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2018 Las Vegas Challenger
The 2018 Las Vegas Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the fourth edition of the revamped tournament which was the part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Las Vegas, United States between 22 and 28 October 2018. Singles main draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of October 15, 2018. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Alexander Cozbinov * Evan Song * Mikael Torpegaard * J. J. Wolf The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt: * Borna Gojo The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate: * Jan Choinski The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Mathias Bourgue * Thai-Son Kwiatkowski * Roberto Ortega Olmedo * Tommy Paul The following players received entry as lucky losers: * Evan King * Alexander Sarkissian * Jelle Sels Champions Singles * Thanasi Kokkinakis d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hard Court
A hardcourt (or hard court) is a 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. Flat balls are favored on hard courts because of the extremely quick play style. Speed of rebound after tennis balls bounce on hard courts is determined by how much sand is in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Cozbinov
Alexander Cozbinov (born 28 April 1995) is a Moldovan tennis player. Cozbinov has a career high ATP singles ranking of 420 achieved on 21 August 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 237 achieved on 8 August 2022. Cozbinov represents Moldova at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 15–5. Cozbinov played college tennis at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas between 2015 and 2018. He won the Mountain West Conference Tennis Player of the Year in 2018. In January 2020, he participated at the ATP Cup as a member of the Moldovan team. Before his match against Belgian Steve Darcis the organisers played the wrong national anthem, they played the Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...n anthem instead of the Moldovan one. Future and Challen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathan Pasha
Nathan Pasha (born July 15, 1992) is an American tennis player. Pasha has a career high ATP singles ranking of 507 achieved on January 7, 2019. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 119 achieved on December 3, 2018. Pasha made his ATP main draw debut at the 2010 US Open in the doubles draw partnering Sekou Bangoura. Pasha also played college tennis at the University of Georgia , mottoeng = "To teach, to serve, and to inquire into the nature of things.""To serve" was later added to the motto without changing the seal; the Latin motto directly translates as "To teach and to inquire into the nature of things." , establ .... Challenger and Futures finals Singles: 1 (0–1) Doubles: 24 (8–16) References External links * * * 1992 births Living people American male tennis players Tennis players from Atlanta Georgia Bulldogs men's tennis players {{US-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Galloway (tennis)
Robert Galloway (born September 24, 1992) is an American tennis player. Galloway has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 82 achieved on 22 April 2019. Galloway has won twelve 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 titles. He also has a career-high singles ranking of World No. 1037 achieved on 25 October 2021. Challenger and Futures finals Doubles: 44 (26–18) External links * * 1992 births Living people American male tennis players Sportspeople from Columbia, South Carolina Sportspeople from Greenville, South Carolina Tennis people from South Carolina {{US-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blaž Rola
Blaž Rola (born 5 October 1990) is a Slovenian tennis player. His highest career ranking is No. 78 in singles and No. 186 in doubles. In his career, he has won nine singles and six doubles ITF Futures tournaments, five ATP Challenger in singles and eight in doubles. He represents Slovenia on the Slovenia Davis Cup team. In the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin, Turkey, he won gold in singles and doubles. Personal life Rola was born in Ptuj, the oldest Slovenian town, to father Marijan Rola and mother Majda Rola. He was four years old when he started playing tennis and when he was six he joined the Tennis Club Terme Ptuj where he spent the most of his youth. He went to High school in Ptuj. In 2010 he moved to the United States where he studied at and competed in tennis for Ohio State University until 2013. In January 2019 he and his fiancée Vanesa welcomed daughter Izabela. The same year he married his long term girlfriend, Slovenian blogger Vanesa Rola. College career He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jelle Sels
Jelle Sels (born 10 August 1995) is a Dutch tennis player. Sels competes mainly in the Challenger tour circuit. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 127 achieved on 28 November 2022. He also has a career high doubles ranking of world No. 201 achieved on 20 June 2022. Career In October 2022, Sels won his maiden ATP Challenger singles title at the 2022 Internationaux de Tennis de Vendée The 2022 Internationaux de Tennis de Vendée was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the ninth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2022 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Mouilleron-le-Captif, France betw ... in Mouilleron-le-Captif, France. As a result, he moved more than 30 positions up in the rankings in the top 150 at world No. 141 on 10 October 2022.https://www.atptour.com/en/news/svajda-skatov-claim-maiden-atp-challenger-tour-titles Tour titles Singles References External links * * 1995 births Living people People f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Sarkissian
Alexander Sarkissian (born April 3, 1990) is an American professional tennis player of Armenian descent. He won his first ATP Challenger title at the 2015 Gimcheon Open ATP Challenger The 2015 Gimcheon Open ATP Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2015 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Gimcheon, Korea between 1 and 7 June 20 ... in South Korea in June 2015. ATP Challenger Tour finals Singles: 1 (1–0) References External links * * American male tennis players 1990 births Living people Sportspeople from Glendale, California Pepperdine Waves men's tennis players Armenian American American people of Armenian descent Tennis people from California Armenian-American tennis players {{US-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evan King
Evan King (born March 25, 1992) is an American professional tennis player. King has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 185, achieved in April 2018. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 113, achieved in February 2020. He has won ten doubles titles on the ATP Challenger Tour. On the ITF Pro Circuit, King has six career singles titles and 22 career doubles titles. King holds the record for most combined career men's singles and doubles wins at the University of Michigan. King was a three-time ITA All-American (2011, '12, '13), a two-time Big Ten Athlete of the Year (2012, '13), and a four-time All-Big Ten (2010, '11, '12, '13) player. Professional career King made his ATP main-draw debut at the 2009 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships as a 17 year old. At the 2021 US Open (tennis) he reached the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career as a wildcard pair partnering fellow American Hunter Reese defeating ninth seeds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Paul (tennis)
Thomas John "Tommy" Paul (born May 17, 1997) is an American professional tennis player. Paul has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 28, achieved on 26 September 2022, and doubles ranking of No. 97, achieved on 12 September 2022. He won his maiden ATP title at the 2021 Stockholm Open. Junior career Tommy Paul was consistently one of the highest ranked juniors of his class. Paul reached a career-high ITF junior rank of No. 3 on December 9, 2015. Paul reached two junior Grand Slam finals in 2015. He won the 2015 French Open boys' singles title by defeating fellow American Taylor Fritz in the final in three sets. At the same tournament he reached the final in doubles partnering fellow American William Blumberg. He also reached the final at the 2015 US Open boys' singles, this time losing to Fritz in three sets. Professional 2015: Grand Slam debut Paul turned pro in 2015. Unusually for an American, Paul has shown a preference for playing on clay, having won the Juni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Ortega Olmedo
Roberto Ortega Olmedo (; born 30 April 1991) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He advanced through the qualifiers of the 2016 Geneva Open to make the main draw defeating Michael Linzer and wild card Johan Nikles. In the main draw he was defeated in straight set by Lukáš Rosol Lukáš Rosol (; born 24 July 1985) is a Czech professional tennis player. He competes on the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP Tour, both in singles and doubles. Rosol was coached by former Czech player, 1999 US Open quarterfinalist Ctislav Dosed .... Challenger and Futures finals Singles: 28 (15–13) Doubles: 43 (22–21) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ortega Olmedo, Roberto 1991 births Living people Spanish male tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thai-Son Kwiatkowski
Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (born February 13, 1995) is a Vietnamese American tennis player. He played collegiately for the Virginia Cavaliers. On May 29, 2017, Kwiatkowski won the NCAA Men's Singles Championship. This victory earned him a wildcard into the main draw of the 2017 US Open. College career Coming out of high school, he was the nation's top recruit. Kwiatkowski was on three national championship teams during his time at Virginia. As a sophomore, he tied the school's single season wins record, going 44-8 during the season. On September 11, 2016, Kwiatkowski won the American Collegiate Invitational, which earned him a wild card into the qualifying tournament for the 2017 US Open. After his senior season, he was named first-team all- ACC. Kwiatkowski won the singles title at the 2017 NCAA Men's Singles Championship, defeating William Blumberg in the final. Other notable college achievements: • 2018 NCAA Top 10 Award winner • ACC Men’s Tennis Scholar-Athlete of the Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathias Bourgue
Mathias Bourgue (; born 18 January 1994) is a French tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 140 achieved on 24 April 2017. Career He received a wildcard to advance to the singles main draw in the 2016 French Open, where he reached the second round defeating Jordi Samper-Montaña, before losing to world No. 2 Andy Murray Sir Andrew Barron Murray (born 15 May 1987) is a British professional tennis player from Scotland. He was ranked world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 41 weeks, and finished as the year-end No. 1 in 2016. Murray h ... in five sets. Challenger and Futures finals Singles: 24 (12-12) References External links * * 1994 births Living people French male tennis players Sportspeople from Avignon {{France-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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