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2018 Uruguay Open
The 2018 Uruguay Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the fourteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place at the Carrasco Lawn Tennis Club in Montevideo, Uruguay between November 5 and 11, 2018. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 29 October 2018. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Martín Cuevas * Francisco Llanes * Thiago Seyboth Wild * Carlos Taberner The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate: * Facundo Argüello The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Federico Coria * Facundo Díaz Acosta * Juan Ignacio Galarza * Dimitar Kuzmanov Champions Singles * Guido Pella def. Carlos Berlocq 6–3, 3–6, 6–1. Doubles * Guido Andreozzi / Guillermo Durán def. Facundo Bagnis / Andrés Molteni 7–6(7–5), 6–4. External linksOfficial Website {{D ...
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Clay Court
A clay court is one of the types of tennis court on which the sport of tennis is played. Clay courts are built on a foundation of crushed stone, brick, shale, and other construction aggregate, aggregate, with a thin layer of fine clay particles on top. Clay courts are more common in Continental Europe and Latin America than in North America, Asia-Pacific or Britain. The only Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournament that uses clay courts is the French Open. Clay courts come in the more common #Red clay, red clay (known in France as ''terre battue''), which is actually crushed brick, and the slightly harder #Green clay, green clay, which is actually crushed metabasalt. Although slightly less expensive to construct than other types of tennis courts, clay requires much maintenance: the surface must be watered and rolled regularly to preserve texture and flatness, and brushed carefully before and during each match. Early history Clay courts, although now commonly associated with ...
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Paolo Lorenzi
Paolo Lorenzi (; born 15 December 1981) is an Italian former professional tennis player and former Italian number 1. He was coached by Claudio Galoppini. At the age of 34 years and seven months, Lorenzi became the oldest first-time champion in ATP Tour, ATP history when he won the title at the 2016 Generali Open Kitzbühel – Singles, 2016 Generali Open Kitzbühel. Tennis career Lorenzi reached his first ATP World Tour final at the age of 32, in São Paulo. Here, at the 2014 Brasil Open, the Italian reached the semifinals of an ATP Tour tournament for the first time, upsetting Juan Mónaco in three sets; then progressing to the final after the retirement of Tommy Haas in the second set of their semifinal match. He went on to lose the final to Argentine Federico Delbonis in three sets. On 22 May 2015, after defeating Matthew Ebden in the quarterfinals of the 2015 Eskişehir Cup, Eskişehir Cup, Lorenzi became the third player ever to win 300 matches in the ATP Challenger Tour to ...
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Facundo Bagnis
Facundo Bagnis (; born 27 February 1990) is an Argentine professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of World No. 55 reached in November 2016. Bagnis competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour where he has won 17 singles Challengers. He also won one ATP doubles title in Stuttgart. Tennis career 2011-2013: ATP debut and first win, Maiden ATP title Bagnis played in his first ATP World Tour match at the 2011 Movistar Open on January 31, 2011, losing to Santiago Giraldo in three sets,. He won his first tour-level match at 2012 Copa Claro, beating Leonardo Mayer. 2014-2016: Major debut and first win, Top 55 debut & career best year-end ranking Bagnis secured his biggest victory and first win at the Grand Slam level on his debut when he defeated Julien Benneteau in the first round of the 2014 French Open, winning the deciding set 18–16. He finished the 2016 season at a career-best year-end high of No. 56. 2021: First ATP singles final, US Open third round ...
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Carlos Berlocq
Carlos Alberto Berlocq (; born February 3, 1983) is an Argentine former professional tennis player and coach nicknamed ''Charly'', ''Panther'' and ''Warlocq''. Berlocq's career-high singles ranking was World No. 37, achieved in March 2012. His favourite surface was clay. Career Berlocq started playing tennis at the age of four and had success on the ATP Futures and Challenger circuits. In 2004, he made six consecutive finals on the Futures circuit and won half of them, two each in Argentina, France and Slovenia. He also made his first Challenger final in Manta, Ecuador, losing to Giovanni Lapentti before winning another Futures title in Argentina. At the end of 2005, Berlocq finished inside the top 100 for the first time on the back of strong form on the Challenger Tour, where he went 44–20 in singles and won two titles in Turin (defeating Alessio di Mauro) and in Cordenons (defeating Jérôme Haehnel). Berlocq also qualified for his first ATP main event in Stuttgart, l ...
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Dimitar Kuzmanov
Dimitar Kuzmanov (, ; nickname: Miko; born 28 July 1993) is a Bulgarian professional tennis player. He competes on the ATP Challenger Tour. His career-high singles ranking is No. 159 achieved on 29 August 2022 and his best doubles ranking is No. 438 achieved on 1 April 2019. Early years and personal life Dimitar Kuzmanov was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, the son of Savko Kuzmanov (an aeronautical engineer) and Dora Rangelova (Bulgaria Fed Cup team's former tennis player and present team captain). His maternal family is entirely related to the sport. Dora's father Zdravko Rangelov, who is one of the founders of tennis in Plovdiv, has been a tennis player and longtime coach in Tennis Club Lokomotiv, whilst her mother has been a volleyball player and coach. Dora's brother, Stefan Rangelov is a former tennis player and present tennis coach. Kuzmanov began playing tennis aged six when his mother Dora took him to play on courts of Tennis Club Lokomotiv Plovdiv, and Stefan was the man, tha ...
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Facundo Díaz Acosta
Facundo Díaz Acosta (born 15 December 2000) is an Argentine professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 47, achieved on 22 April 2024. He also has a doubles ranking of No. 173, achieved on 28 November 2022. He has won one singles ATP title at the 2024 Argentina Open. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and has won five Challenger singles titles. Career 2020–2022: ATP debut, Maiden Challenger title Díaz Acosta made his ATP main draw debut at the 2020 Argentina Open after receiving a wildcard for the singles and doubles main draws. In May 2022, Díaz Acosta won his first Challenger title at the Dove Men+Care 2022 Challenger Coquimbo in Chile on clay. 2023–2024: Major and Masters debuts, First ATP title, top 50 He recorded his first ATP win at the 2023 Argentina Open as a wildcard against his compatriot Federico Coria and achieved his best ranking as world No. 134 following his second ATP Challenger title at the 2023 Sava ...
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Federico Coria
Federico Coria (born 9 March 1992) is an Argentine professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 49, achieved on 13 February 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 238, achieved on 22 November 2021. Coria has won six ATP Challenger singles titles and one in doubles. Professional career 2019–20: Maiden Challenger title, major & top 100 debuts In 2019, he won his maiden title in Savannah at the Challenger tour level. In 2020, on his Grand Slam debut at the US Open, Coria reached the second round, where he won his first match at a Major after the retirement of Jason Jung in the fifth set. He made his top 100 debut at a career-high of World No. 98 on 21 September 2020. He also reached the third round of a Grand Slam at the 2020 French Open on his debut at this Major, where he defeated Benoît Paire in the second round before losing to Jannik Sinner in straight sets. 2021: Olympic Games, Challenger Tour success, first ATP final In June 2021, he ...
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Facundo Argüello (tennis)
Facundo Argüello (; born 4 August 1992) is an Argentine inactive tennis player. He played in an ATP 250 doubles event in 2011. In 2013 he played the qualifying stages of the Roland Garros Open and US Open. In 2014 he won the Itajaí Challenger, beating Diego Schwartzman in the final match. He qualified directly to the 2014 Roland Garros Open, where he lost to world number 43 Radek Štěpánek after winning the first two sets. In the 2015 Roland Garros draw, he faced Andy Murray Sir Andrew Barron Murray (born 15 May 1987) is a British former professional tennis player and coach. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professio ... in the first round, Murray won in straight sets. Challenger and Futures finals Singles: 31 (15–16) Doubles: 32 (20–12) References Sources * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Arguello, Facundo Argentine male tennis players Living people 1992 births Ten ...
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Carlos Taberner
Carlos Taberner Segarra (; born 8 August 1997) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 85 achieved on 23 May 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 337 achieved on 18 September 2017. He has reached 21 career ITF singles finals, with a record of 10 wins and 11 losses, including seven Challengers titles all won on clay courts ( 2020 Iași Open, 2021 Antalya Challenger II, 2021 Open du Pays d'Aix, 2021 Lošinj Open, 2022 Challenger di Roseto degli Abruzzi, 2023 Schwaben Open, 2024 Internazionali di Tennis Città di Todi). Additionally, he has reached seven career ITF doubles finals with a record of 4 wins and 3 losses including one ATP Challenger doubles title at the 2017 San Benedetto Tennis Cup. Professional career 2018: ATP and Grand Slam debut Taberner made his ATP Tour debut at the 2018 Open Sud de France in Marseilles where he advanced through 2 qualifying matches to reach the main draw. ...
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Thiago Seyboth Wild
Thiago Seyboth Wild (; born 10 March 2000) is a Brazilians, Brazilian professional tennis player. He has a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of world No. 58, achieved on 20 May 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 197, achieved on 22 May 2023. He is currently the No. 2 player from Brazil. Seyboth Wild played on junior circuit and had a combined ITF ranking of No. 8, attained in January 2018. He won the 2018 US Open – Boys' singles, boys' singles title at 2018 US Open (tennis), 2018 US Open. In March 2020, at just 19 years old, Seyboth Wild won his first ATP Tour title at 2020 Chile Open, defeating second seed Casper Ruud in the final. Then he became the youngest Brazilian ATP titlist until João Fonseca (tennis), João Fonseca's trophy at 2025 Argentina Open. Early life Seyboth Wild was born on 10 March 2000 in the municipality of Marechal Cândido Rondon of Paraná (state), Paraná in the Southern Region, Brazil, Southern Region of Brazil. H ...
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Francisco Llanes
Francisco Llanes (born 16 April 2002) is a Uruguayan tennis player. Llanes represents Uruguay 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 1–0. External links * 2002 births Living people Uruguayan male tennis players Tennis players at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Uruguay Sportspeople from Paysandú {{Uruguay-tennis-bio-stub ...
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Martín Cuevas
Martín Cuevas Urroz (; born January 14, 1992, in Salto, Uruguay) is a Uruguayan professional tennis player. Career Martín Cuevas is the brother of the Uruguayan player Pablo Cuevas. The brothers have played together in the ATP Challenger Tour, winning the Copa Petrobras in Montevideo twice and Lyon once. Martín made his debut in Davis Cup against Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean Sea in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean. It shares a Maritime boundary, maritime border with Puerto Rico to the east and ..., losing to Jhonson García. In total, he has a W/L record in Davis Cup of 15–19. Cuevas won 11 ITF Future singles titles and 12 ITF doubles titles. Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour Finals Singles: 23 (11–12) Doubles: 41 (16–24) Notes References External links * Uruguayan male tennis players 1992 births Living people Sportspeople f ...
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