2016 Racket Club Open
The 2016 Racket Club Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina between 11 and 17 January 2016. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of January 4, 2016. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Gianni Mina * Andrés Molteni * Santiago Rodríguez Taverna * Matias Zukas The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Maximiliano Estévez * Martín Cuevas * Agustín Velotti * Franco Agamenone The following players received entry as lucky losers: * Hernán Casanova * Peter Torebko Champions Singles * Facundo Bagnis def. Arthur De Greef 6–3, 6–2 Doubles * Facundo Bagnis / Máximo González def. Sergio Galdós / Christian Lindell 6–1, 6–2 External links {{2016 ATP Challenger Tour Racket Club Open The Racket Club Open ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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Andrej Martin
Andrej Martin (; born 20 September 1989, in Bratislava) is a Slovak professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 93 in February 2020. Career 2016: Best season: French Open third round, first ATP final, top 100 debut He was a lucky loser at the French Open and defeated Daniel Muñoz de la Nava in the first round of the main draw and 29th seed Lucas Pouille in the second, before losing to 8th-seed Milos Raonic in the third round. In July 2016, Martin reached first ATP final, in Umag, defeated Martin Klizan, Joao Sousa, Carlos Berlocq and Sergiy Stakhovsky en route. In the final he lost to Italian No. 1 Fabio Fognini. Later in the year, Martin participated in the 2016 Summer Olympics. After comfortably defeating Denis Kudla in the first round, Martin got a walkover into the 3rd round when opponent Philipp Kohlschreiber withdrew with an injury. However, Martin was then beaten by the 4th-seeded Kei Nishikori, 2–6, 2–6. He achieved ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sergio Galdós
Sergio Galdós (; born January 2, 1990) is a Peruvian tennis player. He is a regular member of the Peruvian Davis Cup team. He's sponsored by Joma Joma () is a Spanish sports clothing manufacturer that currently produces footwear and clothing for football, futsal, handball, basketball, volleyball, running, tennis, and padel. Its headquarters are located in Portillo de Toledo, Spain. Hi .... Joma Perú (Spanish source), February 06, 2012 In 2016 he broke into the top 100 of the men's doubles rankings for the first time finishing the year ranked 80 in the world. ATP career finals Doubles Challenger and Futures finals Singles: 2 (0–2) Doubles: 67 (30–37) ATP ranking evolution ...
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Arthur De Greef (tennis)
Arthur De Greef (; born 27 March 1992) is a former Belgian tennis player. De Greef has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 113, achieved on 19 June 2017 and has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 597 achieved on 4 March 2013. De Greef made his ATP main draw singles debut at the 2015 Grand Prix Hassan II where he qualified for the main draw and defeated the 8th seed Diego Schwartzman in the first round. In May 2021, De Greef was provisionally suspended for match-fixing by ITIA ''Itia'' is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mitromorphidae.Marshall, B.; Bouchet, P. (2017). Itia Marwick, 1931. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.ma .... Challenger and Futures finals Singles: 25 (12–13) Doubles: 4 (3–1) References External links * * * 1992 births Living people Belgian male tennis players Sportspeople from Brussels Sportspeople from Flemish Brabant ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Peter Torebko
Peter Torebko (born 10 February 1988) is a German tennis player. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Men's Circuit. On 16 July 2012, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world No. 182. Torebko made his ATP World Tour debut at the 2011 Romanian Open, losing to Igor Andreev Igor Valeryevich Andreev (russian: link=no, И́горь Вале́рьевич Андре́ев, BGN/PCGN: ''Andreyev'', ISO 9: ''Andreev'', ; born 14 July 1983) is a Russian former professional tennis player. He won three ATP Tour singles ... in the first round. Singles performance timeline References External links * * 1988 births Living people German male tennis players {{Germany-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hernán Casanova
Hernán Casanova (born 6 February 1994) is an Argentine tennis player. Casanova had a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 255 achieved on 21 May 2018. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 183 achieved on 27 June 2022. Casanova made his ATP doubles main draw debut at the 2022 Argentina Open after entering into the main draw as alternates with Sergio Galdós. He made his ATP singles main draw debut at the 2022 Generali Open Kitzbühel as a qualifier where he lost to Jurij Rodionov Jurij Rodionov (born 16 May 1999) is an Austrian tennis player of Belarusian descent. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 120 achieved on 28 November 2022. He also has a career high doubles ranking of World No. 268 achieved on 1 .... References External links * * 1994 births Living people Argentine male tennis players Tennis players from Buenos Aires 21st-century Argentine people {{Argentina-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Franco Agamenone
Franco Agamenone (born 15 April 1993) is an Italian–Argentine tennis player. Agamenone has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 108 achieved on 1 August 2022. He also has a career high doubles ranking of World No. 167 achieved on 15 October 2018. He has won 5 ATP Challenger titles, three in singles and two in doubles. Doping Agamenone was suspended from March 2019 until January 2020 for doping. Personal life In September 2020, Agamenone decided to represent Italy instead of Argentina. Career 2022: Grand Slam, Top 150, ATP debut & first semifinal He made his Grand Slam debut when he entered the 2022 French Open main draw as a lucky loser. As a result he reached the top 150 at World No. 148 on 6 July 2022. He qualified for the 2022 Croatia Open Umag making his ATP debut and reached the quarterfinals defeating Laslo Djere for his first ATP win and fourth seed & World No. 32 Sebastian Baez. Next he defeated Marco Cecchinato Marco Cecchinato (; born 30 September 199 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Agustín Velotti
Agustín Velotti (; born May 24, 1992) is an Argentina, Argentine tennis player. Velotti won the 2010 French Open List of Grand Slam Boys' Singles champions, Boys' singles competition after beating his good friend Andrea Collarini, 6–4, 7–5. Previously, he had won different junior tournaments, including B16 of ATP Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires in 2007, in 2008 the tournaments B18 G5 in Londrina, Argentina, B18 G5 in Montevideo, Uruguay, B16 ''Mondial Paris Cadets Trophee Lagardere'' in Paris, B16 ''Torneo Dell Avenire'' in Milan, B16 of Montecatini, B16 at the ''Copa Argentina de San Miguel'', the B16 ''Copa Indervalle'' in Santiago de Cali, Cali, and in 2009 the B18 Astrid Bowl in Loverval, Belgium. , he was ranked no. 2 in the ITF Junior Circuit, ITF Junior Rankings. Futures and Challenger Career Finals Singles: 21 (16–5) Doubles: 18 (11-7) Junior Grand Slam Finals Boys' Singles (1 title) Boys' Doubles (1 runner-up) Notes References External links * [Baidu]   |
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Martín Cuevas
Martín Cuevas Urroz (; born January 14, 1992, in Salto, Uruguay) is a Uruguayan professional tennis player. Martín Cuevas is the brother of the Uruguayan player Pablo Cuevas. They have played together in the ATP Challenger Tour, winning the Copa Petrobras in Montevideo twice and Lyon once. Martín made his debut in Davis Cup against Dominican Republic, losing to Jhonson García Jhonson García (born 1 October 1980) is a Dominican Republic former professional tennis player. García featured in 26 Davis Cup ties for the Dominican Republic, between 1998 and 2011. One of his best wins came in 1999 against Costa Rica's Juan .... In total, he has a W/L record in Davis Cup of 15–19. Cuevas won 11 ITF Future singles titles and 12 ITF doubles titles. Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour Finals Singles: 23 (11–12) Doubles: 41 (16–24) Notes References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cuevas, Martin Uruguayan male tennis players 1992 births Living peo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Santiago Rodríguez Taverna
Santiago Rodríguez Taverna (born 16 July 1999) is an Argentine professional tennis player. Rodríguez Taverna has a career high ATP singles ranking of 157 achieved on 29 August 2022. He also has a career high doubles ranking of 183 achieved on 7 November 2022. Rodríguez Taverna has won 1 ATP Challenger singles title at the 2022 Challenger de Tigre. Career Ranked No. 201 at the 2022 French Open The 2022 French Open was a Grand Slam tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was held at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from 22 May to 5 June 2022, comprising singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior and wheelchair ... he qualified to make his Grand Slam main draw debut defeating Dimitar Kuzmanov. In the first round, he took World No. 14 Taylor Fritz to five sets in a match that lasted more than three and a half hours. Challenger and Itf Futures/World Tennis Tour finals Singles (7–10) References External links * * 1999 births Living pe ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Andrés Molteni
Andrés Molteni (; ; born 15 March 1988) is a professional tennis player from Argentina who specialises in doubles. He reached his highest ATP doubles ranking of No. 31 on 21 March 2022 and his highest ATP singles ranking of No. 181 in May 2011. He has won 12 doubles ATP titles. He participated in the inaugural 2020 ATP Cup and the 2022 edition as part of team Argentina. Career 2011: Maiden 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, five more titles 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 Gonzalez at the 2022 Córdoba Open and 2022 Argentina Open. He reached a career-high of No. 31 on 21 March 2022 following the Indian Wells Masters w ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gianni Mina
Gianni Mina (born 9 February 1992 in Les Abymes, Guadeloupe, France) is a French professional tennis player. Tennis career Juniors On the junior circuit, Mina reached the No. 1 combined world ranking in March 2010. He finished runner-up to eventual 2009 International Tennis Federation (ITF) World Junior Champion Daniel Berta in the 2009 French Open final; won international junior tournaments in Beaulieu-sur-Mer and Istres, and the Boys' 18s singles at the year-end Dunlop Orange Bowl in Key Biscayne, becoming the second Frenchman to win the title in the event's history, after Guy Forget in 1982. Pro tour He reached his highest ATP rankings of World No. 219 in singles in May 2015, and World No. 646 in doubles in November 2011. Mina is coached by former French players Aloïs Beust Aloïs Beust (born 8 February 1970) is a French former professional tennis player. Biography Born in Deauville, Beust is the son of French Davis Cup doubles player Patrice Beust. Beust, a right-ha ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |