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2007 Torneo Godó
The 2007 Torneo Godó was a men's professional tennis tournament that was part of the International Series Gold of the 2007 ATP Tour. It was the 55th edition of the Torneo Godó and took place from 23 to 29 April 2007 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Rafael Nadal won the singles title. The event also featured a seniors' tournament that was part of the ATP Champions Tour, which was held from 19 to 22 April. Sergi Bruguera won the title. Finals Singles Rafael Nadal defeated Guillermo Cañas 6–3, 6–4 Doubles Andrei Pavel / Alexander Waske defeated Rafael Nadal / Tomeu Salvà 6–3, 7–6(7–1) Seniors Sergi Bruguera defeated Jordi Arrese 4–6, 6–1, 0–2 External linksITF tournament details {{DEFAULTSORT:2007 Torneo Godo 2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Series Gold
The ATP 500 tournaments (previously known as the ''ATP World Tour 500'' tournaments, ''ATP International Series Gold'', and ''ATP Championship Series'') are the fourth highest tier of annual men's tennis tournament after the four Grand Slam/major tournaments, ATP Finals, and the ATP 1000 events. As of 2025, the series includes 16 tournaments, with 500 ranking points awarded for the events' singles champions – which accounts for the name of the series. Tournaments have various draws of 32 and 48 for singles and 16 and 24 for doubles. It is mandatory for leading players to enter at least four 500 events, including at least one after the US Open; if they play fewer than four, or fail to play in one after the US Open they get a "zero" score towards their world ranking for each one short. Roger Federer holds the record for most singles titles at 24, while Daniel Nestor holds the record for most doubles titles won with 20. Historic names 1990–1999; ''ATP Championship Series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torneo Godó
The Barcelona Open (currently sponsored by Banc Sabadell) is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players. The event was founded in 1953 as a combined men's and women's tournament until 1980. It is played at the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain on clay courts. The event is commonly known as Trofeo Conde de Godó (). History The tournament was created at the initiative of Carlos Godó Valls, 2nd Count of Godó, after the tennis club moved to its new location in Pedralbes, a neighborhood in Les Corts district of Barcelona. Vic Seixas won the first singles title as well as the doubles title, partnering Enrique Morea. It was an event of the Grand Prix tennis circuit from 1970 until 1989, except in 1971 when it was part of the World Championship Tennis (WCT) circuit, but also open to non-WCT players. The tournament is currently part of the ATP Tour 500 series on the ATP Tour. It is Spain's second most prestigious tournament on the ATP Tour after the M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Torneo Godó
The 2007 Torneo Godó was a men's professional tennis tournament that was part of the International Series Gold of the 2007 ATP Tour. It was the 55th edition of the Torneo Godó and took place from 23 to 29 April 2007 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Rafael Nadal won the singles title. The event also featured a seniors' tournament that was part of the ATP Champions Tour, which was held from 19 to 22 April. Sergi Bruguera won the title. Finals Singles Rafael Nadal defeated Guillermo Cañas 6–3, 6–4 Doubles Andrei Pavel / Alexander Waske defeated Rafael Nadal / Tomeu Salvà 6–3, 7–6(7–1) Seniors Sergi Bruguera defeated Jordi Arrese 4–6, 6–1, 0–2 External linksITF tournament details {{DEFAULTSORT:2007 Torneo Godo 2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordi Arrese
Jordi Arrese i Castañé (; born 29 August 1964) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. Born in Barcelona, Arrese won the men's singles silver medal at the 1992 Olympic Games in his home town. In the final, he was defeated in a marathon five-set match by 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 c ... of Switzerland, 7–6, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 8–6. During his career, Arrese won six top-level singles and four tour doubles titles, and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 23. Career finals Singles: 12 (6 wins, 6 losses) Doubles: 10 (4 wins, 6 losses) External links * * * Olympic medalists for Spain in tennis Olympic silver medalists for Spain Olympic tennis players for Spain Spanish male tennis players Tennis players from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bartolomé Salvá-Vidal
Bartolomé may refer to: People * Bartolomé Abdala (born 1964), Argentine politician * Bartolomé Bermejo (c.1440–c.1501), Spanish painter * Bartolomé de las Casas (1484–1566), Spanish priest * Bartolomé Castagnola (born 1970), Argentine polo player * Bartolomé Colombo (1916–1989), Argentine footballer * Bartolomé de Escobedo (1500–1563), Spanish composer * Bartolomé Lloveras (c.1890–c.1950), Argentine footballer * Bartolomé de Medina (mining specialist), (149?–15??), Spanish metallurgist * Bartolomé de Medina (theologian), (1527–1581), Spanish theologian * Bartolomé Mitre (1821–1906), Argentine statesman * Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1618–1682), Spanish painter * Bartolomé Saravi (1797–1862), Argentine army officer Places * Bartolomé Island (Spanish: Isla Bartolomé), a volcanic islet in the Galápagos Islands Group * Isla Bartolomé, Diego Ramirez Islands, Chile See also * Bartholomew (other) Bartholomew the Apostle was one of the twelve Ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillermo Cañas
