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2023 Dutch Open
The 2023 Dutch Open, also known by its sponsored name Van Mossel Kia Dutch Open, was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the fourth edition of the Challenger tournament which was part of the 2023 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Amersfoort, Netherlands between 17 and 23 July 2023. Singles main draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 3 July 2023. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Alec Deckers * Guy den Ouden * Sander Jong The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate: * Manuel Guinard The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Tibo Colson * Joris De Loore * Mathys Erhard * Elmer Møller * Niels Visker * Michael Vrbenský The following players received entry as lucky losers: * Àlex Martí Pujolràs * Luca Potenza Champions Singles * Maximilian Marterer def. Titouan Droguet 6–4, 6–2. Doubles * Manuel Guinard / Grégoi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clay Courts
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 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 tournament that uses clay courts is the French Open. Clay courts come in the more common red clay (known in France as ''terre battue''), which is actually crushed brick, and the slightly harder 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 continental Europe, were the creation of the English tennis play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jelle Sels
Jelle Sels (born 10 August 1995) is a Dutch tennis player. Sels competes mainly in the Challenger tour circuit. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 127 achieved on 28 November 2022. He also has a career high doubles ranking of world No. 201 achieved on 20 June 2022. Career In October 2022, Sels won his maiden 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 2022 Internationaux de Tennis de Vendée in Mouilleron-le-Captif, France. As a result, he moved more than 30 positions up in the rankings in the top 150 at world No. 141 on 10 October 2022. ATP Challenger Tour finals Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups) Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals Singles: 17 (6 titles, 11 runner-ups) Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Open (tennis)
The Dutch Open is a professional tennis tournament currently part of the ATP Challenger Tour since 2019. It is played on outdoor clay courts in Bunschoten, Netherlands (since 2025). Originally known as the International Championships of the Netherlands and then known as the Dutch Open Tennis, it was a Grand Prix circuit and subsequently an ATP Tour event held in three different locations in The Netherlands between 1957 and 2008. No tournament was organized in 1967. From 1957 to 1973 the tournament consisted of both men's and women's events (singles, doubles, mixed doubles) but from 1975 onward only men's singles and doubles events were held. History The tournament was a Grand Prix in the 1970s and an ATP Tour event from its inception in 1990. Amsterdam became the event host in 1995 and in 2002 the tournament moved to Amersfoort where it was held until its final edition in 2008. In 2008 the organizers sold the right of organization to the family of Serbian tennis player Nova ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Vrbenský
Michael Vrbenský (born 26 December 1999) is a Czech tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 277 achieved on 15 July 2024. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 177 achieved on 9 September 2024. Vrbenský has won four ATP Challenger doubles titles at the 2019 Liberec Open and at the 2021 ATP Prague Open with Jonáš Forejtek, at the 2023 Sibiu Open with Andrew Paulson and in 2024 again in Liberec with Forejtek. Career Vrbenský made his ATP main draw debut as qualifier at the 2021 Antalya Open with two straight sets victories. He then lost in the first round to former Top 10 member 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, ... in two tight sets. ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals Singles: 18 (11–7) Doubles: 24 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elmer Møller
Elmer Møller (born 9 July 2003) is a Danish tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 108, achieved on 19 May 2025 and a career-high doubles ranking of No. 899, achieved on 26 June 2023. He is currently the No. 2 Danish singles player. Møller represents Denmark at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 1–2. Career 2024–25: Challenger title, Major, Masters and top 125 debuts In May 2024, Møller reached his maiden Challenger final at the 2024 Schwaben Open, losing to Timofey Skatov. In August, he made his second final at the 2024 Svijany Open in Liberec, Czechia but lost to Hugo Dellien. He reached a new career-high ranking of No. 251 on 5 August 2024. In September, at the 2024 Lisboa Belém Open where he entered the main draw as a lucky loser, he reached the semifinals losing to Raphael Collignon. The following week, at the next Challenger, the 2024 Braga Open, he went one step further and reached his third final, after qualifying for the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joris De Loore
Joris De Loore (born 21 April 1993) is a Belgian tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 142, achieved on 6 November 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 263, achieved on 24 December 2018. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour. De Loore has represented Belgium at the Davis Cup where he has a W/L record of 3–4. Career 2016: ATP debut In 2016, he made his ATP Tour debut, where he pushed future top 10 star Taylor Fritz to three sets in a close match 6-3 4-6 4-6 defeat in Antwerp. As a result he reached his career high ranking of No. 174 on 17 October 2016. 2023: Maiden Challenger title, top 150 In January 2023, he won his maiden Challenger in Oeiras becoming the oldest first time winner at 29 since 2015, when Italian Luca Vanni won his maiden title at 30. He then reached the final in the second edition of the Challenger in Oeiras and moved close to 50 positions up to No. 219 on 16 January 2023. He reached the top 150 following a semifinal a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tibo Colson
Tibo Colson (born 12 July 2000) is a Belgian tennis player. He has a career high ranking of No. 395 achieved on 20 November 2023. Career Juniors Since 2016, Colson has been training at thTopsportcentrum Tennis Vlaanderenin Wilrijk, Antwerp, Belgium alongside Zizou Bergs and later also alongside 2023 Australian Open Junior champion Alexander Blockx. Colson has won six junior titles in 2016 and 2017. 2022-2023: ATP doubles debut The start of his professional career was be-set by knee injuries, and it was not until he was 22 years-old that he won his first ITF level professional tournament, in October 2022 in Maputo, Mozambique. In October 2023, he received a wildcard in doubles for the European Open in Antwerp, alongside compatriot Zizou Bergs. He teamed up with Dutchman Thijmen Loof to beat Shintaro Imai and Moerani Bouzige in the final of 2024 Amman Mineral Men's World Tennis Championship in Bali Bali (English:; Balinese language, Balinese: ) is a Provinces of In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Den Ouden
Guy den Ouden (born 8 April 2002) is a Dutch professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 174, achieved on 9 June 2025. He is currently the No. 4 player from the Netherlands. In 2020 and 2021, den Ouden attended Pepperdine University in California. Early life Guy den Ouden was born in Maarssen, in the middle of the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. He is the son of Arnoud and Anne Den Ouden, who were both keen tennis players. He played football at VV Maarssen before concentrating on tennis. He trained at the National Tennis Center with senior pros such as Botic van de Zandschulp, Robin Haase and Jesper de Jong and became Dutch champion at U16 and U18 level. Career 2020-2022: Juniors, Pro Tour debuts As a junior, he reached the semifinals at the 2020 French Open – Boys' singles. He was the first Dutch person to have achieved this since Thiemo de Bakker in 2006. His run included a win over the second seed and 2020 Australian Open - Boys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Titouan Droguet
Titouan Droguet (; born 15 June 2001) is a French tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 130 achieved on 6 June 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 211 achieved on 24 April 2023. Droguet has won two singles and three doubles ATP Challengers. Career 2022: First ITF titles In April 2022, Droguet won his first ITF singles title in Angers, France. In May, Droguet won his first Challenger doubles title in Aix-en-Provence, France playing alongside Kyrian Jacquet. 2023: Major debut and first win, top 200 In February, Droguet reached his first Challenger singles final in Cherbourg, France, where he lost to third seed Giulio Zeppieri. In June, Droguet made his Grand Slam qualifying debut as a wildcard, at the French Open, losing in the first round to Andrea Vavassori. Following two more Challenger finals, both lost, in Modena, Italy and Amersfoort, Netherlands, Droguet made his debut in the ATP top 200 at No. 185 on 23 July 2023. Ranked No. 172, Drogue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas David Ionel
Nicholas David Ionel (born 12 October 2002) is a Romanian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 184 achieved on 12 June 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 356 achieved on 24 April 2023. He is currently the No. 2 Romanian player. Career 2020: ATP qualification debut Ionel won the 2020 Australian Open – Boys' doubles title. Ionel was awarded with a qualification wildcard to play his first ATP tournament at the 2020 European Open, where he pushed former world No. 36 Yūichi Sugita to three sets. 2022: Top 250 debut He reached the top 250 in singles on 7 November 2022 at No. 241. 2023: Major qualifications, Top 200 debut Personal life He trains at the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy The Mouratoglou Tennis Academy is a tennis academy and training center in Biot, Alpes-Maritimes, France. Originally named the Bob Brett Academy, it was founded in 1996 by Patrick Mouratoglou and Bob Brett. History In 1996, Patrick Mou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesper De Jong
Jesper de Jong (born 31 May 2000) is a Dutch tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 87, achieved on 19 May 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 135, achieved on 23 May 2022. He is the current Dutch No. 2 singles player. De Jong has won three singles and seven doubles titles on the ATP Challenger Tour. Early life and background De Jong was born in Haarlem and lives in Hoofddorp. He began playing tennis at the age of five. In his youth, he trained at Zwaanshoek Tennis & Padel. His tennis idol was Roger Federer. De Jong and his grandfather, Jan, who died in October 2023, had dreamed of playing in a Grand Slam. After qualifying for the main draw of the 2024 Australian Open, de Jong got a tattoo to commemorate his late grandfather. Professional career 2021: Maiden Challenger titles, top 250 debut In March 2021, de Jong won his first Challenger doubles title at the Saint Petersburg Challenger II with Sem Verbeek. In May, he won his second Challenger doubl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Choinski
Jan Choinski (; born 10 June 1996 in Germany) is a German-born Polish-British tennis player who competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour. Choinski has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 126, achieved on 21 August 2023. Since 2019, he represents Great Britain. Career 2014: US Open Junior doubles semifinals, Turned Pro Choinski reached the semifinals of the 2014 US Open – Boys' singles. He peaked at No. 17 combined world ranking, compiling a 78–30 match record in singles. 2016: ATP debut Choinski made his ATP main draw debut at the 2016 MercedesCup, where he was given a wildcard in singles. 2022: Maiden Challenger title Ranked No. 457, he reached his second Challenger final at the 2022 Campeonato Internacional de Tênis de Campinas being the first qualifier in the history of the tournament to do so. He won his maiden Challenger title defeating Juan Pablo Varillas, moving more than a 150 positions back up close to the top 300 at No. 301 on 10 October 2022. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
