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ATP Bordeaux
The Bordeaux Grand Prix was a men's tennis tournament founded in 1979 as the Bordeaux Open. It was the successor event to the Bordeaux International (1907–1969) played at the same venue. It was held annually under variations of the name including the Grand Prix Passing Shot and was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit tour. It then became an ATP Tour event until 1995. The tournament was played on two different surfaces during its tenure: clay from 1979 through 1990 and hard from 1991 through 1995. Guy Forget was the only man to win the tournament more than once, doing so in 1990 and 1991. Yannick Noah Yannick Noah (; born 18 May 1960) is a French former professional tennis player and singer, who was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2005. Noah won the French Open in 1983 French Open – Men's singles, 1983, and is a forme ..., the only other Frenchman to triumph in the singles event, won the inaugural event of 1979. In 1995 the tournament license was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Prix Tennis Circuit
The ITF Grand Prix Circuit was a professional tennis tour for male players founded in 1970 as the ILTF Grand Prix Tennis Circuit it was administered by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and ran annually until 1989 when it and the rival WCT Circuit were replaced by a single world wide ATP Tour. The women's tour the ILTF Women's International Grand Prix Circuit ran from 1971 to 1976. It's events were absorbed to form the Colgate International Series. Background Before the History of tennis#Open Era, Open Era, popular professional tennis players, such as Suzanne Lenglen and Vincent Richards, were contracted to professional promoters. Amateur players were under the jurisdiction of their national (and international) federations. Later professional promoters, such as Bill Tilden and Jack Kramer, often convinced leading amateurs like Pancho Gonzales and Rod Laver to join their tours with promises of good prize money. But these successes led to financial difficulties when play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrés Gómez
Andrés Gómez Santos (; born 27 February 1960) is an Ecuadorian former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 4 in singles and world No. 1 in doubles. Gómez won 21 singles titles and 33 doubles titles during his career, including a singles major at the 1990 French Open, and two doubles majors at the 1986 US Open and the 1988 French Open. His son, Emilio Gómez, is a professional tennis player. His nephew Nicolás Lapentti was also a professional tennis player who reached a world ranking of No. 6, and another nephew, Roberto Quiroz, is currently pursuing a career in professional tennis. Career Gómez turned professional in 1979. Early success in his career came mainly in doubles competition. He won five doubles titles in 1980 and seven in 1981. In 1986, Gómez attained the world No. 1 doubles ranking. He won seven doubles events that year, including the US Open men's doubles title (partnering Slobodan Živojinović). Gómez won a second Gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986 Bordeaux Open
The 1986 Bordeaux Open also known as the Nabisco Grand Prix Passing Shot was a men's tennis tournament played on clay courts at Villa Primrose in Bordeaux, France that was part of the 1986 Nabisco Grand Prix. It was the ninth edition of the tournament and was held from 7 July until 11 July 1986. Unseeded Paolo Canè won the singles title. Finals Singles Paolo Canè defeated Kent Carlsson 6–4, 1–6, 7–5 * It was Canè's first singles title of his career. Doubles Jordi Arrese / David de Miguel defeated Ronald Agénor / Mansour Bahrami Mansour Bahrami (; born 26 April 1956) is an Iranian-French former professional tennis player. He is Iranian with French nationality since 1989. While not highly successful on the ATP Tour, his showmanship has made him a long-standing and popu ... 7–5, 6–4 References External links ITF tournament edition details {{1986 Nabisco Grand Prix Bordeaux Open ATP Bordeaux Bordeaux Open Bordeaux Open ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Brown (tennis)
Jimmy Brown (born April 28, 1965) is a retired professional tennis 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 st ... player (in both singles and doubles play) from the United States. Brown reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 42 in November 1983 and was runner-up in 4 ATP Tour singles tournaments. His best result at a grand slam was the third round at the 1984 US Open. Career finals Singles (4 runners-up) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Jimmy American male tennis players Sportspeople from Hialeah, Florida Sportspeople from Largo, Florida Tennis players from Florida 1965 births Living people 20th-century American sportsmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diego Pérez (tennis)
Diego Pérez (; born 9 February 1962) is a retired professional tennis player from Uruguay. Pérez turned pro in 1981, and won one ATP Tour singles and three doubles titles in his career, which lasted until 1995. He has the most singles wins for the Uruguay Davis Cup team (31, shared with Marcelo Filippini Marcelo Filippini (born 4 August 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Uruguay. In 1996, Filippini played what was longest known game in ATP Tour history at Casablanca, going to deuce 20 times with Alberto Berasategui in one game o ...). ATP career finals Singles (1 win, 1 loss) Doubles (3 wins, 12 losses) External links * * * 1962 births Living people Uruguayan male tennis players Tennis players from Montevideo South American Games medalists in tennis South American Games silver medalists for Uruguay Competitors at the 1978 Southern Cross Games Tennis players at the 1995 Pan American Games 20th-century Uruguayan sportsmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 Bordeaux Open
The 1985 Bordeaux Open also known as the Nabisco Grand Prix Passing Shot was a men's tennis tournament played on clay courts at Villa Primrose in Bordeaux, France that was part of the 1985 Nabisco Grand Prix circuit. It was the seventh edition of the tournament and took place from 16 September until 20 September 1985. Fifth-seeded Diego Pérez won the singles title. Finals Singles Diego Pérez defeated Jimmy Brown 6–4, 7–6 * It was Pérez' only singles title of his career. Doubles David Felgate / Steve Shaw defeated Libor Pimek / Blaine Willenborg Blaine Willenborg (born January 4, 1960) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Willenborg enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 7 doubles titles and finished runner-up an add ... 6–4, 5–7, 6–4 References External links ITF tournament edition details {{1985 Nabisco Grand Prix Bordeaux Open ATP Bordeaux Bordeaux Open Bordeaux Open ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesco Cancellotti
Francesco Cancellotti (born 27 February 1963) is a former tennis player from Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b .... Cancellotti won two singles titles during his professional career. He reached his career-high ATP singles ranking on 15 April 1985 as world No. 21. Career finals Singles (2 wins, 5 losses) Doubles (1 runner-up) References External links * * * 1963 births Living people Italian male tennis players Sportspeople from Perugia Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games medalists in tennis Competitors at the 1983 Mediterranean Games 20th-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Higueras
José Higueras (; born 1 March 1953) is a tennis coach and former professional tennis player from Spain. Between 1976 and 1984, Higueras won 16 top-level singles titles. A semi-finalist at the French Open in 1982 and 1983, he reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 6 in 1983. He was also a member of the Spanish team which won the inaugural World Team Cup in 1978. Higueras retired from the professional tour in 1986. After retiring as a player, he became a successful tennis coach. He helped coach Michael Chang to the 1989 French Open title, and later, along with Brad Stine, coached Jim Courier to help him reach the world No. 1 singles ranking in 1992, as well as coaching Courier to two French Open titles (1991 and 1992) and two Australian Open titles (1992 and 1993). Higueras has also coached Todd Martin, Sergi Bruguera, Carlos Moyá, Pete Sampras, Dmitry Tursunov, Guillermo Coria, Robby Ginepri, Roger Federer and Shahar Pe'er, and created the José Higueras Tennis T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 Bordeaux Open
The 1984 Bordeaux Open also known as the Grand Prix Passing Shot was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at Villa Primrose in Bordeaux, France that was part of the 1984 Volvo Grand Prix. It was the sixth edition of the tournament and was held from 17 September until 21 September 1984. Third-seeded José Higueras won the singles title. Finals Singles José Higueras defeated Francesco Cancellotti 7–6, 6–1 * It was Higueras' 2nd singles title of the year and the 16th and last of his career. Doubles Pavel Složil / Blaine Willenborg defeated Loïc Courteau / Guy Forget Guy Forget (; born 4 January 1965) is a French tennis administrator and retired professional player. During his career, he helped France win the Davis Cup in both 1991 and 1996. Since retiring as a player, he has served as France's Davis Cup te ... 6–1, 6–4 References External links ITF tournament edition details {{1984 Volvo Grand Prix Bordeaux Open ATP Bordeaux Bordeaux O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Aguilera (tennis)
Juan Aguilera Herrera (; 22 March 1962 – 25 March 2025) was a Spanish professional tennis player. Biography Aguilera was born in Barcelona, Spain on 22 March 1962. He won five singles titles during his career, including one Grand Prix Championship Series title and one Tennis Masters shield, the Hamburg Masters in 1984 and 1990, defeating Boris Becker Boris Franz Becker (; born 22 November 1967) is a German former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Becker won 49 c ... in the final of the latter in straight sets. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 7, achieved in September 1984. Aguilera died in Barcelona on 25 March 2025, at the age of 63. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983 Bordeaux Open
The 1983 Bordeaux Open also known as the Grand Prix Passing Shot was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at Villa Primrose in Bordeaux, France that was part of the 1983 Volvo Grand Prix. It was the fifth edition of the tournament and took place from 19 September until 23 September 1983. Fourth-seeded Pablo Arraya won the singles title. Finals Singles Pablo Arraya defeated Juan Aguilera 7–5, 7–5 * It was Arraya's only singles title of his career. Doubles Stefan Simonsson / Magnus Tideman defeated Francisco Yunis Francisco Yunis (born 12 August 1964) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. Career Partnering his brother Juan Carlos, Yunis was a losing doubles finalist at Bordeaux in 1983. En route they defeated the top seeded pairing of Pabl ... / Juan Carlos Yunis 6–4, 6–2 References External links ITF tournament edition details {{1983 Volvo Grand Prix Bordeaux Open ATP Bordeaux Bordeaux Open Bordeaux Open ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pablo Arraya
Pablo Guillermo Arraya (born 21 October 1961) is a former tennis player from Peru. Arraya was born in Córdoba, Argentina, and moved to Peru at a young age with his family. He began playing tennis at nine years old and turned professional in 1980. He represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he was defeated in the first round by Argentina's Javier Frana. He won one career title in singles. He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 13 August 1984, when he became the number 29 of the world. He was the first player beaten by Andre Agassi Andre Kirk Agassi ( ; born April 29, 1970) is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 101 ... in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament at the French Open in 1987. His sister is Laura Arraya, a former tennis player. He is now a trainer and owner of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |