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2018 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs
The 2018 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs were held from 14 to 16 September. They were the main play-offs of the 2018 Davis Cup. The winners of the playoffs advance as seeded to the 2019 Davis Cup Qualifying Round. __FORCETOC__ Teams Bold indicates team had qualified as seeded to the 2019 Davis Cup Qualifying Round. ;From World Group * * * * * * * * ; From Americas Group I * * ; From Asia/Oceania Group I * * ; From Europe/Africa Group I * * * * Results summary ''Date: 14–16 September'' The eight losing teams in the World Group first round ties and eight winners of the Zonal Group I final round ties competed in the World Group Play-offs for spots in the 2019 Qualifying Round. The draw took place on April 10 in London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Davis Cup
The 2018 Davis Cup was the 107th edition of the Davis Cup, a tournament between national teams in men's tennis. It was sponsored by BNP Paribas. In 2018, new rules were introduced for the Group I and II zonal events, with ties now being played as best-of-three sets over the course of two days. Croatia won their second Davis Cup on indoor clay in the final match held at 25 November with a 3–1 win over France. World Group Final World Group Play-offs ''Date: 14–16 September 2018'' The eight losing teams in the World Group first round ties and eight winners of the Zonal Group I final round ties will compete in the World Group Play-offs for seeded spots in the 2019 Qualifying Round. Seedings are based on Davis Cup rankings as of 9 April 2018. Seeded teams # # # # # # # # Unseeded teams * * * * * * * * Americas Zone Group I Group II Group III Date: 28 May–2 June Location: Costa Rica Country Club, Escazú, Costa Rica (hard) Format ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diego Schwartzman
Diego Sebastián Schwartzman (, ; born 16 August 1992) is an Argentine professional tennis player. He has won four ATP singles titles and reached his career-high singles ranking of world 8 in October 2020. As a clay court specialist, his best results have been on this surface. He is noted for his high-quality return game.Craig O'Shannessy (18 August 2017)"How Schwartzman Became The Return Giant In 2017," ATP World Tour. When he reached the quarterfinals of the 2017 US Open, the Schwartzman was the shortest Grand Slam quarterfinalist since the equally tall Jaime Yzaga at the 1994 US Open. Schwartzman said: "It’s not just for the big guys here."Ben Rothenberg (3 September 2017)"Diego Schwartzman Reaches U.S. Open Quarterfinal by Beating No. 16 Seed,"''The New York Times''. Schwartzman reached his first Masters final at the 2020 Italian Open, defeating defending champion and world No. 2, Rafael Nadal, in straight sets, and Denis Shapovalov along the way. He lost to N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jurabek Karimov
Jurabek Karimov ( Uzbek: Журабек Каримов, Jo'rabek Karimov; born 4 June 1998) is an Uzbekistani tennis player. Karimov began playing tennis aged 7 and he is currently coached by Petr Lebed and Sergey Arkashn. Karimov has a career high ATP singles ranking of 426 achieved on 27 August 2018. On 15 April 2019, he peaked at world number 279 in the ATP doubles rankings. Karimov has represented Uzbekistan in Davis Cup, where he has a win–loss record of 4–1. He achieved his first victory in 2018 against British player Cameron Norrie Cameron Norrie (; born 23 August 1995) is a South African-born British professional tennis player, having previously represented New Zealand. He has reached career-high rankings of world No. 8 in singles (on 12 September 2022) and No. 117 in do ... after coming from two sets down. Style of play Jurabek Karimov has a double handed backhand. He is very agile and athletic. Junior Grand Slam finals Singles Future and Challenger finals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameron Norrie
Cameron Norrie (; born 23 August 1995) is a South African-born British professional tennis player, having previously represented New Zealand. He has reached career-high rankings of world No. 8 in singles (on 12 September 2022) and No. 117 in doubles (on 13 June 2022). He has four ATP Tour singles titles (including a Masters 1000 title at the 2021 Indian Wells Masters) and one doubles title. Norrie has been the British No. 1 in men's singles since 18 October 2021. Early and personal life Norrie was born in 1995 in Johannesburg, South Africa, to British microbiologist parents: his father David is from Glasgow and his mother Helen is from Cardiff. In 1998, when Norrie was three, he and his family moved to Auckland, New Zealand, after being victims of a burglary in South Africa. Norrie said: "I don't remember too much about it, but my mum told me it got a little bit too dangerous so we moved to New Zealand." His parents still live in New Zealand. In 2011, at age 16, he moved to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denis Istomin
Denis Olegovich Istomin (born 7 September 1986) is an Uzbek professional tennis player. He has won two singles titles (at the 2015 Aegon Open Nottingham and 2017 Chengdu Open) and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 33 in August 2012. In January 2017, he defeated defending champion Novak Djokovic in the second round of the Australian Open. Personal life Denis Istomin was born in Orenburg to Russian parents Oleg and Klaudiya Istomin. His father moved the family to Tashkent, Uzbekistan, when Denis was 3 months old. Denis is coached by his mother, who introduced him to the sport at an early age. Injuries resulting from a car crash in 2001 en route to an event kept Istomin away from tennis for 2 years, with doctors initially stating that he would never hold a racquet again. Despite this, Istomin resumed training in April 2003. He is good friends with Varvara Lepchenko, who previously played for Uzbekistan. On court Istomin is one of the few top ATP Professional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Evans (tennis)
