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2023 Open Città Della Disfida
The 2023 Open Città della Disfida was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 23rd edition of the tournament which was part of the 2023 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Barletta, Italy between 3 and 9 April 2023. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 20 March 2023. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Federico Arnaboldi * Flavio Cobolli * Gianluca Mager The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate: * James McCabe The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Jacopo Berrettini * Edoardo Lavagno * Stefano Napolitano * Julian Ocleppo * Gabriele Piraino * Stefano Travaglia The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * Salvatore Caruso Champions Singles * Shintaro Mochizuki def. Santiago Rodríguez Taverna 6–1, 6–4. Doubles * Jacopo Berrettini / Flavio Cobolli def. Zdeněk Kolář / Denys Molcha ... [...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] |
Laurent Lokoli
Laurent Lokoli (born 18 October 1994) is a French professional tennis player. Lokoli plays primarily ATP Challenger and ITF events. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 167 achieved on 27 February 2023. Career Lokoli received a wildcard for the 2014 French Open men's singles qualifying draw. He won three qualifying matches and hence advanced to the main draw 1st round, where he lost to Steve Johnson. He was given a wildcard for the 2017 French Open where he lost in the first round to Martin Kližan. He made minor news by twice refusing to shake hands with Klizan after the match. He reached the top 200 at No. 199 on 3 October 2022. He made his first Challenger final at the 2023 Open Nouvelle-Calédonie in Nouméa, New Caledonia losing to Raúl Brancaccio. As a result, he reached a new career-high ranking of No. 176 inside the top 200 on 9 January 2023. Next he qualified into the 2023 Australian Open main draw after 8 years of absence. In July 2023, Lokoli made h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denys Molchanov
Denys Petrovych Molchanov (; born 16 May 1987) is a Ukrainian tennis player competing on the ATP Challenger Tour. He has won two ATP doubles titles. He has also won 15 ITF singles and 66 doubles titles, 36 of them Challengers. On 5 January 2015 he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 169, whilst his highest doubles ranking of No. 58 was reached on 29 January 2024. He also played for the Ukraine Davis Cup team. Career 2018: Maiden ATP doubles final Molchanov reached his first ATP doubles final at the 2018 Swiss Open in Gstaad partnering Igor Zelenay. 2022: Maiden ATP title At the 2022 Melbourne Summer Set 1 Molchanov reached the semifinals partnering Ričardas Berankis losing to sixth seeds Aleksandr Nedovyesov and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi. At the 2022 Open 13 Molchanov won his first title partnering Russian Andrey Rublev in Marseilles. 2023: 35th Challenger title, second ATP title, top 65 Molchanov won his 34th Challenger and first Challenger 175 in Turi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santiago Rodríguez Taverna
Santiago Rodríguez Taverna (born 16 July 1999) is an Argentine professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high ATP (ATP) singles ranking of world No. 157 on 29 August 2022, and a career-high doubles ranking of No. 160 on 20 November 2022. Career Rodríguez Taverna won his first ATP Challenger singles title at the 2022 Challenger de Tigre in Buenos Aires. Ranked No. 201 at the 2022 French Open, he qualified for his Grand Slam main draw debut, defeating Dimitar Kuzmanov. In the first round, he played a five-set match against World No. 14 Taylor Fritz Taylor Harry Fritz (born October 28, 1997) is an American professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 4 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved on November 18, 2024, and a doubles ranking of ... that lasted over three and a half hours. ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals Singles (7–11) References External links * * 1999 births Living people Tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salvatore Caruso
Salvatore Caruso (; born 15 December 1992) is an Italian former professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 76 achieved on 16 November 2020. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 166 achieved on 18 January 2021. Caruso has won 5 ITF Futures singles and two ATP Challenger singles titles, and 4 ITF Futures and one ATP Challenger doubles titles in his career. Early life Caruso grew up in Sicily, Italy. Career 2016 Caruso made his ATP and Masters 1000 main draw debut at the 2016 Italian Open, where he received a main draw wildcard. He lost in the first round to Nick Kyrgios 6–1, 6–2. 2019: Top 100 debut The 2019 season was a season of a progress. At the 2019 French Open, he got his first Grand Slam win and later reached the third round. He then lost to world No. 1 Novak Djokovic. A month later, he successful participated in the Umag Open. In the second round, he recorded his biggest win to date against World No. 14 Borna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefano Travaglia
Stefano Travaglia (born 18 December 1991 in Ascoli Piceno) is an Italian tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 60, which he reached on 8 February 2021. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 224 achieved on 31 January 2022. Career 2014: ATP debut, First Challenger title Travaglia made his ATP main-draw debut at the 2014 Internazionali BNL d'Italia, where he qualified for the main draw by defeating Albert Montañés and Blaž Rola in the qualifying rounds. In the main draw, he put up a good fight against fellow Italian Simone Bolelli in the first round. Travaglia won his first Challenger title in the doubles event at the 2014 Morocco Tennis Tour – Meknes, partnering Hans Podlipnik-Castillo, defeating Gerard Granollers and Jordi Samper Montaña Jordi Samper Montaña (; born 23 April 1990) is a Spanish tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On 16 September 2013, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 211 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Ocleppo
Julian Ocleppo (born 1 August 1997) is an Italian tennis player. Ocleppo is the son of former tennis professional Gianni Ocleppo and his wife Dee. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of 309 achieved on 24 February 2020. He also has a career high doubles ranking of 167 achieved on 23 July 2018. Ocleppo has won four ATP Challenger doubles titles in Italy. He made his main draw debut on the ATP World Tour at the 2018 Italian Open doubles competition partnering Andrea Vavassori. Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour finals Singles: 7 (3–4) Doubles: 27 (16–11) Personal life He is the son of former tennis player Gianni Ocleppo and Dee Ocleppo Hilfiger. His mother is of Turkish and British British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. * British national identity, the characteristics of British people and culture ... descent.. He is the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefano Napolitano
Stefano Napolitano (; born 11 April 1995) is an Italian professional tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world No. 121 on 17 June 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 182, achieved on 3 April 2017. Career 2015–2017: Major debut and first win, Masters debut Napolitano defeated Augusto Virgili in the qualifying of the 2015 Distal & ITR Group Tennis Cup 6–0, 6–3, winning the first set without dropping a single point, which is referred to as a golden set. He made his Masters debut at the 2017 Italian Open as a wildcard. He also made his Grand Slam debut at the 2017 French Open after qualifying and recorded his first win over 31st seed Mischa Zverev Mikhail "Mischa" Alexandrovich Zverev. (born 22 August 1987) is a German retired professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 25 on 24 July 2017. At the 2017 Australian Open, Zverev defeated world No. 1 An .... 2023 Ranked No. 5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James McCabe (tennis)
James Fernandez McCabe (born 5 July 2003) is an Australian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 176 achieved on 21 April 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 302 achieved on 31 July 2023. Early life McCabe was born in Iba, Philippines to an Irish father and a Filipina mother. He holds dual Irish and Australian citizenship. At six months of age he moved to Sydney, Australia where he was raised and attended Trinity Grammar School. A prodigiously talented junior, McCabe broke the national U10 beep test record in 2013, was crowned the Australian national junior 200m butterfly swimming champion, won the 2019 U16 Australian national championship in tennis as well as being an accomplished flutist with an AMusA (Associate in Music, Australia) diploma. Professional career 2021 McCabe began competing in professional events in late 2021 and was able to reach the quarterfinals of the first ITF Futures event he entered in Tunisia in October 2021 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gianluca Mager
Gianluca Mager (born 1 December 1994) is an Italian tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 62 achieved on 22 November 2021. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 310 achieved on 10 June 2019. Personal Info Born in Liguria, from a family of German origins. In 2010, Mager was disqualified for failing a doping test after smoking marijuana at a party. Professional career Mager made his ATP main draw debut at the 2017 Internazionali BNL d'Italia after earning a wildcard in the pre-qualifying wildcard tournament. He was defeated by Aljaž Bedene in the first round. He got his first singles ATP main-draw win in the first round in Stockholm in October 2019 against Spaniard Pablo Andújar. At the 2020 Rio Open in Brazil, an ATP 500 level tournament on clay courts, he beat world No. 34 Casper Ruud in the first round, and world No. 4 Dominic Thiem in the quarterfinals to reach the semifinal as a qualifier. Mager reached his first ATP Tour final, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federico Arnaboldi
Federico Arnaboldi (born 18 June 2000) is an Italian tennis player. Arnaboldi has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 183 achieved on 9 June 2025. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 399 achieved on 24 April 2023. Arnaboldi made his ATP main draw debut at the 2023 Italian Open after receiving a wildcard into the doubles main draw with Gianmarco Ferrari. His cousin Andrea Arnaboldi Andrea Arnaboldi (; born 27 December 1987) is an Italian former tennis player who competed on the ATP Challenger Tour The ATP Challenger Tour (known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series) is a series of international men's pro ... was also a tennis player. ITF World Tennis Tour and Challenger finals Singles: 11 (4–7) References External links * * 2000 births Living people Italian male tennis players Sportspeople from Como 21st-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zdeněk Kolář
Zdeněk Kolář (; born 9 October 1996) is a Czech tennis player. Kolář has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 111 achieved on 13 June 2022. He also has a career high doubles ranking of World No. 110 achieved on 1 August 2022. Professional career 2018: ATP debut Kolář played his first match in an ATP tournament, after qualifying for the 2018 Swedish Open. He was defeated in straight sets by defending champion and former Top 10 member David Ferrer. 2021: Three Challenger titles In 2021, Kolář won 3 ATP Challenger singles titles: in April in Oeiras Portugal, in August in Iasi Romania, in September in Szczecin Poland and 4 ATP Challenger doubles titles. 2022: Grand Slam debut and first ATP & Major win In 2022, Kolář made his ATP main draw debut in doubles at Chile Open alongside Nikola Milojević. They reached the quarterfinals with a win over local wildcards Alejandro Tabilo and Gonzalo Lama. In his fifth qualifying attempt, Kolar finally reached the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
