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2025 Royan Atlantique Open
The 2025 Royan Atlantique Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the first edition of the tournament since returning to the tennis schedule after an absence of over 40 years (since 1981). It was part of the 2025 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Royan, France from 16 to 21 June 2025. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 9 June 2025. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Enzo Couacaud * Thomas Faurel * Benoît Paire The following players received entry into the singles main draw using protected rankings: * Kalin Ivanovski * Cedrik-Marcel Stebe The following player received entry into the singles main draw through the Next Gen Accelerator programme: * Kilian Feldbausch The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Max Alcalá Gurri * Buvaysar Gadamauri * Théo Papamalamis * Tom Paris * Lucas Poullain * Andrés Santamarta Roig Champions Sing ... [...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] |
Ivan Gakhov
Ivan Andreevich Gakhov ( rus, Ива́н Андре́евич Га́хов, , ɪˈvan ˈɡaxəf; born 4 November 1996) is a Russian tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 142 achieved on 19 June 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 170 achieved on 17 September 2018. Gakhov has won two ATP Challenger titles in singles and one in doubles. Career 2022: ATP debut Ranked No. 315, he made his ATP singles main draw debut at the 2022 Generali Open Kitzbühel as a lucky loser where he lost to Yannick Hanfmann. 2023: Maiden Challenger title, Masters debut and first ATP win, top 150 He won his maiden ATP Challenger title in singles at the 2023 Girona Challenger. Ranked No. 198, he made his Masters debut at the 2023 Monte-Carlo Masters after entering the qualifying competition as the fourth alternate, defeating second seed Adrian Mannarino and twelfth seed Luca Van Assche. In the first round of the main draw, he defeated Mackenzie McDonald to record his first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrés Santamarta Roig
Andrés Santamarta Roig (born 23 January 2007) is a Spanish tennis player. He has a career high singles ranking of No. 698 achieved on 30 June 2025. Early life From Valencia, he started playing tennis at the age of four years-old and competitively a few years later. He is one of four siblings. His father and two older brothers also played tennis. He attended school locally before switching to an online school through a program based in Madrid. Career He is a member of the GTennis Academy. He won the Madrid Open U16 title in 2023 and won the Spanish Junior Championship the following year. In 2024, he made his debut on the ATP Challenger Tour. In November 2024, he was brought in as a practise partner for the Spanish Davis Cup Team ahead of the Davis Cup Finals. In December 2024, he became the first Spaniard since Alberto Martín in 1996 to win the Orange Bowl title defeating Moise Kouame in the final. Having also previously won the J300 Bradeton in the United States that month, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Paris (tennis)
Tom Paris (born 2 September 2002) is a French tennis player. He has a career high singles ranking of 338 achieved on 14 July 2025. He also has a career high doubles ranking of 1123 achieved on 16 October 2023 Early life Paris was immersed in tennis from a young age with his first coach being his father Christophe Paris, a former tennis player who played at regional level, being the head of the Pontcharra-sur-Turdine tennis club. Paris is a member of Charbonnières-les-Bains Tennis Club. As a youngster he trained at a tennis centre in Poitiers which has alumni including Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Gilles Simon and Nicolas Escudé. Career 2023: Maiden ITF title In October 2023, Paris won his first ITF title defeating top seed Dan Added in the semifinal and defeating Alexey Vatutin in the final in Sarreguemines, France. 2024: ATP Tour debut Paris received a wild card for his ATP Tour debut into the doubles at the 2024 ATP Lyon Open, alongside Tristan Lamasine. 2025: First Challenger se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Théo Papamalamis
Théo Papamalamis (born 9 January 2006 in Metz) is a French tennis player. Papamalamis has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 602 achieved on 24 February 2025. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 1229 achieved on 19 August 2024. Professional career 2024: ATP Tour debut In May, Papamalamis made his Grand Slam qualifying debut at the French Open, losing to Grégoire Barrère in the first round. In November, Papamalamis made his main draw debut on the ATP Tour The ATP Tour (known as ATP World Tour between January 2009 and December 2018) is the sole worldwide top-tier tennis tour for men organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) founded in 1990 that replaced the earlier dual Grand Prix ... as a lucky loser at the 2024 Moselle Open, losing to Quentin Halys in the first round. Performance timeline Singles ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals Singles: 3 (0–3) References External links * * 2006 bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kilian Feldbausch
Kilian Feldbausch (born 7 September 2005) is a Swiss tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles rankings of world No. 409, achieved on 19 February 2024, and a career-high doubles ranking of No. 1665, achieved on 15 August 2022. Personal life He is the son of former tennis player Cathy Caverzasio. Tennis career 2021 He featured in a professional tennis tournament in Biel, Switzerland in March 2021, at age 15. 2022 Feldbausch became the first Swiss player since Roger Federer in 1998 to reach the semifinals of the junior Australian Open. He also reached the semifinals of the doubles, partnering Gabriel Debru. Kilian Feldbausch won his first 3 ATP points after reaching the semifinals of the M25 Futures in Trimbach, Switzerland. He further reached the round of 16 at the Challenger Biel/Bienne, after beating the 7th seed 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 Associatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cedrik-Marcel Stebe
Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (; born 9 October 1990) is a German professional tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 71 in February 2012. Career 2011: Grand Slam and Top 100 debuts He reached his first ATP World Tour quarterfinal at the 2011 MercedesCup in Stuttgart, Germany, where he beat Nikolay Davydenko and Fabio Fognini. He was then awarded a wildcard to the 2011 International German Open where he beat Juan Carlos Ferrero and Davydenko again, before losing to Fernando Verdasco. Stebe finished the year by winning the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour Finals. 2012: First and second Grand Slam wins Stebe recorded his best Grand Slam result, when he got to the second round in the 2012 French Open. He reached the same stage at the 2012 US Open (tennis). At the 2012 Davis Cup World Group play-offs he won the deciding rubber against former world No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt in straight sets. 2013–2014: Injury and hiatus Stebe suffered a hip injury during the He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalin Ivanovski
Kalin Ivanovski (born 11 May 2004) is a Macedonian tennis player. Ivanovski has a career high ATP singles ranking of 305 achieved on 16 October 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 514 achieved on 29 May 2023. Ivanovski represents North Macedonia 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 win-loss record of 10-2. ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals Singles: 8 (5–3) References External links * * * 2004 births Living people Macedonian male tennis players Sportspeople from Skopje {{NorthMacedonia-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benoît Paire
Benoît "Ben" Paire (; born 8 May 1989) is a French professional tennis player. His best result in a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam has been reaching the fourth round, which he has achieved on four occasions. He has won three singles titles, at the 2015 Swedish Open, the Grand Prix Hassan II, 2019 Marrakesh Open and the 2019 Lyon Open, and his career-high singles ranking is World No. 18, first achieved in January 2016. He has a career-high ranking of World No. 65 in doubles achieved on 15 November 2021. In 2015, Paire was voted ATP Awards#Comeback Player of the Year, Comeback Player of the Year, rising from world No. 118 ATP singles ranking at year-end 2014 to a then career-high world No. 19 at year-end 2015, after a knee injury had sidelined him for much of 2014. Career 2011: Top 100 debut 2011 ATP World Tour, 2011 was a year in which he increased his ranking around sixty places and broke into the top 100 in the ATP rankings for the first time in his career. Paire also app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enzo Couacaud
Enzo Couacaud (; born 1 March 1995) is a French professional tennis player. He has a career high singles ranking of world No. 151, which he achieved on 17 July 2023 and a doubles ranking of world No. 188 achieved on 8 March 2021. Career 2015: Grand Slam doubles debut Couacaud received a wildcard to enter the doubles main draw in the 2015 French Open with doubles partner Quentin Halys, losing in the first round. He competed in the 2015 Wimbledon singles qualifying event, losing to John Millman in the third qualifying round. 2018-21: Maiden Challenger title, Major singles debut & first win Couacaud made his Grand Slam singles main draw debut at the 2021 French Open as a wildcard where he defeated Egor Gerasimov to reach the second round. 2022: Wimbledon and US Open debut In May, Couacaud was awarded a wildcard into the main draw of the 2022 French Open in doubles partnering Manuel Guinard where they defeated Hans Hach Verdugo and Philipp Oswald. He qualified for the 2022 W ... [...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] |
Dimitar Kuzmanov
Dimitar Kuzmanov (, ; nickname: Miko; born 28 July 1993) is a Bulgarian professional tennis player. He competes on the ATP Challenger Tour. His career-high singles ranking is No. 159 achieved on 29 August 2022 and his best doubles ranking is No. 438 achieved on 1 April 2019. Early years and personal life Dimitar Kuzmanov was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, the son of Savko Kuzmanov (an aeronautical engineer) and Dora Rangelova (Bulgaria Fed Cup team's former tennis player and present team captain). His maternal family is entirely related to the sport. Dora's father Zdravko Rangelov, who is one of the founders of tennis in Plovdiv, has been a tennis player and longtime coach in Tennis Club Lokomotiv, whilst her mother has been a volleyball player and coach. Dora's brother, Stefan Rangelov is a former tennis player and present tennis coach. Kuzmanov began playing tennis aged six when his mother Dora took him to play on courts of Tennis Club Lokomotiv Plovdiv, and Stefan was the man, tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
