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2022 San Marcos Open Aguascalientes
The 2022 San Marcos Open Aguascalientes was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 1st edition of the tournament which was part of the 2022 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Aguascalientes, Mexico between 18 and 24 April 2022. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings as of April 11, 2022. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Diego Balderas * Rodrigo Pacheco Méndez * Shang Juncheng The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt: * Antoine Bellier The following players received entry into the singles main draw as alternates: * Viktor Durasovic * Bernard Tomic The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Nicolás Barrientos * Elmar Ejupovic * Adrián Menéndez Maceiras * Shintaro Mochizuki * Akira Santillan * Matías Zukas The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * Malek Jaziri Champions Singles * Marc-Andrea H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clay Court
A clay court is one of the types of tennis court on which the sport of tennis is played. Clay courts are built on a foundation of crushed stone, brick, shale, and other construction aggregate, aggregate, with a thin layer of fine clay particles on top. Clay courts are more common in Continental Europe and Latin America than in North America, Asia-Pacific or Britain. The only Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournament that uses clay courts is the French Open. Clay courts come in the more common #Red clay, red clay (known in France as ''terre battue''), which is actually crushed brick, and the slightly harder #Green clay, green clay, which is actually crushed metabasalt. Although slightly less expensive to construct than other types of tennis courts, clay requires much maintenance: the surface must be watered and rolled regularly to preserve texture and flatness, and brushed carefully before and during each match. Early history Clay courts, although now commonly associated with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Pablo Ficovich
Juan Pablo Ficovich (born 24 January 1997) is an Argentine professional tennis player. He has a career high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of World No. 125 achieved on 25 July 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 360 achieved on 1 August 2022. Career 2020-2021: ATP and Top 200 debuts, First Challenger title Ficovich made his ATP main draw debut at the 2020 Córdoba Open after qualifying for the singles main draw, defeating Pedro Sousa and Filip Horanský, but losing with Gianluca Mager in the first round. A few weeks later, Juan Pablo reached the Challenger final at the 2020 Morelos Open, the second of his career, where he lost in three sets to Jurij Rodionov. He won his first singles ATP challenger title at the 2021 São Paulo Challenger de Tênis. 2022-2023: First ATP win, top 125 debut In 2022 Córdoba Open, Córdoba, he defeated compatriot Federico Coria in the first round for his first ATP main draw match win as a qualifier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Divij Sharan
Divij Sharan (born 2 March 1986) is an Indian professional tennis player. He specialises in doubles and competes on the ATP World Tour. He has won five ATP doubles titles and represents India in the Davis Cup. He won a gold medal in the men's doubles at the 2018 Asian Games. Early and Personal life Sharan was born in New Delhi. He began playing tennis at the age of seven at a local tennis academy. His favorite surfaces are grass and hard courts. His overall favorite shot is the volley. His idols growing up were Roger Federer, Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes. He married British tennis player Samantha Murray in July 2019. Junior career Sharan's best junior world doubles ranking was No. 5 in 2003. His best result in Grand Slam junior championships was his semifinal appearance at the 2004 French Open where he partnered with compatriot Tushar Liberhan. Professional career Early years Sharan turned pro in 2004. He found limited success in singles and developed as doubles spec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gonçalo Oliveira
Gonzalo Oliveira (born 17 February 1995 as Gonçalo Oliveira) is a Portuguese-born tennis player who currently represents Venezuela and plays on the ATP Challenger Tour. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 194 achieved on 25 December 2017. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 77 achieved on 24 August 2020. He is currently the No. 1 Venezuelan player. Career On 18 March 2019, Olivera reached the top 100 in the doubles rankings at world No. 99, the seventh Portuguese player to accomplish the feat. In November 2024, he captured his maiden ATP Challenger Tour singles title at the inaugural edition of the 2024 Brazzaville Challenger, becoming the first player representing Venezuela to win a Challenger title in 24 years, since Jimy Szymanski in Tulsa in 2000. A month later, he reached his second Challenger singles final at the 2024 Manzanillo Open, where he lost to Mats Rosenkranz. Oliveira was provisionally suspended from professional tennis by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malek Jaziri
