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2021 Orlando Open
The 2021 Orlando Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the third edition of the tournament which was part of the 2021 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Orlando, United States between 12 and 18 April 2021. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 5 April 2021. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Christian Harrison * Zane Khan * Aleksandar Kovacevic The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Altuğ Çelikbilek * Martin Damm * Roberto Quiroz * Tim van Rijthoven The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * Kevin King Champions Singles * Jenson Brooksby def. Denis Kudla 6–3, 6–3. Doubles * Mitchell Krueger / Jack Sock def. Christian Harrison / Dennis Novikov Dennis Novikov (born November 6, 1993) is an American professional tennis player born in Russia. He won both the singles and doubles titles at the USTA Boys ... [...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] |
Jason Jung
Jason Jung ( zh, c=莊吉生, p=Zhuāng Jíshēng, poj=Chng Kit-seng; ; born 15 June 1989) is an American-born Taiwanese inactive professional tennis player representing team Chinese Taipei. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 114 achieved on 30 July 2018 and has won four ATP Challenger titles. Jung has attended the University of Michigan. Personal life Jung played college tennis at the University of Michigan, where he majored in political science. As a tennis player, he was the National and Midwest Regional winner of the ITA/Arthur Ashe Award for Leadership & Sportsmanship in 2010, made the All Big Ten team as a junior and senior, and is 4th all-time in Michigan history in career doubles wins. He blogs about his experiences and his life as a professional tennis player. He was featured in an article by ESPN's Grantland (along with fellow Michigan alum Evan King and up-and-coming players Frances Tiafoe and William Blumberg) that highlighted the struggles and l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 In American Tennis
1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses in other fields, ranging from science to sports, where it commonly denotes the first, leading, or top thing in a group. 1 is the unit of counting or measurement, a determiner for singular nouns, and a gender-neutral pronoun. Historically, the representation of 1 evolved from ancient Sumerian and Babylonian symbols to the modern Arabic numeral. In mathematics, 1 is the multiplicative identity, meaning that any number multiplied by 1 equals the same number. 1 is by convention not considered a prime number. In digital technology, 1 represents the "on" state in binary code, the foundation of computing. Philosophically, 1 symbolizes the ultimate reality or source of existence in various traditions. In mathematics The number 1 is the first natural number after 0. Each natural number, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Novikov
Dennis Novikov (born November 6, 1993) is an American professional tennis player born in Russia. He won both the singles and doubles titles at the USTA Boys 18s National Championships in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 2012. As a result, he was awarded wild cards into the main draw of the US Open in both singles and doubles. He did not join the UCLA tennis team until March 2012, first competing on March 27. Tennis career Novikov won his first main-draw match at the US Open in 2012, defeating world no. 86 Jerzy Janowicz of Poland in four sets. In doubles, he teamed with Michael Redlicki. In the first round, they defeated compatriots Bobby Reynolds and Michael Russell in three sets, with a tie-break in the third set. In 2015, he qualified for the main draw in Indian Wells. That year, Novikov also captured his first two titles on the ATP Challenger Tour in back-to-back weeks. He won the inaugural Cary Challenger the week of September 14 followed by the Columbus Challenger the week o ... [...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] |
Tim Van Rijthoven
Tim van Rijthoven (; born 24 April 1997) is a Dutch professional tennis player. Van Rijthoven has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 101, which he first achieved on 18 July 2022, and a doubles ranking of No. 225, attained in 9 May 2022. As a junior, he reached a combined ranking of world No. 13 in 2015 and reached the quarterfinals of the 2014 Wimbledon Championships boys' singles tournament and semifinals of the boys' doubles. In June 2022, he claimed his first five ATP Tour wins (including over world No. 2 Daniil Medvedev) en route to his maiden Rosmalen Grass Court Championships title. Van Rijthoven has represented Netherlands at the Davis Cup where he has a W/L record of 2–1. Professional career 2016-2019: ATP debut and top 300 In 2016 he made his debut on the ATP World Tour by qualifying as a lucky loser for the Winston-Salem Open after Thanasi Kokkinakis withdrew due to a recurring shoulder injury, where he lost to Jiří Veselý in the first round ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Quiroz
Roberto Quiroz Gómez (; born 23 February 1992) is an Ecuadorian professional tennis player. Quiroz is the nephew of Andrés Gómez and the cousin of Emilio Gómez and Nicolás Lapentti. He attended and played collegiate tennis at the University of Southern California. In 2010 he won the finals stage of Boys' Doubles events on the French Open and US Open with Peruvian tennis player Duilio Beretta. They defeated Argentinian pair Facundo Argüello and Agustín Velotti 6–3, 6–2 in France and they won against Oliver Golding and 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, co ... 6–1, 7–5 in the United States. Challenger and Futures finals Singles: 12 (6–6) Doubles: 32 (20–12) Junior Grand Slam finals Doubles: 2 (2 titles) References Exte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Damm (born 2003)
Martin Damm Jr. (born September 30, 2003) is an American professional tennis player. Damm has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 175 achieved on April 1, 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 303 achieved on November 6, 2023. Juniors On the junior tour, Damm has a career high junior ranking of No. 3, achieved on 1 January 2021. In August 2019, Damm and his partner Toby Kodat won the USTA Boys 18s National Championships doubles title, earning the pair a wildcard entry into the doubles main draw of the 2019 US Open. Damm age 15 and fellow American Toby Kodat age 16 became the youngest men's doubles team to win a US Open match in the Open Era. Career 2022-2023 He received a wildcard into the qualifying draw of the 2022 Miami Open and the 2022 US Open. He also entered the qualifying competitions at the 2023 Miami Open, and at the 2023 US Open as a wildcard. 2024: Masters debut & first win, top 175 In March, he was also awarded a main draw wildcard at the 2024 Miami Op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altuğ Çelikbilek
Altuğ Çelikbilek (; born 7 September 1996) is a Turkish professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 154 achieved on 21 February 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 224, achieved on 25 July 2022. He is currently the No. 3 Turkish player. Çelikbilek has won 2 ATP Challengers and 5 ITF singles titles and 11 ITF doubles titles. Professional career He made his Grand Slam debut at the 2021 French Open in the qualifying competition. Çelikbilek has represented Turkey at 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 ..., where he has a win–loss record of 5–7. Personal life In December 2024, he suffered a stroke whilst competing at the ITF M25 in Monastir, shortly afterwards he had to have surgery to remove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandar Kovacevic (tennis)
Aleksandar Kovacevic ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Александар Ковачевић, Aleksandar Kovačević, separator=" / "; born August 29, 1998) is an American professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 72, achieved on September 16, 2024. He also has a doubles ranking of No. 254, achieved on April 3, 2023. Early life and background Born in New York, Kovacevic is of Bosnian and Serbian descent. His mother Milanka is from Travnik in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and his father Milan Kovačević is from Belgrade, Serbia. Both his parents played table tennis and met during a tournament on the junior circuit. Later before Aleksandar was born, they emigrated to the United States in 1998, where Milan studied computer science at UCLA and then worked at Columbia University in New York. When Kovacevic was younger, the family visited Serbia every year. He cites the 2005 US Open match between Novak Djokovic and Gaël Monfils, which he watched on TV when he wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zane Khan
Zane Khan (born February 11, 2002) is an American professional tennis player. Khan has a career high ATP singles ranking of 404 achieved on November 8, 2021. Khan made his ATP main draw debut at the 2020 European Open in the doubles draw partnering Luca Nardi Luca Nardi (born 6 August 2003) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 67 achieved on 3 March 2025. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 299, attained on 10 April 202 .... References External links * * 2002 births Living people American male tennis players Tennis players from Houston 21st-century American sportsmen {{US-tennis-bio-stub ... [...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] |
