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2024 Southern California Open
The 2024 Southern California Open 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 Indian Wells, California, United States from January 15 to January 21, 2024. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 8 January 2024. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Murphy Cassone * Brandon Holt * Ryan Seggerman The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking: * Paul Jubb The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Patrick Brady * Stefan Kozlov * Maxwell McKennon * Ajeet Rai * Matías Soto * James Tracy Champions Singles * Mitchell Krueger def. Brandon Holt 4–6, 6–3, 6–4. Doubles * Ryan Seggerman / Patrik Trhac def. Thai-Son Kwiatkowski / Alex Lawson Alex Lawson (born January 31, 1994) is an American tennis player who sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hard Court
A hardcourt (or hard court) is a 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 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. Flat balls are favored on hard courts because of the extremely quick play style. Speed of rebound after tennis balls bounce on hard courts is determined by how much sand is in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Debru
Gabriel Debru (born 21 December 2005) is a French tennis player. Debru has a career high ATP ATP may refer to: Companies and organizations * Association of Tennis Professionals, men's professional tennis governing body * American Technical Publishers, employee-owned publishing company * ', a Danish pension * Armenia Tree Project, non ... singles ranking of 539 achieved on 17 October 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 1073 achieved on 17 October 2022. Debru won the 2022 French Open – Boys' singles title. Junior Grand Slam finals Singles: 1 (1 title) Doubles: 1 (1 runners-up) References External links * Profile at ITF 2005 births Living people Sportspeople from Grenoble French male tennis players French Open junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles {{France-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Tracy (tennis)
James "JJ" Tracy (born July 10, 2002) is an American tennis player. Tracy has a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of 668 achieved on October 23, 2023. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of 800 achieved on September 26, 2022. College career Tracy plays college tennis at Ohio State University. He won the 2024 NCAA doubles title with partner Robert Cash. Professional career Tracy won his first ITF title at the 2023 M15 tournament in South Bend, Indiana, South Bend, defeating fellow American Strong Kirchheimer 6–1, 6–2 in the final. In 2024, Tracy won his first two ITF doubles tournaments in San Diego and Laval, Quebec, Laval. Tracy made his ATP main draw debut at the 2024 Hall of Fame Open after receiving a wildcard into the 2024 Hall of Fame Open – Doubles, doubles tournament with Robert Cash and the pair reached their first ATP final. After winning the 2024 NCAA Doubles Championship, Tracy and Cash were given a wild card ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matías Soto (tennis)
Matías Soto (born 27 April 1999) is a Chilean tennis player. Soto has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 523 achieved on 17 July 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 173 achieved on 29 January 2024. He has won two Challenger titles in doubles. Soto has been nominated to represent Chile at the Davis Cup on multiple occasions, but he has not participated in a match yet. Professional career Soto made his ATP main draw debut in doubles at the 2023 Chile Open after receiving a wildcard with Thiago Seyboth Wild, where he notched his first career ATP tour-level win in doubles, and after two more wins, he reached his first career ATP doubles final. As a result he reached the top 300 in the doubles rankings. He also received a wildcard for the 2024 Chile Open this time partnering Orlando Luz, another Brazilian where he reached his second doubles final. At the same tournament, he also received a wildcard for the singles qualifying competition. College car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ajeet Rai
Ajeet Shankar Rai (born 18 January 1999) is a New Zealand professional tennis player. Rai has a career-high ATP singles ranking of 424, achieved on 3 April 2023, and a best doubles ranking of 304, reached on 3 April 2023. Tennis career 2018 Rai's first experience of professional tennis was being given a wildcard into qualifying for the Auckland Open, where he was beaten by Taro Daniel in the first round. He played his first senior ITF tournament in Kampala, Uganda, in May, qualifying for the main draw in singles, where he reached the second round. The following week, at the same venue, he was given a wildcard into both doubles and the main draw for singles, and reached the quarterfinals of both. He reached his first doubles semifinal in China in July, but the highlight of his year to that date would come in September, when he made his Davis Cup debut for New Zealand, partnering Artem Sitak to win their doubles rubber against South Korea, giving Rai a perfect start to his s ... [...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. 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. With this victory, they earned a wild card into the main ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Jubb
Paul Jubb (born 31 October 1999) is a British tennis player. Jubb has a career high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) singles ranking of 196, which he achieved on the 12th of September 2022. Early years At the age of four Jubb was spotted playing tennis at Pelican Park near his home in Hull. He was spotted by tennis coach Jonny Carmichael. Carmichael coached Jubb into his teenage years where he trained at the LTA-accredited Nuffield Health Tennis Academy in Hull. In 2015 he won the under 16 Boys singles title at the LTA British Nationals. Professional career Jubb made his Grand Slam main draw debut at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships after receiving a wildcard for the singles main draw, but dropped out in the first round after losing in 4 sets to João Sousa. He made his ATP Tour debut at the 2019 Eastbourne International by winning two qualifying matches, before losing in the first round to eventual champion Taylor Fritz. Jubb won the singles title at the 2019 N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murphy Cassone
Murphy Cassone (born August 16, 2002) is an American tennis player. Cassone has a career high ATP singles ranking of 363 achieved on October 21, 2024. He also has a career high doubles ranking of 1645 achieved on April 3, 2023. College career Cassone played college tennis at Arizona State. Professional career He won his maiden 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. The Challenger Tour events are the second-highest tier of tennis competition, behind the ATP T ... singles title at the 2024 Calgary National Bank Challenger. ATP Challenger Tour finals Singles: 1 (1 title) References External links * * 2002 births Living people American male tennis players Arizona State Sun Devils men's tennis players Sportspeople from Overland Park, Kansas {{US-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebastian Fanselow
Sebastian Fanselow (born 30 December 1991) is a German tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 273, achieved on 8 August 2022, and a doubles ranking of No. 358, achieved on 15 August 2022. Career 2024: ATP debut He made his ATP main draw debut at the 2024 Lyon Open after entering the singles main draw as a lucky loser, losing to Yoshihito Nishioka is a Japanese tennis player. He has won two ATP Tour singles titles and achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 36 on 7 November 2022. He is currently the No. 1 Japanese player. Career Junior career As a junior, he compiled a ... in the first round. ATP Challenger finals Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) Doubles 1 (1 runner-up) References External links * * 1991 births Living people German male tennis players Pepperdine Waves men's tennis coaches Pepperdine Waves men's tennis players {{Germany-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thai-Son Kwiatkowski
Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (born February 13, 1995) is a Vietnamese American tennis player. He played collegiately for the Virginia Cavaliers. On May 29, 2017, Kwiatkowski won the NCAA Men's Singles Championship. This victory earned him a wildcard into the main draw of the 2017 US Open. College career Coming out of high school, he was the nation's top recruit. Kwiatkowski was on three national championship teams during his time at Virginia. As a sophomore, he tied the school's single season wins record, going 44-8 during the season. On September 11, 2016, Kwiatkowski won the American Collegiate Invitational, which earned him a wild card into the qualifying tournament for the 2017 US Open. After his senior season, he was named first-team all- ACC. Kwiatkowski won the singles title at the 2017 NCAA Men's Singles Championship, defeating William Blumberg in the final. Other notable college achievements: • 2018 NCAA Top 10 Award winner • ACC Men’s Tennis Scholar-Athlete of the Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Wells, California
Indian Wells is a city in Riverside County, California, in the Coachella Valley. Incorporated in 1967, it lies in between the cities of Palm Desert and La Quinta. As of the 2010 Census, the city population was 4,958. The city hosts the sixth-largest tennis tournament in the world, the Indian Wells Masters tennis tournament, presently known as the ''BNP Paribas Open''. The Indian Wells Masters is one of nine ATP World Tour Masters 1000 high-level events operated by the Association of Tennis Professionals, and one of the four WTA Premier Mandatory tournaments of the Women's Tennis Association. It is held at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, which contains the second-largest tennis-specific stadium in the world. History As early as 1820, the area now known as Indian Wells was the site of a thriving Indian village, as reported by W.P. Blade, a Smithsonian Institution geologist. A decade later, when gold was discovered on the Colorado River, William D. Bradshaw built a trail from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandon Holt
Brandon Holt (born April 6, 1998) is an American professional tennis player. Holt has a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 211, achieved on 7 November 2022. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 473, achieved on 10 February 2020. Career 2022-23: Major debut at the US and Australian Open, first ATP & Major career wins Ranked No. 303, Holt made his Grand Slam debut at the 2022 US Open as a qualifier after defeating Dimitar Kuzmanov in the last round of qualifying. He won his first Grand Slam level match, upsetting 10th seed Taylor Fritz. This was also Holt's first career win on the ATP Tour. In January 2023, Holt qualified and made his debut at the 2023 Australian Open. He recorded his first win at this Major after defeating fellow qualifier Aleksandar Vukic. Personal life Holt is the son of Tracy Austin Tracy Ann Austin Holt (born December 12, 1962) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. She won three Grand Slam titles: the wom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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