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2023 Keio Challenger
The 2023 Keio Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 16th (men's) and 6th (women's) editions of the tournament and part of the 2023 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2023 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Yokohama, Japan between 20 November and 3 December 2023. Men's singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 13 November 2023. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Masamichi Imamura * Rio Noguchi * Rei Sakamoto The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate: * Altuğ Çelikbilek The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * August Holmgren * Kalin Ivanovski * Omar Jasika * Naoki Nakagawa * Colin Sinclair * Yasutaka Uchiyama The following players received entry as lucky losers: * Chung Yun-seong * Mathys Erhard * Giovanni Fonio Champions Men's singles * Yosuke Watanuki def. Yuta Shimizu 7–6(7� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ATP Challenger Tour
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 Tour. The ITF World Tennis Tour tournaments are on the entry-level of international professional tennis competition. The ATP Challenger Tour is administered by the Association of Tennis Professionals. Players who succeed on the ATP Challenger Tour earn sufficient ranking points to become eligible for main draw or qualifying draw entry at ATP Tour tournaments. Players on the Challenger Tour are usually young players looking to advance their careers, those who fail to qualify for ATP events, or former ATP players looking to get back into the big tour. History of challenger events The first challenger events were held in 1978, with eighteen events taking place. Two were held on the week beginning January 8, one in Auckland and another in Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Duckworth (tennis)
James Duckworth (born 21 January 1992) is an Australian professional tennis player. He has a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) singles ranking of World No. 47 achieved on 8 November 2021 and No. 185 in doubles achieved on 10 February 2020. As a junior, Duckworth enjoyed a successful career which included winning three titles and reaching the semi-finals of the 2010 French Open. Duckworth represented Australia in tennis at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the 2022 ATP Cup. Personal life Duckworth was born in Sydney. He attended Sydney Church of England Grammar School, where he was on the school tennis first team from Year 7 and went on to win several AAGPS Premierships. He was offered a scholarship to the Australian Institute of Sport, where he was able to further develop his tennis. Duckworth is a keen supporter of the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League. Junior career Duckworth played his first ITF under-18 tournament in December 2005 as a 13-y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
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] |
Omar Jasika
Omar Jasika (; born 18 May 1997) is an Australian tennis player. He is the 2014 US Open boys' singles champion defeating Quentin Halys in the final. Jasika along with Naoki Nakagawa also won the 2014 US Open boys' doubles title after defeating Rafael Matos and João Menezes in the final. In winning both, Jasika became the first player in 28 years to win both the boys’ singles and doubles events at the US Open. Jasika has a career-high singles ranking of World No. 239 achieved on 3 April 2017, as well as a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 220 achieved on 22 May 2016. Personal life Jasika was born in Melbourne, Australia. He is of Bosnian descent. His parents, Admir and Bina, emigrated from Bosnia and Herzegovina to Australia during the Bosnian War before Omar was born. He is the eldest child in his family and his brother, Amor, is also an aspiring professional tennis player. Jasika began playing tennis at the age of six. He attended South Oakleigh College througho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalin Ivanovski
Kalin Ivanovski (born 11 May 2004) is a Macedonian tennis player. Ivanovski has a career high ATP singles ranking of 534 achieved on 30 January 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 1057 achieved on 31 October 2022. Ivanovski represents North Macedonia 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 ..., where he has a win-loss record of 10-2. ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals Singles: 5 (3–2) References External links * * * 2004 births Living people Macedonian male tennis players Sportspeople from Skopje {{NorthMacedonia-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August Holmgren (tennis)
August Holmgren (born 22 April 1998) is a Danish professional tennis player. Holmgren has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 508 achieved on 17 October 2022. Holmgren represents Denmark at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 3–0. Career Holmgren made his ATP debut at the 2021 San Diego Open after receiving a lucky loser spot into the main draw after 3rd seed Félix Auger-Aliassime withdrew. There, he lost to former world No. 3 Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets. References External links * * *August Holmgrenat University of San Diego The University of San Diego (USD) is a private Roman Catholic research university in San Diego, California. Chartered in July 1949 as the independent San Diego College for Women and San Diego University (comprising the College for Men and Sc ... 1998 births Living people Danish male tennis players San Diego Toreros men's tennis players People from Helsingør Municipality Sportspeople from the Capital Region of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altuğ Çelikbilek
Altuğ Çelikbilek (; born 7 September 1996) is a Turkish professional tennis player. Çelikbilek has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 154 achieved on 21 February 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 224, achieved on 25 July 2022. Çelikbilek has won 2 ATP Challengers and 5 ITF singles titles and 11 ITF doubles titles. He is currently the No. 1 Turkish player. Professional career He made his Grand Slam debut at the 2021 French Open as a qualifier. Çelikbilek has represented Turkey at 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 ..., where he has a win–loss record of 5–7. ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 11 (8–3) Doubles: 27 (12–15) References External links * * * 1996 births Liv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rei Sakamoto
Rei or REI may refer to: Arts and entertainment *Rei, a story arc of the anime ''Higurashi When They Cry'' *Rei, a shapeshifting godlike dragon in the Australian webcomic series ''Vainglorious'' *Rei I, II and III, episodes of ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' anime series People ; given name *Rei (given name), a Japanese name, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name *Reihaneh Safavi-Naini, or Rei Safavi-Naini, Iranian-born computer science professor *Pelé (born 1940), ("The King" (''O Rei'')), Brazilian footballer * Eusébio (1942–2014), ("The King" (O Rei)), Portuguese footballer *José Fontana (footballer) ("Rei", 1912–1986), Brazilian footballer * Rei (wrestler), Hong Kong professional wrestler ;surname * Aleksander Rei (1900–1943), Estonian politician *August Rei (1886–1963), Estonian politician * Leino Rei (born 1972), Estonian actor and theatre director Other uses * Redlands Municipal Airport, California, U.S., FAA identifier REI * Internatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio Noguchi
is a Japanese tennis player. Noguchi has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 201 achieved on 7 November 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 273 achieved on 12 June 2023. Career 2022: ATP debut, first win and Top 250 Noguchi made his ATP main draw debut at the 2022 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships after qualifying for the singles main draw, defeating Tatsuma Ito and Yusuke Takahashi to qualify. He won his first ATP and ATP 500 level match defeating fellow qualifier Ramkumar Ramanathan Ramanathan Ramkumar (born 8 November 1994) is an Indian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as No. 111 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved in July 2018, and in doubles at No. 58 ac .... As a result he climbed 75 positions up the rankings into the top 250. Singles: 16 (7–9) Doubles: 16 (6–10) References External links * * 1998 births Living people Japanese male tennis player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Leandro Riedi
Leandro Riedi (born 27 January 2002) is a Swiss tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 161 achieved on 28 November 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 224 achieved on 14 November 2022. Junior career As a junior, Riedi reached as high as World No. 6 in the combined singles and doubles ITF Junior Circuit ranking system, which he attained on 12 October 2020. Alongside Romanian partner Nicholas David Ionel he captured the 2020 Australian Open – Boys' doubles title by defeating Mikołaj Lorens and Kārlis Ozoliņš 6–7(8–10), 7–5, 0–4in the championship match. He also reached the boys' singles final at the 2020 French Open but came up just short being defeated by compatriot Dominic Stricker 2–6, 4–6. Professional career 2021: ATP debut Riedi reached five finals on the ITF Men's World Tennis Tour winning three and losing two. In May, he won the first senior level title of his career when he won the doubles dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
