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Astana Cup
The Astana Cup was a tennis tournament part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour. It was held in Astana, Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ... in 2010 and 2011. Past finals Singles Doubles References External links {{ATP Challenger Tour ATP Challenger Tour Tennis tournaments in Kazakhstan Hard court tennis tournaments Sports competitions in Astana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astana
Astana is the capital city of Kazakhstan. With a population of 1,423,726 within the city limits, it is the second-largest in the country after Almaty, which had been the capital until 1997. The city lies on the banks of the Ishim (river), Ishim River in the north-central part of Kazakhstan, within the Akmola Region, though administered as a city with special status separately from the rest of the region. Initially founded as Akmoly in 1830, the city was later renamed Akmolinsk, Tselinograd, and Akmola before adopting the name ''Astana'' in 1998, which means "capital city" in Kazakh. In 2019, the city briefly adopted the name Nur-Sultan in honor of former president Nursultan Nazarbayev, but it returned to the name ''Astana'' in 2022. Astana’s history is marked by rapid growth, especially after becoming the capital. Its transformation into a modern and planned city was guided by a master plan designed by Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa. Today, Astana is known for its futuristi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konstantin Kravchuk
Konstantin Vladimirovich Kravchuk ( rus, Константи́н Влади́мирович Кравчу́к, , kənstɐnʲˈtʲin krɐfˈtɕuk; born 23 February 1985) is an inactive Russian professional tennis player. He is known for his strong serve and good skills on fast and indoor courts. Personal life Kravchuk was born in Moscow to Vladimir, a chief of security, and Irina, a psychologist. He started playing tennis at age five. His mother played amateur tennis and it was her dream that the son become a professional tennis player. Kravchuk married Veronika, a fashion model, on 12 February 2011; the couple have a daughter, Eva. Career In 2013 at age 28 Kravchuk made his debut at the Davis Cup in the 2013 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I second round play-off match against South Africa. In the third rubber, he partnered with Andrey Kuznetsov and defeated Raven Klaasen and Tucker Vorster in four sets. Kravchuk also took part in the fifth dead rubber against Jacob Coen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennis Tournaments In Kazakhstan
Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket strung with a cord to strike a hollow rubber tennis ball, ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's tennis court, court. The object is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. If a player is unable to return the ball successfully, the opponent scores a Point (tennis), point. Playable at all levels of society and at all ages, tennis can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including Wheelchair tennis, wheelchair users. The original forms of tennis developed in France during the late Middle Ages. The modern form of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis. It had close connections to various field (lawn) games such as croqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astana Cup
The Astana Cup was a tennis tournament part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour. It was held in Astana, Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ... in 2010 and 2011. Past finals Singles Doubles References External links {{ATP Challenger Tour ATP Challenger Tour Tennis tournaments in Kazakhstan Hard court tennis tournaments Sports competitions in Astana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhang Ze
Zhang Ze (; ; born July 4, 1990), is a Chinese former professional tennis player. Zhang's career highlights include reaching the quarterfinals of the 2012 China Open (defeating Richard Gasquet en route), playing the Australian Open main draw in two consecutive years (2014 and 2015), and teaming up with Roger Federer to play doubles at the 2013 Shanghai Rolex Masters. Career Zhang's early years were spent on the ITF Circuit throughout Asia. In February 2008, Zhang made his first appearance in the qualifying draw of an ATP Challenger tournament in Melbourne, defeating Mikal Statham. In the second round, Zhang lost to Nima Roshan. On 28 March 2010, Zhang won the first single's title of his professional career in an ITF Futures event in Mengzi City, China. He defeated Riccardo Ghedin. Just under two months later, on 22 May, Zhang reached his first final on the Challenger Tour in Fergana, Uzbekistan, after entering as a qualifier. He lost to Evgeny Kirillov. In 2010, Zhang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wu Di (tennis)
Wu Di (; ; born 14 September 1991) is a Chinese former professional tennis player. Professional career Wu has a career high singles ranking of world No. 140 achieved on 25 April 2016, and a career high doubles ranking of world No. 186 achieved on 2 April 2018. He has reached 24 singles finals on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures Tour, posting a record of 13–11, which includes a 1–4 record in ATP Challenger finals. Additionally, he has reached 15 doubles finals posting a record of 6–9, which includes a 3–4 record in ATP Challenger finals. Wu participated in the 2012 Hopman Cup together with the country's best female player Li Na. Wu had the chance to try out in a much bigger stage but he could not manage to win a match, as he and team China were eliminated in the round robin stage of the tournament. In the Asia-Pacific Australian Open Wildcard Play-off men's final, Wu defeated Thai Danai Udomchoke to obtain his wildcard to compete in the 2013 Australian Open m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolaus Moser
