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Thailand Open (ATP)
The Thailand Open was a professional tennis tournament played on Tennis court#Hard courts, indoor hard courts. It was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the ATP Tour. It was held annually in Bangkok, Thailand, in the third week of September, since 2003. From 2005 to 2007, a Women's Tennis Association, WTA Tier III Series, Tier III, the PTT Bangkok Open, was also held in the region before being discontinued. Roger Federer is the only man to have won the singles competition more than once, in 2004 and 2005, while Andy Ram and Jonathan Erlich are the only doubles pair to have won the competition multiple times, in 2003 and 2006. In 2007, Sonchat Ratiwatana and Sanchai Ratiwatana became the first Thai people, Thai champions of the event, winning in the final against Wimbledon doubles champion Michaël Llodra, and partner Nicolas Mahut. In November 2013 the ATP announced that the tournament would be relocated to Shenzhen, China. Past finals Singles Doubles See also * Thail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangkok
Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated population of 10.539 million as of 2020, 15.3 percent of the country's population. Over 14 million people (22.2 percent) lived within the surrounding Bangkok Metropolitan Region at the 2010 census, making Bangkok an extreme primate city, dwarfing Thailand's other urban centres in both size and importance to the national economy. Bangkok traces its roots to a small trading post during the Ayutthaya Kingdom in the 15th century, which eventually grew and became the site of two capital cities, Thonburi in 1768 and Rattanakosin in 1782. Bangkok was at the heart of the modernization of Siam, later renamed Thailand, during the late-19th century, as the country faced pressures from the West. The city was at the centre of Thailand's political strug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michaël Llodra
Michaël Llodra (; born 18 May 1980) is a French former professional tennis player. He was a successful doubles player with three Grand Slam championships and an Olympic silver medal, and has also had success in singles, winning five career titles and gaining victories over Novak Djokovic, Juan Martín del Potro, Tomáš Berdych, Robin Söderling, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Nikolay Davydenko, Janko Tipsarević and John Isner. Llodra has been called "the best volleyer on tour". Life and career Llodra was born in Paris, where his father Michel played for Paris Saint-Germain. A left-hander, his serve-and-volley style is modelled on that of his idol, Stefan Edberg. Llodra and his wife Camille were married on 9 September 2003, and have two children, a daughter, Manon (born March 23, 2004) and a son, Teo (born 5 September 2007). He is a well-known supporter of French football club Paris Saint-Germain, and has often been seen wearing the club's shirt prior to tennis matches. 2002 Llodra re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 PTT Thailand Open
The 2010 PTT Thailand Open was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 8th edition of the Thailand Open, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2010 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand, from September 27 through October 3, 2010. Entrants Seeds * Seeds are based on the rankings of September 20, 2010. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Marc López * Danai Udomchoke * Fernando Verdasco The following player received a Special Exempt into the singles main draw: * Mischa Zverev The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Ruben Bemelmans * Ryler DeHeart * Konstantin Kravchuk * Frederik Nielsen Finals Singles Guillermo García-López defeated Jarkko Nieminen, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4. * It was García-López' first title of the year, and the second of his career. Doubles Christopher Kas / Viktor Troicki defeated Jonathan Erlich / ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Young (tennis)
Donald Oliver Young Jr. (born July 23, 1989) is an American professional tennis player. Young had a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 38 achieved on 27 February 2012 and doubles ranking of No. 43 achieved on 14 August 2017. As a junior he was ranked No. 1 in the world in 2005. His best singles performance in the Grand Slams was reaching the fourth round of the 2011 US Open, as well as the 2015 US Open. In doubles he reached the final of the 2017 French Open partnering Santiago González. Early life Young began playing tennis at age three with mother, Illona, and father, Donald Sr., who are both tennis teaching professionals. Career Junior and early career In 2001 he came in second to Jesse Levine in the U.S. Clay Court 14 Nationals in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He was up 5-love in the third set of the final. Young had lost the first set, won the second, and was winning 5–0 and serving for the match at 40–15. Levine scored 23 consecutive points to defeat Youn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Murray
Sir Andrew Barron Murray (born 15 May 1987) is a British professional tennis player from Scotland. He was ranked world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 41 weeks, and finished as the year-end No. 1 in 2016. Murray has won three Grand Slam singles titles, two at Wimbledon (2013 and 2016) and one at the US Open ( 2012), and has reached eleven major finals. Murray was ranked in the top 10 for all but one month from July 2008 through October 2017, and was no lower than world No. 4 in eight of the nine year-end rankings during that span. Murray has won 46 ATP singles titles, including 14 Masters 1000 events. Originally coached by his mother Judy alongside his older brother Jamie, Murray moved to Barcelona at age 15 to train at the Sánchez-Casal Academy. He began his professional career around the time Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal established themselves as the two dominant players in men's tennis. Murray had immediate success on the ATP Tour, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 PTT Thailand Open
The 2011 PTT Thailand Open was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the ninth edition of the Thailand Open, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2011 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand, from September 26 through October 2, 2011. Entrants Seeds * Seeds are based on the rankings of September 19, 2011. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Dominic Thiem * Danai Udomchoke * Kittipong Wachiramanowong The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Simone Bolelli * Marco Chiudinelli * Greg Jones * Go Soeda Finals Singles Andy Murray defeated Donald Young, 6–2, 6–0 * It was Murray's third title of the year and 19th of his career. Doubles Oliver Marach / Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi defeated Michael Kohlmann / Alexander Waske Alexander Waske (born 31 March 1975) is a retired tennis player from Germany. Waske was ranked as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilles Simon
Gilles Simon (; born 27 December 1984) is a French former professional tennis player. He had a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 6 attained on 5 January 2009. He turned professional in 2002 and won 14 singles titles on the ATP Tour. Personal life Gilles Simon was born in Nice but grew up in Fontenay-sous-Bois, outside Paris. His nickname is "Gilou". His mother is a doctor. His father works for an insurance company. Gilles has a brother.Simon: From a Family of Non-Jocks to the Top 10 Tennis.com, March 31, 2009 Supported by his parents, he started playing tennis at the age of six. Owing to a growth delay that runs in the family, he was shorter than most children of his age during his early teenage yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Gasquet
Richard Gabriel Cyr Gasquet (; born 18 June 1986) is a French professional tennis player. His career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 7, attained on 9 July 2007. He has won a total of 15 singles titles on the ATP Tour. His best performances in Grand Slam singles tournaments have been three semifinal appearances, two at the Wimbledon Championships (in 2007 and 2015) and once at the US Open (in 2013). His best performance in ATP World Tour Masters 1000 singles tournaments was being the runner-up in Hamburg in 2005 and Toronto in 2006 and 2012. He won the mixed doubles title at the 2004 French Open, partnering with Tatiana Golovin. He also won the men's doubles Olympic bronze medal in 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012 with his doubles partner Julien Benneteau. Gasquet is best known for his elegant groundstrokes and his one-handed backhand.In March 2021, Gasquet became only the sixth active player on the Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP tour to win 550 matches. He is current ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 PTT Thailand Open
The 2012 PTT Thailand Open was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 10th edition of the Thailand Open, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2012 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand, from 22 September through 30 September 2012. Richard Gasquet won the singles title. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * Seeds are based on the rankings of September 17, 2012 Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Marco Chiudinelli * Peerakiat Siriluethaiwattana * Danai Udomchoke The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Kevin Anderson * Hiroki Moriya * Yūichi Sugita * Yang Tsung-hua Withdrawals * Jérémy Chardy * Blaž Kavčič * Mikhail Kukushkin Retirements * Yūichi Sugita (right ankle injury) Doubles main-draw entrants Seeds * Rankings are as of September 17, 2012 Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomáš Berdych
Tomáš Berdych (; born 17 September 1985) is a Czech former professional tennis player. His most notable achievement was reaching the final of the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, causing consecutive upsets by defeating top seed and six-time champion Roger Federer in the quarterfinals, and No. 3 Novak Djokovic in the semifinals. In the final, he lost to Rafael Nadal in straight sets. Berdych's biggest career title was the Paris Masters in 2005 as an unseeded player, defeating Ivan Ljubičić in the final.Berdych has reached the semifinals of all four Grand Slams. Alongside his Wimbledon performance in the same year, he reached the semifinals of the 2010 French Open, defeating fourth seed Andy Murray in straight sets in the fourth round, and dropping no sets until his loss in the semifinals to Robin Söderling. At the 2012 US Open he defeated No. 1 Roger Federer, again at the quarterfinal stage, before losing to eventual champion Murray. During the 2014 Australian Open he lost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milos Raonic
Milos Raonic (; sr, Милош Раонић, Miloš Raonić, ; born December 27, 1990) is a Canadian inactive professional tennis player. He has been ATP rankings, ranked as high as world No. 3 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved on 21 November 2016, making him the highest-ranked Canadian player in history. Raonic is the first Canadian man in the Open Era to reach the Australian Open semifinals, the French Open quarterfinals, and the Wimbledon Championships, Wimbledon final. He has won eight ATP Tour titles.Raonic's career highlights include a Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major final at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles, 2016 Wimbledon Championships; two major semifinals at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles, 2014 Wimbledon Championships and 2016 Australian Open – Men's singles, 2016 Australian Open; and four ATP World Tour Masters 1000 finals at the 2013 Rogers Cup – Men's singles, 2013 Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 PTT Thailand Open
The 2013 PTT Thailand Open was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 11th edition of the Thailand Open, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2013 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand, from September 21 through September 29, 2013. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds *Rankings are as of September 16, 2013 Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Laslo Djere * Jeong Suk-young * Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Marco Chiudinelli * Alejandro Falla * Santiago Giraldo * Go Soeda Withdrawals ;Before the tournament * Ivan Dodig * Andy Murray (back surgery) * Tommy Robredo Retirements * Ivo Karlović (back injury) Doubles main-draw entrants Seeds * Rankings are as of September 16, 2013 Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: * Laslo Djere / Wishaya Tron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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