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2016 UniCredit Czech Open
The 2016 UniCredit Czech Open is a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It is the 23rd edition of the tournament which is part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Prostějov, Czech Republic between 31 May and 4 June 2016. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of May 23, 2016. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Dominik Kellovský * Zdeněk Kolář * Alex Molčan * Janko Tipsarević The following players received entry as alternates into the singles main draw: * Marco Cecchinato The following players received special entry into the singles main draw: * Guido Andreozzi The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Marcelo Demoliner * Márton Fucsovics * Juan Ignacio Londero * João Souza The following players received entry as lucky losers into the singles main draw: * Miki Janković * Dmitry Popko Doubles main-draw entrants Seeds *1 Rankings as of ... [...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 is played. Clay courts are built on a foundation of crushed stone, brick, shale, and other construction aggregate, aggregate, with a thin layer of fine clay particles on top. Clay courts are more common in Continental Europe and Latin America than in North America, Asia-Pacific or Britain. The only Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournament that uses clay courts is the French Open. Clay courts come in the more common #Red clay, red clay (known in France as ''terre battue''), which is actually crushed brick, and the slightly harder #Green clay, green clay, which is actually crushed metabasalt. Although slightly less expensive to construct than other types of tennis courts, clay requires much maintenance: the surface must be watered and rolled regularly to preserve texture and flatness, and brushed carefully before and during each match. Early history Clay courts, although now commonly associated with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Haase
Robin Haase (; born 6 April 1987) is a Dutch professional tennis player. He reached his career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of world No. 33 in July 2012 and his highest doubles ranking of world No. 29 in May 2023. In singles, he has won two titles, at the Austrian Open in 2011 Austrian Open Kitzbühel, 2011 and 2012 Bet-at-home Cup Kitzbühel – Singles, 2012. He also reached the semifinals of the 2017 Rogers Cup, 2017 Canadian Open, and his best Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam singles result was reaching the third round at the 2011 Australian Open – Men's singles, Australian Open and 2011 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles, Wimbledon Championships in 2011. In doubles, he has won nine titles on the ATP Tour, most notably the 2022 ABN AMRO Rotterdam – Doubles, 2022 Rotterdam Open with Matwé Middelkoop. Haase reached the final of the 2013 Australian Open – Men's doubles, 2013 Australian Open in doubles alongside compatriot Igor Sijs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artem Sitak
Artem Yurievich Sitak ( ; ; born 8 February 1986) is a Russian-born New Zealand former professional tennis player. On 11 August 2008, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 299, whilst his highest doubles ranking of World No. 32 was reached on 10 September 2018, after the US Open. He is the younger brother of Dmitri Sitak, who was also a professional tennis player. Junior years Coached during the 1990s by Santini, as a 13-year-old in 1999, Sitak received a wildcard into the main draw of an ITF junior tournament in Russia as a 13-year-old in 1999. He was defeated by Evgeni Smirnov 6–4, 6–1. The following year he entered the qualifying draw of the same tournament, and defeated future ATP top 50 player Denis Istomin 6–0, 6–1 to win his first ITF junior match. Sitak was taken out in the third and final round of qualifying by a future ATP top 100 player Teymuraz Gabashvili 6–4, 7–5. At the age of 14, Sitak won the prestigious Orange Bowl. Sit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Monroe
Benjamin Nicholas Monroe (born April 12, 1982) is an American former professional tennis player. Monroe was a doubles specialist. He reached a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 30 on 2 October 2017 and won four ATP Tour doubles titles and thirteen ATP Challenger Tour titles in his career. He briefly coached American player Jack Sock in the off season in 2022 and in 2023. College career Monroe had a highly successful college career at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 2000 to 2004. His achievements include: * University of North Carolina's Senior Male Student-Athlete of the Year (2003–2004) * All-American Status (2003–2004) * All-ACC Status (2002–2004) * 2nd in all-time singles wins (100) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill * Recipient of the Arthur Ashe Regional Sportsmanship Award (2003–2004) * National and Regional NCAA/ITF John Van Nostrand Sportsmanship Awards (2003–2004) Professional career 2001 Nicholas competed in d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dmitry Popko
Dmitry Yevgenyevich Popko (; born 24 October 1996) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani tennis player who competes on the ATP Challenger tour. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 155 achieved on 21 April 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 304 achieved on 1 May 2017. He is the current No. 3 Kazakh player. Popko represents Kazakhstan at the Davis Cup where he has a win-loss record of 4-6. Career Popko defeated Chinese tennis player Zhang Ze in his first Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and contested annually between teams from over 150 competing countries, making it the world's largest annual ... tie in April 2017. Popko has participated in qualifying for all four of the Grand Slams. ATP Challenger Tour finals Singles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups) Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals Singles: 33 (25 titles, 8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miki Janković
Miki Janković (, ; born 26 September 1994) is a Serbian tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ... coach and former professional tennis player. He participated as a doubles player in a Serbian squad that won 2012 World Team Cup. In September 2017, due to recurring hip injuries, Janković decided to retire as a professional player and start a coaching career. Team competition finals: 1 (1–0) References External links * * 1994 births Living people Tennis players from Belgrade Serbian male tennis players Serbian tennis coaches 21st-century Serbian sportsmen {{Serbia-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
João Souza
João Olavo Soares de Souza (; born 27 May 1988) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player. Before receiving a lifetime ban for match-fixing, Souza competed mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 69, on April 6, 2015, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 70, on January 7, 2013. Souza was coached by former Brazilian player Ricardo Acioly. Souza is also known as "Feijão" (Portuguese for Bean). Career In 2011, he qualified to the US Open, but was defeated in the first round by wildcard Robby Ginepri 3–6, 4–6, 7–6, 1–6. In the 2014 season, Souza beat world No. 45, Robin Haase in round of 32 of the ATP 250 São Paulo. Later he reached semifinals at the Marburg, Scheveningen and Poznan Challengers. At the Medellin Challenger, he beat Facundo Bagnis in semifinals and lost to Austin Krajicek in the final. He reached semifinals at the Quito Challenger. In 2015, he played in the longest sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Ignacio Londero
Juan Ignacio Londero (; born 15 August 1993) is an Argentine tennis player. Londero reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 50 in November 2019 and his highest ATP doubles ranking of world No. 186 in March 2020. Career Londero made his first appearance on an ATP World Tour in July 2013 when he lost in the first round of 2013 Claro Open Colombia against eventual champion Ivo Karlović. He managed to win his first tour level match at the 2019 Córdoba Open against Nicolás Jarry and subsequently won his first ATP title at the tournament as a wildcard, defeating Guido Pella in the final. He reached the fourth round of the 2019 French Open for the first time at a Major. He entered the 2022 French Open The 2022 French Open was a Grand Slam (tennis), 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. J ... as lucky lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Márton Fucsovics
Márton Fucsovics (, ; 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. 2 Hungarian player. Early life Fucsovics started playing tennis at the age of five. He came through the ranks quickly and at the age of 8 he played in a field 3–4 years older. In 2003 Fucsovics won his age group National Championship and the Nike Junior Tour. With that he got the chance to represent Hungary on the World Final in Sun City, South Africa. Fucsovics also showed talent in basketball as a youth, but chose to make tennis his career path. Junior tennis Fucsovics's first major success came in 2009, when he won the US Open Boys' Doubles title, with Hsieh Cheng-peng of Chinese Taipei. In 2010 he reached the semi-final of the Australian Open Boys' singles, and a few months later he won the Wimbledon Boys' singles, defeating qualifier Benjamin Mitchell in a straight-sets final. Fucsov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcelo Demoliner
Marcelo Fedrizzi Demoliner (born 18 January 1989) is a Brazilian professional tennis player, who specializes in doubles. He reached a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 34 in November 2017. Demoliner has won five doubles titles. He won his first title at the ATP 250 Antalya Open with Santiago González in June 2018, after having reached six finals at that level. He was runner-up at the ATP 500 Vienna in 2018 and Saint Petersburg in 2020. Alongside Maria José Martinez Sanchez, he was a mixed doubles semifinalist in 2017 Wimbledon Championships and 2018 Australian Open. Career 2006-2007: Turned Professional Demoliner turned professional in 2006, playing smaller tournaments (Futures). In 2007, he played his first Challenger. At this time, he was considered one of the promises of the sport in Brazil. 2009-2012: First singles Challenger title, new partnership with Souza In 2009, he entered the top 300 and won his first Challenger title in Blumenau. In 2011, again ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guido Andreozzi
Guido Andreozzi (; ; born 5 August 1991) is an Argentine professional tennis player of Italian descent. His career-high rankings are world No. 70 in singles, achieved on 28 January 2019 and No. 47 in doubles, reached on 19 May 2025. He has won two ATP Tour and 36 ATP Challenger Tour doubles titles. Personal life and background Andreozzi started playing tennis at 6 with father at Club Harrods. His father, Jorge, is a construction worker and his mother, Nora, is an accountant. He also has one brother named Franco. Guido attended school at Colegio Nicolas Avellaneda. He stated that his favourite surface is hard, shot is forehand and tournament is US Open. Idol growing up was Roger Federer. Hobbies include spending time with friends, listening to music, playing football and watching TV shows and movies. He is big fan of Boca Juniors football team. Currently trains at Club Liceo Naval. Fitness trainer is Mariano Gaute. Career 2018: First Grand Slam singles win As a junior Andreozzi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Cecchinato
Marco Cecchinato (; born 30 September 1992) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 16 reached on 25 February 2019. On 29 April 2018, he won his first ATP World Tour title at the 2018 Hungarian Open as a lucky loser, becoming the first Sicilian tennis player to win an ATP title. Cecchinato is a clay specialist and his best Grand Slam result is a semifinal at the 2018 French Open. At the other Grand Slams he has not won a match in singles. Career 2013–2017: ATP and Grand Slam debut In May 2013, Cecchinato qualified for the main draw at the ATP tournament in Nice, losing to countryman and No. 6 seed, Fabio Fognini, in the first round. In July 2014, Cecchinato qualified for Umag, where he played another countryman and No. 6 seed, Andreas Seppi, in the first round. Cecchinato lost the match in three sets. Cecchinato then made his Grand Slam debut at the 2015 US Open. On 20 July 2016, Cecchinato was suspended for 18 month ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
