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2013 Copa Topper
The 2013 Copa Topper was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the fourth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2013 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina between 21 and 27 October 2013. Singles main draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of October 14, 2013. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Pedro Cachin * Pablo Cuevas * Andrés Molteni * Eduardo Schwank The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Andrea Collarini * Federico Coria * Gabriel Alejandro Hidalgo * Pedro Sousa Champions Singles * Pablo Cuevas def. Facundo Argüello 7–6(8–6), 2–6, 6–4 Doubles * Máximo González / Diego Sebastián Schwartzman def. Rogério Dutra da Silva / André Ghem André Swytka Ghem (born 29 May 1982) is a former Brazilian professional tennis player. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking in July 2015, when he became ... [...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] |
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] |
Facundo Argüello (tennis)
Facundo Argüello (; born 4 August 1992) is an Argentine inactive 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 Itajaí 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 former professional tennis player and coach. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professio ... in the first round, Murray won in straight sets. Challenger and Futures finals Singles: 31 (15–16) Doubles: 32 (20–12) References Sources * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Arguello, Facundo Argentine male tennis players Living people 1992 births Ten ... [...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] |
Federico Coria
Federico Coria (born 9 March 1992) is an Argentine professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 49, achieved on 13 February 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 238, achieved on 22 November 2021. Coria has won six ATP Challenger singles titles and one in doubles. Professional career 2019–20: Maiden Challenger title, major & top 100 debuts In 2019, he won his maiden title in Savannah at the Challenger tour level. In 2020, on his Grand Slam debut at the US Open, Coria reached the second round, where he won his first match at a Major after the retirement of Jason Jung in the fifth set. He made his top 100 debut at a career-high of World No. 98 on 21 September 2020. He also reached the third round of a Grand Slam at the 2020 French Open on his debut at this Major, where he defeated Benoît Paire in the second round before losing to Jannik Sinner in straight sets. 2021: Olympic Games, Challenger Tour success, first ATP final In June 2021, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Collarini
Andrea Collarini (; born 31 January 1992) is an Argentine-American tennis player, who competes on the ATP Challenger Tour. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 177 achieved on 24 April 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 193 achieved on 1 August 2022. He has won four ATP Challenger and 15 ITF singles titles, and two Challenger and 10 ITF doubles titles. 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. Career On the junior circuit, Collarini had a career high ITF junior ranking of world No. 5 achieved in 2009. In 2010, he reached the final of the French Open boys' singles event, finishing runner-up to Agustín Velotti. He won his first ATP Challenger title at the 2015 Blu-Express.com Tennis Cup in the doubles event partnering Andrés Molteni. He made his ATP debut at the 2021 Croatia Open Umag as a qualifier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduardo Schwank
Eduardo Jonatan Schwank (; also known as ''Schwanka''; born 23 April 1986) is a retired professional tennis player from Argentina. In 2011, he reached the finals of the French Open in men's doubles partnering Juan Sebastián Cabal and of the US Open in mixed doubles partnering Gisela Dulko. He was coached by Javier Nalbandian, the brother of David Nalbandian. Schwank's family background is from the German-speaking part of Switzerland. Junior career In his final year on the junior circuit in 2004, Schwank had a record of 39-4 winning five tournaments, with his biggest title the Banana Bowl defeating Pablo Andújar in the final. Schwank finished no. 2 in the rankings behind Gaël Monfils. Professional career 2006 In 2006, he won four consecutive Futures events: the former two in Argentina, the latter two in Bolivia. 2007 In 2007 he won a Challenger title in Medellín, defeating Chris Guccione in the final. He also won three consecutive Futures events. He won the bronze meda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrés Molteni
Andrés Molteni (, ; born 15 March 1988) is an Argentine professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He reached his highest ATP doubles ranking of No. 7 on 21 August 2023 and his highest ATP singles ranking of No. 181 in May 2011. He has won 16 doubles ATP titles. He participated in the inaugural 2020 ATP Cup and the 2022 edition as part of team Argentina. Career 2011: Maiden singles 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 with S. González, five more titles, Top 35 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 Santiago González at the 2022 Córdoba Open and 2022 Argentina Open. He reached a career-high of No. 31 on 21 M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Cachin
Pedro Cachin (; born 12 April 1995) is an Argentine professional tennis player. Cachin has a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of No. 48 achieved on 7 August 2023 and a career-high doubles ranking of No. 219 achieved on 9 May 2022. As a junior, he reached a career-high ranking of No. 8 on 9 December 2013. Professional career 2015–2019: ATP debut in doubles, first Challenger title Cachin made his ATP main-draw debut as a wildcard in the 2015 Argentina Open – Doubles, doubles competition of the 2015 Argentina Open, partnering Facundo Argüello (tennis), Facundo Argüello. They saved a match point and defeated the second-seeded pair of Máximo González and Horacio Zeballos before losing to Carlos Berlocq and Diego Schwartzman in the second round. Cachin entered his first Grand Slam tournament at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles qualifying, 2015 Wimbledon Championships, but was eliminated by Jimmy Wang (tennis), Jimmy Wang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
João Souza
João Olavo Soares de Souza (; born 27 May 1988) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player. Before receiving a lifetime ban for match-fixing, Souza competed mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 69, on April 6, 2015, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 70, on January 7, 2013. Souza was coached by former Brazilian player Ricardo Acioly. Souza is also known as "Feijão" (Portuguese for Bean). Career In 2011, he qualified to the US Open, but was defeated in the first round by wildcard Robby Ginepri 3–6, 4–6, 7–6, 1–6. In the 2014 season, Souza beat world No. 45, Robin Haase in round of 32 of the ATP 250 São Paulo. Later he reached semifinals at the Marburg, Scheveningen and Poznan Challengers. At the Medellin Challenger, he beat Facundo Bagnis in semifinals and lost to Austin Krajicek in the final. He reached semifinals at the Quito Challenger. In 2015, he played in the longest sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pere Riba
Pere Riba Madrid (, ; born 7 April 1988) is a Spanish tennis coach and former professional player. He has been ATP rankings, ranked as high as No. 65 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved in May 2011, and No. 81 in doubles in June 2010. Riba won 21 titles in singles and doubles on both the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Men's World Tennis Tour. He reached one Grand Slam (tennis), major quarterfinal in doubles, at the 2010 French Open – Men's doubles, 2010 French Open. Following his retirement, Riba has coached and collaborated with several players on the WTA Tour, including Coco Gauff and currently Zheng Qinwen. Professional Riba was coached by former Spanish player Jordi Arrese and the last coach in his career and still part of his confidence inner circle Edu Grosso. Coaching career He was the co-founder of GRTennis with Marcel Granollers based in Barcelona (Real Club Polo de Barcelona) focusing on junior development and professional tenn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rogério Dutra Da Silva
Rogério ([ʁuˈʒɛɾiu] or [ʁoˈʒɛɾiu]) is a Portuguese male given name, and a variant of the first name Roger. It may refer to: * Rogério Fidélis Régis, or simply Rogério (1976), Brazilian footballer * Rogério Lourenço (1971), Brazilian footballer * Rogério Luiz da Silva (1980), Brazilian footballer, also commonly known as Rogério * Rogério dos Santos Conceição (1984), Brazilian footballer * Rogério de Assis Silva Coutinho or simply Rogerinho (1987), Brazilian footballer * Rogério Rodrigues da Silva (1984), Brazilian footballer * Rogério Gonçalves Martins (1984), Brazilian footballer * Rogério Ceni (1973), Brazilian footballer * Rogério Dutra da Silva (1984) * Antônio Rogério Nogueira (1976), Brazilian martial artist * Rogério Romero (1969), former backstroke swimmer from Brazil * Rogério Pinheiro dos Santos (1972), Brazilian footballer * Rogério Gaúcho (1979) * Rogério Corrêa (footballer, born 1979), Rogério Corrêa (1979), Brazilian former football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
