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Jason Kubler
Jason Murray Kubler ( ; born 19 May 1993) is an Australian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP Tour, ATP singles ranking of No. 63 achieved on 24 April 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 27 achieved on 22 May 2023. Kubler's career highlight came at the 2023 Australian Open – Men's doubles, 2023 Australian Open, where he won his first Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam doubles title as a wildcard alongside compatriot Rinky Hijikata. Despite a promising junior career, which included the junior world No. 1 ranking and comparisons to Rafael Nadal, Kubler has spent the majority of his professional career on the lower circuits due to a hereditary knee condition that results in weakened meniscus around the joints. The condition has plagued Kubler throughout his career, resulting in seven knee surgeries. Kubler also spent four years of his professional career playing exclusively on clay courts to avoid further structural damage to his knees. Early life Kubler was born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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. Junior and wheelchair tournaments are also scheduled. Novak Djokovic was the defending champion in men's singles, and Barbora Krejčíková was the defending champion in the women's singles. Neither successfully defended their title, with Djokovic losing in the quarterfinals to eventual champion Rafael Nadal, and Krejčíková losing in the first round to Diane Parry. The event returned to its full spectator capacity, after the last two restricted capacity editions, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France, COVID-19 pandemic. It was the 121st edition of the French Open and the second Grand Slam event of 2022. The main singles draws included 16 qualifiers for men and 16 for women out of 128 players in each draw. It was part of the 2022 ATP Tou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2025 French Open – Men's Doubles
Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos defeated Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski in the final, 6–0, 6–7(5–7), 7–5 to win the men's doubles tennis title at the 2025 French Open. It was both players' first major men's doubles title, following five previous runner-up finishes for Granollers and three for Zeballos. Marcelo Arévalo and Mate Pavić were the defending champions, but lost in the third round to Hugo Nys and Édouard Roger-Vasselin. Despite their loss, Arévalo and Pavić retained the world No. 1 doubles ranking after Harri Heliövaara lost in the quarterfinals. This marked the final French Open appearance of former doubles world No. 1 and two-time doubles champion Nicolas Mahut, who announced that he would retire from professional tennis at the end of the 2025 season. He partnered Pierre-Hugues Herbert but they lost in the first round to Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori. Seeds Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Bottom half Section 3 Sectio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2008 ITF Men's Circuit ...
The 2008 ITF Men's Circuit was the 2008 edition of the third-tier tour for men's professional tennis. It was organised by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the ATP Challenger Tour. The ITF Men's Circuit consisted of 534 'Futures' tournaments played year round across six continents, with prize money ranging from $10,000 to $15,000. Futures events January February March April May June July August September October November December References {{2008 in tennis 2008 ITF Men's Circuit The ITF Men's World Tennis Tour (formerly ''ITF Men's Circuit'') is a series of professional tennis tournaments held around the world that are organized by the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The tour represents the lowest rung of the me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Junior Davis Cup And Junior Fed Cup
Junior Davis Cup and Junior Billie Jean King Cup are the international team events in junior tennis (16-and-under age category). History U16 Competitions were launched by the ITF in 1985 as the 16-and-under World Youth Cup, and rebranded in 2002 under the current names. Format: Each year nations enter regional qualifying events with the winners progressing to the Finals, where they compete to be crowned champion. The senior equivalents of the Junior Davis Cup and Junior Billie Jean King Cup are the Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup, respectively. U14 * :es:Copa Mundial de Tenis Juvenil (U14) Since 1991. Winners Junior Davis Cup Junior Billie Jean King Cup Medals (1985–2024) Junior Davis Cup * include / include Junior Billie Jean King Cup * include / include / include U14 * :es:Copa Mundial de Tenis Juvenil (U14) Qualification Regional Championship # European Junior Championships 14 & Under : Since 1976 # European Junior Championships 16 & Under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mango Hill, Queensland
Mango Hill is a suburb in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. In the , Mango Hill had a population of 14,921 people. History Although locally known by this name since the 1950s, it wasn't until 1 September 1980 that it was formally decreed. The name Mango Hill was chosen to commemorate the section of Mango trees ( Magnifera indica) that were planted along the section of Anzac Avenue that passes through the area. In March 2006, the Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Water subdivided the northern section of Mango Hill to form the suburb of North Lakes. Although now separated, the area still reaps the benefits of the major infrastructure and retail upgrades that have taken place in North Lakes in recent years, including the Redcliffe Peninsula railway line and shopping outlets such as Costco and IKEA. This has resulted in a significant boost to economic growth in the City of Moreton Bay. North Lakes State College opened on 1 January 2002. This school is n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Philippines
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a total area of roughly 300,000 square kilometers, which are broadly categorized in Island groups of the Philippines, three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. With a population of over 110 million, it is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, twelfth-most-populous country. The Philippines is bounded by the South China Sea to the west, the Philippine Sea to the east, and the Celebes Sea to the south. It shares maritime borders with Taiwan to the north, Japan to the northeast, Palau to the east and southeast, Indonesia to the south, Malaysia to the southwest, Vietnam to the west, and China to the northwest. It has Ethnic groups in the Philippines, diverse ethnicities and Culture o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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 on top. Clay courts are more common in Continental Europe and Latin America than in North America, Asia-Pacific or Britain. The only Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournament that uses clay courts is the French Open. Clay courts come in the more common #Red clay, red clay (known in France as ''terre battue''), which is actually crushed brick, and the slightly harder #Green clay, green clay, which is actually crushed metabasalt. Although slightly less expensive to construct than other types of tennis courts, clay requires much maintenance: the surface must be watered and rolled regularly to preserve texture and flatness, and brushed carefully before and during each match. Early history Clay courts, although now commonly associated with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Sydney Morning Herald
''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (''SMH'') is a daily Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, Australia, and owned by Nine Entertainment. Founded in 1831 as the ''Sydney Herald'', the ''Herald'' is the oldest continuously published newspaper in Australia and claims to be the most widely read masthead in the country. It is considered a newspaper of record for Australia. The newspaper is published in Compact (newspaper), compact print form from Monday to Saturday as ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' and on Sunday as its sister newspaper, ''The Sun-Herald'' and digitally as an Website, online site and Mobile app, app, seven days a week. The print edition of ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' is available for purchase from many retail outlets throughout the Sydney metropolitan area, most parts of regional New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and South East Queensland. Overview ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' publishes a variety of supplements, including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal Parera (born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 209 weeks, and finished as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players#Year-end No. 1 players, year-end No. 1 five times. Nadal won 92 ATP Tour-level singles titles, including 22 List of Grand Slam men's singles champions#Champions list, major titles (among which a Rafael Nadal at the French Open, record 14 French Open titles), as well as 36 ATP Masters 1000 tournaments, Masters titles and an Tennis at the Summer Olympics, Olympic gold medal. Nadal is one of three men to complete the List of Grand Slam men's singles champions#Career Golden Slam, career Golden Slam in singles. His Rafael Nadal career statistics#81 match win streak on clay courts, 81 consecutive wins on clay constitute the longest single-surface win streak in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Rinky Hijikata
is an Australian professional tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 23 in men's doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), and No. 62 in men's singles. Hijikata is a major champion, claiming the 2023 Australian Open in men's doubles partnering Jason Kubler. Early life Hijikata was born in Sydney, Australia to Japanese immigrant parents. He began playing tennis at age three or four. He attended The King's School in Sydney from 2013 to 2016. His father is a tennis coach. His favourite player growing up was Lleyton Hewitt and later, Kei Nishikori. College career Hijikata had a successful career at the University of North Carolina where he played college tennis for the North Carolina Tar Heels men's tennis from 2019 to 2021. Professional career 2018–2021: Pro beginnings In March 2018, Hijikata made his ITF debut at the Australia F3 in Mornington, Australia. He won his first match the following week at the Australia F4. In October 2018, Hijikata won sil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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 strung with a cord to strike a hollow rubber tennis ball, ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's tennis court, court. The object is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. If a player is unable to return the ball successfully, the opponent scores a Point (tennis), point. Playable at all levels of society and at all ages, tennis can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including Wheelchair tennis, wheelchair users. The original forms of tennis developed in France during the late Middle Ages. The modern form of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis. It had close connections to various field (lawn) games such as croqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2023 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
Mate Pavić and Lyudmyla Kichenok defeated Joran Vliegen and Xu Yifan in the final, 6–4, 6–7(9–11), 6–3 to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships. Kichenok won her first major title and became the first Ukrainian champion in Wimbledon history. Pavić won his third mixed doubles major title. Both teams saved match points en route to the final: Pavić and Kichenok saved one in their second-round match against Nikola Mektić and Bernarda Pera, and Vliegen and Xu saved three in the first round against two-time defending champions Neal Skupski and Desirae Krawczyk. Seeds Draw Finals Top half Bottom half Other entry information Wild cards Protected ranking Alternates Withdrawals * Austin Krajicek / Jessica Pegula → replaced by Andrés Molteni / Yana Sizikova * Stefanos Tsitsipas / Paula Badosa → replaced by Nicolas Mahut / Anna Danilina * Michael Venus / Bianca Andreescu → replaced by Jason Kubler / Erin Routliffe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