Daniel Evans (born 23 May 1990) is a British professional tennis player from England. He has been ranked as high as world No. 22 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved on 27 September 2021, and is the current British No. 2 in singles. He reached a career-high ranking of world No. 52 in doubles on 26 April 2021. In 2015, he formed part of the winning British Davis Cup team. In Grand Slam events, Evans reached the fourth round of the 2017 Australian Open and of the 2021 US Open. Evans has made seven third-round major appearances at the 2013 US Open, at Wimbledon 2016, at the 2016 US Open, at Wimbledon 2019, at the 2019 US Open, at Wimbledon 2021, and at the 2022 Australian Open. Evans's three ATP Tour finals to date have been the 2017 Apia International Sydney (losing to Gilles Müller), Delray Beach Open (losing to Radu Albot), and the 2021 Murray River Open, where he beat Felix Auger-Aliassime to win his first title. Evans ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the European mainland, continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many List of islands of the United Kingdom, smaller islands within the British Isles. Northern Ireland shares Republic of Ireland–United Kingdom border, a land border with the Republic of Ireland; otherwise, the United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea. The total area of the United Kingdom is , with an estimated 2020 population of more than 67 million people. The United Kingdom has evolved from a series of annexations, unions and separations of constituent countries over several hundred years. The Treaty of Union between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolás Mejía
Nicolás Mejía (; born 11 February 2000) is a Colombian tennis player. Mejía has a career high ATP singles ranking of 239 achieved on 18 April 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 154 achieved on 3 October 2022. Mejía represents Colombia at the Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the orga ..., where he has a W/L record of 0–1. ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 6 (3–3) Doubles: 14 (6–8) Junior Grand Slam finals Doubles: 0–1 Notes External links * * * 2000 births Living people Colombian male tennis players Sportspeople from Bogotá Tennis players from Miami Tennis players at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Tennis players at the 2019 Pan American Games Central American and Caribbean Games bronze meda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristian Rodríguez (tennis)
Cristian Rodríguez (born 24 June 1990) is a Colombian tennis player who plays primarily on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures Tour. On 9 April 2018, he reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 362. He reached a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 71 on 15 August 2022. He has played for the Colombia Davis Cup team since 2018 with an overall record of 1–0, with the sole match coming in singles play. Rodriguez has won 3 singles titles, all coming at the ITF Futures tour level, and he has won 16 doubles titles, with one achieved at the ATP Challenger Tour level and 15 ITF. Doubles performance timeline ''Current till 2022 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles Matthew Ebden and Max Purcell defeated the defending champions Nikola Mektić and Mate Pavić in the final, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(3–7), 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(10–2) to win the gentlemen's doubles tennis title at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships. .... ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alejandro Gómez (tennis)
Alejandro Gómez (; born 14 August 1991) is an inactive Colombian tennis player. Gómez has a career high ATP singles ranking of 352, achieved on 20 March 2017. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 161 achieved on 8 August 2022. Gómez made his ATP main draw singles debut at the 2015 Claro Open Colombia where he qualified for the main draw, defeating Felipe Rojas, Andrés Molteni and Juan Ignacio Londero in the qualifying rounds. In the main draw, he defeated fifth-seed Marcos Baghdatis in the first round, but lost to the Japanese Tatsuma Ito in the second round Gómez has a very fast and accurate serve, though one of his weaknesses are his frequent double faults , he has an average of 11 double faults per game. In fact, he recorded a 227 km/h at the 2015 Claro Open Colombia In August 2022, Gómez was suspended from competition after testing positive for cocaine Cocaine (from , from , ultimately from Quechua: ''kúka'') is a central nervous system (C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horacio Zeballos
Horacio Zeballos Jr. (; born 27 April 1985) is an Argentine professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 39 achieved in March 2013 and his career-high doubles ranking is world No. 3 achieved in September 2019. In doubles, he has reached the men's doubles finals at the 2019 US Open and Wimbledon 2021 alongside Marcel Granollers. In singles, he has reached the fourth round at the French Open, doing so in 2017. Zeballos won his first ATP title at the 2013 VTR Open in Chile on 10 February. In the final, he beat Rafael Nadal, becoming one of only four players (with Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray) to beat Nadal in a clay-court final."Tennis: Nadal denied title in comeback tournament" ''Global Post'', 10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Máximo González
Máximo González Mereira (; born July 20, 1983, in Tandil) 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. 22 achieved on 22 April 2019. 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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