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2024 Lincoln Challenger
The 2024 Lincoln Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 1st edition of the tournament which was part of the 2024 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States between August 5 and August 11, 2024. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 29 July 2024. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Joshua Lapadat * Anton Shepp * Joan Torres Espinosa The following players received entry into the singles main draw as alternates: * Nishesh Basavareddy * Aidan Mayo * Ethan Quinn The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Stefan Kozlov * Christian Langmo * Ryuki Matsuda * Jack Pinnington Jones * Colton Smith * Eliot Spizzirri The following players received entry as lucky losers: * Shintaro Mochizuki * Yusuke Takahashi Champions Singles * Jacob Fearnley def. Coleman Wong 6–4, 6–2. Doubles * Robert Cash / JJ Trac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hard Court
A hardcourt (or hard court) is a type of surface or floor on which a sport is played, most usually in reference to tennis courts. It is typically made of rigid materials such as Asphalt concrete, asphalt or concrete, and covered with acrylic resins to seal the surface and mark the playing lines, while providing some cushioning. Historically, hardwood surfaces were also in use in indoor settings, similar to an indoor basketball court, but these surfaces are rare now. Tennis Tennis hard courts are made of synthetic/acrylic layers on top of a concrete or asphalt foundation and can vary in color. These courts tend to play medium-fast to fast because there is little energy absorption by the court, as with grass courts but unlike clay courts. The ball tends to bounce high and players are able to apply many types of spin during play. Speed of rebound after tennis balls bounce on hard courts is determined by how much sand is in the synthetic/acrylic layer placed on top of the asphalt found ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denis Yevseyev
Denis Yevseyev (born 22 May 1993) is a Kazakh tennis player who competes on the ATP Challenger Tour. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 153 achieved on 22 July 2024. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 247 achieved on 12 July 2021. Career 2017 He played at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in singles but was defeated by Farrukh Dustov in the quarterfinal. In men's doubles partnering Timur Khabibulin, he lost the final and won a silver medal. 2018: Silver medalist at the Asian Games Yevseyev participated at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia. In singles, he lost to the bronze medalist South Korean Lee Duck-hee in the third round. In doubles, he won the silver medal after losing in the final with his partner Alexander Bublik against the Indian duo of Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan. 2019-2020: ATP doubles debut In 2019, Yevseyev was nominated for the Kazakhstan Davis Cup team but did not participated in a match. Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Johnson (tennis)
Luke Johnson (born 18 March 1994) is a British professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He achieved his career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 40 on 21 April 2025. Johnson has won three doubles titles on the ATP Tour with Sander Arends. He has also won 13 titles on the ATP Challenger Tour and 21 on the ITF World Tennis Tour. He also has a career-high singles ranking of No. 606 set on 29 November 2021. Personal life Johnson grew up in the Leeds suburb of Roundhay and attended The Grammar School at Leeds. He played cricket up until the age of 16 but then decided to focus exclusively on tennis. He moved to the United States for his higher education and played tennis for Clemson University. Career 2019: Grand Slam tournament debut Johnson made his ATP Tour and Grand Slam tournament main draw debut simultaneously at the Wimbledon after receiving a wildcard for direct entry into the men's doubles draw. Partnering compatriot Evan Hoyt, the pair were defeated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ariel Behar
Ariel Behar (; born November 12, 1989) is a Uruguayan professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. His career-high doubles ranking is World No. 34 achieved on 6 May 2024. He has won three ATP titles with Ecuadorian partner Gonzalo Escobar. He has taken part of the Uruguay Davis Cup team since 2009. Personal life Behar played tennis for the first time at 3 years old and began playing seriously aged 10. Growing up, he admired Roger Federer and Andre Agassi. He is from a Jewish family but is "not a big fan" of religion. Professional career 2012–2017: ATP and Grand Slam singles debut Since the mid 2010s till 2017, Behar competed primarily on the ATP Challenger Tour, where he won 7 doubles titles. Partnering with Aliaksandr Bury, he was a semifinalist at the 2017 Estoril Open. He entered the main draw at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships, his first appearance at a Grand Slam. 2018–2022: Three doubles titles, 15 Challenger titles, top 40 Partnering with Ecuadori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coleman Wong
Coleman Wong Chak-lam (; born 6 June 2004) is a Hong Kong tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 128 achieved on 30 September 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 468 achieved on 9 September 2024. He is the highest-ranked male Hong Kong tennis player in history, having cracked the top 300 and later the top 150 in the rankings. Wong represents Hong Kong at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 18–7. Personal life He was educated in Diocesan Boys' School and as of 2023 is a student of the University of Hong Kong. He has a sister named Elana Wong. Career Juniors Wong won the 2018 Orange Bowl singles under-14 junior tennis tournament. After winning the 2021 US Open Boys' doubles event, he became Hong Kong's second-ever Grand Slam winner in any discipline, following Patricia Hy's 1983 Wimbledon title in Girls' doubles. He won his second Grand Slam title at the 2022 Australian Open Boys' doubles event, with Bruno Kuzuhara, becoming the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yusuke Takahashi
is a Japanese tennis player. Takahashi has a career high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of 238 achieved on 7 August 2017. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 414 achieved on 20 November 2017. Takahashi made his ATP main draw debut at the 2017 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships after defeating Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras and Vasek Pospisil in qualifying. ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals Singles: 14 (6–8) External links * * 1997 births Living people Japanese male tennis players Sportspeople from Yokohama Tennis people from Kanagawa Prefecture 21st-century Japanese sportsmen {{Japan-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shintaro Mochizuki
Shintaro Mochizuki (Japanese: 望月 慎太郎, ''Mochizuki Shintarō'', born 2 June 2003) is a Japanese professional tennis player. He has an ATP career-high singles ranking of world No. 129 achieved on 6 November 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 371 achieved on 18 October 2021. He is currently the No. 4 Japanese player. Mochizuki became the first Japanese male player in history to win a Grand Slam boys’ singles title at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships. As a teen, Mochizuki achieved a career-high ITF junior combined ranking of No. 1 on 15 July 2019. Early life Shintaro Mochizuki was born on June 2, 2003, in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan. His name "Shintaro" was given by his father, inspired by the novelist and politician Shintaro Ishihara. He started playing tennis at the age of 3. As a fifth grader, he represented Kawasaki Municipal Mukai Elementary School at the 32nd First Life National Elementary School Tennis Championship and managed to reach the semifinals. At the age of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eliot Spizzirri
Eliot Spizzirri (born December 23, 2001) is an American tennis player. Spizzirri has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 114 which was achieved on 9 June 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 166 which was achieved on 19 May 2025. Junior career Spizzirri achieved a career-high ITF Junior Ranking of No. 20 on 9 September 2019. He played singles and doubles in all four 2019 junior grand slam events. Spizzirri reached the doubles round of 16 in all four junior grand slams and the singles round of 32 at the Australian Open. During his ITF junior career, Spizzirri secured five other ITF doubles titles and two singles titles from 2016 to 2018. In 2017, Spizzirri won the 16s doubles title at the USTA Easter Bowl and Orange Bowl with Spencer Whitaker On November 18, 2018, Spizzirri won an ITF title in doubles at the Campeche, Mexico Grade 1 tournament. College career He played college tennis at the University of Texas, where in 2023 and 2024 he was the ITA National Player o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colton Smith (tennis)
Colton Smith (born March 5, 2003) is an American professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 134, achieved on 30 June 2025. Smith played college tennis at University of Arizona. Professional career 2025: Maiden Challenger title, ATP Tour debut Smith won his maiden ATP Challenger singles title at the 2025 Cleveland Open. Smith qualified at the 2025 Indian Wells Open making his ATP and also Masters 1000 main draw debut and defeated Flavio Cobolli to record his first tour-level win. At the 2025 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, Smith qualified and reached the quarterfinals for the first time in an ATP event, first defeating James Duckworth in straight sets, and then defeating 2023 NCAA champion Ethan Quinn Ethan Quinn (born March 12, 2004) is an American tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 95 achieved on 16 June 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 325 achieved on 17 March 2025. Early life Quinn wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Pinnington Jones
Jack Pinnington Jones (born 30 March 2003) is a British professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of No. 282 achieved on 16 June 2025. He has won 5 titles on the ITF Men's World Tennis Tour. Pinnington Jones attended Texas Christian University in the United States. Career 2021: First Pro title In 2021 he became the top ranked British junior and seventh-ranked junior in the world. Given a wildcard into qualifying for the 2021 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles qualifying when he was 18 years-old, Pinnington Jones overcame a deficit of 983 ranking places to win 6-4 6-3 against Brazilian Joao Menezes in the first round. He also reached the quarterfinals of the 2021 Wimbledon boys' singles tournament. He won his first professional tournament in October 2021 in Antalya on the ITF World Tennis Tour, only dropping two sets in his six matches on the way to the title. 2024: Major debut at Wimbledon in doubles He was awarded a wildcard alongside Aidan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Kozlov
Stefan Kozlov (, ; born February 1, 1998) is an American professional tennis player of Russian descent. He has a career-high ATP ranking of world No. 103 achieved on 18 July 2022 and doubles ranking of world No. 180 on 19 June 2017. Kozlov made his ATP World Tour debut as a wildcard in 2013 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships at the age of 15. He reached two junior Grand Slam finals in 2014 and finished the year at World No. 3 in the ITF Junior Combined rankings. Personal life He is the son of Russian parents and his father Andrei is a tennis coach. He has a brother, Boris, who is also a tennis player. Junior career In 2014, Kozlov reached two junior Grand Slam finals, where he lost to Alexander Zverev at the Australian Open and Noah Rubin at Wimbledon. This success led him to a career high junior ranking of No. 2. Kozlov also competed at the U18 National Championships, finishing in third place in the singles tournament and winning the doubles tournament with Noah Rubin. Wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethan Quinn
Ethan Quinn (born March 12, 2004) is an American tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 95 achieved on 16 June 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 325 achieved on 17 March 2025. Early life Quinn was born on March 12, 2004 in Fresno, California. His parents were former tennis players. Quinn attended the San Joaquin Memorial High School in Fresno, California. College career Quinn was an early enrollee at the University of Georgia in January 2022. He was ranked the No. 1 national tennis recruit in 2022. In May 2023 Quinn won the 2023 NCAA Singles Championship for the Georgia Bulldogs. Professional career 2022: Grand Slam doubles debut Quinn won the doubles at the 2022 USTA Boys 18s National Championship with his partner Nicholas Godsick which earned them a wildcard into the main draw of the 2022 US Open. They won the final with a 6–4, 6–0 defeat of Sebastian Gorzny and Alex Michelsen who had been top seeds following their 2022 Wimbledon Juni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |