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2015 Busan Open – Singles ...
Go Soeda was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals. Chung Hyeon won the title, defeating Lukáš Lacko in the final 6–3, 6–1. Seeds Draw Finals Top half Bottom half References Main DrawQualifying Draw {{DEFAULTSORT:2015 Busan Open - Singles Busan Open - Singles 2015 Singles Fifteen or 15 may refer to: *15 (number) *one of the years 15 BC, AD 15, 1915, 2015 Music * Fifteen (band), a punk rock band Albums * ''15'' (Buckcherry album), 2005 * ''15'' (Ani Lorak album), 2007 * ''15'' (Phatfish album), 2008 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chung Hyeon
Chung Hyeon (; ; born 19 May 1996) is a South Korean professional tennis player. He is the 2017 Next Gen Finals champion. As an unseeded player, he became the first Korean player to reach a Grand Slam semifinal at the 2018 Australian Open. Junior career Chung took up tennis as a way to try to help maintain his eyesight after requiring glasses at a young age. He won the Eddie Herr International and Junior Orange Bowl Boys under-12s titles in December 2008, and was subsequently signed, along with his brother Chung Hong, to the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy at IMG in Florida. He began competing on the ITF junior tour in 2012, and was runner-up in the 2013 Wimbledon Boys' Singles, a month after winning his first Futures title. He later competed in his first ATP tournament, the Malaysian Open, being defeated in the first round. He reached a career junior high of No. 7, with an 84–32 win–loss record. Professional career 2014: Asian Games doubles Gold medal 2014 saw Chun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Bolt
Alex Bolt (born 5 January 1993) is an Australian professional tennis player. He plays mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour. His career-high rankings by the ATP are world No. 125 in singles and world No. 81 in doubles. Highlights of his career include quarterfinal appearances at the 2014 Australian Open men's doubles and at the 2017 Australian Open with Andrew Whittington and Bradley Mousley respectively. Personal life Bolt was born in Murray Bridge, South Australia. He began playing tennis at the age of seven and also spent time playing Australian rules football and basketball throughout his youth. During his hiatus from tennis in 2016, Bolt began playing local football for the Mypolonga Tigers in River Murray Football League and worked as a fence-builder. Bolt is an avid supporter of the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League. Career 2010-2012: Career beginnings Bolt began his tennis career in Murray Bridge competing in the Murray Bridge Lawn Tennis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franco Škugor
Franco may refer to: Name * Franco (name) * Francisco Franco (1892–1975), Spanish general and dictator of Spain from 1939 to 1975 * Franco Luambo (1938–1989), Congolese musician, the "Grand Maître" * Franco of Cologne (mid to late 13th century), German music theorist Prefix * Franco, a prefix used when referring to France, a country ** Franco, a prefix used when referring to French people and their diaspora, e.g. Franco-Americans, Franco-Mauritians * Franco, a prefix used when referring to Franks, a West Germanic tribe Places * Franco (Mirandela), a village in Portugal * El Franco, a municipality of Asturias in Spain * Presidente Franco District, in Paraguay * Franco, Virginia, an unincorporated community, in the United States Other uses * Franco (band), Filipino band * Franco (''General Hospital''), a fictional character on the American soap opera ''General Hospital'' * Franco, the Luccan franc, a 19th-century currency of Lucca, Italy * ''Franco, Ciccio e il pirat ... [...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) 2008–2011 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 reco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illya Marchenko
Illya Vasylovych Marchenko (; born 8 September 1987) is a Ukrainian tennis player. He has a career high in singles of World No. 49 achieved on 26 September 2016 and of No. 268 in doubles achieved on 25 August 2014. On the ATP Tour, Marchenko reached the semifinals of Moscow in 2009, the 2010 St. Petersburg Open and Doha in 2016. He is noted for his backhand, which he cites as his best shot. His favorite surface is hard courts. Personal life Illya began playing tennis at age seven. His father Vassili and mother Anna are both engineers. Has one older brother, Igor Marchenko, a manager and former ice skater who took part in the 1998 Winter Olympics. Growing up, he admired Lleyton Hewitt and Roger Federer. He has played doubles on the Futures level with fellow Ukrainian Artem Smirnov. He was coached by Orest Tereschuk from July 2009 till 2014 and by Tibor Toth from 2014. Marchenko also has a YouTube channel with close to 3,000 subscribers and 150,000 views where he posts tennis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Corrie (tennis)
Edward Martin Corrie (born 21 February 1988) is a British former and retired tennis player. Career Corrie played collegiately at the University of Texas at Austin from 2007 to 2011. He made his debut on the ITF Men's Circuit in 2005, and since then has won 27 Futures tournaments: seven in singles and twenty in doubles. He has also won two ATP Challenger doubles tournaments. He was primarily a doubles player until achieving success in singles in 2013, earning him a wildcard to the main draw of the 2013 Queen's Club Championships, losing his first round match 4–6, 6–7(1) to Sergiy Stakhovsky Sergiy Eduardovych Stakhovsky (, ; born January 6, 1986) is a Ukrainian former professional tennis player. Stakhovsky turned professional in 2003 and played mostly at the Challenger level from 2005 to 2008. His career-high rankings were World No ..., ranked 116th. Corrie announced his retirement from tennis in 2018. Career finals Singles: 22 (7–15) Doubles: 39 (24–15) R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Saville
Luke Saville (born 1 February 1994) is an Australian former professional tennis player. He has had success as a doubles player where he reached his highest ranking of World No. 23 on 8 November 2021. Saville reached the final at the 2020 Australian Open, partnering with fellow Australian Max Purcell. As a junior, Saville enjoyed a successful career in which he won two junior grand slam (tennis), grand slam singles titles at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships and 2012 Australian Open. Saville is also a former junior World No. 1 and an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. In January 2013, he competed in his first ATP main draw event at the 2013 Australian Open, but has struggled in transitioning from Juniors onto the professional circuit, reaching his highest singles ranking of World No. 152. Personal life Saville was born in Berri, South Australia. He is a keen supporter of the Carlton Football Club, Carlton in the Australian Football League. He has a brother Troy and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Barton (tennis)
Matthew Barton (born 16 December 1991) is an Australian professional tennis player. He made his Grand Slam singles debut at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships reaching the second round. Personal Barton grew up on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. He attended St Luke's Grammar School. Professional career 2012 Barton won his first ITF Futures title defeating Samuel Groth in the final 7–6(3) 6–3. Barton played the 2013 Australian Open Wildcard Playoff defeating Thanasi Kokkinakis and Nick Kyrgios. 2013 Barton defeated Croatian Ivo Karlović 6–7(0) 7–6(5) 7–6(5) at the Apia International Sydney qualification, Then beat Tatsuma Ito 7–5 6–1. Before losing to Björn Phau of Germany. Barton reached the 2nd round of the Australian Open with John Millman defeating Marinko Matosevic and Daniel Gimeno Traver in the opening round. Before losing to Kevin Anderson and Jonathan Erlich. Barton won his first ATP Challenger Tour Title in West Lakes defeating the number 2 ... [...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 specializes in doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world No. 108 on 28 September 2015, and his highest doubles ranking of No. 52 on 11 September 2017. Smith reached the finals of the 2019 Australian Open – Mixed doubles, 2019 Australian Open mixed doubles alongside fellow Australian Astra Sharma and of the 2025 Australian Open – Mixed doubles, 2025 Australian Open mixed doubles alongside another compatriot Kimberly Birrell. Personal life Smith married long-time girlfriend Lauren Zuckerman in December 2023. In 2024 he appears as a guest on season 1, Episode 4 of Vanderpump Villa. 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 athletes in Tennessee and Intercollegiate Tennis Association history, a four-ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordan Thompson (tennis)
Jordan Thompson (born 20 April 1994) is an Australian professional tennis player. He reached a career-high ranking of world No. 26 in singles and of No. 3 in doubles. He has won one singles and eight doubles ATP titles. He is currently the No. 3 Australian player in singles and No. 1 in doubles. Personal life Thompson was born in Sydney and, along with tennis, grew up as an avid fan of rugby league. He supports the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League. Thompson names Lleyton Hewitt as his tennis idol. Thompson has a tattoo on his right bicep of the Australian coat of arms and Olympic rings which he got after playing in the 2016 Olympic Games. Thompson's mantra is "hard work always pays off". Junior career The highlight of his junior career came at the 2012 US Open when he partnered with fellow Australian Nick Kyrgios to reach the doubles final. Thompson reached as high as No. 18 in the combined world rankings in October 2012, compiling a singles win–loss record of 82� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimitar Kutrovsky
Dimitar Kutrovsky (; born 27 August 1987) is a retired tennis player from Bulgaria. On 18 May 2015, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 293 whilst his best doubles ranking was 234 on 10 August 2015. As a junior, he played for CSKA. In 2003 he was №28 in the rankings of the European Tennis Association for boys under 16 years old. In 2005 he reached №69 in the ITF's rankings for boys under 18 years old. He is also a doubles champion from the Indoor national championships in 2008, where he was partnering with Martin Shishkov. He graduated his secondary education in the sport school "General Vladimir Stoychev" in Sofia. After that he also finished his higher education in the University of Texas at Austin, where he played for the American College championships (NCAA). With his 230 wins in singles and doubles, he became the best tennis player in the history of the university. From 2008 to 2010 he was a three-times winner of the annual award "All-American" in singles, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |