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2024 Challenger Città Di Lugano
The 2024 Challenger Città di Lugano was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 4th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2024 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Lugano, Switzerland between 4 and 10 March 2024. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 26 February 2024. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Rémy Bertola * Mika Brunold * Johan Nikles The following players received entry into the singles main draw as special exempts: * Mikhail Kukushkin * Coleman Wong The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate: * Stefano Travaglia The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Ričardas Berankis * Arthur Géa * Hsu Yu-hsiou * Cem İlkel * Daniel Masur * Henri Squire The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * Yuta Shimizu Champions Singles * Otto Virtanen def. Daniel Masur 6–7(4–7), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rémy Bertola
Rémy Bertola (born 31 August 1998) is a Swiss tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 269 achieved on 21 April 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 200 achieved on 5 August 2024. Career Bertola won his maiden ATP Challenger doubles title at the 2024 Tennis Challenger Hamburg with Mattia Bellucci Mattia Bellucci (born 1 June 2001) is an Italian tennis professional player. He has a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of world No. 66 achieved on 7 April 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 321 achieved on 17 Jun .... ATP Challenger Tour finals Doubles: 1 (1 title) References External links * * 1998 births Living people Swiss male tennis players 21st-century Swiss sportsmen {{Switzerland-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hendrik Jebens
Hendrik Jebens (born 8 August 1995) is a German professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 45, achieved on 5 August 2024. He has won eight ATP Challenger doubles titles, seven with partner Constantin Frantzen. Career 2022 Jebens lost the doubles first round qualifying match of the ATP 500 event Swiss Indoors with partner Fabian Fallert in three sets against Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow. 2023–2024: ATP and Grand Slam debuts, three ATP finals Jebens won the ATP Challenger doubles titles in the first quarter of 2023, in Koblenz with Fabian Fallert, and in Biel/Bienne with Constantin Frantzen. He made his ATP Tour doubles main draw debut at the 2023 Grand Prix Hassan II in Marrakesh, partnering Petros Tsitsipas. He reached his first ATP Tour final at the 2024 Moselle Open alongside Frantzen, but lost to Hugo Nys and Jan Zieliński. Jebens reached his second ATP Tour final at the 2024 Generali Open Ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constantin Frantzen
Constantin Frantzen (born 16 March 1998) is a German tennis player who specializes in doubles. Frantzen has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 45, achieved on 12 August 2024. He has won seven ATP Challenger doubles titles, all with partner Hendrik Jebens. He played college tennis at Baylor University. Career 2023–2024: ATP and Grand Slam debuts in doubles Frantzen made his ATP Tour doubles main draw debut at the Swiss Open Gstaad alongside Hendrik Jebens. He reached his first ATP Tour final at the Moselle Open with partner Jebens, but lost to Hugo Nys and Jan Zieliński. Frantzen reached his second ATP Tour final at the 2024 Generali Open Kitzbühel also alongside Jebens but lost to Alexander Erler and Andreas Mies. The pair also made it to the 2024 Hangzhou Open final, losing to Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Vijay Sundar Prashanth Vijay SP Natarajan (born 27 October 1986) is an Indian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuta Shimizu
is a Japanese tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 180 achieved on 24 February 2025. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 143 achieved on 12 June 2023. He won his first ATP Challenger Tour title at the 2024 Keio Challenger, defeating Li Tu in the final. Shimizu represents Japan at the Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and contested annually between teams from over 150 competing countries, making it the world's largest annual ..., where he has a W/L record of 1–0. ATP Challenger Tour finals Singles: 6 (1 title, 5 runner-ups) Doubles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner-ups) ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals Singles: 16 (12 titles, 4 runner-ups) Doubles: 17 (7 titles, 10 runner-ups) Junior Grand Slam finals Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shimizu, Yuta 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Daniel Masur
Daniel Masur (; born 6 November 1994 in Bückeburg) is a German professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 176, achieved in March 2022 and in doubles of No. 149 achieved in September 2022. Juniors On the junior tour, Masur has a career high ITF junior ranking of No. 13 achieved in September 2012. Masur was a semifinalist at the 2012 US Open boys' doubles event, partnering Maximilian Marterer. Professional career 2016–2020: ATP debut and first ATP match win Masur made his ATP main draw debut as a lucky loser at the 2016 German Open in Hamburg in the doubles draw, partnering Cedrik-Marcel Stebe. He won his first singles match on ATP-level as a qualifier at the 2018 German Open, defeating Maximilian Marterer in the first round. In the first round of the 2019 Hamburg Open doubles draw, he and partner Julian Lenz upset compatriots Alexander and Mischa Zverev after saving two match points. 2021–2025: Major, top 200 and United Cup debuts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cem İlkel
Cem Ilkel (born 21 August 1995) is a Turkish professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 144 achieved on 29 November 2021. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 299 achieved on 27 August 2018. He is currently the No. 2 Turkish player. Ilkel has won one ATP Challenger title in singles and has a singles final record of 5 wins and 20 losses, and a doubles final record of 13 wins and 11 losses. Playing for Turkey in Davis Cup, İlkel has a W/L record of 12–18. Professional career İlkel made his Grand Slam debut at the 2017 US Open as a qualifier. In eight attempts at gaining entry through qualifying, Ilkel did not reach the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament. But on his ninth attempt, ranked No. 189, Ilkel reached the main draw of the 2021 US Open. İlkel won his only ATP Challenger Tour title thus far in his career at the 2020 Open Quimper Bretagne, which was held in Quimper Quimper (, ; ; or ) is a Communes of France, c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hsu Yu-hsiou
Hsu Yu-hsiou ( zh, 許育修; born 2 April 1999) is a Taiwanese tennis player. He has a career high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of world No. 158 achieved on 16 October 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 149 achieved on 11 July 2022. Hsu is currently the No. 2 Taiwanese tennis player. Junior career As a junior, Hsu achieved a career-high total combined ranking of No. 5, reached on 12 June 2017. In 2017, he won the 2017 Australian Open – Boys' doubles, 2017 Australian Open boys' doubles championships title alongside Zhao Lingxi. He then won the 2017 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' doubles, 2017 Wimbledon boys' doubles championships title with Axel Geller and impressively also the 2017 US Open – Boys' doubles, 2017 US Open boys' doubles championships title with Wu Yibing, holding three out of the four junior grand slam doubles championships simultaneously. Professional career 2018 In March 2018, he won his firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Géa
Arthur Géa (born 2 January 2005) is a French tennis player. He has a career high singles ranking of world No. 290 achieved on 17 February 2025. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 470 achieved on 28 October 2024. Early life Géa is from Velleron near Carpentras, in Vaucluse. Between the ages of seven and thirteen he trained at the Alain Barrère academy in Pontet, before joining the Ligue de Provence. He later joined the National Training Center of the French Tennis Federation in Paris. Junior career Géa reached the third round of the boys' singles at the 2022 French Open, and in the boys' singles at the 2022 US Open. He went a round better to reach the quarter final of the boys’ singles at the 2023 Australian Open. At the 2023 French Open Géa reached the second round of the boys' singles, and first round in the boys' doubles. At the 2023 Wimbledon Championships he lost to Henry Searle in the third round of the singles, but reached the semifinals of the boys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ričardas Berankis
Ričardas Berankis (; born June 21, 1990) is a Lithuanian professional tennis player. He is the first and only Lithuanian to enter the Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP top 50 rankings, making him the highest ranked Lithuanian tennis player of all time. Berankis has reached two finals on the ATP World Tour, at the Los Angeles Open (tennis), Los Angeles Open in 2012 and at the Kremlin Cup in 2017. He is also a prominent member of the Lithuania Davis Cup team. Early years Berankis started playing tennis at the age of two, when his six years older sister Lina took him to her tennis practices. Berankis' first coach was Valdas Adomaitis from Jurbarkas. When Berankis was nine years old he accepted an invitation from Remigijus Balžekas to practise with him at the Šiauliai tennis school (over 200 km from Vilnius). It turned out to be a long-term partnership and friendship. Career Juniors In 2004, Berankis dominated the U14 circuit of the Tennis Europe Junior Tour, winning ... [...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] |
