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2025 ATP Hong Kong Tennis Open
The 2025 ATP Hong Kong Tennis Open (also known as the Bank of China Hong Kong Tennis Open for sponsorship reasons) is a men's tennis tournament to be played on outdoor hard courts. It was be the 29th edition of the ATP Hong Kong Open, and part of the ATP 250 tournaments on the 2025 ATP Tour. It took place at the Victoria Park Tennis Stadium in Hong Kong, from 30 December 2024 to 5 January 2025. Champions Singles * Alexandre Müller def Kei Nishikori 2–6, 6–1, 6–3 Doubles * Sander Arends / Luke Johnson def. Karen Khachanov / Andrey Rublev 7–5, 6–4, 0–7 Singles main-draw entrants Seeds *1 Rankings are as of 23 December 2024. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Zizou Bergs * Kei Nishikori * Coleman Wong The following player received entry under the ATP Next Gen programme for players aged under 20 and ranked in the top 350: * Learner Tien The following players received entry from the qualify ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ATP Tour 250
The ATP 250 tournaments (previously known as the ''ATP World Tour 250'' tournaments, ''ATP International Series'', and ''ATP World Series'') are the lowest tier of annual men's tennis tournaments on the main ATP Tour, after the four Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam/major tournaments, ATP Finals, ATP Masters 1000 tournaments, ATP 1000 tournaments, and ATP 500 tournaments, ATP 500 tournaments. As of 2024 ATP Tour, 2024, the series included 38 tournaments, with 250 ranking points awarded to each singles champion—which accounts for the name of the series. Draws consist of 28, 32, or 48 for singles and 16 for doubles. In 2025 ATP Tour, 2025, the series includes only 30 tournaments after the retirement of three tournaments (Atlanta, Córdoba and Lyon), the downgrade of two (Estoril and Newport) and the upgrade of three tournaments to the 500 level (Dallas, Doha and Munich). Thomas Muster holds the record for most singles titles at 26, while Mike Bryan holds the record for most doub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nuno Borges (tennis)
Nuno Borges (; born 19 February 1997) is a Portuguese professional tennis player. Borges has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 30, achieved on 9 September 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 69, achieved on 19 September 2022. He is currently the No. 1 player from Portugal. Borges won his first ATP singles title at the 2024 Swedish Open in Båstad, Sweden. In the final, he beat Rafael Nadal, becoming one of only five players (with Federer, Djokovic, Murray and Zeballos) to beat Nadal in a clay court final. Juniors Borges had a combined ITF juniors ranking of world No. 44, achieved on 13 April 2015. College career Borges played US college tennis at Mississippi State University from 2015 to 2019. As a player of the Mississippi State Bulldogs he was NCAA singles runner-up in 2019, Intercollegiate Tennis Association National Player of the Year in 2019, and won the SEC Player of the Year Award three times (2017, 2018, 2019), having ranked #1 in both singles and doub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bu Yunchaokete
Buyunchaokete (born 19 January 2002), known as Bu Yunchaokete, is a Chinese tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 64, achieved on 14 April 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 274, achieved on 23 October 2023. He is currently the No. 1 player from China. Early life Buyunchaokete was born in a Mongolian family from Bortala in northwestern Xinjiang. His father died when he was young, and his mother remarried. Following the Mongolian custom of attaching more importance to the paternal family, Buyunchaokete continued to live with his grandparents. But his grandparents did not know Mandarin, so in order to allow him to receive a better education in the city, he was sent to the Urumqi SOS Children's Village. At the age of 5 (2007), he was discovered by coach Luo Yong and sent to Huzhou, Zhejiang for training. Career 2023: Maiden Challenger title, first Masters win He won his maiden Challenger title at the 2023 Seoul Open, defeating Aleksandar Vukic in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tallon Griekspoor
Tallon Griekspoor (; born 2 July 1996) is a Dutch professional tennis player. He has a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of world No. 21, achieved on 6 November 2023. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 61 achieved on 10 June 2024. Griekspoor is the current Dutch No. 1 singles player. He has won a record eight ATP Challenger Tour, Challenger titles in one season (2021 ATP Challenger Tour, 2021), and became also the first player in history to win five consecutive such titles. Early life and background Griekspoor was born in Haarlem to father Ron and mother Monique, and grew up in Nieuw-Vennep. He has two older brothers, Scott Griekspoor, Scott and Kevin, who are twins. His grandfather Joop founded the construction company Griekspoor BV, where much of his family works. Griekspoor and his brothers began playing tennis when he was six, training at the Nieuw-Vennep Tennis Club. At the age of 12, he began playing at the Zandvoort Ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesco Passaro
Francesco Passaro (born 7 January 2001) is an Italian tennis player. He reached a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 89 on 17 February 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 256 on 20 February 2023. Career 2021: ATP debut Passaro made his ATP main draw debut at the 2021 Emilia-Romagna Open after receiving a wildcard for the doubles main draw. 2022–23: Masters, NextGen Finals and top 150 debuts He played his first ATP Challenger Tour final at the 2022 Sanremo Challenger and was defeated in three sets by the world No. 91 Holger Rune. He made his Masters debut at the 2022 Italian Open in Rome as a wildcard. He won his first Challenger in July 2022 in Trieste, Italy becoming the 20th #NextGenATP winner in 2022. As a result he reached a new career-high in the top 150 of world No. 144 on 25 July 2022. He qualified for the 2022 Next Generation ATP Finals. He reached a career high ranking of No. 108 on 13 February 2023. 2024–25: First Masters third round, Major & top 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alejandro Moro Cañas
Alejandro Moro Cañas (born 7 December 2000) is a Spanish tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 146 achieved on 12 August 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 419 achieved on 17 July 2023. Career 2021-2023: First ITF title In July 2021, Moro Cañas won his first professional title at an ITF M25 tournament in Portugal. He reached his second final in another tournament in Portugal two months later, losing to Paul Jubb in straight sets. In 2022, he started the season as a runner-up in two tournaments in February, losing in the finals in ITF tournaments in Spain and Portugal. He received a wildcard into qualifying at the Madrid Masters 1000 tournament, where he defeated world No. 47 Francisco Cerúndolo before losing in the final round of qualifiers to Lorenzo Musetti. He won his first clay court title in Vic, Spain before losing in a hardcourt final in Bakio. He reached his fifth final of the 2022 season in Antalya, Turkey, defeating Timo Stodder. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Diallo
Gabriel Diallo (born September 24, 2001) is a Canadian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 44, achieved on 16 June 2025, and a doubles ranking of No. 321, achieved on 8 January 2024. He is currently the No. 3 Canadian player. Diallo won his maiden ATP title at the 2025 Libéma Open. Diallo played college tennis at the University of Kentucky. Early life Diallo was born in Montreal, Canada to a Guinean father, and Ukrainian mother who is a former handball player. Professional career 2022: Maiden Challenger title, ATP & top 250 debut, Davis Cup champion In August, Diallo made his ATP debut in the qualifying competition as a wildcard at the National Bank Open in Montreal where he defeated James Duckworth in the first round. Participating in the Granby Challenger as a wildcard, Diallo won 5 consecutive matches to claim his maiden title in only his fourth main-draw Challenger-level tournament. At 20 years old, he became the younges ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc-Andrea Hüsler
Marc-Andrea Hüsler (born 24 June 1996) is a Swiss professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking by the Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP of world No. 47, achieved on 13 February 2023. In doubles, he achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 132 on 25 October 2021. He is currently the No. 3 Swiss player. Career 2017: ATP debut and first ATP win in doubles Hüsler made his ATP main-draw doubles debut at the 2017 Swiss Indoors, Swiss Indoors tournament, where he partnered former world No 1. Nenad Zimonjić, having received a wildcard into the tournament. The pair defeated Adrian Mannarino and Benoît Paire to give Hüsler a win in his first tour-level match, before losing in the quarterfinals to Marcus Daniell and Dominic Inglot. 2018: First Challenger doubles title, ATP singles debut, and first win Hüsler claimed his first ATP Challenger Tour doubles title in his first final, partnering Sem Verbeek at the 2018 Winnipeg National Bank Challenger – M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qualifying Draw (tennis)
This page is a glossary of tennis terminology. A * Ace: Serve where the tennis ball lands inside the '' service box'' and is not touched by the receiver; thus, a shot that is both a serve and a winner is an ace. Aces are usually powerful and generally land on or near one of the corners at the back of the service box. Initially, the term was used to indicate the scoring of a point. * Action: Synonym of '' spin''. * Ad court: Left side of the court of each player, so called because the ''ad'' (''advantage'') point immediately following a deuce is always served to this side of the court. * Ad in: '' Advantage'' to the '' server''. * Ad out: '' Advantage'' to the '' receiver''. * Ad: Used by the chair umpire to announce the score when a player has the '' advantage'', meaning they won the point immediately after a '' deuce''. See scoring in tennis. * Advantage set: Set won by a player or team having won at least six games with a two-game advantage over the opponent (as opposed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Learner Tien
Learner Tien (born December 2, 2005) is an American professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 66, achieved on March 17, 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 722, achieved on February 3, 2025. Early life Tien was born in Irvine, California to Vietnamese Chinese Khuong Dan Tien and Huyen Tien. His first name, Learner, is inspired by his mother's profession — a math teacher. His sister is named Justice after his father's profession — a real estate lawyer. Tien started taking tennis lessons in his early childhood, at a tennis facility next to his home. His potential was noticeable from the start, as he won his first tournament at the Racquet Club of Irvine at the age of 5. Junior career Tien had a 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 combined ITF ranking of world No. 4. In doubles compiling a 36–1 ... [...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] |
Zizou Bergs
Zizou Bergs (; born 3 June 1999) is a Belgian professional tennis player. He has a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of world No. 49, achieved on 19 May 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 265, achieved on 27 November 2023. He is currently the No. 1 player from Belgium. Early life Bergs was born in Lommel. His parents named him Zizou after French football player Zinedine Zidane, whose nickname is Zizou. Professional 2020: ATP Tour debut and first win Bergs made his ATP main draw debut as a wildcard at the 2020 European Open. In the first round, he recorded his first ATP victory by defeating Albert Ramos Viñolas in straight sets, before pushing world No. 17 Karen Khachanov to three sets in the second round. 2021: Three ATP Challenger titles, top 200 debut In March 2021, Bergs won his first Challenger title at 2021 Saint Petersburg Challenger, Saint Petersburg. Later that month, he won his second Challenger title at 2021 Play In Challenger, Lille. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
