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2022 ATP Lyon Open
The 2022 ATP Lyon Open (also known as the Open Parc Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Lyon) was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 5th edition of the Lyon Open and part of the ATP Tour 250 series of the 2022 ATP Tour. It took place in the city of Lyon, France, from 15 May through 21 May 2022. Champions Singles * Cameron Norrie def. Alex Molčan, 6–3, 6–7(3–7), 6–1 Doubles * Ivan Dodig / Austin Krajicek def. Máximo González / Marcelo Melo, 6–3, 6–4 Points and prize money Point distribution Prize money *per team Singles main draw entrants Seeds * Rankings are as of May 9, 2022. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Hugo Gaston * Lucas Pouille * Jo-Wilfried Tsonga The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw: * Aljaž Bedene The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Grégoire Barrère * Tomás Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ATP World Tour 250 Series
The ATP 250 tournaments (previously known as the ''ATP World Tour 250'' tournaments, ''ATP International Series'', and ''ATP World Series'') are the lowest tier of annual men's tennis tournaments on the main ATP Tour, after the four Grand Slam tournaments, ATP Finals, ATP Masters 1000 tournaments, and ATP 500 tournaments. As of 2020, the series includes 39 tournaments, with 250 ranking points awarded to each singles champion—which accounts for the name of the series. Draws consist of 28, 32, or 48 for singles and 16 for doubles. Thomas Muster holds the record for most singles titles at 26, while Mike Bryan holds the record for most doubles titles won with 46. Historic names 1990–1999 ''ATP World Series'' 2000–2008 ''ATP International Series'' 2009–2018 ''ATP World Tour 250'' 2019–present ''ATP Tour 250'' ATP Points * Players with byes receive first round points. Tournaments became an ATP 500 event.ATPTour.com"ATP Tour calendar"/ref> Singles champions ATP Inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex De Minaur
Alex de Minaur ( ; es, Álex de Miñaur Román, ; born 17 February 1999) is an Australian professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 15 on 28 June 2021 and a doubles ranking of No. 58 on 12 October 2020. Early life and junior career De Minaur was born in Sydney, Australia. His father, Anibal, is Uruguayan and his mother, Esther, is a Spaniard. His father owned an Italian restaurant on George Street in Sydney and met Esther when she began working there as a waitress. De Minaur has two brothers and three sisters — Dominic, Daniel, Natalie, Cristina, and Sara. His name is commonly pronounced , inspiring both his nickname of the Minotaur and his logo used when signing the camera lens after winning matches. De Minaur has dual Australian and Spanish citizenship. He spent the first five years of his life in the south Sydney suburb of Carss Park before relocating to Alicante, Spain. He completed most of his early education in Spain before re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Mmoh
Michael Mmoh ( ; born January 10, 1998) is a Saudi-born American tennis player. Mmoh has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 82 achieved on 20 February 2023. He has won 7 ATP Challenger titles and 4 ITF Futures tournaments, including his first at the age of 16. 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 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. Junior career Mmoh peaked in the Boy's Junior rankings at No. 2 after reaching the semifinals at the 2015 Junior French Open. He won the 2016 USTA 18s Boys' National Championship to earn a wild card into the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilles Simon
Gilles Simon (; born 27 December 1984) is a French former professional tennis player. He had a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 6 attained on 5 January 2009. He turned professional in 2002 and won 14 singles titles on the ATP Tour. Personal life Gilles Simon was born in Nice but grew up in Fontenay-sous-Bois, outside Paris. His nickname is "Gilou". His mother is a doctor. His father works for an insurance company. Gilles has a brother.Simon: From a Family of Non-Jocks to the Top 10 Tennis.com, March 31, 2009 Supported by his parents, he started playing tennis at the age of six. Owing to a growth delay that runs in the family, he was shorter than most children of his age during his early teenage ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Guinard
Manuel Guinard (born 15 November 1995) is a French tennis player. Guinard has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 134 achieved on 31 October 2022, and a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 146 achieved on 3 October 2022. Professional career 2019–2020: Grand Slam doubles debut and first win in doubles Guinard made his Grand Slam main draw debut at the 2019 French Open after receiving a wildcard for the doubles main draw, partnering Arthur Rinderknech. At the 2020 French Open he reached the second round for his first Grand Slam win in doubles also as a wildcard partnering Rinderknech. 2021: First Challenger final, Top 250 singles debut He made his first Challenger final at the 2021 Open du Pays d'Aix where he lost to Carlos Taberner. He reached the top 250 on 8 November 2021 at World No. 247. 2022: Maiden challenger title, Major, ATP & Top 150 debut in singles & doubles He reached a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 155 on 17 January 2022, after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomás Martín Etcheverry
Tomás Martín Etcheverry (born 18 July 1999) is an Argentine tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 72, achieved on 25 July 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 241, achieved on 28 February 2022. Etcheverry has captured three ATP Challenger and five ITF titles in singles as well as six ITF and one ATP Challenger title in doubles. Professional career 2021: ATP debut, maiden Challenger title, top 150 debut Etcheverry made his ATP main draw debut at the 2021 Delray Beach Open, and won his first ATP match at the 2021 Córdoba Open defeating Andrej Martin. Etcheverry captured his maiden Challenger title in Perugia, Italy defeating top seed Salvatore Caruso in the semifinal, for his maiden top 100 win, and Vitaliy Sachko in the final, raising to a new career-high ranking of World No. 166 on 19 July 2021. He made his top 150 debut in singles at World No. 148 on 2 August 2021 after winning the Challenger title in Trieste, It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grégoire Barrère
Grégoire Barrère (; born 16 February 1994) is a French professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 80 achieved on 7 October 2019. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 161 achieved on 26 April 2021. Barrère has won five ATP Challenger Tour singles titles and six ITF Futures singles titles as well as five Challenger doubles titles and six ITF Futures doubles titles in his career. Professional career 2016-17: Grand Slam debut Barrère made his Grand Slam main-draw debut at the 2016 French Open, where he received a wildcard, but lost to David Goffin in the first round. 2018: Top 100 debut He was awarded a wildcard to the 2018 French Open, where he lost to Radu Albot in the first round after leading 2 sets to 0. 2019: Best season, Grand Slam success, Top 80 career-high ranking In 2019, he succeeded to qualify and reach the second round of two Grand Slams 2019 Wimbledon Championships and the US Open, and also reached the second roun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aljaž Bedene
Aljaž Bedene (born 18 July 1989) is a Slovenian former professional tennis player. He was a naturalised Briton and played with this nationality from 2015 to 2017, returning to represent Slovenia in 2018. Bedene has won six Futures and 16 Challenger singles titles. In doubles he has won one Challenger title and two Futures titles. His highest ranking is No. 43 in singles (achieved on 19 February 2018) and No. 127 in doubles (achieved on 7 October 2013). Bedene represented Slovenia when he turned pro in 2008. On 31 March 2015, he was granted UK citizenship and represented Great Britain, but the International Tennis Federation has rejected his application to represent Great Britain in the Davis Cup as he had previously played three dead rubbers for Slovenia. After his appeals failed, Bedene switched his representation back to his birth country of Slovenia for the 2018 season. Early and personal life Bedene's father, Branko, is a dental industry worker and his mother, Darlen, wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (; born 17 April 1985) is a French former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 5 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved in February 2012. Tsonga won 18 singles titles on the ATP Tour, including two Masters 1000 titles.In his early career, Tsonga won the 2003 US Open junior singles title and was the ATP Newcomer of the Year for 2007. He rose to fame by reaching the 2008 Australian Open final as an unseeded player, defeating four seeded players (including world No. 2 Rafael Nadal) en route. He followed by winning his first Masters title at the 2008 Paris Masters, and reached the final of the 2011 ATP Finals. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tsonga won the silver medal in men's doubles partnering Michaël Llodra. He claimed his second Masters title at the 2014 Canadian Open, defeating four top-ten players en route. Tsonga also reached the final of the 2011 Paris Masters and the 2015 Shanghai Masters. In dou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucas Pouille
Lucas Pouille (, born 23 February 1994) is a French professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 10, achieved on 19 March 2018 and a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 79, achieved on 11 April 2016. He has won five singles titles on the ATP Tour and was on the winning French Davis Cup team in 2017. Personal life Pouille's mother is a Swedish-speaking Finn from Närpes. He has two brothers, and his family is located in the North of France, at Loon-Plage near Dunkerque. He married his long-time girlfriend Clémence Bertrand in September 2019 and their daughter Rose was born in January 2021. He moved to Dubai in 2015 but came back to France (Rennes) in 2020. Le Coq Sportif and Babolat are his current sponsors. Career 2009 In 2009, Pouille played (only the singles events of) two tournaments, both of them ITF Men's Circuit tournaments held in France. 2010 In 2010, Pouille played (only the singles events of) five tournaments – an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugo Gaston
Hugo Gaston (; born 26 September 2000) is a French tennis player. His career high ATP rankings#Current ranking, ATP ranking in singles is world No. 58, which he achieved on 11 July 2022, and in doubles is world No. 220, which he achieved on 16 May 2022. He won the 2018 Australian Open – Boys' doubles title with compatriot Clément Tabur. Junior career In December 2017, Gaston won the Orange Bowl (tennis), Orange Bowl International Tennis Championship. In 2018, Gaston won the Boys' Doubles at the 2018 Australian Open, Australian Open with fellow countryman Clément Tabur. The same year, he was named flag bearer for France at the Youth Summer Olympics in Buenos Aires. There, Gaston captured his first singles major title as well as two bronze medals, with Clément Tabur in the boys' doubles and with Clara Burel in the mixed doubles. He achieved a junior career-high ranking of No.2 the next week. Gaston also qualified for the ITF Junior Masters, where he reached the semifinals, lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Martínez (tennis)
Pedro Martínez Portero (; born 26 April 1997) is a Spanish professional tennis player. During his junior career, he won the junior Davis Cup 2013. Martínez has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 40 achieved on 9 May 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 53 achieved on 9 May 2022. Professional career 2018: ATP debut Martínez made his ATP main draw debut at the 2018 Grand Prix Hassan II after qualifying for the singles main draw. 2019-2020: Major singles & doubles debut, top 100 singles debut Martínez made his Grand Slam debut in the main draw at the 2019 French Open in singles and at the 2020 French Open in doubles with Christian Garin. He reached his first ATP quarterfinal in his career at the ATP 500 2020 Rio Open in Brazil defeating Hugo Dellien and Pablo Andujar. In June, he made the third round of the 2020 French Open in singles, his best Grand Slam result thus far. As a result he entered the top 100 in singles at World No. 9 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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