Nikolaus Moser (; born 21 March 1990) is a former Austrian tennis player. Along with Cedrik-Marcel Stebe he won the 2008 US Open – Boys' doubles title. ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 8 (4–4) Doubles: 24 (15–9) Junior Grand Slam finals Doubles: 1 (1 title) External links * * 1990 births Living people Austrian male tennis players Tennis players from Vienna US Open (tennis) junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles 21st-century Austrian sportsmen {{Austria-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michail Elgin
Mikhail Nikolayevich Elgin ( rus, Михаил Николаевич Елгин, Mikhail Nikolayevich Yelgin, mʲɪxɐˈil jɪlˈɡʲin; born 14 October 1981) is a Russian professional tennis player. Elgin became famous when he advanced to the quarter–finals in singles at the 2008 St. Petersburg Open, where he lost to Victor Hănescu from Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ... 1–6, 4–6. ATP career finals Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runners-up) Futures and Challenger finals Singles: 27 (17 titles, 10 runners-up) Doubles: 95 (62 titles, 33 runners-up) Career statistics Doubles performance timeline External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Elgin, Mikhail 1981 births Living people Tennis players from Saint Petersburg Russian male tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denys Molchanov
Denys Petrovych Molchanov (; born 16 May 1987) is a Ukrainian tennis player competing on the ATP Challenger Tour. He has won two ATP doubles titles. He has also won 15 ITF singles and 66 doubles titles, 36 of them Challengers. On 5 January 2015 he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 169, whilst his highest doubles ranking of No. 58 was reached on 29 January 2024. He also played for the Ukraine Davis Cup team. Career 2018: Maiden ATP doubles final Molchanov reached his first ATP doubles final at the 2018 Swiss Open in Gstaad partnering Igor Zelenay. 2022: Maiden ATP title At the 2022 Melbourne Summer Set 1 Molchanov reached the semifinals partnering Ričardas Berankis losing to sixth seeds Aleksandr Nedovyesov and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi. At the 2022 Open 13 Molchanov won his first title partnering Russian Andrey Rublev in Marseilles. 2023: 35th Challenger title, second ATP title, top 65 Molchanov won his 34th Challenger and first Challenger 175 in Turi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harri Heliövaara
Harri Heliövaara (born 4 June 1989) is a Finnish professional tennis player. He has been ATP rankings, ranked by the Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP as high as world No. 3 in doubles, achieved on 31 March 2025. He also attained his career-high singles ranking of No. 194 in December 2011. Heliövaara is a three-time Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam champion in both doubles, at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles, 2024 Wimbledon Championships and at the 2025 Australian Open – Men's doubles, 2025 Australian Open with Henry Patten and in mixed doubles at the 2023 US Open – Mixed doubles, 2023 US Open with Anna Danilina. He has won ten titles on the ATP Tour. He has also won 20 ITF Futures in doubles and eight ITF Futures tournaments in singles. He won the 2007 Australian Open boys' doubles title with Graeme Dyce. Heliövaara announced his retirement from professional tennis in 2013 but made a comeback in 2017. Personal life Heliövaara was a member of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vishnu Vardhan (tennis)
Vishnu Vardhan (born 27 July 1987), also known as J. Vishnuvardhan, is an Indian professional tennis player. He won bronze medal in men's doubles at 2010 Asian games in Guangzhou, China. He paired-up with and Sania Mirza for mixed doubles and won silver medal at the same event. He was featured as ITF player of April 2011. He won the national singles title for the fourth time by winning the Men's final of Fenesta Open tennis Championship on 8 October 2016 Personal life Vishnuvardhan's father Mr Jagadeesan is a businessman. He started playing at the age of 9 and was greatly inspired by Leander Paes. He did his schooling from DAV Safilguda Hyderabad. Career Vishnuvardhan was considered a promising prospect for Indian tennis, representing the next generation of the sport in the country and succeeding Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi. He has represented India in the Davis Cup and was part of the team that defeated Uzbekistan and Philippines en route to qualifying for the World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karan Rastogi
Karan Rastogi (born 8 October 1986) is an Indian tennis player, who also represented Hong Kong in international competitions. He started playing tennis at the age of 3. He was ranked No.1 in all age groups in India from the under 12s to the under 18s. In 2000, he became the first Indian to win three events at the junior nationals winning the boys under 14 singles and doubles and the boys under 16 singles in one week at the same event. In the same year he also led the Indian under 14 team to finish as runners up in the Asia/Oceania boys under 14 World Junior Tennis event, thus qualifying for the World finals to be held in Czech Republic. In the world finals as India's no.1 player Karan lost the first match to the then 14-year-old Rafael Nadal as India lost to Spain 0–3. He was named Asia's no.1 Under 14 boys player in 2000. In 2002, he received the award for the most promising junior in India at the ATP Chennai Open. In 2003, he turned professional. He reached the semi-finals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
