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Sebastián Decoud
Sebastián Decoud (; born 18 September 1981) is a professional Argentine tennis player. Tennis career Decoud was born in Curuzú Cuatiá, Argentina. He starting playing tennis relatively late, taking it up as a 10-year-old. Juniors In his brief career as a junior, he lost his only matches against future top pros Guillermo Coria and Nicolas Mahut, split his two matches with Paul-Henri Mathieu, and won his only encounter with Boris Pašanski. Decoud reached as high as No. 32 in the junior world singles rankings in 1999. 2000 to 2006 Decoud began playing professionally in 2000, but he progressed very slowly as a pro player. He broke into the top-400 in the world for the first time late in 2006 as a 25-year-old, finishing the year ranked #384. 2007 Decoud made more career progress in 2007, finishing the year at #289. He had moderate success in Futures and Challenger tournaments, and got his ranking high enough to try qualifying at two ATP stops in July, but lost both matches. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bogotá
Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish Imperial period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city, capital and largest city of Colombia, and one of the List of largest cities, largest cities in the world. The city is administered as the Capital District, as well as the capital of, though not politically part of, the surrounding department of Cundinamarca Department, Cundinamarca. Bogotá is a territorial entity of the first order, with the same administrative status as the departments of Colombia. It is the main political, economic, administrative, industrial, cultural, aeronautical, technological, scientific, medical and educational center of the country and northern South America. Bogotá was founded as the capital of the New Kingdom of Granada on 6 August 1538 by Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada after a harsh Spanish conquest of the Muisca, e ... [...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] |
US Open (tennis)
The US Open Tennis Championships, commonly called the US Open, is a hardcourt tennis tournament organized by the United States Tennis Association annually in Queens, New York City. Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tennis events, held after the Australian Open, French Open, and Wimbledon Championships, Wimbledon. The US Open starts on the last Monday of August and continues for two weeks, with the middle weekend coinciding with the United States Labor Day holiday. All players participating must be at least fourteen years old. Since the start of the Open Era of tennis in 1968, the event has been Open (sport), open to both amateur and professional players. The tournament is one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, originally known as the U.S. National Championships, for which men's singles and men's doubles were 1881 U.S. National Championships (tennis), first played in August 1881. It is the only Grand Slam that was not affected by cancellation due to World War I and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships. Seeds # Taylor Dent (qualified) # Björn Phau ''(second round)'' # Somdev Devvarman ''(second round)'' # Thiago Alves ''(second round)'' # Iván Navarro ''(first round)'' # Grega Žemlja ''(second round)'' # Donald Young ''(first round)'' # Édouard Roger-Vasselin ''(second round)'' # Jesse Levine ''(qualifying competition, lucky loser)'' # João Souza ''(first round)'' # Marsel İlhan (qualified) # Ryan Sweeting ''(qualifying competition, lucky loser)'' # Stefan Koubek ''(qualifying competition, lucky loser)'' # Rui Machado ''(first round)'' # Go Soeda ''(qualifying competition, lucky loser)'' # Santiago Ventura Bertomeu ''(qualifying competition, lucky loser)'' # Tobias Kamke (qualified) # Julian Reister ''(qualifying competition, lucky loser)'' # Carsten Ball (qualified) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
