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2017 Shymkent Challenger
The 2017 Shymkent Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Shymkent, Kazakhstan between 22 and 27 May 2017. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 15 May 2017. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Andrey Golubev * Roman Khassanov * Alex Molčan * Kenneth Raisma The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking: * Javier Martí The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Andriej Kapaś * Evgeny Karlovskiy * Evgenii Tiurnev * Ilya Vasilyev Champions Singles * Ričardas Berankis def. Yannick Hanfmann 6–3, 6–2. Doubles * Hans Podlipnik Castillo / Andrei Vasilevski def. Clément Geens / Juan Pablo Paz 6–4, 6–2. References {{2017 ATP Challenger Tour Shymkent Challenger The Shymkent Challen ... [...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] |
Laurynas Grigelis
Laurynas Grigelis (born August 14, 1991) is a Lithuanian former professional tennis player and a prominent member of the Lithuania Davis Cup team. Grigelis holds the best ATP doubles ranking of world No. 132 for a Lithuanian player of all time. Grigelis won his first title when he was 18 at a Futures tournament in Wrexham, United Kingdom. On ATP Challenger Tour Grigelis has won 13 titles, one singles and twelve doubles. He won his only singles title in summer 2011 in Aptos, United States. In 2012, Grigelis won five doubles titles. He captured three titles with Uladzimir Ignatik in Wofsburg, Germany, Cherbourg, and Saint Rémy, France, he achieved one title with Rameez Junaid in Saint–Brieuc, France, and one title with Alessandro Motti in Naples Naples ( ; ; ) is the Regions of Italy, regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 within the city's administrative limits as of 2025, while its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evgenii Tiurnev
Evgenii Igorevich Tiurnev ( rus, Евгений Игоревич Тюрнев, , jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ˈtʲurnʲɪf; born 8 April 1997) is a Russian tennis player. He has career-high rankings of World No. 265 in singles achieved on 14 February 2022 and No. 291 in doubles achieved on 30 April 2018. He has won two ATP Challengers and 14 Futures titles in singles as well as one ATP Challenger and eleven Futures titles in doubles. Career 2017: ATP debut He made his ATP World Tour The ATP Tour (known as ATP World Tour between January 2009 and December 2018) is the sole worldwide top-tier tennis tour for men organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) founded in 1990 that replaced the earlier dual Grand Pri ... main draw debut at the 2017 St. Petersburg Open having been granted a wildcard into the singles competition. 2021: First two Challenger titles, top 300 debut He won the 2021 Saint Petersburg Challenger II and the 2021 Antalya Challenger IV. Personal life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evgeny Karlovskiy
Evgeny Konstantinovich Karlovskiy ( rus, Евге́ний Константи́нович Карло́вский, , jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj kɐrˈlofskʲɪj; born 7 August 1994) is a Russian tennis player. Karlovskiy has a career high ATP singles ranking of 211 achieved on 17 June 2019. He also has a career high doubles ranking of 222 achieved on 29 July 2019. Karlovskiy has won 1 ATP Challenger 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. It was founded in 1976 as a replacement for the ILTF Satellite Circuit (founded in 1971) as ... singles title at the 2018 Nielsen Pro Tennis Championships. Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour finals Singles: 20 (10–10) Doubles: 30 (13–17) References External links * * * 1994 births Living people Russian male tennis players Tennis players from Moscow 21st-century Russian sportsmen Long stubs with short prose< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andriej Kapaś
Andriej Kapaś (; born 11 August 1989) is a Polish professional tennis player. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures The ITF Men's World Tennis Tour (formerly ''ITF Men's Circuit'') is a series of professional tennis tournaments held around the world that are organized by the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The tour represents the lowest rung of the men ..., both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 323, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 163, on 6 April 2015. Career finals Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runners-up) Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runners-up) References External links * * 1989 births Living people Polish male tennis players Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javier Martí
Javier Martí Hernanz (; born 11 January 1992) is a coach and a former professional tennis player from Spain. His career high singles rank was world No. 170, achieved on 23 April 2012. Javier qualified for the 2011 French Open by defeating Andrej Martin, Jaroslav Pospíšil, and Ryan Harrison. He has captured one 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. It was founded in 1976 as a replacement for the ILTF Satellite Circuit (founded in 1971) as ... doubles title at the 2012 Marbella Open. Coaching He was the coach of Spanish tennis player Paula Badosa. He coached Jessica Bouzas Maneiro from December 2022 to September 2023. He currently coaches Romanian player Jaqueline Cristian. References External links * * 1992 births Living people Tennis players from Madrid Spanish male tennis players 21st-century Spanish sportsmen { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Raisma
Kenneth Raisma (born 3 April 1998) is an Estonian tennis player. Raisma has a career high ATP singles ranking of 676, achieved on 8 May 2017. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 720, achieved on 28 January 2019. Raisma has won 1 ITF singles and 5 doubles titles. Playing for Estonia in Davis Cup, Raisma has a win–loss record of 14–5. Playing career He made his Davis Cup debut for Estonia in 2014, winning the only rubber he played that year. In 2015, Raisma again played the one rubber, this time in doubles, but again he was victorious. He gained his first ATP Point in 2015 at the Estonian Open, where Raisma defeated Italian Giorgio Ricca 6-3, 7-5. By 2016, he was established as Estonia’s No. 2 player behind Jurgen Zopp and played in three of Estonia’s four ties in Europe Zone Group III of the Davis Cup. He won all three singles rubbers he played, without dropping a set as Estonia sealed promotion into Europe/Africa Zone Group II for 2017. Raisma won the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Molčan
Alex Molčan (born 1 December 1997) is a Slovak professional tennis player. Molčan has a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 38 achieved on 23 May 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 268 achieved on 14 June 2021. He is currently the No. 8 Slovak tennis player. Molčan has reached three ATP 250 finals at the 2021 Belgrade Open, in Morocco in 2022 and at the 2022 ATP Lyon Open. He also reached eleven singles ITF finals, with a record of 6 wins and 5 losses which includes a 2–2 result in ATP Challenger finals. Additionally, he has reached five career doubles ITF finals, with a record of 2 wins and 3 losses, including a 1–3 result in ATP Challenger finals. Professional career 2021: First ATP final, Major debut & third round, Slovak No. 1, top 100 Ranked No. 313 at the beginning of the year in January, Molčan made his ATP debut at the 2021 Antalya Open in Turkey, where he defeated Andrey Golubev and Blaž Kavčič to qualify for the mai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Khassanov
Roman Rashitovich Khassanov (; born 7 September 1996) is a Kazakhstani tennis player. Khassanov has a career high ATP singles ranking of 671 achieved on 7 May 2018. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 686 achieved on 22 May 2017. Khassanov represents Kazakhstan at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 0–1. Future and Challenger finals Singles: 1 (1–0) Doubles 5 (1–4) Davis Cup Participations: (0–1) * indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score The Score may refer to: Films and television * The Score (1978 film), ''The Score'' (1978 film), a 1978 Swedish film, released in Sweden as ''Lyftet'' * The Score (2001 film), ''The Score'' (2001 film), a 2001 crime drama film starring Robert De Ni ..., date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface. External links * * * 1996 births Living people Kazakhstani male tennis players Sportspeople from Shymkent Sportspeople from Astana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrey Golubev
Andrey Golubev (; born July 22, 1987) is a Kazakhstani former professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 33, achieved on 4 October 2010, and his doubles ranking is world No. 21, achieved on 16 May 2022. Golubev won the 2010 International German Open, an ATP 500 event, to claim Kazakhstan's first-ever ATP Tour title in the Open Era. In 2021, he reached the French Open men's doubles final with Alexander Bublik, becoming the first Kazakhstani male players to contest a major final. In September 2024, Golubev announced his retirement from professional tennis. Before 2008, Golubev played for his country of birth, Russia. Tennis career Golubev has amassed a career record of 94–52 in the main draw of senior ITF Futures events (4 titles) and 90–63 in ATP Challenger events (3 titles). Early career: 2003–2004 Golubev's first senior ITF experience came primarily on the satellite tour in 2003. The first ranking point(s) earned by Golubev were f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Kudryavtsev
Alexander Mikhailovich Kudryavtsev (; born 26 October 1985) is a retired Russian professional tennis player who has played professionally since 2003. He made his breakthrough in 2008, playing in his first top-level international tournaments on the ATP tour, having spent time playing at the ATP Challenger Tour and Futures events. He reached his career-high singles ranking of 117 on 2 February 2015 and career-high doubles ranking of 70 on 7 November 2011. Professional career Early career Kudryavtsev reached the quarter-finals in a futures event in Bucharest in 2003. In 2004 he advanced to the second round in three futures events, and won a doubles challenger title. In 2005 he was a semi-finalist in a Beijing futures tournament, and reached the quarterfinals in Korolev (Russia) and Minsk (Belarus). In 2006 he became a finalist for the first time in Uzbekistan, as well as reaching the semi-finals once and the quarter-finals twice in other events. In 2007 he started by winning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher O'Connell
Christopher O'Connell (born 3 June 1994) is an Australian professional tennis player. O'Connell reached a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 53 on 11 September 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 460 on 25 April 2022. Personal life His father is Irish. He grew up on the Northern Beaches of Sydney where he made his ATP Tour debut in January 2017 at the Sydney International. As of August 28, 2023, he was one of only twelve members of the ATP top 100 to hit a one-handed backhand. O'Connell is a supporter of English football club Crystal Palace F.C.. Career 2011–16: Professional career beginnings O'Connell played his first ITF Men's Circuit match in October 2011, where he defeated Robert Howe in the Australia F8 before being defeated in the second round. O'Connell ended 2011 with a ranking of 1745. In 2012, O'Connell lost in the first round of qualifying for the Caloundra Challenger while attending the Australian Institute of Sport on a tennis scholarship. He played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
