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2023 Ostra Group Open
The 2023 Ostra Group Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 20th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2023 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Ostrava, Czech Republic between 24 and 30 April 2023. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 17 April 2023. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Jakub Menšík * Gaël Monfils * Jiří Veselý The following players received entry into the singles main draw as alternates: * Shintaro Mochizuki * Vitaliy Sachko The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Guido Andreozzi * Àlex Martí Pujolràs * Rudolf Molleker * Patrik Rikl * Henri Squire * Khumoyun Sultanov Champions Singles * Zdeněk Kolář def. Máté Valkusz 6–3, 6–2. Doubles * Robert Galloway / Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela def. Guido Andreozzi / Guillermo Durán 7–5, 7–6(7–5). References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ostra Group O ... [...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] |
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] |
Guillermo Durán
Guillermo Durán (; born 6 June 1988) is an Argentine tennis player, who specializes in doubles. He competes mostly on the ATP Challenger Tour. His highest Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP doubles ranking of world No. 48 was achieved on 23 May 2016 and his highest Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of No. 385 was reached on 2 April 2012. ATP career finals Doubles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up) Challenger and Futures finals Singles: 10 (1–9) Doubles: 84 (51–33) Notes External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Duran, Guillermo 1988 births Living people Argentine male tennis players Tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic tennis players for Argentina Sportspeople from Tucumán Province 21st-century Argentine sportsmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Máté Valkusz
Máté Valkusz (born 13 August 1998) is a Hungarian inactive professional tennis player. Valkusz has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 204, achieved on 12 June 2023. Juniors On the junior tour, Valkusz has a career high combined junior ranking of 1 achieved on 11 January 2016. Valkusz was the winner of the 2015 Yucatán Cup, a Grade 1 event in Mérida and the Canadian Open Junior Championships in Repentigny. He was also a semifinalist at the 2015 Orange Bowl and a finalist at the 2015 Osaka Mayor's Cup. Valkusz was also a semifinalist at the 2015 Australian Open boys' doubles and 2015 French Open boys' doubles events. Professional career 2018: First Challenger final He reached his first final at the 2018 Cordenons Challenger. 2023: First Challenger title and ATP win, nearby top 200 He won his first Challenger title defeating Francisco Comesaña at the 2023 Macedonian Open and reached the top 225 in the rankings on 29 May 2023. He entered the 2023 Moselle O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khumoyun Sultanov
Khumoyun Agzamdzhanovich Sultanov (born 27 October 1998) is an Uzbek tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 215 achieved on 6 January 2025. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 363 achieved on 2 May 2022. Sultanov is currently the No. 1 Uzbek player. Sultanov represents Uzbekistan at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 4–6. ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals Singles: 19 (9 titles, 10 runner-ups) Doubles 15 (8 titles, 7 runner-ups) Davis Cup Participations: (1–1) * 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 1978 Swedish film, released in Sweden as ''Lyftet'' * The Score (2001 film), ''The Score'' (2001 film), a 2001 crime drama film starring Robert De Ni ..., date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface. Universiade Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Squire
Henri Squire (born 27 September 2000) is a German tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 169, achieved on 15 July 2024, and a doubles ranking of No. 345, attained on 28 August 2023. He played two seasons of college tennis for Wake Forest and became 2021 ACC Freshman of the Year and 2021 First-Team all ACC Singles. Professional career 2022: ATP debut Squire made his ATP Tour main draw debut at the Halle Open as a wildcard, where he lost by retirement to Laslo Djere in the first round. In November 2022, he won his first ATP Challenger Tour doubles title at the Trofeo Faip–Perrel in Bergamo, partnering Jan-Lennard Struff. 2024: Major debut and first win, maiden Challenger title, top 200 In March 2024, he won his maiden ATP Challenger Tour singles title in Hamburg, defeating Clément Chidekh in the final. Ranked No. 235, he reached a second Challenger final in Ostrava, losing to Damir Džumhur. Ranked No. 211, he made his Grand Slam debut at the F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrik Rikl
Patrik Rikl (born 6 January 1999) is a Czech tennis player. He has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 65 achieved on 5 May 2025. Rikl has won one ATP Tour and five ATP Challenger doubles titles. Personal life Rikl is the son of Czech former tennis player David Rikl. Career Juniors Rikl won the 2016 French Open boys' doubles title alongside Israeli Yshai Oliel. The pair defeated Chung Yun-seong and Orlando Luz in the final. Professional Partnering with Petr Nouza, Rikl was runner-up in the doubles at the 2024 Stockholm Open, losing to top seeds Harri Heliövaara and Henry Patten in the final. Rikl was nominated as part of Czech Team at 2025 United Cup, losing both mixed doubles matches alongside Gabriela Knutson. Partnering with Petr Nouza, Rikl made his Grand Slam debut at 2025 Australian Open. At the 2025 Grand Prix Hassan II Rikl and Nouza defeated top seeds Hugo Nys and Édouard Roger-Vasselin Édouard Roger-Vasselin (; born 28 November 1983) is a French profes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudolf Molleker
Rudolf Molleker (born 26 October 2000) is a German tennis player. Molleker achieved a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 146 on 29 July 2019 and a doubles ranking of world No. 376 on 21 March 2022. Personal information He was born in Sieverodonetsk in Ukraine to Roman and Tanja Molleker and moved to Oranienburg in Germany when he was three years old. He is of Russian–German descent. He trained at Mouratoglou Tennis Academy in Sophia Antipolis (France) starting in 2018. Career 2017: ATP debut Molleker made his ATP main draw debut at the German Open in Hamburg after defeating Casper Ruud and Leonardo Mayer, who later won the tournament as a lucky loser, in the qualifying rounds. 2018: First Challenger title & ATP and top-10 wins Molleker won his first ATP Challenger Tour title as a wildcard at the Heilbronner Neckarcup, defeating Jiří Veselý in the final. He won his first match at ATP-level at the Stuttgart Open, defeating compatriot Jan-Lennard Struff in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guido Andreozzi
Guido Andreozzi (; ; born 5 August 1991) is an Argentine professional tennis player of Italian descent. His career-high rankings are world No. 70 in singles, achieved on 28 January 2019 and No. 47 in doubles, reached on 19 May 2025. He has won two ATP Tour and 36 ATP Challenger Tour doubles titles. Personal life and background Andreozzi started playing tennis at 6 with father at Club Harrods. His father, Jorge, is a construction worker and his mother, Nora, is an accountant. He also has one brother named Franco. Guido attended school at Colegio Nicolas Avellaneda. He stated that his favourite surface is hard, shot is forehand and tournament is US Open. Idol growing up was Roger Federer. Hobbies include spending time with friends, listening to music, playing football and watching TV shows and movies. He is big fan of Boca Juniors football team. Currently trains at Club Liceo Naval. Fitness trainer is Mariano Gaute. Career 2018: First Grand Slam singles win As a junior Andreozzi ... [...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] |
Shintaro Mochizuki
Shintaro Mochizuki (Japanese: 望月 慎太郎, ''Mochizuki Shintarō'', born 2 June 2003) is a Japanese professional tennis player. He has an ATP career-high singles ranking of world No. 129 achieved on 6 November 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 371 achieved on 18 October 2021. He is currently the No. 4 Japanese player. Mochizuki became the first Japanese male player in history to win a Grand Slam boys’ singles title at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships. As a teen, Mochizuki achieved a career-high ITF junior combined ranking of No. 1 on 15 July 2019. Early life Shintaro Mochizuki was born on June 2, 2003, in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan. His name "Shintaro" was given by his father, inspired by the novelist and politician Shintaro Ishihara. He started playing tennis at the age of 3. As a fifth grader, he represented Kawasaki Municipal Mukai Elementary School at the 32nd First Life National Elementary School Tennis Championship and managed to reach the semifinals. At the age of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiří Veselý
Jiří Veselý (; born 10 July 1993) is a Czech professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 35 on 27 April 2015. Youth career Veselý reached the No. 1 junior combined world ranking in January 2011, compiling a singles win–loss record of 125–45. Professional career 2012–2015: Grand Slam debut, first singles and doubles titles, Top 35 Veselý made his Davis Cup debut for Czech Republic in February 2013, and to date has nine singles titles on the ITF Futures circuit to his name and three Challengers. 2016: Two ATP top 10 wins, including over the World No. 1 Djokovic, Wimbledon fourth round At the 2016 US Open, Veselý beat Saketh Myneni in the first round and set up a rematch of Monte Carlo with world number one Novak Djokovic. However, Veselý pulled out before the match was set to begin because of a left arm injury. 2017–2020: Second doubles title, second singles title & first since 2015 In 2020 Maharashtra Open, Vesel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
