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2016 Delhi Open
The 2016 Delhi Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the third edition of the tournament for the men and for the women. It was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2016 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000 in prize money in the men's event and $25,000 in the women's event. It took place in New Delhi, India, on 15–21 February 2016. ATP singles main draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings as of 8 February 2016. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Sriram Balaji * Prajnesh Gunneswaran * Adil Kalyanpur * Vijay Sundar Prashanth The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan * Kento Takeuchi * Vishnu Vardhan * Francesco Vilardo ITF singles main draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings as of 8 February 2016. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Sai Chamarthi * Mahak Jain * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ATP Challenger Tour
The ATP Challenger Tour, known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series, is a series of international men's professional tennis tournaments. The Challenger Tour events are the second-highest tier of tennis competition, behind the ATP Tour. The ITF World Tennis Tour tournaments are on the entry-level of international professional tennis competition. The ATP Challenger Tour is administered by the Association of Tennis Professionals. Players who succeed on the ATP Challenger Tour earn sufficient ranking points to become eligible for main draw or qualifying draw entry at ATP Tour tournaments. Players on the Challenger Tour are usually young players looking to advance their careers, those who fail to qualify for ATP events, or former ATP players looking to get back into the big tour. History of challenger events The first challenger events were held in 1978, with eighteen events taking place. Two were held on the week beginning January 8, one in Auckland and another in Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saketh Myneni
Saketh Myneni (born 19 October 1987) is an Indian professional tennis player. He is conferred with the prestigious Arjuna Award in 2017 and represents India in the Davis Cup. He won a gold medal in Mixed doubles and a silver medal in Men's doubles event at Incheon Asian Games 2014. Personal life Myneni was born in a small town named Vuyyuru in Andhra Pradesh to Prasad Myneni and Saroja Myneni. He grew up entirely in Visakhapatnam (Vizag). He completed his schooling from Timpany Secondary School , Visakhapatnam, before moving to Hyderabad for tennis. He started playing tennis at the age of 11. His nickname is Saké or Saki. He was selected on a sports scholarship in 2006 and graduated with a double major with degrees in Finance and Economics from the University of Alabama in 2010. His hobbies include listening to music, watching movies and TV shows. He currently resides in Visakhapatnam and trains every now & then in Hyderabad. He proposed his girlfriend Sri Lakshmi Anumolu duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liu Chang (tennis)
Liu Chang (; ; born 1 August 1990) is a former professional Chinese tennis player. On 16 May 2016, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 171. On 27 February 2017, she peaked at No. 153 in the WTA doubles rankings. Chang has won three singles and eight doubles titles on tournaments of the ITF Circuit. She won the biggest title in her career at the 2013 Beijing International Challenger, winning the doubles event with Zhou Yimiao Zhou Yimiao, also spelled as Zhou Yi-Miao, (; ; born February 7, 1991) is a professional Chinese tennis player. Zhou was born in Hubei Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is pa .... ITF Circuit finals Singles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner–ups) Doubles: 17 (8 titles, 9 runner–ups) External links * * 1990 births Living people Chinese female tennis players 21st-century Chinese women {{China-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marina Melnikova
Marina Anatolyevna Melnikova (russian: Марина Анатольевна Мельникова; born 5 February 1989) is a Russian tennis player. She has won six singles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 4 May 2015, Melnikova reached her best singles ranking of world No. 170. On 20 June 2016, she peaked at No. 80 in the doubles rankings. Melnikova made her WTA Tour debut 2008 at Barcelona and also featured 2009 in the Rosmalen Open, both times in the doubles draw. She was a finalist at the ITF Delhi in doubles, alongside Elise Mertens. Personal life and background Melnikova is currently coached by Oleg Mannapov. Her father is Anatoliy, mother is Elena, and brother is Sergey. She started playing at age seven when introduced to the sport by her dad. Her favorite surfaces are hard and clay. After finishing school in 2008, she moved from Russia to Germany, and she speaks fluently English and German. Grand Slam performance timeline Singles WTA career finals D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
İpek Soylu
İpek Soylu (born 15 April 1996) is a professional Turkish female tennis player. Soylu has won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, her biggest coming at the 2016 year-end Elite Trophy. She has also won 12 singles and 18 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 31 October 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 151. On 17 April 2017, she peaked at No. 63 in the WTA doubles rankings. Her sole Grand Slam title as a junior came in 2014, when she partnered Jil Teichmann of Switzerland to win the doubles title at the US Open. Playing for the Turkey Fed Cup team, Soylu has accumulated a win–loss record of 13–10. She is also a member of the Enkaspor tennis team. Personal life and background Soylu was born on 15 April 1996 in Istanbul, Turkey. She began playing tennis at the age of six. Her favorite shot is forehand, while her favourite surface is clay. Her favorite players are Roger Federer and Li Na. Career 2016: Success in doubles: Elite Trophy title In 2016, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vishnu Vardhan
