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Svijany Open
The Svijany Open is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ATP Challenger Tour, Challenger Tour. The first edition was held in 2013. It is held annually at the Liberec Tennis Club in Liberec, Czech Republic. Past finals Singles Doubles References External linksLiberec Overview ATP Tour Tennis {{ATP Challenger Tour Svijany Open, ATP Challenger Tour Clay court tennis tournaments Tennis tournaments in the Czech Republic Recurring sporting events established in 2013 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberec
Liberec (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 108,000 inhabitants, making it the fifth largest city in the country. It lies on the Lusatian Neisse River, in a basin surrounded by mountains. The city centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, urban monument zone. Liberec was once home to a thriving textile industry and hence nicknamed the "Manchester of Bohemia". A symbol of the city and the main landmark of the panorama of Liberec is the Ještěd Tower. Since the end of the 19th century, the city has been a conurbation with the suburb of Vratislavice nad Nisou and the neighbouring city of Jablonec nad Nisou. Administrative division Liberec consists of 33 municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Liberec I-Staré Město (9,793) *Liberec II-Nové Město (2,979) *Liberec III-Jeřáb (5,657) *Liberec IV-Perštýn (3,117) *Liberec V-Kristiánov (5,312) *Liberec VI-Rochlice (17,268) *Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomáš Macháč
Tomáš Macháč (; born 13 October 2000) is a Czech professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of world No. 20 on 3 March 2025 and doubles ranking of No. 46 on 30 September 2024. He is currently the No. 1 Czech player. He won the Mixed Doubles title with Kateřina Siniaková at the Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics, 2024 Paris Olympics. Early life and background Macháč was born in Beroun, Central Bohemian Region, Central Bohemia. He took up tennis after watching his older sister, Kateřina, compete in tournaments. He began training at TK Sparta Prague in Prague from the age of eight. Professional career 2021: First Grand Slam win, top 150 & Olympics debut In March, Macháč won his second ATP Challenger Tour, ATP Challenger singles title at the 2021 Nur-Sultan Challenger II. In August, he reached his second Challenger final of 2021 at the 2021 Svijany Open, Svijany Open where he lost to Alex Molčan in 5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tobias Kamke
Tobias Kamke (born 21 May 1986) is a German former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 64 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved in January 2011. In 2010, Kamke was awarded Newcomer of the Year by the ATP after slashing his singles ranking from No. 254 to No. 67 by year-end following four finals on the ATP Challenger Tour, having beaten emerging players Milos Raonic and Ryan Harrison in two of the finals for the titles, and a third round appearance at the Wimbledon Championships, his career-best performance at a major. Kamke announced his retirement in July 2022 and played his last professional match at the Hamburg European Open. Professional career 2008 Although losing to No. 134 Jan Hernych in the final qualifying round, Kamke reached the main draw in singles of the Wimbledon Championships as a lucky loser. However, he then lost his first match to world No. 30, Andreas Seppi. 2010 He made the main d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Svijany Open
The 2015 Svijany Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 3rd edition of the tournament which was part of the 2015 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Liberec, Czech Republic between 3 and 9 August 2015. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 27 July 2015. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Roman Jebavý * Václav Šafránek * Robin Staněk The following player entered using a protected ranking: * José Checa Calvo The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Flavio Cipolla * Mate Delić * Juan Ignacio Londero * César Ramírez Champions Singles * Tobias Kamke def. Andrej Martin 7–6(7–4), 6–4 Doubles * Andrej Martin / Hans Podlipnik def. Wesley Koolhof / Matwé Middelkoop Matwé Middelkoop (; born 3 September 1983) is a Dutch professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He has won 14 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Darcis
Steve Darcis (, born 13 March 1984) is a Belgian coach and former professional tennis player. In his career, he won two ATP titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 38 on 22 May 2017. Personal life Steve Darcis was born in Liège the son of Marie Agnes, a sports instructor, and Alain Darcis, a tennis coach. He has a sister named Céline. Growing up, he looked up at Pete Sampras. On 29 May 2013, his girlfriend Lauranne gave birth to daughter Camille. Professional career Juniors As a junior, Darcis compiled a singles win–loss record of 73–32, reaching as high as No. 8 in the junior world singles rankings in May 2002 (and No. 15 in doubles). He reached the semifinals at the 2002 Wimbledon Championships boys' singles event. 2007–2009 Darcis won his first ATP World Tour event at the Dutch Open in July 2007 and achieved his first top-100 ranking on 26 November 2007 after winning a Challenger event in Finland. Darcis competed at the 2008 Australian O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur De Greef (tennis)
Arthur De Greef (; born 27 March 1992) is a former Belgian tennis player. De Greef has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 113, achieved on 19 June 2017 and has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 597 achieved on 4 March 2013. De Greef made his ATP main draw singles debut at the 2015 Grand Prix Hassan II where he qualified for the main draw and defeated the 8th seed Diego Schwartzman Diego Sebastián Schwartzman (, ; born 16 August 1992) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. He won four ATP Tour singles titles and reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 8 in October 2020. As a clay court specialist ... in the first round. In May 2021, De Greef was provisionally suspended for match-fixing by ITIA. De Greef was criminally convicted of fraud and working for a criminal organization by the Belgian courts in 2023, refusing to cooperate with interviews. The ITIA subsequently banned him from professional tennis for three years and 9 months, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Svijany Open
The 2016 Svijany Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 4th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Liberec, Czech Republic between 1 and 7 August 2016. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 28 July 2016. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Dominik Kellovský * Václav Šafránek * Jürgen Melzer * Steve Darcis The following player entered the singles main draw as a special exempt: * Zdeněk Kolář The following player received entered as an alternate: * Miljan Zekić The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Markus Eriksson * Norbert Gombos * Germain Gigounon * Kamil Majchrzak The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * Carl Söderlund Champions Singles * Arthur De Greef def. Steve Darcis, 7–6(7–4), 6–3 Doubles * Jonathan Eysseric / André Ghem def. Ariel Beha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guilherme Clezar
Guilherme Sarti Clezar (pronounced ''Clézar''; born 31 December 1992), is a professional tennis player from Brazil. Clezar plays mainly in ATP Challenger Tour events. He played also in several ATP 250 events, including the 2011 Brasil Open The 2011 Brasil Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 11th edition of the event known as the Brasil Open, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2011 ATP World Tour. It took place in Costa do Sauípe, .... Career finals Singles: 7 (2–5) References External links * * * Living people 1992 births Brazilian male tennis players South American Games bronze medalists for Brazil South American Games medalists in tennis Competitors at the 2010 South American Games Tennis players from Porto Alegre 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen {{Brazil-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Svijany Open
The 2017 Svijany Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 5th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Liberec, Czech Republic between 31 July and 6 August 2017. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 24 July 2017. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Marek Jaloviec * Dominik Kellovský * Patrik Rikl * Tommy Robredo The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Hugo Dellien * Juan Pablo Ficovich * Roman Safiullin * Robin Staněk Champions Singles * Pedro Sousa def. Guilherme Clezar 6–4, 5–7, 6–2. Doubles * Laurynas Grigelis / Zdeněk Kolář def. Tomasz Bednarek / David Pel 6–3, 6–4. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Svijany Open, 2017 2017 ATP Challenger Tour 2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Sousa
Pedro Barreiros Cardoso de Sousa (; born 27 May 1988) is a Portuguese tennis coach and a former professional player who primarily competed on the ATP Challenger Tour. In February 2019, he achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 99. Career He reached his first ATP final as a lucky loser at the 2020 Argentina Open after the withdrawal of top seed Diego Schwartzman in the semifinals but lost to Casper Ruud in the championship match. He had never reached a tour-level quarterfinal prior to this tournament, becoming only the third player from Portugal in the Open Era to reach a tour-level final. In April 2023, using a qualification wildcard, Sousa qualified into the main draw for his last appearance at an ATP Tour event and his home tournament, 2023 Estoril Open. He also announced his retirement from professional tennis, the 2023 Lisboa Belém Open Challenger being his final event. ATP career finals Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) Challenger and Futures finals Singles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrej Martin
Andrej Martin (; born 20 September 1989, in Bratislava) is a Slovak professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 93 in February 2020 and a doubles ranking of world No. 69 on 11 July 2016. Career 2016: Best season: French Open third round, Maiden ATP singles final, top 100 He was a lucky loser at the French Open and defeated Daniel Muñoz de la Nava in the first round of the main draw and 29th seed Lucas Pouille in the second, before losing to 8th-seed Milos Raonic in the third round. In July 2016, Martin reached first ATP final, in Umag, defeated Martin Kližan, João Sousa, Carlos Berlocq and Sergiy Stakhovsky en route. In the final he lost to Italian No. 1 Fabio Fognini. Later in the year, Martin participated in the 2016 Summer Olympics. After comfortably defeating Denis Kudla in the first round, Martin got a walkover into the 3rd round when opponent Philipp Kohlschreiber withdrew with an injury. However, Martin was then beaten b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Svijany Open
The 2018 Svijany Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 6th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Liberec, Czech Republic between 30 July and 5 August 2018. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 23 July 2018. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Dominik Kellovský * Patrik Rikl * Jan Šátral * Michael Vrbenský The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt: * Juan Pablo Varillas The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking: * Riccardo Bellotti The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Pavel Kotov * Zsombor Piros * David Poljak * Nik Razboršek Champions Singles * Andrej Martin def. Pedro Sousa 6–1, 6–2. Doubles * Sander Gillé / Joran Vliegen def. Filip Polášek / Patrik Rikl 6–3, 6–4. Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
