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Martin Kližan
Martin Kližan (; born 11 July 1989) is a Slovak professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ATP rankings, ranking of world No. 24, achieved on 27 April 2015, and No. 73 in doubles, achieved on 4 May 2015. He won the 2006 French Open – Boys' singles, 2006 French Open boys' singles title. He is currently the No. 4 Slovak player. Career Junior career In 2005, he won the European Junior Championship in the under-16 category, in both singles and doubles. In doubles, his partner was compatriot Andrej Martin. Kližan then went on to win the 2006 French Open – Boys' singles, 2006 French Open boys' singles competition. As a young man, Kližan posted a 54–21 win–loss record in singles and 58–18 in doubles. He reached the boys' No. 1 combined world ranking on 1 January 2007. 2007: Turned Professional Kližan turned pro in 2007 ATP Tour, 2007. 2010–11: Top 100 debut In 2010 ATP World Tour, 2010, Kližan qualified for the 2010 US Open – Men's singles, US Open. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 French Open
The 2019 French Open was a Grand Slam (tennis), major tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was held at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from 26 May to 9 June, comprising singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior and wheelchair tournaments were also scheduled. Rafael Nadal was the two-time defending champion in men's singles and won his record 12th French Open singles title. Simona Halep was the defending champion in women's singles, but lost in the quarterfinals; the title was won by Ashleigh Barty. It was the 118th edition (89th as a Grand Slam) of the French Open and the second Grand Slam event of 2019. The main singles draws included 16 qualifiers for men and 12 for women out of 128 players in each draw. This was in contrast to two other Grand Slam tournaments – the Australian Open and The Championships, Wimbledon, Wimbledon, which from 2019 increased the number of women qualifiers to 16, to match with the US Open (tennis), US Open. 2019 was the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles
Vasek Pospisil and Jack Sock defeated the defending champions Bob and Mike Bryan in the final, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 3–6, 7–5 to win the gentlemen's doubles title at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships. Seeds Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan ''(final)'' Alexander Peya / Bruno Soares ''(quarterfinals)'' Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić ''(quarterfinals)'' Julien Benneteau / Édouard Roger-Vasselin ''(quarterfinals)'' Leander Paes / Radek Štěpánek ''(semifinals)'' Marcel Granollers / Marc López ''(third round)'' Łukasz Kubot / Robert Lindstedt ''(second round)'' Rohan Bopanna / Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi ''(second round)'' Julian Knowle / Marcelo Melo ''(quarterfinals)'' Treat Huey / Dominic Inglot ''(first round)'' Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecău ''(third round)'' Michaël Llodra / Nicolas Mahut ''(semifinals)'' Eric Butorac / Raven Klaasen ''(third round)'' Jamie Murray / John Peers ''(third round)'' Juan Sebastián Cabal / ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 US Open – Men's Singles
Rafael Nadal defeated Novak Djokovic in the final, 6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 6–2 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2010 US Open. It was his first US Open title and ninth major title overall, completing the Career Grand Slam and Career Golden Slam, and becoming the first man to win the Surface Slam (majors on clay, grass, and hard courts in the same calendar year). Juan Martín del Potro was the reigning champion, but did not participate this year after undergoing a wrist operation in May and only starting to practice again in August. Del Potro thus became the third man in the Open Era not to attempt to defend the US Open title, after Ken Rosewall in 1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ... and Pete Sampras in 2003. For the first time in tourna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 ATP World Tour
The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2010 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series, the ATP World Team Championship, the Davis Cup (organized by the ITF), and the ATP World Tour Finals. Also included in the 2010 calendar is the Hopman Cup, which does not distribute ranking points, and is organized by the ITF. Schedule This is the complete schedule of events on the 2010 calendar, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage. ;Key January February March April May June July August September October November Statistical information These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 ATP Tour
The 2007 ATP Tour was the global elite men's professional tennis circuit organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the 2007 tennis season. The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals. The ATP Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the Tennis Masters Cup, the ATP Masters Series, the International Series Gold and the International Series tournaments. Round-robin trial In August 2006, the ATP announced that it would conduct a trial of the round-robin tournament format during the 2007 season. ATP Executive Chairman Etienne De Villiers claimed their research showed a preference for this tournament setup among fans, tournaments and media. In a round-robin tournament each player competes once against every other player in his group. The only men's tournament using this format was the season-ending event but all regular tournaments, including the Grand Slams, used the traditional elimination ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrej Martin
Andrej Martin (; born 20 September 1989, in Bratislava) is a Slovak professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 93 in February 2020 and a doubles ranking of world No. 69 on 11 July 2016. Career 2016: Best season: French Open third round, Maiden ATP singles final, top 100 He was a lucky loser at the French Open and defeated Daniel Muñoz de la Nava in the first round of the main draw and 29th seed Lucas Pouille in the second, before losing to 8th-seed Milos Raonic in the third round. In July 2016, Martin reached first ATP final, in Umag, defeated Martin Kližan, João Sousa, Carlos Berlocq and Sergiy Stakhovsky en route. In the final he lost to Italian No. 1 Fabio Fognini. Later in the year, Martin participated in the 2016 Summer Olympics. After comfortably defeating Denis Kudla in the first round, Martin got a walkover into the 3rd round when opponent Philipp Kohlschreiber withdrew with an injury. However, Martin was then beaten b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 French Open – Boys' Singles
Seeds # Thiemo de Bakker ''(semifinals)'' # Donald Young ''(third round)'' # Alexandre Sidorenko ''(first round)'' # Luka Belić ''(second round)'' # Nicolás Santos ''(first round)'' # Jonathan Eysseric ''(second round)'' # Sanam Singh ''(second round)'' # Petru-Alexandru Luncanu ''(semifinals)'' # Lee Hsin-han ''(third round)'' # Ivan Sergeyev ''(third round)'' # Albert Ramos ''(third round)'' # Roman Jebavý ''(first round)'' # Sho Aida ''(first round)'' # Kevin Botti ''(second round)'' # Robin Roshardt ''(quarterfinals)'' # Antonio Veić ''(first round)'' Draw Final eight Top half Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 SourcesITF Tennis {{DEFAULTSORT:2006 French Open - Boys' Singles Boys' Singles 2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ATP Rankings
The PIF ATP Rankings (previously known as the Pepperstone ATP Rankings) are the merit-based method used by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for determining the qualification for entry as well as the seeding of players in all singles and doubles tournaments. The first rankings for singles were published on 23 August 1973 while the doubles players were ranked for the first time on 1 March 1976. Ranking points are awarded according to the stage of tournament reached, and the prestige of the tournament, with the four Grand Slam tournaments awarding the most points. The rankings are updated every Monday, and points are dropped 52 weeks after being awarded (with the exception of the ATP Finals, from which points are dropped on the Monday following the last ATP Tour event of the following year). Jannik Sinner is the current men's singles world No. 1. up Jack Draper, men's singles No. 5. History The ATP began as the men's trade union in 1972, through the combine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
2014 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
Daniel Nestor and Kristina Mladenovic were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to Max Mirnyi and Chan Hao-ching. Nenad Zimonjić and Samantha Stosur defeated Mirnyi and Chan in the final, 6–4, 6–2 to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships. Seeds All seeds received a bye into the second round. Mike Bryan / Katarina Srebotnik ''(second round)'' Bob Bryan / Květa Peschke ''(third round)'' Alexander Peya / Abigail Spears ''(second round)'' Leander Paes / Cara Black ''(second round)'' Daniel Nestor / Kristina Mladenovic ''(semifinals)'' Horia Tecău / Sania Mirza ''(third round)'' Rohan Bopanna / Andrea Hlaváčková ''(third round)'' Jean-Julien Rojer / Anna-Lena Grönefeld ''(withdrew)'' David Marrero / Arantxa Parra Santonja ''(second round)'' Jamie Murray / Casey Dellacqua ''(quarterfinals)'' Juan Sebastián Cabal / Raquel Kops-Jones ''(second round)'' John Peers / Ashleigh Barty ''(t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 US Open – Men's Doubles
Pierre-Hugues Herbert Pierre-Hugues Herbert (; born 18 March 1991) is a French professional tennis player. In doubles, he has completed the Grand Slam (tennis)#Career Grand Slam, Career Grand Slam with titles at the 2015 US Open – Men's doubles, 2015 US Open, the 20 ... and Nicolas Mahut were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares. Murray and Soares went on to win the title, defeating Pablo Carreño Busta and Guillermo García-López in the final, 6–2, 6–3. Seeds Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Bottom half Section 3 Section 4 Other entry information Wild cards Protected ranking Alternates * Colin Fleming / Mariusz Fyrstenberg Notes References External links Men's Doubles Main Draw [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 US Open – Men's Doubles
Bob and Mike Bryan were the defending champions, but lost to Steve Johnson and Sam Querrey in the first round, making their earliest exit in Grand Slam since 2000 Wimbledon Championships, ending their record streak of winning at least one Grand Slam title every year for the previous 10 years. Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut won the title, defeating Jamie Murray and John Peers in the final, 6–4, 6–4. Seeds Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Bottom half Section 3 Section 4 References External linksDraw2015 US Open – Men's draws and resultsat the International Tennis Federation The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is the governing body of world tennis, wheelchair tennis, and beach tennis. It was founded in 1913 as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by twelve national tennis associations. there are 211 nat ... {{DEFAULTSORT:2015 US Open - Men's Doubles Men's Doubles US Open - Men's Doubles US Open (tennis) by year � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
