2022 Yokkaichi Challenger
The 2022 Yokkaichi Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 2nd edition of the tournament which was part of the 2022 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Yokkaichi, Japan between 21 and 27 November 2022. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 14 November 2022. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Shinji Hazawa * Shintaro Imai * Naoki Nakagawa The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking: * Yūichi Sugita The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Lee Duck-hee * Yuki Mochizuki * Makoto Ochi * Keisuke Saitoh * Shuichi Sekiguchi * Colin Sinclair The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * James Trotter Champions Singles * Yosuke Watanuki def. Frederico Ferreira Silva Frederico Ferreira "Kiko" Silva (born 18 March 1995) is a Portuguese tennis player who currently plays at IT ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yokkaichi
is a city located in Mie Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 310,259 in 142162 households and a population density of 1500 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Yokkaichi is located in north-central of Mie Prefecture, part of the northeastern Kii Peninsula. It stretches the width of Mie Prefecture, and is bordered by Ise Bay on the Pacific Ocean to the east, and Shiga Prefecture to the northwest. Neighboring municipalities Mie Prefecture * Kuwana * Suzuka * Inabe * Komono * Asahi * Kawagoe * Tōin Shiga Prefecture * Kōka Climate Yokkaichi has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Yokkaichi is . The average annual rainfall is with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around , and lowest in January, at around . Demographics Per Japanese census data, the popula ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dane Sweeny
Dane Sweeny (born 12 February 2001) is an Australian professional tennis player. Sweeny made his ATP Tour debut at the 2021 Great Ocean Road Open after receiving a wild card into the main draw. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 247 achieved on 3 October 2022 and a doubles ranking of No. 165 achieved on 3 October 2022. Personal life In August 2015, Sweeny represented Australia at the ITF World Junior Tennis Finals in Prostejov, Czech Republic. Career 2018–2020: Career Beginnings Sweeny made his ITF Men's World Tennis Tour main draw debut in Mornington, Victoria in March 2018 and his ATP Challenger Tour main draw debut in October 2019 in Traralgon. 2021: ATP debut In January 2021, Sweeny made the third and final round of the 2021 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying. Sweeny was awarded a wild card into the 2021 Great Ocean Road Open, where he made his ATP tour main draw debut. Sweeny defeated Nam Ji-sung in the first round before losing to Aljaz B ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Masamichi Imamura
Masamichi Imamura (born 23 November 1998) is a Japanese tennis player. Imamura has a career high ATP ATP may refer to: Companies and organizations * Association of Tennis Professionals, men's professional tennis governing body * American Technical Publishers, employee-owned publishing company * ', a Danish pension * Armenia Tree Project, non ... singles ranking of 595 achieved on 18 March 2019. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 349 achieved on 28 November 2022. Imamura made his ATP main draw debut at the 2023 Japan Open Tennis Championships after qualifying for the doubles main draw with Taisei Ichikawa. References External links * * 1998 births Living people Japanese male tennis players Sportspeople from Osaka Prefecture {{Japan-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Frederico Ferreira Silva
Frederico Ferreira "Kiko" Silva (born 18 March 1995) is a Portuguese tennis player who currently plays at ITF Men's Circuit and ATP Challenger Tour. In May 2021, Silva reached a career singles high ranking of No. 168. He also reached a career-high of No. 242 in doubles in August 2016. In 2012, Silva became the first Portuguese player to win a Grand Slam title with the win at the US Open junior doubles tournament, teaming with Brit Kyle Edmund. In 2013, he would repeat the feat at the French Open junior doubles with Edmund. He reached a junior high world no. 6 in January 2012. Juniors Silva began his junior career in 2009. In May 2010, he won his first singles and doubles titles in a Grade 4 tournament at Istanbul, Turkey. Silva made his debut at Junior Grand Slams at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, reaching the 3rd round. Silva was also the runner-up in the 2012 European Junior Championship (U18 division). Professional career 2010 In 2010, Silva made his ITF Men's Circuit deb ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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James Trotter (tennis)
James Kent Trotter (born 29 July 1999) is a Japanese tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 272 achieved on 17 June 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 145 achieved on 12 August 2024. Trotter has won one singles and three ATP Challenger doubles titles. Professional career He won the Challenger doubles titles at the 2023 Columbus Challenger with Robert Cash, at the 2024 Cleveland Open with George Goldhoff, and at the 2024 Tyler Tennis Championships with Hans Hach Verdugo Hans Hach Verdugo (born 11 November 1989) is a Mexican tennis player. Hach Verdugo has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 60 achieved on 11 July 2022. He has a career high singles ranking of World No. 528 achieved on 20 July 2015. .... At the same tournament in Tyler, Texas, he also won his first ATP Challenger singles title. College career Trotter played college tennis at Ohio State, where he won the NCAA Division I tennis men's doubles championship in 2023. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Colin Sinclair (tennis)
Colin Sinclair (born December 19, 1994) is a Northern Mariana Islander tennis player. He achieved a career best singles ranking of world No. 410 on 5 August 2019, and a career high doubles ranking of world No. 251 on 20 February 2023. He has won 2 singles titles on the ITF Futures Tour. Additionally, he has won 6 doubles titles on the ITF Futures The ITF World Tennis Tour (formerly known as the ''ITF Men's World Tennis Tour'', and previously ''ITF Men's Circuit'') is a series of professional tennis tournaments held around the world that are organized by the International Tennis Federation. ... Tour. He represents his country in Davis Cup as part of the Pacific Oceania team since 2017 and has a career record of 18–5 (13–3 in singles, 5–2 in doubles) in the competition. He has been coached by Jeff Race, Ian Malpass, and Silviu Tanasoiu. ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals Singles: 10 (2–8) Doubles: 14 (7–7) References External links * ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lee Duck-hee
Lee Duck-hee (이덕희; born 29 May 1998) is a South Korean professional tennis player. He has won 10 titles on the ITF Junior Circuit as a teenager, including Grade 2 tournaments in Nanjing and Sarawak. Personal life Lee was born deaf. On the tennis court, he can hear vibrations, but must rely on hand gestures to pick up line calls and the umpire. In 2015, his story was included during a campaign for the ANZ Bank ANZ may refer to: People * Anz (musician), a British DJ and electronic musician Banks * ANZ (bank), Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, the fourth-largest bank in Australia ** ANZ Bank New Zealand, the largest bank in New Zealand ..., which was a sponsor for the Australian Open that year. Professional career He turned pro in 2013. He played his first Challenger match at age 14. In August 2019 he became the first deaf player to compete in and win a match in the main draw of an ATP tournament with a win over Henri Laaksonen at the Winston- ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yūichi Sugita
is a Japanese tennis player. He has won one ATP singles title, and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 36 on 9 October 2017. Career Juniors As a junior Sugita compiled a win–loss record of 34–19 (and 26–18 in doubles), reaching as high as No. 73 in the combined world rankings in February 2006. He competed in singles and doubles at the Australian Open in both 2005 and 2006, reaching the singles second round of the latter. 2007–09 Sugita had won eight ITF Futures titles in Japan and Indonesia. From 2009, he started to play mainly in ATP Challenger Tour. Sugita was received wildcard for the 2008 Japan Open to make his first ATP main draw. He finished 2009 as ranked world no.299. 2010 After reaching semifinal in Bernie Challenger, Sugita claimed his first challenger title in Kyoto. He defeated Australian Matthew Ebden in final, and he break him into world top 200 for the first time as ranked no.186. Sugita advanced to final round of qualifying in the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Naoki Nakagawa
is a Japanese tennis player. Nakagawa has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No, 531 achieved on 24 July 2017. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 726 achieved on 30. July 2018. As a junior, Nakagawa reached his highest ranking of number 9 in the world in the combined singles and doubles ITF junior ranking system. His junior tenure was highlighted and capped off by winning the boys' doubles title at the 2014 US Open where he alongside Australia's Omar Jasika defeated the Brazilian duo or Joao Menezes and Rafael Matos in straight sets ''6–3, 7–6(8–6)''. Nakagawa has reached 7 singles finals, with a record of 2 wins and 5 losses. Additionally, he has reached 5 doubles finals with a record of 2 wins and 3 losses. All 12 combined final appearances he has made come at the ITF Futures The ITF World Tennis Tour (formerly known as the ''ITF Men's World Tennis Tour'', and previously ''ITF Men's Circuit'') is a series of professional tennis tourn ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shinji Hazawa
is a Japanese tennis player. Hazawa has a career high ATP singles ranking of 501 achieved on 27 February 2023. He also has a career high doubles ranking of 249 achieved on 17 April 2023. Hazawa has won 1 ATP Challenger doubles title at the 2022 Kobe Challenger with Yuta Shimizu Yuta Shimizu (born 9 June 1999) is a Japanese tennis player. Shimizu has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 241 achieved on 19 June 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 143 achieved on 12 June 2023. Shimizu repr .... Tour finals Singles 2 (1–1) Doubles 15 (7–8) References External links * * 1999 births Living people Japanese male tennis players Sportspeople from Hyōgo Prefecture 21st-century Japanese people Universiade medalists in tennis Universiade bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2021 Summer Universiade Tennis players at the 2022 Asian Games {{Japan-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lý Hoàng Nam
Lý Hoàng Nam (born 25 February 1997) is a Vietnamese tennis player. Nam has a career high ATP singles ranking of 231 achieved on November 28, 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 385 achieved on 12 November 2018. He won the 2015 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' doubles title along with his Indian partner Sumit Nagal, defeating Reilly Opelka and Akira Santillan in the final, becoming the first Vietnamese tennis player to win a Grand Slam trophy. Nam represents Vietnam at the Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the organis ..., where he has a win–loss record of 25–10. Junior Grand Slam finals Boys' doubles ATP Challenger and ITF Future/World Tennis Tour finals Singles: 21 (10–11) Doubles: 14 (6–8) External links * * * 19 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |