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2011 Fergana Challenger
The 2011 Fergana Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 12th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Fergana, Uzbekistan between 16 and 21 May 2011. ATP entrants Seeds * Rankings are as of May 9, 2011. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Temur Ismailov * Bobur Kamiljanov * Levan Mamtadzhi * Abduvoris Saidmukhamedov The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Ilya Belyaev * Richard Muzaev * Vitali Reshetnikov * Alexander Rumyantsev * Ervand Gasparyan (as a Lucky loser) Champions Singles Dudi Sela def. Greg Jones, 6–2, 6–1 Doubles John Paul Fruttero / Raven Klaasen def. Im Kyu-tae / Danai Udomchoke, 6–0, 6–3 References External linksOfficial Website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hardcourt
A hardcourt (or hard court) is a 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. Flat balls are favored on hard courts because of the extremely quick play style. Speed of rebound after tennis balls bounce on hard courts is determined by how much sand is in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yūichi Sugita
is a Japanese tennis player. He has won one ATP singles title, and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 36 on 9 October 2017. Career Juniors As a junior Sugita compiled a win–loss record of 34–19 (and 26–18 in doubles), reaching as high as No. 73 in the combined world rankings in February 2006. He competed in singles and doubles at the Australian Open in both 2005 and 2006, reaching the singles second round of the latter. 2007–09 Sugita had won eight ITF Futures titles in Japan and Indonesia. From 2009, he started to play mainly in ATP Challenger Tour. Sugita was received wildcard for the 2008 Japan Open to make his first ATP main draw. He finished 2009 as ranked world no.299. 2010 After reaching semifinal in Bernie Challenger, Sugita claimed his first challenger title in Kyoto. He defeated Australian Matthew Ebden in final, and he break him into world top 200 for the first time as ranked no.186. Sugita advanced to final round of qualifying in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucky Loser
A lucky loser is a sports competitor (player or team) who loses a match in a knockout tournament or loses in qualifying, but who then enters the main draw, usually when another competitor withdraws during the tournament because of illness, injury, or other reasons. The lucky loser then re-enters the competition, normally in place of the withdrawn competitor. In the event of a lucky loser's re-entry to a competition, it usually occurs before all competitors in the main draw have started their first match in the tournament. Lucky losers as tennis tournament winners and finalists It is rare for a lucky loser to win an ATP or WTA tournament; Heinz Gunthardt did it in 1978 (at Springfield), Bill Scanlon in 1978 (at Maui), Francisco Clavet in 1990 in Hilversum, Christian Miniussi in 1991 in São Paulo, Sergiy Stakhovsky in 2008 in Zagreb, Rajeev Ram in 2009 in Newport, Andrey Rublev in 2017 in Umag, Leonardo Mayer in the following week in 2017 in Hamburg and Marco Cecchinato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilya Belyaev
Ilya Belyaev (russian: Илья Беляев) (born 9 August 1990) is a Russian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On November 8, 2010, he reached his highest ATP ATP may refer to: Companies and organizations * Association of Tennis Professionals, men's professional tennis governing body * American Technical Publishers, employee-owned publishing company * ', a Danish pension * Armenia Tree Project, non ... singles ranking of World No. 284, whilst his highest doubles ranking of 248 was reached on November 22, 2010. He is coached by Mikhail Chesalov. Challenger finals Doubles: 1 (1–0) References External links * * 1990 births Living people Russian male tennis players Tennis players from Moscow {{Russia-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Venus (tennis)
Michael Venus (born 16 October 1987), is a New Zealander professional tennis player. He has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 6, achieved on 29 August 2022. Venus won the 2017 French Open men's doubles partnering Ryan Harrison, and followed with a runner-up finish in the 2017 US Open mixed doubles partnering Chan Hao-ching. Venus and Harrison qualified for the year-end championships ATP Finals, where they reached the semifinals. In 2018 Venus made the men's doubles final at Wimbledon with Raven Klaasen, losing to Mike Bryan and Jack Sock, and was a semifinalist in the mixed doubles there as well with Katarina Srebotnik. He and Klaasen qualified for the ATP Finals, but won only one round-robin match. They also qualified in 2019, finishing runners-up. In the meantime Venus and Chan Hao-ching again finished runners-up in the US Open mixed doubles. Venus and John Peers qualified for the 2020 ATP Finals, but lost very close contests in all three of their round- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Jones (tennis)
Greg Jones (born 1989) is a former Australian professional tennis player. Early life Born in Sydney, Jones is an only child. He is the son of Russell Jones, a quantity surveyor, and Donna Jones, a teacher's aide. He competed in the Sydney GPS Schools tennis competition representing the Shore school, before eventually forgoing his school education to pursue his tennis career. Jones competed in a number of high-profile events throughout his junior career including all four of the junior grand slams, most notably making the final of the 2007 French Open. In 2007, Jones, having reached the finals of the junior event at the French Open, a semifinal at Wimbledon and a quarterfinal finish at the Australian Open, was very hopeful for a win at the last US Open Junior event, which was his last match in the International Tennis Federation Junior Competition. Jones had a Junior career high ranking of 4 and won 191 out of 219 matches. Professional career Jones began playing pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denis Matsukevich
Denis Sergeyevich Matsukevich (; born 28 March 1986) is a professional tennis player from Russia. He swept five singles ITF Futures tournaments, Futures titles in his career. His coach is Valeriy Skhliar. He often struggled at higher levels. His only match win at ATP Tour level came in 2007, when he defeated Igor Kunitsyn in St. Petersburg. At ATP Challenger Tour level he reached seven quarter-finals; Samarkand 2008 (l. Denis Istomin), Astana 2010 (l. Konstantin Kravchuk), Fergana 2011 (l. Yūichi Sugita), Tashkent 2011 (l. Konstantin Kravchuk), Karshi 2013 (l. Prakash Amritraj), Eckental 2014 (l. Mirza Bašić) and Brescia 2014 (l. Farrukh Dustov). Career titles External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Matsukevich, Denis Living people 1986 births Russian male tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evgeny Kirillov
Evgeny Kirillov (born 14 July 1987) is a Russian professional tennis player. On July 26, 2010, he reached his highest ATP ATP may refer to: Companies and organizations * Association of Tennis Professionals, men's professional tennis governing body * American Technical Publishers, employee-owned publishing company * ', a Danish pension * Armenia Tree Project, non ... singles ranking of 206. ATP tournaments finals Titles (7) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kirillov, Evgeny 1987 births Living people People from Mytishchi Russian male tennis players Universiade medalists in tennis Universiade silver medalists for Russia Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade Sportspeople from Moscow Oblast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danai Udomchoke
Danai Udomchoke ( th, ดนัย อุดมโชค, born 11 August 1981) is a former professional tennis player from Thailand. He was born in Bangkok, where he still resides. Udomchoke turned professional in 1997, and was coached by Jan Stoce. He is sponsored by Dunlop Sport for his racquets and apparel. His career-best ranking was World No. 77 on 29 January 2007. Grand Slams Udomchoke made his debut in the main draw of a Grand Slam in 2004 when he qualified for the US Open. He lost to Spaniard Tommy Robredo in straight sets. One of Udomchoke's highest profile matches was his 2006 Australian Open 1st round match against No. 3 seed David Nalbandian. After starting out slowly, Udomchoke shocked Nalbandian by winning the third and fourth sets. However, his energy soon wore down, and despite pushing the World No. 3 to five sets, Udomchoke lost 2–6, 2–6, 6–1, 7–6, 1–6. In the 2007 Australian Open, Udomchoke advanced to the third round, losing to 14th-seeded Nova ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 ATP Challenger Tour
The ATP Challenger Tour was the secondary professional tennis circuit organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). The 2011 ATP Challenger Tour calendar comprised 15 top tier Tretorn SERIE+ tournaments, and approximately 150 regular series tournaments, with prize money ranging from $35,000 up to $150,000. Schedule This is the schedule of events, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage. ;Key January February March April May June July August September October November Statistical information These tables present the number of singles (S) and doubles (D) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour: the Tretorn SERIE+ tournaments, and the regular series tournaments. The players/nations are sorted by: 1) total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fergana
Fergana ( uz, Fargʻona/Фарғона, ), or Ferghana, is a district-level city and the capital of Fergana Region in eastern Uzbekistan. Fergana is about 420 km east of Tashkent, about 75 km west of Andijan, and less than 20 km from the Kyrgyzstan border. While the area has been populated for thousands of years, the modern city was founded in 1876. History Fergana first appears in written records in the 5th-century. However, archeological evidence demonstrates that the city had been populated since the Chalcolithic period. Like many other Central Asian places in the 6th and 7th-centuries, Fergana was ruled by the Western Turkic Khaganate. Although it was still predominantly inhabited by eastern Iranians, many Turks had also started to settle there. The city of Fergana was refounded in 1876 as a garrison town and colonial appendage to Margelan ( to the northwest) by the Russian Empire. It was initially named New Margelan (Новый Маргелан), then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hardcourt
A hardcourt (or hard court) is a 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. Flat balls are favored on hard courts because of the extremely quick play style. Speed of rebound after tennis balls bounce on hard courts is determined by how much sand is in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