Guillermo "Willy" Ignacio Cañas (; born November 25, 1977) is an Argentine former professional tennis player and coach. He was ranked world No. 8 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved in June 2005. Cañas won seven singles titles on the ATP Tour, including the 2002 Canada Masters, and reached the quarterfinals of the French Open three times. He was suspended in August 2005 for a doping violation, returning to the circuit in September 2006. Career Early years Cañas was born in Buenos Aires and named after Argentine tennis star Guillermo Vilas. He started playing at age 7. He turned professional in 1995, and began playing on the juniors circuit, enjoying some successes; these included a runner-up appearance at Surbiton, United Kingdom, and a win in the doubles event at the Italian Junior Championships, partnering Martín García. From 1995 to 1999, Cañas played mainly Challenger Series tournaments. In April 1998, he broke into the top 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergi Bruguera
Sergi Bruguera i Torner (; born 16 January 1971) is a Spanish tennis coach and former professional player . He won consecutive men's singles titles at the French Open in 1993 and 1994, a silver medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics in men's singles and reached a career-high ranking of No. 3 in August 1994. Bruguera is the only player to have a winning record against both Roger Federer and Pete Sampras. He won three of his five matches against Sampras: Bruguera leads 1–0 on hard court, 2–1 on clay, and Sampras leads 1–0 on carpet. In their only match, at the 2000 Barcelona Open, Bruguera lost only two games in defeating 18 year-old Federer. By number of games won, the match was Federer's worst loss in his entire career. In 2018 Bruguera became the captain of the Spain Davis Cup team. He was the coach of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga between 2019 and 2022, and then coached Alexander Zverev starting in May 2022 but they split ways in 2023 after the 2023 Madrid Open. He was the coach o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ATP Champions Tour
The ATP Champions Tour was a men's tennis tour intended for former tennis professionals, who have since retired from mainstream professional tennis touring (The ATP). The Tour brings together many of the greatest tennis players in history for nostalgic, competitive and entertaining tournaments in cities around the world. For a player to be eligible for play on this tour, he must be in the year of his 35th birthday or have been retired from the ATP Tour for two years or more. Each player must have been either a world No. 1, a Grand Slam finalist, or a singles player in a winning Davis Cup team. Each event can also invite two players of its choice to take wild cards. The Tour usually consists of around 10 events around the world, with a year-ending "My World Champions Tennis" event held at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Events are typically played over four days with eight-man fields competing against each other in a round-robin format, ensuring that all players feature in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 ATP Tour
The 2007 ATP Tour was the global elite men's professional tennis circuit organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the 2007 tennis season. The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals. The ATP Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the Tennis Masters Cup, the ATP Masters Series, the International Series Gold and the International Series tournaments. Round-robin trial In August 2006, the ATP announced that it would conduct a trial of the round-robin tournament format during the 2007 season. ATP Executive Chairman Etienne De Villiers claimed their research showed a preference for this tournament setup among fans, tournaments and media. In a round-robin tournament each player competes once against every other player in his group. The only men's tournament using this format was the season-ending event but all regular tournaments, including the Grand Slams, used the traditional elimination ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clay Court
A clay court is one of the types of tennis court on which the sport of tennis is played. Clay courts are built on a foundation of crushed stone, brick, shale, and other construction aggregate, aggregate, with a thin layer of fine clay particles on top. Clay courts are more common in Continental Europe and Latin America than in North America, Asia-Pacific or Britain. The only Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournament that uses clay courts is the French Open. Clay courts come in the more common #Red clay, red clay (known in France as ''terre battue''), which is actually crushed brick, and the slightly harder #Green clay, green clay, which is actually crushed metabasalt. Although slightly less expensive to construct than other types of tennis courts, clay requires much maintenance: the surface must be watered and rolled regularly to preserve texture and flatness, and brushed carefully before and during each match. Early history Clay courts, although now commonly associated with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Waske
Alexander Waske (born 31 March 1975) is a retired tennis player from Germany. Waske was ranked as high as world No. 16 in doubles, winning four titles. He achieved his career-high singles ranking of world No. 89 in June 2006. In 2010, Waske and his former Davis Cup companion Rainer Schüttler founded the Schüttler Waske Tennis-University, a tennis academy for professional players. Waske twice beat players in the final qualifying rounds of tournaments who later got into the main draw as lucky losers and caused big historical upsets. In the 2002 Wimbledon final qualifying round at Roehampton, Waske beat George Bastl, before lucky loser Bastl later beat Pete Sampras in the second round of the 2002 Wimbledon tournament, in one of the greatest upsets in tennis history. In the final qualifying round for Indian Wells in 2007, Waske beat Guillermo Cañas, before lucky loser Cañas later beat Roger Federer Roger Federer ( , ; born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss former professiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
