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2015 Milex Open
The 2015 Milex Open was a professional tennis tournament played on green clay courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2015 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic between 7 February and 15 February 2015. The event was the first professional tennis tournament of the Challenger level to be held in the Dominican Republic. Singles main draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of February 2, 2015. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Emilio Gómez * Andrés Molteni * José Olivares * Horacio Zeballos The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Benjamin Balleret * Gonzalo Escobar * Connor Smith * Bastian Trinker The following player received entry as a Lucky loser: * Patricio Heras Withdrawals ;During the tournament * Víctor Estrella Burgos → replaced by Patricio Heras Champions Singles * Damir Džumhur def. Renzo Olivo, 7–5, 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Green 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 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 tournament that uses clay courts is the French Open. Clay courts come in the more common red clay (known in France as ''terre battue''), which is actually crushed brick, and the slightly harder 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 continental Europe, were the creation of the English tennis playe ... [...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] |
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 At the 2014 Swedish Open in Båstad, he made it through three rounds of qualifying to reach his first ATP tour main draw, and then 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: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bastian Trinker
Bastian Trinker (born 11 May 1990) is an Austrian professional tennis player. He competes mainly in the ITF circuit, where he has eight singles titles and three doubles titles. He played his first ATP main draw match at the 2015 BMW Open after gaining entry as a lucky loser. In the same year he won his first ATP Tour match in Umag, where he won the qualification and then beat the former top-10 player Mikhail Youzhny Mikhail Mikhailovich Youzhny (born 25 June 1982), nicknamed "Misha" and "Colonel" by his fans, is a Russian former professional tennis player who was ranked inside the top 10 and was the Russian No. 1. He achieved a top-10 ranking by the Associ ... in the first round. References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Trinker, Bastian Living people 1990 births Austrian male tennis players 21st-century Austrian sportsmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gonzalo Escobar
Gonzalo Escobar (; born 20 January 1989, in Manta, Ecuador, Manta) is an Ecuadorian tennis player. His career-high doubles ranking is World No. 38, achieved on 15 November 2021. He has won three ATP doubles titles with Uruguayan Ariel Behar and three with Kazakhstani Aleksandr Nedovyesov. Escobar also has a career high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of No. 281 achieved on 15 June 2015. Playing for Ecuador Davis Cup team, Ecuador in Davis Cup, Escobar has a W/L record of 8–9. Career 2021–2022: Three ATP doubles titles and top 50 Partnering with Uruguyan Ariel Behar, Escobar won two ATP titles at the 2021 Delray Beach Open and the 2021 Andalucía Open and reached three other finals on the ATP tour in 2021 after winning two ATP Challenger Tour titles together in 2020. He entered the top 50 following the final at the 2021 Serbia Open on 26 April 2021. He reached the third round of a Major for the first time at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships. Escobar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Balleret
Benjamin Balleret (born 15 January 1983) is a professional tennis player from Monaco. Balleret is a member of the Monaco Davis Cup team. Personal life His father, Bernard Balleret, stepmother Alexia Dechaume-Balleret, and aunt Virginie Paquet are also former tennis players. Balleret's half-brother and protégé Valentin Vacherot also plays the sport professionally, as does their cousin, Arthur Rinderknech. Tennis career Juniors As a junior Balleret reached as high as No. 19 in the junior world singles rankings (and No. 29 in doubles) in 2001. Pro tour Balleret is best known for his April 2006 fairy tale run to the third round of the Monte Carlo Open, an ATP Masters Series. Entering the tournament, he was ranked 351st in the world and had competed only in challenger tournaments and several Davis Cup matches (he played for the Monegasque team in 2004 and 2005 and compiled a modest record of 4 wins and 5 losses). However, on 16 April 2006, he received a wild card into the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Olivares
José Olivares (; born 8 January 1997) is a Dominican tennis player. Olivares has a career high ATP singles ranking of 605 achieved on 28 October 2019. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 689 achieved on 20 November 2017. Olivares represents the Dominican Republic in the Davis Cup. He was first nominated to the team for the 2014 Davis Cup and has played in matches against Marcelo Tomás Barrios Vera, Hans Podlipnik-Castillo, and Juan Sebastián Cabal Juan Sebastián Cabal Valdés (; born 25 April 1986) is a Colombian former professional tennis player. A world No. 1 in doubles, he also reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 184 in February 2011. Cabal is a three-time Grand Slam cham .... References External links * * * 1997 births Living people Dominican Republic male tennis players Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in tennis Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for the Dominican Republic Central American and ... [...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] |
Emilio Gómez (tennis)
Emilio Gómez Estrada (; born 28 November 1991) is an Ecuadorian inactive professional tennis player who competed primarily on the ATP Challenger Tour. On 20 February 2023, he reached his highest Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of world No. 90 and a doubles ranking of world No. 254, achieved on 14 September 2015. He is currently the No. 3 Ecuadorian tennis player. Career 2016–2018 He defeated Adam Hornby of Barbados during Davis Cup play on March 4, 2016, by a score of 6–0, 6–0, 6–0, making him the first player to win by such a scoreline at any tournament since 2011, and one of two players to accomplish the feat on that day (Jarkko Nieminen of Finland earned a triple bagel victory over Courtney John Lock of Zimbabwe at Davis Cup competition elsewhere). 2019–2021: First Challenger title, Top 200 & Grand Slam debuts He reached the top 200 on 29 April 2019 following his first title at the 2019 Tallahassee Tennis Challenger in Florida. Gómez mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerald Melzer
Gerald Melzer (born 13 July 1990) is an Austrian professional inactive tennis player who competed mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 68 in November 2016. Gerald is also part of Austrian Davis Cup team, for which he recorded four singles wins and six losses. Career Gerald Melzer has primarily spent his time on the Futures circuit, while also playing Challengers and several doubles events with his brother. He began playing on the tour in 2007, competing in tournaments in Austria as well as Futures tournaments in Africa. In 2008, he has had more success playing doubles, partnering with his brother to win a challenger in Graz, Austria. In 2015, as a qualifier, Gerald reached the semifinals of Munich. He faced his brother, Jürgen, in the first round of the 2015 Wimbledon qualifying tournament, and lost in straight sets. Jürgen described it as the "worst tennis day of my life and I hope we will never play each other again. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Kubler
Jason Murray Kubler ( ; born 19 May 1993) is an Australian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP Tour, ATP singles ranking of No. 63 achieved on 24 April 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 27 achieved on 22 May 2023. Kubler's career highlight came at the 2023 Australian Open – Men's doubles, 2023 Australian Open, where he won his first Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam doubles title as a wildcard alongside compatriot Rinky Hijikata. Despite a promising junior career, which included the junior world No. 1 ranking and comparisons to Rafael Nadal, Kubler has spent the majority of his professional career on the lower circuits due to a hereditary knee condition that results in weakened meniscus around the joints. The condition has plagued Kubler throughout his career, resulting in seven knee surgeries. Kubler also spent four years of his professional career playing exclusively on clay courts to avoid further structural damage to his knees. Early life Kubler was born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evgeny Donskoy
Evgeny Evgenyevich Donskoy ( rus, Евге́ний Евге́ньевич Донско́й, , jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj dɐnˈskoj; born 9 May 1990) is a Russian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 65, achieved on 8 July 2013 and a doubles ranking of No. 161, achieved on 5 November 2012. Personal life He was born and currently resides in Moscow, Russia. Donskoy was mentored by former player and two-time Grand Slam champion Marat Safin. His favourite surface is hard courts. Career In 2010, Donskoy played doubles with the British player Morgan Phillips at the Seville Challenger, losing in the first round. By 2013, Marat Safin had built a coaching team for Donskoy that included Morgan Phillips. Donskoy entered 2013 Australian Open's main draw for the first time, reaching the third round and defeating 23rd seed Mikhail Youzhny en route. He also pushed Andy Murray to three sets in the Indian Wells Masters 1000 event. Consequently, Donskoy made hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
