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2016 Brasil Open
The 2016 Brasil Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 16th edition of the Brasil Open, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2016 ATP World Tour. It took place from February 22 through February 28, 2016, in São Paulo, Brazil. Third-seeded Pablo Cuevas won the singles title. Finals Singles * Pablo Cuevas defeated Pablo Carreño Busta 7–6(7–4), 6–3 Doubles * Julio Peralta / Horacio Zeballos defeated Pablo Carreño Busta / David Marrero 4–6, 6–1, 0–5 Singles main-draw entrants Seeds *1 Rankings as of February 15, 2016. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: * Guilherme Clezar * Thiago Monteiro * Benoît Paire The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Facundo Bagnis * Gastão Elias * Máximo González * Blaž Rola The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * Roberto Carballés Baena Withdrawals ;Before the tournament * Fabio F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ATP World Tour 250
The ATP 250 tournaments (previously known as the ''ATP World Tour 250'' tournaments, ''ATP International Series'', and ''ATP World Series'') are the lowest tier of annual men's tennis tournaments on the main ATP Tour, after the four Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam/major tournaments, ATP Finals, ATP Masters 1000 tournaments, ATP 1000 tournaments, and ATP 500 tournaments, ATP 500 tournaments. As of 2024 ATP Tour, 2024, the series included 38 tournaments, with 250 ranking points awarded to each singles champion—which accounts for the name of the series. Draws consist of 28, 32, or 48 for singles and 16 for doubles. In 2025 ATP Tour, 2025, the series includes only 30 tournaments after the retirement of three tournaments (Atlanta, Córdoba and Lyon), the downgrade of two (Estoril and Newport) and the upgrade of three tournaments to the 500 level (Dallas, Doha and Munich). Thomas Muster holds the record for most singles titles at 26, while Mike Bryan holds the record for most doub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paolo Lorenzi
Paolo Lorenzi (; born 15 December 1981) is an Italian former professional tennis player and former Italian number 1. He was coached by Claudio Galoppini. At the age of 34 years and seven months, Lorenzi became the oldest first-time champion in ATP Tour, ATP history when he won the title at the 2016 Generali Open Kitzbühel – Singles, 2016 Generali Open Kitzbühel. Tennis career Lorenzi reached his first ATP World Tour final at the age of 32, in São Paulo. Here, at the 2014 Brasil Open, the Italian reached the semifinals of an ATP Tour tournament for the first time, upsetting Juan Mónaco in three sets; then progressing to the final after the retirement of Tommy Haas in the second set of their semifinal match. He went on to lose the final to Argentine Federico Delbonis in three sets. On 22 May 2015, after defeating Matthew Ebden in the quarterfinals of the 2015 Eskişehir Cup, Eskişehir Cup, Lorenzi became the third player ever to win 300 matches in the ATP Challenger Tour to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guido Pella
Guido Pella (; born 17 May 1990) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. In August 2019, Pella reached his career best world No. 20 in singles. In July 2019, he peaked at No. 55 in doubles. Personal life His father, Carlos, taught him the game at the age of five. His sister, Catalina, is also a tennis player who competes mainly in ITF tournaments. He is engaged to marry the model and entrepreneur Stephanie Demner. In February 2020, Pella announced via his Instagram account that he would be out indefinitely after being diagnosed with Morton's neuroma. Career Junior career As a junior Pella posted a 19–5 record in singles and reached as high as No. 42 in the combined world rankings in 2008. Entering as a qualifier, he reached the semifinals of the French Open boys' singles in 2008, upsetting first-seeded Bernard Tomic in the quarterfinals (and losing to Jerzy Janowicz). 2006–2011 Pella started playing Futures tournaments in 2005, winning his first at Peru F3 i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Gimeno Traver
Daniel Gimeno Traver (; born 7 August 1985) is a professional Spanish tennis player who turned pro in 2004, when he was eighteen years old. He reached the final of Casablanca in 2015 and has won 12 Challenger Tour events, achieving a career-high singles ranking of World No. 48 in March 2013. Personal life Daniel Gimeno Traver was born 7 August 1985 in Valencia, Spain. He is the son of Javier, a chemist, and Marisol, a nurse, and is the second of four brothers, Carlos, Miguel and Víctor being his siblings. Tennis career Gimeno Traver started playing tennis at the age of 2. He prefers to play on clay and is currently coached by Israel Sevilla. Juniors As a junior, he won the European Championships in 2003 beating Marcos Baghdatis in Switzerland. Gimeno Traver won a further 5 junior titles, compiling a singles win–loss record of 51–10 and reaching as high as No. 4 in the junior world rankings in May 2003. He also beat Novak Djokovic on the way to a quarter-final pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabio Fognini
Fabio Fognini (; born 24 May 1987) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP ranking of world No. 9 achieved on 15 July 2019. Fognini's most successful surface is Clay court#Red clay, red clay, where he has won eight of his nine ATP singles titles, most notably at the 2019 Monte-Carlo Masters – Singles, 2019 Monte-Carlo Masters. He also reached the quarterfinals of the 2011 French Open – Men's singles, 2011 French Open. Together with Simone Bolelli, Fognini won the 2015 Australian Open – Men's doubles, 2015 Australian Open doubles championship, becoming the first all-Italian men's pair to win a Grand Slam title in the Open Era."ATP player profile" ''ATPWorldTour.com'' Early life Fognini was born to Silvana ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Carballés Baena
Roberto Carballés Baena (; born 23 March 1993) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of world No. 49 on 10 April 2023 and a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 127 on 2 March 2020. He is currently the No. 5 Spanish player. Carballés Baena's preferred surface is clay, on which he has won two ATP titles and 11 ATP Challenger Tour, Challenger titles in singles, and one ATP title in doubles. Career 2014–2015: First ATP win In a first-round contest between two qualifiers, Carballés Baena recorded his first ATP World Tour win at the 2014 Grand Prix Hassan II – Singles, 2014 Casablanca Open when he defeated David Goffin of Belgium in straight sets. He followed this up with a tightly fought win over João Sousa in the second round. He faced lucky loser Andrey Kuznetsov (tennis), Andrey Kuznetsov in the quarterfinals and won in straight sets. His run was stopped in the semifinals by eventua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blaž Rola
Blaž Rola (born 5 October 1990) is a Slovenian tennis player. His highest career ranking is No. 78 in singles and No. 186 in doubles. In his career, he has won one ATP 250 series doubles title, nine singles and six doubles ITF Futures tournaments and five ATP Challenger in singles and eight in doubles. He represents Slovenia on the Slovenia Davis Cup team. At the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin, Turkey, he won gold in singles and doubles.< Biography Rola was born in , the oldest Slovenian town. At the 2014 Aegon Championships, , and the[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Máximo González
Máximo González Mereira (; born July 20, 1983) is an Argentine professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is World No. 58, achieved in July 2009 and his career-high doubles ranking is World No. 10 achieved on 11 September 2023. Career Singles Early career through 2006 In singles play, González won two Futures events in the second half of 2004. He won four more Futures events in 2005 before finally finding success on the Challenger circuit with two consecutive semi-final appearances and a quarterfinal, improving his ranking to No. 206 in November 2005. 2007: ATP singles debut, Challenger circuit success His success waned in early 2007, and by the end of July, his ranking had slipped out of the 250 to No. 267 in singles, despite qualifying in late July for his first ATP-level event, and then again a second time the following week. In August, he built on that recent success, winning his first-ever Challenger title in Spain. The following week in Italy, he wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gastão Elias
Gastão José Ministro Elias (; born 24 November 1990) is a Portuguese professional tennis player, who competes on the ATP Challenger Tour. In October 2016, he reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 57 to become the third highest-ranked Portuguese player, after João Sousa (No. 28) and Nuno Borges (tennis), Nuno Borges (No. 30). He became the fifth Portuguese tennis player to break into the top 100 of the Association of Tennis Professionals singles rankings. Early and personal life Gastão Elias was born on 24 November 1990 in Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. At age four, he started playing tennis with his father. In 2001, he participated in the national under-12 singles competition, falling to future Davis Cup partner João Sousa in the semifinals. Elias idolized James Blake (tennis), James Blake and Roger Federer while growing up. He is a supporter of Sporting Clube de Portugal, Real Madrid C.F. and Liverpool F.C. Career Professional career 2016 proved to be a break ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Facundo Bagnis
Facundo Bagnis (; born 27 February 1990) is an Argentine professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of World No. 55 reached in November 2016. Bagnis competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour where he has won 17 singles Challengers. He also won one ATP doubles title in Stuttgart. Tennis career 2011-2013: ATP debut and first win, Maiden ATP title Bagnis played in his first ATP World Tour match at the 2011 Movistar Open on January 31, 2011, losing to Santiago Giraldo in three sets,. He won his first tour-level match at 2012 Copa Claro, beating Leonardo Mayer. 2014-2016: Major debut and first win, Top 55 debut & career best year-end ranking Bagnis secured his biggest victory and first win at the Grand Slam level on his debut when he defeated Julien Benneteau in the first round of the 2014 French Open, winning the deciding set 18–16. He finished the 2016 season at a career-best year-end high of No. 56. 2021: First ATP singles final, US Open third round ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thiago Monteiro (tennis)
Thiago Moura Monteiro (; born 31 May 1994) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. He has a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of world No. 61, achieved on 17 October 2022 and a doubles ranking of No. 144, achieved on 31 January 2022. He is currently the No. 3 player from Brazil. On the ITF Junior Circuit, Monteiro had a combined ranking of No. 2, attained on February 2012. His best junior singles result was the 2011 Copa Gerdau (Grade A) title in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Early life and background Thiago Moura Monteiro was born on 31 May 1994 in Fortaleza, Brazil. His first introduction to tennis happened when he watched a Gustavo Kuerten match on TV with his brother. Monteiro used to train football at a sports academy where his brother played tennis. He played it for the first time when his brother invited him to a hitting session. Thiago soon started training and playing in local tournaments: in early 2004, he won his first tournament, being o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guilherme Clezar
Guilherme Sarti Clezar (pronounced ''Clézar''; born 31 December 1992), is a professional tennis player from Brazil. Clezar plays mainly in ATP Challenger Tour events. He played also in several ATP 250 events, including the 2011 Brasil Open The 2011 Brasil Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 11th edition of the event known as the Brasil Open, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2011 ATP World Tour. It took place in Costa do Sauípe, .... Career finals Singles: 7 (2–5) References External links * * * Living people 1992 births Brazilian male tennis players South American Games bronze medalists for Brazil South American Games medalists in tennis Competitors at the 2010 South American Games Tennis players from Porto Alegre 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen {{Brazil-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
