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1996 ATP Challenger Series
The ATP Challenger Tour, ATP Challenger Series is the second tier tour for professional tennis organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). The 1996 ATP Challenger Series calendar comprised 98 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $25,000 up to $125,000. Schedule January February March April May June July August September October November December References {{DEFAULTSORT:Challenger Series 1996 in tennis ATP Challenger Tour seasons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 ATP Challenger Series
The ATP Challenger Series is the second tier tour for professional tennis organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) is the governing body of the men's professional tennis circuits – the ATP Tour and the ATP Challenger Tour. It was formed in September 1972 by Donald Dell, Jack Kramer, and Cliff Drysdale to p ... (ATP). The 1995 ATP Challenger Series calendar comprised 86 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $25,000 up to $125,000. Schedule January February March April May June July August September October November December References {{DEFAULTSORT:Challenger Series 1995 in tennis ATP Challenger Tour seasons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Félix Mantilla (tennis)
Félix Mantilla Botella (; , ; born 23 September 1974) is a Spanish former professional tennis player and coach. In common with many of his fellow countrymen, Mantilla's best surface is clay. While not as successful away from the clay, Mantilla also produced good hardcourt results. Mantilla's best stroke was his single-handed backhand and he was known for his baseline consistency from both sides and high endurance levels. He reached the semi-finals of the 1998 French Open, won the 2003 Rome Masters, and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 10. Tennis career Mantilla began playing tennis at the age of ten and was a member of the winning Spanish Sunshine Cup team along with Albert Costa in 1992. Mantilla turned professional in 1993 playing Futures and Challenger events. In 1994 Mantilla won the Uruguay/Paraguay Satellite classification and was second in the Spanish satellite 2 and 4 events. He also played his first match on the ATP Tour in Prague, losing to compa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Sapsford
Danny Sapsford (born 3 April 1969) is a former professional tennis player from Great Britain, who turned professional in 1989. He won one doubles title (1996, Nottingham) during his career. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 15 April 1996, when he became World No. 170. In 1999, he reached the third round of Wimbledon Championships, defeating Julián Alonso and Galo Blanco before losing to then world number one Pete Sampras Pete Sampras (born August 12, 1971) is an American former professional tennis player. One of the most successful tennis players of all time, he was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the A ... in straight sets. This was Sapsford's last singles match as a professional. After retiring, Sapsford became a tennis coach, and runs a tennis charity.https://talkingtennis.net/blog-posts/talking-tennis-with-danny-sapsford-bright-ideas-for-tennis Performance timelines Singles Doub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Foster (tennis)
Andrew Foster (born 16 March 1972, in Stoke-on-Trent) is a former tennis player from Great Britain. The right-hander reached the fourth round of 1993 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles, Wimbledon in 1993, in only his second appearance at the All England Club. There, he posted his first ever Tour wins over Thomas Enqvist, Luis Herrera (tennis), Luis Herrera and Andrei Olhovskiy. His run ended in the round of 16 at the tournament, losing to the eventual winner, Pete Sampras. Foster reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) singles ranking of World No. 184 in January 1994. In doubles, Foster won four Challenger events, reaching as high as No. 174 in November 1993. ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 1 (0–1) Doubles: 6 (4–2) References External links * * 1972 births Living people English male tennis players British male tennis players Sportspeople from Stoke-on-Trent Tennis players from Staffordshire {{England-tennis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Van Herck
