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Cary Tennis Classic
The Cary Tennis Classic (previously known as the Atlantic Tire Championships) is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hardcourts. It is currently part of the ATP Challenger Tour and the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, and has been held annually at the Cary Tennis Park in Cary, North Carolina, since 2015 for men and since 2024 for women. Past finals Men's singles Men's doubles Women's singles Women's doubles References External links Cary Overview ATP Tour Tennis Cary Challenger, ATP Challenger Tour ITF Women's World Tennis Tour Hard court tennis tournaments in the United States Recurring sporting events established in 2015 {{ATPtour-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cary, North Carolina
Cary is a town in Wake County, North Carolina, Wake, Chatham County, North Carolina, Chatham, and Durham County, North Carolina, Durham counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina and is part of the Raleigh, North Carolina, Raleigh-Cary, NC Metropolitan statistical area, Metropolitan Statistical Area. According to the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its population was 174,721, making it the List of municipalities in North Carolina, seventh-most populous municipality in North Carolina, and the List of United States cities by population, 145th-most populous in the United States. In 2023, the town's population had increased to 180,010. Cary began as a railroad village and became known as an educational center in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.Kelly Lally Molloy (December 2000).Cary Historic District (pdf). ''National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory''. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved June 1, 2015. In April 1907, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominik Koepfer
Dominik Koepfer (born 29 April 1994), also spelled Köpfer, is a German professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 49 on 4 March 2024, and a doubles ranking of No. 69 on 24 June 2024. He played college tennis at Tulane University. Professional career 2017: ATP debut Koepfer made his ATP main draw debut at the Winston-Salem Open as a lucky loser. He won his first ATP Challenger Tour title in doubles at the Columbus Challenger, partnering Denis Kudla. 2018: First ATP win Koepfer won his first match on the ATP Tour, again as a lucky loser at the Winston-Salem Open, defeating Tennys Sandgren. 2019: First Challenger title, Grand Slam debut, US Open fourth round, top 100 After winning his maiden Challenger title in singles at the Ilkley Trophy, Koepfer earned a wild card into the Wimbledon Championships. There, he won his first Grand Slam main draw match by defeating Filip Krajinović in the first round before losing to Diego Schwartzman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reilly Opelka
Reilly Opelka (born 28 August 1997) is an American professional tennis player. At , he is tied (with Ivo Karlović) for the tallest-ever Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP-ranked player, and can produce serves that measure over . He has been ATP rankings, ranked as high as world No. 17 in singles by the ATP, which he achieved on February 28, 2022, and in doubles as world No. 89 on August 2, 2021. He has won four ATP singles titles and one doubles title. He won the junior 2015 Wimbledon Championships, Wimbledon championship in 2015. Personal life Opelka was born in St. Joseph, Michigan and moved to Palm Coast, Florida at age 4. He did not start playing tennis regularly until he began training through United States Tennis Association, USTA in Boca Raton, Florida, Boca Raton at 12 years old. He credits Tom Gullikson, whom his father knew from playing golf, for much of his early development as a tennis player. Opelka is close friends with Taylor Fritz and was the best man at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Duckworth (tennis)
James Duckworth (born 21 January 1992) is an Australian professional tennis player. He has a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of World No. 46 achieved on 31 January 2022 and No. 185 in doubles achieved on 10 February 2020. Duckworth represented Australia in Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's singles, tennis at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the 2022 ATP Cup. As a junior, Duckworth enjoyed a successful career which included winning three titles and reaching the semifinals of the 2010 French Open – Boys' singles, 2010 French Open. Personal life Duckworth was born in Sydney. He attended Sydney Church of England Grammar School, where he was on the school tennis first team from Year 7 and went on to win several AAGPS Premierships. He was offered a scholarship to the Australian Institute of Sport, where he was able to further develop his tennis. Duckworth is a keen supporter of the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League. Junior ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Cary Challenger
The 2018 Cary Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 4th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Cary, North Carolina, United States between 10 and 16 September 2018. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of August 27, 2018. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * William Blumberg * Alexis Galarneau * Sebastian Korda * Nick Stachowiak The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Joris De Loore * James Duckworth * Evan Song * J. J. Wolf Champions Singles * James Duckworth def. Reilly Opelka 7–6(7–4), 6–3. Doubles * Evan King / Hunter Reese def. Fabrice Martin / Hugo Nys 6–4, 7–6(8–6). References {{DEFAULTSORT:Cary Challenger, 2018 2018 ATP Challenger Tour 2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreas Seppi
Andreas Seppi (born 21 February 1984) is an Italian former professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 18 on 28 January 2013. He became the first Italian to win a title on all three surfaces. Personal life Seppi hails from the northern Italian province of South Tyrol. He was born in Bolzano to Hugo, a truck driver, and Maria-Luise, who worked in a sports shop. He grew up with his sister Maria in a village near Bolzano, Kaltern an der Weinstraße. Apart from tennis, Andreas loves skiing and is an AC Milan fan, he is a native German speaker and also fluently speaks Italian and English. He considers grass and indoor hard courts his favourite surfaces and is coached by Massimo Sartori. He supports A.C. Milan and his nicknames are Andy and also Seppio, given to him by his coach. Equipment and sponsoring Seppi used Pro Kennex tennis racquets and wore Fila gear. Tennis career 2001–2003: Professional and ATP debut Seppi turned p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Cary Challenger
