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2018 Ningbo Challenger
The 2018 Ningbo Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the sixth edition of the tournament and part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Ningbo, China. Singles entrants Seeds *1 Rankings are as of 8 October 2018. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * He Yecong * Te Rigele * Wu Yibing * Xia Zihao The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Viktor Durasovic * Saketh Myneni * Sun Fajing * Yusuke Takahashi Champions Singles * Thomas Fabbiano def. Prajnesh Gunneswaran 7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–3. Doubles * Gong Maoxin / Zhang Ze def. Hsieh Cheng-peng / Christopher Rungkat 7–5, 2–6, 0–5 References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ningbo Challenger, 2018 Ningbo Challenger The Ningbo International Tennis Open is a tennis tournament held in Ningbo, China. The event was part of the WTA 125K series and is now part of the ATP Challenger Tour. It is played ... [...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] |
Enrique López Pérez
Enrique López Pérez (; born 3 June 1991) is a Spanish professional tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On 16 July 2018, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 154 and his highest doubles ranking of 135 was achieved on 15 April 2019. López Pérez was provisionally suspended by the Tennis Integrity Unit in December 2019, later receiving an eight-year ban from the sport for match-fixing in three separate instances in 2017. Challenger and Futures Finals Singles: 38 (26–12) Doubles: 62 (31–31) References External links * * See also * Match fixing in tennis *Tennis Integrity Unit The Tennis Integrity Unit was the organisation responsible for investigating match fixing in tennis since 2008 until 2020. It was replaced by the International Tennis Integrity Agency. It had the ability to impose fines and sanctions, and ban pl ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Lopez Perez, Enrique 1991 births Living people Spanish male tennis players Match fixing in te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hsieh Cheng-peng
Hsieh Cheng-peng (; born 22 September 1991) is an inactive tennis player from Taiwan. Alongside Yang Tsung-hua he won the 2008 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' doubles title. He won the 2009 US Open – Boys' doubles with Márton Fucsovics, as well as the 2008 Australian Open – Boys' doubles title with Yang Tsung-hua and the 2009 Australian Open – Boys' doubles title with Francis Casey Alcantara. He is the brother of tennis players Hsieh Su-wei and Hsieh Yu-chieh. Tennis career Juniors In 2008 Hsieh won the 2008 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' doubles alongside Yang Tsung-hua. In 2009 he won the Australian Open Boys' Doubles alongside Francis Casey Alcantara and the US Open Boys' Doubles together with Hungarian Márton Fucsovics. Hsieh compiled a doubles win–loss record of 124–33 (69-44 in singles) and reached a career-high of No. 8 in the ITF Junior combined world rankings in April 2009. Junior Slam results – Singles: Australian Open: QF (2009) French ... [...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] |
Sun Fajing
Sun Fajing (; ; born 3 October 1996) is a Chinese tennis player. Sun has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 351 achieved on 10 February 2020. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 223 achieved on 14 October 2019. He has reached 10 career singles finals posting a record of 3 wins and 7 losses, all coming on the ITF Futures tour. Additionally, he has reached 17 doubles finals posting a record of 10 wins and 7 losses, which includes 2 ATP Challenger Tour doubles titles. Sun made his ATP main draw debut at the 2016 Chengdu Open, where he was granted a wild card entry in the doubles draw alongside compatriot He Yecong. They were defeated in the first round by Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram in straight sets ''4–6, 5–7''. The following year, he was again given a wild card at the 2017 Chengdu Open with partner Te Rigele, and again he would lose in the first round to Nenad Zimonjic and Santiago Gonzalez in straight sets ''4–6, 4–6''. In his third ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saketh Myneni
Saketh Myneni (born 19 October 1987) is an Indian professional tennis player. He is conferred with the prestigious Arjuna Award in 2017 and represents India in the Davis Cup. He won a gold medal in Mixed doubles and a silver medal in Men's doubles event at Incheon Asian Games 2014. Personal life Myneni was born in a small town named Vuyyuru in Andhra Pradesh to Prasad Myneni and Saroja Myneni. He grew up entirely in Visakhapatnam (Vizag). He completed his schooling from Timpany Secondary School , Visakhapatnam, before moving to Hyderabad for tennis. He started playing tennis at the age of 11. His nickname is Saké or Saki. He was selected on a sports scholarship in 2006 and graduated with a double major with degrees in Finance and Economics from the University of Alabama in 2010. His hobbies include listening to music, watching movies and TV shows. He currently resides in Visakhapatnam and trains every now & then in Hyderabad. He proposed his girlfriend Sri Lakshmi Anumolu duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viktor Durasovic
Viktor Durasovic ( sr, Viktor Đurasović; born 19 March 1997) is a Norwegian professional tennis player. Durasovic has a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) singles ranking of world No. 298, which he achieved in October 2019. He also attained his career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 173 in October 2022. Background Durasovic is of Bosnian Serbian origin.1 February 2016A Serbian among Norway's tennis hopes Royal Norwegian Embassy in Belgrade. (Archive) Career Durasovic made the semifinals of the 2014 US Open boys' doubles competition where he partnered Nicolae Frunză. Playing for Norway in Davis Cup, Durasovic has a W/L record of 11–10 in singles and 5–8 in doubles. In August 2019, Durasovic reached his first ATP Challenger final at the 2019 Tilia Slovenia Open, where he lost 5–7, 3–6 to Slovenian Aljaž Bedene. Durasovic qualified for his first ATP Tour tournament at the 2021 Stockholm Open where he lost in the first round to wildcar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wu Yibing
Wu Yibing (; ; born 14 October 1999) is a Chinese professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of No. 58, achieved on 13 February 2023, and a doubles ranking of No. 295, achieved on 23 April 2018. He is the first Chinese man in the Open Era to reach, and to win, an ATP Tour-level singles final, doing so at the 2023 Dallas Open. Wu became the world No. 1 in the ITF Junior Circuit ranking after winning the boys' singles title at the 2017 US Open. Wu represented China at the 2017 Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 1–0. He defeated Jason Jung in his first Davis Cup match. Juniors In December 2016, Wu reached the final of the 2016 Orange Bowl, a Grade A junior event, losing to Miomir Kecmanović in the final. In 2017, Wu reached the semifinals in both boys' singles and doubles at the Australian Open, and won both the boys' singles and doubles champions (with Chinese Taipei's Hsu Yu-hsiou) at the US Open, thus became the first Chinese male to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Te Rigele
Te Rigele (born 9 October 1997) is a Chinese tennis player. On the junior tour, Te has a career-high ranking of No. 48, achieved in January 2015. Te has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 395, achieved on 22 October 2018. On 4 March 2019, he achieved No. 384 in ATP doubles ranking which is his career high. Te has won 3 ITF singles titles and 5 ITF doubles titles. He has yet to reach a final at the ATP Challenger level. Te made his ATP main draw debut at the 2014 ATP Shenzhen Open, in the doubles draw partnering Qiu Zhuoyang Qiu Zhuoyang (born 23 June 1996) is a Chinese tennis player. Qiu has a career high ATP singles ranking of 1404 achieved on 24 October 2016. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 767 achieved on 29 August 2016. Qiu made his ATP main d .... ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 10 (5–5) Doubles: 10 (6–4) External links * * 1997 births Living people Chinese male tennis players People from Hohhot Tennis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
He Yecong
He Yecong (; ; born 15 February 1994) is a Chinese tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of 492 achieved on 27 June 2016. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 498 achieved on 21 August 2017. He made his ATP main draw debut at the 2016 Chengdu Open, in the doubles draw partnering Sun Fajing Sun Fajing (; ; born 3 October 1996) is a Chinese tennis player. Sun has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 351 achieved on 10 February 2020. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 223 achieved on 14 October 20 .... He has won 1 singles title and has won 2 doubles tiles on the ITF Futures Tour. ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 5 (1–4) Doubles: 5 (2–3) External links * * 1994 births Living people Chinese male tennis players Sportspeople from Hangzhou Tennis players from Zhejiang 21st-century Chinese people {{China-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatsuma Ito
, fullname = Tatsuma Ito , country = , residence = , birth_date = , birth_place = Inabe, Japan , height = , turnedpro = December 2006 , plays = Right-handed (two-handed backhand) , coach = Alexander Waske , careerprizemoney = $1,735,524. , singlesrecord = 36–66 , singlestitles = 0 , highestsinglesranking = No. 60 (22 October 2012) , currentsinglesranking =No. 219 (12 July 2021) , AustralianOpenresult = 2R (2012, 2013, 2020) , FrenchOpenresult = 1R (2012, 2015) , Wimbledonresult = 1R (2012, 2014) , USOpenresult = 2R (2014) , Othertournaments= yes , Olympicsresult= 1R (2012) , doublesrecord = 3–16 , doublestitles = 0 , highestdoublesranking = No. 312 (09 June 2014) , currentdoublesranking = No. 0 , AustralianOpenDoublesresult= , FrenchOpenDoublesresult= , WimbledonDoublesresult= , USOpenDoublesresult= 1R (2012) , updated = 14 July 2021 is a Japanese professional tennis player. He has won 6 Challenger tournaments and achieved a career-high singles ranking of Worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prajnesh Gunneswaran
Prajnesh Gunneswaran (born 12 November 1989) is an Indian tennis player. He has won 2 ATP Challenger and 8 ITF titles in singles and 1 ITF title in doubles. He is currently the highest-ranked Indian singles player. He represents India at the Davis Cup. At the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, he won the bronze medal in the men's singles event. Personal life Prajnesh Gunneswaran is the son of Mr. S G Prabhakharan and Mrs. Usha. He married Sudarshana Pai in Ernakulam, Kerala in 2019. Career 2010–2017: Early career Gunneswaran mainly participated in ITF and ATP Challenger events in his early years. While he won eight ITF Futures singles titles, he found limited success on the Challenger tour. In October 2016, he reached his first ATP Challenger singles final at Pune Challenger. He lost the title match to Frenchman Sadio Doumbia. In May 2017, he reached his first ATP Challenger doubles final at 2017 Samarkand Challenger. Partnering with compatriot Vishnu Vardhan, the pair lost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |