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2018 JSM Challenger Of Champaign–Urbana
The 2018 JSM Challenger of Champaign–Urbana was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the twenty-third edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Champaign, Illinois, United States between November 12 and November 17, 2018. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of November 5, 2018. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Alexander Brown * Ezekiel Clark * Sebastian Korda * Patrick Kypson The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate: * Alexander Ritschard The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Keenan Mayo * Ruan Roelofse * Ryan Shane * Mikael Torpegaard The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * Alafia Ayeni Champions Singles * Reilly Opelka def. Ryan Shane 7–6(8–6), 6–3. Doubles * Matt Reid / John-Patrick Smith def. Hans Hach Verdugo / Luis David ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hardcourt
A hardcourt (or hard court) is a type of surface or floor on which a sport is played, most usually in reference to tennis courts. It is typically made of rigid materials such as asphalt or concrete, and covered with acrylic resins to seal the surface and mark the playing lines, while providing some cushioning. Historically, hardwood surfaces were also in use in indoor settings, similar to an indoor basketball court, but these surfaces are rare now. Tennis Tennis hard courts are made of synthetic/acrylic layers on top of a concrete or asphalt foundation and can vary in color. These courts tend to play medium-fast to fast because there is little energy absorption by the court, as with grass courts but unlike clay courts. The ball tends to bounce high and players are able to apply many types of spin during play. Speed of rebound after tennis balls bounce on hard courts is determined by how much sand is in the synthetic/acrylic layer placed on top of the asphalt foundation. More sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikola Milojević (tennis)
Nikola Milojević ( sr-Cyrl, Никола Милојевић, ; born 19 June 1995) is a Serbian professional tennis player. Milojević has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 125, which he achieved on 21 February 2022. He also achieved a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 252 on 18 February 2019. He reached his highest ranking of no. 1 in ITF Junior rankings on 7 January 2013. Career Junior career (2008–2013) As a junior, Milojević was a prodigious player who won several youth tournaments. He won his first title, the U14 Jug Open, on 25 May 2008, when he was still one month short of his 13th birthday. Between July and November 2008, Milojević reached five U14 finals in a row, winning three and losing two. In 2009, Milojević dominated the U14 circuit in the Tennis Europe Junior Tour, starting off the season by winning a national title at the indoor championship held in Novi Sad, which was followed by a Category 1 title in Bolton. He then collected two of the most p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis David Martínez
Luis David Martínez (; born 12 May 1989 in Lara) is a Venezuelan tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 85 achieved on 3 July 2023. He also has a career-high singles ranking of No. 390 achieved on 10 February 2014 Martínez has represented Venezuela at the 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 ... where he has a win–loss record of 23–13. Challenger and Futures finals Singles: 5 (0–5) Doubles: 75 (33–42) Notes External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Martinez, Luis David 1989 births Living people Venezuelan male tennis players Sportspeople from Lara (state) Tennis players at the 2015 Pan American Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in tennis Central American and Carib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Hach Verdugo
Hans Hach Verdugo (born 11 November 1989) is a Mexican tennis player. Hach Verdugo has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 60 achieved on 11 July 2022 and a singles ranking of No. 528 achieved on 20 July 2015. He has won one ATP doubles title at 2021 Los Cabos Open. Hach Verdugo has represented Mexico at the Davis Cup where he has a W/L record of 3–1. College career Hach Verdugo played college tennis at Abilene Christian University. Professional career In July 2021 he won his maiden ATP doubles title at the 2021 Los Cabos Open partnering 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 ... as wildcards. ATP Tour finals Doubles: 1 (1 title) ATP Challenger Tour finals Doubles: 26 (10 titles, 16 runner-ups) ITF Futures finals Singles: 1 (1 title) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikael Torpegaard
Mikael Torpegaard (born 8 May 1994) is a Danish professional tennis player. He was a member of the Denmark Davis Cup team. Earlier career Torpegaard won his first career ATP Challenger $75,000 title at the 2016 Columbus Challenger, which is played at Ohio State, where Mikael went to college and became a five-time All-American and a two-time Big Ten Athlete of the Year, an achievement that ranks him among the most successful tennis players in Ohio State history. Professional career 2019: ATP debut Torpegaard qualified for his first ATP main draw at the 2019 Citi Open in Washington, USA where he lost to Marius Copil. 2021: Grand Slam debut Torpegaard made his Grand Slam main draw debut at the 2021 Australian Open as a lucky loser where he lost to Lloyd Harris. Davis Cup On 22 September 2015 Torpegaard, representing host Denmark for the third time in Davis Cup play, played Rafael Nadal, losing 6–4, 6–3, 6–2. ATP Challenger Tour finals Singles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Shane
Ryan John Shane (born April 15, 1994) is an American professional tennis player. He played college tennis at the University of Virginia. On May 25, 2015, Shane won the NCAA Men's Singles Championship. This victory also earned him a wild card into the main draw of the 2015 US Open. Early life Ryan's parents are Alaine and Jack Shane. He has an older brother, Justin, who also played on the Virginia tennis team, and a younger brother named Zachary. In the summer months growing up Ryan's family would vacation to Franklin, New Hampshire; where there was a family tennis court that got good use from the Shane brothers. Ryan was part of a Fairfax, Virginia tennis club that also included future Virginia tennis players, Michael Shabaz and Treat Huey. Shane attended J. E. B. Stuart High School in Falls Church, Virginia and was a blue-chip recruit coming out of high school. College career As a freshman, Shane was on a Virginia team that went undefeated and won the NCAA Championship. The ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruan Roelofse
Ruan Roelofse (born 18 November 1989) is a professional South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...n tennis player. Roelofse has a career high ATP singles ranking of 357 achieved on 27 February 2012 and he has a career high ATP Doubles ranking of 122 achieved on 18 April 2016. He has had more success playing doubles, winning 6 ATP Challenger doubles titles. Roelofse has also won 2 ITF singles titles and 39 ITF doubles titles. Roelofse has represented South Africa at the Davis Cup where he has a W/L record of 12–7. Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour finals Singles: 11 (2–9) Doubles: 82 (45–39) External links * 1989 births Living people Tennis players from Cape Town South African male tennis players Illinois Fighting Illini men's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Ritschard
Alexander Ritschard (born March 24, 1994) is a Swiss- American professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 99, achieved on 30 September 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 388, achieved on 4 April 2022. He is currently the No. 4 Swiss player. Career 2013: ATP Tour debut in doubles Ritschard made his ATP Tour main-draw debut at the Suisse Open Gstaad in the doubles draw, partnering Alexander Sadecky. 2022: ATP & Major debuts & first singles win At the age of 28, he made his Grand Slam and ATP Tour debut in singles, after qualifying for the 2022 Wimbledon Championships. He drew fourth seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas who, despite his ranking, performed very poorly on grass, having lost in the first round of his two previous Wimbledon appearances. Ritschard stormed out to a 4–1 lead in the first set, on serve, looking like another possible upset but Tsitsipas rallied to win the set in a tiebreaker and the match in four sets. At the Swiss Open, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Kypson
Patrick Kypson (born 28 October 1999) is an American professional tennis player. Kypson has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 133 achieved on 1 April 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 577 achieved on 27 May 2019. Career 2017: Major debut Kypson made his Grand Slam main draw debut at the 2017 US Open after receiving a wildcard for winning the under-18 boys championship. In November 2017, Kypson won his first title on the ITF Men's Circuit in Niceville, Florida, beating Sekou Bangoura in the final. 2023: French Open wildcard and first Challenger title, top 200 Kypson received a wildcard for the 2023 French Open after winning the USTA's Roland Garros Wildcard Challenge. In July, Kypson won his first Challenger title in Medellín, Colombia, beating Benjamin Lock in the final. 2024: First ATP win & quarterfinal, top 150 & Masters debuts For his debut at the Australian Open, he received a wildcard. Ranked No. 155, he also entered as a wildcard at the 2024 Delra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebastian Korda
Sebastian Korda ( ; born July 5, 2000) is an American professional tennis player. He has a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of world No. 15 achieved on August 12, 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 46 reached on March 31, 2025. He has won two ATP singles titles and one doubles title. He also won the junior title at the 2018 Australian Open – Boys' singles, 2018 Australian Open, 20 years after his father Petr Korda won the 1998 Australian Open, Australian Open title. Early life and background Korda is the son of two Czech tennis players, former men's world number two Petr Korda and former top 30 women's player Regina Rajchrtová. His father was an 1998 Australian Open, Australian Open champion and 1992 French Open, French Open finalist in both singles and doubles. Sebastian's older sisters Jessica Korda, Jessica and Nelly Korda, Nelly are both LPGA golf professionals. Korda grew up playing competitive junior ice hockey from the age of 3, but de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Eubanks
Christopher Eubanks ( ; born May 5, 1996) is an American professional tennis player. He played college tennis for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's tennis, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. There, he was a two-time All-American and twice named Atlantic Coast Conference, ACC Player of the Year. He has a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of world No. 29, achieved on July 31, 2023. In doubles, he achieved a career-high ranking of No. 142 on August 12, 2024. Early life and background Christopher is the son of Mark and Carla Eubanks and has one older brother, Mark. He was coached regularly by his father until he was 13. Eubanks became close friends with Donald Young (tennis), Donald Young and his family after they moved from Chicago to Atlanta. Around when he started high school, he began training with Young's parents, who run the South Fulton Tennis Center near where Eubanks lived. During this time, he also had the opportunity to practice with You ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Laaksonen
Henri Joona Julius Laaksonen (, Swiss Standard German: ; born 31 March 1992) is a Swiss inactive professional tennis player. His highest singles ranking is world No. 84, which he achieved on 14 February 2022, and his highest doubles ranking is world No. 191, achieved on 24 December 2018. Early life Laaksonen's father, Sandro Della Piana, is a former Swiss tennis player. His mother is from Finland. His parents separated very early in his life, but he nonetheless kept contact with his father. He started playing tennis at the age of 3. During his adolescent years he lived in Hyvinkää where he was coached by Pasi Virtanen. At 16, he became European champion for the Under-16s category. In 2009, he moved to Switzerland to train at the Swiss Tennis National Tennis Center in Bienne. Before January 2011, he represented his country of birth, Finland. Since then, he has represented Switzerland. Professional career 2021: Two Major third rounds & two top-20 wins, back to top 100 in tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |