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2012 Estoril Open
The 2012 Estoril Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 23rd edition of the Estoril Open for the men (the 16th for the women), and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2012 ATP World Tour, and of the International-level tournaments of the 2012 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras, Portugal, from 28 April through 6 May 2012. ATP singles main-draw entrants Seeds * Seedings are based on the rankings of April 23, 2012 Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: * Gastão Elias * João Sousa * Pedro Sousa The following players received entry as a special exempt into the main draw: * Attila Balázs The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Íñigo Cervantes * Javier Martí * Daniel Muñoz de la Nava * Iván Navarro Withdrawals * Carlos Berlocq * Juan Ignacio Chela * Gaël Monfils Retirements * Denis Ist ... [...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] |
Stanislas Wawrinka
Stanislas "Stan" Wawrinka (; born 28 March 1985) is a Swiss professional tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 3 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), first achieved on 27 January 2014. Wawrinka has won 16 ATP Tour-level singles titles, including three Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, majors at the 2014 Australian Open – Men's singles, 2014 Australian Open, 2015 French Open – Men's singles, 2015 French Open and the 2016 US Open – Men's singles, 2016 US Open, where he defeated the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 player in the final on all three occasions. He has also won an Olympic gold medal in men's doubles at the Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles, 2008 Beijing Olympics partnering Roger Federer, and was pivotal in the Switzerland Davis Cup team, Swiss team's victory at the 2014 Davis Cup. Wawrinka's other achievements include reaching the final of the 2017 French Open – Men's singles, 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Muñoz De La Nava
Daniel Muñoz de la Nava (; born 29 January 1982 in Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish professional tennis player Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ....Federación de Tenis de MadriJavier Martí avanza en la fase previa del Open de Australia12 Jan 2012 "Un total de siete tenistas españoles han debutado en la fase previa del torneo y entre ellos dos madrileños, Martí y Daniel Muñoz de la Nava." He reached the quarterfinals of Estoril in 2012 and Delray Beach in 2013, both as a qualifier. ATP career finals Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 34 (11–23) Doubles: 38 (23–15) Performance timeline Singles Notes References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Munoz de la Nava, Daniel Living people 1982 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javier Martí
Javier Martí Hernanz (; born 11 January 1992) is a coach and a former professional tennis player from Spain. His career high singles rank was world No. 170, achieved on 23 April 2012. Javier qualified for the 2011 French Open by defeating Andrej Martin, Jaroslav Pospíšil, and Ryan Harrison. He has captured one ATP Challenger Tour The ATP Challenger Tour (known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series) is a series of international men's professional tennis tournaments. It was founded in 1976 as a replacement for the ILTF Satellite Circuit (founded in 1971) as ... doubles title at the 2012 Marbella Open. Coaching He was the coach of Spanish tennis player Paula Badosa. He coached Jessica Bouzas Maneiro from December 2022 to September 2023. He currently coaches Romanian player Jaqueline Cristian. References External links * * 1992 births Living people Tennis players from Madrid Spanish male tennis players 21st-century Spanish sportsmen { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Íñigo Cervantes Huegun
Inigo is a masculine given name deriving from the Castilian rendering (Íñigo) of the medieval Basque name Eneko. Ultimately, the name means "my little (man)". While mostly seen among the Iberian diaspora, it also gained a limited popularity in the United Kingdom. Early traces of the name Eneko go back to Roman times, when the Bronze of Ascoli included the name forms ''Enneges'' and ''Ennegenses'' among a list of Iberian horsemen granted Roman citizenship in 89 B.C.E. In the early Middle Ages, the name appears in Latin, as ''Enneco'', and Arabic, as ''Wannaqo'' (ونقه) in reports of Íñigo Arista (c. 790–851 or 852), a Basque who ruled Pamplona. It can be compared with its feminine form, Oneca. It was frequently represented in medieval documents as Ignatius (Spanish "Ignacio"), which is thought to be etymologically distinct, coming from the Roman name Egnatius, from Latin ''ignotus'', meaning "unknowing", or from the Latin word for fire, ''ignis''. The familiar Ignati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attila Balázs
Attila Balázs (; born September 27, 1988) is a Hungarian former professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ATP ranking of No. 76 achieved on 2 March 2020. He is a seven time Hungarian National Tennis Champion; after Béla von Kehrling, József Asbóth and István Gulyás. He is the fourth Hungarian player who was able to win at least 6 consecutive National Championships. Career As a qualifier, he reached the semifinals of the 2012 BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy in Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița (river), Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.76 million residents within a greater Buc ... and was defeated by Fabio Fognini. His next best result was the quarterfinals seven years later as a wildcard at the 2019 Hungarian Open with victories over Hubert Hurkacz and sixth seed John Millman. Next he reached his first ATP final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Sousa
