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2022 European Open
The 2022 European Open (tennis) , European Open was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the seventh edition of the European Open (tennis), European Open and part of the ATP Tour 250 series of the 2022 ATP Tour. It took place at the Lotto Arena in Antwerp, Belgium, from 17 October until 23 October 2022. Champions Singles * Félix Auger-Aliassime def. Sebastian Korda, 6–3, 6–4 Doubles * Tallon Griekspoor / Botic van de Zandschulp def. Rohan Bopanna / Matwé Middelkoop, 3–6, 6–3, [10–5] Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * Rankings are as of 10 October 2022 Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Gilles-Arnaud Bailly * Michael Geerts * Stan Wawrinka The following player was accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking: * Dominic Thiem The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Jesper de Jong * Dominic Stricker * Luca Van Assche * Tim v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ATP Tour 250
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 (tennis), Grand Slam/major tournaments, ATP Finals, ATP Masters 1000 tournaments, ATP 1000 tournaments, and ATP 500 tournaments, ATP 500 tournaments. As of 2024 ATP Tour, 2024, the series included 38 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. In 2025 ATP Tour, 2025, the series includes only 30 tournaments after the retirement of three tournaments (Atlanta, Córdoba and Lyon), the downgrade of two (Estoril and Newport) and the upgrade of three tournaments to the 500 level (Dallas, Doha and Munich). Thomas Muster holds the record for most singles titles at 26, while Mike Bryan holds the record for most doub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Manuel Guinard
Manuel Guinard (born 15 November 1995) is a French professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 36 on 14 April 2025 and a career-high singles ranking of world No. 134 on 31 October 2022. Guinard won his first ATP Tour title at the 2025 Monte-Carlo Masters in doubles, partnering with Romain Arneodo. He also competes on the ATP Challenger Tour, where he has won 15 doubles titles and 2 singles titles. Early life Born in Saint-Malo, Guinard began playing tennis at the age of 5-6 at the TCJA Saint-Malo under the guidance of his first coach, Olivier Courteau. At 12, he joined a tennis-studies program in Quimperlé, where he trained from 5th to 3rd grade. He later spent four seasons at the French Tennis Academy near Gorron, Mayenne. Driven by his passion for tennis, he aimed to build a career as a professional player, setting long-term goals such as breaking into the Top 100 worldwide. Early international experiences included Futures and Chal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoffrey Blancaneaux
Geoffrey Blancaneaux (born 8 August 1998) is a French professional tennis player who competes on the ATP Challenger Tour. He has a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of World No. 134 achieved on 14 November 2022 and a doubles ranking of No. 115 achieved on 19 May 2025. Junior career Blancaneaux won the 2016 French Open – Boys' singles, 2016 French Open boys' singles title, defeating Félix Auger-Aliassime in the final after saving three championship points. Professional career 2017: Grand Slam debut In September 2017, Blancaneaux made his Grand Slam debut, after receiving a wildcard to enter the main draw at the 2017 US Open – Men's singles, US Open. 2021: Maiden Challenger title In December 2021, Blancaneaux won his maiden ATP Challenger Tour, Challenger singles tournament at the Maia Challenger, defeating Tseng Chun-hsin in the finals. 2022-2024: French Open, Masters and top 150 debuts Seeded No. 190 at the 2022 French Open he qualified t ... [...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] |
Luca Van Assche
Luca Van Assche (; born 11 May 2004) is a French professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 63, achieved on 23 October 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 335, achieved on 9 January 2023. Career Juniors Van Assche won the 2021 French Open Boys' Singles title, defeating fellow countryman Arthur Fils in the final. 2022: ATP, Major doubles debuts, Maiden Challenger title and top 150 In January 2022, ranked No. 445, Van Assche received a wildcard for the qualifying event at the 2022 Open Sud de France but lost to Roman Safiullin. He also made his ATP main draw doubles debut after receiving a wildcard into the main draw with Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg where they defeated David Vega Hernandez and Denys Molchanov to win their first ATP tour level match. He also made his Grand Slam debut in doubles at the French Open as a wildcard pair partnering also Gueymard Wayenburg. In October, Van Assche reached his first singles final on the ATP Chall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominic Stricker
Dominic Stephan Stricker (; born 16 August 2002) is a Swiss professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 88 achieved on 2 October 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 161 achieved on 27 June 2022. He is currently the No. 5 Swiss player. On the junior tour, he had a career high junior ranking of No. 8, achieved on 3 February 2020. Junior career Stricker won the 2020 French Open boys' singles title, defeating compatriot Leandro Riedi in the final. He also won the 2020 French Open boys' doubles title, partnering Flavio Cobolli. Professional career 2021: Maiden ATP doubles title, ATP & Top 250 debut in singles, Top 200 in doubles In March, ranked No. 874 in the world, he received a wildcard entry into the 2021 BSI Challenger Lugano, Switzerland. He won the tournament, defeating Vitaliy Sachko in straight sets in the final. He became the 3rd youngest Swiss player after Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka to win an ATP Challenger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesper De Jong
Jesper de Jong (born 31 May 2000) is a Dutch tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 87, achieved on 19 May 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 135, achieved on 23 May 2022. He is the current Dutch No. 2 singles player. De Jong has won three singles and seven doubles titles on the ATP Challenger Tour. Early life and background De Jong was born in Haarlem and lives in Hoofddorp. He began playing tennis at the age of five. In his youth, he trained at Zwaanshoek Tennis & Padel. His tennis idol was Roger Federer. De Jong and his grandfather, Jan, who died in October 2023, had dreamed of playing in a Grand Slam. After qualifying for the main draw of the 2024 Australian Open, de Jong got a tattoo to commemorate his late grandfather. Professional career 2021: Maiden Challenger titles, top 250 debut In March 2021, de Jong won his first Challenger doubles title at the Saint Petersburg Challenger II with Sem Verbeek. In May, he won his second Challenger doubl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominic Thiem
Dominic Thiem (; born 3 September 1993) is an Austrian former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 3 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved in March 2020. Thiem won 17 ATP Tour-level singles titles, including a major at the 2020 US Open. He finished runner-up at three other majors, the 2018 and 2019 French Opens and the 2020 Australian Open. Thiem was also runner-up at the 2019 and 2020 ATP Finals. As a junior, Thiem was ranked as high as world No. 2. He was runner-up at the 2011 French Open boys tournament, and won the 2011 Orange Bowl. As a professional, he broke into the top 100 for the first time in 2014. In 2015, he won his first ATP title at the 2015 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur. He reached his first major semifinal at the 2016 French Open. In doing so, he first entered the top ten in the ATP rankings. He went on to reach his first Masters 1000 final in 2017 at the Madrid Open, then reaching his first majo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stan Wawrinka
Stanislas "Stan" Wawrinka (; born 28 March 1985) is a Swiss professional tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 3 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), first achieved on 27 January 2014. Wawrinka has won 16 ATP Tour-level singles titles, including three majors at the 2014 Australian Open, 2015 French Open and the 2016 US Open, where he defeated the world No. 1 player in the final on all three occasions. He has also won an Olympic gold medal in men's doubles at the 2008 Beijing Olympics partnering Roger Federer, and was pivotal in the Swiss team's victory at the 2014 Davis Cup. Wawrinka's other achievements include reaching the final of the 2017 French Open, winning a Masters 1000 title at the 2014 Monte-Carlo Masters, and reaching three other Masters finals (at 2008 Rome, 2013 Madrid and 2017 Indian Wells). He considers clay his best and favorite surface, and his serve and backhand his best shots. John McEnroe once said that Wawrinka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Geerts
Michael Geerts (born 17 January 1995) is a Belgian tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 212 achieved on 3 April 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 162 achieved on 17 October 2022. Geerts competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour. Career Geerts made his ATP main draw debut at the 2020 European Open in the doubles draw partnering Yannick Mertens. In 2022, he won two Challenger titles in doubles: in Cassis with Joran Vliegen and in Ismaning with Patrik Niklas-Salminen. He took part in the Belgium Davis Cup team The Belgium men's national tennis team represents Belgium in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Royal Belgian Tennis Federation. History Belgium competed in its first Davis Cup in 1904 when it achieved its best result until 2 ... in 2021 against Bolivia and in 2022 against France. ATP Challenger and ITF Tour Finals Singles: 17 (10–7) Performance timeline Singles References Exte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilles-Arnaud Bailly
Gilles-Arnaud Bailly (born 19 September 2005) is a Belgian tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 468, achieved on 13 November 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 1723, achieved on 27 February 2023. Bailly had a ITF junior combined ranking of No. 1, achieved on 28 November 2022. Career Juniors Bailly was a runner-up at the 2022 French Open and the 2022 US Open in the boys' singles competition. 2022-2025: ATP debut He made his debut at the 2022 European Open where he received a main draw wildcard but lost in the first round to compatriot David Goffin despite playing for more than three hours and winning the second set. He also received a wildcard for the qualifying competition at the 2023 European Open in Antwerp. He qualified for his second ATP main draw at his home tournament, the 2024 European Open but lost to Daniel Altmaier Daniel Altmaier (; born 12 September 1998) is a German professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
