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2023 Tunis Open
The 2023 Tunis Open, known as the Kia Tunis Open, was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 13th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2023 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Tunis, Tunisia between 15 and 20 May 2023. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 8 May 2023. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Aziz Dougaz * Malek Jaziri * Aziz Ouakaa The following player received entry into the singles main as a special exempt: * Jakub Menšík The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate: * Pablo Cuevas The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Jesper de Jong * Shintaro Mochizuki * Daniel Rincón * Sho Shimabukuro * Alexander Weis * Damien Wenger The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * Nicolás Mejía Champions Singles * Sho Shimabukuro def. Geoffrey Blancaneaux 6–4, 6–4. Doubles ... [...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] |
Mattia Bellucci
Mattia Bellucci (born 1 June 2001) is an Italian tennis professional player. He has a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of world No. 66 achieved on 7 April 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 321 achieved on 17 June 2024. Career 2022: Maiden Challenger title Bellucci won two ATP Challenger Tour, ATP Challenger singles titles at the 2022 Saint-Tropez Open and at the 2022 Vilnius Open both in October 2022. He became the second Italian NextGen ATP player to lift multiple trophies in the season (after Luca Nardi with three) and the youngest from his nation to win Challenger titles in back-to-back weeks since 19-year-old Stefano Pescosolido in 1991. As a result, he rose to a career-high world No. 156 in the singles rankings. 2023–2024: Major, Masters debuts, ATP quarterfinal, top 100 In January 2023, Bellucci qualified for the 2023 Australian Open - Men's singles, 2023 Australian Open to make his Grand Slam debut. As a result he made his debut in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James McCabe (tennis)
James Fernandez McCabe (born 5 July 2003) is an Australian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 176 achieved on 21 April 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 302 achieved on 31 July 2023. Early life McCabe was born in Iba, Philippines to an Irish father and a Filipina mother. He holds dual Irish and Australian citizenship. At six months of age he moved to Sydney, Australia where he was raised and attended Trinity Grammar School. A prodigiously talented junior, McCabe broke the national U10 beep test record in 2013, was crowned the Australian national junior 200m butterfly swimming champion, won the 2019 U16 Australian national championship in tennis as well as being an accomplished flutist with an AMusA (Associate in Music, Australia) diploma. Professional career 2021 McCabe began competing in professional events in late 2021 and was able to reach the quarterfinals of the first ITF Futures event he entered in Tunisia in October 2021 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoffrey Blancaneaux
Geoffrey Blancaneaux (born 8 August 1998) is a French professional tennis player who competes on the ATP Challenger Tour. He has a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of World No. 134 achieved on 14 November 2022 and a doubles ranking of No. 115 achieved on 19 May 2025. Junior career Blancaneaux won the 2016 French Open – Boys' singles, 2016 French Open boys' singles title, defeating Félix Auger-Aliassime in the final after saving three championship points. Professional career 2017: Grand Slam debut In September 2017, Blancaneaux made his Grand Slam debut, after receiving a wildcard to enter the main draw at the 2017 US Open – Men's singles, US Open. 2021: Maiden Challenger title In December 2021, Blancaneaux won his maiden ATP Challenger Tour, Challenger singles tournament at the Maia Challenger, defeating Tseng Chun-hsin in the finals. 2022-2024: French Open, Masters and top 150 debuts Seeded No. 190 at the 2022 French Open he qualified t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolás Mejía
Nicolás Mejía (; born 11 February 2000) is a Colombian tennis player. He has a career high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of world No. 190 achieved on 17 March 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 153 achieved on 7 November 2022. He is currently the No. 2 Colombian tennis player. Mejía represents Colombia Davis Cup team, Colombia at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 3–9. Career 2024-2025: Maiden Challenger title, top 200 Mejía received wildcards for the qualifying competition at the 2024 Los Cabos Open and also for the 2024 Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco. After coming through qualifying, Mejía won his first ATP Challenger Tour, Challenger singles title in the 2024 San Luis Open Challenger – Men's singles, 2024 San Luis Open Challenger in San Luis Potosí (city), San Luis Potosí, Mexico, defeating fellow qualifier Matías Soto (tennis), Matías Soto in the final. He became the first Colombian Challenger champion since Daniel Elahi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damien Wenger
Damien Wenger (born 17 March 2000) is a Swiss tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 363 achieved on 22 May 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 235 achieved on 15 April 2024. Career Wenger made his ATP main draw debut at the 2024 Geneva Open after receiving a wildcard into the doubles main draw with Luca Margaroli Luca Margaroli (born 15 February 1992) is a Swiss tennis player. He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 128 achieved on 6 June 2019, and a singles ranking of No. 692, achieved on 23 October 2017. Career Margaroli made his ATP main dr .... References External links * * 2000 births Living people Swiss male tennis players Sportspeople from Biel/Bienne 21st-century Swiss sportsmen {{Switzerland-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Rincón (tennis)
Daniel Rincón Yagüe (born 7 January 2003) is a Spanish tennis player. He has a career high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of world No. 181, achieved on 4 December 2023. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 148 achieved on 30 September 2024. He has won one ATP Challenger Tour singles and four doubles titles. Career Juniors Rincón won the 2021 US Open – Boys' singles, 2021 US Open boys' singles title, defeating Shang Juncheng in the final. He also reached the 2021 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' doubles, 2021 Wimbledon Boys' Doubles final alongside Abedallah Shelbayh, but was defeated by Edas Butvilas and Alejandro Manzanera Pertusa. 2023-2024: Maiden Challenger titles, ATP singles debut Rincón won his first ATP Challenger doubles title at the 2023 Murcia Open – Doubles, 2023 Murcia Open, partnering Abedallah Shelbayh after they received entry into the draw as alternates. He made his ATP Tour debut in 2023 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadel ... [...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] |
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] |
Pablo Cuevas
Pablo Gabriel Cuevas Urroz (; born January 1, 1986) is a Uruguayan tennis coach and a former professional player. Cuevas won the 2008 French Open – Men's doubles, 2008 French Open men's doubles title with Luis Horna, and was especially noted throughout his career for spectacular trickshots. He won six singles titles and has a career-high singles ranking of World No. 19 achieved in August 2016. His career-high doubles ranking is No. 14, achieved in April 2009. In September 2019, Cuevas led the Uruguayan Davis Cup team to a victory over the Dominican Republic, winning entry into the highest Davis Cup tier, the World Group. Professional career Early career At the 2007 French Open, Cuevas and Argentine partner Carlos Berlocq made the third round of the men's doubles tournament. Cuevas won the Tunica, Mississippi, Tunica, Scheveningen, and Lima singles Challenger titles, and the São Paulo-1 and Florianópolis-2 doubles Challenger titles. 2008 Cuevas opened the year at the 2008 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jakub Menšík
Jakub Menšík (; born 1 September 2005) is a Czech professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 17, achieved on 9 June 2025, and a doubles ranking of No. 386, achieved on 3 February 2025. Menšík is currently the No. 1 player from Czechia. He has won one ATP Tour singles title, a Masters 1000 event at the 2025 Miami Open. On the junior tour, Menšík had an ITF combined ranking of world No. 3, achieved on 31 January 2022. He reached the final of the 2022 Australian Open Junior singles event. Career Juniors He lost in the final of the Junior 2022 Australian Open to Bruno Kuzuhara after suffering from thigh muscle cramps. 2023: Maiden Challenger, Grand Slam debut and third round In May 2023 he won his first Challenger, the 2023 Sparta Prague Open defeating Dominik Koepfer in just his sixth Challenger main-draw appearance, becoming the youngest Czech Challenger champion in history at 17 years old. The only previous 17-year-old Czech champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aziz Ouakaa
Aziz Ouakaa (born 7 August 1999) is a Tunisian tennis player. Ouakaa has a career-high singles ranking by the ATP of 607, achieved on 30 June 2025. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of 227, which was achieved on 6 May 2024. Ouakaa has won eight ITF Futures doubles titles. Ouakaa has represented Tunisia at the Davis Cup with a win–loss record of 8–1. World Tennis Tour and Challenger finals Doubles: 23 (15–8) Davis Cup Participations (6–0) * 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. External links * * * 1999 births Living people Tunisian male tennis players 21st-century Tunisia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
