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Christer Allgårdh
Christer Allgårdh (born 20 February 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. Career Allgårdh won the doubles event at the 1982 Junior Orange Bowl, with Bruno Orešar of Yugoslavia. Back home in Sweden he was a national junior champion in 1979, 1981 and 1985. On the ATP Tour, Allgårdh was most prominent as a doubles player and won a tournament in his first ever Grand Prix appearance, at Bari in 1987. He won his second title in 1992, teaming up with Carl Limberger in the Guarujá Open. The Swede was also a finalist in two other events, but was unable to add any more titles. As a singles player he had his best result in the 1988 Athens Open, where he reached the semi-finals. He took part in the main draw of two Grand Slams during his career, both in 1993 and in doubles. At the French Open that year, Allgårdh played beside Sander Groen and they lost in the opening round. Although he also failed to get past the first round in the 1993 Wimbledon Champio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Västerås
Västerås () is a city in central Sweden on the shore of Mälaren, Lake Mälaren in the province of Västmanland, west of Stockholm. The city had a population of 127,799 at the end of 2019, out of the municipal total of 158,653, over 100,000 more than the next largest of the 17 localities included in the Västerås Municipality. Västerås is the seat of Västerås Municipality, which is the capital of Västmanland County and an episcopal see. History Västerås is one of the oldest cities in Sweden and Northern Europe. The area has been populated since the Nordic Viking Age, before 1000 CE. Anundshög, Sweden's largest burial mound, is located just outside the City of Västerås. It was built about 500 CE and is over wide and is almost high. In the beginning of the 11th century, Västerås was the second largest city in Sweden; by the 12th century, it had become the seat of the bishop. The name ''Västerås'' originates from ''Västra Aros'' (), first recorded as ''Westra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 Wimbledon Championships
The 1993 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. It was the 107th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and was held from Monday 21 June to Sunday 4 July Prize money The total prize money for 1993 championships was £5,048,450. The winner of the men's title earned £305,000 while the women's singles champion earned £275,000. * per team Champions Seniors Men's singles Pete Sampras defeated Jim Courier, 7–6(7–3), 7–6(8–6), 3–6, 6–3 * It was Sampras' 2nd career Grand Slam singles title and his 1st Wimbledon title. Women's singles Steffi Graf defeated Jana Novotná, 7–6(8–6), 1–6, 6–4 * It was Graf's 13th career Grand Slam singles title and her 5th Wimbledon title. Men's doubles Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde defeated Grant Connell / Patrick Galbraith, 7–5, 6–3, 7–6(7–4) * It was Woodbridge's 4th career Grand Slam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Rikl
David Rikl (born 27 February 1971) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. His success came mostly in doubles, winning 30 titles and finishing runner-up at the 2004 US Open and 2001 Wimbledon Championships Doubles events. He also achieved a singles ranking of world No. 41 in May 1994. Tennis career Juniors As a junior Rikl excelled at doubles, reaching the semi-finals of the French Open and Australian Open and the final of Wimbledon. Junior Grand Slam results – Singles: Australian Open: 3R (1989) French Open: 2R (1989) Wimbledon: 2R (1989) US Open: 1R (1988) Junior Grand Slam results – Doubles: Australian Open: SF (1989) French Open: SF (1984) Wimbledon: F (1983) US Open: 1R (1988) Pro tour Rikl turned professional in 1989. In singles, he won five Challenger tournaments and achieved his greatest slam performance in 1997, reaching the third round of Wimbledon. Rikl retired from the professional tour in 2005 and currently resides in London. P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Bauer
Mike Bauer (born June 29, 1959) is a retired American tour professional tennis player. Bauer won three singles and nine top-tier doubles titles during his career. He reached a career high singles ranking of world No. 29 in November 1984. Career An All-American in 1981 at University of California, Berkeley, Bauer won the 1982 Bangkok Grand Prix and 1982 and 1983 South Australian Open. He was also a finalist at the 1983 Sydney Outdoor Grand Prix. He reached the semi-finals in five other tournaments during his career. His best Grand Slam result was reaching the 3rd round of Wimbledon in 1983 where he lost to eventual finalist Chris Lewis. He reached the second round of the U.S. Open twice in four tries. Bauer reached a career high doubles ranking of world No. 25, and won the 1981 Taipei Grand Prix and Manila Grand Prix, and 1982 Bangkok Grand Prix, tournaments partnering compatriot John Benson, the 1983 Stuttgart Outdoor partnering Anand Amritraj and Sydney Outdoor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Devening
Brian Devening (born July 16, 1967) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Career Devening was the American Hardcourt Championship winner in 1983 and was ranked amongst the top 25 juniors for six years. Before turning professional, Devening played tennis for Southern Methodist University, from where he would graduate with a business degree. On the ATP Tour he made his appearances mostly in the doubles circuit. He made the second round of a Grand Slam doubles tournament just once, at the 1994 Wimbledon Championships with countryman Greg Van Emburgh. The pair defeated the Australian pairing of Darren Cahill and John Fitzgerald. As a singles player he reached the second round of the French Open in 1993, beating Frédéric Fontang. His only other singles appearance was in Wimbledon that year, where he lost to seventh seed Ivan Lendl in four sets. The American reached two ATP finals during his career, both in 1993, at Båstad and Santiago. He also exited ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VTR Open
The Chile Open (known as the Movistar Chile Open, formerly ''Chile Dove Men+Care'', for sponsorship reasons) is a professional men's tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts in Santiago, Chile. The tournament was originally founded as the Chile International Championships in 1930 as a combined men's and women's tennis event. In its history it was held alternately in Viña del Mar city and in 2010, Colina. It is part of the ATP Tour 250 of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour and part of the four-tournament Golden Swing. History In the pre-open era, the Chile International Championships (sometimes called the Chilean Nationals, but always open to international competitors) was part of a South American tournament circuit towards the end of the year. From 1976 until 1981 this event was known as the Chilean International Open and was an ILTF Grand Prix Circuit affiliated men's tennis tournament. In 1992, Brazil suspended its three ATP tournaments. When the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ATP São Paulo
The ATP São Paulo, also referred to by its sponsored names Ford Cup, Banespa Open and Sul America Open, is a defunct men's tennis tournament that was played on the Grand Prix tennis circuit from 1987 through 1989 and on the ATP Tour from 1991 through 1993. The event was held in São Paulo, Brazil and was played on outdoor hard courts from 1987 through 1992 at Hotel Transamerica, and on outdoor clay courts in 1993 at Esporte Clube Pinheiros. The tournament was a replacement for the ATP Itaparica which finished in 1990. Finals Singles Doubles See also * São Paulo WCT - men's tournament (1974–1976) * Brasil Open - men's tournament (2001–2019) References External links ATP Tour results archive Hard court tennis tournaments São Paulo São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of larges ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Roig
Francisco "Francis" Roig Genís (born 1 April 1968) is a retired professional tennis player from Spain. He was primarily a doubles player, winning nine ATP World Tour titles and reaching 12 more finals. After his playing retirement, he acted as the alternate coach of fellow Spaniard Rafael Nadal from 2005 until 2022. He was the coach of Matteo Berrettini Matteo Berrettini (; born 12 April 1996) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has been ATP rankings, ranked as high as world No. 6 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved in January 2022, and world N ... from December 2023 until October 2024. ATP Tour finals Doubles (9 titles, 12 runner-ups) Top 10 wins * Roig has a 1–7 (.125) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10. References External links * * * 1968 births Living people Spanish male tennis players Tennis players from Barcelona 20th-century Spanish sport ... [...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] |
Marcelo Ingaramo
Marcelo Ingaramo (born 13 October 1962) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. Career Ingaramo made his Grand Slam debut in the 1985 French Open and was beaten in five sets by countryman Eduardo Bengoechea in the opening round. At Wimbledon in 1986 he was again on the wrong side of a five set match, losing 6–8 in the fifth set to Hans Schwaier. He broke through for his first at the 1986 US Open, his four Grand Slam appearance, with a win over Luiz Mattar. The Argentine was defeated in the second round by sixth seed Yannick Noah. His best showing came in the 1988 US Open, winning matches over Horacio de la Peña and Andrew Burrow. He was due to meet Darren Cahill in the third round by forfeited the match in order to return to Argentina for the birth of his child. His only doubles appearance came at the French Open in 1988, partnering Alberto Mancini. They lost to the American pairing of Eric Korita and Jon Levine in round one. The left hander competed on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Azar
Roberto Azar (born 21 March 1966) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. Career Azar was runner-up at the San Marino Open in 1989. He also reached the semi-finals at the Bologna Outdoor tournament that season, beating world number 27 Ronald Agenor in the quarter-finals. He finished runner-up in the In 1990 he made quarter-finals in Casablanca and then put together the best performance of his career up to that date by reaching the round of 16 in the ATP German Open, one of the tours most prestigious events. He defeated 11th seed and world number 18 Carl-Uwe Steeb in the second round. Another solid effort in Umag saw him make the quarter-finals and he entered the 1990 French Open as a qualifier, but had entered the top 100 for the first time. In what was his first ever Grand Slam, Azar defeated American Lawson Duncan and Czech Martin Střelba, before losing to Jonas Svensson in the third round. He also made the semi-finals of the Sanremo Open, later that year. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulf Stenlund
Ulf Stenlund (born 21 January 1967) is a former tennis player from Sweden, who won one single (1986, Palermo) and one doubles (1987, Bari Bari ( ; ; ; ) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia Regions of Italy, region, on the Adriatic Sea in southern Italy. It is the first most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy. It is a port and ...) title during his professional career. The right-hander reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 23 in April 1987. Career finals Singles (1 title) Doubles (1 title) References External links * * 1967 births Living people Swedish male tennis players Sportspeople from Falun 20th-century Swedish sportsmen {{Sweden-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
