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2025 Murcia Open
The 2025 Murcia Open, known as ATP Challenger Costa Cálida Región de Murcia, was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 6th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2025 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Murcia, Spain, between 17 and 23 March 2025. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 3 March 2025. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Ivan Gakhov * Pablo Llamas Ruiz * Bernabé Zapata Miralles The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking: * Kimmer Coppejans The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt: * Jelle Sels The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate: * Denis Yevseyev The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Nicolás Álvarez Varona * Raúl Brancaccio * Miguel Damas * Justin Engel * Daniel Mérida * Valentin Va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clay Court
A clay court is one of the types of tennis court on which the sport of tennis is played. Clay courts are built on a foundation of crushed stone, brick, shale, and other construction aggregate, aggregate, with a thin layer of fine clay particles on top. Clay courts are more common in Continental Europe and Latin America than in North America, Asia-Pacific or Britain. The only Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournament that uses clay courts is the French Open. Clay courts come in the more common #Red clay, red clay (known in France as ''terre battue''), which is actually crushed brick, and the slightly harder #Green clay, green clay, which is actually crushed metabasalt. Although slightly less expensive to construct than other types of tennis courts, clay requires much maintenance: the surface must be watered and rolled regularly to preserve texture and flatness, and brushed carefully before and during each match. Early history Clay courts, although now commonly associated with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marin Čilić
Marin Čilić (; born 28 September 1988) is a Croatian professional tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 3 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved on 28 January 2018. Čilić has won 21 ATP Tour-level singles titles, including a Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major at the 2014 US Open – Men's singles, 2014 US Open. Alongside Goran Ivanišević and Iva Majoli, he is widely considered to be one of the greatest Croatian tennis players in history. Čilić is one of only four ATP Tour records#Other active players, active players with 20 or more titles. He was also runner-up at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles, 2017 Wimbledon Championships and the 2018 Australian Open – Men's singles, 2018 Australian Open, and won a silver Olympic medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles, men's doubles tournament partnering Ivan Dodig. Čilić has reached the semifinal stage or better ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentin Vacherot
Valentin Vacherot (born 16 November 1998) is a French- Monégasque tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 110 achieved on 24 June 2024. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 476 achieved on 20 February 2023. Vacherot played college tennis at Texas A&M University. Vacherot represents Monaco at the Davis Cup, where he has a win–loss record of 4–1. Career In 2022, Vacherot won his maiden Challenger title at the Nonthaburi Challenger, Thailand, beating Lý Hoàng Nam in the final. Vacherot became Monaco’s second Challenger champion and the first since Jean-Rene Lisnard in 2004. He received a wildcard for the 2023 Monte-Carlo Masters main draw, making his Masters debut. He lost in the first round to Luca Nardi. He also received a wildcard for the 2024 Monte-Carlo Masters, losing to ninth seed Grigor Dimitrov. Ranked No. 136, he qualified for the main draw at the 2024 Țiriac Open but lost his opening match to eventual champion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Mérida
Daniel Mérida Aguilar is a Spanish tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 233 achieved on 14 July 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 1589 achieved on 23 September 2024. Career He made his ATP Tour debut in doubles at the 2025 Qatar ExxonMobil Open, having been awarded a wildcard with Mubarak Al-Harrasi. The pair lost 3–6, 4–6 to Yuki Bhambri and Ivan Dodig Ivan Dodig (; born 2 January 1985) is a Croatian professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He reached his career-high doubles ranking of World No. 2 in September 2023. He is a seven-time Grand Slam champion, having won men's double .... ITF World Tennis Tour finals References External links * * 2004 births Living people Spanish male tennis players Tennis players from Madrid {{Spain-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Engel
Justin Engel (born 1 October 2007) is a German tennis player. Engel has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 235 achieved on 16 June 2025, and a best doubles ranking of No. 283 attained on 9 June 2025. Career 2023: Maiden ITF title In May, at the age of 16, Engel became the youngest German men's title winner since 2003 when he won an ITF World Tennis Tour tournament in Villach, Austria. 2024: ATP Tour debut In July, Engel made his Challenger main draw debut at the Tennis Open Karlsruhe, having received a wildcard. He defeated world No. 138 and five-time major doubles champion Pierre-Hugues Herbert in the first round to claim his first Challenger main draw win and first top-150 win. In October, at the age of 17, Engel made his ATP Tour main draw debut at the Almaty Open after receiving a main draw wildcard. He defeated Coleman Wong in straight sets to claim his first ATP Tour main draw win, becoming the youngest player to do so since Carlos Alcaraz at the 2020 Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raúl Brancaccio
Raúl Brancaccio (born 4 May 1997) is an Italian tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 121 achieved on 13 February 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 252 achieved on 26 September 2022. Career 2021: ATP debut Brancaccio made his ATP main draw debut at the 2021 Emilia-Romagna Open after qualifying for the singles main draw. 2023: Top 125 debut He won his second Challenger title at the 2023 Open Nouvelle-Calédonie in Nouméa, New Caledonia saving a championship point before a four-hour rain delay, defeating Frenchman Laurent Lokoli. He reached his second Challenger final at the 2023 Tenerife Challenger II for the season where he lost to Matteo Arnaldi. As a result, he reached a new career-high ranking of No. 121 on 13 February 2023. Controversy On March 25, 2024, Raul Brancaccio played against Pierre-Hugues Herbert in the first round of the 2024 Tennis Napoli Cup Challenger. After failing to convert 7 match points ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolás Álvarez Varona
Nicolás Álvarez Varona (born 18 May 2001) is a Spanish tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 219 achieved on 17 October 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 284 achieved on 10 April 2023. Career 2022-2024: ATP tour debut Álvarez Varona made his ATP main draw debut at the 2022 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell after qualifying for the singles main draw, defeating Philipp Kohlschreiber and wildcard Max Alcalá Gurri before losing to Brandon Nakashima Brandon Nakashima (born August 3, 2001) is an American professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 29 in singles by the ATP, which he achieved on 5 May 2025. He reached a career-high doubles ranking of No. 240 on 10 Jun .... Ranked No. 927, at the 2024 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell he entered the qualifying competition with a wildcard. ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals Singles: 11 (4–7) Doubles References External links * * 2001 births ... [...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] |
Jelle Sels
Jelle Sels (born 10 August 1995) is a Dutch tennis player. Sels competes mainly in the Challenger tour circuit. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 127 achieved on 28 November 2022. He also has a career high doubles ranking of world No. 201 achieved on 20 June 2022. Career In October 2022, Sels 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. It was founded in 1976 as a replacement for the ILTF Satellite Circuit (founded in 1971) as ... singles title at the 2022 Internationaux de Tennis de Vendée in Mouilleron-le-Captif, France. As a result, he moved more than 30 positions up in the rankings in the top 150 at world No. 141 on 10 October 2022. ATP Challenger Tour finals Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups) Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals Singles: 17 (6 titles, 11 runner-ups) Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimmer Coppejans
Kimmer Coppejans (born 7 February 1994) is a Belgium, Belgian tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking is world No. 97, achieved in June 2015. Coppejans competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour. Career He was the Junior Champion at the 2012 French Open – Boys' singles, 2012 French Open, defeating Filip Peliwo of Canada 6–1, 6–4 in the final. He qualified for the 2023 Wimbledon Championships making his debut at this Major. Performance timeline Singles ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals Singles: 30 (17–13) Doubles: 7 (1–6) Junior Grand Slam finals Singles: 1 (1 title) References External links * * 1994 births Living people Belgian male tennis players Sportspeople from Ostend French Open junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles 21st-century Belgian sportsmen Long stubs with short prose {{Belgium-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernabé Zapata Miralles
Bernabé Zapata Miralles (born 12 January 1997) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He has been ranked by the ATP as high as world No. 37 in singles, achieved in May 2023. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 404, attained in August 2023. Professional career 2018: ATP debut Zapata Miralles made his ATP main draw debut at the 2018 Geneva Open after qualifying for the singles main draw and he had his first main draw win by defeating Florian Mayer in straight sets. 2020–21: Maiden Challenger title, Top 125 & Major debut & first win He won his maiden title at the 2020 Internazionali di Tennis del Friuli Venezia Giulia in Cordenons, Italy defeating Carlos Alcaraz. He had his second ATP main draw win when he beat John Millman in the first round of 2021 Dubai Tennis Championships in straight sets. On his Grand Slam debut he qualified for his first at the 2021 French Open, and then for his second Major at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships. Zapata Miralle ... [...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] |