Vishnu Vardhan (born 27 July 1987), also known as J. Vishnuvardhan, is a professional tennis player from India. He won bronze medal in men's doubles at 2010 Asian games in Guangzhou, China. He paired-up with and Sania Mirza for mixed doubles and won silver medal at the same event. He was featured as ITF player of April 2011. He won the national singles title for the fourth time by winning the Men's final of Fenesta Open tennis Championship on October 8, 2016 Personal life Vishnuvardhan's father Mr Jagadeesan is a businessman. He started playing at the age of 9 and was greatly inspired by Leander Paes. He did his schooling from DAV Safilguda Hyderabad. Career Vishnuvardhan was considered a promising prospect for Indian tennis, representing the next generation of the sport in the country and succeeding Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi. He has represented India in the Davis Cup and was part of the team that defeated Uzbekistan and Philippines en route to qualifying for the Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kento Takeuchi
is a Japanese tennis player. Takeuchi has a career high ATP singles ranking of 411 achieved on 29 September 2014. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 503 achieved on 17 March 2014. Takeuchi made his ATP main draw debut at the 2014 Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur where he qualified for the main draw. He defeated Singekrawee Wattanakul and Bumpei Sato. He drew fellow Japanese player Go Soeda is a former professional Japanese tennis player. He started playing tennis at the age of four and turned professional in April 2003. He has won 18 singles titles on the ATP Challenger Tour, and achieved a career-high singles ranking of w ... in the first round, but lost 2–6, 1–6. External links * * 1987 births Living people Japanese male tennis players Sportspeople from Kyoto 21st-century Japanese people {{Japan-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (born 20 October 1988) is an Indian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ranking of No. 64 achieved on 18 March 2019. He won the doubles title with Rohan Bopanna at the 2017 Chennai Open, in a historic final featuring four Indian players. He broke into the top 100 of the ATP rankings in doubles in 2017. Personal life He is the grandson of veteran political leader V. R. Nedunchezhiyan, who was acting chief minister of Tamil Nadu in two tenures. Maternally he is the grandson of Col.Dr. M. D. K. Kuthalingam, who was a former vice chancellor of Madurai Kamaraj University, and has also been Jeevan's mentor. Professional career 2011: Turned pro Nedunchezhiyan turned pro in year 2011. 2017: First ATP doubles title Nedunchezhiyan won his first ATP World Tour level title at the 2017 Aircel Chennai Open. He won the title with partner Rohan Bopanna by defeating a pair of compatriots, Purav Raja and Divij Sharan, in an all Indian final. As a result he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vijay Sundar Prashanth
Vijay Sundar Prashanth (born 27 October 1986) is a professional Indian tennis player. He caught everyone eye, when he won against Indian Davis Cup player Yuki Bhambri at 2015 Aircel Chennai Open. Prashanth has a career high ATP singles ranking of 335 achieved on 5 October 2015. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 193 achieved on 2 August 2018. Prashanth has won Individual Doubles GOLD for India at the INDOOR ASIAN GAMES held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan in September 2017. He also won Individual Singles SILVER for India at the INDOOR ASIAN GAMES held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan in September 2017. Prashanth won the men's doubles gold medal at the 2016 South Asian Games, partnering Ramkumar Ramanathan. Professional results 2015: National Games, Trivandrum- Kerala Medalist at the 35th National Games held in Trivandrum, Kerala in 2015 EAM- GOLD MEDAL; INDIVIDUAL DOUBLES- SILVER MEDAL 2015: First ATP tournament After successful wins in qualifiers, Prasanth entered ... [...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] |
Sriram Balaji
Sriram Balaji (born 18 March 1990) is an Indian professional tennis player. Balaji has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 287, achieved on 19 June 2017 and a doubles ranking of world No. 96 achieved on 23 July 2018. Balaji has won a total of 9 ITF singles titles on the futures circuit as well as 43 doubles ITF Futures and 6 Challenger doubles titles on the circuit. He is currently a member of the Indian Davis Cup team. He played his debut Davis cup partnering Rohan Bopanna in March 2017 making India win 3–0 and enter into Davis Cup World Play off. Personal life Sriram was born to Narayanaswamy and Jayanthi Narayanaswamy in Coimbatore. He started playing tennis at the age of nine. He succeeded his schooling from Kendriya Vidyalaya and PERKS Matriculation Higher Secondary School in Coimbatore. He started his tennis career at PERKS Tennis Academy, Coimbatore. He is currently getting trained at Schüttler-Waske Tennis University in Germany. His hobbies are swimming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chen Ti
Chen Ti (; born 3 October 1983) is a Taiwanese professional tennis player. He is part of the Chinese Taipei Davis Cup team. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures, both in singles and doubles. In singles, all of Chen's appearances in a final of a tournament have come at the ITF Tour level, where he has a record of 23 wins and 23 losses. The time from when he won his first title to when he won his most recent title spans 15 years, from September 2003 to July 2018. In 2005, Chen successfully qualified for his first main draw at the ATP Tour level, at the 2005 Thailand Open defeating Tatsushi Fakuda and Nathan Healey in qualifying before being eliminated in the first round by Paradorn Srichaphan of Thailand, ''3–6, 4–6''. He has since made 2 other singles main draw appearances; the 2006 Tokyo tournament defeating Takahiro Ittogi and Lars Burgsmuller in qualifying before losing to Japan's Satoshi Iwabuchi in the first round ''2–6'', ''1–6'', and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
