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Bernd Karbacher
Bernd Karbacher (born 3 April 1968) is a German retired professional tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking is world No. 22, which he reached on 17 April 1995. His career-high doubles ranking was world No. 163, achieved on 6 June 1994. During his career, he won two singles titles, Cologne in 1992 and the Swedish Open in Båstad in 1994. He twice reached the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament. He did so in 1994 at the US Open after defeating Ivan Lendl and at the French Open in 1996 after a win against Goran Ivanišević. He also reached the semifinals of the 1993 Hamburg Masters and reached the finals of Indianapolis in 1995 after defeating Pete Sampras. At the 1998 US Open, Karbacher, then ranked world No. 155, upset Australian Open champion and fourth seed Petr Korda Petr Korda (born 23 January 1968) is a Czech former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 2 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in February 1998. Ko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Munich
Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is not a state of its own. It ranks as the 11th-largest city in the European Union. The metropolitan area has around 3 million inhabitants, and the broader Munich Metropolitan Region is home to about 6.2 million people. It is the List of EU metropolitan regions by GDP#2021 ranking of top four German metropolitan regions, third largest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union. Munich is located on the river Isar north of the Alps. It is the seat of the Upper Bavaria, Upper Bavarian administrative region. With 4,500 people per km2, Munich is Germany's most densely populated municipality. It is also the second-largest city in the Bavarian language, Bavarian dialect area after Vienna. The first record of Munich dates to 1158. The city ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 US Open (tennis)
The 1998 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hardcourts at the USTA National Tennis Center in New York City in New York in the United States. It was the 118th edition of the US Open and was held from August 31 through September 13, 1998. Seniors Men's singles Patrick Rafter defeated Mark Philippoussis, 6–3, 3–6, 6–2, 6–0 :• It was Rafter's 2nd and last career Grand Slam singles title and his 2nd at the US Open. Women's singles Lindsay Davenport defeated Martina Hingis, 6–3, 7–5 :• It was Davenport's 1st career Grand Slam singles title and her 1st and only at the US Open. Men's doubles Sandon Stolle / Cyril Suk defeated Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor, 4–6, 7–6, 6–2 :• It was Stolle's 1st and only career Grand Slam doubles title. :• It was Suk's 1st and only career Grand Slam doubles title. Women's doubles Martina Hingis / Jana Novotná defeated Lindsay Davenport / Natasha Zvereva 6–3, 6–3 * It was Hingis' 10th career G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrei Olhovskiy
Andrei Stanislavovich Olhovskiy (; ; born 15 April 1966) is a former tennis player from Russia, who turned professional in 1989. Career Olhovskiy represented the Soviet Union at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul and Russia at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he reached the quarterfinals as a wild card before falling to Brazil's Fernando Meligeni. The right-hander won two career titles in singles (Copenhagen, 1993 and Shanghai, 1996) and 20 titles in doubles, French Open (1993) and Australian Open (1994) champion in mixed doubles. Olhovskiy reached his highest ATP singles ranking on 14 June 1993, when he became world No. 49, and his highest doubles ranking of No. 6 (31 July 1995). He played for the Russia Davis Cup team from 1983 to 2001. He defeated No. 1 seed Jim Courier in the third round of Wimbledon in 1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Jav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OTB Open
The OTB Open was a WTA Tour, Grand Prix and ATP Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1985 to 1994. It was held in Schenectady, New York Schenectady ( ) is a City (New York), city in Schenectady County, New York, United States, of which it is the county seat. As of the United States Census 2020, 2020 census, the city's population of 67,047 made it the state's ninth-most populo ... and played on outdoor hard courts. It was sponsored by the Capital District Regional Off-Track Betting Corporation. Results Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles References External links ATP Tour website {{WTA Tier V tournaments ATP Tour Defunct tennis tournaments in the United States Grand Prix tennis circuit Hard court tennis tournaments WTA Tour 1985 establishments in New York (state) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 OTB International Open – Men's Doubles
Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis were the defending champions, but lost in the first round this year. Bernd Karbacher and Andrei Olhovskiy won the title, defeating Byron Black and Brett Steven 2–6, 7–6, 6–1 in the final. Seeds # Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis ''(first round)'' # Sergio Casal / Emilio Sánchez ''(semifinals)'' # Karel Nováček / Javier Sánchez ''(quarterfinals)'' # Byron Black / Brett Steven Brett Andrew Steven (born 27 April 1969) is a former New Zealand tennis player. Biography Steven began his tennis career at the age of 10 as a ball boy and by the age of 16 he participated at his first tournament. He attended Mount Roskill ... ''(final)'' Draw Draw External links Draw {{DEFAULTSORT:OTB International Open - Men's Doubles,1993 Men's Doubles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Enqvist
Thomas Karl Johan Enqvist (born 13 March 1974) is a Swedish former professional tennis player. He reached the final of the 1999 Australian Open and won a total of 19 singles titles, including three Masters titles. He has a career high ATP world singles ranking of No. 4, achieved on 15 November 1999. Tennis career Throughout his career, Enqvist finished four seasons ranked inside the top 10 and won at least one ATP title for six consecutive years. In 1998 he underwent surgery in Stockholm to remove a small piece of bone from his right foot and had surgery on his right shoulder to repair a repetitive strain injury. Despite his surgeries, Enqvist posted some major victories, including wins over world no. 1 Pete Sampras, Juan Carlos Ferrero, and Andy Roddick. Enqvist won a total of 19 singles titles, the most significant being ATP Masters Series titles at Paris (1996), Stuttgart Stuttgart (; ; Swabian German, Swabian: ; Alemannic German, Alemannic: ; Italian language, Ita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indianapolis Tennis Championships
The Indianapolis Tennis Championships was an annual men's tennis tournament played in Indianapolis as part of the ATP Tour. Since its inaugural playing in 1987, the tournament was held for one week in July up until its final playing in 2009. Originally known as the U.S. Men's Claycourt Championships, the event was created after the Indianapolis Sports Center decided to resurface its 18 clay courts with Deco-Turf II, the same surface as the US Open. As a consequence, the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships was moved from Indianapolis to Charleston, South Carolina. From 1992–2006 it was known as the RCA Championships. The tournament's change in surface and name came with a change of date to be closer to the start of the US Open. The event gained the attention of the world's best players and became a premier warm-up stop for the US Open. The tournament ended in 2009 and a new tournament in Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 RCA Championships – Singles
Wayne Ferreira was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Richey Reneberg. Thomas Enqvist won the title by defeating Bernd Karbacher Bernd Karbacher (born 3 April 1968) is a German retired professional tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking is world No. 22, which he reached on 17 April 1995. His career-high doubles ranking was world No. 163, achieved on 6 June 1994. D ... 6–4, 6–3 in the final. Seeds The first eight seeds received a bye to the second round. Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Bottom half Section 3 Section 4 References External links Official results archive (ATP)Official results archive (ITF) {{DEFAULTSORT:1995 RCA Championships - Singles Atlanta Open (tennis) 1995 ATP Tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horst Skoff
Horst Skoff (22 August 1968 – 7 June 2008) was a professional tennis player from Austria, who won four tournaments at the top-level. Biography Skoff was born in Klagenfurt, Austria, and started playing tennis at age 6. In 1984 he won the singles title at the 16-and-under category of the Orange Bowl. He turned professional in 1985. Skoff won his first top-level singles title in 1988 at Athens. Over the course of his career he won four top-level singles titles and two tour doubles titles. His career-high rankings were world No. 18 in singles and world No. 70 in doubles. His career prize money totalled US$1,651,858. Skoff played on Austria's Davis Cup team for nine years, compiling a 22–17 win–loss record. He helped the team reach the World Group semi-finals in 1990. Memorable Davis Cup rubbers which Skoff was involved in include a five-set win over world No. 2 Mats Wilander in the 1989 quarterfinal that lasted more than six hours; and a five-set loss to Michael Chang in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Open
The Swedish Open is a professional tennis tournament held in Båstad, Sweden. It is played on outdoor clay courts in July. The men's event (sponsored by Skistar) is an ATP Tour 250 tournament on the ATP Tour. The women's event (sponsored by Collector) was held between 2009 and 2017 as an International tournament and successor to the Nordic Light Open in Stockholm, and from 2019 onwards is a challenger-level tournament. History The Swedish Open was first held in 1948 when it was called the ''International Swedish Hard Court Championships''. Between 1970 and 1989 the men's event was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit. The first three tournaments were won by Eric Sturgess from South Africa. Other famous champions include Ilie Năstase (1971), Björn Borg (1974, 1978–1979), Mats Wilander (1982–1983, 1985), and Rafael Nadal (2005). The stadium in which the tournament is held underwent reconstruction in 2002 to accommodate the new hotel underneath the seaside bleachers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 Swedish Open
The 1994 Swedish Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Båstad, Sweden that was part of the World Series of the 1994 ATP Tour. It was the 47th edition of the tournament and was held from 4 July until 11 July 1994. Unseeded Bernd Karbacher won the singles title. Finals Singles Bernd Karbacher defeated Horst Skoff, 6–4, 6–3 * It was Karbacher's 1st singles title of the year and the 2nd of his career. Doubles Jan Apell / Jonas Björkman defeated Nicklas Kulti / Mikael Tillström Mikael Tillström (born 5 March 1972) is a former tennis player and coach from Sweden. Career He represented his native country as at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he was defeated in the third round by Switzerland's Roger Federer. ..., 6–2, 6–3 References External links ITF tournament edition details {{DEFAULTSORT:Swedish Open, 1994 1994 in Swedish tennis July 1994 sports events in Europe Swedish Open 20th century in Kristianstad Cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcos Ondruska
Marcos Ondruska (born 18 December 1972) is a former tennis player from South Africa, who turned professional in 1989. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he defeated Goran Ivanišević Goran Ivanišević (; born 13 September 1971) is a Croatian former professional tennis player and current coach. He was ranked world No. 2 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in July 1994. Ivanišević won 22 ATP To ... in the first round before falling to Norway's Christian Ruud. The right-hander won four career titles in doubles, and reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 10 May 1993, when he became the number 27 of the world and reached the semi-finals at the Miami Open. Ondruska has a 13–7 career Davis Cup record in 11 ties. Junior Grand Slam finals Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) Doubles: 2 (2 runner=ups) ATP career finals Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups) Doubles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups) ATP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
