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1998 Romanian Open – Doubles
The 1998 Romanian Open was a men's tennis tournament played on Clay in Bucharest, Romania that was part of the International Series of the 1998 ATP Tour The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional men's tennis organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). The ATP Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the ATP World Tour Finals, the ATP Super 9, the Championship Series .... It was the sixth edition of the tournament and was held from 14 September – 21 September. Seeds Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. Draw Finals References External links Draw {{DEFAULTSORT:1998 Romanian Open - Doubles Singles Romanian Open 1998 in Romanian tennis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrei Pavel
Andrei Pavel (born 27 January 1974) is a Romanian tennis coach and former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 13 and won three titles, including the 2001 Canada Masters. He also reached a career-high in doubles of No. 18 and won six doubles titles. Early life Andrei began playing tennis at age eight, and moved to Germany at age sixteen. Career In 2001 he captured his biggest title, the Masters Series 2001 Canada Masters in Montreal, Canada defeating Patrick Rafter. In 2002, while he was about to play a quarterfinal at Roland Garros, he jumped into a car and made an express round-trip to Germany to attend the birth of his son. It equalled to 1000 miles in 24 hоurs, in the pouring rain with... Àlex Corretja waiting for his return on the Central. ''"It's a bit odd that these two events overlapped'', said the Romanian''. But no matter the sporting challenge: I would not have missed the birth of Marius for the world. The w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Tennis Federation
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is the governing body of world tennis, wheelchair tennis, and beach tennis. It was founded in 1913 as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by twelve national tennis associations. there are 211 national and six regional associations that make up the ITF's membership. The ITF's governance responsibilities include maintaining and enforcing the rules of tennis, regulating international team competitions, promoting the game, and preserving the sport's integrity via anti-doping and anti-corruption programs. The ITF partners with the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) to govern professional tennis. The ITF organizes annual team competitions for men (Davis Cup), women ( Billie Jean King Cup), and mixed teams ( Hopman Cup), as well as tennis and wheelchair tennis events at the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games on behalf of the International Olympic Committee. The ITF sanctions circuits th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Apell
Jan Apell (born 4 November 1969) is a former 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 from Sweden, who in 1994 won the ATP Tour World Championship in doubles and Davis Cup. The left-hander has retired from tennis unbeaten in Davis Cup after five matches, and played most of his career with Jonas Björkman. He also has a Son call Emil Apell and a Daughter named Elin Apell. ATP career finals Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) Doubles: 15 (9 titles, 6 runners-up) ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 7 (3–4) Doubles: 13 (7–6) Performance timelines Singles Doubles See also * List of Sweden Davis Cup team representatives References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Apell, Jan 1969 births Living people Swedish male tenni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Shimada
Thomas Shimada (born February 10, 1975) is a retired professional tennis player who represented Japan. He turned professional in 1993. Shimada primarily played doubles. Shimada has achieved a career-high singles ranking relevant as of March 23, 2007, of world No. 477 which he reached on November 3, 1997. Also relevant of March 23, 2007, Shimada reached his career-high doubles ranking on September 24, 2001, when he became world No. 40. Career finals Doubles: 6 (3–3) External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shimada, Thomas 1975 births Living people Japanese male tennis players Japanese people of American descent American tennis players of Japanese descent Sportspeople from Hilton Head, South Carolina Tennis players from Philadelphia Tennis players from South Carolina Tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in tennis Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Olympic tennis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attila Sávolt
Attila Sávolt (born 5 February 1976) is a tennis player from Hungary, who represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2000 Sydney Olympics where he lost to Paradorn Srichaphan in his first match. Starting his professional career in 1995, he peaked the Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP-ranking on May 20, 2002, reaching 68 on the world rankings. Surprisingly he has a 1-0 head to head against Tim Henman after beating the 4th seed 11th ranked in the 2003 Dubai Tennis Championships and Duty Free Women's Open, 2003 Dubai Tennis Championships. He also defeated Jiří Novák in their only ATP Tour match-up at the 2002 Orange Warsaw Open, when the Czech was ranked 5th in the world. He participated in the 2004 Hopman Cup alongside Petra Mandula. He won the Hungarian National Tennis Championships, Hungarian Championships two times. He was coaching Márton Fucsovics and is currently a sports commentary on Sport 1 (Europe), Sport 1. Titles Singles (6) Doubles (6) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Răzvan Sabău
Răzvan Sabău (born 18 June 1977) is a Romanian retired professional tennis player. He reached the semifinals of Bucharest in 2003 and Gstaad in 2005, achieving a career-high singles ranking of World No. 74 in September 2005. He is the coach of Patricia Maria Țig. Tennis career Juniors Born in Bucharest, Romania, Sabău trained at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in his junior years. As a junior, Sabău was a prodigious player who won several youth tournaments. In 1990, he reached the final of the U14 European Junior Championships at the age of 13, which he narrowly lost to Maxime Boyé. In the following year, Sabău dominated the U14 circuit in the newly created Tennis Europe Junior Tour, collecting the two most prestigious trophies of the year at Petits As and the U14 European Junior Championships, beating Juan Antonio Saiz in both finals. Two years later, in 1993, he won the Wimbledon junior singles title, beating Jimy Szymanski in the final (6–1, 6–3), finishi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Ilie
Andrew Ilie (born 18 April 1976) is a former tennis player. Ilie fled Romania at age 10 with his family, spending a year at a refugee camp in Austria before emigrating to Australia. He turned professional in 1994 and became a citizen of Australia. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. He won two ATP Tour singles titles (Coral Springs in 1998 and Atlanta in 2000), as well as five Challenger Series tournaments. Ilie reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 38 on 29 May 2000. Career Juniors He reached the finals of the Australian Open Jrs in 1994. Pro Tour Ilie never progressed past the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament, but was a fan-favorite, especially in Australia. Described in 2001 by tennis writer Jon Wertheim as "an emerging cult hero", Ilie developed an avid following whenever he played at the Australian Open in Melbourne. He became well known for adventurous and occasionally outrageous shots, and by ripping his shirt in glee w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariano Puerta
Mariano Rubén Puerta (; born 19 September 1978) is an Argentine tennis coach and former professional player. He reached a career-high ATP world No. 9 singles ranking in August 2005. His career highlight is reaching the final of the French Open in 2005. Shortly afterwards he tested positive for the banned substance etilefrine in a drugs test, for which he received an eight-year doping ban, subsequently reduced to two years on appeal. Tennis career Puerta made his debut on the ATP Tour in 1997, and turned professional in 1998. He won his first ATP title in 1998 in Palermo, Italy. In 2000, Puerta achieved his highest year-end ranking of World No. 21, reaching five finals, and winning one of them (Bogotá). That same year, however, he underwent wrist surgery, which kept him off the tour for several months. Besides from not recovering his previous playing level, he was suspended from tennis for 9 months from October 2003 onwards for a doping offense (see section on doping c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emilio Benfele Álvarez
Emilio Benfele Álvarez (born 15 November 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Spain who retired in 2005. His favourite surface was clay, and he achieved his only ATP final in 2000 in Kitzbühel. At the same tournament he reached the semifinals in 1996, he got into Kitzbühel Kitzbühel (, also: ; ) is a town rights, medieval town situated in the Kitzbühel Alps along the river Kitzbüheler Ache in Tyrol (state), Tyrol, Austria, about east of the state capital Innsbruck and is the administrative centre of the Kitzbüh ... draw after losing in the last round of qualifying and beat specialists at clay: Santoro, Clavet, Medvedev and top seed Muster before losing in three sets to Berasategui in the semifinals. He achieved his career-high singles ranking of world No. 81 in 1997 (and No. 91 in doubles in 2004). ATP career finals Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups) Top 10 wins External links * * 1972 births Living people Sportspeople fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remus Farcas
Remus Farcas (born 11 December 1971) is a Romanian former professional tennis player. Farcas, born Făgăraș, was associated with the ICIM Brașov club and turned professional in 1990. During his career he reached a best singles world ranking of 400 and featured in his only ATP Tour singles main draw at the 1995 Romanian Open, losing in the first round to Andrew Ilie Andrew Ilie (born 18 April 1976) is a former tennis player. Ilie fled Romania at age 10 with his family, spending a year at a refugee camp in Austria before emigrating to Australia. He turned professional in 1994 and became a citizen of Austra .... He played in the doubles main draw of the 1998 Romanian Open. ITF Futures finals Doubles: 1 (0–1) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Farcas, Remus 1971 births Living people Romanian male tennis players Sportspeople from Brașov People from Făgăraș 21st-century Romanian sportsmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marius Calugaru
Marius may refer to: People * Marius (name), a male given name, a Roman clan name and family name, and a modern name or surname *Gaius Marius (–86 BC), Roman statesman, seven times consul. * Marcus Aurelius Marius, emperor of the Gallic Empire, 269 Arts and entertainment * ''Marius'' (play), a 1929 play by Marcel Pagnol * "Marius" (short story), a 1957 story by Poul Anderson * ''Marius'' (1931 film), a French adaptation of Pagnol's play, directed by Alexander Korda * ''Marius'' (2013 film), a French adaptation of Pagnol's play, directed by Daniel Auteuil Places * Marius (Laconia), a town of ancient Laconia, Greece * Măriuș, a village in Valea Vinului, Satu Mare County, Romania * Marius (crater), on the Moon * Marius Hills, on the Moon Other uses * Marius (commando), Alain Alivon (born 1965), French Navy officer * Marius (giraffe), a giraffe euthanized at the Copenhagen Zoo in 2014 * Marius Pontmercy, Fictional character from ''Les Misérables'' See also * * * Mario (d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabio Maggi
Fabio Maggi (; born 30 January 1975) is a former professional tennis player from Italy. Biography Originally from Spain, Maggi began playing tennis aged seven. Maggi, who was coached by Jordi Vilaro, turned professional in 1995. On the ATP Tour he had main draw wins over top 100 players Kris Goossens and Stefano Pescosolido during his career. His only Challenger title came at Alpirsbach in 1997, over Stefan Koubek. He retired from professional tennis in 2001 and has since been head of a tennis academy in Cunit Cunit () is a coastal town on the Costa Daurada, Golden Coast (''Costa Daurada'' in Catalan language, Catalan) in the Baix Penedès region part of the province of Tarragona in Catalonia, Spain. It is on the northeast coast of Spain on the Medit ..., Spain. Challenger titles Singles: (1) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Maggi, Fabio 1975 births Living people Italian male tennis players Spanish emigrants to Italy Tennis players from Madrid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
