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2013 Tashkent Challenger
The 2013 Tashkent Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the sixth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2013 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Tashkent, Uzbekistan between 7 and 13 October 2013. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of September 30, 2013. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Sanjar Fayziev * Temur Ismailov * Djurabeck Karimov * Shonigmatjon Shofayziyev The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Sarvar Ikramov * Lim Yong-Kyu * Lucas Pouille * Danai Udomchoke Champions Singles * Dudi Sela def. Teymuraz Gabashvili 6–1, 6–2 Doubles * Mikhail Elgin / Teymuraz Gabashvili def. Purav Raja / Divij Sharan 6–4, 6–4 External linksOfficial Website {{2013 ATP Challenger Tour Tashkent Challenger The Tashkent Challenger is a tennis List of tennis tournaments, tournament held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan since 2008. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hardcourt
A hardcourt (or hard court) is a surface or floor on which a sport is played, most usually in reference to tennis courts. It is typically made of rigid materials such as asphalt or concrete, and covered with acrylic resins to seal the surface and mark the playing lines, while providing some cushioning. Historically, hardwood surfaces were also in use in indoor settings, similar to an indoor basketball court, but these surfaces are rare now. Tennis Tennis hard courts are made of synthetic/acrylic layers on top of a concrete or asphalt foundation and can vary in color. These courts tend to play medium-fast to fast because there is little energy absorption by the court, as with grass courts but unlike clay courts. The ball tends to bounce high and players are able to apply many types of spin during play. Flat balls are favored on hard courts because of the extremely quick play style. Speed of rebound after tennis balls bounce on hard courts is determined by how much sand is in the syn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stéphane Robert
Stéphane Robert (; born 17 May 1980) is a professional French tennis player. Career Coach From 2001 to March 2010, Ronan Lafaix was Robert's coach. In May 2016, Lafaix, who is 12 years older than Robert, became Robert's coach for the second time. Lafaix joined the Patrick Mouratoglou tennis academy and has coached several professional tennis players. 2007–2008 Robert missed 16 months of tennis action in 2007–2008 because he was infected with the Hepatitis A virus in February 2007. In early June 2008, he returned to tennis action at the ITF Men's Circuit tournament in Apeldoorn, without an ATP singles ranking, reaching the final as a qualifier.Stéphane Robert's biography ATP World Tour official website. 2010 On 1 February 2010, Robert broke into Top 100 of the ATP singl ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Purav Raja
Purav Raja ( ; born 7 December 1985) is an Indian tennis player. He specializes in doubles and competes on the ATP World Tour. He has 2 ATP world tour level titles in men's doubles. He represents India in the Davis Cup. Personal and early life Purav Raja grew up in Mumbai and began playing tennis when he was 7 years old. He cites indoor carpet as his preferred surface, with his favourite shot being the drop shot. Raja was educated at Millfield in Somerset. Raja is very active in the Ananda Ashran orphanage and The Fellowship of the Physically Handicapped in Mumbai. He splits his training between Mumbai and Bromley. Professional career Early years Raja turned pro in year 2005. He started with ITF tour finding negligible success in singles but continued to excel in doubles. In year 2007 he started emerging as a doubles specialist as he went on to win 4 ITF titles. He followed his success in year 2008 with four more ITF doubles titles. The same year he reached his first ATP Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danai Udomchoke
Danai Udomchoke ( th, ดนัย อุดมโชค, born 11 August 1981) is a former professional tennis player from Thailand. He was born in Bangkok, where he still resides. Udomchoke turned professional in 1997, and was coached by Jan Stoce. He is sponsored by Dunlop Sport for his racquets and apparel. His career-best ranking was World No. 77 on 29 January 2007. Grand Slams Udomchoke made his debut in the main draw of a Grand Slam in 2004 when he qualified for the US Open. He lost to Spaniard Tommy Robredo in straight sets. One of Udomchoke's highest profile matches was his 2006 Australian Open 1st round match against No. 3 seed David Nalbandian. After starting out slowly, Udomchoke shocked Nalbandian by winning the third and fourth sets. However, his energy soon wore down, and despite pushing the World No. 3 to five sets, Udomchoke lost 2–6, 2–6, 6–1, 7–6, 1–6. In the 2007 Australian Open, Udomchoke advanced to the third round, losing to 14th-seeded Novak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucas Pouille
Lucas Pouille (, born 23 February 1994) is a French professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 10, achieved on 19 March 2018 and a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 79, achieved on 11 April 2016. He has won five singles titles on the ATP Tour and was on the winning French Davis Cup team in 2017. Personal life Pouille's mother is a Swedish-speaking Finn from Närpes. He has two brothers, and his family is located in the North of France, at Loon-Plage near Dunkerque. He married his long-time girlfriend Clémence Bertrand in September 2019 and their daughter Rose was born in January 2021. He moved to Dubai in 2015 but came back to France (Rennes) in 2020. Le Coq Sportif and Babolat are his current sponsors. Career 2009 In 2009, Pouille played (only the singles events of) two tournaments, both of them ITF Men's Circuit tournaments held in France. 2010 In 2010, Pouille played (only the singles events of) five tournaments – an AT ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lim Yong-Kyu
Lim Yong-kyu (born June 18, 1991) is a professional South Korean tennis player. He has won 1 ATP Challenger Tour singles title, the 2010 Busan Open Challenger Tennis. Lim has also won 12 ITF Futures The ITF World Tennis Tour (formerly known as the ''ITF Men's World Tennis Tour'', and previously ''ITF Men's Circuit'') is a series of professional tennis tournaments held around the world that are organized by the International Tennis Federation. ... singles titles and 14 ITF doubles titles. References External links * * * South Korean male tennis players 1991 births Living people Tennis players at the 2014 Asian Games Tennis players at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in tennis Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Universiade medalists in tennis Universiade gold medalists for South Korea Universiade bronze medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade People from Andong 21st-century South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarvar Ikramov
Sarvar Ikramov (born 10 January 1985) is an Uzbekistani former professional tennis player. Born in Tashkent, Ikramov made an ATP Tour main draw appearance at the 2002 President's Cup in his birth city. Ikramov made his Davis Cup debut in 2004 and represented Uzbekistan at the 2006 Asian Games. During his Davis Cup career he featured in a total of eight ties, the last in 2013. He won three singles rubbers, with his best win coming against China's Zhang Ze Zhang Ze (; ; born July 4, 1990), is a Chinese male tennis player. Zhang's career highlights include reaching the quarterfinals of the 2012 China Open (defeating Richard Gasquet en route), playing the Australian Open main draw in two consec .... References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ikramov, Sarvar 1985 births Living people Uzbekistani male tennis players Sportspeople from Tashkent Tennis players at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Uzbekistan 20th-century Uzbekistani people 21st- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Djurabeck Karimov
Jurabek Karimov ( Uzbek: Журабек Каримов, Jo'rabek Karimov; born 4 June 1998) is an Uzbekistani tennis player. Karimov began playing tennis aged 7 and he is currently coached by Petr Lebed and Sergey Arkashn. Karimov has a career high ATP singles ranking of 426 achieved on 27 August 2018. On 15 April 2019, he peaked at world number 279 in the ATP doubles rankings. Karimov has represented Uzbekistan in Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the organi ..., where he has a win–loss record of 4–1. He achieved his first victory in 2018 against British player Cameron Norrie after coming from two sets down. Style of play Jurabek Karimov has a double handed backhand. He is very agile and athletic. Junior Grand Slam finals Singles Future and Challenger final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temur Ismailov
Temur Ismailov ( uz, Темур Исмаилов; born 14 January 1995) is a currently banned Uzbekistani tennis player. Ismailov has a career high ATP singles ranking of 419 achieved on 22 June 2015. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 943 achieved on 27 July 2015. Ismailov has represented Uzbekistan at the Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the organi ... where he has a W/L record of 0–3. External links * * * 1995 births Living people Uzbekistani male tennis players Sportspeople from Tashkent Tennis players at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in tennis Asian Games bronze medalists for Uzbekistan Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games 21st-century Uzbekistani people {{Uzbekistan-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanjar Fayziev
Sanjar Fayziev (born 29 July 1994) is an Uzbekistani tennis player. Fayziev has a career high ATP singles ranking of 253 achieved on 17 July 2017. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 190 achieved on 20 June 2022. Fayziev has won 2 ATP Challenger doubles titles and 7 ITF singles and 16 ITF doubles title. Fayziev has represented Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked co ... at the Davis Cup where he has a W/L record of 7–16. ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 17 (7–10) Doubles: 34 (17–17) Davis Cup Participations: (7–16) * indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface. External links * * * 1994 birt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Chiudinelli
Marco Chiudinelli (born 10 September 1981) is a retired tennis player from Switzerland. A member of Switzerland's winning 2014 Davis Cup squad, he reached his highest singles ranking of 52 in February 2010 during a career that was often hindered by injury. Biography Marco grew up in Münchenstein and learned to play tennis at Basel Lawn Tennis Club. He later joined a region-wide tennis group, where he first met Roger Federer, who belonged to the nearby Old Boys Tennis Club. They quickly became friends but were soon the 'black sheep' of the group, with one or the other often forced to sit on the sidelines for disciplinary reasons. In 1993 he finished as runner-up to Federer at the Swiss 12-and-under indoor championship in Lucerne. As a teenager he moved to Biel to further his tennis education, joining Federer and the older Yves Allegro, who were then staying in an apartment together, and the trio spent many hours playing video games when not practicing tennis. In 2001, at the su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oleksandr Nedovyesov
Aleksandr Nedovyesov (born 15 February 1987), formerly known as Oleksandr Nedovyesov, is a Ukrainian-Kazakhstani professional tennis player. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world No. 72 on 21 April 2014 and his highest doubles ranking of world No. 54 on 15 August 2022. He has reached two doubles ATP finals partnering Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi both in 2022. He represented Ukraine until December 2013. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. Nedovyesov has reached 17 career singles finals, posting a record of 9 wins and 8 losses which includes 3 ATP Challenger Tour titles. Additionally, he has reached 57 doubles finals, posting a record of 35 wins and 22 losses which includes 22 ATP Challenger Tour titles. Career 2004–2005: World No. 33 in Juniors As a junior, Nedovyesov had a singles win–loss record of 29–16. His best showing at a junior grand slam tournament in singles was reaching the second round in both the 2004 French Open and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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