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2018 Oracle Challenger Series – Indian Wells
The 2018 Oracle Challenger Series – Indian Wells is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. This tournament is part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2018 WTA 125K series. The first edition took place on February 26 through March 4, 2018, in Indian Wells, United States. Men's singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 19 February 2018. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Evan King * Sebastian Korda * Reilly Opelka * Noah Rubin The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt: * Dennis Novikov The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate: * Ricardo Ojeda Lara The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Marcos Giron * Christian Harrison * Mitchell Krueger * Alexander Sarkissian The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * Nicolaas Scholtz Women's singles main-dr ... [...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] |
Mirza Bašić
Mirza Bašić (; born 12 July 1991) is a Bosnian professional tennis player. He has won one ATP singles title at the 2018 Sofia Open and is a member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Davis Cup team. Career Bašić reached his first Grand Slam tournament after qualifying for the 2016 Australian Open. He became the second male player representing Bosnia and Herzegovina, after compatriot Damir Džumhur, to reach the main draw of a Grand Slam. In 2018, Bašić won his first ATP World Tour title at the Sofia Open as a qualifier. He entered the 2022 edition of the same tournament as a lucky loser. ATP career finals Singles: 1 (1 title) Challenger and Futures finals Singles: 20 (10–10) Doubles: 8 (3–5) Performance timeline ''Current as far as the 2022 Wimbledon Championships.'' Davis Cup * indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score The Score may refer to: Films and television * The Score (1978 film), ''The Score'' (1978 film), a 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricardo Ojeda Lara
Ricardo Ojeda Lara (; born 26 January 1993) is a Spanish tennis player. Ojeda Lara has a career high ATP singles ranking of 171 achieved on 9 October 2017. He also has a career high doubles ranking of 549 achieved on 10 September 2018. Ojeda Lara has won 1 ATP Challenger The ATP Challenger Tour (known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series) is a series of international men's professional tennis tournaments. It was founded in 1976 as a replacement for the ILTF Satellite Circuit (founded in 1971) as ... singles title at the 2017 Bucher Reisen Tennis Grand Prix. Tour titles Singles References External links * * 1993 births Living people Spanish male tennis players Tennis players from Valencia People from El Puerto de Santa María Sportspeople from the Province of Cádiz Tennis players from Andalusia 21st-century Spanish sportsmen {{Spain-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Novikov
Dennis Novikov (born November 6, 1993) is an American professional tennis player born in Russia. He won both the singles and doubles titles at the USTA Boys 18s National Championships in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 2012. As a result, he was awarded wild cards into the main draw of the US Open in both singles and doubles. He did not join the UCLA tennis team until March 2012, first competing on March 27. Tennis career Novikov won his first main-draw match at the US Open in 2012, defeating world no. 86 Jerzy Janowicz of Poland in four sets. In doubles, he teamed with Michael Redlicki. In the first round, they defeated compatriots Bobby Reynolds and Michael Russell in three sets, with a tie-break in the third set. In 2015, he qualified for the main draw in Indian Wells. That year, Novikov also captured his first two titles on the ATP Challenger Tour in back-to-back weeks. He won the inaugural Cary Challenger the week of September 14 followed by the Columbus Challenger the week o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noah Rubin (tennis)
Noah Rubin (born February 21, 1996) is an American former professional tennis player. He was the 2014 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' singles, Wimbledon junior singles champion in 2014, and a former Boy's Junior National Tennis Championship, USTA junior national champion in both singles and doubles. After turning pro in 2015, he won four ATP Challenger titles. Rubin also played college tennis for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons in the 2014–15 season. Entering the year as the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, ITA No. 1 ranked college freshman, he finished the season as an All-American and the runner-up in the 2015 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships#Men's Singles Championship, 2015 NCAA singles championship. Despite only peaking at No. 125 in the world, Rubin became a notable player on the tour for his efforts to advocate for mental health awareness on the ATP Tour and greater pay for lower-ranked professional players. In October 2022, Rubin announced he would retire from te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reilly Opelka
Reilly Opelka (born 28 August 1997) is an American professional tennis player. At , he is tied (with Ivo Karlović) for the tallest-ever Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP-ranked player, and can produce serves that measure over . He has been ATP rankings, ranked as high as world No. 17 in singles by the ATP, which he achieved on February 28, 2022, and in doubles as world No. 89 on August 2, 2021. He has won four ATP singles titles and one doubles title. He won the junior 2015 Wimbledon Championships, Wimbledon championship in 2015. Personal life Opelka was born in St. Joseph, Michigan and moved to Palm Coast, Florida at age 4. He did not start playing tennis regularly until he began training through United States Tennis Association, USTA in Boca Raton, Florida, Boca Raton at 12 years old. He credits Tom Gullikson, whom his father knew from playing golf, for much of his early development as a tennis player. Opelka is close friends with Taylor Fritz and was the best man at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebastian Korda
Sebastian Korda ( ; born July 5, 2000) is an American professional tennis player. He has a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of world No. 15 achieved on August 12, 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 46 reached on March 31, 2025. He has won two ATP singles titles and one doubles title. He also won the junior title at the 2018 Australian Open – Boys' singles, 2018 Australian Open, 20 years after his father Petr Korda won the 1998 Australian Open, Australian Open title. Early life and background Korda is the son of two Czech tennis players, former men's world number two Petr Korda and former top 30 women's player Regina Rajchrtová. His father was an 1998 Australian Open, Australian Open champion and 1992 French Open, French Open finalist in both singles and doubles. Sebastian's older sisters Jessica Korda, Jessica and Nelly Korda, Nelly are both LPGA golf professionals. Korda grew up playing competitive junior ice hockey from the age of 3, but de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evan King
Evan King (born March 25, 1992) is an American professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 18, achieved on May 5, 2025 and a singles ranking of No. 185, achieved on April 23, 2018. His best achievements are reaching the semifinals of the 2025 French Open with Christian Harrison and the mixed doubles final, partnering with Taylor Townsend. He has won two ATP Tour doubles titles with Harrison. He also won 24 doubles titles on the ATP Challenger Tour. Early life Evan King was born in Chicago on March 25, 1992. He is the son of Evelyn Maxwell and Van King. He attended Walter Payton College Prep for two years and played tennis. In 2006, he won five Boys' 16-and-under singles titles, including the USTA National Open and USTA National Winter Championships. In 2007, he was the Illinois State champion in singles.Rudnitsky, Matt (March 19, 2011) The Pro You Don't Know: Evan King.''The Michigan Daily''. Retrieved June 4, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yannick Hanfmann
Yannick Hanfmann (born 13 November 1991) is a German professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 45, achieved in July 2023, and a doubles ranking of No. 81, achieved in July 2024. He is known for his powerful serves (up to 143 mph) and groundstrokes. Hanfmann is hearing-impaired, having been so since birth. College career Hanfmann played college tennis at the University of Southern California. Professional career 2017: First career ATP final Hanfmann made his ATP main-draw debut at the 2017 BMW Open after defeating Arthur De Greef and Uladzimir Ignatik in the qualifying rounds. Ranked world No. 273, he upset both Gerald Melzer and Thomaz Bellucci to reach the quarterfinals, where he lost to second seed Roberto Bautista Agut. At the 2017 Swiss Open Gstaad, Hanfmann made a sensational run to the final after defeating Facundo Bagnis, third seed and defending champion Feliciano López, eighth seed João Sousa and sixth seed Robin Haase, aga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dudi Sela
David "Dudi" Sela (; born 4 April 1985) is an Israeli former professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 29 in July 2009. Sela won the French Open 2003 junior doubles title. Representing Israel Davis Cup team, Israel in the Davis Cup, his highlights include a win in 2007 over then-world No. 7 Fernando González, and being a key player in Israel's semifinal run in 2009 Davis Cup World Group, 2009. In 2008 he beat world No. 5 David Ferrer in straight sets, and in 2010 he beat world No. 7 Andy Roddick in straight sets. Sela reached the fourth round of the 2009 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles, 2009 Wimbledon Championships and has finished runner-up in two ATP tournaments in 2008 China Open – Men's singles, Beijing and 2014 BB&T Atlanta Open – Singles, Atlanta. In 2015, he won his 24th career ATP Challenger event of his career, moving him into second place on the all-time list of Challenger title wins (behind Lu Yen-hsun). Early lif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jérémy Chardy
Jérémy Chardy (; born 12 February 1987) is a French tennis coach and a former professional player. He has won one ATP Tour singles title, in Stuttgart in 2009. His best major performance in singles was reaching the quarterfinals of the 2013 Australian Open, and in doubles was reaching the final at the 2019 French Open partnering Fabrice Martin. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 25 on 28 January 2013 and No. 24 on 3 February 2020 in doubles. Tennis career Juniors Chardy won the 2005 Wimbledon Championships Boys' Singles title, and finished as the runner-up at the 2005 US Open Boys' Singles, losing to Ryan Sweeting. As a junior Chardy compiled a 65–28 singles win–loss record and reached as high as No. 3 in the junior combined world rankings in September 2005. 2006–2008: Breaking into the top 100 of the ATP singles rankings Chardy made his Grand Slam debut in 2006, receiving a wild card at the French Open, where he beat Jonas Björkman i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikhail Youzhny
Mikhail Mikhailovich Youzhny (born 25 June 1982), nicknamed "Misha" and "Colonel" by his fans, is a Russian former professional tennis player who was ranked inside the top 10 and was the Russian No. 1. He achieved a top-10 ranking by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the first time on 13 August 2007, and reached a career peak of world No. 8 in January 2008, and again in October 2010.Youzhny reached the quarterfinals of all Grand Slam (tennis), majors, reaching the semifinals at the US Open in 2006 US Open – Men's singles, 2006 and 2010 US Open – Men's singles, 2010. The closest he came to a major final was at the 2006 US Open semifinals when he took the first set from world No. 9 Andy Roddick, after upsetting world No. 2 Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals. At the other semifinal he lost in straight sets to the eventual champion, Nadal. Youzhny reached the finals of 21 ATP Tour-level titles, winning ten of them. He reached ATP Tour finals on all surfaces, but ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
