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2012 Copa Topper
The 2012 Copa Topper was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the third edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina between 22 and 28 October 2012. Singles main draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of October 15, 2012. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Andrea Collarini * Tomás Lipovšek Puches * Andrés Molteni * Renzo Olivo The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Juan-Martín Aranguren * Juan Ignacio Londero * Simon Stadler * Antal van der Duim Champions Singles * Diego Schwartzman def. Guillaume Rufin Guillaume Rufin (; born 26 May 1990) is a French professional tennis player. His highest singles ranking is World No. 81, achieved in September 2013. He received a wildcard into the 2009 French Open, his Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP- ..., 6–1, 7–5 Doubles * Mar ... [...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, originally known as "lawn tennis", is played. Clay courts are made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate depending on the tournament. The French Open uses clay courts, the only Grand Slam tournament to do so. Clay courts are more common in Continental Europe and Latin America than in North America, Asia-Pacific or Britain. Two main types exist: red clay, the more common variety, and green clay, also known as "rubico", which is a harder surface. Although less expensive to construct than other types of tennis courts, the maintenance costs of clay are high as the surface must be rolled to preserve flatness. Play Clay courts are considered "slow" because the balls bounce relatively high and lose much of their initial speed when contacting the surface, making it more difficult for a player to deliver an unreturnable shot. Points are usually longer as there are fewer winn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederico Gil
João Frederico Limpo Franco Gil (born 24 March 1985), known as Fred Gil (), is a retired Portuguese professional tennis player, who currently competes in the ITF Men's Circuit. He is ranked no. 432 in the world by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), as of 10 April 2017. Gil made some Portuguese tennis major breakthroughs during his career. At the 2010 Estoril Open, he was the first Portuguese to reach an ATP Tour final, and in April 2011, he achieved a career-high singles world ranking of 62 – the highest ever for a Portuguese player until he was surpassed by Rui Machado in September that same year. Gil was the first Portuguese man to reach the third round in a Grand Slam singles event (2012 Australian Open) and the quarterfinals of a Masters 1000 event ( 2011 Monte-Carlo Masters). He was the first Portuguese to hit one million dollars in career prize money. In 2009, Gil became the second Portuguese player to reach the singles top 100 (after Nuno Marques), and i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Facundo Argüello (tennis)
Facundo Argüello (; born 4 August 1992) is an Argentine tennis player. He played in an ATP 250 doubles event in 2011. In 2013 he played the qualifying stages of the Roland Garros Open and US Open. In 2014 he won the Itajai Challenger, beating Diego Schwartzman in the final match. He qualified directly to the 2014 Roland Garros Open, where he lost to world number 43 Radek Štěpánek after winning the first two sets. In the 2015 Roland Garros draw, he faced Andy Murray Sir Andrew Barron Murray (born 15 May 1987) is a British professional tennis player from Scotland. He was ranked world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 41 weeks, and finished as the year-end No. 1 in 2016. Murray ... in the first round, Murray won in straight sets. Challenger and Futures finals Singles: 31 (15–16) Doubles: 32 (20–12) References Sources * * Argentine male tennis players Living people 1992 births Sportspeople from Córdoba, Argentina Tenni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diego Schwartzman
Diego Sebastián Schwartzman (, ; born 16 August 1992) is an Argentine professional tennis player. He has won four ATP singles titles and reached his career-high singles ranking of world 8 in October 2020. As a clay court specialist, his best results have been on this surface. He is noted for his high-quality return game.Craig O'Shannessy (18 August 2017)"How Schwartzman Became The Return Giant In 2017," ATP World Tour. When he reached the quarterfinals of the 2017 US Open, the Schwartzman was the shortest Grand Slam quarterfinalist since the equally tall Jaime Yzaga at the 1994 US Open. Schwartzman said: "It’s not just for the big guys here."Ben Rothenberg (3 September 2017)"Diego Schwartzman Reaches U.S. Open Quarterfinal by Beating No. 16 Seed,"''The New York Times''. Schwartzman reached his first Masters final at the 2020 Italian Open, defeating defending champion and world No. 2, Rafael Nadal, in straight sets, and Denis Shapovalov along the way. He lost to N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antal Van Der Duim
Antal van der Duim (born 16 September 1987) is a Dutch professional tennis player. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures The ITF World Tennis Tour (formerly known as the ''ITF Men's World Tennis Tour'', and previously ''ITF Men's Circuit'') is a series of professional tennis tournaments held around the world that are organized by the International Tennis Federation. ..., both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 214 on 31 October 2016, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 149, on 20 April 2015. ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 30 (14–16) Doubles: 56 (38–18) Junior Grand Slam finals Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Duim, Antal 1987 births Living people Dutch male tennis players People from Weststellingwerf Sportspeople from Friesland 21st-century Dutch people 20th-century Dutch people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Stadler
