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2020 Cary Challenger
The 2020 Cary Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 6th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2020 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Cary, North Carolina, United States between 9 and 15 November 2020. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of November 2, 2020. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * William Blumberg * Alexis Galarneau * Garrett Johns The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Thomaz Bellucci * Christian Harrison * Kevin King * Aleksandr Nedovyesov Champions Singles * Denis Kudla def. Prajnesh Gunneswaran 3–6, 6–3, 6–0. Doubles * Teymuraz Gabashvili / Dennis Novikov def. Luke Bambridge / Nathaniel Lammons 7–5, 4–6, 0–8 References {{DEFAULTSORT:Cary Challenger, 2020 2020 ATP Challenger Tour 2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Socia ... [...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] |
Michael Mmoh
Michael Mmoh ( ; born January 10, 1998) is an American professional tennis player. Mmoh has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 81 achieved on September 11, 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 265 achieved on April 12, 2021. He won the USTA junior national championship in 2016. Personal life Born in Saudi Arabia, where he lived until the age of 13, Mmoh has both Irish and Nigerian ancestry. Michael's father Tony Mmoh was also a professional tennis player who represented Nigeria and reached a career-high ranking of No.105. His mother was born in Ireland and is also an Australian citizen. Mmoh's parents named him after basketball superstar Michael Jordan. Mmoh began playing tennis at age 3. He trains at the IMG Academy in Florida. Mmoh married his girlfriend, Croatian tennis player and IMG Academy tennis instructor Klara Mrcela on September 9, 2024. The couple had been engaged two years prior in December of 2022. Junior career Mmoh peaked in the junior rankings at No. 2 af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathaniel Lammons
Nathaniel Lammons (born August 12, 1993) is an American professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career-high ATP ranking of world No. 17 in doubles, achieved on 27 January 2025. He has won 10 ATP doubles titles. A former player at Southern Methodist University, Lammons turned professional in 2016. Lammons sealed his top 100 doubles debut in July 2019, a year in which he won four doubles titles from seven doubles finals reached as he broke through on the ATP Challenger Tour. In 2022, he won his first two career ATP Tour doubles titles in San Diego and Seoul, earning him his top 50 debut. Together with partner Jackson Withrow in 2023, Lammons reached his first ATP 500 final in Acapulco and his first ATP Masters 1000 semifinal in Miami. In 2024, he made his first Grand Slam semifinal at the 2024 US Open with Withrow and reached the top 20. Professional career 2021–22: New partnership with Withrow, win over World No. 1 team, Two titles, top 50 At the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Bambridge
Luke Bambridge (born 21 January 1995) is a British former tennis player. A doubles specialist, he reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. 41 doubles ranking in May 2019. His career highlights included winning three ATP Tour titles, 7 ATP Challenger Tour titles, 20 ITF doubles titles and 1 ITF singles title. Tennis career 2011 Great Britain won the 2011 Junior Davis Cup tournament for the first time after beating Italy in the final in San Luis Potosí, Mexico. Coached by Greg Rusedski, the team of Bambridge, Kyle Edmund, and Evan Hoyt justified their top seeding in the event. 2013 Bambridge won four ITF doubles tournaments with different partners in Great Britain, Israel, and Greece. 2014 Seven more ITF doubles tournament wins by Bambridge in 2014, five with Liam Broady as his partner. 2015 Bambridge received a wildcard into the 2015 Wimbledon Championships men's doubles event, partnering Liam Broady where he made his grand slam debut. 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandr Nedovyesov
Aleksandr Nedovyesov (; ; formerly known as Oleksandr Nedovyesov and Alexander Nedovesov; born 15 February 1987), is a Ukrainian-Kazakhstani professional tennis player. He won his maiden title at the 2023 Swedish Open in Bastad, becoming the first Kazakhstani in the Open Era to lift a doubles ATP title. He reached his highest ATP doubles ranking of No. 38 on 20 May 2024 and a singles ranking of No. 72 on 21 April 2014. Nedovyesov has won a total of three ATP doubles titles with Gonzalo Escobar. He has also reached six doubles ATP finals two in 2022, three in 2023, and one in 2024. He represented Ukraine until December 2013. He has also reached 17 career singles finals, posting a record of 9 wins and 8 losses which includes 3 ATP Challenger Tour titles. Additionally, he has reached 61 doubles finals, posting a record of 38 wins and 23 losses which includes 25 ATP Challenger Tour titles. Career 2004–2005: Junior No. 33 As a junior, Nedovyesov had a singles win–loss record of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin King (tennis)
Kevin King (born February 28, 1991) is an American professional tennis player. He played collegiate tennis for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and was a two-time ITA All-American (2011 and 2012) and a three-time All-ACC performer. On May 7, 2018, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of No. 162. Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour finals Singles: 9 (6–3) Doubles: 25 (11–14) Personal life Kevin King is the son of Bill and Nuala King. He comes from a family of athletes – his father played football at Villanova and his sister, Lara, played tennis at Saint Leo University. Kevin graduated with honors from Georgia Tech with a degree in mechanical engineering. In 2019, Kevin married Caroline Price, a fellow tennis player, who played collegiate tennis for North Carolina. Caroline is the daughter of former professional basketball player, Mark Price William Mark Price (born February 15, 1964) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Harrison
Christian Harrison (born May 29, 1994) is an American professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 19 achieved on 19 May 2025 and a singles ranking of No. 198 achieved on 2 July 2018. His best achievements are reaching the semifinals of the 2025 French Open with Evan King, and the mixed doubles semifinals of the 2018 US Open, partnering Christina McHale. He has won two ATP Tour doubles titles with King. Early life Christian was coached by his father, Pat Harrison, and attended the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. He is the younger brother of Ryan Harrison. Professional career 2012: Grand Slam doubles debut and quarterfinal In July, Christian made it to the quarterfinals of the Lexington, Kentucky Challenger event. Christian was awarded a wildcard into the 2012 US Open to play doubles alongside Ryan Harrison, where they reached the quarterfinals. 2013: First ATP Tour win Earlier in the year he reached the quarter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomaz Bellucci
Thomaz Cocchiarali Bellucci (born 30 December 1987, in Tietê, São Paulo, Tietê) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 21 in July 2010. Bellucci used a string of ATP Challenger Tour victories early in 2008 to break into the top 100 rankings of the ATP World Tour as a 20-year-old. He has won 4 ATP Tour titles (the 2009 Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad, 2009 and 2012 Crédit Agricole Suisse Open Gstaad, 2012 Swiss Open, the 2010 Movistar Open and the 2015 Geneva Open), reached the quarterfinals at the Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's singles, 2016 Olympics and reached the semi-finals of the 2011 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's singles, 2011 Madrid Masters. Playing style Thomaz's playing style relies on using the heavy topspin of his forehand to control the points. He lacks outright power to produce a lot of aces, but he has excellent spin on his serve, allowing him to force his opponents off the court which le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexis Galarneau
Alexis Galarneau (; born 2 March 1999) is a Canadian tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking by the ATP of world No. 155, achieved on May 6, 2024. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 311, achieved on June 11, 2023. College career Galarneau played college tennis at North Carolina State University. Professional career 2021–22: ATP, Masters & top 250 debuts, Davis Cup champion Galarneau made his ATP main-draw debut at the 2021 National Bank Open after receiving a wildcard into the doubles main draw with partner Félix Auger-Aliassime. He made his singles debut the following year in 2022, when he lost to 16th-seeded Grigor Dimitrov in the first round. As a result, he made his top 250 debut at world No. 238 on 1 August 2022. 2023–24: First ATP win, Top 155 debut Galarneau received a wildcard into the 2023 Canadian Open, and lost to Francisco Cerúndolo in the first round. In September 2023, Galarneau recorded his first tour-level victory at the 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Blumberg
William Blumberg (born January 26, 1998) is a former American professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 74 achieved on 12 September 2022. He has a career-high singles ranking of No. 438 reached on 18 February 2019. Early life, Juniors and College William's parents are Amy and David Blumberg. Blumberg identifies as Catholic, like his mother, while his father is Jewish. The family often has Jewish food during holidays. Blumberg has two brothers. He attended Greenwich High School in Greenwich, Connecticut. As a senior at Greenwich, he went undefeated and did not lose a set all season. In 2016, he won the Class LL state invitational title, dropping only 3 games across the whole tournament. During his junior career, he played at each of the four Grand Slam junior tournaments. He reached the final in the boys' doubles at the 2015 French Open partnering fellow American Tommy Paul. Blumberg was the nation's top recruit for the class of 2016. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mackenzie McDonald
Michael Mackenzie Lowe McDonald (born April 16, 1995) is an American professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ATP rankings, ranking of world No. 37, achieved on October 16, 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 49, achieved on October 2, 2023. McDonald won the 2016 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships in both 2016 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships#Men's singles championship, singles and doubles. Junior career McDonald was a semifinalist in the 2012 Australian Open – Boys' singles, boys' singles of the 2012 Australian Open. In 2012, he reached a career high ranking in the ITF World Tour Junior Rankings of number 12 and won the 18s singles title at the 2012 Easter Bowl. While still a junior, he won the men's singles title at the amateur Ojai Tennis Tournament in 2013, and also qualified for the 2013 Western & Southern Open, 2013 Cincinnati Masters at age 18 by defeating top 100 players Nicolas Mahut and Steve Johnson (tennis), Steve Johnson. However, he lost in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dmitry Popko
Dmitry Yevgenyevich Popko (; born 24 October 1996) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani tennis player who competes on the ATP Challenger tour. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 155 achieved on 21 April 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 304 achieved on 1 May 2017. He is the current No. 3 Kazakh player. Popko represents Kazakhstan at the Davis Cup where he has a win-loss record of 4-6. Career Popko defeated Chinese tennis player Zhang Ze in his first 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 ... tie in April 2017. Popko has participated in qualifying for all four of the Grand Slams. ATP Challenger Tour finals Singles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups) Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals Singles: 33 (25 titles, 8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
