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2014 Santaizi ATP Challenger
The 2014 Santaizi ATP Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on carpet courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Taipei, Taiwan between 28 April and 4 May 2014. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Wang Chieh-fu * Yu Cheng-yu * Yang Shao-chi * Hung Jui-chen The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Chuang Ting-yu * Peng Hsien-yin * Blake Mott * Tang Chih-chun Doubles main-draw entrants Seeds Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: * Ho Chih-jen / Hung Jui-chen * Jason Jung / Yang Shao-chi * Chuang Ting-yu / Yu Cheng-yu Champions Singles * Gilles Müller def. John-Patrick Smith, 6–3, 6–3 Doubles * Samuel Groth / Chris Guccione Chris Guccione may refer to: * Chris Guccione (tennis) (born 1985), Australian tennis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carpet Court
A carpet court is a type of tennis court. The International Tennis Federation describes the surface as a "textile or polymeric material supplied in rolls or sheets of finished product." It is one of the fastest court types, second only to grass courts. The use of carpet courts in ATP Tour competitions ended in 2009. In women's tennis, no WTA Tour tournaments have used carpet courts since the last edition of the Tournoi de Québec in 2018. ATP Challenger and ITF circuit level tournaments with carpet courts continue to exist up to the present (2022). Types There are two types of carpet court. The most common outdoor version consists of artificial turf with a sand in-fill. This type of carpet court became popular in the 1980s in British and Asian tennis clubs for recreational play as they were easier and cheaper to maintain than grass courts. The other type used predominantly for indoor tennis is a textile surface of nylon or rubber matting laid out on a concrete base. They came in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroki Moriya
is a Japanese tennis player. He has won three ATP Challenger Tour singles titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 143 on 5 January 2015. Tennis career Juniors As a junior, Moriya compiled a singles win–loss record of 76–37, reaching as high as No. 17 in the junior combined world rankings in October 2008. Junior Grand Slam results: Australian Open: 3R (2007, 2008) French Open: Q1 (2007) Wimbledon: 1R (2008) US Open: Q2 (2006) 2008-11 Moriya had won three ITF Futures events in Japan and Chinese Taipei. He also had participated in a number of ATP Challenger Tour events, winning some matches of those tournaments. He ended 2011 as ranked world no. 327. 2012: Major debut, First ATP win Moriya failed to qualify for French Open and Wimbledon, but he qualified for the 2012 US Open to make his Grand Slam main draw debut, losing to Ivan Dodig in the first round. During the Asian hardcourt swing, he defeated Robin Haase in the Thailand Open to record his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
April 2014 Sports Events In Asia
April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian and Julian calendars. It is the first of four months to have a length of 30 days, and the second of five months to have a length of less than 31 days. April is commonly associated with the season of autumn in parts of the Southern Hemisphere, and spring in parts of the Northern Hemisphere, where it is the seasonal equivalent to October in the Southern Hemisphere and vice versa. History The Romans gave this month the Latin name '' Aprilis''"April" in '' Chambers's Encyclopædia''. London: George Newnes, 1961, Vol. 1, p. 497. but the derivation of this name is uncertain. The traditional etymology is from the verb ''aperire'', "to open", in allusion to its being the season when trees and flowers begin to "open", which is supported by comparison with the modern Greek use of άνοιξη (''ánixi'') (opening) for spring. Since some of the Roman months were named in honor of divinities, and as April was s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Jung
Jason Jung (; ; born 15 June 1989) is an American-born professional tennis player who represents Taiwan. He is a University of Michigan alumnus who has cracked the Top 150 in the ATP rankings and also won four ATP Challenger events. Personal life Jung played college tennis at the University of Michigan, where he majored in political science. As a tennis player, he was the National and Midwest Regional winner of the ITA/Arthur Ashe Award for Leadership & Sportsmanship in 2010, made the All Big Ten team as a junior and senior, and is 4th all-time in Michigan history in career doubles wins. He blogs about his experiences and his life as a professional tennis player. He was featured in an article by ESPN's Grantland (along with fellow Michigan alum Evan King and up-and-coming players Frances Tiafoe and William Blumberg) that highlighted the struggles and low prize money in playing on the ITF Futures Tour. Career Jung's reached his first quarterfinal at the 2018 Hall of F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toshihide Matsui
is a professional Japanese tennis player. On 12 June 2006, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of No. 261. On 7 May 2018, he achieved his highest doubles ranking of No. 130. Career He was the runner-up in men's singles at the Japanese National Championships in 2006 when he lost the final against Satoshi Iwabuchi. He won 6 Japanese national championship titles in men's doubles category: 4 titles with Satoshi Iwabuchi (2005,2007–09) and 2 titles with Kaito Uesugi (2021-22). When he played at the 2019 Shenzhen Longhua Open against 18-year-old Chun-hsin Tseng as a lucky loser, it was the largest age difference ever in a Challenger match, with Matsui being the oldest player at 41 years old, with an ATP ranking. He represented Japan in three Davis Cup ties between 2006 and 2010, his win–loss record is 4-1. Plus Matsui participated in the first 2 editions of ATP Cup in 2020-2021 as a member of Team Japan. Matsui holds the record as the oldest player in ATP Cup histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonchat Ratiwatana
Sonchat Ratiwatana ( th, สนฉัตร รติวัฒน์, ), nicknamed Ton (, ; born January 23, 1982 in Bangkok) is a professional tennis player from Thailand. In 2007, Sonchat and his twin brother Sanchai Ratiwatana won their first ATP doubles title in Bangkok in their home country. In the final, the team beat 2007 Wimbledon men's doubles winner Michaël Llodra and 2007 U.S. Open men's doubles semifinalist Nicolas Mahut. He reached his highest doubles ranking at world number 39 as of 28 April 2008. He plays right-handed and turned professional in 2004. He and his twin brother played in their first grand slam tournament during the Australian Open in 2008, where they lost to the eventual finalist pairing of Arnaud Clément Arnaud Clément (; born 17 December 1977) is a French former professional tennis player and Davis Cup captain. Clément reached the final of the 2001 Australian Open and achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 10 in April of that year. Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanchai Ratiwatana
Sanchai Ratiwatana ( th, สรรค์ชัย รติวัฒน์, ), nicknamed Tong (, ; born January 23, 1982 in Bangkok), is a professional tennis player from Thailand. He turned professional in 2004. In 2007, Sanchai and his twin brother Sonchat Ratiwatana won their first 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 ... doubles title in Bangkok. They won their second title at the Chennai Open in India in 2008. He reached World No. 39, his best doubles ranking, on 28 April 2008. ATP career finals Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up) ATP Challenger Tour finals Doubles: 81 (48–33) Grand Slam doubles timeline External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ratiwatana, Sanchai Sanchai Ratiwatana Sanchai Ratiwatana 1982 births Living people Sanchai Ratiwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John-Patrick Smith
John-Patrick Tracey "JP" Smith (born 24 January 1989) is an Australian professional tennis player who competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. He attended the University of Tennessee from 2007 through 2011 where he was a four-time All-American and made it to the college No. 1 ranking in both singles and doubles. Smith reached his highest ATP singles ranking of No. 108 on 28 September 2015, and his highest ATP doubles ranking of No. 52 on 11 September 2017. In July 2015, Smith won his maiden ATP Tour match defeating fellow Aussie Bernard Tomic in the first round of the Hall of Fame Championships in Newport. He went on to reach the semifinals. In 2019, he reached the final of the Australian Open mixed doubles alongside fellow Aussie Astra Sharma. College career Knoxville became Smith's home away from home when he enrolled at the University of Tennessee in August 2007. It was on those campus' hardcourts that he became one of the most prolific a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austin Krajicek
Austin Krajicek (born June 16, 1990) is an American professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP ranking in doubles of World No. 9 achieved on 7 November 2022 and in singles of World No. 94 achieved on October 26, 2015. He is a distant cousin of Dutch tennis player and former Wimbledon champion Richard Krajicek. He played college tennis at Texas A&M. College Krajicek attended Texas A&M, where he lettered from 2008–11. He won the doubles title with Jeff Dadamo at the 2011 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships, which was the first national title in program history. He was a four-time doubles All-American (2008–11), and a two-time singles All-American (2010 & 2011). Krajicek was the Big 12 Freshman of the Year, and in his junior and senior seasons was the Big 12 Player of the Year. Professional career Early years: 2012-2017 Prior to 2018 Krajicek competed mainly on the ITF Futures and ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. 2018-20: First ATP title, Top ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blake Mott
Blake Mott (born 21 April 1996) is an Australian professional tennis player. He competes mainly in the Challenger Tour. He reached his career high singles ranking of World No. 220 in June 2017. He won his first Challenger title in the 2016 Launceston Tennis International and made his Grand Slam debut at the 2017 Australian Open after qualifying. Career 2011–2013: Career beginnings Mott made his ITF debut in May 2011 in the Sweden F3. He lost in round 1 to Julian Obry. He played around Europe throughout 2011, scoring his first win against Aviv Ben Shabat in August 2011. Throughout 2012, Mott played on the ITF circuit across winning two matches. Mott ended 2012 with a ranking of 1563. In 2013, Mott began making second rounds of the ITF circuit and in July 2013, Mott qualified for his first ATP Challenger Tour main draw in Granby. He lost to Tatsuma Ito in round 1. In October 2013, Mott qualified for the 2013 Melbourne Challenger, winning his first Challenger matches aga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peng Hsien-yin
Peng Hsien-yin (; born 22 December 1989) is a Taiwanese professional tennis player and competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures, both in singles and doubles. Peng reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 956 on 9 July 2012, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 99, on 20 April 2015. Career to date, Peng has reacher 45 doubles finals all on the ATP Challenger and ITF Futures tours. Of those he has a final record of 21 wins and 24 losses. He competes for his native country of Taiwan in Davis Cup play. In singles matches, he has a record of 0 wins and 2 losses. In doubles matches, he has a record of 3 wins and 5 losses. In 2017 at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships partnering Sander Arends of the Netherlands, Peng won his first-round qualifying match and even though he lost in the second and final qualifying round, was granted a lucky loser spot to successfully reach his first (and to date, his only) career Grand Slam main draw in men's doubl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hung Jui-chen
Hung Jui-chen (; born 1 March 1990) is a Taiwanese tennis player. Hung has a career high ATP singles ranking of 596 achieved on 7 December 2015. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 521 achieved on 14 November 2016. Hung has won 1 ITF singles title and 2 ITF doubles titles. Hung has represented Chinese Taipei at the Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the orga ... where he has a W/L record of 4–7. External links * * * 1990 births Living people Taiwanese male tennis players People from Nantou County 21st-century Taiwanese people {{Taiwan-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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