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2018 Almaty Challenger
The 2018 Almaty Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Almaty, Kazakhstan between 11 and 16 June 2018. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 28 May 2018. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Alen Avidzba * Timur Khabibulin * Timofei Skatov * Denis Yevseyev The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt: * Roberto Cid Subervi The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Gerard Granollers * Daniel Masur * Jurij Rodionov * Rubin Statham The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * Yusuke Takahashi Champions Singles * Jurij Rodionov def. Peđa Krstin 7–5, 6–2. Doubles * Kevin Krawietz / Andreas Mies def. Laurynas Grigelis / Vladyslav Manafov Vladyslav Serhiyovych Manafov ( uk ... [...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, 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] |
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] |
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 for 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 (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peđa Krstin
Peđa Krstin ( sr-Cyrl, Пеђа Крстин; born 3 September 1994) is a Serbian professional tennis player. Krstin has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 159, which he achieved on 9 May 2016. He also achieved a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 554 on 17 October 2015. He has won one Challenger and 14 Futures singles titles in his career. Career Krstin made his ATP main draw debut at 2014 PBZ Zagreb Indoors after defeating Marcos Baghdatis, Gianluigi Quinzi and Martin Fischer in the qualifying rounds before losing to compatriot Dušan Lajović in the first round of the main draw. Krstin was a fifth player on a Serbian Davis Cup team in the first round tie against Croatia in the 2015 Davis Cup, but didn't play in any match. He finally played his first match for the Davis Cup team against United States in the first round of 2018 Davis Cup, defeating world No. 50 Steve Johnson in two sets in a dead rubber. He received a wildcard for 2021 Serbia Open and won his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yusuke Takahashi
is a Japanese tennis player. Takahashi has a career high ATP singles ranking of 238 achieved on 7 August 2017. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 414 achieved on 20 November 2017. Takahashi made his ATP main draw debut at the 2017 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships after defeating Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras and Vasek Pospisil Vasek Pospisil ( ; cs, Vašek Pospíšil, ; known in born June 23, 1990) is a Canadian professional tennis player. Pospisil has a career-high world singles ranking of No. 25, and No. 4 in doubles. Along with partner Jack Sock, he won the 2014 ... in qualifying. ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals Singles: 12 (5–7) External links * * 1997 births Living people Japanese male tennis players Sportspeople from Yokohama 21st-century Japanese people {{Japan-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rubin Statham
Rubin Statham (born 25 April 1987), often referred to by his nickname of "José," is a professional tennis player from New Zealand. His twin brother Mikal (usually referred to by his nickname of "Oliver") is also a professional tennis player. He has reached a ATP career high ranking of 279 in singles as of 25 February 2013, and 139 in doubles as of 17 June 2013. Career In June 2005, Statham's second year on the professional tour, he made his first final at the Japan F8 tournament. He lost in the final to Go Soeda of Japan 4–6, 3–6. In November 2008, Kyu Tae Im of Korea defeated him 6–7(3), 1–6 in the final of the Malaysia F2 event. This was the second time he had made a final in over three years. In May 2009 Statham won his first tournament, at Australia F3, defeating Australian Greg Jones 4–6, 6–4, 6–1 in the final. In his next tournament, Australia F4, he lost in the final to Jones 5–7, 6–7(6). He won his next tournament in Egypt F7 by defeating Jean-Noel I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Masur
Daniel Masur (born 6 November 1994 in Bückeburg) is a German professional tennis player. Masur has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 176, which he first achieved in March 2022 and in doubles of No. 149 achieved in September 2022. Juniors On the junior tour, Masur has a career high ITF junior ranking of No. 13 achieved in September 2012. Masur was a semifinalist at the 2012 US Open boys' doubles event, partnering Maximilian Marterer. Professional career 2016–2018: ATP debut and first ATP match win Masur made his ATP main draw debut as a lucky loser at the 2016 German Open in Hamburg in the doubles draw, partnering Cedrik-Marcel Stebe. He won his first singles match on ATP-level as a qualifier at the 2018 German Open, defeating Maximilian Marterer in the first round. 2019 In the first round of the 2019 Hamburg Open doubles draw, he and partner Julian Lenz upset compatriots Alexander and Mischa Zverev after saving two match points. 2021: Major debut, two Chall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerard Granollers
Gerard Granollers Pujol (; ; born 30 January 1989 in Barcelona) is an inactive professional tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball c ... player from Spain. He has won 12 ATP Challenger tournament titles, all of them in doubles. His brother Marcel is also a tennis player, and they have won five Challenger doubles titles together. Grand Slam performance timelines Singles Doubles ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 37 (16–21) Doubles: 91 (61–30) Notes References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Granollers-Pujol, Gerard Tennis players from Catalonia Spanish male tennis players Tennis players from Barcelona 1989 births Living people Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Spain Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Cid Subervi
Roberto Cid Subervi (; born 30 August 1993) is a Dominican– American tennis player. Cid Subervi has a career high ATP singles ranking of 211 achieved on 14 September 2020. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 262, achieved on 19 October 2020. Cid Subervi has won 4 ITF singles titles and 1 ITF doubles title. Cid Subervi has represented Dominican Republic at Davis Cup, where he has a win–loss record of 4–11. College career In 2016, Cid Subervi was ranked no. 2 in the nation in the NCAA Div 1 singles rankings in his last year at University of South Florida. Parterning with Sasha Gozun, he was ranked no. 6 in the nation in the NCAA Div 1 doubles rankings in 2015. He reached the Quarterfinals of the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships in singles before losing to the eventual champion Mackenzie McDonald from UCLA and had wins over top ranked players such as Dominik Kopfer from Tulane, Cameron Norrie from TCU and Ryan Shane from Virginia. In 2014 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denis Yevseyev
Denis Yevseyev (born 22 May 1993) is a Kazakh tennis player. Yevseyev has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 262 achieved on 8 August 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 247 achieved on 12 July 2021. Career 2017 He played at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in singles but was defeated by Farrukh Dustov in the quarterfinal. In men's doubles partnering Timur Khabibulin, he lost the final and won a silver medal. 2018: Silver medalist at the Asian Games Yevseyev participated at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia. In singles, he lost to the bronze medalist South Korean Lee Duck-hee in the third round. In doubles, he won the silver medal after losing in the final with his partner Alexander Bublik against the Indian duo of Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan. 2019 In 2019, Yevseyev was nominated for the Kazakhstan Davis Cup team but has not participated in a match. 2020: ATP doubles debut Yevseyev made his ATP main draw d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timofei Skatov
Timofey Dmitriyevich Skatov (russian: Тимофей Дмитриевич Скатов; born 21 January 2001) is a Kazakhstani tennis player of Russian descent. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 125, achieved on 13 February 2023 and No. 724 in doubles, achieved on 16 January 2023. He is the current No. 2 Kazakhstani player. Skatov had a career-high ITF junior combined ranking of No. 1 achieved on 1 January 2018. Professional career 2020-21: ATP debut & first win, First Challenger final, Top 250 Skatov made his ATP debut at the 2020 Astana Open in Nur-Sultan as a wildcard where he lost to Emil Ruusuvuori. In June 2021, he reached his first Challenger final as a wildcard in Almaty where he lost to Zizou Bergs. He won his first ATP match also as a wildcard at the 2021 Astana Open in Kazakhstan defeating Andreas Seppi. 2022: Grand Slam and top 150 debuts, Maiden Challenger title Skatov made his first Grand Slam main draw appearance after successfully maki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timur Khabibulin
Timur Khabibulin ( tt-Cyrl, Тимур Хәбибуллин, translit=Timur Xäbibullin, born 2 August 1995) is an Uzbekistani–Kazakhstani tennis player of Tatar descent. Khabibulin has a career high ATP singles ranking of 753 achieved on 9 May 2016. He also has a career high doubles ranking of 219 achieved on 9 October 2017. Khabibulin 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. The Challenger Tour events are the second-highest tier of tennis competition, behind the ATP T ... doubles title at the 2016 Astana Challenger Capital Cup. Tour titles Doubles References External links * * 1995 births Living people Sportspeople from Tashkent Tatar sportspeople Uzbekistani emigrants to Kazakhstan Uzbekistani people of Tatar descent Kazakhstani people of Tatar descent Kazakhstani male tennis players Uzbekistani male tennis players T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
