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2023 Sparta Prague Open
The 2023 Sparta Prague Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was part of the 2023 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Prague, Czech Republic between 8 and 14 May 2023. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings as of 24 April 2023. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Jakub Menšík * Jiří Veselý * Michael Vrbenský The following players received entry into the singles main draw as alternates: * Nerman Fatić * Federico Gaio * Alejandro Moro Cañas * Kacper Żuk The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Guido Andreozzi * Gastão Elias * Billy Harris * Rudolf Molleker * Daniel Rincón * Akira Santillan The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * Vitaliy Sachko Champions Singles * Jakub Menšík def. Dominik Koepfer 6–4, 6–3. Doubles * Dan Added / Albano Olivetti def. Miķelis Lībietis / Hunter Reese Hunter Ree ... [...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. It was founded in 1976 as a replacement for the ILTF Satellite Circuit (founded in 1971) as the second tier of tennis. The Challenger Tour events are the second-highest tier of tennis competition, behind the ATP Tour and ahead of the ITF Men%27s World Tennis Tour, ITF World Tennis Tour tournaments. The ATP Challenger Tour is administered by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Players who succeed on the ATP Challenger Tour earn sufficient ranking points to enter the main or qualifying draws at ATP Tour tournaments. Players on the Challenger Tour are typically young players looking to advance their careers, those who fail to qualify for ATP events, or former ATP Tour players looking to return to the top tour. History of challenger events The first challenger events were held in 1978, with eighteen events taking place. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damir Džumhur
Damir Džumhur ( ; born 20 May 1992) is a Bosnian professional tennis player. His career-best singles ATP ranking of World No. 23, achieved on 2 July 2018, makes him the highest-ranked tennis player from Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is currently Bosnia and Herzegovina's No. 1 player. By winning the 2017 St. Petersburg Open singles tournament, Džumhur became the first player competing under the Bosnia and Herzegovina flag to claim an ATP World Tour title. He added also a triumph at the 2017 Kremlin Cup and became the first player in tennis history to win both events played on Russian soil in the same season. Džumhur is also the first male player to represent Bosnia and Herzegovina in the main draw of any Grand Slam. He is a member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Davis Cup team, and he competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics, being selected as the first male tennis player from his country to do so. As a junior, he was ranked world No. 3 and he was a bronze medalist at the 2010 Youth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akira Santillan
is an Australian tennis player. He represents Australia in competitions, though he played for Japan from 2015 to 2017. Early life Santillan was born in Tokyo to a Japanese mother and a South African father. He lived the first 8 years of his life in Japan before his family relocated to the Gold Coast, Australia and became citizens. He played much of his junior tennis at the Gold Coast before moving to Brisbane to join the national academy program at the Queensland Tennis Centre. Junior career On the junior tour, Santillan has a career high ITF junior ranking of 7 achieved in September 2015. Santillan's major highlights on the junior tour included a semi-final at the 2015 Australian Open and doubles finals at the 2014 French Open and the 2015 Wimbledon Championships. In March 2015, Santillan opted to play under the Japanese flag instead due to a fractious relationship with Tennis Australia Tennis Australia Limited is the governing body for tennis in Australia. It is ow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Rincón (tennis)
Daniel Rincón Yagüe (born 7 January 2003) is a Spanish tennis player. He has a career high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of world No. 181, achieved on 4 December 2023. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 148 achieved on 30 September 2024. He has won one ATP Challenger Tour singles and four doubles titles. Career Juniors Rincón won the 2021 US Open – Boys' singles, 2021 US Open boys' singles title, defeating Shang Juncheng in the final. He also reached the 2021 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' doubles, 2021 Wimbledon Boys' Doubles final alongside Abedallah Shelbayh, but was defeated by Edas Butvilas and Alejandro Manzanera Pertusa. 2023-2024: Maiden Challenger titles, ATP singles debut Rincón won his first ATP Challenger doubles title at the 2023 Murcia Open – Doubles, 2023 Murcia Open, partnering Abedallah Shelbayh after they received entry into the draw as alternates. He made his ATP Tour debut in 2023 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudolf Molleker
Rudolf Molleker (born 26 October 2000) is a German tennis player. Molleker achieved a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 146 on 29 July 2019 and a doubles ranking of world No. 376 on 21 March 2022. Personal information He was born in Sieverodonetsk in Ukraine to Roman and Tanja Molleker and moved to Oranienburg in Germany when he was three years old. He is of Russian–German descent. He trained at Mouratoglou Tennis Academy in Sophia Antipolis (France) starting in 2018. Career 2017: ATP debut Molleker made his ATP main draw debut at the German Open in Hamburg after defeating Casper Ruud and Leonardo Mayer, who later won the tournament as a lucky loser, in the qualifying rounds. 2018: First Challenger title & ATP and top-10 wins Molleker won his first ATP Challenger Tour title as a wildcard at the Heilbronner Neckarcup, defeating Jiří Veselý in the final. He won his first match at ATP-level at the Stuttgart Open, defeating compatriot Jan-Lennard Struff in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Harris (tennis)
Billy Harris (born 25 January 1995) is a British tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 101 achieved on 9 September 2024. He is the current British No. 4. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 265 achieved on 12 February 2024. Career 2022: Maiden Challenger doubles title Harris won his first ATP Challenger doubles title at the Winnipeg National Bank Challenger playing with Kelsey Stevenson, defeating Max Schnur and John-Patrick Smith in the final. 2023: ATP debut and first win Harris reached his first singles Challenger final at the inaugural edition of the Challenger Club Els Gorchs in Las Franquesas del Valles, Spain, as a qualifier where he lost to second seed Hugo Grenier. He made his ATP Tour debut at the Sofia Open, where as a qualifier, he defeated defending champion Marc-Andrea Huesler in the first round, before losing his next match to third seed Jan-Lennard Struff. 2024: Wimbledon, Davis Cup, Masters debuts Given a wild ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gastão Elias
Gastão José Ministro Elias (; born 24 November 1990) is a Portuguese professional tennis player, who competes on the ATP Challenger Tour. In October 2016, he reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 57 to become the third highest-ranked Portuguese player, after João Sousa (No. 28) and Nuno Borges (tennis), Nuno Borges (No. 30). He became the fifth Portuguese tennis player to break into the top 100 of the Association of Tennis Professionals singles rankings. Early and personal life Gastão Elias was born on 24 November 1990 in Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. At age four, he started playing tennis with his father. In 2001, he participated in the national under-12 singles competition, falling to future Davis Cup partner João Sousa in the semifinals. Elias idolized James Blake (tennis), James Blake and Roger Federer while growing up. He is a supporter of Sporting Clube de Portugal, Real Madrid C.F. and Liverpool F.C. Career Professional career 2016 proved to be a break ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guido Andreozzi
Guido Andreozzi (; ; born 5 August 1991) is an Argentine professional tennis player of Italian descent. His career-high rankings are world No. 70 in singles, achieved on 28 January 2019 and No. 47 in doubles, reached on 19 May 2025. He has won two ATP Tour and 36 ATP Challenger Tour doubles titles. Personal life and background Andreozzi started playing tennis at 6 with father at Club Harrods. His father, Jorge, is a construction worker and his mother, Nora, is an accountant. He also has one brother named Franco. Guido attended school at Colegio Nicolas Avellaneda. He stated that his favourite surface is hard, shot is forehand and tournament is US Open. Idol growing up was Roger Federer. Hobbies include spending time with friends, listening to music, playing football and watching TV shows and movies. He is big fan of Boca Juniors football team. Currently trains at Club Liceo Naval. Fitness trainer is Mariano Gaute. Career 2018: First Grand Slam singles win As a junior Andreozzi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kacper Żuk
Kacper Żuk (born 21 January 1999) is a former Polish professional tennis player. Żuk has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 162 achieved on 13 September 2021. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 278, achieved on 9 May 2022. Żuk has reached ten career singles finals with a record of 11 wins and 3 losses, which includes a 1–2 record in ATP Challenger Tour finals. Additionally, he has reached 21 career doubles finals, with a record of 12 wins and 9 losses all but one occurring at the ITF Futures level. Tennis career 2020–21: First Challenger title and top 200 Żuk made his ATP debut at the 2020 ATP Cup, where he represented Poland in a singles match, losing to Marin Čilić of team Croatia. He ended the 2020 season with back-to-back ITF World Tennis Tour titles at Hamburg and Vale do Lobo. He reached his first Challenger final in March 2021 and in April won his first Challenger title at the 2021 Split Open II in Croatia. As a result, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alejandro Moro Cañas
Alejandro Moro Cañas (born 7 December 2000) is a Spanish tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 146 achieved on 12 August 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 419 achieved on 17 July 2023. Career 2021-2023: First ITF title In July 2021, Moro Cañas won his first professional title at an ITF M25 tournament in Portugal. He reached his second final in another tournament in Portugal two months later, losing to Paul Jubb in straight sets. In 2022, he started the season as a runner-up in two tournaments in February, losing in the finals in ITF tournaments in Spain and Portugal. He received a wildcard into qualifying at the Madrid Masters 1000 tournament, where he defeated world No. 47 Francisco Cerúndolo before losing in the final round of qualifiers to Lorenzo Musetti. He won his first clay court title in Vic, Spain before losing in a hardcourt final in Bakio. He reached his fifth final of the 2022 season in Antalya, Turkey, defeating Timo Stodder. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federico Gaio
Federico Gaio (; born 5 March 1992) is an Italian professional tennis player. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and the ITF circuit. He has won four Challenger titles and nine ITF futures singles titles. He reached his career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 124 in February 2020. He has won three Challenger and four ITF futures doubles titles in doubles. He reached a career high in doubles of World No. 163 on 2 November 2020 after his maiden ATP doubles final at the 2020 Rio Open partnering Salvatore Caruso. Professional career 2015: ATP debut He played his first ATP main draw match in the 2015 Rome Open after gaining entry as a wildcard. 2018: Grand Slam singles debut He made his Grand Slam debut at the 2018 US Open as a qualifier where he lost to tenth seed David Goffin. 2020: Maiden doubles ATP final He reached his first doubles final at the ATP 500 2020 Rio Open partnering Salvatore Caruso where they lost to Horacio Zeballos/Marcel Granollers Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nerman Fatić
Nerman Fatić (born 24 October 1994) is a Bosnian professional tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ... player. He is a member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Davis Cup team. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 191 achieved on 7 August 2023. He is currently Bosnia and Herzegovina's No. 2 player. ATP Challenger and ITF Tour Finals Singles: 16 (7–9) Doubles titles (7) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fatic, Nerman 1994 births Living people Bosnia and Herzegovina male tennis players Sportspeople from Sarajevo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