Simon Stadler (; born 20 July 1983 in Heidelberg, West Germany) is a German retired professional left-handed tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 140 in February 2009 and his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 52 in February 2014. Juniors career Stadler reached a career-high of No. 8 in singles in February 2001 and No. 14 in doubles in January 2001. Professional career 2008 After a slow start to the year, Stadler reached Challenger semifinals two weeks in a row in Cremona and Athens to reach his career-high ranking of No. 164 in April. He reached another semifinal in Telde in May. In June, Stadler qualified in singles for the 2008 Wimbledon Championships, beating British junior No. 949 Daniel Cox (a week after Cox knocked off No. 67 Thomaz Bellucci), No. 248 Rainer Eitzinger and No. 270 Nicolás Todero. He took this form into the main singles draw, where he faced the 18th seed Ivo Karlović from Croatia and beat him in f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Ignacio Londero
Juan Ignacio Londero (; born 15 August 1993, in Jesus Maria) is an Argentine tennis player. Londero made his first appearance on an ATP World Tour in July 2013 when he lost in the first round of 2013 Claro Open Colombia against eventual champion Ivo Karlović. He managed to win his first tour level match at the 2019 Córdoba Open against Nicolás Jarry and subsequently won his first ATP title at the tournament, defeating Guido Pella in the final. Londero reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 50 in November 2019 and his highest ATP doubles ranking of world No. 186 in March 2020. Performance timelines Singles ''Current after the 2022 Chile Open The 2022 Chile Open (also known as the Chile Dove Men+Care Open for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 24th edition of the Chile Open, and part of the ATP 250 of the 2022 ATP Tour. It t ....'' ATP career finals Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan-Martín Aranguren
Juan Martín Aranguren (born 10 July 1983) is a retired Argentine professional tennis player who played primarily ITF and Challengers events. TF Tennis Aranguren made his debut at the 2006 Romanian Open in , when he successfully advanced through three qualifying rounds to reach the main draw. He defeated |
Renzo Olivo
Renzo Olivo (; born 15 March 1992) is an Argentine professional tennis player. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures, both in singles and doubles. He has a career-high singles ranking of World No. 78 achieved on 9 January 2016 and a doubles ranking of World No. 148 achieved on 29 April 2013. Career In Bastad he made it through three rounds of qualifying to reach his first ATP tour main draw, where he reached the quarterfinals, defeating second seed Tommy Robredo. He earned the biggest win of his career at the 2017 French Open, when he beat twelfth seed and home favourite Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (; born 17 April 1985) is a French former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 5 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved in February 2012. Tsonga won 18 singles titles on th ... in four sets. ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 16 (8–8) Doubles: 31 (16–15) Singles perfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrés Molteni
Andrés Molteni (; ; born 15 March 1988) is a professional tennis player from Argentina who specialises in doubles. He reached his highest ATP doubles ranking of No. 31 on 21 March 2022 and his highest ATP singles ranking of No. 181 in May 2011. He has won 12 doubles ATP titles. He participated in the inaugural 2020 ATP Cup and the 2022 edition as part of team Argentina. Career 2011: Maiden Challenger He claimed his first Challenger singles title by winning the 2011 Challenger ATP de Salinas Diario Expreso in Salinas, Ecuador where he won against his compatriot Horacio Zeballos 7–5, 7–6(4). 2021-2022: New partnership, five more titles In 2021, Molteni won his seventh and eighth ATP 250 doubles titles at the 2021 Astana Open and the 2021 Stockholm Open partnering Santiago González. In 2022, he won two more clay titles with Gonzalez at the 2022 Córdoba Open and 2022 Argentina Open. He reached a career-high of No. 31 on 21 March 2022 following the Indian Wells Masters w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomás Lipovšek Puches
Tomás Lipovšek Puches (born 17 April 1993) is a Slovenian–Argentine tennis player. Lipovšek Puches has a career high ATP singles ranking of 250 achieved on 25 April 2016. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 214 achieved on 2 October 2017. In February 2016, Lipovsek Puches made his ATP main draw debut at the 2016 Argentina Open, where he received a wildcard into the doubles draw partnering Manuel Peña López. They lost in the first round to Guido Pella and Diego Schwartzman. His professional debut had also been against his compatriot Diego Schwartzman, in April 2011, losing 3-6 0-6 at a Futures event in his native Argentina. In May 2019, Lipovšek Puches switched nationalities to represent Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, and .... He retur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Collarini
Andrea Collarini (; born 31 January 1992) is an Argentinian–American tennis player. Collarini had represented Argentina in the early days of his career from 2007 to 2010, until he chose to represent USA from 2010 to 2012 before switching back to represent Argentina. On the junior circuit, Collarini had a career high ITF junior ranking of 5 achieved in 2009. In 2010, he reached the final of the French Open boys' singles event, finishing runner up to Agustín Velotti. Collarini has a career high ATP singles ranking of 186 achieved on 9 June 2014. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 221 achieved on 14 September 2015. He has won 15 ITF singles titles and 10 ITF doubles titles. He won his first ATP Challenger title at the 2015 Blu-Express.com Tennis Cup in the doubles event partnering Andrés Molteni Andrés Molteni (; ; born 15 March 1988) is a professional tennis player from Argentina who specialises in doubles. He reached his highest ATP doubles ranking of No. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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