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2017 Santaizi ATP Challenger
The 2017 Santaizi ATP Challenger will be a professional tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It will be the fourth edition of the tournament which will be part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It will take place in Taipei, Taiwan between 17 and 23 April. Point distribution Singles main draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of April 10, 2017. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Marcos Baghdatis * Lee Kuan-yi * Jimmy Wang * Yang Tsung-hua The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Matthias Bachinger * Matthew Ebden * Sasikumar Mukund * Ruan Roelofse Champions Singles * Lu Yen-hsun def. Tatsuma Ito 6–1, 7–6(7–4). Doubles * Marco Chiudinelli / Franko Škugor def. Sanchai Ratiwatana / Sonchat Ratiwatana 4–6, 6–2, 0–5 References {{DEFAULTSORT:2017 Santaizi ATP Challenger Santaizi ATP Challenger The Santaizi ATP Challenger is a tennis List of tennis tourname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carpet Courts
A carpet court is a type of tennis court. The International Tennis Federation describes the surface as a "textile or polymeric material supplied in rolls or sheets of finished product". It is one of the fastest court types, second only to grass courts. The use of carpet courts in ATP Tour competitions ended in 2009. In women's tennis, no WTA Tour tournaments have used carpet courts since the last edition of the Tournoi de Québec in 2018. ATP Challenger and ITF circuit level tournaments with carpet courts continue to exist up to the present (). Types There are two types of carpet court. The most common outdoor version consists of artificial turf with a sand in-fill. This type of carpet court became popular in the 1980s in British and Asian tennis clubs for recreational play as they were easier and cheaper to maintain than grass courts. The other type used predominantly for indoor tennis is a textile surface of nylon or rubber matting laid out on a concrete base. They came in man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasek Pospisil
Vasek Pospisil ( ; , ; known in born June 23, 1990) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. Pospisil has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 25, and No. 4 in doubles. Along with partner Jack Sock, he won the 2014 Wimbledon Championships and the 2015 BNP Paribas Open, 2015 Indian Wells Masters men's doubles titles. He also reached the quarterfinals in singles at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles, 2015 Wimbledon Championships. Early life and career Vasek was born on June 23, 1990, in Vernon, British Columbia, to Miloš and Mila. In 1988, before Vasek was born, his parents and older brothers unlawfully drove from Czechoslovakia to Austria to escape the Communist regime. Before moving, Miloš worked as the plant manager of a dairy factory, and Mila taught in a kindergarten. Both had experience playing recreational sports such as tennis with their sons and in local tournaments. The family lived in northeastern Austria and saved up to move to Canada d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanchai Ratiwatana
Sanchai Ratiwatana (, ), nicknamed Tong (, ; born 23 January 1982), is a professional tennis player from Thailand. He turned professional in 2004. In 2007, Sanchai and his twin brother Sonchat Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana (, ), nicknamed Ton (, ; born January 23, 1982, in Bangkok) is a professional tennis player from Thailand. In 2007, Sonchat and his twin brother Sanchai Ratiwatana won their first ATP doubles title in Bangkok in their home c ... won their first ATP doubles title in Bangkok. They won their second title at the Chennai Open in India in 2008. He reached World No. 39, his best doubles ranking, on 28 April 2008. ATP career finals Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up) ATP Challenger Tour finals Doubles: 81 (48–33) Grand Slam doubles timeline External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ratiwatana, Sanchai Sanchai Ratiwatana Sanchai Ratiwatana 1982 births Living people Sanchai Ratiwatana Asian Games medalists in tennis Tennis players at the 2006 As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatsuma Ito
is a Japanese former professional tennis player. He has won 7 Challenger tournaments and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 60 in October 2012. Ito reached the quarterfinals of 's-Hertogenbosch and Moscow in 2012 and Newport and Bogota in 2015. Career Junior career As a junior, he compiled a 28–9 win–loss record in singles (and 14–9 in doubles), achieving a combined ranking of No.75 in the world in October 2006. 2007–09 Ito had won six ITF Futures events in Asian countries, and started to play mainly in ATP Challenger Tour since 2008. In November 2009, he reached first challenger final in Toyota, losing to Uladzimir Ignatik with straight sets. In ATP World Tour event, Ito received wildcard for his first ATP main draw at the 2008 Japan Open in Tokyo. 2010 In August, Ito claimed first challenger title in his career at Brasília by beating Izak van der Merwe in the final. After that, he reached third round of qualifying for the second str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruan Roelofse
Ruan Roelofse (born 18 November 1989) is a professional South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...n tennis player. Roelofse has a career high ATP singles ranking of 357 achieved on 27 February 2012 and he has a career high ATP Doubles ranking of 122 achieved on 18 April 2016. He has had more success playing doubles, winning 6 ATP Challenger doubles titles. Roelofse has also won 2 ITF singles titles and 39 ITF doubles titles. Roelofse has represented South Africa at the Davis Cup where he has a W/L record of 12–7. Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour finals Singles: 11 (2–9) Doubles: 82 (45–39) External links * 1989 births Living people Tennis players from Cape Town South African male tennis players Illinois Fighting Illini men's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sasikumar Mukund
Mukund Sasikumar (born 14 January 1997) is an Indian 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 st ... player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 229 achieved on 17 October 2019. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 431 achieved on 3 February 2020. Sasikumar made his ATP main draw debut at the 2020 Maharashtra Open after receiving a wildcard for the singles main draw. ATP Challenger and ITF Tour Finals Singles: 12 (6–6) References External links * * 1997 births Living people Indian male tennis players 21st-century Indian sportsmen Sportspeople from Chennai Sportspeople from Hyderabad, India {{India-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Ebden
Matthew Ebden (born 26 November 1987) is an Australian professional tennis player who reached a career high of List of ATP number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles. Ebden is a three-time Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam champion, having won the 2022 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles, 2022 Wimbledon Championships and 2024 Australian Open – Men's doubles, 2024 Australian Open in doubles with Max Purcell and Rohan Bopanna respectively, and the 2013 Australian Open – Mixed doubles, 2013 Australian Open in mixed doubles alongside Jarmila Gajdošová. Ebden won an Olympic gold medal at the Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics, 2024 Paris Olympics with John Peers. Ebden also finished runner-up at the 2022 Australian Open – Men's doubles, 2022 Australian Open and 2023 US Open – Men's doubles, 2023 US Open in men's doubles with Purcell and Bopanna respectively, and the 2021 Australian Open – Mixed doubles, 2021 Australian Open and 2022 Wimbledon Cham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthias Bachinger
Matthias Bachinger (born 2 April 1987) is a German former tennis player who played professionally from 2005 to 2023. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 85, achieved in August 2011. Professional career In 2007, Bachinger qualified for his first ATP tournament, the 2007 BMW Open. Bachinger won in the first round against Andreas Beck 6–2, 7–6, 7–5 before losing to Marcos Baghdatis in the second round 6–7, 2–6, 4–6. In 2008, Bachinger entered the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, the BMW Open, the Austrian Open and the If Stockholm Open, losing in the first round in each event. He then played only Challenger level tournaments before qualifying for the 2010 If Stockholm Open, where he reached the second round. Bachinger reached his first ATP semifinal at the 2012 BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy. He also reached the quarterfinals of Umag the same year, defeating seventh-seeded Martin Kližan en route. In 2013, Bachinger defeated World No. 18 Andreas Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yang Tsung-hua
Yang Tsung-hua (; born 29 March 1991) is a Taiwanese professional tennis player. On the junior circuit, Yang reached a career-high combined ranking of No. 1 in 2008, when he won the French Open singles title against Polish player Jerzy Janowicz in two sets, and the Australian Open and Wimbledon doubles titles alongside Hsieh Cheng-peng. Career Juniors Yang was named International Tennis Federation (ITF) Junior World Champion for the 2008 season by the ITF. As a junior, he compiled a 66–23 win–loss record in singles (and 61–16 in doubles), achieving his combined ranking of No. 1 in the world in July 2008. He reached 4 Junior Grand Slam finals in 2008, winning 3 titles. He started by losing the 2008 Australian Open – Boys' singles final, then rebounded to win the 2008 Australian Open – Boys' doubles, the 2008 French Open – Boys' singles and the 2008 Wimbledon Boys' Doubles titles. Pro tour Yang competes today on the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP World Tour, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Wang (tennis)
Wang Yeu-tzuoo (), who also goes by Jimmy Wang, (born February 8, 1985) is a Taiwanese former professional tennis player. Until the emergence of Lu Yen-hsun, Wang was the highest ranked player from Taiwan. The right-hander stands 5 feet 10 inches and weighs 141 pounds. Wang's trademark look is his wearing a white baseball cap backwards. Tennis career Juniors Wang started playing tennis at age seven and quickly emerged as one of Asia's most highly touted junior players. He made the final of the 2001 Australian Open Boys' Singles (losing to Janko Tipsarević) and the final of the US Open Boys' Singles (losing to Gilles Müller). As a junior, he compiled a 136–52 win–loss record in singles (and 78–57 in doubles), reaching as high as No. 3 in the world junior singles rankings in April 2001 (and No. 8 in doubles). Junior Slam results – Singles: Australian Open: F (2001) French Open: 1R (2000, 2001) Wimbledon: SF (2001) US Open: F (2001) Pro tour Wang turned pro in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Kuan-yi
Lee Kuan-yi ( zh, t=李冠毅; born 9 September 1996) is a Taiwanese tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world and. 447 achieved on 30 January 2017. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 523 achieved on 24 October 2016. Lee has won 2 ITF singles title and 3 ITF doubles titles. Lee has represented Chinese Taipei at the Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and contested annually between teams from over 150 competing countries, making it the world's largest annual ... where he has a W/L record of 2–2. ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals Singles: 8 (2–6) External links * * * 1996 births Living people Taiwanese male tennis players Sportspeople from Taipei Summer World University Games medalists in tennis FISU World University Games gold medalists for Chinese Taipei Medalists at the 2017 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Go Soeda
is a former professional Japanese tennis player. He started playing tennis at the age of four and turned professional in April 2003. He has won 18 singles titles on the ATP Challenger Tour, and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 47 on 23 July 2012. Career Junior career As a junior, he compiled a 49–48 win–loss record in singles (and 47–47 in doubles), achieving a singles ranking of No. 20 in December 2002 and doubles ranking of No. 43 in September 2002. 2002–04 Soeda began playing professional tournaments regularly in 2002 before turning professional in 2003. He played primarily on Asian ITF Futures event. Soeda rose steadily through his ATP ranking over the next three years. He ended 2004 as ranked world No. 493. 2005–07 In 2005, Soeda won two Futures tournament in Japan and Sri Lanka, and he made his debut in an ATP World Tour event in Ho Chi Minh City, losing to top seed Mariano Puerta in the first round. The following year, Soeda had a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
