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2024 Clube Tenis Porto Challenger
The 2024 Clube Tenis Porto Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 1st edition of the tournament which was part of the 2024 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Porto, Portugal between 26 August and 1 September 2024. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 19 August 2024. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Jaime Faria * Frederico Ferreira Silva * Duarte Vale The following players received entry into the singles main draw as alternates: * David Jordà Sanchis * Yshai Oliel The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Hynek Bartoň * Gerard Campana Lee * Daniel Cukierman * Moez Echargui * Buvaysar Gadamauri * Máté Valkusz The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * Oleksii Krutykh Champions Singles * Adrian Andreev def. Carlos Taberner 6–3, 6–0. Doubles * Daniel Cukierman / Piotr Matuszewski def. Romain Arneodo ... [...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 is played. Clay courts are built on a foundation of crushed stone, brick, shale, and other construction aggregate, aggregate, with a thin layer of fine clay particles on top. Clay courts are more common in Continental Europe and Latin America than in North America, Asia-Pacific or Britain. The only Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournament that uses clay courts is the French Open. Clay courts come in the more common #Red clay, red clay (known in France as ''terre battue''), which is actually crushed brick, and the slightly harder #Green clay, green clay, which is actually crushed metabasalt. Although slightly less expensive to construct than other types of tennis courts, clay requires much maintenance: the surface must be watered and rolled regularly to preserve texture and flatness, and brushed carefully before and during each match. Early history Clay courts, although now commonly associated with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gianluca Mager
Gianluca Mager (born 1 December 1994) is an Italian tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 62 achieved on 22 November 2021. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 310 achieved on 10 June 2019. Personal Info Born in Liguria, from a family of German origins. In 2010, Mager was disqualified for failing a doping test after smoking marijuana at a party. Professional career Mager made his ATP main draw debut at the 2017 Internazionali BNL d'Italia after earning a wildcard in the pre-qualifying wildcard tournament. He was defeated by Aljaž Bedene in the first round. He got his first singles ATP main-draw win in the first round in Stockholm in October 2019 against Spaniard Pablo Andújar. At the 2020 Rio Open in Brazil, an ATP 500 level tournament on clay courts, he beat world No. 34 Casper Ruud in the first round, and world No. 4 Dominic Thiem in the quarterfinals to reach the semifinal as a qualifier. Mager reached his first ATP Tour final, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romain Arneodo
Romain Arneodo (born 4 August 1992) is a French-born Monégasque professional tennis player who specializes in doubles.(in FrenchRomain Arneodo pourra représenter Monaco en Coupe Davis sur ''codesport.fr'', 30 septembre 2013 He has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 43, reached on 14 April 2025. He won the Monte-Carlo Masters doubles title in 2025, with Manuel Guinard, becoming the first Monégasque champion at the tournament. Arneodo also reached a singles ranking of world No. 455 on 25 August 2014. From 2008 to 2013, he represented France in international competitions, but has since represented Monaco. Career Arneodo made his ATP main draw debut at the 2014 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters in the doubles tournament with partner Benjamin Balleret. The pair entered the main draw with a wildcard and reached the quarterfinals after defeating the pairs of Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecău and Roberto Bautista Agut and Andreas Seppi in three sets before bowing out to fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oleksii Krutykh
Oleksii Krutykh (born 10 March 2000) is a Ukrainian tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 160 achieved on 27 February 2023. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 275 achieved on 5 December 2022. He has won two ATP Challenger singles titles and two doubles titles. Career 2022: Two Challenger titles, top 200 debut In August, Krutych won his first Challenger title at the 2022 IBG Prague Open defeating German Lucas Gerch and becoming the youngest Ukrainian champion on the Challenger Tour since Alexandr Dolgpolov won the Meknes Challenger in 2010 and the first Ukrainian to win a Challenger title in the season. He rose to a career-high No. 226 on 29 August 2022. He reached the top 200 in singles at world No. 190 climbing more than 60 positions up on 28 November 2022 after winning his second Challenger for the season and in his career in Valencia. At the same tournament he also won the doubles event climbing to a new career-high ranking of No. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Máté Valkusz
Máté Valkusz (born 13 August 1998) is a Hungarian inactive professional tennis player. Valkusz has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 204, achieved on 12 June 2023. Juniors On the junior tour, Valkusz has a career high combined junior ranking of 1 achieved on 11 January 2016. Valkusz was the winner of the 2015 Yucatán Cup, a Grade 1 event in Mérida and the Canadian Open Junior Championships in Repentigny. He was also a semifinalist at the 2015 Orange Bowl and a finalist at the 2015 Osaka Mayor's Cup. Valkusz was also a semifinalist at the 2015 Australian Open boys' doubles and 2015 French Open boys' doubles events. Professional career 2018: First Challenger final He reached his first final at the 2018 Cordenons Challenger. 2023: First Challenger title and ATP win, nearby top 200 He won his first Challenger title defeating Francisco Comesaña at the 2023 Macedonian Open and reached the top 225 in the rankings on 29 May 2023. He entered the 2023 Moselle O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moez Echargui
Moez Echargui (born 10 January 1993) is a Tunisian tennis player. Echargui has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 271 achieved in October 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 362 achieved on 27 May 2019. Echargui represents Tunisia at the Davis Cup where he has a W/L record of 6–7. ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals Singles: 23 (13–10) Doubles: 19 (8–11) Davis Cup Participations: (3–4) * indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score The Score may refer to: Films and television * The Score (1978 film), ''The Score'' (1978 film), a 1978 Swedish film, released in Sweden as ''Lyftet'' * The Score (2001 film), ''The Score'' (2001 film), a 2001 crime drama film starring Robert De Ni ..., date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface. References External links * * * * 1993 births Living people Tunisian male tennis players Olympic tennis players for T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hynek Bartoň
Hynek Bartoň (born 5 April 2004) is a Czech professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 331, achieved on 30 June 2025, and a doubles ranking of No. 264, achieved on 30 June 2025. Early life Bartoň grew up in Kopřivnice, Nový Jičín. His father, Miroslav, is a former handball player. His older brother, Dominik, played collegiate tennis for the University of North Florida. Bartoň played for TK Agrofert Prostějov before moving to TK Sparta Prague. Junior career In July 2021, Bartoň won the J3 Moravia Steel Sparta Cup in Prague. In June 2022, he won the J1 ITF German Juniors in Bamberg, defeating top seed Rodrigo Pacheco Méndez in the final. That August, he won the Pardubice Junior, a prestigious junior tournament in the Czech Republic. The following month, he reached the boys' singles quarterfinals of the US Open. Professional career In September 2022, after winning the Pardubice Junior tournament the previous month, Bartoň also won the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yshai Oliel
Yshai Oliel (; born 5 January 2000) is an Israeli tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 305 achieved on 8 August 2022 and a doubles ranking of No. 809 achieved on 27 June 2022. He was the No. 1 Israeli from October 4, 2021, until October 3, 2022. Oliel is a two-time Junior Orange Bowl champion, having won in 2012 and 2014. He also won the 2016 French Open Boys' Doubles title, with Patrik Rikl. He also reached the final in the boys' singles at the 2017 Australian Open. Early and personal life Oliel is originally from Ramla, Israel. He is Jewish and his parents, Avraham and Floret Oliel, are of Moroccan Jewish descent."PM Netanyahu Meets with World Youth Tennis Champion Yishai Oliel" Prime Minister's Office (30 Decembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Jordà Sanchis
David Jordà Sanchis (born 14 June 1994) is a Spanish tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 292 achieved on 6 May 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 420 achieved on 4 March 2024. Career Ranked No. 329, at 29 years old, Jordà Sanchis made his ATP main draw debut at the 2024 Estoril Open after entering the singles main draw as a lucky loser following the withdrawal of Constant Lestienne. He defeated qualifier Jaime Faria to record his first win on the ATP Tour The ATP Tour (known as ATP World Tour between January 2009 and December 2018) is the sole worldwide top-tier tennis tour for men organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) founded in 1990 that replaced the earlier dual Grand Prix .... He lost again to compatriot and qualifier Pablo Llamas Ruiz to whom he had lost also in the last round of qualifying. As a result he reached the top 300 in the rankings at No. 298 on 8 April 2024. References External links * * 1994 birt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duarte Vale
Duarte Vale (born 11 January 1999) is a Portuguese tennis player. Vale has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 474 achieved on 27 January 2025. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 366 achieved on 12 June 2023. Career Vale played college tennis with Ben Shelton at the University of Florida. Vale reached the final of the Australian Open junior doubles tournament in 2017 with Finn Reynolds, losing to Hsu Yu-hsiou Hsu Yu-hsiou ( zh, 許育修; born 2 April 1999) is a Taiwanese tennis player. He has a career high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of world No. 158 achieved on 16 October 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ... and Zhao Lingxi. Vale made his ATP main draw debut at the 2023 Estoril Open after receiving a wildcard into the doubles main draw with Ben Shelton. Challenger and World Tennis Tour Finals Singles: 8 (2–6) Doubles: 8 (5–3) References External links * * 1999 births Living ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederico Ferreira Silva
Frederico Ferreira "Kiko" Silva (; born 18 March 1995) is a Portuguese tennis player who currently competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour. On May 24, 2021, Silva reached a career singles high ranking of No. 168. He also reached a career-high of No. 242 in doubles in August 2016. In 2012, Silva became the first Portuguese player to win a Grand Slam title with the win at the US Open junior doubles tournament, teaming with Brit Kyle Edmund. In 2013, he would repeat the feat at the French Open junior doubles with Edmund. He reached a junior high world no. 6 in January 2012. Juniors Silva began his junior career in 2009. In May 2010, he won his first singles and doubles titles in a Grade 4 tournament at Istanbul, Turkey. Silva made his debut at Junior Grand Slams at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, reaching the 3rd round. Silva was also the runner-up in the 2012 European Junior Championship (U18 division). Professional career 2010 In 2010, Silva made his ITF Men's Circuit deb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ergi Kırkın
Ergi Kırkın (born 27 January 1999) is a Turkish tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 251 achieved on 6 May 2024. He has won 9 ITF singles titles. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking No. 300 achieved on 26 February 2024. He is the current No. 1 Turkish player. Professional career 2018: ATP debut in doubles Kırkın made his ATP main draw debut at the 2018 Antalya Open in the doubles draw partnering Koray Kırcı. 2024: Maiden ATP Challenger title He won his maiden ATP Challenger title at 2024 Brasil Tennis Open, after defeating Lucky Loser and local player Daniel Dutra da Silva Daniel Dutra da Silva (; born 5 July 1988) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. He competes mostly on the ATP Challenger Tour. He reached his career high ATP ranking of world No. 207 in August 2022 and his career high in doubles of No. 19 ... in the final. With lifting his maiden title, he became the fourth Turkish Challenger champion joining Altu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
