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Adam Heinonen
Adam Heinonen (born 22 August 2002) is a Swedish tennis player. Heinonen has a career high ATP singles ranking of 735 achieved on 17 February 2025. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 270 achieved on 14 April 2025. Heinonen made his ATP main draw debut at the 2024 Stockholm Open after receiving a wildcard into the doubles main draw with Leo Borg. Heinonen represents Sweden at the Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and contested annually between teams from over 150 competing countries, making it the world's largest annual ..., though he has not yet appeared in a match. References External links * * * 2002 births Living people Swedish male tennis players Sportspeople from Växjö {{Sweden-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Växjö
Växjö () is a city and the seat of Växjö Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden. It had 71,282 inhabitants (2020) out of a Municipalities of Sweden, municipal population of 97,349 (2024). It is the administrative, cultural, and industrial centre of Kronoberg County and the episcopal see of the Diocese of Växjö and the location of Växjö Cathedral. The town is home to Linnaeus University. Etymology The city's name is believed to be constructed from the words ("road") and ("lake"), meaning the road over the frozen Växjö Lake that farmers used in the winter to get to the marketplace which later became the city. History In contrast to what was believed a century ago, there is no evidence of a special pre-Christian significance of the site. The Heathen hofs, pagan cultic center of Värend may have been located at Hov, a nearby village. An episcopal see since the 11thcentury, the city did not get its city charter until 1342, when it was issued by Magnus IV of Sweden, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ATP Tour
The ATP Tour (known as ATP World Tour between January 2009 and December 2018) is the sole worldwide top-tier tennis tour for men organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) founded in 1990 that replaced the earlier dual Grand Prix tennis circuit, Grand Prix Circuit and WCT Circuit. The second-tier tour is the ATP Challenger Tour and the third-tier is the ITF Men's World Tennis Tour. The equivalent women's organisation is the WTA Tour. ATP Tour tournaments The ATP Tour comprises ATP Masters 1000, ATP 500, and ATP 250 and the United Cup. The ATP also oversees the ATP Challenger Tour, a level below the ATP Tour, and the ATP Champions Tour for seniors. The Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournaments, the Tennis at the Summer Olympics, Olympic tennis tournament, the Davis Cup, and the entry-level 2022 ITF Men's World Tennis Tour, ITF World Tennis Tour do not fall under the purview of the ATP, but are overseen by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) instead and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Slam (tennis)
The Grand Slam in tennis is the achievement of winning all four major championships in one discipline in a calendar year. In doubles, a Grand Slam may be achieved as a team or as an individual with different partners. Winning all four major championships consecutively but not within the same calendar year is referred to as a "non-calendar-year Grand Slam", while winning the four majors at any point during the course of a career is known as a "Career Grand Slam". The term Grand Slam is also attributed to the Grand Slam tournaments, referred to as Majors, and they are the world's four most important annual professional tennis tournaments. They offer the most ranking points, prize money, public and media attention, the greatest strength and size of the field and, in recent years, the longest matches for men (best of five sets, best of three for the women). The tournaments are overseen by the International Tennis Federation (ITF), rather than the separate men's and women's tour orga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davis Cup
The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and contested annually between teams from over 150 competing countries, making it the world's largest annual team sporting competition. It is described by the organisers as the "World Cup of Tennis" and the winners are referred to as the world champions. The competition began in 1900 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, 1900 as a challenge between Great Britain Davis Cup team, Great Britain and the United States Davis Cup team, United States. By 2023 Davis Cup, 2023 155 nations entered teams into the competition. The most successful country over the history of the competition is the United States (winning 32 titles and finishing as runners-up 29 times). The most recent champions are Italy Davis Cup team, Italy, who beat Netherlands Davis Cup team, Netherlands to win their third title (and second consecutive one) in 2024 Davis Cup, 2024. The wome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Of Tennis Professionals
The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) is the governing body of the men's professional tennis circuits – the ATP Tour and the ATP Challenger Tour. It was formed in September 1972 by Donald Dell, Jack Kramer, and Cliff Drysdale to protect the interests of professional tennis players, and Drysdale became the first president. Since 1990 the association has organized the ATP Tour, the worldwide tennis tour for men and linked the title of the tour with the organization's name. It is the governing body of men's professional tennis. In 1990 the organization was called the ATP Tour, which was renamed in 2001 as just ATP and the tour being called ATP Tour. In 2009 the name of the tour was changed again and was known as the ATP World Tour, but changed again to the ATP Tour by 2019. It is an evolution of the tour competitions previously known as Grand Prix tennis tournaments and World Championship Tennis (WCT). The ATP's global headquarters are in London. ATP Americas is base ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Stockholm Open
The 2024 Stockholm Open (also known as the BNP Paribas Nordic Open for sponsorship reasons) was a professional men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 55th edition of the tournament, and part of the ATP Tour 250 series of the 2024 ATP Tour. It took place at the Kungliga tennishallen in Stockholm, Sweden from 14 to 20 October 2024. Champions Singles * Tommy Paul def. Grigor Dimitrov, 6–4, 6–3 Doubles * Harri Heliövaara / Henry Patten def. Petr Nouza / Patrik Rikl, 7–5, 6–3 Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * Rankings are as of 30 September 2024. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Leo Borg * Stan Wawrinka * Elias Ymer The following player received a late entry into the singles main draw: * Andrey Rublev The following player received entry using a protected ranking: * Dominic Stricker The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Laslo Djere * Jacob Fea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Borg
Leo Karl Borg (; born 15 May 2003) is a Swedish tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 334, achieved on 11 September 2023. He is the current No. 2 Swedish singles player. Personal info He is the son of 11-time Grand Slam champion and former world No. 1, Björn Borg. Junior career Borg excelled on the ITF Junior Circuit, defeating world No. 1 junior Bruno Kuzuhara in the final of the Porto Alegre in Brazil, one of the top junior tournaments, in March 2021. Borg also qualified for and played in the 2021 junior majors, including Wimbledon. His junior ranking peaked at No. 12 in the world. Professional career 2021: ATP Tour debut Borg received a number of wildcards in ATP Challenger events and ATP Tour qualifying and main events and competed regularly on the ITF World Tour. He made his ATP Tour main-draw debut at the 2021 Stockholm Open as a wildcard, where he lost in the first round to eventual champion Tommy Paul. 2022: Maiden ITF Tour title On Sept ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweden Davis Cup Team
The Sweden Davis Cup team represents Sweden in Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by the Swedish Tennis Association. As of 2019, Sweden is the 5th most successful nation in Davis Cup history, having won the title 7 times, 6 of which have been recorded since 1981 when the tiered system and the World Group were created, which makes the Swedish team the most successful one in this modern period. In September 2012 Davis Cup, 2012, Sweden was relegated from the World Group after being defeated, 0–5, against Belgium Davis Cup team, Belgium, and played in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I in seasons 2013 Davis Cup, 2013, 2014 Davis Cup, 2014, and 2015 Davis Cup, 2015. In 2016 Davis Cup, 2016, Sweden was relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II, but after a successful 2017 Davis Cup, 2017 campaign, returned to the Europe/Africa Zone Group I for 2018. In September 2018, Sweden defeated Switzerland in their World Group play-off tie and, as a result, guaranteed themselves a seed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Swedish Male Tennis Players
Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by the Swedish language * Swedish people or Swedes, persons with a Swedish ancestral or ethnic identity ** A national or citizen of Sweden, see demographics of Sweden ** Culture of Sweden * Swedish cuisine See also * * Swedish Church (other) * Swedish Institute (other) * Swedish invasion (other) * Swedish Open (other) Swedish Open is a tennis tournament. Swedish Open may also refer to: * Swedish Open (badminton) * Swedish Open (table tennis) * Swedish Open (squash) * Swedish Open (darts) {{disambiguation ... {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
