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2008 ATP Challenger Series
The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ATP Challenger Tour, Challenger Series is the secondary professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2008 ATP Challenger Series calendar comprised 176 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $25,000 up to $150,000. Schedule The table below shows the 2008 ATP Challenger Series schedule. January February March April May June July August September October November +H: Any Challenger or Futures providing hospitality shall receive the points of the next highest prize money level in that category$. /€25,000+H Challengers receive points shown at$/€50,000. Monies shown for Challengers and Futures are on-site prize amounts. Statistical Information List of players and ATP challenger titles won, last name alphabetically: * Thomaz Bellucci – Santiago, Florianópolis, Rabat, Tunis (4) * Teymuraz Gabashvili – Telde, Karlsruhe, Milan, Mons (4) * Go Soeda – Kyoto, Busan, New Delhi, Toyota City (4) * Krist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 ATP Challenger Series
The ATP Challenger Tour, ATP Challenger Series is the second tier tour for professional tennis organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). The 2007 ATP Challenger Series calendar comprised 174 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $25,000 up to $150,000. Schedule January February March April May June July August September October November December References {{DEFAULTSORT:Challenger Series 2007 in tennis ATP Challenger Tour seasons 2007 ATP Challenger Series, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Mertl
Jan Mertl (born 3 January 1982) is a Czech former tennis player who competed mainly on the ITF Futures Tour and ATP Challenger Tour. On 23 July 2007, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 163. Mertl made his ATP main draw debut at 2016 Swiss Open Gstaad, defeating Yann Marti to score his first ATP-level win. Mertl is the coach of Czech WTA player Markéta Vondroušová Markéta Vondroušová (; born 28 June 1999) is a Czech professional tennis player. She has been ranked world No. 6 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Vondroušová has won two singles titles, including the 2023 Wimbledon Champio .... Challenger finals Singles: 3 (0–3) Doubles: 9 (1–8) References External links * * 1982 births Living people Czech male tennis players Sportspeople from Ústí nad Labem Tennis players from the Ústí nad Labem Region 21st-century Czech sportsmen {{CzechRepublic-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Dabul
Brian Dabul (; born 24 February 1984) is an Argentine retired tennis player. He was ranked the No. 1 junior in the world in January 2002. His highest ranking in men's singles was No. 82 (9 March 2009), and his highest ranking in doubles was No. 79 (11 January 2010). Early life Dabul was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to parents Jorge and Nora, and is Jewish. Tennis career Juniors During his career as a junior player, Dabul was ranked No. 1 in the world in January 2002 for singles players, as well as achieving No. 5 in doubles. Professional career 2003–07 Dabul's climb in the professional ranks was a slow one, not indicative of his status as a former No. 1 Junior player. He broke into the top 500 in 2003, the top 300 in 2004, and entered the top 200 in 2007, finishing that year ranked No. 159. 2008–10 Dabul continued his slow, steady rise in 2008. In March, he reached his career-high ranking in doubles of 88th with some good Challenger results, and then followed that up wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruno Soares
Bruno Fraga Soares (; born 27 February 1982) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player who specialised in doubles. A doubles specialist, Soares won six Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major titles, the 2016 Australian Open – Men's doubles, Australian Open and 2016 US Open – Men's doubles, US Open in 2016 alongside Jamie Murray, and the 2020 US Open – Men's doubles, 2020 US Open with Mate Pavić in men's doubles. In mixed doubles, Soares won the 2012 US Open – Mixed doubles, 2012 US Open partnering Ekaterina Makarova, the 2014 US Open – Mixed doubles, 2014 US Open with Sania Mirza, and the 2016 Australian Open – Mixed doubles, 2016 Australian Open with Elena Vesnina. He also finished runner-up at the 2013 US Open – Men's doubles, 2013 US Open and 2020 French Open – Men's doubles, 2020 French Open in men's doubles, and the 2013 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles, 2013 Wimbledon Championships in mixed doubles. Soares was the fourth Brazilian to win a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie Delgado
Jamie Delgado (born 21 March 1977) is a British tennis coach and former professional player. Delgado has represented Great Britain in the Davis Cup, most recently in 2006. Delgado holds the all-time male record for playing in consecutive Wimbledon tournaments, playing for the 23rd time in 2014 at the age of 37. His best singles performance at Wimbledon was reaching the second round, on three occasions (1999, 2001 and 2006). He reached the quarter-finals of the President's Cup tournament in Kazakhstan in 2000. In total he has won three singles Challenger Tour titles but as the years passed, he became more predominantly a doubles specialist player where he has had better success winning fifteen challenger Tour titles and making the final of two ATP Tour events both in 2012. He has coached Gilles Müller, Andy Murray, Denis Shapovalov and Grigor Dimitrov. Early and personal life Jamie Delgado was born in Birmingham but moved to Spain and was brought up in Tenerife until the age ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franco Ferreiro
Franco Ferreiro (born July 1, 1984) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player. He qualified for the 2009 French Open, but lost to Feliciano López Feliciano López Díaz-Guerra (; born 20 September 1981) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high singles ATP rankings, ranking of world No. 12 in March 2015 and doubles ranking of world No. 9 in November 2016. ... in five sets in the first round after leading two sets to love. ATP Tour career finals Doubles: 2 (0–2) Challenger Titles Doubles (19) References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferreiro, Franco 1984 births Living people Brazilian male tennis players Tennis players from Porto Alegre People from Uruguaiana South American Games medalists in tennis South American Games bronze medalists for Brazil Competitors at the 2002 South American Games 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasilis Mazarakis
Vasilis Mazarakis (; born 9 February 1980) is a former professional tennis player from Greece. Career Mazarakis teamed up with Eleni Daniilidou to represent Greece in the 2002 Hopman Cup, but they lost the qualification play-off to Italy. He did however compete for his country at the 2004 Athens Olympics, in the men's doubles, with Konstantinos Economidis. The pair lost in the opening round to Czechs Martin Damm and Cyril Suk. He never entered the main draw of a Grand Slam. The biggest ATP tournament that he participated in was the 2006 Pacific Life Open at Indian Wells, a Masters Series event. He failed to progress past the first round, eliminated by Andy Murray in straight sets. Also in 2006, Mazarakis and his partner Boris Pašanski were runners-up at the ATP Buenos Aires tournament. From 2000 to 2005, Mazarakis represented Greece in 10 Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Fed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomaz Bellucci
Thomaz Cocchiarali Bellucci (born 30 December 1987, in Tietê, São Paulo, Tietê) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 21 in July 2010. Bellucci used a string of ATP Challenger Tour victories early in 2008 to break into the top 100 rankings of the ATP World Tour as a 20-year-old. He has won 4 ATP Tour titles (the 2009 Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad, 2009 and 2012 Crédit Agricole Suisse Open Gstaad, 2012 Swiss Open, the 2010 Movistar Open and the 2015 Geneva Open), reached the quarterfinals at the Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's singles, 2016 Olympics and reached the semi-finals of the 2011 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's singles, 2011 Madrid Masters. Playing style Thomaz's playing style relies on using the heavy topspin of his forehand to control the points. He lacks outright power to produce a lot of aces, but he has excellent spin on his serve, allowing him to force his opponents off the court which le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Pablo Brzezicki
Juan Pablo Brzezicki (born 12 April 1982) is a retired Argentine professional tennis player. Tennis career In 2007, Brzezicki was the Argentine surprise at the French Open, one of the four tennis Grand Slams, by reaching the third round before losing to his idol Carlos Moyá of Spain. He won his first Challenger singles title in 2007 at Salinas, Ecuador. With Juan Pablo Guzmán, he won his first ATP doubles title at Amersfoort Amersfoort () is a Cities of the Netherlands, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Utrecht (province), Utrecht, Netherlands. As of 31 January 2023, the municipality had ... in 2007. He reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 94 in February 2008. In February 2012, after his participation in the ATP 250 in Buenos Aires he announced that he retired after eleven years. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcos Daniel
Marcos Diniz Daniel (born July 4, 1978, in Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul) is a retired professional tennis player from Brazil who turned professional in 1997. The right-hander reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 56 in September 2009. He is coached by his brother, Márcio. Tennis career Marcos Daniel's brother owns an academy for developing young tennis players, called Daniel Tennis Center where Marcos Daniel used to work as a ball catcher. He started playing youth tournaments at age 5. When he was 12, representing this academy, he reached his first final but he did not succeed in winning the title. In August 2009, he reached the semi-finals of the ATP Gstaad tournament. He also reached the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Berlocq
Carlos Alberto Berlocq (; born February 3, 1983) is an Argentine former professional tennis player and coach nicknamed ''Charly'', ''Panther'' and ''Warlocq''. Berlocq's career-high singles ranking was World No. 37, achieved in March 2012. His favourite surface was clay. Career Berlocq started playing tennis at the age of four and had success on the ATP Futures and Challenger circuits. In 2004, he made six consecutive finals on the Futures circuit and won half of them, two each in Argentina, France and Slovenia. He also made his first Challenger final in Manta, Ecuador, losing to Giovanni Lapentti before winning another Futures title in Argentina. At the end of 2005, Berlocq finished inside the top 100 for the first time on the back of strong form on the Challenger Tour, where he went 44–20 in singles and won two titles in Turin (defeating Alessio di Mauro) and in Cordenons (defeating Jérôme Haehnel). Berlocq also qualified for his first ATP main event in Stuttgart, l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thiago Alves (tennis)
Thiago Hernandez Alves (; born May 22, 1982) is a retired Brazilian professional tennis player who competed mainly on the ITF Tour. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 88, achieved in July 2009. Tennis career In Grand Slams He has made four Grand Slam main draw appearances, qualifying into the U.S. Open in both 2006 and 2008, Roland Garros and Wimbledon in 2009. In 2006, he beat No. 359 Mariano Zabaleta in the first round before losing to No. 22 Fernando Verdasco in the 2nd round. 2007 Win Over Moya At the 2007 Brasil Open, Alves, roared on by his home crowd, scored a famous victory over No. 4 seed and former French Open champion Carlos Moyà. However, he fell to Juan Mónaco in the second round 2008 Alves lost to Roger Federer in the second round of the US Open in three sets. 2009 In the first round of the Johannesburg, SA Tennis Open he lost heavily to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. He also lost in the first round of the 2009 French Open to Jérémy Chardy. At Wimbled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