Pedro Barreiros Cardoso de Sousa (; born 27 May 1988) is a Portuguese tennis coach and a former professional player who primarily competed on the ATP Challenger Tour. In February 2019, he achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 99. Career He reached his first ATP final as a lucky loser at the 2020 Argentina Open after the withdrawal of top seed Diego Schwartzman in the semifinals but lost to Casper Ruud in the championship match. He had never reached a tour-level quarterfinal prior to this tournament, becoming only the third player from Portugal in the Open Era to reach a tour-level final. In April 2023, using a qualification wildcard, Sousa qualified into the main draw for his last appearance at an ATP Tour event and his home tournament, 2023 Estoril Open. He also announced his retirement from professional tennis, the 2023 Lisboa Belém Open Challenger being his final event. ATP career finals Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) Challenger and Futures finals Singles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
João Sousa
João Pedro Coelho Marinho de Sousa (born 30 March 1989), known as João Sousa (), is a Portuguese former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of No. 28 on 16 May 2016 and a doubles ranking of No. 26 on 13 May 2019. Continuously ranked in the world's top-100 between July 2013 and March 2021, and with four ATP Tour singles titles, Sousa is often regarded as the best Portuguese tennis player of all time. He is nicknamed ''Conquistador'' (Portuguese for "Conqueror") for sharing his birthplace of Guimarães with Afonso I of Portugal, Afonso I, the country's first king. Sousa is coached by former player Frederico Marques and practices at the BTT Tennis Academy in Barcelona.Sousa began playing tennis at the age of seven. After winning national youth titles, he decided at the age of fifteen to invest in his career by moving to Barcelona. After an unimpressive junior career, Sousa turned professional in 2008 and w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gastão Elias
Gastão José Ministro Elias (; born 24 November 1990) is a Portuguese professional tennis player, who competes on the ATP Challenger Tour. In October 2016, he reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 57 to become the third highest-ranked Portuguese player, after João Sousa (No. 28) and Nuno Borges (tennis), Nuno Borges (No. 30). He became the fifth Portuguese tennis player to break into the top 100 of the Association of Tennis Professionals singles rankings. Early and personal life Gastão Elias was born on 24 November 1990 in Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. At age four, he started playing tennis with his father. In 2001, he participated in the national under-12 singles competition, falling to future Davis Cup partner João Sousa in the semifinals. Elias idolized James Blake (tennis), James Blake and Roger Federer while growing up. He is a supporter of Sporting Clube de Portugal, Real Madrid C.F. and Liverpool F.C. Career Professional career 2016 proved to be a break ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Card (sports)
A wild card (also wildcard or wild-card and also known as an at-large berth or at-large bid) is an invitation to a tournament or a playoff berth awarded to a team or individual that does not qualify via an automatic bid. In some events, wildcards are chosen freely by the organizers. Other events have fixed rules. Some North American professional sports leagues compare the records of teams which did not qualify directly by winning a division or conference. International sports In international sports, the term is perhaps best known in reference to two sporting traditions: team wildcards distributed among countries at the Olympic Games and individual wildcards given to some tennis players at every professional tournament (both smaller events and the major ones such as Wimbledon). Tennis players may even ask for a wildcard and get one if they want to enter a tournament on short notice. For Summer Olympic Games, some National Olympic Committees, whose nations are underrepresented ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flavio Cipolla
Flavio Cipolla (born 20 October 1983) is an Italian tennis coach and former professional player. His career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ranking was No. 70, achieved on 23 April 2012. His best major result was reaching the third round of the 2008 US Open. Career 2008 Cipolla began 2008 with a bang the first week in January, winning the singles and doubles titles of the Challenger in New Caledonia, to get his singles ranking to a career high of #116. He won 2 more Challenger doubles titles in February in Belgrade and in March in Italy to establish himself as a top-100 doubles player. Cipolla got a chance to compete in a grand-slam tournament at the 2008 U.S. Open in the men's singles competition at Flushing Meadows. Despite losing in qualifying he, along with Rui Machado, were reinstated following the withdrawals of Mikhail Youzhny. Cipolla made the most of his opportunity and reached the third round. In the first round he beat Jan Hernych before defeating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Montañés
Albert Montañés Roca (, ; born 26 November 1980) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He first entered the top 100 in 2001, achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 22 in 2010, and has won six singles titles and two doubles titles. Montañés is one of very few players to win a title after saving match points in two different matches. He did it during his title run in Estoril 2009 in his quarterfinals and the final. He holds the record for most first-round exits at Grand Slam events; 35 reached at Wimbledon in 2016, beating Kenneth Carlsen's long standing record of 30 first-round exits. Montañés' career ended at the 2017 Barcelona Open, where he lost to countryman 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 the second round ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
