 2023 Columbus Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 13th edition of the men's tournament which was part of the 2023 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Columbus, United States between September 18 and 24, 2023. Singles main draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of September 11, 2023. Other entrants The following players received entry into the singles main draw as wildcards: * Justin Boulais * Cannon Kingsley * James Tracy The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking: * Christian Harrison The following players received entry into the singles main draw as alternates: * Michael Geerts * Illya Marchenko * Tristan Schoolkate The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Jack Anthrop * Federico Agustín Gómez * Strong Kirchheimer * Aidan Mayo * Bernard Tomic * James Trotter Champions Singles * Denis Kudla def. Alexis Galarneau 6–2, 6–1. ...
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Tennis Court
A tennis court is the venue where the sport of tennis is played. It is a firm rectangular surface with a low net stretched across the centre. The same surface can be used to play both Types of tennis match, doubles and singles matches. A variety of surfaces can be used to create a tennis court, each with its own characteristics which affect the playing style of the game. Dimensions The dimensions of a tennis court are defined and regulated by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) governing body and are written down in the annual 'Rules of Tennis' document. The court is long. Its width is for singles matches and for doubles matches. The Service line (tennis), service line is from the net. Additional clear space around the court is needed in order for players to reach overrun balls for a total of wide and long. A net is stretched across the full width of the court, parallel with the Glossary of tennis terms#Baseline, baselines, dividing it into two equal ends. The net ...
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Justin Boulais
Justin Boulais (born 20 October 2001) is an American-born Canadian tennis player. Boulais has a career high ATP singles ranking of 483 achieved on 7 August 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 382 achieved on 21 October 2024. Boulais has won 1 ATP Challenger doubles title at the 2023 Calgary National Bank Challenger with Juan Carlos Aguilar. Boulais plays college tennis at Ohio State The Ohio State University (Ohio State or OSU) is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio, United States. A member of the University System of Ohio, it was founded in 1870. It is one of the largest universities by enrollme .... ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 3 (2–1) Doubles: 5 (2–3) References External links * * 2001 births Living people Canadian male tennis players Ohio State Buckeyes men's tennis players Canadian expatriate tennis players in the United States Tennis players at the 2023 Pan American Games 21st- ...
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2023 In Sports In Ohio
3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious and cultural significance in many societies. Evolution of the Arabic digit The use of three lines to denote the number 3 occurred in many writing systems, including some (like Roman and Chinese numerals) that are still in use. That was also the original representation of 3 in the Brahmic (Indian) numerical notation, its earliest forms aligned vertically. However, during the Gupta Empire the sign was modified by the addition of a curve on each line. The Nāgarī script rotated the lines clockwise, so they appeared horizontally, and ended each line with a short downward stroke on the right. In cursive script, the three strokes were eventually connected to form a glyph resembling a with an additional stroke at the bottom: ३. The Indian digits spread to the Caliphate in the 9th ...
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Hans Hach Verdugo
Hans Hach Verdugo (born 11 November 1989) is a Mexican tennis player. Hach Verdugo has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 60 achieved on 11 July 2022 and a singles ranking of No. 528 achieved on 20 July 2015. He has won one ATP doubles title at 2021 Los Cabos Open. Hach Verdugo has represented Mexico at the Davis Cup where he has a W/L record of 3–1. College career Hach Verdugo played college tennis at Abilene Christian University. Professional career In July 2021 he won his maiden ATP doubles title at the 2021 Los Cabos Open partnering John Isner John Robert Isner (born April 26, 1985) is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 8 in singles and No. 14 in doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Considered one of the best servers ... as wildcards. ATP Tour finals Doubles: 1 (1 title) ATP Challenger Tour finals Doubles: 26 (10 titles, 16 runner-ups) ITF Futures finals Singles: 1 (1 title) ...
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Guido Andreozzi
Guido Andreozzi (; ; born 5 August 1991) is an Argentine professional tennis player of Italian descent. His career-high rankings are world No. 70 in singles, achieved on 28 January 2019 and No. 47 in doubles, reached on 19 May 2025. He has won two ATP Tour and 36 ATP Challenger Tour doubles titles. 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, 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. Career 2018: First Grand Slam singles win As a junior Andreozzi ...
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Bernard Tomic
Bernard Tomic (; , ; born 21 October 1992) is an Australian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 17 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Tomic has won four singles titles on the ATP Tour. As a junior, Tomic enjoyed a successful career in which he won an Dunlop Orange Bowl, Orange Bowl title and two junior Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam singles titles, the 2008 Australian Open and 2009 US Open (tennis), 2009 US Open. As a professional, Tomic has won the 2013 Apia International Sydney – Men's singles, 2013 Sydney International, 2014 Claro Open Colombia – Singles, 2014 and 2015 Claro Open Colombia – Singles, 2015 Colombia Open, as well as the 2018 Chengdu Open – Singles, 2018 Chengdu Open. He made a final appearance at the 2016 Abierto Mexicano Telcel, 2016 Mexican Open and a quarterfinal appearance at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles, 2011 Wimbledon Championships, the 2015 BNP Paribas Open – ...
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Aidan Mayo
Aidan Mayo (born 14 May 2003) is an American tennis player. He has a career high singles ranking of No. 269 achieved on 20 May 2024. Early and personal life Mayo is from Roseville in the Sacramento area. His brother Keenan also played as a junior tennis player. They trained as junior players at the USTA Training Center West in Carson, California. Career He reached the final of the Challenger in Charlottesville in November 2023, losing to Kazakhstan's Beibit Zhukayev in straight sets. He faced twelfth seed Mattia Bellucci of Italy in the first round of qualifying for the 2024 US Open. He won the Challenger de Drummondville in November 2024, defeating Chris Rodesch Chris Rodesch (born 18 July 2001) is a Luxembourgish tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 163 achieved on 23 June 2025 and a career high doubles ranking of No. 508 achieved on 26 May 2025. Rodesch represents Luxe ... of Luxembourg in the final. References {{DEFAULTSORT:May ...
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Strong Kirchheimer
Strong Kirchheimer (born 26 April 1995) is an American tennis player. Kirchheimer has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 375 achieved on 6 November 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 491 achieved on 20 September 2021. Professional 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. For a second year in a row, ranked No. 495, he entered the main draw of the 2024 Winston-Salem Open after qualifying as an alternate, with wins over another alternate player Ryan Fishback and sixth qualifying seed Thai-Son Kwiatkowski. College career Kirchheimer played college tennis at Northwestern University Northwestern University (NU) is a Private university, private research university in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Established in 1851 to serve the historic Northwest Territory, it is t ...
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Federico Agustín Gómez
Federico Agustín Gómez (born 26 November 1996) is an Argentine tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 133, achieved on 3 February 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 117, achieved on 5 May 2025. He played college tennis at the University of Louisville. Career Gómez won his maiden ATP Challenger doubles title at the 2023 Tallahassee Tennis Challenger with Nicolás Kicker. Ranked No. 367, he made his ATP main draw debut at the 2024 Córdoba Open as a qualifier, having entered the qualifying competition as an alternate. At the same tournament, he also made his debut as wildcard pair partnering Renzo Olivo and won his first ATP doubles match. Gómez won his first singles ATP Challenger title in Milan Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ... ...
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Tristan Schoolkate
Tristan Schoolkate (born 26 February 2001) is an Australian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 102 achieved on 23 June 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 120 achieved on 27 January 2025. Personal life Schoolkate began playing tennis at age four and was initially coached by his father, who was a tennis coach at Claremont Lawn Tennis Club. In August 2015, he represented Australia at the ITF World Junior Tennis Finals in Prostejov, Czech Republic. Career 2019–2021: Beginnings: ATP debut and first ITF titles Schoolkate made his ITF Men's World Tennis Tour main draw debut in Darwin in September 2019 and his ATP Challenger Tour main draw debut in October 2019 in Traralgon. In January 2021, Schoolkate made the second round of the 2021 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying, losing to Bernard Tomic. He made his ATP Tour debut at the 2021 Great Ocean Road Open after receiving a wildcard into the main draw. He lost in straight s ...
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Illya Marchenko
Illya Vasylovych Marchenko (; born 8 September 1987) is a Ukrainian tennis player. He has a career high in singles of World No. 49 achieved on 26 September 2016 and of No. 268 in doubles achieved on 25 August 2014. On the ATP Tour, Marchenko reached the semifinals of Moscow in 2009, the 2010 St. Petersburg Open and Doha in 2016. He is noted for his backhand, which he cites as his best shot. His favorite surface is hard courts. Personal life Illya began playing tennis at age seven. His father Vassili and mother Anna are both engineers. Has one older brother, Igor Marchenko, a manager and former ice skater who took part in the 1998 Winter Olympics. Growing up, he admired Lleyton Hewitt and Roger Federer. He has played doubles on the Futures level with fellow Ukrainian Artem Smirnov. He was coached by Orest Tereschuk from July 2009 till 2014 and by Tibor Toth from 2014. Marchenko also has a YouTube channel with close to 3,000 subscribers and 150,000 views where he posts tennis ...
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Michael Geerts
Michael Geerts (born 17 January 1995) is a Belgian tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 212 achieved on 3 April 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 162 achieved on 17 October 2022. Geerts competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour. Career Geerts made his ATP main draw debut at the 2020 European Open in the doubles draw partnering Yannick Mertens. In 2022, he won two Challenger titles in doubles: in Cassis with Joran Vliegen and in Ismaning with Patrik Niklas-Salminen. He took part in the Belgium Davis Cup team The Belgium men's national tennis team represents Belgium in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Royal Belgian Tennis Federation. History Belgium competed in its first Davis Cup in 1904 when it achieved its best result until 2 ... in 2021 against Bolivia and in 2022 against France. ATP Challenger and ITF Tour Finals Singles: 17 (10–7) Performance timeline Singles References Exte ...
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