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2024 Yokkaichi Challenger
The 2024 Yokkaichi Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 4th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2024 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Yokkaichi, Japan between 25 November and 1 December 2024. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 18 November 2024. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Kokoro Isomura * Rei Sakamoto * Yua Taka The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate: * Naoki Nakagawa The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Philip Henning * Hiroki Moriya * Christoph Negritu * Jakub Paul * Ryotaro Taguchi * Yusuke Takahashi The following players received entry as lucky losers: * Alafia Ayeni * Petr Bar Biryukov Champions Singles * Rei Sakamoto def. Christoph Negritu 1–6, 6–3, 6–4. Doubles * Thomas Fancutt / Jakub Paul def. Kokoro Isomura Kokoro Isomura (born 22 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yokkaichi
is a Cities of Japan, city located in Mie Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 310,259 in 142162 households and a population density of 1500 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Yokkaichi is located in the north-central of Mie Prefecture, part of the northeastern Kii Peninsula. It stretches the width of Mie Prefecture, and is bordered by Ise Bay on the Pacific Ocean to the east, and Shiga Prefecture to the northwest. Neighboring municipalities Mie Prefecture * Asahi, Mie, Asahi * Inabe, Mie, Inabe * Kawagoe, Mie, Kawagoe * Komono, Mie, Komono * Kuwana, Mie, Kuwana * Suzuka, Mie, Suzuka * Tōin, Mie, Tōin Shiga Prefecture * Kōka, Shiga, Kōka Climate Yokkaichi has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Yokkaichi is . The average annual rainfall is with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on ave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Li Tu
Li Tu (born 27 May 1996) is an Australian tennis player. Tu has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 164, achieved on 21 April 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 189, achieved on 27 January 2025. Career 2011–2014: Pro debut and retirement Tu made his ITF Futures debut in February 2011 at the Australia F2. He played four other tournaments, losing in the first round in all of them. Tu competed in the 2012 Junior Davis Cup alongside Thanasi Kokkinakis, later working as a tennis coach prior to his debut on the senior tour. In February 2014, he won his first match on ITF-level. In April 2014, Tu reached the quarterfinal of the Australia F5, his best result this level, but retired in June 2014. 2020–2021: Return, ATP and major debut, four ITF titles In 2020, Tu was inspired to return to playing tennis and enjoyed success on the Australian UTR Pro Tennis Series. Tu made his ATP Tour debut at the 2021 Murray River Open from where he received a wildcard into ... [...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] |
Christoph Negritu
Christoph Negritu Mio (born 21 March 1994) is a German tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 282, achieved on 30 June 2025, and a best doubles ranking of No. 129, attained on 30 June 2025. Career In August 2024, Negritu won his maiden ATP Challenger Tour doubles title at the 2024 Dobrich Challenger with Alexander Merino Alexander Merino (born 31 August 1992) is a Peruvian tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 145 achieved on 14 April 2025. Merino represents Peru in the Davis Cup. He was first nominated to t .... In December 2024, Negritu made his first singles final at the 2024 Yokkaichi Challenger and reached the top 400 in the rankings on 2 December 2024. ATP Challenger finals Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) Doubles: 6 (5 titles, 1 runner-up) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Negritu, Christoph 1994 births Living people German male tennis players People from Dink ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroki Moriya
is a Japanese tennis player. He has won three ATP Challenger Tour singles titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 143 on 5 January 2015. Tennis career Juniors As a junior, Moriya compiled a singles win–loss record of 76–37, reaching as high as No. 17 in the junior combined world rankings in October 2008. Junior Grand Slam results: Australian Open: 3R (2007, 2008) French Open: Q1 (2007) Wimbledon: 1R (2008) US Open: Q2 (2006) 2008–2011 Moriya had won three ITF Futures events in Japan and Chinese Taipei. He also had participated in a number of ATP Challenger Tour events, winning some matches of those tournaments. He ended 2011 as ranked world no. 327. 2012: Major debut, First ATP win Moriya failed to qualify for French Open and Wimbledon, but he qualified for the 2012 US Open to make his Grand Slam main draw debut, losing to Ivan Dodig in the first round. During the Asian hardcourt swing, he defeated Robin Haase in the Thailand Open to reco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Henning
Philip Henning (born 10 November 2000) is a South African tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 324 achieved on 23 December 2024. Henning represents South Africa at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 2–2. Career Juniors In May 2017, Henning won his first ITF junior singles title at the G4 in Windhoek, Namibia. Henning has won 6 ITF junior titles in 2017 and 3 in 2018. In October 2018, Henning represented South Africa at the Youth Olympic Games. As a junior, Henning reached a career-high combined ranking of No. 35 in the ITF's world junior rankings. As a junior, he compiled a singles win–loss record of 93–36. Junior Grand Slam results - Singles: Australian Open: 1R (2017), 3R (2018) French Open: 1R (2018) Wimbledon: 1R (2018) US Open: 2R (2018) Junior Grand Slam results - Doubles: Australian Open: 1R (2017), QF (2018) French Open: 1R (2018) Wimbledon: 1R (2018) US Open: 1R (2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naoki Nakagawa
is a Japanese tennis player. Nakagawa has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 332 achieved on 16 June 2025 and a doubles ranking of world No. 726 achieved on 30 July 2018. As a teen, Nakagawa reached his highest ranking of world No. 9 in the combined singles and doubles ITF junior ranking system. His junior tenure was highlighted and capped off by winning the boys' doubles title at the 2014 US Open where he alongside Australia's Omar Jasika defeated the Brazilian duo or João Menezes and Rafael Matos in straight sets ''6–3, 7–6(8–6)''. Nakagawa won his first 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 ... title at the 2024 Columbus Challenger, defeating James Trotter in the final. ATP Challenger Tour finals Singles: 1 (1 title) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kokoro Isomura
Kokoro Isomura (born 22 January 2003) is a Japanese tennis player. Isomura has a career high ATP singles ranking of 449 achieved on 11 November 2024. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 478 achieved on 2 December 2024. Isomura has won one ATP Challenger doubles title at the 2025 Nonthaburi Challenger. ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals Singles: 1 (1–0) References External links * * 2003 births Living people Japanese male tennis players Sportspeople from Hiroshima {{Japan-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hsu Yu-hsiou
Hsu Yu-hsiou ( zh, 許育修; born 2 April 1999) is a Taiwanese tennis player. He has a career high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of world No. 158 achieved on 16 October 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 149 achieved on 11 July 2022. Hsu is currently the No. 2 Taiwanese tennis player. Junior career As a junior, Hsu achieved a career-high total combined ranking of No. 5, reached on 12 June 2017. In 2017, he won the 2017 Australian Open – Boys' doubles, 2017 Australian Open boys' doubles championships title alongside Zhao Lingxi. He then won the 2017 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' doubles, 2017 Wimbledon boys' doubles championships title with Axel Geller and impressively also the 2017 US Open – Boys' doubles, 2017 US Open boys' doubles championships title with Wu Yibing, holding three out of the four junior grand slam doubles championships simultaneously. Professional career 2018 In March 2018, he won his firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuta Shimizu
is a Japanese tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 180 achieved on 24 February 2025. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 143 achieved on 12 June 2023. He won his first ATP Challenger Tour title at the 2024 Keio Challenger, defeating Li Tu in the final. Shimizu represents Japan at the Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and contested annually between teams from over 150 competing countries, making it the world's largest annual ..., where he has a W/L record of 1–0. ATP Challenger Tour finals Singles: 6 (1 title, 5 runner-ups) Doubles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner-ups) ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals Singles: 16 (12 titles, 4 runner-ups) Doubles: 17 (7 titles, 10 runner-ups) Junior Grand Slam finals Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shimizu, Yuta 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sho Shimabukuro
Sho Shimabukuro (島袋 将, ''Shimabukuro Shō'', born 30 July 1997) is a Japanese professional tennis player. Shimabukuro has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 135 achieved on 2 October 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 376 achieved on 16 September 2024. Shimabukuro represents Japan at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 1–0. Career 2023: Maiden Challenger title, Major and top 150 debuts Following his first two career Challengers titles, one in January and in May, he reached the top 200 at world No. 178 on 22 May 2023. In June, he defeated Liam Broady in straight sets to reach the quarterfinals of the 2023 Nottingham Open. As a result, he reached a new career ranking of No. 172 on 19 June 2023. In the next grass Challenger, the 2023 Ilkley Trophy he reached also the quarterfinals as a lucky loser but retired against Arthur Cazaux. He climbed another 10 positions to world No. 162, one week later, on 26 June 2023. He made his Grand Slam debut after qu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omar Jasika
Omar Jasika (; born 18 May 1997) is an Australian professional tennis player. Jasika has a career-high singles ranking of World No. 179 achieved on 16 December 2024 and a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 220 achieved on 23 May 2016. Jasika is the 2014 US Open boys' singles champion. He along with Naoki Nakagawa also won the 2014 US Open boys' doubles title defeating Rafael Matos and João Menezes in the final. In winning both, Jasika became the first player in 28 years to win both the boys’ singles and doubles events at the US Open. Personal life Jasika was born in Clarinda, Victoria. He is of Bosnian descent. His parents, Admir and Bina, emigrated from Bosnia and Herzegovina to Australia during the Bosnian War before Omar was born. He is the eldest child in his family and his brother, Amor, is also an aspiring professional tennis player. Jasika began playing tennis at the age of six. He attended South Oakleigh College throughout his schooling years. Professi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
