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Jakarta Open
The Jakarta Open was a men's tennis tournament played in Jakarta, Indonesia. The event was held in 1973 and 1974 and from 1993 to 1996 and was played on outdoor hard courts. It was part of the World Series circuit of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour. Finals Singles Doubles See also * Danamon Open The Danamon Open is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1993 to 1997. It was held at the Gelora Senayan Stadium in Jakarta in Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asi ... – women's tournament (1993–1997) References External links ATP results archive {{ATP World Series tournaments Tennis tournaments in Indonesia Hard court tennis tournaments ATP Tour Defunct tennis tournaments in Indonesia Defunct sports competitions in Indonesia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ATP World Series
The ATP International Series (known from 1990 to 1999 as the ATP World Series) was a series of professional tennis tournaments held internationally as part of the ATP Tour from 2000 to 2008. The series was renamed ATP Tour 250 in 2009. International Series offered players cash prizes (tournaments have purses from $416,000 to $1,000,000) and the ability to earn ATP ranking points. They generally offered less prize money and fewer points than the ATP International Series Gold, but more than tournaments on the ATP Challenger Series. Tournaments The locations and titles of these tournaments were subject to change every year. The tournaments – in calendar order – in 2008 were: Singles champions ATP International Series Doubles champions ATP International Series See also * ATP International Series Gold * List of tennis tournaments List of current and past men's and women's tennis tournaments. Criteria for inclusion: *The tournament is notable enough to have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radomír Vašek
Radomír Vašek (born 23 September 1972) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. Career Vašek was the Czechoslovak national Under-18s tennis champion in 1990, the same year he turned professional. At the 1994 French Open he came into the draw as a qualifier but won his first two matches, against Younes El Aynaoui in straight sets and Dimitri Poliakov, from two sets down. Vašek reached his first and only ATP Tour final in 1995, at the Jakarta Open. Also that year, Vašek made the quarterfinals of the Tel Aviv Open in Israel. He was a quarterfinalist at Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile (), is the capital and largest city of Chile and one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is located in the country's central valley and is the center of the Santiago Metropolitan Regi ...'s Movistar Open in 1997. ATP career finals Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 9 (5–4) Doubl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacco Eltingh
Jacco Folkert Eltingh (; born 29 August 1970) is a former professional male tennis player and former world No. 1 doubles player from the Netherlands. He is best known for his success in doubles with fellow countryman Paul Haarhuis. Together they won all four Grand Slam doubles titles at least once. Eltingh is the youngest player in the Open Era to achieve the career Grand Slam in men's doubles. Eltingh reached his career-high singles ranking in February 1995, when he climbed to world No. 19, notably reaching the quarterfinals of both the Australian Open and Wimbledon Wimbledon most often refers to: * Wimbledon, London, a district of southwest London * Wimbledon Championships, the oldest tennis tournament in the world and one of the four Grand Slam championships Wimbledon may also refer to: Places London * W ... in 1995. In his professional career he has won four singles and 44 doubles titles. In November 2005, Eltingh was elected to the ATP Board as the player represe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillaume Raoux
Guillaume Raoux (; born 14 February 1970) is a French former tennis player. Career Raoux reached the Wimbledon junior singles final in 1988. He turned professional in 1989. Pro tour The right-hander won one singles career title (Queensland Open, 1992), and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 35 in June 1998. Raoux reached the fourth round of the 1998 Australian Open and the quarterfinals of the Paris Masters in 1990 and 1997. He was the first man to be beaten by Roger Federer on the ATP Tour. Raoux represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta where he was defeated in the first round by Zimbabwe's Byron Black Byron Hamish Black (born 6 October 1969) is a Zimbabwean tennis and Davis Cup player for Zimbabwe. Personal life Born 6 October 1969, in Harare, Black is the son of Donald Black and Velia Black and brother to Wayne Black and Cara, who were .... Junior Grand Slam finals Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) ATP career finals Singl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diego Nargiso
Diego Nargiso (; born 15 March 1970) is a former tennis player from Italy. Having turned professional in 1987, Nargiso represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where he was defeated in the second round by America's eventual runner-up Tim Mayotte. He also competed in the men's doubles at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, .... Nargiso was the first Italian tennis player to win the Junior Wimbledon championship, which he did in 1987. The left-handed Nargiso reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 10 October 1988, when he became the number 67 in the world. ATP career finals Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups) Doubles: 20 (5 titles, 15 runner-ups) ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 7 (3–4) Doubl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
Hans-Jürgen Pohmann (born 23 May 1947) is a former professional tennis player from Germany. During his career, Pohmann won one singles and five doubles titles on the ATP Tour. He reached the quarter finals of the 1974 French Open, beating Adriano Panatta before losing to François Jauffret. , he was a commentator for the German television network RBB. Pohmann is probably most remembered for a controversial second round match at the 1976 US Open against Ilie Năstase Ilie Theodoriu Năstase (; born 19 July 1946) is a Romanian former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the inaugural world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 40 weeks. Năstase is one of ten play .... In that era, early round US Open matches were best of three-sets. At 5–5 in the third set Năstase was furious at a photographer and hit a ball at him and swung his racket near him. The crowd were at fever pitch by this point. Then Pohmann "lunged for a ball and f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jürgen Fassbender
Jürgen Fassbender (, born 28 May 1948) is a retired German tennis player. On the ATP Tour The ATP Tour (known as ATP World Tour between January 2009 and December 2018) is the sole worldwide top-tier tennis tour for men organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) founded in 1990 that replaced the earlier dual Grand Prix ..., Fassbender won three singles and 15 doubles titles. His best Grand Slam singles result was reaching the quarterfinals at the 1973 Wimbledon Championships. In doubles, he reached the semifinals of the 1973 French Open and the 1973 and 1975 Wimbledon Championships. Between 1968 and 1979, he played in 23 ties for the German Davis Cup team and compiled a record of 20 wins and 14 losses. Best team result was winning the European Zone and reaching the Inter-Zonal semifinal in 1968. Career finals Singles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups) Doubles: 35 (16 titles, 19 runner-ups) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fassbender, Jue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roscoe Tanner
Leonard Roscoe Tanner (born October 15, 1951) is an American former professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 4 on July 30, 1979. Tanner won 16 titles throughout his career. Tanner was famous for his big left-handed serve, which was reportedly clocked at at the Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California on February 19, 1978 during the 1978 American Airlines Tennis Games singles final against Raúl Ramírez.Wimbledon '99: Secrets of an express delivery, by Ronald Atkin ''The Independent'', June 20, 1999 Retrieved December 9, 2009. He is also known for winning the men's singles title at the first of two Australian Open tournaments held in 1977. Tanner won the tournament held in January. Ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ismail El Shafei
Ismail El Shafei () (born 15 November 1947) is an Egyptian former professional tennis player and president of the Egyptian Tennis Federation. He is currently a member of the board of directors of the International Tennis Federation and is chairman of the ITF Junior Circuit. He won six career singles titles and reached eleven finals. In doubles, he won nine career titles. Career El Shafei played his first tournament in March 1962 at the Egyptian Championships losing in straight sets to Italian player Giuseppe Merlo in the round of 32. He reached his first tournament final in Ostordorf, West Germany in 1963 before losing to Harald Elschenbroich. In 1964, he won the boys' singles tournament at Wimbledon. He won his first senior's tournament in San Jose, Costa Rica in January 1966. He won the Egyptian Open in Cairo three times (1969, 1974–1974). An adaptable player, he competed on all surfaces, (grass, clay, hardcourt, and carpet). El Shafei is the only Egyptian player to ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Stone
Allan Stone (born 14 October 1945) is a former tennis player from Australia. He played amateur and professional tennis in the 1960s and 1970s. He was ranked as high as world No. 36 in singles and world No. 12 in doubles on the ATP rankings. After his playing career, Stone became a sports commentator. Singles In singles, he was finalist at the 1969 Cincinnati., losing the final to Cliff Richey. In 1970, he won the Western Australian Championships in Perth defeating Tom Gorman, Richard Russell, and Phil Dent in the final. In 1971, he won the Washington Open defeating Eddie Dibbs in the final. In 1972, he made the semifinal of the Australian Open singles, where he was defeated by that year's champion, Ken Rosewall. Stone was selected to play Davis Cup for Australia and participated in five Davis Cup ties. His Davis Cup win-loss record is 6–0. Doubles Stone found the majority of his success on the doubles court. He won 15 doubles titles during his career, including th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Fletcher (tennis)
Ian Fletcher (born 1 December 1948) is a former professional tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ... player from Australia. Fletcher won 3 doubles titles. Career finals Doubles (3 wins, 3 losses) External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fletcher, Ian 1948 births Living people Australian male tennis players Tennis players from Adelaide Sportsmen from South Australia 20th-century Australian sportsmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Estep
Mike Estep (born July 19, 1949) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. During his career Estep won 2 singles titles and 7 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 59 in August 1973. In 1983 until 1986 he coached Martina Navratilova. Later he worked with Carling Bassett, Hana Mandlíková, Jana Novotná and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario. He was a board member of the Association of Tennis Professionals from 1982 to 1989, holding the position of chairman of the ATP ranking Committee at the same time. He also worked with the U.S. Tennis Association, creating a method for ranking juniors in 1999 that is now used nationwide, and serving on the junior development council for Texas from 1993 to 1995. Estep resides in Hurst, Texas. Early life Estep grew up in Dallas, where he graduated from the St. Mark's School of Texas. As a junior tennis player, Estep held a No 1 national ranking for five straight years (from 1963 to 1967). Estep w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