Johan Van Herck (born 24 May 1974) is a Belgian tennis coach and former professional player. Van Herck first broke into the top 100 of the ATP rankings in 1996, when he made semi-finals at the Copenhagen Open and Italy's Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia. In the later he upset top seed Félix Mantilla Botella in the second round. In both 1997 and 1998, Van Herck was a semi-finalist at the Coral Springs International Tennis Championships. He had his best Grand Slam performance at the 1998 French Open, where in the opening round he defeated world number four Greg Rusedski in straight sets. He then beat Spanish qualifier Jordi Mas to reach the third round, but was then eliminated by another qualifier, Jens Knippschild, despite winning the opening two sets, from which he dropped just two games. Van Herck defeated another top player in the 1999 Grand Prix Hassan II, held in Casablanca, overcoming number one seed Thomas Muster. He represented the Belgium Davis Cup team in ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian MacPhie
Brian MacPhie (born May 11, 1972) is an American former professional tennis player. Primarily a doubles specialist, he and Cary Lothringer won the 1989 Boys' Junior National Tennis Championship Boys' 18 doubles title against Steve Campbell and Rick Witsken. retrieved May 16, 2023 MacPhie won seven doubles titles in his pro career, achieving a ranking of world No. 22 in 2002. He played collegiately for the University of Southern California
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Brett Hansen-Dent
Brett Hansen-Dent (born July 2, 1972) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Personal life Hansen-Dent is the son of American tennis player Betty Ann Grubb Stuart, half-brother of former tennis professional Taylor Dent and a step-son of Australian Davis Cup player Phil Dent. When he was 10, the family moved to Australia, where they lived for four years, before returning to California. He went to school at Newport Harbor High. Career Hansen-Dent was a mixed doubles gold medalist at the 1991 Summer Universiade in Sheffield, partnering Susan Gilchrist. He was also a member of the American squad which competed at the Pan American Games that year, in Havana, Cuba. In 1991 and 1992, Hansen-Dent played collegiate tennis for the University of California, Irvine, then spent a year away touring. While at the University of Southern California in 1994, Hansen-Dent was a doubles All-American and member of the NCAA championship winning team. In 1995 he was the Divis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Stoltenberg
Jason Stoltenberg (born 4 April 1970) is an Australian former professional tennis player. Tennis career Stoltenberg began playing tennis at age ten on an antbed (crushed termite mound) court where his father owned a cotton farm in the Far West (the bush) of New South Wales. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. He is married to former Czechoslovakian player Andrea Strnadová. Juniors In 1987, he won the Boys' Singles title at the Australian Open and was ranked the No. 1 junior player in the world. He turned professional later that year.Pro tour Stoltenberg reached his first tour singles final in 1989 at[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude N'Goran
Claude N'Goran (born 18 March 1975) is a former professional tennis player from the Ivory Coast. Biography Born in Adzopé, N'Goran grew up in a family of 13 in the city of Abidjan, the son of an auto factory worker and a homemaker. He learned to play tennis with self-made wooden paddles, as they couldn't afford proper rackets. One of his seven brothers is tennis player Clement N'Goran. N'Goran, a big serving left-handed player, is the most capped Ivorian Davis Cup representative in history. In total he featured in 94 matches across 45 ties, from 1990 to 2008, for 53 overall wins, 37 in singles. He also represented the Ivory Coast at the 1996 Summer Olympics, in the men's doubles competition. Partnering his brother, Clement, the Ivorians won their first round match over Chinese Taipei, then exited in the round of 16 to the third seeded Dutch pairing, Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis. He was a member of Ivory Coast's gold medal winning team at the 1999 All-Africa Games. During ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Carlos Bianchi
Juan Carlos Bianchi (born 22 January 1970) is a former tennis player from Venezuela, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia and played collegiate tennis at the University of Alabama for the Alabama Crimson Tide. Partnering with Nicolas Pereira at the Olympic Games, he was defeated in the first round of the doubles competition. The right-hander reached his highest singles Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP-ranking on September 19, 1994, when he became the number 384 of the world. References External links * * * * 1970 births Living people Sportspeople from Maracay Venezuelan male tennis players Venezuelan people of Italian descent Tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic tennis players for Venezuela Pan American Games silver medalists in tennis Pan American Games silver medalists for Venezuela Tennis players at the 1995 Pan American Games Competitors at the 1994 South American Games South American Games gold m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |