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Arthur Féry
Arthur Fery (; born 12 July 2002) is a British tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 229 achieved on 19 August 2024. Education Fery attended King's College School before enrolling at Stanford University, playing in the Pac-12 Conference. Career Fery competed in ITF junior events, reaching a career high junior world ranking of 12 on 2 March 2020. He reached the semi-finals of the 2019 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' doubles and the 2020 Australian Open – Boys' doubles. He received a wildcard into 2021 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles qualifying, where he beat Prajnesh Gunneswaran and Matthew Ebden before losing in five sets in the final round of qualifying to Tallon Griekspoor, despite winning the first two sets and going a break up in the third. He was entered into the 2021 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles as an alternate, partnering Tara Moore, after the withdrawal of Aslan Karatsev and Elena Vesnina. Fery and Moore were el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Wimbledon Championships
The 2022 Wimbledon Championships was a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tier tennis tournament that took place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. Novak Djokovic successfully defended his gentlemen's singles title to claim his 21st Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major title, defeating Nick Kyrgios in the final. Ashleigh Barty was the reigning ladies' champion, but did not defend her title after retiring from professional tennis in March 2022. The ladies' singles title was won by Elena Rybakina, who defeated Ons Jabeur in the final. This year, the AELTC Wimbledon ban on Russian and Belarusian players, barred Russian and Belarusian players from competing because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In reaction, the Women's Tennis Association, WTA, Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP, and International Tennis Federation, ITF withdrew ranking points from the tournament. Tournament The tournament was played on Grass court, gras ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 US Open – Boys' Doubles
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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 professional tennis tournaments. It was founded in 1976 as a replacement for the ILTF Satellite Circuit (founded in 1971) as the second tier of tennis. The Challenger Tour events are the second-highest tier of tennis competition, behind the ATP Tour and ahead of the ITF Men%27s World Tennis Tour, ITF World Tennis Tour tournaments. The ATP Challenger Tour is administered by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Players who succeed on the ATP Challenger Tour earn sufficient ranking points to enter the main or qualifying draws at ATP Tour tournaments. Players on the Challenger Tour are typically young players looking to advance their careers, those who fail to qualify for ATP events, or former ATP Tour players looking to return to the top tour. History of challenger events The first challenger events were held in 1978, with eighteen events taking place. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena Vesnina
Elena Sergeyevna Vesnina (born 1 August 1986) is a Russian former professional tennis player who was List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles. Vesnina is a four-time Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam champion, having won the 2013 French Open, 2014 US Open (tennis), 2014 US Open, and 2017 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles, 2017 Wimbledon Championships in women's doubles with compatriot Ekaterina Makarova, and the 2016 Australian Open in mixed doubles, partnering Bruno Soares. She reached also eight further finals in women's doubles, and four in mixed doubles. She became world No. 1 for the first time in June 2018, alongside Makarova, with the pair jointly holding the top ranking for the next five weeks. Vesnina won 19 doubles titles on WTA Tour, including the 2016 WTA Finals – Doubles, 2016 WTA Finals and eight at WTA 1000 tournaments, WTA 1000-level. She also achieved significant success in singles, reaching her career-high ranking o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aslan Karatsev
Aslan Kazbekovich Karatsev (, ; born 4 September 1993) is a Russian professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 14 on 7 February 2022, and peaked at No. 76 in the doubles rankings on 16 May 2022. Karatsev had a career-best season in 2021. In February, he passed through qualifiers for the Australian Open. In his first main draw of a major, and ranked No. 114, he defeated 8th seed Diego Schwartzman, 20th seed Félix Auger-Aliassime and 18th seed Grigor Dimitrov to reach the semifinals: becoming the first man in the Open Era to reach the semifinals on his major debut. In March, he won his first ATP title at the Qatar Open in doubles, partnering Andrey Rublev. A week later, Karatsev won his first ATP singles title at the 2021 Dubai Open, entering the top 30 of the ATP singles rankings for the first time in his career. In April, Karatsev defeated the world No. 1 Novak Djokovic on his home court at the Serbia Open to reach the final. At the 2020 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tara Moore
Tara Shanice Moore (born 6 August 1992) is a Hong Kong-born British tennis player. She achieved career-high rankings by the WTA of 145 in singles and No. 77 in doubles. In her career, she won nine singles titles and 17 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. As a junior, she was coached by the American tennis coach, Nick Bollettieri. In September 2006, he referred to Moore as one of the best young players in his school, the Bollettieri Tennis Academy, along with Michelle Larcher de Brito. Her coach was Charles Homewood. Her favourite surface is stated as being grass although most of her titles to date have come on hardcourt. Career 2006–2007 Moore's first professional tennis match came in August 2006 at the $10k tournament in Guayaquil, Ecuador. She won two matches to qualify before losing in the first round of the tournament. Moore then moved on to qualify and reach the quarterfinals in only the second ITF tournament of her career in Caracas, Venezuela, another $10k event. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tallon Griekspoor
Tallon Griekspoor (; born 2 July 1996) is a Dutch professional tennis player. He has a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of world No. 21, achieved on 6 November 2023. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 61 achieved on 10 June 2024. Griekspoor is the current Dutch No. 1 singles player. He has won a record eight ATP Challenger Tour, Challenger titles in one season (2021 ATP Challenger Tour, 2021), and became also the first player in history to win five consecutive such titles. Early life and background Griekspoor was born in Haarlem to father Ron and mother Monique, and grew up in Nieuw-Vennep. He has two older brothers, Scott Griekspoor, Scott and Kevin, who are twins. His grandfather Joop founded the construction company Griekspoor BV, where much of his family works. Griekspoor and his brothers began playing tennis when he was six, training at the Nieuw-Vennep Tennis Club. At the age of 12, he began playing at the Zandvoort Ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Ebden
Matthew Ebden (born 26 November 1987) is an Australian professional tennis player who reached a career high of List of ATP number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles. Ebden is a three-time Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam champion, having won the 2022 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles, 2022 Wimbledon Championships and 2024 Australian Open – Men's doubles, 2024 Australian Open in doubles with Max Purcell and Rohan Bopanna respectively, and the 2013 Australian Open – Mixed doubles, 2013 Australian Open in mixed doubles alongside Jarmila Gajdošová. Ebden won an Olympic gold medal at the Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics, 2024 Paris Olympics with John Peers. Ebden also finished runner-up at the 2022 Australian Open – Men's doubles, 2022 Australian Open and 2023 US Open – Men's doubles, 2023 US Open in men's doubles with Purcell and Bopanna respectively, and the 2021 Australian Open – Mixed doubles, 2021 Australian Open and 2022 Wimbledon Cham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prajnesh Gunneswaran
Prajnesh Gunneswaran (born 12 November 1989) is an Indian former professional tennis player. He reached a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 75 in 2019. He won 2 ATP Challenger and 8 ITF titles in singles and 1 ITF title in doubles. He represented India at the Davis Cup. At the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, he won the bronze medal in the men's singles event. Personal life Prajnesh Gunneswaran is the son of Mr. S G Prabhakharan and Mrs. Usha. He married Sudarshana Pai in Ernakulam, Kerala in 2019. Career 2010–2017: Early career Gunneswaran mainly participated in ITF and ATP Challenger events in his early years. While he won eight ITF Futures singles titles, he found limited success on the Challenger tour. In October 2016, he reached his first ATP Challenger singles final at Pune Challenger. He lost the title match to Frenchman Sadio Doumbia. In May 2017, he reached his first ATP Challenger doubles final at 2017 Samarkand Challenger. Partnering with compatriot Vishnu Va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Qualifying
The 2021 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Qualifying is a series of tennis matches that was originally scheduled to take place from 21 to 24 June 2021. However, due to a heavy rain on the first day, it was rescheduled from 22 to 25 June 2021, to determine the sixteen qualifiers into the main draw of the 2021 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles, and, if necessary, the lucky losers. Players who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards for the main draw may participate in the qualifying tournament for the annual The Championships, Wimbledon, Wimbledon Tennis Championships. This was the last appearance for the former world number 12 Viktor Troicki. He lost in the second round to Brandon Nakashima. Seeds Qualifiers Lucky losers Qualifying draw First qualifier Second qualifier Third qualifier Fourth qualifier Fifth qualifier Sixth qualifier Seventh qualifier Eighth qualifier Ninth qualifier Tenth qualifier Eleventh qualifier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pac-12 Conference
The Pac-12 Conference is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference in the Western United States. It participates at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) NCAA Division I, Division I level for all sports, and its College football, football teams compete in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), the highest level of NCAA football competition. The conference currently comprises two members, Oregon State University and Washington State University. The modern Pac-12 Conference formed after the disbanding of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC), the principal members of which founded the Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU) in 1959. The conference previously went by the names Big Five, Big Six, Pacific-8, and Pacific-10. The Pac-12 moniker was adopted in 2011 with the addition of University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado and University of Utah, Utah. Nicknamed the "Conference of Champions", the Pac-12 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King's College School
King's College School, also known as Wimbledon, KCS, King's and KCS Wimbledon, is a Private schools in the United Kingdom, private Public school (United Kingdom), public school in Wimbledon, London, Wimbledon, southwest London, England. The school was established in 1829 by King George IV, as the junior department of King's College London and had part of the school's premises in Strand, London, Strand, prior to relocating to Wimbledon in 1897. KCS is a member of the Eton Group of schools. It is predominantly a boys' school but accepts girls into the Sixth Form. In the Sixth Form, students can choose between the International Baccalaureate and A-Level qualifications. The school is included in The Schools Index as one of the 150 best private schools in the world and among the top 30 senior schools in the UK. History A royal charter by George IV, King George IV founded the school in 1829 as the junior department of the newly established King's College, London. The school occ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
