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Košice Open
The Košice Open was part of the ATP Challenger Tour. It took place annually in Košice, Slovakia from 2003 to 2014 and then was moved to Poprad Poprad (; ; ) is a city in northern Slovakia at the foot of the High Tatras, High Tatra Mountains, famous for its picturesque historic centre and as a holiday resort. The largest town of the Spiš region and the largest of all towns in the vic .... Past finals Singles Doubles References External links *ITF search {{DEFAULTSORT:Kosice Open ATP Challenger Tour Clay court tennis tournaments Tennis tournaments in Slovakia Recurring sporting events established in 2003 Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2014 2003 establishments in Slovakia 2014 disestablishments in Slovakia ...
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Košice
Košice is the largest city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary. With a population of approximately 230,000, Košice is the second-largest city in Slovakia, after the capital Bratislava. Being the economic and cultural centre of eastern Slovakia, Košice is the seat of the Košice Region and Košice Self-governing Region, it belongs to the :sk:Košicko-prešovská aglomerácia, Košice-Prešov agglomeration, and is home to the Constitutional Court of Slovakia, Slovak Constitutional Court, three universities, various dioceses, and many museums, galleries, and theatres. In 2013, Košice was the European Capital of Culture, together with Marseille, France. Košice is an important industrial centre of Slovakia, and the U. S. Steel Košice, s.r.o., U.S. Steel Košice steel mill is the largest employer in the city. The town has extensive railway connections and an Košice Internationa ...
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Jérémy Chardy
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Stéphane Robert (; born 17 May 1980) is a French tennis coach and a former professional player. Professional career 2007–2008 Robert missed 16 months of tennis action in 2007–2008 because he was infected with the Hepatitis A virus in February 2007. In early June 2008, he returned to tennis action at the ITF Men's Circuit tournament in Apeldoorn, without an ATP singles ranking, reaching the final as a qualifier.Stéphane Robert's biography
ATP World Tour official website.


2010

On 1 February 2010, Robert broke into Top 100 of the ATP singles rankings for the first time at No. 100. Within one week of his singles rankings breakthrough and seeded no. 8, he defeated for the first time in his career a player (

2009 Košice Open
The 2009 Košice Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Košice, Slovakia between 8 and 14 June 2009. Singles entrants Seeds * Rankings are as of May 25, 2009. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Jerzy Janowicz * Martin Kližan * Miloslav Mečíř Jr. * Nicolas Reissig The following players received entry a special Exempt into the singles main draw: * Jan Hájek The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Diego Álvarez * Kamil Čapkovič * Ádám Kellner * Marek Semjan (as a Lucky loser) * Ivan Sergeyev Champions Singles Stéphane Robert def. Jiří Vaněk, 7–6(5), 7–6(5) Doubles Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo / Santiago Ventura def. Dominik Hrbatý / Martin Kližan, 6–2, 7–6(5) ReferencesOfficial website
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Filip Krajinović (, ; born 27 February 1992) is a Serbian former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 26 on 23 April 2018.Filip Krajinović
at the Association of Tennis Professionals
His best individual result has been a Masters 1000 final, at the 2017 Rolex Paris Masters – Singles, 2017 Paris Masters. He played a Davis Cup semifinal with the Serbia Davis Cup team, Serbian national team. His ATP Tour debut came at the 2009 Serbia Open – Singles, 2009 Serbia Open.


Career


Junior career

Krajinović started playing tennis in local tennis clinic TK Žak. In 2006, he reached the fourth round of 2006 Orange Bowl, losing to Bernard Tomic.
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Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo (; born 6 January 1978 in Alicante, Spain) is a former professional male tennis player from Spain. His career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 50, achieved on 2 October 2006. His favourite surface is clay, where he has won numerous ATP Challenger Tour events, and has reached the final in three events of the ATP tour, all in 2007, finishing runner-up in all three finals. Career Ramírez Hidalgo turned pro in 1998. In 2001, Ramírez Hidalgo won his first ATP tour match in Bucharest, defeating Attila Sávolt. In 2003, he suffered the ignominy of becoming the only player to ever lose a tour level match to French journeyman Éric Prodon, losing 7–6 6–2 in Casablanca. However, he was able to bounce back later in the year at Sopot, where he reached his first ever tour level semi-final, bravely losing in three sets to David Ferrer. After dropping down the rankings, early 2006 saw a return to good form. A semi-final run at Viña del Mar saw Ramír ...
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2010 Košice Open
The 2010 Košice Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Košice, Slovakia between 7 and 13 June 2010. ATP entrants Seeds * Rankings are as of May 24, 2010. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Mateusz Kowalczyk * Andrej Martin * Miloslav Mečíř Jr. * Martin Přikryl The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Alexander Lobkov * Jan Minář * Marek Semjan * Artem Smirnov Champions Singles Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo def. Filip Krajinović 6–3, 6–2 Doubles Miloslav Mečíř Jr. / Marek Semjan def. Ricardo Hocevar / Caio Zampieri, 3–6, 6–1, 3–11 ReferencesOfficial websiteITF search
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