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1994 Salem Open-Beijing – Doubles
Paul Annacone and Doug Flach were the defending champions, but did not participate this year. Tommy Ho and Kent Kinnear won the title, defeating David Adams and Andrei Olhovskiy 7–6, 6–3 in the final. Seeds # David Adams / Andrei Olhovskiy ''(final)'' # Henrik Holm / Anders Järryd ''(quarterfinals)'' # Jim Grabb / Alex O'Brien ''(semifinals)'' # Rick Leach / Brett Steven Brett Andrew Steven (born 27 April 1969) is a former New Zealand tennis player. Biography Steven began his tennis career at the age of 10 as a ball boy and by the age of 16 he participated at his first tournament. He attended Mount Roskill ... ''(semifinals)'' Draw Draw External linksDraw {{DEFAULTSORT:1994 Salem Open-Beijing - Men's Doubles 1994 ATP Tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Ho
Thomas Ho (born June 17, 1973, in Winter Haven, Florida) is an American former professional tennis player. Tennis career Juniors Ho first came to the tennis world's attention as an exceptionally successful junior player. He won several junior tennis events in the 1980s, and set a number of 'youngest-ever' records. Pro tour In August 1988, Ho became the youngest male player in the open era to play in the main draw of the US Open singles at the age of 15 years and 2 months. He lost the first round match to Johan Kriek 6–4, 7–6, 7–6. That same month, Ho became the second youngest male player to win a main draw match at a top-level tour event when he beat Matt Anger in the first round at Rye Brook 6–4, 3–6, 6–4, just after Argentina's Franco Davín. Ho's early successes drew many comparisons with Michael Chang, another Asian American tennis player who achieved great success as a junior. However Ho did not manage to make the same kind of impact on the professional c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Florent
Andrew Florent (24 October 1970 – 16 August 2016) was an Australian professional tennis player. Florent was born in Melbourne to parents who had migrated from Mauritius. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 3 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 10 times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 13 in 2001. Florent died from colorectal cancer at the age of 45 on 16 August 2016. He is the father of the Sydney AFL footballer Oliver Florent Oliver Florent (born 22 July 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by the Sydney Swans with their first selection and eleventh overall in the 20 .... Junior Grand Slam finals Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) ATP career finals Doubles: 13 (3 titles, 10 runner-ups) ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Doubles: 7 (5–2) Performance Timelines Doubles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Chang (tennis)
Carl Chang (born February 13, 1969) is an American entrepreneur, real estate investor, business executive, and former tennis coach. He founded the pizza chain Pieology, and is active in real estate investment businesses. He is the older brother and former coach of tennis star Michael Chang. Early life and education Chang was born in Hoboken, New Jersey on February 13, 1969. In 1979, their family moved to La Costa, California, so they could play tennis year round. He graduated from San Dieguito High School in Encinitas, California, in 1987. He attended the University of California, Berkeley and graduated in 1991. Career Tennis career As a junior tennis player, Chang was ranked in the top ten at his age group. He beat Pete Sampras at junior events. Following his graduation, Chang briefly joined the professional tennis tour. After playing in a few events as a singles player as well as a doubles partner of his younger brother Michael, he decided not to continue and instead becam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhang Jiuhua
Zhang Jiuhua (born 14 May 1969) is a former professional tennis player from China. Biography Zhang, who was born in Hubei, competed in the boys' doubles event at the 1985 US Open and reached the quarter-finals. He won a silver medal for China in the singles at the 1990 Asian Games and was a singles bronze medalist at the 1993 Summer Universiade The 1993 Summer Universiade, also known as XVII Summer Universiade or World University Games Buffalo '93, took place in Buffalo, New York, as the main site. For the first time in history the event was hosted by two countries, as some events wer .... His two ATP tour main draw appearances came at the 1994 Salem Open-Beijing and 1996 Shanghai Open, both times as a wildcard in the doubles events. During his career he represented the China Davis Cup team in six ties, with all of his ten career matches coming in singles. References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zhang, Jiuhua 1969 births Living people Chinese male tennis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xia Jiaping
Xia Jiaping (; born 1 March 1969) is a former professional tennis player from the People's Republic of China. Biography Xia, the grandson of a Chinese Davis Cup player, comes from Shanghai. In the 1990s he competed in the main draw of ATP Tour level tournaments in Beijing, Hong Kong and Shanghai. He was runner-up at a 1996 Challenger event in Beijing. Representative career During his career he represented the People's Republic of China in the Asian Games, Davis Cup and Summer Olympics. From 1989 to 1997, Xia played in a total of 18 Davis Cup ties for China. He won 20 singles matches, 29 overall, which is a team record. At the 1990 Asian Games in Beijing he won two gold medals, in the men's doubles with Meng Qianghua and the other as a member of the men's team. He partnered Meng Qianghua again at the 1992 Atlanta Olympics, where they were beaten in the first round of the men's doubles by Switzerland's Jakob Hlasek and Marc Rosset. In Hiroshima in 1994 he won another Asia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christo Van Rensburg
Christo van Rensburg (born 23 October 1962) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. Van Rensburg turned professional in 1983. He won his first doubles title on ATP Tour later that year at Cleveland. Van Rensburg won 20 top-level doubles titles during his career, including one Grand Slam men's doubles title at the Australian Open in 1985, partnering Paul Annacone. He also won two ATP singles titles at Orlando in 1987, and at Johannesburg in 1989. Van Rensburg's career-high rankings were world No. 19 in singles (achieved in 1988) and world No. 5 in doubles (achieved in 1987). He retired from the professional tour in 1995. Van Rensburg is one of only two men to beat Pete Sampras in straight sets at Wimbledon (doing so in 1990, where Sampras was the No. 12 seed), the other being 1996 champion Richard Krajicek Richard Peter Stanislav Krajicek (; born 6 December 1971) is a Dutch former professional tennis player and tournament director. Krajicek won 17 single ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Devening
Brian Devening (born July 16, 1967) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Career Devening was the American Hardcourt Championship winner in 1983 and was ranked amongst the top 25 juniors for six years. Before turning professional, Devening played tennis for Southern Methodist University, from where he would graduate with a business degree. On the ATP Tour he made his appearances mostly in the doubles circuit. He made the second round of a Grand Slam doubles tournament just once, at the 1994 Wimbledon Championships with countryman Greg Van Emburgh. The pair defeated the Australian pairing of Darren Cahill and John Fitzgerald. As a singles player he reached the second round of the French Open in 1993, beating Frédéric Fontang. His only other singles appearance was in Wimbledon that year, where he lost to seventh seed Ivan Lendl in four sets. The American reached two ATP finals during his career, both in 1993, at Båstad and Santiago. He also exited ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Ruah
Maurice Ruah (born 19 February 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Venezuela. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 82 in 1994. His father Luis works in medical supplies and in the shoe industry, and his mother Claire assists her husband in medical supplies. He and his doubles partner Yohny Romero won a bronze medal at the 1999 Pan American Games. Ruah participated in 19 Davis Cup ties for Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ... from 1989 to 2000, posting a 17–17 record in singles and an 8–5 record in doubles. In July 2019, he becomes captain of the Davis Cup. Doubles titles References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ruah, Maurice Tennis players from Caracas Venezuelan male tennis players Living people 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolás Pereira
Nicolás Pereira (born September 29, 1970) is a commentator for the Tennis Channel and former professional tennis player, who became the ITF Junior World Champion in 1988 after winning the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. Professional career In the fall of 1988, Pereira registered wins on the pro tour against Brad Gilbert and Amos Mansdorf. He finished 1988 ranked No. 151 in the world rankings. In April 1989, Pereira reached the quarterfinals of the Japan Open, defeating No. 21 ranked Andrés Gómez before losing to No. 1 ranked Ivan Lendl. In June, he defeated world No. 3 Stefan Edberg in straight sets in the first round of the Queens Club grass-court tournament. A few weeks later, in the first round of Wimbledon, he took eventual semifinalist Lendl to five sets before losing. Later that summer, he reached the quarterfinals of the Grand Prix event in Montreal, the Canadian Open. There he beat No. 10 ranked Tim Mayotte, then lost to No. 14 ranked Jay Berger. Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robbie Weiss
Robbie Weiss (born December 1, 1966) is a former tour professional tennis player and NCAA Division 1 singles champion. The resident of Las Vegas achieved a career-high ATP ranking in singles of world No. 85, which he reached on the heels of winning his only ATP Tour event, the 1990 São Paulo Grand Prix. He also won, partnering Ricky Brown, the 1984 Wimbledon Championships junior doubles title. Weiss played just a few tournaments on the ITF Junior Circuit and his only notable junior success was winning Wimbledon doubles crown in '84 partnering Brown. They won the final over Jonas Svensson and Mark Kratzmann despite losing the first set 1–6. As a collegian, Weiss won the 1988 NCAA Division 1 individual singles title despite being ranked only No. 48 in that year's preseason rankings. He did win however three individuals singles tournaments to raise his ranking to No. 1 entering the individual singles championship. In the title match, Weiss defeated UCLA's Brian Garrow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie Morgan (tennis Player)
Jamie Morgan (born 8 June 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Morgan never won an ATP level singles title, but finished runner-up three times. He reached the fourth round of the 1993 U.S. Open, his best performance at a Grand Slam event. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 52 in 1993. He played two singles matches for the Australian Davis Cup team in their 1994 World Group first round tie against Russia. Jamie attended Sydney Boys High School,http://www.shsobu.org.au/wp-content/uploads/sport.pdf graduating in 1986 before winning a tennis scholarship at the Australian Institute of Sport The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) is a high performance sports training institution in Australia. The institute's headquarters were opened in 1981 and are situated in the northern suburb of Bruce, Canberra. The AIS is a division of the ... in 1986. ATP career finals Singles: 3 (3 runners-up) ATP Challenger and ITF Futures fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Tebbutt
Michael Tebbutt (born 22 December 1970) is an Australian former tennis player. He was educated at St Johns Park High School (Australia) and Northern Arizona University (US) before starting his career as a professional tennis player. He was the first NAU 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 in the NAU Athletics Hall of Fame. Tebbutt played hitting the ball with both hands, both forehand and backhand. His service was powerful and this fact made him to have his best performances in fast courts. Michael was ranked world No. 87 in singles and No. 26 in doubles. In singles tournaments he had wins over Pat Rafter, Lleyton Hewitt, and Tim Henman. In doubles, he had wins over Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras and the Woodies, among others. He reached the fourth roun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |