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Milan Trněný
Milan Trněný (born 6 March 1971) is a Czech former professional tennis player. Trneny, who had a best singles ranking of 471, featured in the 1991 Prague Open main draw, losing his first round match in three sets to Dimitri Poliakov. His best doubles ranking was 264 and he made one ATP Challenger The ATP Challenger Tour (known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series) is a series of international men's professional tennis tournaments. It was founded in 1976 as a replacement for the ILTF Satellite Circuit (founded in 1971) as ... doubles final. ATP Challenger finals Doubles: 1 (0–1) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Trneny, Milan 1971 births Living people Czech male tennis players Czechoslovak male tennis players ... [...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] |
1991 Czechoslovak Open
The 1991 Czechoslovak Open, also known as the Prague Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the I. Czech Lawn Tennis Club in Prague, Czechoslovakia that was part of the ATP World Series (Designated Week) of the 1991 ATP Tour. It was the fifth edition of the tournament and was held from 5 August until 11 August 1991. Second-seeded Karel Nováček won the singles title. Finals Singles Karel Nováček defeated Magnus Gustafsson 7–6(7–5), 6–2 * It was Nováček's 4th singles title of the year and the 7th of his career. Doubles Vojtěch Flégl / Cyril Suk defeated Libor Pimek / Daniel Vacek 6–4, 6–2 References External links ITF tournament edition details {{1991 ATP Tour Czechoslovak Open Prague Open (1987–1999) Czechoslovak Open The Czechoslovak Open was a professional golf tournament played from 1935 to 1938. Mark Seymour (golfer), Mark Seymour won the inaugural 1935 championship with a score a 276, a record low aggregate f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimitri Poliakov
Dimitri Poliakov (born 19 January 1968) is a former professional tennis player from Ukraine. Career Poliakov, a clay court specialist and the Soviet singles champion in 1990, had his breakthrough year in 1991, when he won the Yugoslavia Open, an ATP Tour event. This saw him break into the top 100 for the first time. He was also runner-up in the Austrian Open, with partner Pablo Arraya. These would be the only two ATP Tour finals that he reached during his career. In 1993 he made it into the semi-finals of the Kremlin Cup, as qualifier. He defeated number three seed Amos Mansdorf in the opening round and then best Zimbabwean Byron Black 6–0, 6–3 and Martin Damm of the Czech Republic. His tournament ended when he was defeated by Marc Rosset in three sets. He had one of the best wins of his career in 1992 when he defeated world number 12 Carlos Costa in Vienna in straight sets. From 1993 to 1998, Poliakov was a regular fixture in the Ukraine Davis Cup team. He had a 10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ATP Challenger Tour
The ATP Challenger Tour (known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series) is a series of international men's professional tennis tournaments. It was founded in 1976 as a replacement for the ILTF Satellite Circuit (founded in 1971) as the second tier of tennis. The Challenger Tour events are the second-highest tier of tennis competition, behind the ATP Tour and ahead of the ITF Men%27s World Tennis Tour, ITF World Tennis Tour tournaments. The ATP Challenger Tour is administered by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Players who succeed on the ATP Challenger Tour earn sufficient ranking points to enter the main or qualifying draws at ATP Tour tournaments. Players on the Challenger Tour are typically young players looking to advance their careers, those who fail to qualify for ATP events, or former ATP Tour players looking to return to the top tour. History of challenger events The first challenger events were held in 1978, with eighteen events taking place. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Palm Beach Post
''The Palm Beach Post'' is an American daily newspaper serving Palm Beach County in South Florida, and parts of the Treasure Coast. On March 18, 2018, in a deal worth US$42.35 million, ''The Palm Beach Post'' and '' The Palm Beach Daily News'' were purchased by New Yorkbased New Media Investment Group Inc., which has ever since owned and operated ''The Palm Beach Post'' and all circulations and associated digital media sources. History ''The Palm Beach Post'' began as ''The Palm Beach County'', a weekly newspaper established in 1910. On January 5, 1916, the weekly became a daily, morning publication known as ''The Palm Beach Post''. In 1934, the Palm Beach businessman Edward R. Bradley bought ''The Palm Beach Post'' and ''The Palm Beach Times'', which published daily in the afternoon. In 1947, both were purchased by the longtime resident John Holliday Perry Sr., who owned a Florida newspaper chain of six dailies and 15 weeklies. In 1948, Perry purchased both the ''Palm Beach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
S Tennis Masters Challenger
The s Tennis Masters Challenger was a tennis tournament held in Graz, Austria from 1991 to 2008. The event was part of the ATP Challenger Series and was played on outdoor 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 ...s. Past finals Singles Doubles External links * ITF Search {{ATP Challenger Tour ATP Challenger Tour Clay court tennis tournaments Tennis tournaments in Austria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Prinosil
David Prinosil (; born 9 March 1973) is a former tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 1991. Prinosil was born in Olomouc, Czechoslovakia, but later moved to Germany. He represented his country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he was defeated in the first round by Daniel Vacek of the Czech Republic. In the doubles competition in Stone Mountain Park he won the bronze medal partnering Marc-Kevin Goellner. He was the first opponent of Tim Henman in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, in the first round of Wimbledon in 1994. The right-hander reached the fourth round of Wimbledon in 2000 and the quarterfinals of the Rome Masters in 1999 and the Paris Masters in 2000. Prinosil won three career titles in singles, and reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 23 April 2001, when he became world No. 28. He began playing for Germany in the Davis Cup in 1996. Prinosil achieved an upset victory over Greg Rusedski in the second round of the Ericss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Vogel
Richard Vogel (born 13 August 1964) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic who competed for Czechoslovakia. Career Vogel played in the singles draw of two Grand Slams during his career and lost five set matches in both opening rounds, at the 1989 French Open (to Aaron Krickstein) and the 1991 Wimbledon Championships (to Jacco Eltingh). His loss to Eltingh set a Wimbledon record, as it was the first occasion that four tie breaks had been played in a single match at Wimbledon. As a men's doubles player he was also unable to make it past the first round, in four attempts. On the ATP Tour he had his best result in 1992, at the Croatia Open, where he was the doubles champion, with David Prinosil. His best singles performance came at Kitzbühel in 1991, with an appearance in the round of 16, after two wins, one of which was over Cédric Pioline. He partnered Branislav Stankovič at the 1987 Summer Universiade The 1987 Summer Universiade, also known as the XI ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1971 Births
* 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 eclipse, February 10, and August 1971 lunar eclipse, August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events January * January 2 – 1971 Ibrox disaster: During a crush, 66 people are killed and over 200 injured in Glasgow, Scotland. * January 5 – The first ever One Day International cricket match is played between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. * January 8 – Tupamaros kidnap Geoffrey Jackson, British ambassador to Uruguay, in Montevideo, keeping him captive until September. * January 9 – Uruguayan president Jorge Pacheco Areco demands emergency powers for 90 days due to kidnappings, and receives them the next day. * January 12 – The landmark United States televis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Czech Male Tennis Players
Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus *Czech (surname) *Czech, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland *Czechville, Wisconsin, unincorporated community, United States See also * Čech, a surname * Czech lands * Czechoslovakia * List of Czechs * * * Check (other) * Czechoslovak (other) * Czech Republic (other) * Czechia (other) Czechia is the official short form name of the Czech Republic. Czechia may also refer to: * Historical Czech lands *Czechoslovakia (1918–1993) *Czech Socialist Republic (1969–1990) *Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (1939–1945) See also ... {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
