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2024 Dobrich Challenger
The 2024 Izida Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2024 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Dobrich, Bulgaria between 19 and 24 August 2024. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings were as of 12 August 2024. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Anthony Genov * Yanaki Milev * Petr Nesterov The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Luciano Emanuel Ambrogi * Mirza Bašić * Alexander Donski * Andrej Martin * Nikolay Nedelchev * Christoph Negritu Champions Singles * Juan Bautista Torres def. Ivan Gakhov 5–7, 6–0, 7–5. Doubles * Alexander Merino / Christoph Negritu def. Victor Vlad Cornea / 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 al ... [...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] |
Gabriel Debru
Gabriel Debru (born 21 December 2005) is a French tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 233, achieved on 17 March 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 273, achieved on 4 November 2024. Junior career In 2022, Debru won the French Open's boys single title. Later that year, he reached the finals of the Wimbledon's boys doubles title, playing along with Paul Inchauspé. Professional career 2022: Grand Slam qualifying debut In May 2022, Debru made his debut at the French Open qualifying round, winning against Arthur Fils but then losing in the second round. 2023: First ITF title, First Challenger final He reached his first Challenger quarterfinal in his first tournament of the year, at the Oeiras Indoors. He reached another quarterfinal a month later at the Challenger La Manche in Cherbourg, defeating Kenny de Schepper before falling to British Jan Choinski. At his second French Open qualifying appearance he lost in the first round to Dominican Nick Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Vlad Cornea
Victor Vlad Cornea (born 24 September 1993) is a Romanian tennis player who specializes in doubles. He reached his highest ATP doubles ranking of No. 64 on 19 February 2024. He has won 14 ATP Challenger Tour doubles titles. He has six Davis Cup nominations for Team Romania. Career Cornea made his Grand Slam debut at the 2023 French Open with Zhang Zhizhen and at the 2023 US Open with Nikola Ćaćić. He reached the semifinals at the ATP 500 2023 Hamburg European Open with Cacic, defeating Bolivian pair of lucky losers Federico Zeballos and Boris Arias, and also Bolivian Hugo Dellien and Argentine Guido Pella. He qualified at the ATP 500 2023 Swiss Indoors as a lucky loser pair with Cacic and reached the quarterfinals by defeating Swiss duo Mika Brunold and Marc-Andrea Hüsler in straight sets. He recorded his first Grand Slam win on his debut at the 2024 Australian Open partnering with Sriram Balaji as an alternate pair over Italians Matteo Arnaldi and Andrea Pellegrino ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Gakhov
Ivan Andreevich Gakhov ( rus, Ива́н Андре́евич Га́хов, , ɪˈvan ˈɡaxəf; born 4 November 1996) is a Russian tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 142 achieved on 19 June 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 170 achieved on 17 September 2018. Gakhov has won two ATP Challenger titles in singles and one in doubles. Career 2022: ATP debut Ranked No. 315, he made his ATP singles main draw debut at the 2022 Generali Open Kitzbühel as a lucky loser where he lost to Yannick Hanfmann. 2023: Maiden Challenger title, Masters debut and first ATP win, top 150 He won his maiden ATP Challenger title in singles at the 2023 Girona Challenger. Ranked No. 198, he made his Masters debut at the 2023 Monte-Carlo Masters after entering the qualifying competition as the fourth alternate, defeating second seed Adrian Mannarino and twelfth seed Luca Van Assche. In the first round of the main draw, he defeated Mackenzie McDonald to record his first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrej Martin
Andrej Martin (; born 20 September 1989, in Bratislava) is a Slovak professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 93 in February 2020 and a doubles ranking of world No. 69 on 11 July 2016. Career 2016: Best season: French Open third round, Maiden ATP singles final, top 100 He was a lucky loser at the French Open and defeated Daniel Muñoz de la Nava in the first round of the main draw and 29th seed Lucas Pouille in the second, before losing to 8th-seed Milos Raonic in the third round. In July 2016, Martin reached first ATP final, in Umag, defeated Martin Kližan, João Sousa, Carlos Berlocq and Sergiy Stakhovsky en route. In the final he lost to Italian No. 1 Fabio Fognini. Later in the year, Martin participated in the 2016 Summer Olympics. After comfortably defeating Denis Kudla in the first round, Martin got a walkover into the 3rd round when opponent Philipp Kohlschreiber withdrew with an injury. However, Martin was then beaten b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Donski
Alexander Donski (; born 1 August 1998) is a Bulgarian professional tennis player active on both the ITF Men's World Tennis Tour and the ATP Challenger Tour. Donski holds the third highest-ever ATP doubles ranking by a Bulgarian, achieving a career-high of world No. 193 on 17 March 2025. Only Grigor Dimitrov and Orlin Stanoytchev have achieved a higher ATP doubles ranking for a Bulgarian player, reaching No. 66 and No. 156 respectively. Donski has won 19 ITF Men's World Tennis Tour titles in doubles and is an active member of the Bulgarian Davis Cup Team. YouTube Channel In late 2016, Donski began a YouTube channel called ''Operation Liftoff'' that documented his progress at Futures tournaments on the ITF Pro Circuit as well as showcased some of the challenges and routines of a professional tennis player's life on tour. The channel was made in close collaboration with his cousin, Lazar Dokov, who traveled with and competed alongside him in Southeastern Europe until October ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirza Bašić
Mirza Bašić (; born 12 July 1991) is a Bosnian professional tennis player. He has won one ATP singles title at the 2018 Sofia Open and is a member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Davis Cup team. Career Bašić reached his first Grand Slam tournament after qualifying for the 2016 Australian Open. He became the second male player representing Bosnia and Herzegovina, after compatriot Damir Džumhur, to reach the main draw of a Grand Slam. In 2018, Bašić won his first ATP World Tour title at the Sofia Open as a qualifier. He entered the 2022 edition of the same tournament as a lucky loser. ATP career finals Singles: 1 (1 title) Challenger and Futures finals Singles: 20 (10–10) Doubles: 8 (3–5) Performance timeline ''Current as far as the 2022 Wimbledon Championships.'' Davis Cup * 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 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petr Nesterov
Petr Nesterov (, born 7 March 2003) is a Bulgarian tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 384 achieved on 28 October 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 260 achieved on 4 November 2024. Nesterov reached the final of the 2021 US Open Junior doubles with Ukrainian Viacheslav Bielinskyi. Junior career As a junior, Nesterov won three singles and four doubles titles and achieved a career-high ranking of World No. 15. His biggest junior success came in 2021 at the US Open, where he reached the quarterfinals in singles and his first Grand Slam final in doubles with Viacheslav Bielinskyi, but lost 3–6, 7–5, –10to Max Westphal and Coleman Wong in the championship match. Earlier in the year the Bulgarian-Ukrainian duo came close to another doubles final at the French Open, but lost out in the semifinals to eventual champions Arthur Fils and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard. Professional career 2019–2023: Early years, turning pro, ATP debut and first wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yanaki Milev
Yanaki Milev (born 15 April 2004) is a Bulgarian tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 443 achieved on 26 August 2024. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 343 achieved on 4 November 2024. Career Milev made his ATP main draw debut at the 2022 Sofia Open after receiving a wildcard into the doubles main draw with Petr Nesterov. They reached the quarterfinals, defeating Jack Vance and Jamie Vance, before losing to eventual champions Rafael Matos and David Vega Hernández. He also received a wildcard for the 2023 Sofia Open in the singles qualifying competition, and for the doubles main draw again with Nesterov, where they also reached the quarterfinals, defeating Spanish duo Íñigo Cervantes and defending champion David Vega Hernández. Year-end ATP ranking Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals Singles: 10 (4–6) Doubles: 9 (4–5) National participation Davis Cup (2 wins, 2 losses) Yanaki Milev debuted for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabi Adrian Boitan
Gabi Adrian Boitan (born 11 July 1999) is a Romanian tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 328, achieved on 12 August 2024. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 521, achieved on 17 July 2023. He is currently the No. 4 Romanian player. Boitan played college tennis at Baylor University. Boitan represents Romania at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 1–0. ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals Singles: 15 (7–8) References External links * * *Gabi Adrian Boitanat Baylor University Baylor University is a Private university, private Baptist research university in Waco, Texas, United States. It was chartered in 1845 by the last Congress of the Republic of Texas. Baylor is the oldest continuously operating university in Te ... 1999 births Living people Romanian male tennis players Baylor Bears men's tennis players Romanian expatriate tennis players in the United States Sportspeople from Constanța ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cezar Crețu
Cezar Crețu (born 24 April 2001) is a Romanian tennis player. He has a career high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) singles ranking of world No. 288 achieved on 11 November 2024. He also has a career high doubles ranking of world No. 308 achieved on 11 November 2024. He is currently the No. 3 Romanian player. He represents Romania at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 4–1. Career He made his ATP main draw debut at the 2024 Țiriac Open after receiving a wildcard into the singles qualifying draw and doubles main draw. Crețu has won one 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. It was founded in 1976 as a replacement for the ILTF Satellite Circuit (founded in 1971) as ... doubles title at the 2024 Iași Open with Bogdan Pavel. ATP Challenger Tour finals Doubles: 1 (1 title) References External links * 2001 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimitar Kuzmanov
Dimitar Kuzmanov (, ; nickname: Miko; born 28 July 1993) is a Bulgarian professional tennis player. He competes on the ATP Challenger Tour. His career-high singles ranking is No. 159 achieved on 29 August 2022 and 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 aged six when his mother Dora took him to play on courts of Tennis Club Lokomotiv Plovdiv, and Stefan was the man, tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
