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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] |
Tucumán Province
Tucumán () is the most densely populated, and the second-smallest by land area, of the provinces of Argentina. Located in the northwest of the country, the province has the capital of San Miguel de Tucumán, often shortened to Tucumán. Neighboring provinces are, clockwise from the north: Salta Province, Salta, Santiago del Estero Province, Santiago del Estero and Catamarca Province, Catamarca. It is nicknamed El Jardín de la República (''The Garden of the Republic''), as it is a highly productive agricultural area. Etymology The word ''Tucumán'' probably originated from the Quechua languages. It may represent a deformation of the term ''Yucumán'', which denotes the "place of origin of several rivers". It can also be a deformation of the word ''Tucma'', which means "the end of things". Before Spanish colonization, the region lay in the outer limits of the Inca empire. History Before the Spanish colonization of the Americas, Spanish colonization, this land was inhabited ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennis
Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket strung with a cord to strike a hollow rubber tennis ball, ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's tennis court, court. The object is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. If a player is unable to return the ball successfully, the opponent scores a Point (tennis), point. Playable at all levels of society and at all ages, tennis can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including Wheelchair tennis, wheelchair users. The original forms of tennis developed in France during the late Middle Ages. The modern form of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis. It had close connections to various field (lawn) games such as croqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Croatia Open Umag – Doubles
Martin Kližan and David Marrero were the defending champions, but Kližan chose not to participate this year and Marrero chose to compete in Båstad instead. 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 ... and Andrés Molteni won the title, defeating Marin and Tomislav Draganja in the final, 6–3, 6–7(4–7), 0–6 Seeds Draw Draw References Main Draw {{DEFAULTSORT:2017 Croatia Open Umag - Doubles Croatia Open Croatia Open Umag – Doubles Croatia Open Umag – Doubles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi ( Punjabi, ; born 17 Mar 1980) is a Pakistani professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He is the only Pakistani player ever to reach a Grand Slam final, having done so in both men's and mixed doubles at the 2010 US Open, alongside Rohan Bopanna and Květa Peschke respectively. Qureshi has also reached seven further major semifinals across the two disciplines. He reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 8 in June 2011, and has won 18 titles on the ATP Tour, including the 2011 Paris Masters and 2013 Miami Open, with Bopanna and Jean-Julien Rojer respectively. Qureshi has also qualified for the ATP Finals in doubles on three occasions. In singles, he reached his highest ranking of world No. 125 in December 2007, and achieved his best Grand Slam result at the Wimbledon Championships that year, reaching the second round. Qureshi is also the most successful Davis Cup player in Pakistan's history, with the team most notably reaching ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marin Draganja
Marin Draganja (; born 13 May 1991) is a Croatian former professional tennis player who competed mainly on the ATP World Tour in doubles. Draganja reached his highest ATP doubles ranking of world No. 20 on 6 April 2015 and highest ATP singles ranking of No. 550 on 29 April 2013. Personal info After having a hip surgery in August 2015 Draganja paused his career for recovery. Marin Draganja was coached by Gilbert Schaller and managed by the McCartney Group, Vienna. His younger brother is professional tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ... player Tomislav Draganja. ATP career finals Doubles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner-ups) Challenger finals Doubles: 16 (13–3) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Draganja, Marin Croatian male tennis play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Máximo González
Máximo González Mereira (; born July 20, 1983) is an Argentine professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is World No. 58, achieved in July 2009 and his career-high doubles ranking is World No. 10 achieved on 11 September 2023. Career Singles Early career through 2006 In singles play, González won two Futures events in the second half of 2004. He won four more Futures events in 2005 before finally finding success on the Challenger circuit with two consecutive semi-final appearances and a quarterfinal, improving his ranking to No. 206 in November 2005. 2007: ATP singles debut, Challenger circuit success His success waned in early 2007, and by the end of July, his ranking had slipped out of the 250 to No. 267 in singles, despite qualifying in late July for his first ATP-level event, and then again a second time the following week. In August, he built on that recent success, winning his first-ever Challenger title in Spain. The following week in Italy, he wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Prix Hassan II
The Grand Prix Hassan II is an annual men's tennis tournament on the ATP Tour and is currently part of the ATP Tour 250 series. The event is played on clay courts and was held annually at the Complexe Al Amal in Casablanca, Morocco through 2015, before relocating to Marrakesh Marrakesh or Marrakech (; , ) is the fourth-largest city in Morocco. It is one of the four imperial cities of Morocco and is the capital of the Marrakesh–Safi Regions of Morocco, region. The city lies west of the foothills of the Atlas Mounta ... in 2016. Between 1984 and 1989 it was part of the Challenger Series. It is currently the only ATP event held in Africa. The tournament is usually held in April though it has been held in March before and is a lead up tournament for the French Open. Past finals Key Singles Doubles References External links * ATP tournament profile {{Casablanca Tennis tournaments in Morocco Clay court tennis tournaments ATP Tour 250 Recurring sporting e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Grand Prix Hassan II – Doubles
Rameez Junaid and Adil Shamasdin were the defending champions, but chose not to compete this year. Guillermo Durán and Máximo González won the title, defeating Marin Draganja and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi ( Punjabi, ; born 17 Mar 1980) is a Pakistani professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He is the only Pakistani player ever to reach a Grand Slam final, having done so in both men's and mixed doubles at the ... in the final, 6–2, 3–6, 0–6 Seeds Draw Draw ReferencesMain Draw {{DEFAULTSORT:2016 Grand Prix Hassan II - Doubles 2016 Grand Prix Hassan II ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcelo Demoliner
Marcelo Fedrizzi Demoliner (born 18 January 1989) is a Brazilian professional tennis player, who specializes in doubles. He reached a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 34 in November 2017. Demoliner has won five doubles titles. He won his first title at the ATP 250 Antalya Open with Santiago González in June 2018, after having reached six finals at that level. He was runner-up at the ATP 500 Vienna in 2018 and Saint Petersburg in 2020. Alongside Maria José Martinez Sanchez, he was a mixed doubles semifinalist in 2017 Wimbledon Championships and 2018 Australian Open. Career 2006-2007: Turned Professional Demoliner turned professional in 2006, playing smaller tournaments (Futures). In 2007, he played his first Challenger. At this time, he was considered one of the promises of the sport in Brazil. 2009-2012: First singles Challenger title, new partnership with Souza In 2009, he entered the top 300 and won his first Challenger title in Blumenau. In 2011, again ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomaz Bellucci
Thomaz Cocchiarali Bellucci (born 30 December 1987, in Tietê, São Paulo, Tietê) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 21 in July 2010. Bellucci used a string of ATP Challenger Tour victories early in 2008 to break into the top 100 rankings of the ATP World Tour as a 20-year-old. He has won 4 ATP Tour titles (the 2009 Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad, 2009 and 2012 Crédit Agricole Suisse Open Gstaad, 2012 Swiss Open, the 2010 Movistar Open and the 2015 Geneva Open), reached the quarterfinals at the Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's singles, 2016 Olympics and reached the semi-finals of the 2011 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's singles, 2011 Madrid Masters. Playing style Thomaz's playing style relies on using the heavy topspin of his forehand to control the points. He lacks outright power to produce a lot of aces, but he has excellent spin on his serve, allowing him to force his opponents off the court which le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pablo Carreño Busta
Pablo Carreño Busta (; born 12 July 1991) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 10 by the ATP, which he first achieved on 11 September 2017. He also reached a best doubles ranking of No. 16 on 17 July 2017. He has won seven singles titles, including a Masters 1000 title at the Canadian Open, and four doubles titles on the ATP Tour. Representing Spain, Carreño Busta has won an Olympic bronze medal in men's singles at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics (defeating world No. 1 Novak Djokovic en route) and was a member of the Spanish team that won the 2019 Davis Cup. Career Juniors Carreño Busta reached as high as No. 6 in the combined junior world rankings in February 2009. 2009–13: Early pro tour, Grand Slam debut His first appearance in an ATP Tour tournament was at the 2011 Barcelona Open, where he lost in the first round to Benoît Paire. He has reached 18 singles finals competing in ITF Futures tournaments; and won eleven of these: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ecuador Open (tennis)
The Ecuador Open Quito was a men's tennis event on the ATP Tour held in the Ecuadorean capital of Quito. Begun in 2015, it was part of the ATP 250 Series. The tournament was played on outdoor clay courts. The event replaced the Chile Open. The city was previously home to the Quito Open, a Grand Prix-affiliated tournament played from 1979 to 1982. Quito is located at 2800 metres above sea level, more than twice as high than the Alps tournaments. Players must adapt to thinner air, which causes breathing difficulties and makes the ball faster. Victor Estrella Burgos won the title in 2015, successfully defended it in 2016 and did so again in 2017. However, he lost in the second round of the 2018 edition to Gerald Melzer Gerald Melzer (born 13 July 1990) is an Austrian professional inactive tennis player who competed mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 68 in November 2016. Gerald is also part of Austrian Da .... On 24 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
