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2018 Monterrey Challenger
The 2018 Monterrey Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the ninth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Monterrey, Mexico from 1 to 7 October 2018. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 24 September 2018. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Víctor Estrella Burgos * Lucas Gómez * Gerardo López Villaseñor * Jürgen Melzer The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking: * Santiago Giraldo The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Harrison Adams * Gonzalo Escobar * Pavel Krainik * Zsombor Piros The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * Sekou Bangoura Champions Singles * David Ferrer def. Ivo Karlović 6–3, 6–4. Doubles * Marcelo Arévalo / Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan def. Leander Paes / Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hardcourt
A hardcourt (or hard court) is a type of surface or floor on which a sport is played, most usually in reference to tennis courts. It is typically made of rigid materials such as asphalt or concrete, and covered with acrylic resins to seal the surface and mark the playing lines, while providing some cushioning. Historically, hardwood surfaces were also in use in indoor settings, similar to an indoor basketball court, but these surfaces are rare now. Tennis Tennis hard courts are made of synthetic/acrylic layers on top of a concrete or asphalt foundation and can vary in color. These courts tend to play medium-fast to fast because there is little energy absorption by the court, as with grass courts but unlike clay courts. The ball tends to bounce high and players are able to apply many types of spin during play. Speed of rebound after tennis balls bounce on hard courts is determined by how much sand is in the synthetic/acrylic layer placed on top of the asphalt foundation. More sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerald Melzer
Gerald Melzer (born 13 July 1990) is an Austrian professional inactive tennis player who competed mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 68 in November 2016. Gerald is also part of Austrian Davis Cup team, for which he recorded four singles wins and six losses. Career Gerald Melzer has primarily spent his time on the Futures circuit, while also playing Challengers and several doubles events with his brother. He began playing on the tour in 2007, competing in tournaments in Austria as well as Futures tournaments in Africa. In 2008, he has had more success playing doubles, partnering with his brother to win a challenger in Graz, Austria. In 2015, as a qualifier, Gerald reached the semifinals of Munich. He faced his brother, Jürgen, in the first round of the 2015 Wimbledon qualifying tournament, and lost in straight sets. Jürgen described it as the "worst tennis day of my life and I hope we will never play each other again. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela
Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela Martínez (; born June 21, 1987) is a Mexican professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 49, achieved on 20 August 2018. In singles his best ranking is No. 400, achieved on 17 June 2013. He has won two doubles ATP titles and has played multiple seasons of 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 ..., including on the 2011 Mexican Davis Cup squad. Career He won his maiden ATP title at the 2018 Los Cabos Open with Marcelo Arévalo and reached two finals in 2018-19 Newport (w/Arevalo) and one in 2022 Seoul (w/Barrientos). At the 2024 Croatia Open Umag, he lifted his second ATP trophy with Guido Andreozzi defeating French duo and second time ATP finalists Manuel Guinar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leander Paes
Leander Adrian Paes ( ; born 17 June 1973) is an Indian former professional tennis player and the first Asian man to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. He is regarded as one of the greatest doubles tennis players of all-time and holds the record for the most doubles wins in the Davis Cup. Paes won eight men's doubles and ten mixed doubles Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam titles. He holds a career Grand Slam in men's doubles and mixed doubles making him one of only three men in the Open era to achieve this distinction and won the rare men's/mixed double at the 1999 Wimbledon Championships. Paes, together with Mahesh Bhupathi, were the first pair in Open era history to reach the men's doubles finals of all 4 Grand Slams in the same calendar year (1999). His mixed doubles Wimbledon Championships, Wimbledon title in 2015 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles, 2015 made him the second man (after Rod Laver) to win Wimbledon titles in three different decades. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sekou Bangoura
Sekou Bangoura Jr. (born November 18, 1991) is an American professional tennis player. Bangoura partnered with Nathan Pasha to win the 2010 Kalamazoo Boys' Junior National Tennis Championship, defeating Jack Sock and Matthew Kandath 7–5, 6–3 in the finals. With their victory, Bangoura and Pasha earned a wildcard into the 2010 US Open doubles event, where they lost in the first round to Michael Kohlmann and Jarkko Nieminen 3–6, 1–6. Bangoura made his ATP main draw debut at the 2014 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships in the doubles event partnering Vahid Mirzadeh. The pair had only made through the doubles draw as an alternate team but in the first round they defeated the 2nd seeds Eric Butorac and Raven Klaasen 7–5, 3–6, 0–5 Their run came to a stop in the quarterfinals where they lost to Sam Groth and Max Mirnyi 6–7(5–7), 4–6. Bangoura has won 10 singles titles and 21 doubles titles all achieved on the ITF Futures Tour with one sole double ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zsombor Piros
Zsombor Piros (born 13 October 1999) is a Hungarian professional tennis player. Piros has a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of world No. 106, achieved on 4 March 2024. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 991, achieved on 8 August 2022. He is currently the No. 3 Hungarian player. Junior career On the junior tour Piros had a career-high ranking of 3 achieved on 4 September 2017. Piros won the 2017 Australian Open – Boys' singles, 2017 Australian Open boys' singles championships, defeating Israeli Yshai Oliel in the final. He made headlines at Wimbledon 2017 when he and doubles partner Yibing Wu fell foul of Wimbledon's pants police, and were required to change their underpants from black to white to comply with regulations. Even without their lucky pants they won the subsequent match 6–4 6–1. Piros won the Hungarian Tennis Championships on 1 October 2017. Professional career 2018: First Challenger win, first Top 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gonzalo Escobar
Gonzalo Escobar (; born 20 January 1989, in Manta, Ecuador, Manta) is an Ecuadorian tennis player. His career-high doubles ranking is World No. 38, achieved on 15 November 2021. He has won three ATP doubles titles with Uruguayan Ariel Behar and three with Kazakhstani Aleksandr Nedovyesov. Escobar also has a career high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of No. 281 achieved on 15 June 2015. Playing for Ecuador Davis Cup team, Ecuador in Davis Cup, Escobar has a W/L record of 8–9. Career 2021–2022: Three ATP doubles titles and top 50 Partnering with Uruguyan Ariel Behar, Escobar won two ATP titles at the 2021 Delray Beach Open and the 2021 Andalucía Open and reached three other finals on the ATP tour in 2021 after winning two ATP Challenger Tour titles together in 2020. He entered the top 50 following the final at the 2021 Serbia Open on 26 April 2021. He reached the third round of a Major for the first time at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships. Escobar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santiago Giraldo
Santiago Giraldo Salazar (, born 27 November 1987) is a Colombian former professional tennis player. He played on the ATP tour and represented Colombia Davis Cup team, Colombia in the Davis Cup competition. His best tournament result is reaching the final in the 2014 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell. He is the highest-ranked male tennis singles player in Colombia's history, with a career-high singles ranking of 28th in the world, and 77th in doubles. Throughout his career he has beaten several ex-number-one players such as Lleyton Hewitt, Juan Carlos Ferrero, and Andy Murray as well as some top-ten players such as Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Kei Nishikori, Marin Čilić, Milos Raonic, Dominic Thiem, Gilles Simon, Jürgen Melzer, Rainer Schüttler, Tommy Robredo, Janko Tipsarević, and Nicolás Lapentti. He has beaten golden-generation players from Argentinian tennis such as Gastón Gaudio, Guillermo Cañas, Mariano Puerta, Juan Martín del Potro, and David Nalbandian. Professional career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jürgen Melzer
Jürgen Melzer (born 22 May 1981) is an Austrian tennis coach and former professional tennis player. Melzer reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 8 in April 2011, and a doubles ranking of world No. 6 in September 2010. He has a younger brother, Gerald Melzer, with whom he played doubles in several tournaments. In 1999 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' singles, 1999, Melzer won the boys' singles title at Wimbledon Championships, Wimbledon. For many years, he was known as one of the best players on the tour not to have progressed past the third round of a Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major. He ended this by reaching the semifinals of the 2010 French Open – Men's singles, 2010 French Open, losing to Rafael Nadal after coming from two sets down to defeat Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals. As of January 2025, he remains the only person to defeat Djokovic from two sets down. Melzer had greater success in doubles, winning the men's doubles title at the 2010 Wimbled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerardo López Villaseñor
Gerardo López Villaseñor (; born 12 May 1995) is an inactive Mexican professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP ranking of 505 achieved on 17 February 2020. On the junior tour, has a career high ITF junior ranking of 138 achieved in September 2013. López Villaseñor made his debut ATP main draw debut in doubles at the 2016 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships. Playing in the doubles with Austin Krajicek, they lost in the first round to Jonathan Marray and Adil Shamasdin. He made his singles main draw debut at the 2019 Acapulco Open as a wildcard and was defeated in the first round by Steve Johnson. He also lost the following year as a wildcard in the first round at the 2020 Acapulco Open to Marcos Giron Marcos Andres Giron ( ; born July 24, 1993; ) is an American professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 37 achieved on August 5, 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 194 achieved on August 1, 2022. Giron won the s .... Notes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucas Gómez (tennis)
Lucas Gómez (; born 11 August 1995) is a Mexican professional tennis player. Gómez has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 463, achieved on 4 April 2016. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 526 achieved on 16 July 2018. Gómez made his ATP main draw debut at the 2016 Abierto Mexicano Telcel, where he received a wildcard into the singles draw. Playing for Mexico in 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 ..., Gómez has a career win–loss ratio of 0–3. ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 3 (0–3) Doubles: 9 (3–6) Notes External links * 1995 births Living people Mexican male tennis players Sportspeople from Tijuana 21st-century Mexican sportsmen {{Mexico-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Víctor Estrella Burgos
Víctor Estrella Burgos (; born August 2, 1980) is a Dominican former professional tennis player. In 2014, Estrella became the first Dominican to reach the top 100 in the ATP rankings. He also became the first Dominican player to reach the semifinals in an ATP 250 tournament in Bogotá. In 2015, he also became the first tennis player from his country to participate in all four Grand Slams, playing in the Australian Open. In February 2015, he won his first career ATP title at the Ecuador Open, becoming the oldest first-time ATP tour winner in the Open Era. He successfully defended his title with a 100% winning record at the event in 2016 and 2017, but lost in the second round in 2018. Estrella has been a member of the Davis Cup team from the Dominican Republic since 1998, posting a record of 41–17 in singles and 21–22 in doubles. Since 2014 he belongs to the Dominican olympic program CRESO. Estrella Burgos reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 43, achieved on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
