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2017 Rolex Paris Masters – Singles
Jack Sock defeated Filip Krajinović in the final, 5–7, 6–4, 6–1 to win the singles tennis title at the 2017 Paris Masters. It was Sock's first Masters 1000 singles title, and he became the first American to win a Masters 1000 singles title since Andy Roddick in 2010. For the first time since 2004, more than three of the year's Masters 1000 singles events were won by players outside the Big Four. The win also catapulted Sock from No. 24 in the Race to London (the competition for the year-end championships) to No. 9, which earned him entry to the 2017 ATP Finals. Sock also entered the top 10 for the first time in his career. Andy Murray was the reigning champion, but did not participate due to injury. As a result of the withdrawals of Murray and Novak Djokovic from the tournament, they fell outside the top-10 in the ATP rankings for the first time since September 22, 2014 and March 5, 2007, respectively. Krajinović became the lowest-ranked player to reach a Masters 1000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Sock
Jack Sock (born September 24, 1992) is an American former professional tennis doubles and a current pickleball player. He won four career singles titles and 17 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, and had career-high tennis rankings of world No. 8 in singles (on 20 November 2017) and world No. 2 in doubles (on 10 September 2018). Sock won four major doubles tennis titles: one in mixed doubles at the 2011 US Open partnering with Melanie Oudin, and three in men's doubles, first at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships partnering with Vasek Pospisil, and then in the 2018 Wimbledon Championships and 2018 US Open partnering with Mike Bryan. Sock also won the 2018 ATP Finals doubles title partnering with Bryan. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Sock won both a gold medal in mixed doubles partnering with Bethanie Mattek-Sands, and a bronze medal in men's doubles partnering with Steve Johnson. In tennis singles, Sock is a former junior US Open champion, victor at the 2017 Paris Masters, and s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seed (tennis)
A single-elimination knockout, or sudden-death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of a match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final match-up, whose winner becomes the tournament champion(s). Some match-ups may be a single match or several, for example two-legged ties in European sports or best-of series in North American pro sports. Defeated competitors may play no further part after losing, or may participate in "consolation" or "classification" matches against other losers to determine the lower final rankings; for example, a third place playoff between losing semi-finalists. In a shootout poker tournament, there are more than two players competing at each table, and sometimes more than one progresses to the next round. Some competitions are held with a pure single-elimination tournament system. Others have many phases, with the last being a single-elimination final stage, often ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Martín Del Potro
Juan Martín del Potro (; born 23 September 1988) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 3 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), in August 2018. Del Potro won 22 ATP Tour-level singles titles, including a Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major at the 2009 US Open – Men's singles, 2009 US Open, where he defeated Rafael Nadal and the five-time defending champion Roger Federer en route. Del Potro's other career highlights include reaching the 2018 US Open – Men's singles, 2018 US Open final, winning an Olympic silver medal at the Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's singles, 2016 Rio Olympics and a bronze medal at the Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's singles, 2012 London Olympics, winning Indian Wells Masters, Indian Wells in 2018 BNP Paribas Open – Men's singles, 2018, and leading Argentina Davis Cup team, Argentina to the 2016 Davis Cup title. Notably, his career was hampered by a succession o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Anderson (tennis)
Kevin Michael Anderson (born 18 May 1986) is a South African former professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ranking of world No. 5 on 16 July 2018. He was the first South African to be ranked in the top 5 since Kevin Curren was No. 5 on 23 September 1985. In February 2011, Anderson won his first ATP Tour title at the South African Open in his hometown of Johannesburg. Anderson reached his first major final at the 2017 US Open, where he lost to Rafael Nadal. In the 2018 Wimbledon semifinals, Anderson reached his second major final by defeating American John Isner in the second-longest match in the history of major tournaments, at 6 hours and 36 minutes (second only to the 2010 match between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut). He then lost to Novak Djokovic in the final. On 3 May 2022, Anderson retired at age 35, but he announced his comeback in July 2023. Early years Anderson started playing tennis at age six and was co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (; born 17 April 1985) is a French former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 5 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved in February 2012. Tsonga won 18 singles titles on the ATP Tour, including two ATP Masters 1000 tournaments, Masters 1000 titles. In his early career, Tsonga won the 2003 US Open – Boys' singles, 2003 US Open junior singles title and was the ATP World Tour Awards#Most improved player, Comeback player & Newcomer of the year, ATP Newcomer of the Year for 2007 ATP Tour, 2007. He rose to fame by reaching the 2008 Australian Open – Men's singles, 2008 Australian Open final as an unseeded player, defeating four seeded players (including world No. 2 Rafael Nadal) en route. He followed by winning his first Masters title at the 2008 BNP Paribas Masters – Singles, 2008 Paris Masters, and reached the final of the 2011 ATP World Tour Finals – Singles, 2011 ATP Finals. At the Tennis at the 2012 S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Querrey
Samuel Austin Querrey ( ; born October 7, 1987) is an American professional pickleball player and former tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 11 achieved on February 26, 2018, and won ten ATP singles titles. Known for his powerful serve, Querrey holds the record for consecutive service aces in a match with 10. He was also a capable doubles player, with five ATP doubles titles and a career-high doubles ranking of No. 23 achieved on May 17, 2010. His best performance in a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam singles event was at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles, 2017 Wimbledon Championships, where he reached the semifinals after defeating world No. 1 Andy Murray in the quarterfinals to become the first American man to reach the last four of a Grand Slam in eight years. At the same tournament the previous year, he defeated world No. 1 Novak Djokovic to reach the quarterfinals, ending his Grand Slam win streak of 4 in a row. Other career hig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Isner
John Robert Isner (born April 26, 1985) is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 8 in singles and No. 14 in doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Considered one of the best servers ever to play on the ATP Tour, Isner achieved his career-high singles ranking in July 2018 by virtue of his first Masters 1000 crown at the 2018 Miami Open and a semifinal appearance at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships. At the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, Isner played the longest professional tennis match in history, requiring five sets and 183 games to defeat Nicolas Mahut in a match which lasted 11 hours and 5 minutes, and was played over the course of three days. Isner holds the record for hitting the ATP's fastest official serve ever and third-fastest on record in tennis at during his first-round 2016 Davis Cup match. He has the most aces in the history of the ATP Tour, having served 14,470, as of August 31, 2023. Isner retire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pablo Carreño Busta
Pablo Carreño Busta (; born 12 July 1991) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 10 by the ATP, which he first achieved on 11 September 2017. He also reached a best doubles ranking of No. 16 on 17 July 2017. He has won seven singles titles, including a Masters 1000 title at the Canadian Open, and four doubles titles on the ATP Tour. Representing Spain, Carreño Busta has won an Olympic bronze medal in men's singles at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics (defeating world No. 1 Novak Djokovic en route) and was a member of the Spanish team that won the 2019 Davis Cup. Career Juniors Carreño Busta reached as high as No. 6 in the combined junior world rankings in February 2009. 2009–13: Early pro tour, Grand Slam debut His first appearance in an ATP Tour tournament was at the 2011 Barcelona Open, where he lost in the first round to Benoît Paire. He has reached 18 singles finals competing in ITF Futures tournaments; and won eleven of these: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Goffin
David Goffin (; born 7 December 1990) is a Belgian professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ATP rankings, ranking of world No. 7, making him the highest ranked male player from Belgium in tennis history. He is also the first and only Belgian man to be ranked in the top 10. He is currently the No. 1 Belgian player. Goffin has won six ATP titles and reached nine other finals, most notably at the 2017 ATP Finals – Singles, 2017 ATP Finals. Goffin's breakthrough came at the 2012 French Open – Men's singles, 2012 French Open, where he was a lucky loser making his Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major debut. He reached the fourth round before losing to Roger Federer in four sets. Goffin has since reached four major quarterfinals, at the 2016 French Open – Men's singles, 2016 French Open, and the 2017 Australian Open – Men's singles, 2017 Australian Open, and the 2019 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles, 2019 and 2022 Wimbledon Championships – Men's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grigor Dimitrov
Grigor Dimitrov Dimitrov (, ; born 16 May 1991) is a Bulgarian professional tennis player. He has been ATP rankings, ranked as high as world No. 3 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP, making him the highest-ranked Bulgarian in history. Dimitrov reached the ranking after winning the biggest title of his career at the season-ending 2017 ATP Finals – Singles, ATP Finals in November 2017. He has won nine ATP Tour singles titles. Prior to his professional career, Dimitrov enjoyed a successful junior career, in which he reached the world No. 1 ranking and won consecutive Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major boys' singles titles at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' singles, 2008 Wimbledon Championships and the 2008 US Open – Boys' singles, 2008 US Open. In October 2013 at the 2013 If Stockholm Open – Singles, Stockholm Open, Dimitrov became the first Bulgarian man to win an ATP Tour singles title. As of 2025, he is the male player with the longes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominic Thiem
Dominic Thiem (; born 3 September 1993) is an Austrian former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 3 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved in March 2020. Thiem won 17 ATP Tour-level singles titles, including a major at the 2020 US Open. He finished runner-up at three other majors, the 2018 and 2019 French Opens and the 2020 Australian Open. Thiem was also runner-up at the 2019 and 2020 ATP Finals. As a junior, Thiem was ranked as high as world No. 2. He was runner-up at the 2011 French Open boys tournament, and won the 2011 Orange Bowl. As a professional, he broke into the top 100 for the first time in 2014. In 2015, he won his first ATP title at the 2015 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur. He reached his first major semifinal at the 2016 French Open. In doing so, he first entered the top ten in the ATP rankings. He went on to reach his first Masters 1000 final in 2017 at the Madrid Open, then reaching his first majo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Zverev
Alexander "Sascha" Zverev (; born 20 April 1997) is a German professional tennis player and the current world No. 3. He has won 24 ATP Tour titles in singles and two in doubles, and has been runner-up at three Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, majors. His career highlights include a gold medal at the Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's singles, 2020 Tokyo Olympics and titles at the 2018 ATP Finals – Singles, 2018 and the 2021 ATP Finals – Singles, 2021 ATP Finals. Zverev is a former junior world No. 1, and won a junior major singles title at the 2014 Australian Open – Boys' singles, 2014 Australian Open. He had an early breakthrough on the professional tour as well, becoming one of the youngest ATP Challenger Tour, Challenger Tour title winners in history at the age of 17. As a teenager, Zverev won two ATP titles and upset then-world No. 3 Roger Federer on Grass court, grass. At 20 years old, he became the youngest player to debut in the top 20 since Novak Djokovic. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