Malek Jaziri (; born January 20, 1984) is a Tunisian former professional tennis player. Jaziri reached his highest singles ranking on the ATP Tour of World 42 in January 2019. He primarily played on the Futures circuit and the Challenger circuit. He reached the final of the 2018 Istanbul Open, the semifinals in Moscow in 2012, Winston-Salem in 2015, Dubai in 2018 and the quarterfinals in Dubai in 2014. Jaziri has been a member of the Tunisia Davis Cup team since 2000, posting an 33–15 record in singles and a 10–14 record in doubles in 41 ties. Jaziri was coached by Tunisian legend Haythem Abid on and off throughout his career. He is currently coaching Vasek Pospisil and is the captain of Tunisia’s Davis Cup team. Career 2010 He appeared in the qualifying draw at the 2010 Australian Open, losing in the first round to Michał Przysiężny of Poland. 2011: Grand Slam debut Jaziri qualified for the 2011 US Open, defeating Brian Dabul, Michael Ryderstedt, and Gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akira Santillan
is an Australian tennis player. He represents Australia in competitions, though he played for Japan from 2015 to 2017. Early life Santillan was born in Tokyo to a Japanese mother and a South African father. He lived the first 8 years of his life in Japan before his family relocated to the Gold Coast, Australia and became citizens. He played much of his junior tennis at the Gold Coast before moving to Brisbane to join the national academy program at the Queensland Tennis Centre. Junior career On the junior tour, Santillan has a career high ITF junior ranking of 7 achieved in September 2015. Santillan's major highlights on the junior tour included a semi-final at the 2015 Australian Open and doubles finals at the 2014 French Open and the 2015 Wimbledon Championships. In March 2015, Santillan opted to play under the Japanese flag instead due to a fractious relationship with Tennis Australia Tennis Australia Limited is the governing body for tennis in Australia. It is ow ... [...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] |
Adrián Menéndez Maceiras
Adrián Menéndez Maceiras (; born 28 October 1985) is a Spanish former tennis player. He has a career high-ranking singles of World No. 111, achieved in June 2015. Menéndez Maceiras has reached the finals of fourteen Futures tournaments, winning nine of them. He has won four Challenger tournaments, lifting his maiden title at the 2007 Open Diputación Challenger in Pozoblanco, Spain defeating Dudi Sela David "Dudi" Sela (; born 4 April 1985) is an Israeli former professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 29 in July 2009. Sela won the French Open 2003 junior doubles title. Representing Israel Davis Cup te ... in the final. Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour finals Singles: 32 (13–19) Doubles: 35 (16–19) Notes References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Menendez Maceiras, Adrian 1985 births Living people Sportspeople from Marbella Spanish male tennis players Tennis players from Andalusia 21st-centu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Tomic
Bernard Tomic (; , ; born 21 October 1992) is an Australian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 17 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Tomic has won four singles titles on the ATP Tour. As a junior, Tomic enjoyed a successful career in which he won an Dunlop Orange Bowl, Orange Bowl title and two junior Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam singles titles, the 2008 Australian Open and 2009 US Open (tennis), 2009 US Open. As a professional, Tomic has won the 2013 Apia International Sydney – Men's singles, 2013 Sydney International, 2014 Claro Open Colombia – Singles, 2014 and 2015 Claro Open Colombia – Singles, 2015 Colombia Open, as well as the 2018 Chengdu Open – Singles, 2018 Chengdu Open. He made a final appearance at the 2016 Abierto Mexicano Telcel, 2016 Mexican Open and a quarterfinal appearance at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles, 2011 Wimbledon Championships, the 2015 BNP Paribas Open – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viktor Durasovic
Viktor Durasovic (; born 19 March 1997) is a Norwegian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 236, which he achieved on 16 June 2025. He also attained his career-high doubles ranking of No. 157 on 20 February 2023. He is currently the No. 2 singles player from Norway. He represented Norway at the 2020 and the 2022 ATP Cups, and at the 2023 and the 2025 United Cups. Background Durasovic is of Bosnian Serbian origin. Career Durasovic made the semifinals of the 2014 US Open boys' doubles competition where he partnered Nicolae Frunză. Playing for Norway in Davis Cup, Durasovic has a W/L record of 11–10 in singles and 5–8 in doubles. In August 2019, Durasovic reached his first ATP Challenger final at the 2019 Tilia Slovenia Open, where he lost 5–7, 3–6 to Slovenian Aljaž Bedene. Durasovic qualified for his first ATP Tour tournament at the 2021 Stockholm Open where he lost in the first round to wildcard and former world ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoine Bellier
Antoine Bellier (born 18 October 1996) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 168, achieved on 10 April 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 331 achieved on 22 April 2024. Bellier has won one ATP Challenger and four ITF singles titles as well as twelve doubles titles on the ITF Men's Circuit. Bellier represented Switzerland in Davis Cup, where he has a win–loss record of 1–4. He had a serve-and-volley style of play. Career 2016: ATP debut Bellier made his ATP main draw debut at the 2016 Swiss Open Gstaad, receiving singles and doubles main draw wildcards. 2022: First ATP semifinal & Top 200 debut Ranked No. 303 at the 2022 Mallorca Championships Bellier recorded his second ATP win over Federico Delbonis as a qualifier. He went one step further to defeat fourth seed Pablo Carreno Busta and reach his first ATP quarterfinal. He defeated Tallon Griekspoor to reach his first ATP semifinal in his career. He became the l ... [...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] |
