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2022 Maia Challenger
The 2022 Maia Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the fifth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2022 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Maia, Portugal from 28 November to 4 December 2022. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 21 November 2022. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Fábio Coelho * João Domingues * Gonçalo Oliveira The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking: * Pedro Sousa The following players received entry into the singles main draw as alternates: * Vitaliy Sachko * Louis Wessels The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Raphaël Collignon * Denis Istomin * Evgeny Karlovskiy * Alexandar Lazarov * Maximilian Neuchrist * Gauthier Onclin Champions Singles * Luca Van Assche def. Maximilian Neuchrist 3–6, 6–4, 6–0. Doubles * Julian Cash / Henry Pat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riccardo Bonadio
Riccardo Bonadio (born 13 July 1993) is an Italian former professional tennis player. Bonadio has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 164 achieved on 22 May 2023. He also has a career high doubles ranking of world No. 278 achieved on 21 March 2022. Bonadio has won one ATP Challenger doubles title at the 2021 Antalya Challenger III with Giovanni Fonio. Career He made his ATP debut at the 2023 Chile Open in Santiago after qualifying for the main draw. He recorded his first ATP win defeating Daniel Elahi Galán. He also qualified for the 2023 Grand Prix Hassan II but lost to Christopher O'Connell in the first round. Bonadio retired from professional tennis in August 2024, with his final tournament being at the 2024 Internazionali di Tennis del Friuli Venezia Giulia, where he lost to 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gauthier Onclin
Gauthier Onclin (born 26 February 2001) is a Belgian professional tennis player who plays mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour. He has a career-high ranking of world No. 192, achieved on 5 May 2025. Career 2023: ATP debut in doubles In January, Onclin reached the semifinals of the 2023 BW Open in Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve where he lost to eventual champion and compatriot David Goffin. In May, he defeated the higher-ranked Elias Ymer at a Challenger event in Bordeaux in the first round. At the 2023 French Open he defeated Nicholas David Ionel in straight sets in the first round of qualifying before losing to Argentine Thiago Agustin Tirante in three sets. Onclin got his revenge over the Argentine in the qualifying at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships, winning in straight sets during his first ever grass-court summer, as his junior years coincided with the grass-court portion of the Tour cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In October, he received a wildcard in doubles for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maximilian Neuchrist
Maximilian Neuchrist (born 22 July 1991) is an Austrian professional tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ... player who competes on the ATP Challenger and ITF Futures tour level. Neuchrist has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 182 achieved on 17 April 2023. He also has a career high doubles ranking of world No. 135 achieved on 3 March 2014. Career Neuchrist has reached 27 career singles finals with a record of 13 wins and 14 losses, one at the ATP Challenger and the rest at the ITF Futures level. Additionally, he has reached 60 career doubles finals posting a record of 37 wins and 23 losses, which includes a 2–3 record in ATP Challenger finals. Neuchrist made his ATP Tour debut at the 2012 Vienna Open where he was granted a wildcard entry int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandar Lazarov
Alexandar Lazarov (, born 6 November 1997) is a Bulgarian professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 272 achieved on 14 November 2022 and his best doubles ranking is No. 359 achieved on 3 February 2020. Professional career 2016: Professional debut, first ITF title In 2016 Lazarov made his debut at ATP level at the ATP Sofia Open. He received a wild card for the qualification of the event in his homeland, losing in two sets to the world No. 214 Marius Copil. A month later Alexandar made his debut for the Bulgaria Davis Cup team against Turkey, losing the first match to Marsel İlhan, but claiming his maiden win over Altuğ Çelikbilek in the second. In September he won his first ITF singles title at the Serbia F8 event in Sokobanja, defeating Filip Veger in the final. 2017–2020: Maiden ATP main draw appearance & ATP Cup match win Lazarov lost in the first qualifying round at the ATP Sofia Open in 2017 and 2018, but at the 2019 event the Bulgarian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evgeny Karlovskiy
Evgeny Konstantinovich Karlovskiy ( rus, Евге́ний Константи́нович Карло́вский, , jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj kɐrˈlofskʲɪj; born 7 August 1994) is a Russian tennis player. Karlovskiy has a career high ATP singles ranking of 211 achieved on 17 June 2019. He also has a career high doubles ranking of 222 achieved on 29 July 2019. Karlovskiy 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 2018 Nielsen Pro Tennis Championships. Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour finals Singles: 20 (10–10) Doubles: 30 (13–17) References External links * * * 1994 births Living people Russian male tennis players Tennis players from Moscow 21st-century Russian sportsmen Long stubs with short prose< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denis Istomin
