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2018 Sydney International
The 2018 Sydney International was a joint 2018 ATP World Tour and 2018 WTA Tour tennis tournament, played on outdoor hard courts in Sydney, New South Wales (NSW). It was the 126th edition of the tournament and took place at the NSW Tennis Centre in Sydney. It was held from 7 January through 13 January 2018 as part of the Australian Open Series in preparation for the first Grand Slam of the year. Venus Williams played the event for the first time in 17 years, 20 years after her maiden appearance. Point distribution Prize money 1Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money. *per team ATP singles main-draw entrants Seeds *1Ranking as of 1 January 2018. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Alex Bolt * John Millman * Jordan Thompson The following players received entry into the singles main draw as special exempts: * Alex de Minaur * Gilles Simon The following players received entry from the qualifyin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ATP World Tour 250 Series
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] |
Venus Williams
Venus Ebony Starr Williams (born June 17, 1980) is an American inactive tennis player. She has been ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA for 11 weeks, and as the List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's doubles for eight weeks. Williams has won 49 WTA Tour-level singles titles, including seven Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, majors (five at Wimbledon Championships, Wimbledon and two at the US Open (tennis), US Open), as well as an Olympic gold medal at the Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's singles, 2000 Sydney Olympics. She has also won 22 doubles titles, including 14 majors and three Olympic gold medals. Along with her younger sister, Serena Williams, Serena, Venus Williams was coached by her parents Oracene Price and Richard Williams (tennis coach), Richard Williams. Turning professional in 1994, she reached her first major final at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilles Simon
Gilles Simon (; born 27 December 1984) is a French former tennis player. He turned professional in 2002 and won fourteen singles titles on the ATP Tour, and attained a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 6, on 5 January 2009. Personal life Gilles Simon was born in Nice but grew up in Fontenay-sous-Bois, outside Paris. His nickname is "Gilou". His mother is a doctor. His father works for an insurance company. Gilles has a brother.Simon: From a Family of Non-Jocks to the Top 10 Tennis.com, March 31, 2009 Supported by his parents, he started playing tennis at the age of six. Owing to a growth delay that runs in the family, he was shorter than most children of his age during his early teenage years. This is t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex De Minaur
Alex de Minaur Román (born 17 February 1999) is an Australian professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of No. 6 on 15 July 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 58 on 12 October 2020. He has won nine ATP Tour singles and one doubles titles, and has reached five Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major quarterfinals. Early life and junior career Alex de Minaur was born in Sydney, Australia. His father, Anibal, is Uruguayan and his mother, Esther, is a Spaniard. His father owned an Italian restaurant on George Street, Sydney, George Street in Sydney and met Esther when she began working there as a waitress. De Minaur has two brothers and three sisters — Dominic, Daniel, Natalie, Cristina and Sara. His name, commonly pronounced by Australians and other native English-speakers, inspired his nickname of "The Demon", as well as his use of the demon logo when signing the camera lens after winning matches, which is h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordan Thompson (tennis)
Jordan Thompson (born 20 April 1994) is an Australian professional tennis player. He reached a career-high ranking of world No. 26 in singles and of No. 3 in doubles. He has won one singles and eight doubles ATP titles. He is currently the No. 3 Australian player in singles and No. 1 in doubles. Personal life Thompson was born in Sydney and, along with tennis, grew up as an avid fan of rugby league. He supports the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League. Thompson names Lleyton Hewitt as his tennis idol. Thompson has a tattoo on his right bicep of the Australian coat of arms and Olympic rings which he got after playing in the 2016 Olympic Games. Thompson's mantra is "hard work always pays off". Junior career The highlight of his junior career came at the 2012 US Open when he partnered with fellow Australian Nick Kyrgios to reach the doubles final. Thompson reached as high as No. 18 in the combined world rankings in October 2012, compiling a singles win–loss record of 82� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Millman
John H. Millman (born 14 June 1989) is an Australian former professional tennis player. He won one title on the ATP Tour, the 2020 Astana Open, reaching a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 33 in October 2018. His other career highlights included reaching the quarterfinals of the 2018 US Open (beating then-world No. 2 Roger Federer en route), reaching the finals of the 2019 Japan Open and 2018 Hungarian Open and winning twelve ATP Challenger Tour titles. Millman represented Australia on numerous occasions, including in the Davis Cup and ATP Cup and at two Summer Olympics. Millman retired from tennis after the 2024 Australian Open. Personal life Millman was born in Brisbane, Australia, into a family of five children (four girls) and he is the second youngest. During his schooling years he attended Brisbane Grammar School then the Anglican Church Grammar School . Outside tennis he enjoys soccer and supports Liverpool F.C. who compete in the English Premier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Bolt
Alex Bolt (born 5 January 1993) is an Australian professional tennis player. He plays mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour. His career-high rankings by the ATP are world No. 125 in singles and world No. 81 in doubles. Highlights of his career include quarterfinal appearances at the 2014 Australian Open men's doubles and at the 2017 Australian Open with Andrew Whittington and Bradley Mousley respectively. Personal life Bolt was born in Murray Bridge, South Australia. He began playing tennis at the age of seven and also spent time playing Australian rules football and basketball throughout his youth. During his hiatus from tennis in 2016, Bolt began playing local football for the Mypolonga Tigers in River Murray Football League and worked as a fence-builder. Bolt is an avid supporter of the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League. Career 2010-2012: Career beginnings Bolt began his tennis career in Murray Bridge competing in the Murray Bridge Lawn Tennis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mischa Zverev
Mikhail "Mischa" Alexandrovich Zverev. (born 22 August 1987) is a German retired professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 25 on 24 July 2017. At the 2017 Australian Open, Zverev defeated world No. 1 Andy Murray in four sets before losing in the quarterfinals to eventual champion Roger Federer. As a qualifier, he has also reached the quarterfinals of both the 2009 Italian Open and the 2016 Shanghai Masters. He is the brother of world No. 2, 2021 Olympic gold medallist, and two-time ATP Finals champion Alexander Zverev. Personal life Zverev was born in Moscow, USSR but grew up in Hamburg, Germany when his parents emigrated there in 1991. He is the son of former Russian tennis player Alexander Zverev Sr., who is also his coach. Internationally, he represents Germany and resides in Monte Carlo, Monaco. His younger brother, Alexander Zverev, also plays on the tour. Juniors Zverev had a very successful junior career, attaining a No. 3 c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damir Džumhur
Damir Džumhur ( ; born 20 May 1992) is a Bosnian professional tennis player. His career-best singles ATP ranking of World No. 23, achieved on 2 July 2018, makes him the highest-ranked tennis player from Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is currently Bosnia and Herzegovina's No. 1 player. By winning the 2017 St. Petersburg Open singles tournament, Džumhur became the first player competing under the Bosnia and Herzegovina flag to claim an ATP World Tour title. He added also a triumph at the 2017 Kremlin Cup and became the first player in tennis history to win both events played on Russian soil in the same season. Džumhur is also the first male player to represent Bosnia and Herzegovina in the main draw of any Grand Slam. He is a member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Davis Cup team, and he competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics, being selected as the first male tennis player from his country to do so. As a junior, he was ranked world No. 3 and he was a bronze medalist at the 2010 Youth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philipp Kohlschreiber
Philipp Eberhard Hermann Kohlschreiber (; born 16 October 1983) is a German former professional tennis player. The right-hander won eight singles and seven doubles titles on the ATP World Tour and made the quarterfinals at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world No. 16 in July 2012. Personal life Kohlschreiber married his long-term girlfriend Lena Alberti on 1 August 2018 in Kitzbühel, Austria. Career 2007: First ATP career title In 2007, Kohlschreiber achieved his greatest result at an ATP Masters Series event during the Monte-Carlo Masters, when he reached the quarterfinals after going through qualifying, defeating world No. 12 David Nalbandian in the second round. He won his first career title in Munich defeating Mikhail Youzhny, thereby becoming the first German player to win the event since Michael Stich in 1994. 2008: Four top-ten victories Kohlschreiber started 2008 by reaching the quarterfinals of the tournament in Doha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian Mannarino
Adrian Mannarino (born 29 June 1988) is a French professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 17, attained on 29 January 2024. He has won five ATP Tour singles titles, three on hardcourt and two on grass. Tennis career 2007–2011 Mannarino made his Grand Slam singles debut at the 2007 French Open, where as a wildcard, he lost in the first qualifying round to Marin Čilić in straight sets. Mannarino received a wildcard for the singles main draw of his home Grand Slam tournament, the 2008 French Open, where he lost to Argentine qualifier Diego Junqueira in the first round in straight sets. He also received a wildcard for the 2008 French Open men's doubles (it was his Grand Slam men's doubles debut), losing in the first round. Mannarino played at the 2008 Open de Moselle in France, entering the singles main draw as a qualifier; he reached the semifinals, defeating sixth seed Andreas Seppi in the first round, Rik de Voest in the second ... [...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] |
