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2024 Southern California Open II
The 2024 Southern California Open II was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2024 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Indian Wells, California, United States from January 22 to January 28, 2024. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 15 January 2024. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Ryan Seggerman * Trevor Svajda * Zachary Svajda The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking: * Paul Jubb The following players received entry into the singles main draw as alternates: * Vasek Pospisil * Learner Tien * James Trotter The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Bor Artnak * Ozan Baris * Andre Ilagan * Bruno Kuzuhara * Maxwell McKennon * Matías Soto Champions Singles * Blaise Bicknell def. Zachary Svajda 6–3, 6–2. Doubles * Ryan Segger ... [...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] |
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] |
Thomas Fancutt
Thomas Fancutt (born 25 February 1995) is an Australian tennis player. Fancutt has a career high ATP singles ranking of 491 achieved on 28 January 2019. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 276 achieved on 2 December 2018. Fancutt made his ATP main draw debut at the 2021 Great Ocean Road Open, where he was an alternate into the singles main draw. Personal life Fancutt comes from a tennis-playing family, with his grandfather Trevor, grandmother Daphne, uncles Charlie and Michael Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name "Michael" * Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and ... and father Chris all former professional tennis players. Career 2013–2020: Career beginnings Fancutt made his debut on the ITF circuit at the Australia F6 in September 2013. Fancutt won his first ITF title in Anning, China in July 2016. ... [...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] |
Bruno Kuzuhara
Bruno Kuzuhara (born 1 April 2004) is a Brazilian-born American tennis player. He won the 2022 Australian Open Juniors singles and doubles events. Personal life Born in Brazil, both his parents have Japanese heritage. They moved to the U.S. when he was a baby. He now lives in Coconut Creek, Florida. He has trained under Brian Baker at the national campus in Florida. Career He was given his ATP tour debut as a wildcard at the 2021 US Open in the mixed doubles alongside Elvina Kalieva. As the top seed, he won the 2022 Australian Open in Boys singles defeating Czech Jakub Menšík. He also won the doubles event partnering Hong Kong player Coleman Wong. At 17 years old he became the fourth player from the US in the Open Era to claim the junior singles title, following in the footsteps of Andy Roddick, Donald Young and Sebastian Korda. He was also the first player since Czech Jiří Veselý Jiří Veselý (; born 10 July 1993) is a Czech professional tennis player. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ozan Baris
Ozan Baris, previously known as Ozan Colak, (born March 31, 2004) is an American tennis player. Baris has a career high ATP singles ranking of 1254 achieved on June 20, 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 1232 achieved on August 8, 2022. Baris won the 2022 US Open – Boys' doubles title with Nishesh Basavareddy. Baris plays college tennis at Michigan State University Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the fi .... Junior Grand Slam titles Doubles: 1 (1 title) References External links * * 2004 births Living people American male tennis players Sportspeople from Kalamazoo, Michigan US Open (tennis) junior champions Michigan State Spartans men's tennis players Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles 21st-century American people Tenni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bor Artnak
Bor Artnak (born 4 June 2004) is a Slovenian tennis player. Artnak has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 435, achieved on 17 June 2024. He is currently the No. 1 Slovenian player. On the junior tour, he has a career high ITF combined ranking of 10, achieved on 16 May 2022. Artnak has won three ITF singles titles and one doubles title. Artnak represents Slovenia at the Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the orga ..., where he has a W/L record of 4–6. ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals Singles: 6 (3–3) Doubles: 1 (1–0) References External links * * * 2004 births Living people Slovenian male tennis players {{Slovenia-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Trotter (tennis)
James Kent Trotter (born 29 July 1999) is a Japanese tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 272 achieved on 17 June 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 145 achieved on 12 August 2024. Trotter has won one singles and three ATP Challenger doubles titles. Professional career He won the Challenger doubles titles at the 2023 Columbus Challenger with Robert Cash, at the 2024 Cleveland Open with George Goldhoff, and at the 2024 Tyler Tennis Championships with Hans Hach Verdugo Hans Hach Verdugo (born 11 November 1989) is a Mexican tennis player. Hach Verdugo has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 60 achieved on 11 July 2022. He has a career high singles ranking of World No. 528 achieved on 20 July 2015. .... At the same tournament in Tyler, Texas, he also won his first ATP Challenger singles title. College career Trotter played college tennis at Ohio State, where he won the NCAA Division I tennis men's doubles championship in 2023. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Learner Tien
Learner Tien (born December 2, 2005) is an American tennis player. Tien has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 526 achieved on November 6, 2023. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 963 achieved on July 17, 2023. Early life Tien was born in Irvine, California to Vietnamese parents. His first name, Learner, is inspired by his mother's profession - a math teacher. His sister is named Justice after his father's profession - an attorney. Tien started playing tennis as an infant, and won his first tournament at the Racquet Club of Irvine at the age of 5. Junior Career Tien had a very successful career as a junior, compiling a 76-23 win-loss record and reaching two junior Grand Slam finals, at the 2023 Australian Open and the 2023 US Open, culminating with a ranking of world no. 4 in singles. He also reached the world no. 4 ranking in doubles, compiling a 36-18 win-loss record and winning the 2023 Australian Open, partnering with Cooper Williams. Junior Gran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasek Pospisil
Vasek Pospisil ( ; cs, Vašek Pospíšil, ; known in born June 23, 1990) is a Canadian professional tennis player. Pospisil has a career-high world singles ranking of No. 25, and No. 4 in doubles. Along with partner Jack Sock, he won the 2014 Wimbledon Championships and the 2015 Indian Wells Masters men's doubles titles. He also reached the quarterfinals in singles at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships. Early life and career Vasek was born on June 23, 1990 in Vernon, British Columbia, to Miloš and Mila. In 1988, before Vasek was born, his parents and older brothers unlawfully drove from Czechoslovakia to Austria to escape the Communist regime. Before moving, Miloš worked as the plant manager of a dairy factory, and Mila taught in a kindergarten. Both had experience playing recreational sports such as tennis with their sons and in local tournaments. The family lived in northeastern Austria and saved up to move to Canada despite working long hours for low wages. In the summer o ... [...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] |
Mitchell Krueger
Mitchell Krueger (born January 12, 1994) is an American tennis player. Krueger has a career-high singles ranking by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) of world No. 135, achieved on 18 July 2022. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 173, achieved on 27 April 2015. Professional career Krueger received a wildcard into the 2012 US Open mixed doubles event, where he partnered fellow American Samantha Crawford, but lost in the first round. He made his ATP Tour main-draw debut and recorded first win when he qualified and defeated Benoît Paire for a first of two wins of his career at the 2017 Western & Southern Open The 2017 Western & Southern Open was a men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts from August 14–20, 2017. It was a Masters 1000 tournament on the 2017 ATP World Tour and a WTA Premier 5 tournament on the 2017 WTA Tour. ... and the 2018 BNP Paribas Open. He made his Grand Slam debut when he qualified int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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