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2017 Sibiu Open
The 2017 Sibiu Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the sixth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Sibiu, Romania between 18 and 24 September 2017. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 11 September 2017. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Vlad Andrei Dancu * Michał Dembek * Nino Serdarušić * Adrian Ungur The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Matteo Donati * Lenny Hampel * Alexandar Lazov * Alexandre Müller The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * Dimitar Kuzmanov Champions Singles * Cedrik-Marcel Stebe def. Carlos Taberner 6–3, 6–3. Doubles * Marco Cecchinato / Matteo Donati def. Sander Gillé / Joran Vliegen 6–3, 6–1. External linksOfficial Website {{2017 ATP Challenger Tour Sibiu Open 2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sibiu
Sibiu ( , , german: link=no, Hermannstadt , la, Cibinium, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Härmeschtat'', hu, Nagyszeben ) is a city in Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania. Located some north-west of Bucharest, the city straddles the Cibin River, a tributary of the river Olt. Now the capital of the Sibiu County, between 1692 and 1791 and 1849–65 Sibiu was also the capital of the Principality of Transylvania. Nicknamed ''The City with Eyes'', the city is a well-known tourist destination for both domestic and foreign visitors. Known for its culture, history, gastronomy and diverse architecture, which includes the iconic houses with eyes that gave Sibiu its nickname, the city has garnered significant attention since the beginning of the 21st century. In 2004, its historical center began the process of becoming a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Sibiu was designated the European Capital of Culture in 2007. One year later, it was ranked "Europe's 8th-most idyllic place to l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefano Travaglia
Stefano Travaglia (born 18 December 1991 in Ascoli Piceno) is an Italian tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 60, which he reached on 8 February 2021. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 231 achieved on 26 July 2021. Career 2014: ATP debut, First Challenger title Travaglia made his ATP main-draw debut at the 2014 Internazionali BNL d'Italia, where he qualified for the main draw by defeating Albert Montañés and Blaž Rola in the qualifying rounds. In the main draw, he put up a good fight against fellow Italian Simone Bolelli in the first round. Travaglia won his first Challenger title in the doubles event at the 2014 Morocco Tennis Tour – Meknes, partnering Hans Podlipnik-Castillo, defeating Gerard Granollers and Jordi Samper Montaña in the final. 2020-2021: French Open third round, First ATP final and Top 60 debut career-high ranking Travaglia reached the third round of a Grand Slam at the 2020 French Open for the first time in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joran Vliegen
Joran Vliegen (born 7 July 1993) is a Belgian tennis player. Vliegen has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 28 achieved on 14 June 2021. He also has a career high singles ranking of World No. 508 achieved on 1 August 2016. Vliegen won two singles titles on the ITF Men's Circuit, but now focuses on doubles. Vliegen has claimed 5 ATP tour doubles titles with partner Sander Gillé. Early life and background Vliegen was born in Maaseik, Belgium to parents Ivo Vliegen and Annick Desender. He has a brother named Warre. He started playing tennis at the age of five. In 2011 he moved to the United States to play college tennis at East Carolina University. He was named 2014 Conference USA Player of the Year. He earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in business. Career 2018: Davis Cup debut Vliegen made his debut with the Belgium Davis Cup team in 2018. In the quarterfinals against the United States, he and fellow Belgian Sander Gillé lost against Ryan Harrison an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sander Gillé
Sander Gillé (born 15 January 1991) is a Belgian tennis player. Gillé has a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 24 by the ATP, achieved on 8 November 2021. He also has a career-high singles ranking of World No. 574, reached on 24 December 2018. Career 2019: Three ATP doubles titles Gillé won his first ATP Tour doubles title at the 2019 Swedish Open with fellow Belgian Joran Vliegen. A week later, they won their second title at Gstaad. In the next week, their 11-match winning streak was ended in the final of Kitzbühel. Two months later, Gillé and Vliegen picked up their third title of 2019 at the Zhuhai Championships. 2020-2021: Two ATP doubles titles, first Grand Slam quarterfinal, Masters 1000 semifinal, top 25 debut Gillé won two more titles with his partner Jordan Vliegen at the 2020 Astana Open and at the 2021 Singapore Open. They also reached the quarterfinals at the 2020 US Open (tennis) losing to the eventual runners-up Mektic/Koolhof, their best showing a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Taberner
Carlos Taberner Segarra (; born 8 August 1997) is a Spanish professional tennis player. Taberner has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 85 achieved on 23 May 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 337 achieved on 18 September 2017. He has reached 16 career singles finals, with a record of 7 wins and 9 losses which includes four ATP Challenger singles titles: the 2020 Iași Open, the 2021 Antalya Challenger II, the 2021 Open du Pays d'Aix and the 2021 Lošinj Open. Additionally, he has reached 7 career doubles finals with a record of 4 wins and 3 losses which includes one ATP Challenger doubles title at the 2017 San Benedetto Tennis Cup. Professional career 2018: ATP and Grand Slam debut Taberner made his ATP Tour debut at the 2018 Open Sud de France in Marseilles where he advanced through 2 qualifying matches to reach the main draw. In qualifying, he defeated Benjamin Bonzi ''6–2, 6–4'' and Marco Trungelliti ''4–6, 6–2, 6–4'', w ... [...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] |
Alexandre Müller
Alexandre Müller (; born 1 February 1997) is a French professional tennis player. He has been ranked by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) as high as world No. 76 in singles, which he achieved on 16 July 2023. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 273, attained on 9 May 2022. Since turning professional in 2014, Müller has spent most seasons on the ITF Men's World Tennis Tour and ATP Challenger Tour, where he has won 17 total singles and doubles titles across both circuits. He sealed his top 150 debut in July 2022, a month after winning his first Challenger title in Blois. The following season, Müller made his breakthrough on the ATP Tour after reaching his first tour final in Marrakesh, which earned him his top 100 debut. Professional career 2017-19: Grand Slam debut Müller made his ATP main draw debut at the 2017 French Open after receiving a wildcard to the singles main draw. He was defeated by Thiago Monteiro in the first round. He quali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandar Lazov
Alexandar Lazov ( bg, Александър Лазов, born 9 July 1990) is a former professional Bulgarian tennis player. On 29 June 2015, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 324 whilst his best doubles ranking was 314 on 23 October 2017. In September 2012 he defeated Tihomir Grozdanov to become the 2012 Men's Bulgarian Champion. Year-end rankings Challenger and Futures Finals Singles: 23 (10–13) Doubles: 29 (10–19) Davis Cup Alexandar Lazov debuted for the Bulgaria Davis Cup team The Bulgaria men's national tennis team represents Bulgaria in Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by the Bulgarian Tennis Federation. In the 2023 edition of the tournament Bulgaria defeated New Zealand in the World Group I Play-offs. ... in 2013. Since then he has 9 nominations with 13 ties played, his singles W/L record is 5–8 and doubles W/L record is 3–1 (8–9 overall). Singles (5–8) Doubles (3–1) *RPO = Relegation Play–off *PPO = ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian Ungur
Adrian Ungur (born 22 January 1985) is a Romanian former tennis player who mainly competed on the ATP Challenger Tour. He was a member of the Romania Davis Cup Team and was coached by Fabrizio Fanucci. In June 2012, Ungur reached his career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of World No. 79. His most notable result was a four set victory over former World No. 3 David Nalbandian in the first round of the 2012 French Open – Men's singles, 2012 French Open. Personal life In 2006 Adrian married Liana Ungur, Liana, who is also a professional tennis player and daughter of Romanian football legend Ilie Balaci. Career Juniors Ungur reached as high as No. 10 in the junior singles world rankings in January 2003. 2012: Grand Slam debut and first top-10 win Following some good results in ATP Challenger Tour, Challenger events, Adrian entered into the main draw at the 2012 French Open, his first main draw appearance at Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam level. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nino Serdarušić
Nino Serdarušić (; born 13 December 1996) is a Croatian tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of World No. 183 achieved on 4 April 2022. Juniors Serdarušić had a career high junior ranking of No. 21, and partnering Petros Chrysochos, made the doubles semifinals of the 2014 Wimbledon Championships boys' doubles. Professional career He made his ATP main draw debut at the 2014 ATP Vegeta Croatia Open Umag in the doubles event, partnering Dino Marcan, losing in the first round to the second seeds Pablo Cuevas and Horacio Zeballos in three sets. In 2016, he made his first appearance in an ATP singles draw - also in the Croatia Open - losing in straight sets to Teymuraz Gabashvili. In 2018, he played his first Challenger final in Ostrava, Czechia and he lost against Arthur De Greef 6:4,4:6,2:6. In 2021, he reached his second Challenger final in Verona, Italy where he was defeated by Holger Rune. Personal life In 2022, after losing in Australian Open ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taro Daniel
is a Japanese-American professional tennis player. He has won one ATP Tour singles title at the 2018 Istanbul Open, seven ATP Challenger Tour singles titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 64 on 27 August 2018. Personal life Taro's mother, Yasue, is Japanese and his father, Paul Daniel, is American. He grew up in various places throughout the world. He spent most of his elementary school days in Saitama, Japan. He went to Nagoya International School. Taro and his family moved to Spain when he was 14 years old. He speaks English, Spanish and Japanese. He has one younger sister, Kana. Tennis career Early Age Taro started playing tennis when he was 7 years old. He practiced at the Shinrin Longwood Tennis Club in Nagoya City during his years in Japan. He got third place for under 12 in the All Japan Junior Tennis Tournament. 2011–13 Daniel had won a couple of ITF Futures events in Spain and Portugal. On the ATP Challenger Tour, he made the semifina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bjorn Fratangelo
Bjorn Fratangelo ( ; born July 19, 1993) is a professional American tennis player. He won the boys' singles title at the 2011 French Open defeating Dominic Thiem. Fratangelo is only the second American out of three to win the event, following John McEnroe in 1977 and preceding Tommy Paul in 2015. Early life Fratangelo began playing tennis at age three. and is named after tennis champion Björn Borg. His father, Mario, is his coach. Fratangelo attended St. John the Baptist School in Plum, Pennsylvania until the 8th grade when he moved to Naples, Florida for training reasons, and was an online student of Barron Collier High School. Junior career Fratangelo won the boys' singles title at the 2011 French Open, beating Dominic Thiem in the final. The win propelled him to a career high of No. 2 in the junior rankings. He also played in the junior championship at the 2011 US Open, losing in the third round to eventual champion Oliver Golding in three sets. Professional Early years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
