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Johan Örtegren
Johan Örtegren (born 22 March 1978) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. Career Örtegren made his ATP singles main draw debut at the 1999 Swedish Open as a qualifier, losing to world number 52 and fifth seed Christian Ruud of Norway in the first round. He also qualified for the 2000 Stockholm Open and after beating Fredrik Jonsson he lost to Sebastien Grosjean, the tournament sixth seed and world number 20, in the second round. He has the dubious honour of losing a match 6–0, 6–0, 6–0 when he was beaten by Todd Woodbridge at the 2001 Wimbledon qualifying tournament. Örtegren played mostly on the Futures circuit reaching five finals and winning three titles. He also won two ITF doubles titles. Örtegren has a career high ATP singles ranking of 295 achieved on 6 August 2001. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 479 achieved on 29 January 2001. After his retirement as a professional player, Örtegren took up coaching. He also joined the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the capital and largest city of Sweden as well as the largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people live in the municipality, with 1.6 million in the urban area, and 2.4 million in the metropolitan area. The city stretches across fourteen islands where Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea. Outside the city to the east, and along the coast, is the island chain of the Stockholm archipelago. The area has been settled since the Stone Age, in the 6th millennium BC, and was founded as a city in 1252 by Swedish statesman Birger Jarl. It is also the county seat of Stockholm County. For several hundred years, Stockholm was the capital of Finland as well (), which then was a part of Sweden. The population of the municipality of Stockholm is expected to reach one million people in 2024. Stockholm is the cultural, media, political, and economic centre of Sweden. The Stockholm region alone accounts for over a third of the country's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Robson (tennis)
Laura Robson (born 21 January 1994) is a British former professional tennis player. She debuted on the ITF Junior Circuit in 2007, and a year later won the Junior Wimbledon championships at the age of 14. As a junior, she also twice reached the final of the girls' singles tournament at the Australian Open, in 2009 and 2010. She won her first tournament on the ITF Women's Circuit in November 2008. In singles tennis, Robson was the first British woman since Samantha Smith at Wimbledon in 1998 to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament, doing so at the 2012 US Open and the 2013 Wimbledon Championships. At the 2012 Guangzhou Women's Open, Robson became the first British woman since Jo Durie in 1990 to reach a WTA Tour final, where she lost to Hsieh Su-wei. She was named WTA Newcomer of the Year for 2012 and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 27 the following year. In mixed doubles, she won a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics playing with A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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1978 Births
Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd government). * January 6 – The Holy Crown of Hungary (also known as Stephen of Hungary Crown) is returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held since World War II. * January 10 – Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, a critic of the Nicaraguan government, is assassinated; riots erupt against Somoza's government. * January 18 – The European Court of Human Rights finds the British government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture. * January 22 – Ethiopia declares the ambassador of West Germany ''persona non grata''. * January 24 ** Soviet satellite Kosmos 954 burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering debris over Canada's Northwest Territories. ** Rose Dugdale and Eddie Gallagher become the first convicted pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Skupski
Ken Skupski Jr. (born 9 April 1983) is a British former professional tennis player who specialised in doubles. He reached his career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 44 in July 2010, and won seven titles on the ATP Tour, most notably the 2021 Mexican Open alongside younger brother Neal Skupski, with whom he regularly competed from 2013. Skupski is a three-time Grand Slam quarterfinalist, having reached this stage at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships in both men's and mixed doubles, and the 2020 Australian Open in men's doubles. At the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, he won two medals representing England, silver in men's doubles with Ross Hutchins, and bronze in mixed doubles partnering Sarah Borwell. Skupski also represented Great Britain in the Davis Cup on two occasions in 2010. Early and personal life Ken Skupski was born in Liverpool. His father, Ken Sr. of Polish descent, is a retired police officer, his mother Mary is a golfer. Skupski is a big fan of Liverpool ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rohan Gajjar
Rohan Gajjar (born 8 May 1984) is an Indian former professional tennis player. Gajjar, who comes from Mumbai, played collegiate tennis for the University of Arkansas between 2003 and 2006, while studying for a degree in marketing. He was named in the 2005 All-SEC first-team. Following his collegiate career he competed on the professional tour and in 2007 made an ATP Tour doubles main draw appearance in his home tournament, the Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open. In 2010 he reached his career best singles ranking of 429 and broke through that year for his first 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 title in Malaysia. At Futures level he was most successful in doubles, winning 13 titles over the course of his career. ITF Futures titles Singles: (2) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Ghareeb
Mohammed Ghareeb (born July 22, 1980) is a tennis player from Kuwait. He plays right-handed with a single-handed backhand. Career Unranked in singles as of February 2018, with a career-high ranking of No. 336 in 2006. In August 2016, Al Ghareeb was Kuwait's second ranked tennis player. He played a competitive match against world No. 1 Roger Federer in the second round of the 2006 Dubai Tennis Championships, though he lost in straight sets. Ranked No. 488 at the time of the match, Ghareeb was expected to offer little resistance to Federer, but in a surprisingly competitive match, Al Ghareeb led 5–3 in the first set, and 3–2 in the second, before succumbing 7–6, 6–4. According to Federer, Al Ghareeb was "definitely the better player and I think only my experience helped me get through." Al Ghareeb did not make a significant breakthrough at a top-level event, though in the 2007 Dubai Tennis Championships he won a set from Top 10 player Tomáš Berdych before losing 3–6, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lázaro Navarro
Lázaro Navarro-Batles (born 28 January 1974) is a Cuban-Mexican former professional tennis player. Biography Navarro grew up in Cuba and didn't take up the sport tennis of until age 13. He played Davis Cup for his native country from 1995 to 2003, appearing in a total of 19 ties. A three-time medalist at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games in Maracaibo, he went on to represent Cuba at both the 1999 and 2003 editions of the Pan American Games. Since 1999 he has been based in Mexico, after coming to the Central American country from Cuba on a sports exchange program. Married to a local from Jalisco, Navarro became a naturalized Mexican and represented his adoptive country in his final years on tour. While competing on the professional tour he had a career high singles ranking of 327 in the world. His best performance on the ATP Challenger Tour was a run to the semi-finals at Guadalajara in 2001, with wins over Fernando González, Adrián García and Luis Morejón. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandor Martínez
Sandor Martínez-Breijo (born 21 March 1981) is a Cuban former professional tennis player. Martínez holds the Cuban record for the most Davis Cup appearances, featuring in a total of 29 ties between 1998 and 2009. He is the team's most successful doubles player, with 18 wins in doubles rubbers, to go with his four singles wins. At the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games, Martínez won a gold medal for Cuba in the team event, alongside Lázaro Navarro Lázaro Navarro-Batles (born 28 January 1974) is a Cuban-Mexican former professional tennis player. Biography Navarro grew up in Cuba and didn't take up the sport tennis of until age 13. He played Davis Cup for his native country from 1995 to 20 ... and Juan Pino. He also represented Cuba in the 1999 and 2007 editions of the Pan American Games. References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Martínez, Sandor 1981 births Living people Cuban male tennis players Tennis players at the 1999 Pan American Games Tenni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Negril
Negril is a small (pop. 6,900) but widely dispersed seaside resort, beach resort and town located in Westmoreland Parish, Westmoreland and Hanover Parish, Hanover Parishes of Jamaica, parishes at the far western tip of Jamaica, southwest from Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay. Westmoreland is the westernmost parish in Jamaica, located on the south side of the island. Downtown Negril, the West End cliff resorts to the south of downtown, and the southern portion of the so-called seven mile (11 km) beach are in Westmoreland Parish. The northernmost resorts on the beach are in Hanover Parish. The nearest large town is Savanna-la-Mar, the capital of Westmoreland Parish. History Spanish colonialism The name ''Negril'' is a shortened version of ''Negrillo'' (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Little black one''), as it was originally named by the Spaniards in 1494. A theory holds that because there was a vast population of black eels along Negril's coast, the Spaniar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommi Lenho
Tommi Lenho (born 17 September 1975) is a Finnish former professional tennis player. Lenho, a two-time national singles champion, competed for the Finland Davis Cup team from 1994 to 1998 and was unbeaten in three singles rubbers, which included a win over France's Guillaume Raoux. On the professional tour, Lenho reached a best singles ranking of 291 in the world, with qualifying draw appearances at the US Open. His best performance on the Challenger Tour was a runner-up finish at the Tampere Open in 1998. ITF Futures titles Singles: (2) Doubles: (2) See also *List of Finland Davis Cup team representatives This is a list of tennis players who have represented the Finland Davis Cup team The Finland men's national tennis team represents Finland in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Suomen Tennisliitto. Finland currently compete i ... References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lenho, Tommi 1975 births Living people Finnish male tennis playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
