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2024 Tenerife Challenger
The 2024 Tenerife Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hardcourts. It was the fifth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2024 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Tenerife, Spain between 15 and 21 January 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: * Fabio Fognini * Martín Landaluce * Pol Martín Tiffon The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Javier Barranco Cosano * Guy den Ouden * Michael Geerts * Valentin Royer * Samuel Vincent Ruggeri * Denis Yevseyev Champions Singles * Brandon Nakashima def. Pedro Martínez 6–3, 6–4. Doubles * Vasil Kirkov / Luis David Martínez def. Karol Drzewiecki / Piotr Matuszewski Piotr Matuszewski (born 22 April 1998) is a Polish tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 77 achieved on 24 February ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hardcourt
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 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 foundation. More sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pablo Llamas Ruiz
Pablo Llamas Ruiz (born 13 October 2002) is a Spanish tennis player. Llamas Ruiz has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 131 achieved on 16 October 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 696 achieved on 2 October 2023. Career 2023-25: ATP, Major, Masters debuts & first wins, top 150, hiatus In 2023, Llamas Ruiz made his ATP main draw debut in Lyon after qualifying for the main draw. He won his first ATP match over Max Purcell. He lost to top seed Félix Auger-Aliassime in straight sets in the second round. He won his first title at the Challenger 100, the 2023 Open Castilla y León. In 2024, ranked No. 156, he qualified in Montpellier and recorded his second ATP win and first on hardcourt over Richard Gasquet. He lost to top seed Holger Rune in the second round. He also qualified for the 2024 Estoril Open and defeated eight seed Dominik Koepfer and lucky loser David Jordà Sanchis to reach his first ATP career quarterfinal, where he lost to eventual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piotr Matuszewski
Piotr Matuszewski (born 22 April 1998) is a Polish tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 77 achieved on 24 February 2025. He also has a career high singles ranking of No. 763 achieved on 2 October 2017. Matuszewski has won eight 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 titles. ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals Doubles: 46 (25–21) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Matuszewski, Piotr 1998 births Living people Polish male tennis players Sportspeople from Ostrów Wielkopolski 21st-century Polish sportsmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karol Drzewiecki
Karol Drzewiecki (; born 1 November 1995) is a Polish professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 83 on 5 May 2025. Drzewiecki has won 12 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 titles. ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals Singles: 1 (1–0) Doubles: 52 (23–29) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Drzewiecki, Karol 1995 births Living people Polish male tennis players Tennis players from Poznań Sportspeople from Gorzów Wielkopolski 21st-century Polish sportsmen ... [...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] |
Valentin Royer
Valentin Royer (; born 29 May 2001) is a French professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 112, achieved on 23 June 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 778, achieved on 20 June 2022. Early life Royer was born from French parents, but lived in Central and Eastern European countries until he was 17 years-old, including the Czech Republic, Serbia, and Poland. Professional career Juniors A member of Ninon Tennis Club in Pornichet, he was European U18 champion in both singles and doubles in 2019, playing doubles alongside Harold Mayot. 2022: First ITF title In May, Royer won his first ITF title in Ulcinj, Montenegro, defeating Samuel Vincent Ruggeri in the final. 2024: Maiden Challenger title, Top 200 In April, he defeated Dennis Novak at ITF Tour event in Oeiras, Portugal to ensure a ranking high enough to make his debut in senior qualifying for a Grand Slam at the 2024 French Open. In the men's qualifying at Roland Garros in May 2024 he won his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Geerts
Michael Geerts (born 17 January 1995) is a Belgian tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 212 achieved on 3 April 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 162 achieved on 17 October 2022. Geerts competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour. Career Geerts made his ATP main draw debut at the 2020 European Open in the doubles draw partnering Yannick Mertens. In 2022, he won two Challenger titles in doubles: in Cassis with Joran Vliegen and in Ismaning with Patrik Niklas-Salminen. He took part in the Belgium Davis Cup team The Belgium men's national tennis team represents Belgium in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Royal Belgian Tennis Federation. History Belgium competed in its first Davis Cup in 1904 when it achieved its best result until 2 ... in 2021 against Bolivia and in 2022 against France. ATP Challenger and ITF Tour Finals Singles: 17 (10–7) Performance timeline Singles References Exte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Den Ouden
Guy den Ouden (born 8 April 2002) is a Dutch professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 174, achieved on 9 June 2025. He is currently the No. 4 player from the Netherlands. In 2020 and 2021, den Ouden attended Pepperdine University in California. Early life Guy den Ouden was born in Maarssen, in the middle of the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. He is the son of Arnoud and Anne Den Ouden, who were both keen tennis players. He played football at VV Maarssen before concentrating on tennis. He trained at the National Tennis Center with senior pros such as Botic van de Zandschulp, Robin Haase and Jesper de Jong and became Dutch champion at U16 and U18 level. Career 2020-2022: Juniors, Pro Tour debuts As a junior, he reached the semifinals at the 2020 French Open – Boys' singles. He was the first Dutch person to have achieved this since Thiemo de Bakker in 2006. His run included a win over the second seed and 2020 Australian Open - Boys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javier Barranco Cosano
Javier Barranco Cosano (born 17 November 1998) is a Spanish tennis player who competes on the ATP Challenger Tour. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 213 achieved on 5 August 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 258 achieved on 12 November 2018. 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 Dominik Koepfer Dominik Koepfer (born 29 April 1994), also spelled Köpfer, is a German professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 49 on 4 March 2024, and a doubles ranking of No. 69 on 24 June 2024. He played college ... in the first round. ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals Singles: 23 (14–9) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Barranco Cosano, Javier 1998 births Living people Sportspeople from Almería Tennis players from Andalusia Spanish male tennis players 21st-century Spanish sportsmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martín Landaluce
Martín Landaluce Lacambra (born 8 January 2006) is a Spanish tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 133 achieved on 17 February 2025. He also had a career high ITF junior combined ranking of world No. 1 achieved on 27 February 2023. Landaluce won the 2022 US Open – Boys' singles title. Professional career 2022: ATP debut He made his ATP debut at the 2022 Gijón Open as a wildcard. 2023-2024: Masters debut and first win, Maiden Challenger title He also received a wildcard for the qualifying event at 2023 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell. Next, he received a wildcard for the main draw at the 2023 Mutua Madrid Open making his Masters 1000 debut. He won his first ITF World Tennis Tour title on 18 February 2024 in Vila Real de Santo Antonio, Portugal, where he defeated Khumoyun Sultanov in the final. Ranked No. 359, he received a wildcard for the main draw at the 2024 Miami Open making his debut at this Masters, where he defeated compatriot Jaume Munar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoine Escoffier
Antoine Escoffier (born 29 February 1992) is a French professional tennis player who competes on the ATP Challenger Tour. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 135, achieved on 16 October 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 214, achieved on 20 May 2024. He achieved most of his career milestones after the age of 30. Professional career 2015: First ITF title In June 2015, Escoffier won his first ITF title in Hyderabad, India, following seven straight lost finals in the previous three years. 2022: Grand Slam qualifying debut, Top 200 debut In May 2022, Escoffier played his first Grand Slam qualifying match at the French Open, losing in the first round. In July 2022, Escoffier made his Top 200 debut in the ATP singles ranking. 2023: First Challenger finals, Top 150 debut In April 2023, Escoffier won his first ATP Challenger doubles title at the 2023 León Open partnering with Aziz Dougaz. In July 2023, Escoffier reached his first final on the singles Challenger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Virtanen
Otto Virtanen (born 21 June 2001) is a Finnish professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 91 achieved on 11 November 2024. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 243 achieved on 19 June 2023. He is currently the No. 1 Finnish singles tennis player. Virtanen represents Finland at the Davis Cup where he has a W/L record of 10–10. Career 2018: Juniors Virtanen won the Boys' Doubles title in the Wimbledon Championships in 2018. In December 2018 Virtanen won the singles tournament, the Orange Bowl. 2022: First Challenger title He won his first Challenger title at the 2022 Trofeo Faip–Perrel The 2022 Trofeo Faip–Perrel was a professional tennis tournament played on hardcourt, hard courts. It was the seventeenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2022 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Bergamo, Italy between 31 October ... and reached the top 200 at world No. 195 on 7 November 2022. 2023: Top 150 and Grand S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |