1996 Genovese Hamlet Cup – Doubles
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1996 Genovese Hamlet Cup – Doubles
Cyril Suk and Daniel Vacek were the defending champions but did not compete that year. Luke Jensen and Murphy Jensen won in the final 6–3, 7–6 against Hendrik Dreekmann and Alexander Volkov. Seeds Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. # Jared Palmer / Jonathan Stark ''(semifinals)'' # Martin Damm / Nicolás Pereira ''(quarterfinals)'' # Vince Spadea / Jeff Tarango ''(first round)'' # Stephen Noteboom / Fernon Wibier Fernon Wibier (born 25 February 1971) is a former 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 play ... ''(first round)'' Draw References 1996 Genovese Hamlet Cup Doubles Draw {{DEFAULTSORT:Genovese Hamlet Cup - Doubles, 1996 Doubles ...
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Cyril Suk
Cyril Suk III (born 29 January 1967) is a Czech former professional tennis player. A doubles specialist, Suk won five Grand Slam titles, one men's doubles and four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles and 32 ATP Tour doubles titles during his career. Early life Suk was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, a member of a prominent Czech tennis family. His mother, Vera, was a women's singles finalist at Wimbledon in 1962. His father, Cyril, was President of the Czechoslovak Tennis Federation. His sister, Helena, was an even more successful professional player on the women's tour who teamed-up with Suk to win three Grand Slam mixed doubles titles in the 1990s. Juniors In 1985, Suk partnered with fellow Czech tennis player Petr Korda to win the boys' doubles title at the French Open. Suk and Korda were ranked the joint-World No. 1 junior doubles players that year. Career Suk claimed his first Grand Slam mixed doubles title in 1991 at the French Open, partnering sister Helena. In 1992, he ...
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Magnus Larsson
Per Henrik ''Magnus'' Larsson (; born 25 March 1970) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. Playing career Larsson turned professional in 1989 and won his first top-level singles title at Florence in 1990. His first doubles title was also won in Florence, in 1991. Some of the most significant highlights of Larsson's career came in 1994. He won that year's Grand Slam Cup, defeating World No. 1 Pete Sampras in the final in four sets 7–6, 4–6, 7–6, 6–4. Larsson also reached the semi-finals of the 1994 French Open, and was part of the Swedish team which won the 1994 Davis Cup. He won singles rubbers in the Davis Cup final in Moscow in December against both Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Alexander Volkov, as Sweden defeated Russia, 4–1. In 1995, Larsson reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 10 and his career-high doubles ranking of World No. 26. He was runner-up in the men's doubles at the French Open that year (partnering Nicklas Kulti). He was ...
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Kevin Ullyett
Kevin Ullyett (born 23 May 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Zimbabwe. His primary success on the tour was in men's doubles. Ullyett won 34 doubles titles during his career, including two Grand Slams at the 2001 US Open and the 2005 Australian Open with countryman Wayne Black. He also competed in the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics, coming in at fifth place in 2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ... with Black. In mixed doubles, Ullyett won the 2002 Australian Open with Daniela Hantuchová. He reached the final of Wimbledon in 2002 with Hantuchová, and the semifinals there in 2003 and 2005 with Hantuchová and Liezel Huber, respectively. He and Huber were also the runners-up at the 2005 Australian Open. Black, Ullyett's compatriot and lon ...
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Chad Clark (tennis)
Chad Michael Clark (born October 28, 1973) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Biography Clark, who grew up in Longview, played collegiate tennis at the Texas Longhorns, where he was an ITA All-American for both singles and doubles in 1994 and 1995. Professional career Across 1996 and 1997 he competed on the professional tour, as a doubles specialist. His singles appearances were rare but he made the final round of qualifying at the 1996 Wimbledon Championships, losing in five sets to Tom Kempers. At the 1996 US Open he featured in the main draw of the men's doubles, with Jeff Salzenstein. On the ATP Tour his best performance was a semi-final appearance partnering Kevin Ullyett at Long Island Long Island is a densely populated continental island in southeastern New York (state), New York state, extending into the Atlantic Ocean. It constitutes a significant share of the New York metropolitan area in both population and land are ... in 1996 ...
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Brett Hansen-Dent
Brett Hansen-Dent (born July 2, 1972) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Personal life Hansen-Dent is the son of American tennis player Betty Ann Grubb Stuart, half-brother of former tennis professional Taylor Dent and a step-son of Australian Davis Cup player Phil Dent. When he was 10, the family moved to Australia, where they lived for four years, before returning to California. He went to school at Newport Harbor High. Career Hansen-Dent was a mixed doubles gold medalist at the 1991 Summer Universiade in Sheffield, partnering Susan Gilchrist. He was also a member of the American squad which competed at the Pan American Games that year, in Havana, Cuba. In 1991 and 1992, Hansen-Dent played collegiate tennis for the University of California, Irvine, then spent a year away touring. While at the University of Southern California in 1994, Hansen-Dent was a doubles All-American and member of the NCAA championship winning team. In 1995 he was the Divis ...
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Eric Taino
Eric Taino (born March 18, 1975) is a retired ATP Tour American tennis player, who later represented the Philippines in international competition. Before turning pro, he was the #1 player and captain of the then #2 nationally ranked UCLA tennis team and achieved All-American honors. His teammates included fellow pros Justin Gimelstob and Kevin Kim. As a junior player, he won the 1992 US Open – Boys' Doubles with Jimmy Jackson by defeating the Chileans future World no. 1 singles player Marcelo Ríos and Gabriel Silberstein. He started a professional career in 1997 and achieved the highest ranking of world No. 122 as a singles player on the ATP Tour in November 2003. He was also ranked as high as 52nd in the world in April 2000 as a doubles player. He won a doubles title in 1999 Singapore Open with Belarusian partner and future world No. 1 doubles player Max Mirnyi beating The Woodies in the final. In 2006, Taino won the bronze medal in the men's doubles tournament at the ...
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Cecil Mamiit
Cecil Valdeavilla Mamiit (born June 27, 1976) is a former tennis player from the United States who went on to represent the Philippines. He began his professional career in 1996 and reached his highest individual ranking in the ATP Tour on October 11, 1999 as World No. 72. Career In 1996, he won the NCAA singles championship as an USC freshman, a feat that had not been achieved since John McEnroe attended Stanford University in 1978. Mamiit won the silver medal in the men's tournament at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, after losing the final to fellow American Paul Goldstein. At the 2006 Asian Games held in Doha, Qatar, he won bronze in the singles event after losing in the semifinals to Lee Hyung Taik of South Korea. In the doubles event, he also won bronze, along with fellow Filipino-American tennis player Eric Taino, losing to the first-seeded and former World no. 1 doubles players Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes of India. He won the men's ...
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Mårten Renström
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Ola Kristiansson
Ola Kristiansson (born 23 September 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. Biography A right-handed player from Helsingborg, Kristiansson was a Sweden Junior Davis Cup team representative and made three grand slam boys' doubles quarter-finals in 1989, with Nicklas Kulti. Kristiansson, who turned professional in 1990, was most prominent on tour as a double player, with a best ranking of 123 in the world. In singles he had a career high ranking of 277 and reached the final round of qualifying in each of the four grand slam tournaments during his career. He won his only singles match on the ATP Tour at the Prague Open in 1994, over Bohdan Ulihrach. In 1995 he competed in the main draw of the men's doubles at all grand slam events. At the Australian Open he made the round of 16 partnering Lars-Anders Wahlgren, which included a win against sixth seeds David Adams and Andrei Olhovskiy. He also paired up with Wahlgren for first round exits at the French Open and Wimb ...
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Jack Waite
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Karol Kučera
Karol Kučera (; born 4 March 1974) is a Slovak tennis coach and former professional player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 6 in September 1998, reaching the semifinals of the Australian Open the same year. Tennis career Kučera turned professional in 1992. He was a member of the Czechoslovakian Galea Cup teams in 1991 and 1992 and the 1992 European championship squad. In 1993 he qualified for his first Grand Slam at Roland Garros. In 1995 when Kučera won his first ATP title in Rosmalen. In 1996 he played in the Summer Olympics in Atlanta where he lost to eventual gold medalist Andre Agassi. A year later he won his second ATP title in Ostrava defeating Magnus Norman. He was runner-up in two other tournaments in Nottingham on grass to Greg Rusedski and Stuttgart Outdoor to Álex Corretja on clay. Kučera's best year was in 1998, where he finished the year in the top 10, ranked World No. 8, which qualified him in the ATP Tour World Championship in ...
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