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2022 Georgia's Rome Challenger
The 2022 Georgia's Rome Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2022 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Rome, Georgia, United States between July 11 and July 17, 2022. Singles main draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings as of June 27, 2022. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Michael Mmoh * Govind Nanda * Sam Riffice The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt: * Juan Pablo Ficovich The following players received entry into the singles main draw as alternates: * Hady Habib * Shintaro Mochizuki The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Strong Kirchheimer * Patrick Kypson * Michail Pervolarakis * Shang Juncheng * Ben Shelton * Donald Young Champions Singles * Wu Yibing def. Ben Shelton 7–5, 6–3. Doubles * Enzo Couacaud / Andrew Harris def ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hard Court
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 concrete, 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 found ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Govind Nanda
Govind Nanda (born February 17, 2001) is an American tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of No. 339 achieved on October 3, 2022, and a career-high doubles ranking of No. 497 achieved on August 8, 2022. Personal life Nanda is of Indian heritage. The son of Meena and Rajesh Nanda, he has a sister called Shyamlee. He grew up in Redlands, California before moving to Cerritos, California to be nearer to his training facilities at the USTA centre in Carson. He and his sister started playing tennis at Clement Middle School in Redlands. Nanda attended Laurel Springs School in Ojai, California, before attending University of California, Los Angeles. Career Nanda reached the final of the Wimbledon boys doubles in 2019 losing to Jonáš Forejtek and Jiří Lehečka partnering Liam Draxl Liam Draxl (born December 5, 2001) is a Canadian tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 142, achieved on 5 May 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 112, ach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reese Stalder
Reese Stalder (born 12 November 1996) is an American tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career high ATP has doubles ranking of No. 60 achieved on 4 December 2023. He also has a career high singles ranking of No. 956 achieved on 28 June 2021. Stalder has won 11 ATP Challenger Tour doubles titles, nine of them with Evan King. Career He played college tennis at Texas Christian University. 2021: Maiden Challenger title He won his maiden Challenger doubles title at the 2021 Puerto Vallarta Open with Gijs Brouwer. 2023-24: ATP, top 100 and Major debut and third round He made his ATP doubles debut at the 2023 Delray Beach Open where he reached the semifinals partnering 2023 Australian Open winner Rinky Hijikata and defeating second seeded pair of Jamie Murray and Michael Venus in the quarterfinals. He reached the final defeating Mexican duo Hans Hach Verdugo and Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela. As a result, he moved into the top 110 at a new career high on 20 February 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruben Gonzales (tennis)
Ruben Gonzales (born September 11, 1985) is an American-born Filipino peoples, Filipino professional tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On May 6, 2013, he reached his highest Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of 766 and his highest doubles ranking of 122 achieved on August 29, 2022. Personal life Gonzales was born in Chicago and raised in Terre Haute, Indiana. His parents are from the Philippines and he has two siblings who he watched play tennis. At eight years old, he wanted to become a professional tennis player. For a time, he lived in Manila, where he spent some of his high school years. In 2019, he proposed to his girlfriend, race car driver Michele Bumgarner. Career College In his rookie season, he won the 2005 Big Ten singles consolation championship. He was also named as an ITA Scholar-Athlete. In his sophomore was selected to the Academic All-Big Ten team while having the highest GPA on the team. A lung injury, spontaneous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Young (tennis)
Donald Oliver Young Jr. (born July 23, 1989) is an American professional pickleball player with the American PPA Tour and Major League Pickleball, and also a former professional tennis player. Young had a tennis career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of No. 38, achieved on 27 February 2012, and doubles ranking of world No. 43, achieved on 14 August 2017. As a junior he was ranked No. 1 in the world in 2005. His best singles performance was reaching the fourth round of the 2011 US Open – Men's singles, 2011 US Open, as well as the 2015 US Open – Men's singles, 2015 US Open. In doubles, he reached the final of the 2017 French Open, partnering Santiago González (tennis), Santiago González. In mixed doubles, he reached the final of the 2024 US Open (tennis), 2024 US Open, partnering Taylor Townsend (tennis), Taylor Townsend. Early life Young began playing tennis at age three with mother, Illona, and father, Donald sr., who are both tennis teaching ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Shelton (tennis)
Benjamin Todd Shelton (born October 9, 2002) is an American professional tennis player. Shelton has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 10 by the ATP, achieved on 16 June 2025. He has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 68 achieved on 20 May 2024. Shelton has won two singles titles on the ATP Tour, and reached two major semifinals at the 2023 US Open and at the 2025 Australian Open. Shelton won the 2016 USTA junior national championship in doubles. He played college tennis for the Florida Gators. As a true freshman in 2021, he clinched the Gators’ first team national championship with his victory at fifth singles; the following year, he won the men's singles title at the 2022 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships. That same year, he was named the ITA National Player of the Year. Shelton made his ATP Tour debut in July 2022 at the Atlanta Open, where he won his opening match. The next week, he played in the Cincinnati Masters, reaching the third round, highlig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shang Juncheng
Shang Juncheng (; also known as Jerry Shang; born 2 February 2005) is a Chinese professional tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 47 on 21 October 2024. He is the current No. 2 Chinese player. In July 2021, he reached No. 1 in the ITF junior rankings. Personal life Shang currently trains and lives at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. He is coached by Martin Alund. Shang is the son of former national footballer Shang Yi and former table tennis world champion Wu Na. Career 2019: First ITF Junior title In 2019, Shang was the first player born in 2005 to win a tournament on the ITF Junior Circuit. 2021: Major Junior finalist Shang played in the French Open and reached the quarterfinals, in which he lost to Sean Cuenin in two sets. He also played in the Wimbledon Junior Event and reached the semifinals. He lost to Victor Lilov in two sets. In the US Open Junior Event, he reached the final and lost to Daniel Rincón in two sets (2–6 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michail Pervolarakis
Michail Pervolarakis (born 6 June 1996) is a Cypriot-born Greek tennis player. Pervolarakis has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 366 achieved on 10 January 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 157 achieved on 14 November 2022. Pervolarakis represents Greece at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 3–3. College career Pervolarakis played college tennis at the University of Portland The University of Portland (UP) is a private Catholic university in Portland, Oregon, United States. It was founded in 1901 and is affiliated with the Congregation of Holy Cross, which also founded UP's sister school, the University of Notre Da ..., winning WCC player of the year in 2017 and 2018. Professional career He made his ATP debut at the 2022 Winston-Salem Open as a lucky loser. Tour finals Singles 6 (3–3) Doubles 17 (11–6) Personal life Pervolarakis has a wife, Amelia, and a daughter, Eleonora. References External link ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Kypson
Patrick Kypson (born 28 October 1999) is an American professional tennis player. Kypson has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 133 achieved on 1 April 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 577 achieved on 27 May 2019. Career 2017: Major debut Kypson made his Grand Slam main draw debut at the 2017 US Open after receiving a wildcard for winning the under-18 boys championship. In November 2017, Kypson won his first title on the ITF Men's Circuit in Niceville, Florida, beating Sekou Bangoura in the final. 2023: French Open wildcard and first Challenger title, top 200 Kypson received a wildcard for the 2023 French Open after winning the USTA's Roland Garros Wildcard Challenge. In July, Kypson won his first Challenger title in Medellín, Colombia, beating Benjamin Lock in the final. 2024: First ATP win & quarterfinal, top 150 & Masters debuts For his debut at the Australian Open, he received a wildcard. Ranked No. 155, he also entered as a wildcard at the 2024 Delra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strong Kirchheimer
Strong Kirchheimer (born 26 April 1995) is an American tennis player. Kirchheimer has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 375 achieved on 6 November 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 491 achieved on 20 September 2021. Professional career Kirchheimer made his ATP main draw debut at the 2023 Winston-Salem Open after entering the singles main draw as a lucky loser directly into the second round after the withdrawal of 11th seed Daniel Altmaier. For a second year in a row, ranked No. 495, he entered the main draw of the 2024 Winston-Salem Open after qualifying as an alternate, with wins over another alternate player Ryan Fishback and sixth qualifying seed Thai-Son Kwiatkowski. College career Kirchheimer played college tennis at Northwestern University Northwestern University (NU) is a Private university, private research university in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Established in 1851 to serve the historic Northwest Territory, it is t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shintaro Mochizuki
Shintaro Mochizuki (Japanese: 望月 慎太郎, ''Mochizuki Shintarō'', born 2 June 2003) is a Japanese professional tennis player. He has an ATP career-high singles ranking of world No. 129 achieved on 6 November 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 371 achieved on 18 October 2021. He is currently the No. 4 Japanese player. Mochizuki became the first Japanese male player in history to win a Grand Slam boys’ singles title at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships. As a teen, Mochizuki achieved a career-high ITF junior combined ranking of No. 1 on 15 July 2019. Early life Shintaro Mochizuki was born on June 2, 2003, in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan. His name "Shintaro" was given by his father, inspired by the novelist and politician Shintaro Ishihara. He started playing tennis at the age of 3. As a fifth grader, he represented Kawasaki Municipal Mukai Elementary School at the 32nd First Life National Elementary School Tennis Championship and managed to reach the semifinals. At the age of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hady Habib
Hady Habib (; born 21 August 1998) is an American-born Lebanese professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 159 achieved on 5 May 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 274 achieved on 23 December 2024. Habib won one ATP Challenger Tour singles and three doubles titles. He is currently the No. 1 player from Lebanon. Early life Habib was born in Houston to a Lebanese father and an American Iranian mother. Habib is fluent in English and Arabic. At the age of six he moved to Beirut, Lebanon with his family and began playing tennis there at nine years old. Along with tennis, Habib also played basketball and competed in swimming competitions while based in Lebanon. As a 12 year old he returned to the United States in an attempt to further his tennis prospects and first based himself in southern California before settling in Florida at the IMG Academy. College In 2021, Habib graduated with a degree in Sports Management from Texas A&M University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
