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Damián Patriarca
Damián Patriarca (born 28 June 1983) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. Biography Born in Paraná to Sergio and Silvia Patriarca, he is one of three brothers and learned his tennis at the local Club de Tenis Urquiza. Patriarca, who played right-handed, turned professional in 2000 and won regular titles on the Futures circuit during his career. In 2005 he won two Challenger tournaments in doubles and was singles runner-up at the Geneva Open Challenger, along the way beating Andreas Vinciguerra and Óscar Hernández. He took part in the qualifying draw of the men's singles at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships and a month later qualified for the Austrian Open Kitzbühel, his only main draw appearance on the ATP Tour. In the first round he played an Austrian, Andreas Haider-Maurer, who beat him in three sets. An ankle injury forced him to retire from professional tennis aged 24 and he instead turned to coaching. He was the coach of Juan Mónaco in the 2013 se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paraná, Entre Ríos
Paraná () is the capital city of the Argentine province Entre Ríos, located on the eastern shore of the Paraná River, opposite the city of Santa Fe, capital of the neighbouring Santa Fe Province. The city has a population of 268,889 inhabitants within its urban area. Greater Paraná has a population of 312,713 inhabitants. () History During the 16th century, inhabitants of the city of Santa Fe settled at the other shore of the Paraná river. The first settlers called it “''Baxada del Paraná''”. Between 1854 and 1861, it was the capital city of the Argentine Confederation. Economy Paraná is not only the head of the provincial government, but also an important river port for the transshipment of cereals, cattle, fish, and lumber from the surrounding region. The principal industries installed are the manufacture of cement, furniture, and ceramics. Cityscape The city center brings together colonial churches, European styles seen in structures like the 3 de Febrer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Lapentti
Giovanni Lapentti Gómez (; born 25 January 1983) is a retired Ecuadorian tennis player. His brother is Nicolás Lapentti, another professional tennis player, while a third brother, Leonardo, has also been active at the lower levels of professional tennis. Personal life Lapentti married Andrea Gómez Miss Venezuela 2004 in 2011 and became a father in 2012. Tennis career 2002-2004 Lapentti announced his ATP debut in 2002, but he actually had his first tour match in 2003, at the Franklin Templeton Classic in Scottsdale, Arizona, United States. Lapentti obtained his first professional victory at that tournament's first round, defeating Paradorn Srichaphan, 7–6 (7–2), 6–2. He lost in the tournament's second round to David Sánchez. He participated in 2003's Italian and French Open, losing in the first round both times. During the French Open, he was leading 2 sets to 1 against Tommy Robredo but had to retire due to an injury while trailing the fourth set; the injury did n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sportspeople From Paraná, Entre Ríos
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Argentine Male Tennis Players
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Living People
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1983 Births
1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the true Internet). * January 6 – Pope John Paul II appoints a bishop over the Czechoslovak exile community, which the ''Rudé právo'' newspaper calls a "provocation." This begins a year-long disagreement between the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and the Vatican City, Vatican, leading to the eventual restoration of diplomatic relations between the two states. * January 14 – The head of Bangladesh's military dictatorship, Hussain Muhammad Ershad, announces his intentions to "turn Bangladesh into an Islamic state." * January 18 – United States Secretary of the Interior, U.S. Secretary of the Interior James G. Watt makes controversial remarks blaming poor living conditions on Indian reservation, Native American re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Marach
Oliver Marach (born 16 July 1980) is a former Austrian professional tennis player who primarily specialised in doubles. He achieved his highest singles ranking of world No. 82 in August 2005, but achieved most of his success in doubles where he reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 2 on 28 May 2018. Marach won his first Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam title at the 2018 Australian Open – Men's doubles, 2018 Australian Open, partnering Mate Pavić, and the pair also finished runners-up at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles, 2017 Wimbledon Championships and 2018 French Open – Men's doubles, 2018 French Open. He and Pavić were the 2018 ATP Doubles Team of the year. In mixed doubles, he has reached three Grand Slam semifinals. He has represented Austria in the Davis Cup since 2003, and also played at the Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles, 2016 Olympic Games alongside Alexander Peya. In 2021, in the Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olymp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Köllerer
Daniel Köllerer (; born 17 August 1983) is a former professional tennis player from Austria who turned professional in 2002 and was given a lifetime ban in 2011 for match fixing. Juniors career Köllerer reached a Juniors career high of #23 in singles and #24 in doubles in January, 2001. In 2001, he beat future pros John Isner and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, split with Mathieu Montcourt, and lost to Brian Dabul, Dudi Sela, Bruno Echagaray (3 times), Philipp Petzschner, Marcos Baghdatis, Adrian Cruciat, and Rajeev Ram. In 2000, he beat future pros Maximillian Abel and Montcourt, split with Echagaray, and lost to Simone Vagnozzi and Florian Mayer. Professional career Early career through 2002 Köllerer earned his first ranking points as a 16-year-old wild card entry in his first pro tournament, a Futures tournament in Austria in May, 2000, losing to No. 520 Kristian Pless in the quarterfinals. He slipped from the rankings a year later, but began to rise slowly after turning pro i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Dabul
Brian Dabul (; born 24 February 1984) is an Argentine retired tennis player. He was ranked the No. 1 junior in the world in January 2002. His highest ranking in men's singles was No. 82 (9 March 2009), and his highest ranking in doubles was No. 79 (11 January 2010). Early life Dabul was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to parents Jorge and Nora, and is Jewish. Tennis career Juniors During his career as a junior player, Dabul was ranked No. 1 in the world in January 2002 for singles players, as well as achieving No. 5 in doubles. Professional career 2003–07 Dabul's climb in the professional ranks was a slow one, not indicative of his status as a former No. 1 Junior player. He broke into the top 500 in 2003, the top 300 in 2004, and entered the top 200 in 2007, finishing that year ranked No. 159. 2008–10 Dabul continued his slow, steady rise in 2008. In March, he reached his career-high ranking in doubles of 88th with some good Challenger results, and then followed that up wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uruguay Open
The Uruguay Open is a tennis tournament held in Montevideo, Uruguay since 2005. The event is part of the ATP Challenger Tour and is played on outdoor 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 ...s. This is the successor tournament to the earlier Uruguay International Championships (1936–1970), that was last played at the Carrasco Lawn Tennis Club. Past finals Singles Doubles See also * Montevideo Open References External linksUruguay Open Overview ATP Tour Tennis {{ATP Challenger Tour [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ignacio González King
Ignacio González King (born 28 March 1980) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. Career González King played only doubles on the ATP Tour. He and partner Enzo Artoni were runners-up in the 2005 Brasil Open and also made the semi-finals at Viña del Mar Viña del Mar (; meaning "Vineyard of the Sea") is a List of cities in Chile, city and Communes of Chile, commune on Zona Central, Chile, central Chile's Pacific coast. Often referred to as ("The Garden City"), Viña del Mar is located withi ... that year. The Argentine player won eight doubles titles on the ATP Challenger circuit, all in the space of 15 months. ATP career finals Doubles: 1 (0–1) Challenger titles Singles: (1) Doubles: (8) Notes References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gonzalez King, Ignacio 1980 births Living people Argentine people of English descent Argentine male tennis players Tennis players from Buenos Aires 21st-century Argentine sportsmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enzo Artoni
Enzo Artoni (born 27 January 1976), is a 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 who represented Italy. During his career Artoni won 2 doubles titles. He enjoyed most of his pro tour tennis success while playing doubles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 69 in 2005. ATP career finals Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up) ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 2 (0–2) Doubles: 36 (25–11) External links * * Italian male tennis players Italian sportspeople of Argentine descent Tennis players from Buenos Aires 1976 births Living people Long stubs with short prose {{Italy-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
