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2016 Marburg Open
The 2016 Marburg Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the seventh edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Marburg, Germany between 27 June and 4 July 2016. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of June 20, 2016. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Sebastian Fanselow * Jeremy Jahn * Julian Lenz * Manuel Peña López The following player received entry as an alternate: * Andrea Arnaboldi The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Germain Gigounon * Dimitar Kuzmanov * Sumit Nagal * Yannik Reuter The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * Giovanni Lapentti Doubles main-draw entrants Seeds *1 Rankings as of June 20, 2016. Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: * Jan Beusch / Tadej Turk * Julian Lenz / Andreas Mies * Ivan Sabanov / Matej ... [...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] |
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] |
Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela
Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela (; born June 21, 1987) is a Mexican professional tennis player. Reyes-Varela has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 400, achieved on 17 June 2013. In the doubles rankings he has a career high of world No. 49, achieved on 20 August 2018. He has played multiple seasons of the Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the orga ..., including on the 2011 Mexican Davis Cup squad. "El tapatío Miguel Ángel Reyes Varela es la esperanza de México en la segunda edición del Jalisco Open." ATP career finals Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runners-up) Challenger and Futures finals Singles: 5 (4–1) Doubles: 84 (42–42) Notes References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Reyes-Varela, Miguel Angel 1987 births Mexican male tennis pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruan Roelofse
Ruan Roelofse (born 18 November 1989) is a professional South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring count ...n tennis player. Roelofse has a career high ATP singles ranking of 357 achieved on 27 February 2012 and he has a career high ATP Doubles ranking of 122 achieved on 18 April 2016. He has had more success playing doubles, winning 6 ATP Challenger doubles titles. Roelofse has also won 2 ITF singles titles and 39 ITF doubles titles. Roelofse has represented South Africa at the Davis Cup where he has a W/L record of 12–7. Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour finals Singles: 11 (2–9) Doubles: 82 (45–39) External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Roelofse, Ruan 1989 births Living people Sportspeople from Cape Town South African male tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabrício Neis
Fabrício Neis (born 15 June 1990, in Porto Alegre) is a Brazilian former tennis player. Neis has a career high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of 449 achieved on 13 May 2013. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 96 achieved on 3 October 2016. Challenger and Futures finals Singles: 5 (2–3) Doubles: 78 (46–32) External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Neis, Fabricio 1990 births Living people Brazilian male tennis players Sportspeople from Porto Alegre 21st-century Brazilian people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergey Betov
Sergey Aleksandrovich Betov ( be, Сяргей Аляксандравіч Бетаў Siarhiej Betaŭ; ; born 15 October 1987) is a Belarusian tennis player competing on the ATP Challenger Tour. He reached his highest 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 340 on 1 August 2011 and his highest doubles ranking of 61 was achieved on 26 October 2015. On April 29, 2016, the International Tennis Federation found that Betov had committed an Anti-Doping Rule Violation in connection with the consumption of meldonium, but further determined that he bore no fault or negligence for the violation and therefore permitted him to resume competition. He married Russian tennis player Margarita Gasparyan in July 2021; they announced their pregnancy in February ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomasz Bednarek
Tomasz Bednarek (; born 12 November 1981) is a professional tennis player from Poland. Career He is a doubles' specialist. He reached his career-high doubles ranking of No. 44 on 14 April 2014. His current partner is Mateusz Kowalczyk, but Bednarek partnered among others with his compatriots Maciej Diłaj, Michał Przysiężny Michał Przysiężny (; born 16 February 1984) is a former Polish professional tennis player. He reached the semifinals of St. Petersburg in 2013, achieving a career-high singles ranking of World No. 57 in January 2014. Career He started his ca ... and Slovakian Filip Polášek and Igor Zelenay. Bednarek partnered with Benoit Paire at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships, where they lost in the first round. When the former footballer Paolo Maldini and his coach Stefano Landonio made a professional tennis debut, Bednarek and partner David Pel recorded a victory over them in 42 minutes dropping two games during the match. ATP career finals Double ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Lapentti
Giovanni Lapentti Gómez (; born 25 January 1983) is retired Ecuadorian tennis player. His brother is Nicolás Lapentti, another professional tennis player, while a third brother, Leonardo, has also been active at the lower levels of professional tennis. Personal life Lapentti married Andrea Gómez Miss Venezuela 2004 in 2011 and became a father in 2012. Tennis career 2002-2004 Lapentti announced his ATP debut in 2002, but he actually had his first tour match in 2003, at the Franklin Templeton Classic in Scottsdale, Arizona, United States. Lapentti obtained his first professional victory at that tournament's first round, defeating Paradorn Srichaphan, 7–6 (7–2), 6–2. He lost in the tournament's second round to David Sánchez. He participated in 2003's Italian and French Open, losing in the first round both times. During the French Open, he was tied at 2 sets apiece with Tommy Robredo but had to retire in the fifth set due to an injury, which did not allow him to return ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yannik Reuter
Yannik Reuter (born 6 March 1991) is a Belgian former professional tennis player. He was active on tour from 2008 to 2018 and reached a best singles world ranking of 195. Biography A Sankt Vith-native, Reuter is a member of Belgium's German speaking community. Reuter competed in his first professional tournament in 2008 and won eight singles titles on the ITF Futures circuit during his career. He made two ATP Challenger finals, the first in Meknes in 2013. After making his grand slam qualifying debut at the 2016 US Open, he broke into the world's top 200 two months later by making the final of the Brest Challenger The Brest Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP Challenger Tour. It is held annually in Brest, France Brest (; ) is a port city in the Finistère department, Brittany. Located in .... En route to the final in Brest he upset world number 73 and top seed Jérémy Chardy, but finished runner-up to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sumit Nagal
Sumit Nagal (born 16 August 1997) is an Indian professional tennis player. He won the 2015 Wimbledon boys' doubles title with his Vietnamese partner Lý Hoàng Nam, thus becoming the sixth Indian player to win a junior Grand Slam title. He is currently the highest- ranked Indian singles tennis player and since 2018, he has been a regular member of India's national Davis Cup squad. Early life Sumit Nagal was born on 16 August 1997 to school teacher Suresh Nagal and his wife Krishna Devi, a homemaker in Jhajjar, Haryana. Nagal started playing tennis at the age of eight at a local sports club. When he was ten years old, he was selected to join Mahesh Bhupathi's training academy, as part of the first batch of Mahesh Bhupathi's Apollo Tyres Mission 2018 programme. As part of the programme, between 2008 and 2010, Nagal was based in Bangalore. Upon the programme closing down, Nagal shifted to Toronto for training with Coach Bobby Mahal. Career 2015: Junior Wimbledon Title Nag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimitar Kuzmanov
Dimitar Kuzmanov ( bg, Димитър Кузманов, ; nickname: Miko; born 28 July 1993) is a Bulgarian professional tennis player. He competes mostly on the ATP Challenger Tour. His highest singles ranking is No. 159 achieved on 29 August 2022, whilst his best doubles ranking is No. 438 achieved on 1 April 2019. Early years and personal life Dimitar Kuzmanov was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, the son of Savko Kuzmanov (an aeronautical engineer) and Dora Rangelova (Bulgaria Fed Cup team's former tennis player and present team captain). His maternal family is entirely related to the sport. Dora's father Zdravko Rangelov, who is one of the founders of tennis in Plovdiv, has been a tennis player and longtime coach in Tennis Club Lokomotiv, whilst her mother has been a volleyball player and coach. Dora's brother, Stefan Rangelov is a former tennis player and present tennis coach. Kuzmanov began playing tennis at age of six when his mother Dora took him to play on courts of Tennis Cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germain Gigounon
Germain Gigounon (born 20 April 1989) is a Belgian tennis coach and inactive player. Gigounon has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 191, achieved in July 2015, and a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 253, achieved in March 2015. Gigounon has won 9 ITF singles titles and 13 ITF doubles titles. Gigounon made his grand slam main draw debut at the 2015 French Open where he qualified for the main draw, defeating Rui Machado, Alexander Kudryavtsev and Alejandro Falla. As of November 2020, Gigounon is coach to David Goffin. He had previously coached Ysaline Bonaventure and Yanina Wickmayer Yanina Wickmayer (born 20 October 1989) is a Belgian professional tennis player. She reached the semifinals at the 2009 US Open, and a career-high WTA ranking of world No. 12, on 19 April 2010. In doubles, she achieved a career-high of world No. .... Career finals Challengers and Futures (14) References External links * * 1989 births Living people Belgian male t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
