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2016 Båstad Challenger
The 2016 Båstad Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It is the first edition of the tournament which is part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It will take place in Båstad, Sweden between 4 and 10 July 2016. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of June 27, 2016. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Isak Arvidsson * Markus Eriksson * Christian Lindell * Carl Söderlund The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Maxim Dubarenco * Scott Griekspoor * Prajnesh Gunneswaran * Zhang Ze The following player entered as a lucky loser: * Hubert Hurkacz Champions Singles * Horacio Zeballos def. Roberto Carballés Baena, 6–3, 6–4 Doubles * Isak Arvidsson / Fred Simonsson def. Johan Brunström / Andreas Siljeström Andreas Siljeström (born 21 July 1981) is a Swedish professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career do ... [...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, originally known as "lawn tennis", is played. Clay courts are made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate depending on the tournament. The French Open uses clay courts, the only Grand Slam tournament to do so. Clay courts are more common in Continental Europe and Latin America than in North America, Asia-Pacific or Britain. Two main types exist: red clay, the more common variety, and green clay, also known as "rubico", which is a harder surface. Although less expensive to construct than other types of tennis courts, the maintenance costs of clay are high as the surface must be rolled to preserve flatness. Play Clay courts are considered "slow" because the balls bounce relatively high and lose much of their initial speed when contacting the surface, making it more difficult for a player to deliver an unreturnable shot. Points are usually longer as there are fewer winn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Montañés
Albert Montañés Roca (; born 26 November 1980) is a retired professional tennis player from Spain. He first entered the top 100 in 2001. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 22 in 2010 and has won six singles titles and two doubles titles. Montañés is one of the very few players to win a title after saving match points in two different matches. He did it during his title run in Estoril 2009 in his quarter-finals and the final. He holds the record for most first-round exits at Grand Slam events; 35 reached at 2016 Wimbledon, beating Kenneth Carlsen's long standing record of 30 first-round exits. His career ended at the 2017 Barcelona Open. He was awarded a wild card to participate in the event and reached the second round, where he lost to fellow countryman Feliciano López 6–2, 6–2. ATP career finals Singles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner-ups) Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups) Performance timelines Singles 1 Held as Hamburg Masters (out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Brunström
Johan Brunström (born 3 April 1980) is a professional Swedish tennis player. His highest ATP doubles ranking is no. 31, which he reached on 22 March 2010. His career high in singles is no. 377, which he reached on 24 September 2007. He made his Davis Cup debut against Serbia in February 2012, with a win in doubles with partner Robert Lindstedt. In June 2012, he reached the second round of Wimbledon men's doubles partnering Philipp Marx. They lost to David Marrero and Andreas Seppi Andreas Seppi (born 21 February 1984) is an Italian former professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 18 on 28 January 2013. He became the first Italian to win a title on all three surfaces. Tennis c .... At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he reached the second round of the men's doubles with Lindstedt. Performance timeline Doubles ATP career finals Doubles: 19 (5 titles, 14 runner-ups) ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 5 (2–3) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hubert Hurkacz
Hubert Hurkacz (; born 11 February 1997) is a Polish professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 9 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved in November 2021, making him the highest-ranked Polish man in singles history. He has won five ATP Tour singles titles, including a Masters 1000 title at the 2021 Miami Open. With the win, he became the first Pole to win an ATP Masters 1000 title. Hurkacz also has a career-high ranking of world No. 30 in doubles, which he attained in June 2022. As a junior, Hurkacz was ranked as high as No. 29 in the world. He and his partner Alex Molčan were the runners-up at the 2015 Australian Open boys' doubles final. As a professional, he broke into the top 100 for the first time in 2018 after reaching the second rounds of the 2018 French Open and 2018 US Open. That year, he qualified for the Next Generation ATP Finals, where he won against Jaume Munar, but lost to Frances Tiaf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhang Ze
Zhang Ze (; ; born July 4, 1990), is a Chinese male tennis player. Zhang's career highlights include reaching the quarterfinals of the 2012 China Open (defeating Richard Gasquet en route), playing the Australian Open main draw in two consecutive years (2014 and 2015), and teaming up with Roger Federer to play doubles at the 2013 Shanghai Rolex Masters. Career Zhang's early years were spent on the ITF Circuit throughout Asia. In February 2008, Zhang made his first appearance in the qualifying draw of an ATP Challenger tournament in Melbourne, defeating Mikal Statham (5–7, 7–5, 6–4). In the second round, Zhang lost to Nima Roshan (6–7(6–8), 1–6). On 28 March 2010, Zhang won the first single's title of his professional career in an ITF Futures event in Mengzi City, China. He defeated Riccardo Ghedin (6–1, 6–4). Just under two months later, on 22 May, Zhang reached his first final on the Challenger Tour in Fergana, Uzbekistan, after entering as a qualifier. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prajnesh Gunneswaran
Prajnesh Gunneswaran (born 12 November 1989) is an Indian tennis player. He has won 2 ATP Challenger and 8 ITF titles in singles and 1 ITF title in doubles. He is currently the highest-ranked Indian singles player. He represents India at the Davis Cup. At the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, he won the bronze medal in the men's singles event. Personal life Prajnesh Gunneswaran is the son of Mr. S G Prabhakharan and Mrs. Usha. He married Sudarshana Pai in Ernakulam, Kerala in 2019. Career 2010–2017: Early career Gunneswaran mainly participated in ITF and ATP Challenger events in his early years. While he won eight ITF Futures singles titles, he found limited success on the Challenger tour. In October 2016, he reached his first ATP Challenger singles final at Pune Challenger. He lost the title match to Frenchman Sadio Doumbia. In May 2017, he reached his first ATP Challenger doubles final at 2017 Samarkand Challenger. Partnering with compatriot Vishnu Vardhan, the pair lost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Griekspoor
Scott Griekspoor (born 10 January 1991) is a Dutch retired tennis player. Griekspoor has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 205 achieved on 6 August 2018. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 419 achieved on 29 September 2014. Griekspoor has won 1 ATP Challenger singles title at the 2018 Internationaux de Tennis de Blois The 2018 Internationaux de Tennis de Blois was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the sixth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Blois, France between 18 and 24 June .... He won the Dutch national singles title in December 2018. He is the elder brother of tennis player Tallon Griekspoor and twin brother of Kevin Griekspoor. Career finals Singles (1 win) External links * * 1991 births Living people Dutch male tennis players Sportspeople from Haarlem 20th-century Dutch people 21st-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxim Dubarenco
Maxim Igorevich Dubarenco ( be, Максім Ігаравіч Дубарэнка; russian: Максим Игоревич Дубаренко; born 24 June 1993 in Chișinău, Moldova) is a Moldovan-born Belarusian tennis player. He represented Moldova until 2015. As a member of the Moldova Davis Cup team The Moldova men's national tennis team represents Moldova in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Moldova Republic Tennis Federation. They have not competed since 2018 Davis Cup, 2018. They won Group III in 2000 Davis Cup, 2000. ... he had a win–loss record of 7–10. Junior Grand Slam finals Doubles: 1 final (1 runner-up) Challenger and Futures finals Singles: 13 (10–3) Davis Cup Singles performances (6–8) Doubles performances (1–2) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dubarenco, Maxim Living people 1993 births Sportspeople from Chișinău Moldovan male tennis players Belarusian male tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Söderlund
Carl Söderlund (born 3 June 1997) is a Swedish tennis player. Söderlund reached a career high ATP singles ranking of 387 achieved on 8 May 2017. In the ATP doubles ranking he reached a career high of 1303 achieved on 10 October 2016. Söderlund won 3 ITF Futures titles on the ITF Men's Circuit. Söderlund made his ATP main draw debut at the 2016 Swedish Open, where he received a wildcard into the singles main draw. He faced fellow wildcard and compatriot Fred Simonsson Fred Simonsson (born 27 November 1994) is a Swedish former tennis player. Simonsson has a career high ATP singles ranking of 633, achieved on 1 August 2016. His career high ATP doubles ranking of 195 was achieved on 20 February 2017. Tennis ca ... in the first round. ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 4 (3–1) External links * * 1997 births Living people Swedish male tennis players Tennis players from Stockholm Virginia Cavaliers men's tennis players 21st-century Swedish peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Lindell
Christian Meira Lindell (born 20 November 1991) is an inactive professional tennis player from Brazil who plays for Sweden. He has played seven Davis Cup matches, with a 4–3 record. Personal information He has a Swedish father and a Brazilian mother. Although he has lived his entire life in Brazil, Lindell represents Sweden through a curious chain of events. Despite having been one of the best Brazilian juniors in his age group, he was not picked to play for Brazil in the South American Junior Championships in 2007. A few months later, while on holiday in Sweden, he decided to play in the Swedish Junior Championships. Lindell won the title and received an invitation to train with the Swedish Tennis Federation and to represent Sweden, which he accepted. On 15 May 2011 Lindell was invited to join Sweden's number one singles player Robin Söderling and the doubles pairing of Simon Aspelin and Robert Lindstedt for the 2011 Power Horse World Team Cup. He faced the top-tier playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Markus Eriksson (tennis)
Markus Eriksson (born 29 November 1989) is a retired Swedish tennis player. Eriksson has a career high ATP singles ranking of 277, achieved on 19 August 2019. Tennis career Eriksson made his ATP main draw singles debut at the 2013 Swedish Open where he lost in the first round to Martín Alund. In 2014, he made his debut in the main draw of an ATP doubles event, when he and partner Isak Arvidsson received a wild card at the Swedish Open. They lost in the quarterfinals to the tournament third seeds, Tomasz Bednarek and Henri Kontinen. In 2012, Eriksson was selected to represent the Swedish Davis Cup team in the World Group Playoffs against Belgium. For the period 2012 to 2020, he played in 14 Davis Cup ties winning 7 of the 16 singles matches and 4 of the 7 doubles matches that he played. Eriksson won his first ATP Challenger title in the doubles, when he and his compatriot André Göransson won the title at the Tampere challenger, where they beat Ivan Gakhov and Alexan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolás Kicker
Nicolás Kicker (, born 16 August 1992 in Merlo) is an Argentine tennis player. He plays mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour. Kicker achieved his highest career singles ranking of 78 in June 2017. He has won 3 singles titles, and 1 doubles title on the ATP Challenger Tour, but also 14 singles titles, and 7 doubles titles on the ITF Men's Circuit. Career His best Grand Slam result is reaching the third round of the 2018 Australian Open where he played against Márton Fucsovics Márton Fucsovics ( hu, Fucsovics Márton, ; born 8 February 1992) is a Hungarian professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 31 on 4 March 2019. He is currently the No. 1 Hungarian player. Early life Fucso .... In 2018, Kicker was suspended for six years and fined $25,000 for committing match-fixing offences under the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program. He was banned from professional tennis until January 2021. Challenger and Futures titles Singles titles: 18 See a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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