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2016 Brest Challenger
The 2016 Brest Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Brest, France between 17 and 23 October 2016. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of October 10, 2016. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Evan Furness * Corentin Moutet * Laurent Lokoli The following players received entry using special exemptions: * Stefanos Tsitsipas * Maxime Janvier The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Grégoire Jacq * Romain Jouan * Yann Marti * Maximilian Neuchrist The following players entered as a lucky losers: * Norbert Gombos * Sander Gillé Champions Singles * Norbert Gombos def. Yannik Reuter, 7–5, 6–2 Doubles * Sander Arends / Mateusz Kowalczyk def. Marco Chiudinelli / Luca Vanni Luca Vanni (born 4 June 1985) is an Italian former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hardcourt
A hardcourt (or hard court) is a surface or floor on which a sport is played, most usually in reference to tennis courts. It is typically made of rigid materials such as asphalt or concrete, and covered with acrylic resins to seal the surface and mark the playing lines, while providing some cushioning. Historically, hardwood surfaces were also in use in indoor settings, similar to an indoor basketball court, but these surfaces are rare now. Tennis Tennis hard courts are made of synthetic/acrylic layers on top of a concrete or asphalt foundation and can vary in color. These courts tend to play medium-fast to fast because there is little energy absorption by the court, as with grass courts but unlike clay courts. The ball tends to bounce high and players are able to apply many types of spin during play. Flat balls are favored on hard courts because of the extremely quick play style. Speed of rebound after tennis balls bounce on hard courts is determined by how much sand is in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quentin Halys
Quentin Halys (; born 26 October 1996) is a French professional tennis player. Halys has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 64 achieved on 21 November 2022 and a doubles ranking of No. 129 achieved on 3 October 2022. He has won six singles titles on the ATP Challenger Tour and seven in doubles. Junior career Quentin Halys reached four Junior Grand Slam finals, three in doubles and one in singles. Of the four finals, Halys won the 2014 French Open partnering Benjamin Bonzi. He reached a career high combined (singles and doubles) of World No. 3 on March 31, 2014. He ended his junior career with a 98–44 record on singles and 83–35 on doubles. 2010 Quentin played in his first ITF Junior Circuit tournament in 2010 at the G4 Tournoi International de Clermont-Ferrand, as a wildcard. He lost in the first round. He reached his first final later that year, at the G5 International Junior Saint-Cyprien, in doubles. In an all-French final, Halys and Armel Rancezot lost in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sander Gillé
Sander Gillé (born 15 January 1991) is a Belgian tennis player. Gillé has a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 24 by the ATP, achieved on 8 November 2021. He also has a career-high singles ranking of World No. 574, reached on 24 December 2018. Career 2019: Three ATP doubles titles Gillé won his first ATP Tour doubles title at the 2019 Swedish Open with fellow Belgian Joran Vliegen. A week later, they won their second title at Gstaad. In the next week, their 11-match winning streak was ended in the final of Kitzbühel. Two months later, Gillé and Vliegen picked up their third title of 2019 at the Zhuhai Championships. 2020-2021: Two ATP doubles titles, first Grand Slam quarterfinal, Masters 1000 semifinal, top 25 debut Gillé won two more titles with his partner Jordan Vliegen at the 2020 Astana Open and at the 2021 Singapore Open. They also reached the quarterfinals at the 2020 US Open (tennis) losing to the eventual runners-up Mektic/Koolhof, their best showing a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maximilian Neuchrist
Maximilian Neuchrist (born 22 July 1991) is an Austrian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour who competes on the ATP Challenger and ITF Futures tour level. Neuchrist has a career high 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 ... singles ranking of world No. 244 achieved on 30 July 2018. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 135 achieved on 3 March 2014. Neuchrist has reached 27 career singles finals with a record of 13 wins and 14 losses, one at the ATP Challenger and the rest at the ITF Futures level. Additionally, he has reached 60 career doubles finals posting a record of 37 wins and 23 losses, which includes a 2–3 record in ATP Challenger finals. Neuchrist made his ATP Tour debut at the 2012 Vienna Open where he was granted a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yann Marti
Yann Marti (born 7 June 1988) is a Swiss tennis player. His highest ranking is World No. 200, which was achieved on 18 August 2014. In September 2014, Yann Marti was called as fifth player and sparring partner for the Davis Cup semifinal Switzerland-Italy in Geneva together with Roger Federer, Stan Wawrinka Stanislas "Stan" Wawrinka (; born 28 March 1985) is a Swiss professional tennis player. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) singles ranking of world No. 3 for the first time on 27 January 2014. His career highlight ..., Marco Chiudinelli, and Michael Lammer. Although Marti ranked as the fourth Swiss player on the ATP (no. 209), Lammer (ATP 497) was preferred due to his qualities as doubles player. He had won the doubles partnering Chiudinelli in the first round in Serbia. Swiss Severin Lüthi said that due to the importance of the game against Italy, he would not proceed with any experiment with new players at this stage. Marti was allowed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romain Jouan
Romain Jouan (born 16 July 1985) is a French professional tennis player. Career 2008 On September 29, Jouan qualified for the first ATP tournament of his career in Metz after beating Fabio Fognini, Prakash Amritraj and Tobias Kamke. Ranked #440, he defeated #51 Agustín Calleri 5–7, 6–1, 6–2 in the first round of the main draw, but lost to fourth-seeded Paul-Henri Mathieu 6–4, 6–4 in the second. 2009 His ranking not allowing him to enter even the qualifications, it looked like Jouan would not participate in Roland Garros that year; but when wild-card John Isner withdrew, the qualifications had already started, so his wild-card went to Jouan. He was drawn against World No. 6 Andy Roddick in the first round, who defeated him 6–2, 6–4, 6–2 without facing a single break point. 2010 In October, Jouan qualified for the first edition of the Open Sud de France in Montpellier by defeating Josselin Ouanna, Andrea Agazzi and Vincent Millot. For his first ATP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grégoire Jacq
Grégoire Jacq (born 9 November 1992) is a French tennis player. Jacq has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 332 achieved on 29 October 2018. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 210 achieved on 14 August 2017. Jacq made his ATP main draw debut at the 2017 French Open after receiving a wildcard to the doubles main draw with Hugo Nys. They were defeated by Jan-Lennard Struff and Mischa Zverev Mikhail "Mischa" Alexandrovich Zverev (russian: Михаил "Миша" Александрович Зверев, , ; born 22 August 1987) is a German professional tennis player born in Russia. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world ... in the first round. ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 13 (5–8) References External links * * 1992 births Living people French male tennis players Sportspeople from Clermont-Ferrand 20th-century French people 21st-century French people {{France-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxime Janvier
Maxime Janvier (; born 18 October 1996) is a French tennis player. Janvier has a career high ATP singles ranking of 170 achieved on 30 September 2019. He also has a career high doubles ranking of 297 achieved on 18 October 2021. Janvier has won 1 ATP Challenger singles title at the 2016 Morocco Tennis Tour – Casablanca II. He was awarded a wildcard to the 2018 French Open, the 2019 French Open and the 2020 French Open The 2020 French Open was a major tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was held at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. Originally scheduled for 24 May to 7 June, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was first moved to 20 Septemb .... Challenger and Futures finals Singles: 14 (8–6) Doubles: 9 (6–3) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Janvier, Maxime 1996 births Living people French male tennis players People from Creil Sportspeople from Oise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |