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2018 Swedish Open
The 2018 Swedish Open (also known as the SkiStar Swedish Open for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts as part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2018 ATP World Tour. It took place in Båstad, Sweden, from 15 July until 22 July 2018. The women's tournament was discontinued this year and replaced by the Moscow River Cup. Finals Singles * Fabio Fognini defeated Richard Gasquet, 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 Doubles * Julio Peralta / Horacio Zeballos defeated Simone Bolelli / Fabio Fognini, 6–3, 6–4 Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of July 2, 2018 Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Jaume Munar * Casper Ruud * Mikael Ymer The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Simone Bolelli * Zdeněk Kolář * Juan Ignacio Londero * Corentin Moutet The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * Henri Laaksonen Withdrawals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ATP World Tour 250
The ATP 250 tournaments (previously known as the ''ATP World Tour 250'' tournaments, ''ATP International Series'', and ''ATP World Series'') are the lowest tier of annual men's tennis tournaments on the main ATP Tour, after the four Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam/major tournaments, ATP Finals, ATP Masters 1000 tournaments, ATP 1000 tournaments, and ATP 500 tournaments, ATP 500 tournaments. As of 2024 ATP Tour, 2024, the series included 38 tournaments, with 250 ranking points awarded to each singles champion—which accounts for the name of the series. Draws consist of 28, 32, or 48 for singles and 16 for doubles. In 2025 ATP Tour, 2025, the series includes only 30 tournaments after the retirement of three tournaments (Atlanta, Córdoba and Lyon), the downgrade of two (Estoril and Newport) and the upgrade of three tournaments to the 500 level (Dallas, Doha and Munich). Thomas Muster holds the record for most singles titles at 26, while Mike Bryan holds the record for most doub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Ferrer
David Ferrer Ern (; ; born 2 April 1982) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 3 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in July 2013. Ferrer won 27 ATP Tour singles titles, including a Masters 1000 event at the 2012 Paris Masters. He was also the runner-up at the 2013 French Open, the 2007 Tennis Masters Cup, and six Masters events. A three-time Davis Cup champion with Spain (in 2008, 2009, and 2011), Ferrer has the eleventh-highest career prize money earnings among male tennis players (not adjusting for inflation). With 734 career match wins, he holds the distinction of winning the most matches on the ATP Tour without having won a major; he is widely considered one of the best players not to have won a major. Ferrer turned professional in 2000 and was regarded as a clay court specialist in his early career, winning 13 of his 27 titles on the surface. However, he had significant success on all surfaces, having reach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Stefanos Tsitsipas (, ; born 12 August 1998) is a Greek professional tennis player. He has been ATP rankings, ranked as high as world No. 3 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), first achieved in August 2021 – making him the highest-ranked Greek in tennis history, tied with Maria Sakkari. Tsitsipas has won twelve ATP Tour singles titles, including the 2019 ATP Finals – Singles, 2019 ATP Finals and three ATP Masters 1000 tournaments, Masters 1000 events. He has contested two Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major finals at the 2021 French Open – Men's singles, 2021 French Open and 2023 Australian Open – Men's singles, 2023 Australian Open. He has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 64, achieved on 29 August 2022. Born into a tennis family – his mother Julia Apostoli, Julia was a professional on the WTA Tour and his father Apostolos Tsitsipas, Apostolos trained as a tennis coach – Tsitsipas was introduced to the sport at age three and bega ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viktor Troicki
Viktor Troicki ( sr-Cyrl, Виктор Троицки, ; born 10 February 1986) is a Serbian tennis coach and a former professional player. He won three singles and two doubles titles on the ATP Tour. Troicki won his first ATP singles title at the 2010 Kremlin Cup, and his second and third ATP singles titles at the 2015 and 2016 Apia International Sydney. His biggest achievements were a career-high singles ranking of world No. 12 (achieved in June 2011) and winning the deciding rubber in Serbia's Davis Cup final against France in 2010. Since then, in every Davis Cup he attended, he has contributed to Serbia reaching a quarterfinal or better. He is known for serving a 12-month ban for an anti-doping rule violation in 2013–14 for missing a blood test. By winning the inaugural ATP Cup in 2020, Troicki became the first player in tennis Open Era history to win all three major team competitions (Davis Cup in 2010 and World Team Cup in 2009 and 2012). In December 2020, Troicki was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thiago Monteiro (tennis)
Thiago Moura Monteiro (; born 31 May 1994) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. He has a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of world No. 61, achieved on 17 October 2022 and a doubles ranking of No. 144, achieved on 31 January 2022. He is currently the No. 3 player from Brazil. On the ITF Junior Circuit, Monteiro had a combined ranking of No. 2, attained on February 2012. His best junior singles result was the 2011 Copa Gerdau (Grade A) title in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Early life and background Thiago Moura Monteiro was born on 31 May 1994 in Fortaleza, Brazil. His first introduction to tennis happened when he watched a Gustavo Kuerten match on TV with his brother. Monteiro used to train football at a sports academy where his brother played tennis. He played it for the first time when his brother invited him to a hitting session. Thiago soon started training and playing in local tournaments: in early 2004, he won his first tournament, being o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolás Kicker
Nicolás Kicker (, born 16 August 1992 in Merlo) is an Argentine tennis player. He plays mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour. Kicker achieved his highest career singles ranking of 78 in June 2017. He has won 4 singles titles, and 1 doubles title on the ATP Challenger Tour, but also 14 singles titles, and 7 doubles titles on the ITF Men's Circuit. Career His best Grand Slam result is reaching the third round of the 2018 Australian Open where he played against Márton Fucsovics. In 2018, Kicker was suspended for six years and fined $25,000 for committing match-fixing offences under the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program. He was banned from professional tennis until January 2021. He returned to the Tour at the 2021 Córdoba Open with a wildcard. Challenger and Futures titles Singles titles: 18 See also *Match fixing in tennis *International Tennis Integrity Agency The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) is the organisation responsible for safeguarding the integrity of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Laaksonen
Henri Joona Julius Laaksonen (, Swiss Standard German: ; born 31 March 1992) is a Swiss inactive professional tennis player. His highest singles ranking is world No. 84, which he achieved on 14 February 2022, and his highest doubles ranking is world No. 191, achieved on 24 December 2018. Early life Laaksonen's father, Sandro Della Piana, is a former Swiss tennis player. His mother is from Finland. His parents separated very early in his life, but he nonetheless kept contact with his father. He started playing tennis at the age of 3. During his adolescent years he lived in Hyvinkää where he was coached by Pasi Virtanen. At 16, he became European champion for the Under-16s category. In 2009, he moved to Switzerland to train at the Swiss Tennis National Tennis Center in Bienne. Before January 2011, he represented his country of birth, Finland. Since then, he has represented Switzerland. Professional career 2021: Two Major third rounds & two top-20 wins, back to top 100 in tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corentin Moutet
Corentin Moutet (; born 19 April 1999) is a French professional tennis player. Moutet has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 51, attained on 7 November 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 425, attained on 12 June 2017. Moutet has won six ATP Challenger Tour and five ITF World Tennis Tour singles tournaments. Moutet made his ATP Tour main draw debut at the 2017 French Open after receiving a wildcard to the doubles main draw with Constant Lestienne. Junior career 2013: First ITF tournaments, first titles In April, Moutet entered the singles qualifying of the ITF Junior Cap d'Ail. Two tournaments later, he reached his first singles final at the Podgorica Open. At the Copa Santa Catarina Internacional in October, Moutet again reached the singles final, losing to João Menezes in straight sets. In doubles, he took his first title with Fernando Yamacita. At the Copa Guga Kuerten, his final tournament of the year, he proved victorious in both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Ignacio Londero
Juan Ignacio Londero (; born 15 August 1993) is an Argentine tennis player. Londero reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 50 in November 2019 and his highest ATP doubles ranking of world No. 186 in March 2020. Career Londero made his first appearance on an ATP World Tour in July 2013 when he lost in the first round of 2013 Claro Open Colombia against eventual champion Ivo Karlović. He managed to win his first tour level match at the 2019 Córdoba Open against Nicolás Jarry and subsequently won his first ATP title at the tournament as a wildcard, defeating Guido Pella in the final. He reached the fourth round of the 2019 French Open for the first time at a Major. He entered the 2022 French Open The 2022 French Open was a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was held at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from 22 May to 5 June 2022, comprising singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. J ... as lucky lo ... [...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] |
Mikael Ymer
Mikael Ymer (born 9 September 1998) is a Swedish professional tennis player. He had a career high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of world No. 50, achieved on 17 April 2023. In the ATP doubles ranking his career high is No. 187, achieved in October 2017. He is the current No. 5 Swedish singles player. Ymer was the No. 1 Swedish player until 2023. Early life Ymer was born in Skara, Sweden to Ethiopians in Sweden, Ethiopian immigrant parents. He is the younger brother of fellow tennis player Elias Ymer. His other younger brother, Rafael, is a tennis player on the juniors' circuit. Juniors Mikael contested his first junior major final at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' singles, 2015 Wimbledon Championships but was defeated by American Reilly Opelka in straight sets. In 2015 Ymer managed to claim his second European Championships title (U18), beating Bernabé Zapata Miralles in the final in straight sets. Professional career 2016–2018: M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casper Ruud
Casper Ruud (; born 22 December 1998) is a Norwegian professional tennis player. He has been ATP rankings, ranked as high as world No. 2 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved in September 2022, making him the highest-ranked Norwegian in history. Ruud has won 13 ATP Tour singles titles, including a Masters 1000 event at the 2025 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's singles, 2025 Madrid Open, and finished runner-up at three Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, majors (at the 2022 French Open – Men's singles, 2022 French Open, 2022 US Open – Men's singles, 2022 US Open, and 2023 French Open – Men's singles, 2023 French Open) and at the 2022 ATP Finals – Singles, 2022 ATP Finals. From September 2021 to November 2023, Ruud spent 113 consecutive weeks inside the ATP rankings, ATP top 10. As a junior, he was ranked world No. 1. In doubles, he has a career-high ranking of world No. 133, achieved after reaching the quarterfinals of the 2021 Wimbledon Cham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
