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Czech Indoor Open
The Czech Indoor Open was played on the indoor hard courts of Sport Center Hala Club Hotel (known as ''Sportovní Hala Club Hotel Průhonice'' in original language). It was part of ATP Challenger Series. It was held in Průhonice, Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ... since 2003. Record holder is Igor Zelenay who won two consecutive doubles editions with different partners. History The Czech Indoor Open was played since its inception on the courts of the Sport Center Club Hotel in Průhonice, in front of the hotel which served as accommodation for participants. Its three editions were named Czech Indoor Open by Třinecké železárny in 2003, as Czech Indoor Open by ČEZ in 2004, and as Zentiva Czech Indoor Open in 2005, every time for sponsorship rea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Průhonice
Průhonice is a municipality and village in Prague-West District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,800 inhabitants. It is known for Průhonice Park, which has been included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites. Administrative parts The village of Rozkoš is an administrative part of Průhonice. History The first written mention of Průhonice is from 1187, when the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary was consecrated. Transport The D1 motorway from Prague to Brno passes through Průhonice. On 1 January 2023, the long section of the D1 motorway from Prague to Průhonice was reclassified to a 1st class road. Sights Průhonice Castle Park is one of the most significant castle parks in the Czech Republic. Since 2010, it has been protected as a national cultural monument. Later in 2010, it also has been included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites (as part of Historic Centre of Prague). It is described as "original masterpiece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucie Hradecká
Lucie Hradecká (; born 21 May 1985) is a Czech former professional tennis player. A three-time Grand Slam doubles champion and 26-time WTA Tour doubles titlist, she reached her career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4 in October 2012. She was also an integral member of the Czech Republic's national team and helped her country to win five titles at the Fed Cup (now Billie Jean King Cup) between 2011 and 2016, in addition to winning two Olympic medals in both women's doubles with Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková in 2012 and in mixed doubles with Radek Štěpánek in 2016. Hradecká also reached the top-45 in singles and placed runner-up in seven tour-level singles finals. She announced her retirement from the sport upon the end of the 2022 season. In 2006, Hradecká won her first WTA Tour title in doubles in 2006 with partner Renata Voráčová at the Slovenia Open. Five years later, she made her breakthrough at the Grand Slam tournaments when she won her first of two women's dou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Zentiva Czech Indoor Open – Women's Doubles
The 2005 Zentiva Czech Indoor Open was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts in Průhonice, Czech Republic. The event was part of the 2005 ITF Women's Circuit. It was the first edition of the tournament and it was held from 14 to 20 November 2005. The final was played among Czech players, Lucie Hradecká and Libuše Průšová won the title defeating Olga Vymetálková Olga Vymetálková (née Blahotová; born 24 January 1976) is a Czech retired tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Eac ... and Eva Hrdinová in the final, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3. Seeds Draw Draw References External linksMain draw {{DEFAULTSORT:Zentiva Czech Indoor Open - Women's Doubles, 2005 2005 ITF Women's Circuit 2005 Women's doubles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jasper Smit
Jasper Smit (born 17 November 1980) is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands. Biography Smit, a right-handed player, featured most successfully in the doubles format, in which he reached 121 in the world. All of his eight main draw doubles appearances on the ATP Tour were with countryman Martijn van Haasteren and included two quarter-finals. The pair reached the quarter-finals at the Dutch Open Amersfoort in 2007 by upsetting second seeds Tomas Behrend and Christopher Kas, then in 2008 they were quarter-finalists at the Zagreb Indoors. He also won three Challenger titles partnering van Haasteren. As a singles player he appeared in his only ATP Tour main draw at the 2006 Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open in Mumbai, for a first round loss to Gouichi Motomura. He took part in the qualifying draw for the 2006 Wimbledon Championships. In 2010 he won a match over then world number 62 Pablo Cuevas Pablo Gabriel Cuevas Urroz (; born January 1, 1986) is an inactive U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Auckland
__NOTOC__ James Auckland (born 1 April 1980) is a former professional British tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking was 282nd, which he reached on 6 February 2006. While his career high in doubles was at 57 set at 9 April 2007. Auckland was given a wildcard into the main draw of the men's singles at 2002 Wimbledon, but was forced to withdraw due to injury. His place was taken by lucky loser, Denis Golovanov. Auckland played for the Kansas City Explorers of World TeamTennis during the 2008 season and for the Boston Lobsters The Boston Lobsters were a World TeamTennis team based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Boston Lobsters played home matches at the Walter Brown Arena, Boston University, in Boston, MA. The most recent Boston Lobsters were a reincarnation of two pr ... in 2009. In April 2013, James joined tennis coaching and management company Premier Tennis as Director of Tennis, where he designs and oversees a variety of coaching programmes and takes responsibil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergiy Stakhovsky
Sergiy Eduardovych Stakhovsky ( uk, Сергій Едуардович Стаховський, ; born January 6, 1986) is a Ukrainian former professional tennis player. Stakhovsky turned professional in 2003 and played mostly at the Challenger level from 2005 to 2008. His career-high rankings were World No. 31 in singles (September 2010) and No. 33 in doubles (June 2011). Stakhovsky won his first career title in March 2008, as a lucky loser ranked no. 209, defeating top seed Ivan Ljubičić in the final, thus becoming the first lucky loser to win a title since Christian Miniussi in 1991. He is the elder brother of tennis player Leonard Stakhovsky. He was coached by Burghard Riehemann. He is well known for beating eight-time winner and defending champion Roger Federer in the second round of the 2013 Wimbledon Championships, ending the latter's record run of 36 consecutive major quarterfinals. Stakhovsky retired from tennis in January 2022, and following the Russian invasion of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filip Polášek
Filip Polášek (; born 21 July 1985) is a Slovak professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He was forced to retire in 2013 due to health issues, but returned in 2018 and began the most successful phase of his career. Polášek won his first Grand Slam title at the 2021 Australian Open alongside Ivan Dodig, and also won the 2019 Cincinnati Masters and 2021 Indian Wells Masters, with Dodig and John Peers respectively. Polášek was the first Slovak man to reach, or win, a major doubles final, and also reached the semifinals at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships, 2020 Australian Open and 2021 US Open. He reached his highest doubles ranking of world No. 7 in February 2020, and has won 17 titles on the ATP Tour, qualifying for the ATP Finals in both 2019 and 2021. Polášek has represented Slovakia in the Davis Cup since 2008, and also competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics partnering Lukáš Klein. Career 2008: First ATP titles Polášek reached his first ATP final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Zentiva Czech Indoor Open – Doubles
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Jaroslav Pospíšil
Jaroslav Pospíšil (; born 9 February 1981) is a Czech tennis player playing on the ITF Futures Tour and ATP Challenger Tour. On 23 May 2011 he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 103. The following year, on 1 October 2012, he reached the highest ATP doubles ranking of his career of World No. 115. To date, Pospíšil has reached 53 singles finals on the ATP Challenger and ITF Futures tours, from which he has won 28 titles. From the same tours, he has won 64 doubles titles after reaching a total of 100 doubles finals. Career Predominantly playing on the Challenger and Futures tours, Pospisil has made 7 main draw appearances on the ATP Tour, including the 2011 Wimbledon Championships as his only Grand Slam appearance. His sole win came at the ATP 250 level on the hard courts of the 2013 Erste Bank Open in Vienna, Austria, where despite losing in qualifying, he was granted entry to the tournament proper as a lucky loser and defeated France's Gaël Monfils in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Minář
Jan Minář (born 9 April 1981) is a professional Czech tennis player. His brother Ivo is also a professional player. Singles finals Wins (6) Runners-up (9) Doubles finals Wins (2) Runners-up (3) External links * * 1981 births Living people Czech male tennis players Tennis players from Prague {{CzechRepublic-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Czech Indoor Open – Doubles
The 2004 Czech Indoor Open Open was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts in Průhonice , Czech Republic, and was part of the 2004 ATP Challenger Series. This was the second edition of the event and was held from 23 to 28 November 2004. Martin Štěpánek and Igor Zelenay were the previous edition winners. The first lost in semifinals. Lukáš Dlouhý and Igor Zelenay won the title, defeating Jan Minář Jan Minář (born 9 April 1981) is a professional Czech tennis player. His brother Ivo Ivo is a masculine given name, in use in various European languages. The name used in western European languages originates as a Normannic name recorded s ... and Jaroslav Pospíšil 6–3, 3–6, 7–6(7–5) in the final. Igor Zelenay successfully defended the title. Seeds Draw ReferencesQualifyi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Claude Scherrer
Jean-Claude Scherrer (born 20 July 1978) is a former professional tennis player from Switzerland who entered professional play in 1998. Career finals Doubles (2 losses) External links * * The official personal website of Jean-Claude Scherrer Swiss male tennis players 1978 births Living people {{Switzerland-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