The 2019 Cary Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 5th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Cary, North Carolina, United States between 9 and 15 September 2019. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of August 26, 2019. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Tadas Babelis * Omni Kumar * Brandon Nakashima * Alex Rybakov * Benjamin Sigouin The following players received entry into the singles main draw as alternates: * Liam Caruana * Christian Langmo * Dennis Novikov The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Petros Chrysochos * Connor Farren Champions Singles * Andreas Seppi def. Michael Mmoh 6–2, 6–7(4–7), 6–3. Doubles * Sekou Bangoura / Michael Mmoh def. Treat Huey / John-Patrick Smith 4–6, 6–4, 0–8 References {{DEFAULTSORT:Cary Challenger, 2019 2019 ATP Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prajnesh Gunneswaran
Prajnesh Gunneswaran (born 12 November 1989) is an Indian former professional tennis player. He reached a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 75 in 2019. He won 2 ATP Challenger and 8 ITF titles in singles and 1 ITF title in doubles. He represented India at the Davis Cup. At the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, he won the bronze medal in the men's singles event. Personal life Prajnesh Gunneswaran is the son of Mr. S G Prabhakharan and Mrs. Usha. He married Sudarshana Pai in Ernakulam, Kerala in 2019. Career 2010–2017: Early career Gunneswaran mainly participated in ITF and ATP Challenger events in his early years. While he won eight ITF Futures singles titles, he found limited success on the Challenger tour. In October 2016, he reached his first ATP Challenger singles final at Pune Challenger. He lost the title match to Frenchman Sadio Doumbia. In May 2017, he reached his first ATP Challenger doubles final at 2017 Samarkand Challenger. Partnering with compatriot Vishnu Va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denis Kudla
Denis Kudla ( ; born August 17, 1992) is an American tennis coach and former professional player. He had a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 53, achieved in May 2016. He had a career-high doubles ranking of No. 133, achieved in August 2018. He won nine Challenger singles and nine doubles titles in his career. He is currently coaching Reilly Opelka. Personal life Kudla's family moved from Ukraine to Fairfax, Virginia on his first birthday. He began playing tennis at age 7, in part because his older brother Nikita played tennis, but also because many of his father's friends played. He used to tag along as Nikita took informal lessons from their father in Fairfax's Van Dyck Park. Kudla's father, Vladimir Kudla, took his family out of Ukraine shortly after the Soviet Union collapsed. Kudla's parents moved to the US not speaking a word of English, but learned it within a few years. His mother got permission to pick him up from elementary school one hour early so that t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Cary Challenger
The 2020 Cary Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 6th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2020 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Cary, North Carolina, United States between 9 and 15 November 2020. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of November 2, 2020. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * William Blumberg * Alexis Galarneau * Garrett Johns The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Thomaz Bellucci * Christian Harrison * Kevin King * Aleksandr Nedovyesov Champions Singles * Denis Kudla def. Prajnesh Gunneswaran 3–6, 6–3, 6–0. Doubles * Teymuraz Gabashvili / Dennis Novikov def. Luke Bambridge / Nathaniel Lammons 7–5, 4–6, 0–8 References {{DEFAULTSORT:Cary Challenger, 2020 2020 ATP Challenger Tour 2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Socia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramkumar Ramanathan
Ramanathan Ramkumar (born 8 November 1994) is an Indian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 111 in singles by the ATP, which he achieved in July 2018, and in doubles at No. 58, achieved in August 2022. Ramkumar is currently the No. 3 ranked Indian player. He has represented India in the Davis Cup. Personal and early life Ramkumar was born to Ramanathan Chettiar and Alagammai Aachi in a Nattukottai Nagarathar family in Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu. Both his parents are in the textile business. He has a sister named Uma. He started playing tennis at the age of five, introduced to the sport by his father. He trains at the Sanchez-Casal Academy in Barcelona, Spain. He graduated with a B.A. in economics from Loyola College, Chennai. He speaks Tamil, English and Spanish. Career 2008–2010: Junior career and turning pro Ramanathan began playing tennis at the age of five, turning professional in 2009. 2014–2016: Early career In 2014, Ramanatha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Cary Challenger
The 2021 Cary Challenger was a professional tennis tournament being played on hard courts. It was the 7th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2021 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Cary, North Carolina, United States between 19 and 25 July 2021. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of July 12, 2021. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * William Blumberg * Govind Nanda * Sam Riffice The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking: * James Ward The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Alexis Galarneau * Aleksandar Kovacevic * Shintaro Mochizuki * Genaro Alberto Olivieri The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * Aidan McHugh Champions Singles * Mitchell Krueger def. Ramkumar Ramanathan 7–6(7–4), 6–2. Doubles * Christian Harrison / Dennis Novikov def. Petros Chrysochos / Michail Pervolarakis 6–3, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
