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2023 Grand Prix Hassan II
The 2023 Grand Prix Hassan II was a professional tennis tournament played in Marrakesh, Morocco on clay courts. It was the 37th edition of the tournament and was classified as an ATP Tour 250 event on the 2023 ATP Tour. It took place from 3 to 9 April 2023. Champions Singles * Roberto Carballés Baena def. Alexandre Müller, 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–2 Doubles * Marcelo Demoliner / Andrea Vavassori def. Alexander Erler / Lucas Miedler, 6–4, 3–6, 2–10 Point and prize money Point Prize money *per team Singles main draw entrants Seeds † Rankings are as of 20 March 2023 Other entrants The following players received wildcard entry into the singles main draw: * Elliot Benchetrit * Younes Lalami Laaroussi * Adam Moundir The following players received entry from qualifying draw: * Riccardo Bonadio * Dimitar Kuzmanov * Andrea Vavassori * Elias Ymer The following players received entry as lucky losers: * Hugo Grenier * Ale ... [...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, originally known as "lawn tennis", is played. Clay courts are made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate depending on the tournament. The French Open uses clay courts, the only Grand Slam tournament to do so. Clay courts are more common in Continental Europe and Latin America than in North America, Asia-Pacific or Britain. Two main types exist: red clay, the more common variety, and green clay, also known as "rubico", which is a harder surface. Although less expensive to construct than other types of tennis courts, the maintenance costs of clay are high as the surface must be rolled to preserve flatness. Play Clay courts are considered "slow" because the balls bounce relatively high and lose much of their initial speed when contacting the surface, making it more difficult for a player to deliver an unreturnable shot. Points are usually longer as there are fewer winn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tallon Griekspoor
Tallon Griekspoor (; born 2 July 1996) is a Dutch professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 36, achieved on 6 March 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 217 achieved on 31 October 2022. Griekspoor is the current Dutch No. 2 men's singles player. He has won a record eight Challenger titles in one season (2021), and became also the first player in history to win five consecutive such titles. Professional career 2017–2019: ATP debut Griekspoor made his ATP main draw debut as a wildcard at the 2017 Rotterdam Open in the singles draw against Gilles Müller. In 2018, at the same tournament a year later, he defeated Grand Slam champion and 5th seed Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland in three sets to reach the second round as a wildcard. And in 2019, Griekspoor defeated the World No.11 and 2nd seed Karen Khachanov in the first round again as a wildcard. 2020–2021: Grand Slam debut, record eight Challenger titles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federico Coria
Federico Coria (born 9 March 1992) is an Argentine tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 49 achieved on 13 February 2023. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 238, achieved on 22 November 2021. Coria has won one ATP Challenger doubles title at the 2016 Campeonato Internacional de Tênis de Campinas and two ATP Challenger singles titles at the 2019 Savannah Challenger and the 2021 Czech Open. Professional career 2019–2020: Maiden Challenger title, Major & top 100 debuts In 2019, he won his maiden title in Savannah at the Challenger tour level. In 2020, on his Grand Slam debut at the US Open, Coria reached the second round, where he won his first match at a Major after the retirement of Jason Jung in the fifth set. He made his top 100 debut at a career-high of World No. 98 on 21 September 2020. He also reached the third round of a Grand Slam at the 2020 French Open on his debut at this Major, where he defeated Benoît Paire in the second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexey Vatutin
Alexey Vatutin (russian: Алексе́й Дми́триевич Вату́тин; born 27 October 1992) is a Russian tennis player. Vatutin achieved a career high ATP singles ranking of 136 on 2 July 2018. He has won one ATP Challenger singles title and ten ITF singles titles. One of his best results in the ATP World Tour so far was reaching the quarterfinal of Marrakech Marrakesh or Marrakech ( or ; ar, مراكش, murrākuš, ; ber, ⵎⵕⵕⴰⴽⵛ, translit=mṛṛakc}) is the fourth largest city in the Kingdom of Morocco. It is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco and is the capital of the Marrak ... in 2018. Performance timeline Singles ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals Singles: 20 (11-9) Doubles: 1 (0–1) External links * * 1992 births Living people Russian male tennis players Sportspeople from Volgograd {{Russia-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugo Grenier
Hugo Grenier (born 23 March 1996) is a French tennis player. Grenier has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 95 achieved on 12 September 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 362 achieved on 21 February 2022. Grenier has won 3 Challenger and 6 more ITF singles titles and 3 ITF doubles title on the ITF Men's World Tennis Tour. Career 2021: ATP Tour singles main draw and top 150 debut, maiden ATP Challenger singles title Grenier made his ATP Tour singles main draw debut at the 2021 Antalya Open, where he defeated Alex Molčan in the first round. He also won his first Challenger tournament in Roanne, France. 2022: Grand Slam and top 100 debut He made his Grand Slam singles main draw debut as a lucky loser at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships where he won his first match in a Grand Slam singles main draw and just his second career ATP tour main draw singles match by defeating fellow first-time qualifier Marc-Andrea Hüsler in five sets in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elias Ymer
Elias Ymer (born 10 April 1996) is a Swedish tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 105, achieved on 11 June 2018. He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 188, achieved on 16 October 2017. Personal info Ymer was born in Skara, Sweden to Ethiopian immigrant parents. His mother, Kelem, is a physician; his father, Wondwosen, works at a dairy company. He is the elder brother of fellow tennis player Mikael Ymer. From 2017 to 2018, Ymer was coached by Robin Söderling. In the autumn of 2022 Ymer, together with ten other athletes was accepted as a student at Harvard Business School's “Crossover into Business” program. Career 2014: ATP debut Ymer made his ATP main draw singles debut at the 2013 Swedish Open where he lost in the first round to Grigor Dimitrov. Ymer received a wildcard at the 2014 Swedish Open defeating Mikhail Kukushkin in the first round before falling to João Sousa in the second round. 2015: Qualification at all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimitar Kuzmanov
Dimitar Kuzmanov ( bg, Димитър Кузманов, ; nickname: Miko; born 28 July 1993) is a Bulgarian professional tennis player. He competes mostly on the ATP Challenger Tour. His highest singles ranking is No. 159 achieved on 29 August 2022, whilst his best doubles ranking is No. 438 achieved on 1 April 2019. Early years and personal life Dimitar Kuzmanov was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, the son of Savko Kuzmanov (an aeronautical engineer) and Dora Rangelova (Bulgaria Fed Cup team's former tennis player and present team captain). His maternal family is entirely related to the sport. Dora's father Zdravko Rangelov, who is one of the founders of tennis in Plovdiv, has been a tennis player and longtime coach in Tennis Club Lokomotiv, whilst her mother has been a volleyball player and coach. Dora's brother, Stefan Rangelov is a former tennis player and present tennis coach. Kuzmanov began playing tennis at age of six when his mother Dora took him to play on courts of Tennis Cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riccardo Bonadio
Riccardo Bonadio (born 13 July 1993) is an Italian tennis player. Bonadio has a career high ATP singles ranking of 177 achieved on 15 August 2022. He also has a career high doubles ranking of 278 achieved on 21 March 2022. Bonadio has won 1 ATP Challenger The ATP Challenger Tour, known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series, is a series of international men's professional tennis tournaments. The Challenger Tour events are the second-highest tier of tennis competition, behind the ATP T ... doubles title at the 2021 Antalya Challenger III with Giovanni Fonio. Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour Finals Singles: 20 (10–10) Doubles References External links * * 1993 births Living people Italian male tennis players {{Italy-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Moundir
Adam Moundir (born 26 April 1995) is a Swiss– Moroccan tennis player. In June 2019, Moundir switched nationalities on the ITF and ATP to represent Morocco. Moundir has a career high ATP singles ranking of 437 achieved on 18 November 2019. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 529, which was achieved on 2 March 2020. Moundir has represented Morocco 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 orga .... Future and Challenger finals Singles: 5 (2–3) Doubles 14 (4–10) Davis Cup Participations: (6–2) * indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface. References External links * * * * Old Dominion Monarchs bio 1995 birt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Younes Lalami Laaroussi
Younes Lalami Laaroussi (born 18 April 2001) is a Moroccan tennis player. Lalami has a career high ATP singles ranking of 915 achieved on 8 August 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 849 achieved on 9 January 2023. Lalami played college tennis at Old Dominion University. Career Lalami made his Davis Cup debut representing Morocco in 2022 and has since compiled a Davis Cup record of 3–0.https://www.daviscup.com/en/players/player.aspx?id=800375446 Lalami made his ATP main draw debut at the 2023 Grand Prix Hassan II after receiving a wildcard into the singles and doubles main draws. Personal life Lalami was born in Montreal, Canada but represents Morocco in tennis competitions through his Moroccan father. His sister Nadia Nadia is a female name. Variations include Nadja, Nadya, Nadine, Nadiya, and Nadiia. Most variations of the name are derived from Arabic, Slavic languages, or both. In Slavic, names similar to ''Nadia'' mean "hope" in many Slavic lang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elliot Benchetrit
Elliot Benchetrit (born 2 October 1998) is a Moroccan tennis player who formerly represented France. Since 1 January 2021 Benchetrit started to represent Morocco. His highest singles ranking was No. 198 on 10 February 2020, and his highest doubles ranking was No. 198 on 10 June 2019. He has won three singles titles on the ITF Men's Circuit, and two doubles titles, as well as another doubles title on the ATP Challenger Tour. Tennis career He won his first ITF singles tournament in 2017 in Tunisia, and his first ITF doubles tournament the same year in Morocco, with Maxime Hamou. Benchetrit made his Grand Slam main-draw debut at the 2018 French Open, after receiving a wildcard to the singles main draw. He was defeated by fellow Frenchman Gaël Monfils in four sets in the first round. The following year at the 2019 French Open he also received wildcards in both singles and doubles and won his first round matches in both events. Banana incident at the 2020 Australian Open On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolás Jarry
Nicolás Jarry Fillol (; born 11 October 1995) is a professional tennis player from Chile. He has won one tournament in singles and two in doubles on the ATP Tour. He achieved his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 38 in July 2019, after clinching his first ATP title in Båstad. His highest doubles ranking of World No. 40 was achieved in March 2019. Personal life He is the grandson of Jaime Fillol, a former ATP player who won seven titles, and the great-nephew of Álvaro Fillol. Career Junior and early career Jarry reached the final of the 2013 French Open in boys' doubles, partnering with Cristian Garín were defeated by Kyle Edmund and Frederico Ferreira Silva. Fillol ended the year no. 18 in junior rankings. Jarry was called for the Chile Davis Cup team for the first time in September 2013 in the rubber against Dominican Republic. Chile lost and was relegated to the Group II of Americas Zone. 2015–16: Pro debut, top 200 and constant injuries In February 2015 Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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