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2009 Open D'Orléans
The 2009 Open d'Orléans was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Orléans, France between 19 and 25 October 2009. ATP entrants Seeds * Rankings are as of October 12, 2009. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Jérémy Chardy * Nicolas Mahut * Olivier Patience The following players received a Special Exempt into the singles main draw: * Alex Bogdanovic * Dieter Kindlmann The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Rabie Chaki * Stefano Galvani * Jérôme Haehnel * Matwé Middelkoop * Vincent Millot (as a Lucky loser) Champions Singles Xavier Malisse def. Stéphane Robert, 6–1, 6–2 Doubles Colin Fleming / Ken Skupski def. Sébastien Grosjean / Olivier Patience, 6–1, 6–1 External linksOfficial website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hardcourt
A hardcourt (or hard court) is a type of surface or floor on which a sport is played, most usually in reference to tennis courts. It is typically made of rigid materials such as asphalt or concrete, and covered with acrylic resins to seal the surface and mark the playing lines, while providing some cushioning. Historically, hardwood surfaces were also in use in indoor settings, similar to an indoor basketball court, but these surfaces are rare now. Tennis Tennis hard courts are made of synthetic/acrylic layers on top of a concrete or asphalt foundation and can vary in color. These courts tend to play medium-fast to fast because there is little energy absorption by the court, as with grass courts but unlike clay courts. The ball tends to bounce high and players are able to apply many types of spin during play. Speed of rebound after tennis balls bounce on hard courts is determined by how much sand is in the synthetic/acrylic layer placed on top of the asphalt foundation. More sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carsten Ball
Carsten Thomas Ball (born 20 June 1987) is an American-Australian retired professional tennis player. Although born and based in the United States, Carsten has represented Australia on tour. Tennis career Carsten Ball was born in Newport Beach, California. His father, Syd Ball, was also a tour tennis player. As a junior tennis player he reached a career high of number 9 in the world. He continues to be based in Newport Beach, with his father as his coach. Ball has five Futures titles to his credit. His best singles results previously consisted of three runner up appearances in American Challengers in 2008 and 2009. In August 2009, Ball reached the final of the LA Tennis Open. He lost to sixth-seeded Sam Querrey. Later in August he qualified for the US Open, where he reached the second round, losing to Novak Djokovic in straight sets. Ball enjoyed considerable success as a doubles player, often partnering with fellow Australian Chris Guccione. Ball and Guccione won back-to- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sébastien Grosjean
Sébastien René Grosjean (; born 29 May 1978) is a French tennis coach and a former professional player. Grosjean reached the semifinals at the 2001 Australian and French Opens, and at Wimbledon in 2003 and 2004. He finished eight consecutive seasons ranked in the top 30 (1999–2006), peaking at world No. 4 in October 2002. He is currently the director of the Open de Roanne. Career Juniors As a junior, Grosjean posted a 90-20 singles record and a 58-12 doubles record, winning the 1996 French Open boys' doubles. He reached Junior World No. 1 in both singles and doubles in December 1996, the first player to accomplish the feat since Jason Stoltenberg in 1987. Pro tour Grosjean joined the professional tour in 1996. In 2003 and 2004, he reached the final of the Queen's London Tournament. In the same two years, he also reached the semifinals of Wimbledon. He finished 2001 as the No. 1 player from his country and for the first time in the top 10 becoming the first Frenchm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stéphane Robert
Stéphane Robert (; born 17 May 1980) is a French tennis coach and a former professional player. Professional career 2007–2008 Robert missed 16 months of tennis action in 2007–2008 because he was infected with the Hepatitis A virus in February 2007. In early June 2008, he returned to tennis action at the ITF Men's Circuit tournament in Apeldoorn, without an ATP singles ranking, reaching the final as a qualifier.Stéphane Robert's biography ATP World Tour official website. 2010 On 1 February 2010, Robert broke into Top 100 of the ATP singles rankings for the first time at No. 100. Within one week of his singles rankings breakthrough and seeded no. 8, he defeated for the first time in his career a player ( |
Vincent Millot
Vincent Millot (; born 30 January 1986, in Montpellier, France) is a French former professional tennis player. Despite never having reached the top 100, Millot has played at each of the four Grand Slam events. ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 24 (6–18) Doubles: 3 (1–2) Performance timeline Singles References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Millot, Vincent Living people French male tennis players 1986 births Sportspeople from Dijon 20th-century French sportsmen 21st-century French sportsmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matwé Middelkoop
Matwé Middelkoop (; born 3 September 1983) is a Dutch professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He has won 14 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, most notably the 2022 Rotterdam Open alongside Robin Haase, and reached a career high doubles ranking of world No. 18 on 6 February 2023. Middelkoop has reached the 2022 French Open semifinal in doubles and the 2019 Wimbledon Championships semifinal in mixed doubles, and two more Grand Slam quarterfinals in men's doubles, at the 2017 US Open and at the 2021 Australian Open. In singles, Middelkoop reached his highest ranking of world No. 197 in November 2008. He has represented the Netherlands in the Davis Cup since 2009, and holds a 10–6 record. Professional career Middelkoop has reached 93 doubles finals in his career, with a record of 51 wins and 42 losses. This includes a record of 14–17 in ATP finals, 15–14 in ATP Challenger finals and 22–11 in ITF Futures finals. Additionally, he has reached 28 career s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jérôme Haehnel
Jérôme Haehnel (; born 14 July 1980) is a retired French tennis player who is best known for defeating Andre Agassi in the first round of the French Open in 2004. Haehnel's career-high singles ranking is World No. 78, which he reached in February 2005. Jerome was coached by his wife and has a fear of flying. Career highlights 1997 Defeated Roger Federer in an ITF match in Venezuela. 2004 Defeated Andre Agassi (Ranked 6th) of the United States in the first round of the French Open in 2004. Won his first and to date only ATP title in Metz by defeating compatriot Richard Gasquet in the final. 2007 During the 2007 Hopman Cup, he defeated Mardy Fish and Mark Philippoussis Mark Anthony Philippoussis (born 7 November 1976) is an Australian tennis coach, commentator and former professional tennis player of Greek and Italian descent. Philippoussis' greatest achievements are winning two Davis Cup titles with Austra .... Performance timelines Singles 1 Held as Hambur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefano Galvani
Stefano Galvani (; born 3 June 1977) is a professional male tennis player from San Marino. He is a professional from 1999 and was coached by Patricio Remondegui. Professional career He reached a career high of No. 99 ATP Ranking on April 2, 2007 and April 30 of the same year. During his career, he earned total prize money of $791,336. He had three appearances in the Davis Cup, two wins and one defeat, in the ties against Portugal and Finland in 2002. 2002 Galvani defeated former #4 (and former #1 Yevgeny Kafelnikov on his way to the Round of 16 in Barcelona. Later that year, Galvani made his only appearance in an ATP Quarter-Final in Sopot,beating #64 Olivier Rochus and #98 Marc Rosset before losing to #16 (and former #1) Carlos Moya in three sets. 2007 On April 2, 2007, Galvani achieved his career-high singles ranking: World No. 99. 2008 In June, Galvani qualified in singles for the 2008 Wimbledon, beating #222 Yeu-Tzuoo Wang, #148 Andrey Golubev, and #197 Ilija Boz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rabie Chaki
Rabie Chaki (born 14 April 1982) is a Moroccan former professional tennis player. Born in Tangier, Chaki was a France-based player and had a career best singles ranking of 338 in the world, winning eight ITF Futures titles. On the ATP Tour, he featured in the singles main draw at two editions of the Grand Prix Hassan II, including in 2009 when he troubled the top seed Igor Andreev in the first round, losing 5–7 in the third set. Chaki played for the Morocco Davis Cup team between 2006 and 2010, appearing in a total of 13 ties. He had wins in 11 singles rubbers, which included victories over Malek Jaziri Malek Jaziri (; born January 20, 1984) is a Tunisian former professional tennis player. Jaziri reached his highest singles ranking on the ATP Tour of World 42 in January 2019. He primarily played on the Futures circuit and the Challenger circ ..., Luka Gregorc, Frederik Nielsen and Dawid Olejniczak. ITF Futures titles Singles: (8) Doubles: (8) See also * List of M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dieter Kindlmann
Dieter Kindlmann (born 3 June 1982) is a German former professional tennis player. He reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on 26 July 2004, when he became World number 130. His best appearance at a Grand Slam came at the 2006 French Open, where he reached the main draw as a qualifier, losing in the second round. After his retirement, he served as Maria Sharapova's hitting partner. Later, he joined the coaching teams of Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Laura Robson, and Madison Keys, helping the American reach her first Grand Slam final in 2017. Since July 2018, he has been a head coach, accompanying Elise Mertens. On 21 November 2019, 3-time majors champion Angelique Kerber Angelique Kerber (; born 18 January 1988) is a German former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 34 wee ... announced that she has hired Kindlmann as he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Bogdanovic
Aleksa Bogdanovic (; born 22 May 1984) is a retired Serbian-born British tennis player and former British No. 2 in singles. On the professional tour, he won nine Challenger and four Futures titles in singles, but never broke into the top 100 of the ATP rankings. Bogdanovic competed in 22 Grand Slam singles qualifying tournaments, and qualified for the main draw only once, at the 2004 US Open, where he lost in the first round. He also received a wildcard into the Wimbledon singles main draw for eight consecutive years (from 2002 to 2009), but was eliminated in the first round each time, winning a total of just three sets across those matches. Early and personal life Bogdanovic was born in Belgrade to parents Dušan and Emilija, who left Belgrade for the UK in 1992 with their eight-year-old son Alex and daughter Olga. At school, he started playing socially at the urging of a best friend. He is nicknamed 'Boggo' and 'A-Bog' (''Bog'' means ''God'' in Serbian) Junior career S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivier Patience
Olivier Patience (; born 25 March 1980) is a former French professional tennis player. His career high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) singles ranking was world no. 87, on 19 July 2004. During 2006, Patience won three ATP Challenger Series tournaments. He reached the third round at the 2004 Australian Open and 2007 French Open. In the latter, he defeated Jonathan Eysseric Jonathan Eysseric (born 27 May 1990) is a French professional tennis player, who specializes in doubles and competes on the ATP Challenger Tour. He has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 72 achieved on 2 July 2018. Tennis career Juniors In 200 ... in the first round in four sets, and then Mariano Zabaleta, 7–5, 6–3, 3–6, 2–6, 6–4, eventually losing to Novak Djokovic in five sets, 6–7, 6–2, 6–3, 6–7, 3–6. Singles titles Wins (10) Runners-up (3) Doubles titles Wins (1) External links * * Patience World Ranking History 1980 births Living people French mal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |