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Javier Sánchez (tennis)
Javier Sánchez Vicario (; born 1 February 1968) is a former top-ten doubles professional tennis player from Spain. Sánchez won the US Open junior singles and doubles title in 1986, and reached the quarterfinal stage in the US Open men's singles event twice - in 1991 and 1996. Career Sánchez won the US Open junior singles and doubles title in 1986, partnering with Tomás Carbonell, and became world no. 1 junior that same year. In Javier's first career singles final in 1987 in Madrid, he faced his brother Emilio Sanchez. Emilio won the match in three sets. Emilio and Javier would play each other a total of 12 times during their careers, Emilio winning ten of their encounters and Javier winning two. They also partnered together to win three doubles titles. Sanchez won his first professional doubles titles in 1987 and his first singles title in 1988 in Buenos Aires. His best grand slam performances included reaching the quarterfinals of the US Open in 1991 (defeating wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andorra La Vella
Andorra la Vella french: Andorre-la-Vieille is the capital of the Principality of Andorra. It is located high in the east Pyrenees, between France and Spain. It is also the name of the parish that surrounds the capital. , the city has a population of 22,886, and the urban area, which includes Escaldes-Engordany plus satellite villages, has over 40,000 inhabitants. The principal industry is tourism, although the country also earns foreign income from being a tax haven. Furniture and brandies are local products. Being at an elevation of , it is the highest capital city in Europe and a popular ski resort. Name ''Andorra la Vella'' means "Andorra the Town", to distinguish it from the Principality of Andorra as a whole. Although in Catalan the word ''vella'' (like French ''vieille'') is derived from the Latin word ''vetula'' which means "old", the ''Vella'' here (like French ''ville'' and Catalan ''vila'') is derived from the Latin word ''villa'' and means "town". History Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Di Laura
Carlos di Laura (born 19 October 1964) is a former tennis player from Peru. He participated in the 1984 Summer Olympics for his native country. The left-hander won three tour doubles titles during his professional career. Di Laura reached his highest singles ranking A ranking is a relationship between a set of items such that, for any two items, the first is either "ranked higher than", "ranked lower than" or "ranked equal to" the second. In mathematics, this is known as a weak order or total preorder of ... on 12 May 1986, when he became the world No. 92. Career finals Doubles (3 titles, 2 runner-ups) References External links * * * 1964 births Living people Olympic tennis players of Peru Pepperdine Waves men's tennis players Peruvian expatriates in the United States Peruvian male tennis players Tennis players at the 1984 Summer Olympics 20th-century Peruvian people 21st-century Peruvian people {{Peru-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Costa (tennis)
Carles ("Carlos") Costa Masferrer (born 22 April 1968) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. Costa turned professional in 1988. He was among the game's leading clay court players in the early 1990s. Costa was runner-up at the 1992 Italian Open, and reached the fourth round at that year's French Open and US Open. Additionally, Costa won the Barcelona Open, a tournament hosted by the tennis club where he grew up. In May 1992, he reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 10. Costa retired in 1999. In April 2006 he played in the 2006 Seniors Torneo Godó event in Barcelona where he lost to Sergi Bruguera in the final. Costa worked for IMG as an agent of most male Spanish tennis players (including Rafael Nadal). A few years later, Costa left IMG and created his own sports agency company with Rafael Nadal. He is not related to his compatriot Albert Costa Albert Costa i Casals (; born 25 June 1975) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ATP Buenos Aires
The ATP Buenos Aires ( es, Abierto de Buenos Aires, ) originally known as the Argentina International Championships and established in 1927 is an annual tennis event for male tennis players held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The tournament is an ATP World Tour 250 series event on the ATP World Tour, and is played on outdoor clay courts at the 5,500 capacity Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, in the Palermo ''barrio'' (neighbourhood). Usually held in February, it includes both a men's singles and a men's doubles tournament. Between 1970 and 1989 it was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit and a Grand Prix Super Series event (1970–71). History The tournament is currently without sponsor, but presented by the City of Buenos Aires. Previously the event was known by different names such as ''Argentina International Championships'' (1921-1967), ''South American International Championships'' (1968), ''South American Open'' (1969-1974), ''Copa AT&T'' and ''Copa Telmex''. Previous finals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horacio De La Peña
Horacio Armando de la Peña (born 1 August 1966), nicknamed "el Pulga" ("the Flea"), is a tennis coach and a former tennis player from Argentina, who reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 31. De la Peña was born in Buenos Aires. He began playing on the ATP circuit professionally in 1984, when he was 17. He won four ATP World Tour titles in his career, all of which were on clay. He also won six doubles titles – five on clay. De la Peña is most well known as the former coach of Chilean Fernando González. He was also considered the unofficial captain of the Chilean Davis Cup team. As well as González, de la Peña has coached other tennis players, like Franco Squillari, Martín Rodríguez, Guillermo Coria, and a number of other Chilean and Argentine Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Berger
Jay Berger (born November 26, 1966) is an American former professional tennis player. He won three singles and one doubles title on the ATP Tour and reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 7 in April 1990. Early and personal life Berger was born in Fort Dix, New Jersey, and is Jewish. He and his wife Nadia resided on Key Biscayne and now reside in Jupiter, Florida, and have four children: daughter Alexandra, and sons Daniel, Jonathan, and Noah. His son Daniel, who played golf at Florida State (where he was an All-American), is a PGA Tour pro golfer who was 2015 Rookie of the Year, and as of February 14, 2021, has four career PGA Tour wins. Tennis career Berger was the USTA Boys’ 18s National Champion in 1985. He also won the 1985 Florida State Junior Championship. He reached the fourth round in the 1985 US Open. College career Berger was an All-American at Clemson University in 1985 and 1986, where he recorded a 91–22 singles record in two seasons. Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricardo Acuña
Ricardo Acuña (born 13 January 1958) is a former tennis player from Chile, who won three doubles titles during his career. The right-hander reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 47 in March 1986. Since his retirement from competition, Acuña has served as both the assistant director and the Director of Tennis at the ATP Headquarters in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. He currently serves on the USTA The United States Tennis Association (USTA) is the national governing body for tennis in the United States. A not-for-profit organization with more than 700,000 members, it invests 100% of its proceeds to promote and develop the growth of tennis ... Player Development staff as a National Coach for Men's tennis. Career finals Singles (1 runner-up) Doubles (3 titles, 2 runner-ups) References External links * * 1958 births Living people Chilean emigrants to the United States Chilean male tennis players Northwestern State University alumni People from Jup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Walder
Marc Walder (born 19 August 1965) is a Swiss journalist, media executive and former professional tennis player. He is CEO and Managing Partner of Ringier and Chairman of the Group Executive Board. Life Walder was a professional tennis player on the ATP Tour from 1984 to 1991. His best ranking in Switzerland was 7, while his top results in the ATP world rankings were 170 (doubles) and 575 (singles), respectively. In 1989, he was double Swiss tennis champion at indoor and outdoor doubles. In 2008 he completed the Advanced Executive Management Program at Harvard Business School in Boston. Marc Walder lives near Zurich, Switzerland, with his wife and two daughters. Ringier AG Following eight years as a tennis pro, Walder embarked on a career at Ringier AG, a Swiss media enterprise, in 1991. He trained at the Ringier School of Journalism in 1993-94. Walder was deputy editor-in-chief of the Sunday tabloid SonntagsBlick from 1997 to 1999 and headed the sports desk at the daily ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolf Hertzog
Rolf Hertzog (born 25 April 1968) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. Hertzog, a Zürich native, won four Swiss junior championship and had a win over Petr Korda at the junior French Open in 1986, where he reached the quarter-finals. He won the Port Washington international junior championships in 1987. During the late 1980s he featured on the Grand Prix tennis circuit, where his appearances included a first round loss to Stefan Edberg at Basel in 1986 and a win over Paolo Canè to make the second round at Gstaad in 1988. He was a doubles finalist partnering Marc Walder Marc Walder (born 19 August 1965) is a Swiss journalist, media executive and former professional tennis player. He is CEO and Managing Partner of Ringier and Chairman of the Group Executive Board. Life Walder was a professional tennis player on ... at the 1988 Bologna Open. Grand Prix finals Doubles (0–1) ATP Challenger finals Doubles: 1 (0–1) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSOR ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ATP Bologna Outdoor
The Bologna Outdoor is a defunct Grand Prix and ATP affiliated men's tennis tournament played from 1985 to 1998. It was held in Bologna in Italy and held on outdoor clay courts. Results Singles Doubles See also * Bologna Indoor The Bologna Indoor is a defunct WCT and Grand Prix affiliated men's tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player us ... External links ATP Results Archive {{ATP International Series tournaments Clay court tennis tournaments Defunct tennis tournaments in Italy Grand Prix tennis circuit ATP Tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilad Bloom
Gilad Bloom ( he, גלעד בלום, born 1 March 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Israel. Bloom trained at the Israel Tennis Centers. His career-high rankings were World No. 61 in singles (in 1990) and World No. 62 in doubles (in 1992). Personal life Bloom grew up in Ramat HaSharon, is Jewish, and is married to Michal Bareket-Bloom. He has 4 sons, Guy Tyler Bloom, from a previous marriage, Jonathan Yehuda Bloom, Shy Dylan Bloom and Doron Hendrix Bloom (from his second marriage). He is known as a fan of the Hapoel Tel Aviv soccer team. Bloom has a rock band (The Gilad Bloom Band), the band plays shows in Manhattan Bars regularly since 2009, Bloom's band performs original songs written and composed by himself, Bloom sings and plays guitar on the band. Tennis career Bloom was Israel's junior champion, three-time men's singles champion, and two-time men's doubles champion. Bloom came in second in the boy's under-12 final at the annual Ericsson Orange Bowl Internati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
