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Martín García (tennis)
Martín Alberto García (; born 2 May 1977) is a professional tennis player from Argentina. García turned pro in 1996, and has won 8 doubles titles on the ATP Tour The ATP Tour (known as ATP World Tour between January 2009 and December 2018) is the sole worldwide top-tier tennis tour for men organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) founded in 1990 that replaced the earlier dual Grand Prix ... during his career. He reached his career high doubles ranking of World No. 21 on 21 May 2001. Performance timeline Doubles Mixed doubles ATP Career Finals Doubles: 22 (8 titles, 14 runner-ups) ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Doubles: 25 (13–12) Notes External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia, Martin 1977 births Living people Argentine male tennis players Tennis players from Buenos Aires 21st-century Argentine sportsmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− global city, according to the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, GaWC 2024 ranking. The city proper has a population of 3.1 million and its urban area 16.7 million, making it the List of metropolitan areas, twentieth largest metropolitan area in the world. It is known for its preserved eclecticism, eclectic European #Architecture, architecture and rich culture, cultural life. It is a multiculturalism, multicultural city that is home to multiple ethnic and religious groups, contributing to its culture as well as to the dialect spoken in the city and in some other parts of the country. This is because since the 19th century, the city, and the country in general, has been a major recipient of millions of Immigration to Argentina, im ... [...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] |
Australian Open
The Australian Open (stylized ΛO) is a tennis tournament organised by Tennis Australia annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria (state), Victoria, Australia. It is chronologically the first of the four Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tennis events every year, held before the French Open, Wimbledon Championships, Wimbledon and the US Open (tennis), US Open. The Australian Open typically starts around the middle of January and continues for two weeks, concluding with the men's final traditionally held on the last Sunday of the month. It features men's and women's singles, men's, women's and mixed doubles, juniors’ championships, wheelchair, legends, and exhibition events. Until 1987, it was played on grass courts, but since then three types of hardcourt surfaces have been used: green-coloured Rebound Ace up to 2007 and blue Plexicushion from 2008 to 2019. Since 2020, it has been played on blue GreenSet. First held in 1905 as the Australasian Championships in Athle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Slam (tennis)
The Grand Slam in tennis is the achievement of winning all four major championships in one discipline in a calendar year. In doubles, a Grand Slam may be achieved as a team or as an individual with different partners. Winning all four major championships consecutively but not within the same calendar year is referred to as a "non-calendar-year Grand Slam", while winning the four majors at any point during the course of a career is known as a "Career Grand Slam". The term Grand Slam is also attributed to the Grand Slam tournaments, referred to as Majors, and they are the world's four most important annual professional tennis tournaments. They offer the most ranking points, prize money, public and media attention, the greatest strength and size of the field and, in recent years, the longest matches for men (best of five sets, best of three for the women). The tournaments are overseen by the International Tennis Federation (ITF), rather than the separate men's and women's tour orga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 ATP Tour
The 2008 ATP Tour was the global elite men's professional tennis circuit organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the 2008 tennis season. The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis and includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the Tennis Masters Cup, the ATP Masters Series, the International Series Gold and the International Series tournaments. Schedule This is the complete schedule of events on the 2008 ATP Tour, with player progression documented until the quarter-final stage. ;Key January February March April May June July August September October November Statistical information List of players and titles won (Grand Slam, Masters Cup and Olympic titles in bold), listed in order of number of titles won: * Rafael Nadal – Monte-Carlo Masters, Barcelona, Hamburg Masters, French Open, London Queen's Club, Wimbledon, Canada Masters, and Beijing Olympics (8) * Andy Murray – Doha, Marseille ... [...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] |
2006 ATP Tour
The 2006 ATP Tour was the global elite men's professional tennis circuit organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the 2006 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. In singles, Roger Federer dominated the season. He won twelve tournaments, including three majors ( Australian Open, Wimbledon and the US Open), four Masters Series titles ( Indian Wells, Miami Open, Madrid Open and Rogers Cup) and the year-end championship. He finished the year with a 92–5 record. Calendar The table below shows the 2006 ATP Tour schedule ;Key January February March April May June July August September October November Entry rankings Statistics Titles won b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 ATP Tour
This is a list of the tournaments played in the 2005 season of Men's tennis (calendar year), including ATP events and ITF events (This does not include the ITF Men's Circuit, only the ATP circuit). Changes were made to match format during this season. The third set of doubles matches was no longer played as a traditional set. Instead it was played as a match tie break first to 10 and clear by 2, to decide the winner. Calendar ;Key January February March April May June July August September October November Statistics * Number of tournaments played on hardcourts: 30 (2 Grand Slams) * Number of tournaments played on clay: 24 (1 Grand Slam) * Number of tournaments played on grass: 6 (1 Grand Slam) * Number of tournaments played on carpet: 7 Entry rankings Note: Mariano Puerta received a ranking penalty at the end of the 2005 season. His ranking dropped from 13 to 56. Notable breakthrough players The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 ATP Tour
The 2004 ATP Tour was the global elite men's professional tennis circuit organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the 2004 tennis season. The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organised by the ATP. 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. Schedule The table below shows the 2004 ATP Tour schedule. ;Key January February March April May June July August September October November Statistical information Players and titles won (Grand Slam, Masters Cup, and Olympic titles in bold), listed in order of number of titles: * Roger Federer – Australian Open, Dubai, Indian Wells Masters, Hamburg Masters, Halle, Wimbledon, Gstaad, Canada Masters, US Open, Bangkok and Masters Cup (11) * Lleyton Hewitt – Sydney, Rotterdam, Washington, D.C., a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 ATP Tour
The 2003 ATP Tour was the global elite men's professional tennis circuit organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the 2003 tennis season. The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organised by the ATP. 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. Season summary The 2003 ATP Tour season saw 3 new Grand Slam champions and saw Andre Agassi win his eighth and last Grand Slam title when winning the Australian Open for the fourth time. Roger Federer would win his first of 20 Grand Slam titles by defeating Aussie Mark Philippoussis 7–6(7–5), 6–2, 7–6(7–3) in the final at Wimbledon. Federer would also win his maiden Tennis Masters Cup by defeating Agassi in the final 6–3, 6–0, 6–4. Federer would win 7 titles overall, including winning in Dubai and Halle, tournaments he would have a lot of success at in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 ATP Tour
The 2002 ATP Tour was the global elite men's professional tennis circuit organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the 2002 tennis season. The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP. The ATP Tour includes the four Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournaments, the Tennis Masters Cup, the ATP Masters Series, the International Series Gold and the ATP International Series, International Series tournaments. Season summary The 2002 ATP Tour season saw Pete Sampras win his 14th Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam singles title, breaking his own record of 13 in the process, by defeating longtime rival Andre Agassi 6–3, 6–4, 5–7, 6–4 in the final of the 2002 US Open – Men's singles, US Open. This would be Sampras’s last tournament before retirement with him officially announcing his retirement at the next year's 2003 US Open – Men's singles, US Open. Sampras finished up with a Agassi–Samp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 ATP Tour
The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organized by the ATP. The 2001 ATP Tour included the four Grand Slam tournaments, the Tennis Masters Cup, the Tennis Masters Series, the International Series Gold and the International Series. Schedule and results This is the complete schedule of events on the 2001 ATP Tour, with player progression documented from the quarterfinal stage. ;Key January February March April May June July August September October November Statistical information List of players and titles won (Grand Slam and Masters Cup titles in bold), listed in order of most titles won: * Lleyton Hewitt – Sydney, London Queen's Club, 's-Hertogenbosch, US Open, Tokyo and Masters Cup (6) * Gustavo Kuerten – Buenos Aires, Acapulco, Monte Carlo Masters, French Open, Stuttgart Outdoor and Cincinnati Masters (6) * Andre Agassi – Australian Open, Indian Wells Masters, Miami Masters and Los Angeles (4) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