Denis Olegovich Istomin (born 7 September 1986) is an Uzbekistani professional tennis player. He 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 Istomin and Klaudiya Istomina. 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raphaël Collignon
Raphaël Collignon (born 13 January 2002) is a Belgian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 81, achieved on 21 April 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 435, achieved on 31 March 2025. He is currently the No. 3 player from Belgium. Collignon has won four singles titles on the ATP Challenger Tour. Career 2022: Four ITF titles In 2022 he won four ITF event finals. This included the Marburg Open which he won over Yshai Oliel in 2022 without dropping a set. 2023: Maiden Challenger final, top 250 In 2023 he reached the final at the Challenger di Roseto degli Abruzzi, where he lost 4–6, 7–5, 7–6 to Filip Misolic. It was his maiden ATP Challenger Tour event final and it pushed his career-high ranking in the top 210, and a place in the qualification event for a Grand Slam for the first time at the 2023 French Open. 2024: Maiden Challenger title, ATP and top 125 debuts In 2024, Collignon won his maiden Challenger title at the 2024 P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Wessels
Louis Wessels (; born 27 August 1998) is a German tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 267, achieved in July 2022. Tennis career On the junior tour, Wessels has a career high ITF junior ranking of 17 achieved in May 2016. Wessels has reached the doubles semifinals at three of the four junior grand slams, including the 2015 Australian Open, 2015 US Open and the 2016 Wimbledon Championships. Wessels made his ATP main draw debut at the 2016 German Open, where he upset Steven Diez in the first round. This victory made him the youngest player to win a main draw match on the 2016 ATP World Tour The 2016 ATP World Tour was the global elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the 2016 tennis season. The 2016 ATP World Tour calendar comprised the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by ... at that time. Ranked No. 347, he qualified for his home tournament at the 2023 Halle Open having received ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vitaliy Sachko
Vitaliy Sachko (; born 14 July 1997) is a Ukrainian tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 156, achieved on 31 July 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 130, achieved on 9 June 2025. He is currently the No. 1 player from Ukraine. Professional career 2020: ATP debut He made his ATP main draw debut at the 2020 Erste Bank Open in the singles draw as lucky loser, where he was defeated by Dominic Thiem, 4–6, 5–7. 2021: Challenger Tour success, Top 250 debut In March, ranked No. 389 in the world, he made it to the final of the Challenger Tour event in Lugano, Switzerland, where he lost to Dominic Stephan Stricker. In July, he made another Challenger final in Perugia, Italy losing to Tomas Martin Etcheverry in singles. At the same tournament, he took his revenge, winning his third Challenger doubles title for 2021 by defeating the Argentinian pair Tomas Etcheverry/Renzo Olivo, partnering Dominic Stricker. As a result, he reached a career-high ranking of No. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Sousa
Pedro Barreiros Cardoso de Sousa (; born 27 May 1988) is a Portuguese tennis coach and a former professional player who primarily competed on the ATP Challenger Tour. In February 2019, he achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 99. Career He reached his first ATP final as a lucky loser at the 2020 Argentina Open after the withdrawal of top seed Diego Schwartzman in the semifinals but lost to Casper Ruud in the championship match. He had never reached a tour-level quarterfinal prior to this tournament, becoming only the third player from Portugal in the Open Era to reach a tour-level final. In April 2023, using a qualification wildcard, Sousa qualified into the main draw for his last appearance at an ATP Tour event and his home tournament, 2023 Estoril Open. He also announced his retirement from professional tennis, the 2023 Lisboa Belém Open Challenger being his final event. ATP career finals Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) Challenger and Futures finals Singles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gonçalo Oliveira
Gonzalo Oliveira (born 17 February 1995 as Gonçalo Oliveira) is a Portuguese-born tennis player who currently represents Venezuela and plays on the ATP Challenger Tour. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 194 achieved on 25 December 2017. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 77 achieved on 24 August 2020. He is currently the No. 1 Venezuelan player. Career On 18 March 2019, Olivera reached the top 100 in the doubles rankings at world No. 99, the seventh Portuguese player to accomplish the feat. In November 2024, he captured his maiden ATP Challenger Tour singles title at the inaugural edition of the 2024 Brazzaville Challenger, becoming the first player representing Venezuela to win a Challenger title in 24 years, since Jimy Szymanski in Tulsa in 2000. A month later, he reached his second Challenger singles final at the 2024 Manzanillo Open, where he lost to Mats Rosenkranz. Oliveira was provisionally suspended from professional tennis by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
