2023 Next Generation ATP Finals
The 2023 Next Generation ATP Finals was a men's exhibition tennis tournament for the eight highest-ranked singles players on the 2023 ATP Tour who are aged 21 and under. It was held from 28 November to 2 December 2023 at King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Hamad Medjedovic defeated Arthur Fils, 3–4(6–8), 4–1, 4–2, 3–4(9–11), 4–1 to win the title. Brandon Nakashima was the reigning champion but was ineligible to defend his title due to his age. Race to qualification The top eight players in the 2023 ''ATP Race to Jeddah'' will qualify. Eligible players must be 21 or under at the end of the calendar year (i.e. born 2002 or later). Results Final * Hamad Medjedovic def. Arthur Fils, 3–4(6–8), 4–1, 4–2, 3–4(9–11), 4–1 Seeds Alternates Draw Finals Green Group Red Group ''Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-players-ties, percentag ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tennis Court
A tennis court is the venue where the sport of tennis is played. It is a firm rectangular surface with a low net stretched across the centre. The same surface can be used to play both doubles and singles matches. A variety of surfaces can be used to create a tennis court, each with its own characteristics which affect the playing style of the game. Dimensions The dimensions of a tennis court are defined and regulated by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) governing body and are written down in the annual 'Rules of Tennis' document. The court is long. Its width is for singles matches and for doubles matches. The service line is from the net. Additional clear space around the court is needed in order for players to reach overrun balls for a total of wide and long. A net is stretched across the full width of the court, parallel with the baselines, dividing it into two equal ends. The net is high at the posts, and high in the center. The net posts are outside the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dominic Stricker
Dominic Stephan Stricker (born 16 August 2002) is a Swiss tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 111 achieved on 7 November 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 161 achieved on 27 June 2022. On the junior tour, he had a career high junior ranking of No. 8, achieved on 3 February 2020. Junior career Stricker won the 2020 French Open boys' singles title, defeating compatriot Leandro Riedi in the final. He also won the 2020 French Open boys' doubles title, partnering Flavio Cobolli. Professional career 2021: Maiden ATP doubles title, ATP & Top 250 debut in singles, Top 200 in doubles In March, ranked No. 874 in the world, he received a wild card entry into the 2021 BSI Challenger Lugano, Switzerland. He won the tournament, defeating Vitaliy Sachko in straight sets in the final. He became the 3rd youngest Swiss player after Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka to win an ATP Challenger title. Following this successful run, he made his top 5 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2023 In Saudi Arabian Sport
3 (three) is a number, numeral (linguistics), numeral and numerical digit, digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societies. Evolution of the Arabic digit The use of three lines to denote the number 3 occurred in many writing systems, including some (like Roman and Chinese numerals) that are still in use. That was also the original representation of 3 in the Brahmic numerals, Brahmic (Indian) numerical notation, its earliest forms aligned vertically. However, during the Gupta Empire the sign was modified by the addition of a curve on each line. The Nāgarī script rotated the lines clockwise, so they appeared horizontally, and ended each line with a short downward stroke on the right. In cursive script, the three strokes were eventually connected to form a glyph resembling a with an additional stroke at the bottom: ३. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tennis In Saudi Arabia
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 covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object of the game is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball validly will not gain a point, while the opposite player will. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society and at all ages. The sport can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including wheelchair users. The modern game of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis. It had close connections both to various field (lawn) games such as croquet and bowls as well as to the older racket sport today called real tennis. The rules of modern tennis have c ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2023 ATP Finals
The 2023 ATP Finals (also known as the 2023 Nitto ATP Finals for sponsorship reasons) is a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Pala Alpitour in Turin, Italy, from 12 to 19 November 2023. It is the season-ending event for the highest-ranked singles players and doubles teams on the 2023 ATP Tour. This is the 54th edition of the tournament (49th in doubles), and the third time Turin hosted the ATP Tour year-end championships. Format The ATP Finals group stage has a round-robin format, with eight players/teams divided into two groups of four and each player/team in a group playing the other three in the group. The eight seeds were determined by the Pepperstone ATP rankings and ATP Doubles Team Rankings on the Monday after the last ATP Tour tournament of the calendar year. All singles matches, including the final, were best of three sets with tie-breaks in each set including the third. All doubles matches were two sets (no ad) and a Match Tie-break. In ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Terence Atmane
Publius Terentius Afer (; – ), better known in English as Terence (), was a Roman African playwright during the Roman Republic. His comedies were performed for the first time around 166–160 BC. Terentius Lucanus, a Roman senator, brought Terence to Rome as a slave, educated him and later on, impressed by his abilities, freed him. It is thought that Terence abruptly died, around the age of 25, likely in Greece or on his way back to Rome, due to shipwreck or disease. DEAD LINK He was supposedly on his way to explore and find inspiration for his comedies. His plays were heavily used to learn to speak and write in Latin during the Middle Ages and Renaissance Period, and in some instances were imitated by William Shakespeare. One famous quotation by Terence reads: "''Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto''", or "I am human, and I think nothing human is alien to me." This appeared in his play ''Heauton Timorumenos''. Biography Terence's date of birth is disputed; Aelius ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Zachary Svajda
Zachary Svajda ( ; born November 29, 2002) is an American professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 168 on September 18, 2023, and he peaked at No. 664 in doubles on August 8, 2022. Early life and background A native of San Diego, California, Svajda took up tennis at the age of 2, initially coached by Matt Hanlin. He is of Czech descent. He earned his first ATP World Tour ranking point at the age of 15, defeating top-seeded João Lucas Reis da Silva of Brazil 6–3, 6–4 at the 2018 Claremont Club Pro Classic as a local main-draw wild card. Professional career 2019: ATP and Grand Slam debut On August 11, 2019, Svajda defeated Govind Nanda 6–7(3–7), 7–5, 6–3, 6–1 to win the USTA Boys 18s National Championship. This victory earned the 16-year-old a wild card into the main draw of the 2019 US Open, making him the youngest player to play in the men's US Open since Donald Young in 2005. There, despite succumbing to full-body ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shintaro Mochizuki
Shintaro Mochizuki (Japanese: 望月 慎太郎, ''Mochizuki Shintaro'', born 2 June 2003) is a Japanese tennis player. He has an ATP career-high singles ranking of world No. 348 achieved on 18 July 2022. Mochizuki has a career high ITF junior combined ranking of No. 1 achieved on 15 July 2019. Mochizuki won the 2019 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' singles title after becoming the first Japanese male to reach a Grand Slam juniors singles final. In September that year, he led the Japanese team to win the Junior Davis Cup in Orlando, Florida. In February 2021, Mochizuki made his ATP main draw debut as a wildcard at the 2021 Singapore Tennis Open where he lost to Altug Celikbilek in straight sets. In March 2021, he qualified for his first ATP Masters 1000 main draw at the 2021 Miami Open having been given a wildcard for the qualifying competition. ATP Challenger and ITF Future finals Singles: 1 (0–1) {, , -valign=top , {, class=wikitable style=font-size:97% !Legend (sing ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Arthur Cazaux
Arthur Cazaux (; born 23 August 2002) is a French tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 126 achieved on 14 August 2023. He also has a career high doubles ranking of world No. 430, achieved of 1 November 2021. Cazaux has won 1 singles Challenger title and 3 singles ITF titles. Junior career As a junior, Cazaux reached his highest ranking of number 4 in the world, in the combined singles and doubles junior ranking system. This was highlighted by a runner-up finish at the 2020 Australian Open where he was defeated by compatriot Harold Mayot in straight sets. Professional career 2020: Grand Slam doubles debut Cazaux made his ATP main draw debut at the 2020 Open 13 in the doubles draw partnering Harold Mayot when they were granted a wildcard entry. They were defeated in the first round by Nicolas Mahut and Vasek Pospisil in straight sets 5–7, 1–6. Pairing Mayot again, they were also given a wildcard entry into the main doubles draw of the 2020 Fre ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Luciano Darderi
Luciano Darderi (born 14 February 2002) is an Italian tennis player. Darderi has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 124 achieved on the 13 November 2023. He also has a career high doubles ranking of World No. 104 achieved on 8 August 2022. Darderi has won one singles ATP Challenger and four doubles titles. Career 2023: Maiden ATP win and Challenger singles title, top 125 He made his ATP debut at the 2023 Córdoba Open as a qualifier where he recorded his first ATP win against Hugo Gaston. He entered the main draw of the 2023 Mexican Open as a lucky loser following the withdrawal of top seed Carlos Alcaraz Carlos Alcaraz Garfia (born 5 May 2003) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He is currently ranked as the world No. 1 singles player by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Alcaraz has won six ATP Tour singles titles, including .... He made his top 125 debut on 13 November 2023. Grand Slam performance timeline ''Current through the 2023 F ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Abdullah Shelbayh
Abedallah Shelbayh ( ar, عبد الله شلبيه, eabd allah shalabih; (also known as Abdullah Shelbayh ( ar, عبدالله شلبيه, eabdallah shalabih; born 16 November 2003) is a Jordanian tennis player. Shelbayh has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 181 achieved on 29 January, 2024, and is the first Jordanian tennis player to achieve an ATP world ranking. He has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 290, achieved on 8 January, 2024. He had a career-high ITF juniors ranking of 27 achieved on 12 July 2021. Shelbayh has won three ITF singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Men's Circuit and one on the ATP Challenger Tour. Shelbayh represents Jordan at the Davis Cup, where he has a win-loss record of 10–1. Early life Shelbayh was introduced to tennis by his father, who was a recreational player. He was training in Jordan until he was 14 years old, switching his tennis play to being left-handed in order to emulate his idol, Rafael Nadal. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Luca Nardi
Luca Nardi (born 6 August 2003) is an Italian professional tennis player. Nardi has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 126, which he first achieved in 7 November 2022. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 299, attained in 10 April 2023. Career 2020–2021: ATP debut Nardi made his ATP main draw debut at the 2020 European Open in singles, where he lost to Marcos Giron in three sets, and in doubles partnering Zane Khan. He reached career-high rankings of World No. 356 in singles and No. 544 in doubles on 13 December 2021 after reaching the semifinals in singles and quarterfinals in doubles respectively as a wildcard at the 2021 Città di Forlì III Challenger. 2022: Three Challenger titles, Masters & Top 150 debuts & first ATP win In the first week of the 2022 ATP Challenger Tour, Nardi won his first Challenger title at the 2022 Città di Forlì Challenger, defeating Mukund Sasikumar in the final. As a result he reached the top 300 on 17 Janua ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |