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2023 Astana Open
The 2023 Astana Open was a professional men's tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ... tournament to be held on indoor hard courts. It was the fourth edition of the Astana Open and part of the ATP Tour 250, ATP Tour 250 Series of the 2023 ATP Tour (downgraded from ATP Tour 500 status in 2022). Champions Singles * Adrian Mannarino def. Sebastian Korda, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 Doubles * Nathaniel Lammons / Jackson Withrow def. Mate Pavić / John Peers, 7–6(7–4), 7–6(9–7) Singles main draw entrants Seeds * Rankings are as of 18 September 2023. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Mikhail Kukushkin * Hamad Medjedovic * Alexander Shevchenko (tennis), Alexander Shevchenko The following players receiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daulet National Tennis Centre
The Daulet National Tennis Centre ( kk, "Дәулет" Ұлттық Теннис Орталығы, ''"Dáýlet" Ulttyq Tennıs Ortalyǵy''; russian: Национальный Теннисный Центр "Даулет") is a sports venue that is part of the National Tennis Centre at Central Park in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental coun .... References External links * Venue on the KTF.kz Sports venues in Astana Indoor arenas in Kazakhstan Sports venues completed in 2009 {{Kazakhstan-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Bublik
Alexander Stanislavovich "Sasha" Bublik (; born 17 June 1997) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 30 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved in February 2022, and is the current Kazakhstani No. 1 player. Bublik also has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 47, attained on 8 November 2021. In November 2016, Bublik announced he would change his citizenship from that of his home country of Russia to Kazakhstan after receiving support from the Kazakhstan Tennis Federation that the Russian Tennis Federation allegedly did not provide him. Since turning professional, Bublik has won one ATP Tour singles title and been a runner-up in four additional finals, and he achieved his greatest success at a Grand Slam at the 2021 French Open as the runner-up in his first career doubles final with partner Andrey Golubev. At , Bublik is known for his powerful serve and led the 2021 ATP T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernabé Zapata Miralles
Bernabé Zapata Miralles (born 12 January 1997) is a Spanish tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 71 achieved on 9 January 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 503 achieved on 4 February 2019. Professional career 2018: ATP debut Zapata Miralles made his ATP main draw debut at the 2018 Geneva Open after qualifying for the singles main draw and he had his first main draw win by defeating Florian Mayer in straight sets. 2020-21: Top 125 & Major debut & first win, two Challengers titles He had his second ATP main draw win when he beat John Millman in the first round of 2021 Dubai Tennis Championships in straight sets. On his Grand Slam debut he qualified for his first at the 2021 French Open, and then for his second Major at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships. Zapata Miralles was the champion in the Challengers in Heilbronn and Poznań claiming his first and second ATP Challenger titles of 2021. As a result, he achieved a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borna Ćorić
Borna Ćorić (; born 14 November 1996) is a Croatian professional tennis player. On 5 November 2018, he reached his best singles ranking of world No. 12. On 21 August 2022, Ćorić became the lowest-ranked champion in Masters 1000 history when he won the Cincinnati Masters. Junior career In 2013, Ćorić reached the semifinals of both the Australian and French Open junior events, before going on to win the boys' singles event at the US Open against Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis in three sets. As a result, Ćorić moved to No. 1 in the junior rankings. That year, he also began playing on the ITF Futures circuit, winning five singles titles. Professional career 2013: First best-of-5 match Ćorić made his debut at the 2013 Davis Cup, after he was selected for Croatia's World Group Play-off tie against Great Britain, with his first best-of-5 sets match coming against world number 3, Andy Murray. Despite showing promise, matching the Scot's level in the first 6 games, and bre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sho Shimabukuro
Sho Shimabukuro (島袋 将, ''Shimabukuro Sho'', born 30 July 1997) is a Japanese professional tennis player. Shimabukuro has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 146 achieved on 11 September 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 438 achieved on 26 September 2022. Shimabukuro represents Japan at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 1–0. Career 2023: Maiden Challenger title, Major and top 150 debuts Following his first two career Challengers titles, one in January and in May, he reached the top 200 at world No. 178 on 22 May 2023. In June, he defeated Liam Broady in straight sets to reach the quarterfinals of the 2023 Nottingham Open. As a result he reached a new career ranking of No. 172 on 19 June 2023. In the next grass Challenger, the 2023 Ilkley Trophy he reached also the quarterfinals as a lucky loser but retired against Arthur Cazaux. He climbed another 10 positions to world No. 162, one week later, on 26 June 2023. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jurij Rodionov
Jurij Rodionov (born 16 May 1999) is an Austrian tennis player of Belarusian descent. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 120 achieved on 28 November 2022. He also has a career high doubles ranking of World No. 268 achieved on 15 July 2019. Professional career 2018-2020: Major debut, Three Challenger titles, top 150, top-20 win Rodionov won three ATP Challenger singles titles. The first came at the 2018 Almaty Challenger. His second title came when he won the 2020 RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas. His third title came at the 2020 Morelos Open. In 2019, he won his maiden ATP Challenger doubles title at the Shymkent Challenger. Rodionov made his main draw Grand Slam debut at the 2020 French Open as qualifier and reached the second round with a win over Jérémy Chardy in 5 sets. He reached the top 150 on 12 October 2020 at World No. 148. Also in October 2020, as a wildcard, he had the biggest win of his career in Vienna, where he beat 8th seed and World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alibek Kachmazov
Alibek Muratovich Kachmazov (russian: Алибек Муратович Качмазов; born 17 August 2002) is a Russian tennis player. Kachmazov has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 294 achieved on 19 June 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 250 achieved on 8 May 2023. Career Kachmazov made his ATP main draw debut at the 2019 Kremlin Cup after receiving a wildcard for the singles main draw. He entered the main draw at the 2023 Chengdu Open as a qualifier but lost in the first round. He entered the qualifying draw at the 2023 Astana Open as an alternate and won in the first round against third seed Fabian Marozsan and seventh seed Damir Dzumhur Damir is a common male given name in South Slavic languages. It also occasionally appears in Central Asia and Turkic regions of Russia. It is of Slavic origin, with ''da'' meaning "give"/"take", and ''mir'', meaning "peace". It can also be a va ... to qualify for his second main draw. He won his fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egor Gerasimov
Egor Alekseyevich Gerasimov ( be, Ягор Аляксеевіч Герасімаў; russian: Егор Алексеевич Герасимов; born 11 November 1992 in Minsk) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 65, which he achieved on 24 February 2020. He also achieved a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 263 on 2 March 2015. Professional career 2014: ATP debut In 2014, Gerasimov made his ATP main draw debut in Shenzhen, where he received entry to the main draw as a wildcard entrant. 2019-2020: Grand Slam debut and first win, Maiden ATP final At the 2019 US Open, Gerasimov won his first Grand Slam match. He reached his maiden ATP final at the 2020 Maharashtra Open where he was defeated by Jiří Veselý. Singles performance timelines ''Current through the 2022 Miami Open.'' ATP career finals Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) Challenger and ITF finals Singles (9–10) Doubles (7–5) Record ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Shevchenko (tennis)
Alexander Alexandrovich Shevchenko ( rus, links=no, Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Шевче́нко; ; born 29 November 2000) is a Russian tennis player. Shevchenko has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 83 achieved on 28 August 2023 and a career-high doubles ranking of No. 406 achieved on 20 February 2023. Career 2022: Maiden Challenger and ATP debut Shevchenko made his ATP debut at the 2022 Generali Open Kitzbühel as a lucky loser where he lost to Dominic Thiem. He qualified into the main draw at the ATP 500 2022 Astana Open. 2023: Major debut and first win, Masters debut and third round, first top-10 win, top 65 In February, he qualified at the ATP 500 in Dubai as a lucky loser. As a result he reached a new career high of No. 113 on 6 February 2023. In March, he reached his second Challenger final of the season as a qualifier in Phoenix, Arizona defeating Gaël Monfils, sixth seed Marc-Andrea Hüsler, top seed Matteo Berrettini and Quentin Haly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamad Medjedovic
Hamad Medjedovic ( sr, Хамад Међедовић, Hamad Međedović; born 18 July 2003) is a Serbian professional tennis player. On 16 October 2023, Medjedovic reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 102. On 24 May 2021, he peaked at No. 1267 in the doubles rankings. Medjedovic has a career-high ITF junior combined ranking of world No. 9 achieved on 4 January 2021. He is the reigning Next Gen ATP Finals champion. Early life Medjedovic was born in Novi Pazar, at the time part of Serbia and Montenegro. He first met countryman Novak Djokovic at age nine or ten and first practised with him at age 16, after which Djokovic began providing Medjedovic advice and financial support for all of his tennis expenses. Career 2021: ATP debut Medjedovic made his ATP main draw debut at the 2021 Belgrade Open after receiving a wildcard for the singles and doubles main draws. 2022: Maiden Challenger title Medjedovic reached the final at the 2022 Platzmann-Sauerland O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikhail Kukushkin
Mikhail Aleksandrovich Kukushkin (russian: link=no, Михаил Александрович Кукушкин; born 26 December 1987) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani professional tennis player. Before 2008, he played for his country of birth, Russia. Career Born in Volgograd, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, he turned pro in 2006. In 2009, he came through qualifying to reach the main draw of a Masters Series 1000 tournament for the first time at the Miami Masters. He beat Tommy Haas in the first round, but lost to Dmitry Tursunov in the second round. In September 2010, during the Davis Cup play-offs, he notably beat Swiss player Stanislas Wawrinka. His good form continued, later winning his only ATP World Tour title, as he beat world number 10 player Mikhail Youzhny in the final of the St. Petersburg Open 6–3, 7–6. In January 2012, Kukushkin became the first player with a Kazakh passport to reach the fourth round of the 2012 Australian Open, after defeating Guillermo Garc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stan Wawrinka
Stanislas "Stan" Wawrinka (; born 28 March 1985) is a Swiss professional tennis player. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) singles ranking of world No. 3 for the first time on 27 January 2014. His career highlights include three Grand Slam titles, those being the 2014 Australian Open, 2015 French Open and 2016 US Open, where he defeated the world No. 1 player in the final on all three occasions. Other achievements include reaching the final of the 2017 French Open, winning an ATP Tour Masters 1000 title at the 2014 Monte-Carlo Masters, and reaching three other Masters finals (at 2008 Rome, 2013 Madrid and 2017 Indian Wells). Representing Switzerland, Wawrinka won gold in doubles at the 2008 Beijing Olympics with teammate Roger Federer, and was also pivotal in the Swiss team's victory at the 2014 Davis Cup.Wawrinka 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] |
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