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2002 Open 13 – Singles
Yevgeny Kafelnikov was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Thomas Enqvist. Enqvist won in the final 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–1 against Nicolas Escudé. Seeds # Juan Carlos Ferrero ''(quarterfinals)'' # Yevgeny Kafelnikov ''(semifinals)'' # Sébastien Grosjean ''(quarterfinals)'' # Thomas Johansson ''(first round)'' # Tim Henman ''(withdrew)'' # Roger Federer ''(withdrew)'' # Younes El Aynaoui ''(first round, retired because of bronchitis)'' # Hicham Arazi Hicham Arazi (; born 19 October 1973) is a Moroccan former professional tennis player. He played professionally from 1993 to the end of 2007. The left-hander reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 22 on November 5, 2001. Duri ... ''(second round)'' Draw Finals Top half Bottom half External links 2002 Open 13 Singles draw2002 Open 13 Qualifying draw {{DEFAULTSORT:Singles Open 13 2002 ATP Tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Enqvist
Thomas Karl Johan Enqvist (born 13 March 1974) is a Swedish former professional tennis player. He reached the final of the 1999 Australian Open and won a total of 19 singles titles, including three Masters titles. He has a career high ATP world singles ranking of No. 4, achieved on 15 November 1999. Tennis career Throughout his career, Enqvist finished four seasons ranked inside the top 10 and won at least one ATP title for six consecutive years. In 1998 he underwent surgery in Stockholm to remove a small piece of bone from his right foot and had surgery on his right shoulder to repair a repetitive strain injury. Despite his surgeries, Enqvist posted some major victories, including wins over world no. 1 Pete Sampras, Juan Carlos Ferrero, and Andy Roddick. Enqvist won a total of 19 singles titles, the most significant being ATP Masters Series titles at Paris (1996), Stuttgart Stuttgart (; ; Swabian German, Swabian: ; Alemannic German, Alemannic: ; Italian language, Ita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabrice Santoro
Fabrice Vetea Santoro (; born 9 December 1972) is a French former professional tennis player. Successful in both singles and doubles, he had an unusually long professional career, with many of his accomplishments coming towards the end of his career, and he is popular among spectators and other players alike for his winning demeanor and shot-making abilities; he is also one of a rare breed of player who plays two-handed on both the forehand and backhand sides. Owing to his longevity on the tour and consistent ranking, Santoro holds several Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP records: the most career wins over top ten opponents for a player who never reached the top ten (40). He was the first player to appear in Open Era tennis records – Men's singles#Grand Slam tournaments, 70 Grand Slam men's singles events, and has the second-most losses in singles play behind López (444). In singles, Santoro won six titles, but reached the quarterfinals at a Grand Slam only once. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Rosset
Marc Rosset (; born 7 November 1970) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He is best known for winning the men's singles gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He also won a major doubles title, at the French Open in 1992 partnering compatriot Jakob Hlasek. Career Rosset turned professional in 1988 and won his first tour singles title in 1989 in Geneva as a wildcard, defeating Guillermo Pérez Roldán. His first doubles title was won in Geneva as well in 1991 with partner Sergi Bruguera. 1992 was the pinnacle of Rosset's career. Representing Switzerland at the Olympic Games in Barcelona, he defeated several top players en route to qualifying for the men's singles final, including Jim Courier, Goran Ivanišević, Wayne Ferreira, and Emilio Sánchez. In the final, he faced Spain's Jordi Arrese and won an exciting five-set match to claim the gold medal. Rosset also won the 1992 French Open men's doubles title with partner Jakob Hlasek. Rosset also was a member of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thierry Ascione
Thierry Ascione (; born 17 January 1981) is an ATP tennis coach and a former professional player from France. He reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 81 in February 2004. Pro career He turned pro in 2000 and retired in September 2010. He played Roger Federer in the second round of Roland Garros 2007, saving five match points in the third set and holding two set points before eventually losing in straight sets. Coaching career He coached the former World No. 3 WTA player, Elina Svitolina. He was also coach to former World No. 5 ATP player Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and former World No.7 Richard Gasquet. Since 2021 he coached Ugo Humbert Ugo Humbert (; born 26 June 1998) is a French professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 13, achieved on 15 April 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 348, achieved on 26 August 2024. Humbert has won seven AT ... (until 2022) and also Lucas Pouille (until 2024). Trivia *Began playing tennis a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lionel Roux
Lionel Roux (; born 12 April 1973) is a former tennis player from France, who turned professional in 1991. He was French National Junior champion in 1991, but didn't win a tour-level title (singles or doubles) during his pro career. The right-hander reached his career-high singles ranking on the ATP Tour The ATP Tour (known as ATP World Tour between January 2009 and December 2018) is the sole worldwide top-tier tennis tour for men organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) founded in 1990 that replaced the earlier dual Grand Prix ... on 13 March 1995, when he became world No. 48. His best slam performance was reaching the 4th round of the 1998 Australian Open. He played two ATP finals, both in Asia. Roux has also made an appearance in the 2001 French comedy La Tour Montparnasse Infernale. External links * * * 1973 births Living people French male tennis players {{France-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noam Okun
Noam Okun (; born 16 April 1978) is an Israeli retired professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 95 in April 2002. Okun won several challenger tournaments in his career, and was a consistent competitor on the ATP tour, often qualifying for Grand Slam events. He, Harel Levy, and Dudi Sela were Israel's top singles players for a number of years. Okun trained at the Israel Tennis Centers. Early life Okun was born in Haifa, Israel. His parents are Igor (who works for Israeli Electric Company) and Galit (an assistant to an orthopedic doctor), and he is Jewish. Tennis career Okun began playing tennis at age nine, and was selected to be part of the Israeli Tennis Federation program after a short course at school. He turned pro in 1999, at the age of 21. In 2000, Okun qualified for the Australian Open, where he lost to hometown favorite Mark Philippoussis in a five-set thriller, 4–6, 2–6, 6–2, 6–3, 2–6. This was Okun's grand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Robredo
Tomás Robredo Garcés (, ; born 1 May 1982) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 5, which he reached in August 2006 as a result of winning the 2006 Hamburg Masters – Singles, Hamburg Masters earlier in the year. Robredo reached the quarterfinals at seven singles Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major tournaments. He was also a three-time semifinalist at the US Open (tennis), US Open men's doubles tournament, and a semifinalist at the Australian Open in mixed doubles. Robredo turned professional in 1998 and was coached by José Clavet, José Manuel "Pepo" Clavet and then by Karim Perona. Robredo considered his forehand to be his best shot, and clay court, red clay his favorite surface. He remains the only player in Open Era history to mount three consecutive comebacks from two sets down, a feat achieved en route to the quarterfinals of the 2013 French Open – Men's singles, 2013 French Open. He has one of the highest AT ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul-Henri Mathieu
Paul-Henri Mathieu (; born 12 January 1982) is a French former professional tennis player. He won four singles titles on the ATP Tour. His best singles performance in an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament was reaching the semifinals of the 2005 Rogers Masters – Singles, 2005 Canadian Open. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 12 in April 2008. Tennis career Formative years Paul-Henri Mathieu was born in Strasbourg, France. He first began playing tennis when he was three and a half years old with his older brother Pierre-Yves. From 1997 to 2000, Paul-Henri trained at the List of IMG Academy alumni, IMG Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Bradenton, Florida, Bradenton, Florida before moving back to Paris. Juniors As a junior tennis, junior, Mathieu posted a singles record of 42–15 and a doubles record of 34–12, reaching as high as world no. 6 in singles and world no. 19 in doubles in January 2000. Mathieu won the boys' singles title at the 2000 French O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Clavet
Francisco Javier Clavet González de Castejón (; born 24 October 1968), known as Pato Clavet (), is a former professional tennis player from Spain. He won eight singles titles, reached the semifinals of the 1992 Newsweek Champions Cup – Singles, 1992 Indian Wells Masters and the 1999 Lipton Championships – Men's singles, 1999 Miami Masters, and achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 18 in July 1992. He reached No. 16 at the Champions Race (now called ATP Race to London), after winning in Tennis Channel Open, Scottsdale in 2001. During his career, he defeated some contemporary, future and past number-one-ranked players, including John McEnroe, Mats Wilander, Andre Agassi, Lleyton Hewitt, and Roger Federer. In his only meeting with Federer, at the 2000 Cincinnati Masters, Clavet won and told Swiss newspaper ''Blick'' his defeat of Federer was one of his most important wins as he considers Federer "the greatest tennis player of all time". Clavet was coached by his brother ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renzo Furlan
Renzo Furlan (born 17 May 1970) is an Italian tennis coach and a former professional player. The right-hander reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 19 in April 1996. In 2024, he was named WTA Coach of the Year. Career Having turned professional in 1988, Furlan represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the quarter-finals by India's Leander Paes. Four years earlier, when Barcelona hosted the Summer Olympics, he reached the third round, falling to Jordi Arrese of Spain: 4–6, 3–6, and 2–6. His best performance at a Grand Slam tournament came when he got to the quarterfinals of the 1995 French Open, defeating Marcos Ondruska, David Rikl, Fernando Meligeni and Scott Draper before losing to Sergi Bruguera. Coaching Furlan was appointed president of the Tennis Federation of Serbia in 2016 and after leaving, Furlan began coaching Jasmine Paolini full-time in 2020, having first worked with her in 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grégory Carraz
Grégory Carraz (; born 9 April 1975) is a retired professional French tennis player. During his career, he reached one ATP Tour The ATP Tour (known as ATP World Tour between January 2009 and December 2018) is the sole worldwide top-tier tennis tour for men organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) founded in 1990 that replaced the earlier dual Grand Prix ... doubles final. Career finals Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) Challengers and Futures finals Singles: 14 (7–7) Doubles: 13 (6–7) External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Carraz, Gregory 1975 births Living people French male tennis players Sportspeople from Boulogne-Billancourt Tennis players from Hauts-de-Seine Sportspeople from Bourgoin-Jallieu Tennis players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic tennis players for France ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Gicquel
Marc Gicquel (; born 30 March 1977) is a former professional male tennis player from France. Tennis career Gicquel turned pro in 1999. He made his ATP Tour singles debut at the 2002 Open 13 tournament on hard courts in Marseilles, France. He was granted direct entry into the qualifying draw, which saw him defeat Johan Rousseaux ''6–4, 6–4'' and Cristiano Caratti ''6–2, 7–6(10–8)'' in the first two rounds prior to being defeated in the third and final round by Renzo Furlan ''3–6, 3–6''. He would however be gifted a lucky loser entry when sixth seeded Roger Federer withdrew from the tournament. He faced wild card compatriot Nicolas Mahut in the first round and bettered him by a score of ''6–4, 6–3'' before falling to another Frenchman and eventual runner-up Nicolas Escudé ''1–6, 6–7(3–7)''. Gicquel made his ATP Tour doubles main draw debut when he received a wild card entry into the 2005 French Open alongside compatriot Nicolas Devilder. They would ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
