2019 Dubai Tennis Championships
The 2019 Dubai Tennis Championships (also known as the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) was an ATP Tour 500 event on the 2019 ATP Tour and a WTA Premier 5 event on the 2019 WTA Tour. Both events were held at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The women's tournament took place from 17 to 23 February and the men's tournament from 25 February–2 March. Points and prize money Point distribution Prize money *per team ATP singles main-draw entrants Seeds * Rankings are as of February 18, 2019. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Marcos Baghdatis * Ramkumar Ramanathan * Mohamed Safwat The following players received entry from the qualifying * Ričardas Berankis * Thomas Fabbiano * Egor Gerasimov * Corentin Moutet The following players received entry as lucky losers: * Ilya Ivashka * Jiří Veselý Withdrawals * Aljaž Bedene → replaced by Ilya Ivashka ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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ATP Tour 500
The ATP 500 tournaments (previously known as the ''ATP World Tour 500'' tournaments, ''ATP International Series Gold'', and ''ATP Championship Series'') are the fourth highest tier of annual men's tennis tournament after the four Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam/major tournaments, ATP Finals, and the ATP Masters 1000 tournaments, ATP 1000 events. As of 2025 ATP Tour, 2025, the series includes 16 tournaments, with 500 ranking points awarded for the events' singles champions – which accounts for the name of the series. Tournaments have various draws of 32 and 48 for singles and 16 and 24 for doubles. It is mandatory for leading players to enter at least four 500 events, including at least one after the US Open; if they play fewer than four, or fail to play in one after the US Open they get a "zero" score towards their world ranking for each one short. Roger Federer holds the record for most singles titles at 24, while Daniel Nestor holds the record for most doubles titles won ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Karen Khachanov
Karen Abgarovich Khachanov (, ; born 21 May 1996) is a Russian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 8 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved in July 2019. Khachanov has won seven ATP Tour singles titles, including a ATP Tour Masters 1000, Masters 1000 title at the 2018 Rolex Paris Masters – Singles, 2018 Paris Masters. He also claimed an Olympic silver medal at the Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's singles, 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and has reached two Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major semifinals at the 2022 US Open – Men's singles, 2022 US Open and 2023 Australian Open – Men's singles, 2023 Australian Open. In doubles, Khachanov has won one title at the 2023 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's doubles, 2023 Madrid Open partnering Andrey Rublev, and has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 53, achieved in January 2024. Early life and background Khachanov started playing tennis at the age of three in kin ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jiří Veselý
Jiří Veselý (; born 10 July 1993) is a Czech professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 35 on 27 April 2015. Youth career Veselý reached the No. 1 junior combined world ranking in January 2011, compiling a singles win–loss record of 125–45. Professional career 2012–2015: Grand Slam debut, first singles and doubles titles, Top 35 Veselý made his Davis Cup debut for Czech Republic in February 2013, and to date has nine singles titles on the ITF Futures circuit to his name and three Challengers. 2016: Two ATP top 10 wins, including over the World No. 1 Djokovic, Wimbledon fourth round At the 2016 US Open, Veselý beat Saketh Myneni in the first round and set up a rematch of Monte Carlo with world number one Novak Djokovic. However, Veselý pulled out before the match was set to begin because of a left arm injury. 2017–2020: Second doubles title, second singles title & first since 2015 In 2020 Maharashtra Open, Vesel� ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ilya Ivashka
Ilya Uladzimiravich Ivashka (; ; born 24 February 1994) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. Ivashka has a career-high singles ranking by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) of No. 40, achieved on 20 June 2022. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 317, reached on 12 June 2023. Ivashka has won five ITF singles titles and three ITF doubles titles. He has represented Belarus in Davis Cup, and has a win-loss record of 9–10. Personal life Fellow tennis player Karen Khachanov is his brother-in-law, their wives being (twin) sisters. Professional career 2018: Breakthrough, top 100 debut He entered the top 150 when he hit a career high ranking of No. 147 on 26 February 2018 after reaching as a qualifier the semifinals of the 2018 Open 13 in Marseille, ranked world No. 193, defeating Laslo Djere, second seed Stan Wawrinka 6–4, 1–1 when the Swiss retired, home favourite Nicolas Mahut in three sets. He became the first Belarusian tour-level semifi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Corentin Moutet
Corentin Moutet (; born 19 April 1999) is a French professional tennis player. Moutet has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 51, attained on 7 November 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 425, attained on 12 June 2017. Moutet has won six ATP Challenger Tour and five ITF World Tennis Tour singles tournaments. Moutet made his ATP Tour main draw debut at the 2017 French Open after receiving a wildcard to the doubles main draw with Constant Lestienne. Junior career 2013: First ITF tournaments, first titles In April, Moutet entered the singles qualifying of the ITF Junior Cap d'Ail. Two tournaments later, he reached his first singles final at the Podgorica Open. At the Copa Santa Catarina Internacional in October, Moutet again reached the singles final, losing to João Menezes in straight sets. In doubles, he took his first title with Fernando Yamacita. At the Copa Guga Kuerten, his final tournament of the year, he proved victorious in both ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Egor Gerasimov
Yegor Alekseyevich Gerasimov () or Yahor Alyakseyevich Herasimaŭ (; born 11 November 1992 in Minsk) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 65, which he achieved on 24 February 2020. He also achieved a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 263 on 2 March 2015. He is the current No. 1 Belarusian player. Professional career 2014: ATP debut In 2014, Gerasimov made his ATP main draw debut in Shenzhen, where he received entry to the main draw as a wildcard entrant. 2017-2018: ATP Challenger success In May 2017 Gerasimov won the Karshi Challenger defeating Yuki Bhambri in the semifinals and Cem İlkel in the final. In July 2018, Gerasimov recorded his first ATP match victory on the hardcourts of Los Cabos, defeating Bernard Tomic 6-4 6–3. He also beat the experienced big server Sam Querrey before facing defeat against world No. 4 Juan Martín del Potro. 2019-2020: Major debut and first win, Top 100, Maiden ATP final ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Thomas Fabbiano
Thomas Fabbiano (born 26 May 1989) is an Italian people, Italian former tennis player who played mostly on the ATP Challenger Tour. On 11 September 2017, he reached his then-highest Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of 70. His highest doubles ranking was 208 on 20 July 2009. He reached his first third round at a Grand Slam tournament at the 2017 US Open – Men's singles, US Open 2017 where he was defeated by fellow Italian Paolo Lorenzi. Since then he reached the second round or better at each of the Grand Slams including the 2019 Wimbledon Championships where he stunned seventh seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in the first round. Junior grand slam finals Doubles finals: 1 (1–0) ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 25 (17–8) Doubles Performance timelines Singles ''Current through the 2022 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying, 2022 Australian Open.'' Wins over top 10 players References External links * * {{ ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ričardas Berankis
Ričardas Berankis (; born June 21, 1990) is a Lithuanian professional tennis player. He is the first and only Lithuanian to enter the Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP top 50 rankings, making him the highest ranked Lithuanian tennis player of all time. Berankis has reached two finals on the ATP World Tour, at the Los Angeles Open (tennis), Los Angeles Open in 2012 and at the Kremlin Cup in 2017. He is also a prominent member of the Lithuania Davis Cup team. Early years Berankis started playing tennis at the age of two, when his six years older sister Lina took him to her tennis practices. Berankis' first coach was Valdas Adomaitis from Jurbarkas. When Berankis was nine years old he accepted an invitation from Remigijus Balžekas to practise with him at the Šiauliai tennis school (over 200 km from Vilnius). It turned out to be a long-term partnership and friendship. Career Juniors In 2004, Berankis dominated the U14 circuit of the Tennis Europe Junior Tour, winning ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mohamed Safwat
Mohamed Safwat (; born 19 September 1990) is an Egyptian tennis player. Safwat has been a regular player on the Egypt Davis Cup team since 2009. Safwat has won one singles and three titles in doubles on the ATP Challenger Tour. He is currently the Egyptian No. 1. Professional career In 2016, Safwat became the first Egyptian player since 1997 to reach the final of a Challenger tournament when he reached the final in Kenitra, where he lost to Maximilian Marterer in straight sets. He also reached the semifinals at the Challenger tournament in Launceston in 2017, eventually losing to Mitchell Krueger. In 2018, Safwat beat No. 3 seed and top 100 player Jordan Thompson en route to his second Challenger singles final in Anning, where he lost to Prajnesh Gunneswaran. Safwat qualified for his first Grand Slam at the 2018 French Open as a lucky loser, where he lost to Grigor Dimitrov Grigor Dimitrov Dimitrov (, ; born 16 May 1991) is a Bulgarian professional tennis player. H ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ramkumar Ramanathan
Ramanathan Ramkumar (born 8 November 1994) is an Indian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 111 in singles by the ATP, which he achieved in July 2018, and in doubles at No. 58, achieved in August 2022. Ramkumar is currently the No. 3 ranked Indian player. He has represented India in the Davis Cup. Personal and early life Ramkumar was born to Ramanathan Chettiar and Alagammai Aachi in a Nattukottai Nagarathar family in Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu. Both his parents are in the textile business. He has a sister named Uma. He started playing tennis at the age of five, introduced to the sport by his father. He trains at the Sanchez-Casal Academy in Barcelona, Spain. He graduated with a B.A. in economics from Loyola College, Chennai. He speaks Tamil, English and Spanish. Career 2008–2010: Junior career and turning pro Ramanathan began playing tennis at the age of five, turning professional in 2009. 2014–2016: Early career In 2014, Ramanatha ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Marcos Baghdatis
Marcos Baghdatis (Greek language, Greek: Μάρκος Παγδατής, Arabic language, Arabic: ماركوس بغداتيس); born 17 June 1985 is a Greek Cypriot former professional tennis player and coach. He was the runner-up at the 2006 Australian Open – Men's singles, 2006 Australian Open and a semifinalist at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles, 2006 Wimbledon Championships, and reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ATP rankings, ranking of world No. 8 in August 2006. In the latter part of his career, Baghdatis endured a series of injuries that impacted his play. Personal and early life Baghdatis was born in Paramytha, Cyprus, to a Lebanese people, Lebanese father, Christos, and a Greek Cypriot mother, Androula. He has two brothers—Petros and Marinos—and a sister, Zena, who was adopted by his family at just six months old. His father, a native Antiochian Greek Christians, Lebanese (Antiochian Greek Christian) who foll ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Daniil Medvedev
Daniil Sergeyevich Medvedev ( rus, Даниил Сергеевич Медведев, p=dənʲɪˈil sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ mʲɪdˈvʲedʲɪf; born 11 February 1996) is a Russian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Medvedev has won 20 ATP Tour-level singles titles, including the 2021 US Open – Men's singles, 2021 US Open and 2020 ATP Finals – Singles, 2020 ATP Finals. Medvedev made his ATP Tour main draw debut at the 2015 Kremlin Cup – Men's doubles, 2015 Kremlin Cup, and in 2017, he participated in a singles Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major for the first time at 2017 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles, Wimbledon. In 2018, Medvedev won his first ATP Tour singles titles, and achieved a breakthrough in 2019, making his top 10 debut and reaching six consecutive tournament finals, including at the 2019 US Open – ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |