2020 Monterrey Challenger
The 2020 Monterrey Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the eleventh edition of the tournament which was part of the 2020 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Monterrey, Mexico from 2 to 8 March 2020. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 24 February 2020. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Milledge Cossu * Alex Hernández * Adrian Mannarino * Shintaro Mochizuki * Luis Patiño The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Liam Caruana * Carlos Gómez-Herrera Champions Singles * Adrian Mannarino def. Aleksandar Vukic 6–1, 6–3. Doubles * Karol Drzewiecki / Gonçalo Oliveira def. Orlando Luz / Rafael Matos Rafael Fabris de Matos (born 6 January 1996) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. Matos has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 27 achieved on 14 November 2022. He also has a career high ATP singles ranking of N ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hardcourt
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 the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Viktor Troicki
Viktor Troicki ( sr-Cyrl, Виктор Троицки, ; born 10 February 1986) is a Serbian former professional tennis player. He won his first ATP singles title at the 2010 Kremlin Cup, and his second and third ATP singles titles at the 2015 and 2016 Apia International Sydney. His biggest achievements were a career-high singles ranking of world No. 12 (achieved in June 2011) and winning the deciding rubber in Serbia's Davis Cup final against France in 2010. Since then, in every Davis Cup he attended, he contributed to Serbia reaching a quarterfinal or better. He is known for serving a 12-month ban for anti-doping rule violation in 2013–14 for missing a blood test. By winning the inaugural ATP Cup in 2020, Troicki became the first player in tennis Open Era history to win all three major team competitions (Davis Cup in 2010 and World Team Cup in 2009 and 2012). In December 2020, Troicki was appointed as captain of the Serbian team for the Davis Cup and ATP Cup. Persona ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rafael Matos
Rafael Fabris de Matos (born 6 January 1996) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. Matos has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 27 achieved on 14 November 2022. He also has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 440 achieved on 21 May 2018. Career 2019-2020: ATP debut Matos made his ATP main draw debut at the 2019 Brasil Open in the doubles draw partnering Igor Marcondes. At the 2020 Rio Open, Matos alongside Orlando Luz defeated the 2019 Wimbledon and 2019 US Open champions, and ATP doubles World No. 1, Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah 6–1, 4–6, 0–8 2021-2022: Major debut & win, First ATP title & top 30 debut In February 2021, Matos won his first ATP Tour doubles title alongside Felipe Meligeni Alves at the ATP 250 Córdoba Open defeating Romain Arneodo and Benoît Paire. He reached the top 100 in doubles on 3 May 2021 at World No. 99. He made his Grand Slam debut at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships with compatriot Thiago Monteiro where they rea ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Orlando Luz
Orlando Moraes Luz (born 8 February 1998 in Carazinho) is a Brazilian tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 272 achieved on 16 August 2021, and a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 90 achieved on 27 September 2021. Juniors Luz along with Marcelo Zormann won the 2014 Wimbledon boys' doubles title after defeating Stefan Kozlov and Andrey Rublev ''6–4, 3–6, 8–6'' in the final. At the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics held in Nanjing China, Luz (seeded 2nd) won the silver medal in singles, falling to Kamil Majchrzak of Poland ''4–6, 5–7'' in the final. Additionally, he and compatriot Marcelo Zormann teamed up to win the gold medal in doubles, defeating the Russian pairing of Andrey Rublev and Karen Khachanov ''7–5, 3–6, 0–3' in the final also seeded second. He and Chung Yun-seong lost to Yishai Oliel of Israel and Patrik Rikl of the Czech Republic in the final of the 2016 French Open Boys' Doubles tournament, 6–3, 6–4. Profession ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Aleksandar Vukic
Aleksandar Vukic (, , ; born 6 April 1996) is an Australian professional tennis player. Vukic has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 117 achieved on 28 February 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 394 achieved on the same date. Vukic has won one ITF Futures singles title. Vukic made his main draw ATP singles debut at the 2018 Sydney International and his Grand Slam debut at the 2020 French Open, after qualifying for both. Early life Vukic was born in Sydney, Australia. His parents and older brother left Montenegro during the breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s and settled in Sydney before Vukic was born. Vukic began playing tennis at the age of 6 and later attended the University of Illinois between 2015 and 2018 where he was named three-time All-American in tennis. Professional career 2014–2019: ITF and ATP debut Vukic made his ITF Tour debut in Spain in May 2014. Vukic made his main draw ATP singles debut at the 2018 Sydne ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Carlos Gómez-Herrera
Carlos Gómez-Herrera (; born 30 April 1990) is a Spanish tennis player. Gómez-Herrera has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 268 achieved on 7 May 2018. He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 195 achieved on 26 July 2021. Gómez-Herrera made his ATP main draw debut at the 2012 Serbia Open in the singles draw after he qualified for the tournament. He lost in the first round to Victor Hănescu. In 2021 he played doubles at the ATP 250 Mallorca tournament on grass alongside world No. 1 in singles Novak Djokovic. They defeated Tomislav Brkić and Nikola Ćaćić in the first round after saving two match points in the third-set match tiebreak. They advanced to the semifinals by beating top seeded Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos, again in the third-set match tiebreak. They subsequently defeated third seeded Oliver Marach and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi to reach the final but they withdrew before the championship match with Gómez-Herrera citing an ankle ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Liam Caruana
Liam Caruana (born 22 January 1998) is an Italian- American former tennis player. Caruana has a career high ATP singles ranking of 375 achieved on 12 February 2018. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 894 achieved on 20 August 2018. Caruana made his ATP main draw debut at the 2018 ASB Classic in the singles draw as a lucky loser. Caruana received the Italian wildcard for the 2018 Next Generation ATP Finals Stefanos Tsitsipas defeated Alex de Minaur in the final, 2–4, 4–1, 4–3(7–3), 4–3(7–3) to win the 2018 Next Generation ATP tennis finals. Chung Hyeon was the 2017 champion, but was ineligible to compete this year due to his age. The 2 ... in Milan after winning the wildcard playoff tournament. External links * * 1998 births Living people American male tennis players Italian male tennis players Tennis players from Rome Tennis players from Austin, Texas Italian emigrants to the United States {{Italy-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Luis Patiño (tennis)
Luis Patiño (; born 6 October 1993) is a Mexican tennis player. Patiño has a career high ATP singles ranking of 567, achieved on 18 March 2019. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 239, achieved on 14 September 2015. Patiño has won 7 ITF doubles titles. Patiño made his ATP main draw debut at the 2016 Abierto Mexicano Telcel The 2016 Mexican Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 23nd edition of the men's tournament (16th for the women), and part of the 2016 ATP World Tour and the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place in Acapulco, ..., where he received a wildcard into the singles draw. Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour Finals Singles: 3 (0–3) Doubles 11 (3–8) External links * * * 1993 births Living people Mexican male tennis players Sportspeople from Guadalajara, Jalisco Sportspeople from Mazatlán Tennis players at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Mexico 20th- ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shintaro Mochizuki
Shintaro Mochizuki (Japanese: 望月 慎太郎, ''Mochizuki Shintaro'', born 2 June 2003) is a Japanese tennis player. He has an ATP career-high singles ranking of world No. 348 achieved on 18 July 2022. Mochizuki has a career high ITF junior combined ranking of No. 1 achieved on 15 July 2019. Mochizuki won the 2019 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' singles title after becoming the first Japanese male to reach a Grand Slam juniors singles final. In September that year, he led the Japanese team to win the Junior Davis Cup in Orlando, Florida. In February 2021, Mochizuki made his ATP main draw debut as a wildcard at the 2021 Singapore Tennis Open where he lost to Altug Celikbilek in straight sets. In March 2021, he qualified for his first ATP Masters 1000 main draw at the 2021 Miami Open having been given a wildcard for the qualifying competition. ATP Challenger and ITF Future finals Singles: 1 (0–1) {, , -valign=top , {, class=wikitable style=font-size:97% !Legend (sing ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alex Hernández (tennis)
Juan Alejandro Hernández Serrano (more commonly known as Alex Hernández (born 23 June 1999) is a Mexican tennis player. Hernández has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 462 achieved on 15 August 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 555 achieved on 27 May 2019. He is currently the No. 2 Mexican player. Career 2022: ATP debut and Maiden singles win Hernández made his ATP main draw debut at the 2022 Abierto Mexicano Telcel after receiving a wildcard into the singles main draw. He lost to Pablo Andújar after winning only one game. At the 2022 Los Cabos Open he won his first round match against lucky loser Nicolas Barrientos becoming the first Mexican in the singles history of the tournament to win a match in the main draw. As a result he moved more than 50 positions up in the rankings into the top 500. Hernández played 2nd seed Félix Auger-Aliassime Félix Auger-Aliassime (; born August 8, 2000) is a Canadian professional tennis pla ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ernesto Escobedo
Ernesto "Neto" Escobedo III ( ; , born July 4, 1996) is a Mexican-American professional tennis player who has won four ATP Challenger titles. Personal life Escobedo began playing tennis at the age of 4. His father Ernesto Jr. briefly played professional tennis, and his aunt Xóchitl Escobedo was a Top 300 player who competed in the 1988 Olympics. He is of Mexican descent. Escobedo's cousin Emilio Nava is also a professional tennis player. Career 2016: Grand Slam debut, U.S. Open second round, multiple Challenger titles, Top 200 debut Escobedo reached his first ATP Challenger final at São Paulo in April 2016 to advance him to a career-high ranking inside the top 300. With that success, he became the seventh American teenager to reach a Challenger final in the previous seven months. He won his first career ATP match at the Aegon Open in Nottingham against top 100 player Diego Schwartzman shortly before turning 20 years old. The next month, he won his first Challenger title at ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bernard Tomic
Bernard Tomic (; hr, Bernard Tomić, ; born 21 October 1992) is an Australian professional tennis player whose career-high ranking was world No. 17. As a junior, Tomic enjoyed a successful career in which he won an Orange Bowl title and two junior Grand Slam singles titles, the 2008 Australian Open and 2009 US Open. As a pro, he has won the 2013 Apia International Sydney, 2014 Claro Open Colombia, 2015 Claro Open Colombia and the 2018 Chengdu Open. He made a final appearance at the 2016 Acapulco Telcel and a quarterfinal appearance at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, as well as at the 2015 BNP Paribas Open, the 2015 Shanghai Masters, and the 2016 Western & Southern Open. In January 2018, Tomic was revealed as a celebrity contestant on the fourth season of the Australian version of '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!''. On 30 January 2018, Tomic withdrew from the competition after three days, owing to feeling uncomfortable and depressed. Throughout his career, Tom ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |