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Shymkent Challenger
The Shymkent Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ATP Challenger Tour, Challenger Tour. It was held annually in Shymkent, Kazakhstan since 2017. Andrej Martin won the singles tournament two times. Past finals Singles Doubles Shymkent Sport in Shymkent Shymkent Challenger, ATP Challenger Tour Clay court tennis tournaments Tennis tournaments in Kazakhstan Recurring sporting events established in 2017 {{ATPtour-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shymkent
Shymkent (, ; ) is a city in southern Kazakhstan, located near the border with Uzbekistan. It holds the status of a city of republican significance, one of only three cities in Kazakhstan with this distinction, alongside Almaty and Astana. As of June 2018, Shymkent had an estimated population of 1,002,291, making it the third-most populous city in the country, after Almaty and Astana. Shymkent serves as a regional cultural and economic center. It is situated approximately 690 kilometers (430 miles) west of Almaty and 1,483 kilometers (920 miles) south of Astana, with a strategic location 120 kilometers (75 miles) to the north of Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Its proximity to Uzbekistan contributes to its importance as a trade and cultural hub in the region. The city is connected by Şymkent International Airport, Shymkent International Airport serving as a key gateway for domestic and international flights. The city is also a major railway hub, with Shymkent railway station providing con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dmitry Popko
Dmitry Yevgenyevich Popko (; born 24 October 1996) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani tennis player who competes on the ATP Challenger tour. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 155 achieved on 21 April 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 304 achieved on 1 May 2017. He is the current No. 3 Kazakh player. Popko represents Kazakhstan at the Davis Cup where he has a win-loss record of 4-6. Career Popko defeated Chinese tennis player Zhang Ze in his first Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and contested annually between teams from over 150 competing countries, making it the world's largest annual ... tie in April 2017. Popko has participated in qualifying for all four of the Grand Slams. ATP Challenger Tour finals Singles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups) Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals Singles: 33 (25 titles, 8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yang Tsung-hua
Yang Tsung-hua (; born 29 March 1991) is a Taiwanese professional tennis player. On the junior circuit, Yang reached a career-high combined ranking of No. 1 in 2008, when he won the French Open singles title against Polish player Jerzy Janowicz in two sets, and the Australian Open and Wimbledon doubles titles alongside Hsieh Cheng-peng. Career Juniors Yang was named International Tennis Federation (ITF) Junior World Champion for the 2008 season by the ITF. As a junior, he compiled a 66–23 win–loss record in singles (and 61–16 in doubles), achieving his combined ranking of No. 1 in the world in July 2008. He reached 4 Junior Grand Slam finals in 2008, winning 3 titles. He started by losing the 2008 Australian Open – Boys' singles final, then rebounded to win the 2008 Australian Open – Boys' doubles, the 2008 French Open – Boys' singles and the 2008 Wimbledon Boys' Doubles titles. Pro tour Yang competes today on the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP World Tour, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikola Čačić
Nikola () is a given name which, like Nicholas, is a version of the Greek '' Nikolaos'' (Νικόλαος) and it means "the winner of the people". It is common as a masculine given name in the South Slavic countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia), while in West Slavic countries (Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia) it is primarily found as a feminine given name. There is a wide variety of male diminutives of the name, examples including: Niko, Nikolica, Nidžo, Nikolče, Nikša, Nikica, Nikulitsa, Nino, Kole, Kolyo, Kolyu. The spelling with a K, ''Nikola'', usually indicates Slavic origin, while '' Nicola'' usually indicates Italian origin. Statistics *Serbia: male name. 5th most popular in 2011, 1st in 2001, 1st in 1991, 5th in 1981, 9th pre-1940. *Croatia: male name. 32,304 (2011), 26,986 (2021) *Bosnia and Herzegovina: male name. *Bulgaria: male name. * North Macedonia: male name. *Czech Republic: 22,567 female ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Décamps
Gabriel Décamps (born 7 August 1999) is a Brazilian tennis player. Décamps has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 262, achieved on 19 September 2022 and a doubles ranking of No. 406, achieved on 6 March 2023. Décamps played college tennis at Central Florida. In April 2023, he announced his temporary withdrawal of professional tennis due mental health Mental health is often mistakenly equated with the absence of mental illness. However, mental health refers to a person's overall emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It influences how individuals think, feel, and behave, and how t ... issues. In September of that year, he returned to tennis activities.https://tenisbrasil.uol.com.br/noticias/71267/Decamps-e-Sell-param-nas-quartas-em-torneios-da-ITF ATP Challenger Tour finals Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) ITF World Tennis Tour finals Singles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups) Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoine Bellier
Antoine Bellier (born 18 October 1996) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 168, achieved on 10 April 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 331 achieved on 22 April 2024. Bellier has won one ATP Challenger and four ITF singles titles as well as twelve doubles titles on the ITF Men's Circuit. Bellier represented Switzerland in Davis Cup, where he has a win–loss record of 1–4. He had a serve-and-volley style of play. Career 2016: ATP debut Bellier made his ATP main draw debut at the 2016 Swiss Open Gstaad, receiving singles and doubles main draw wildcards. 2022: First ATP semifinal & Top 200 debut Ranked No. 303 at the 2022 Mallorca Championships Bellier recorded his second ATP win over Federico Delbonis as a qualifier. He went one step further to defeat fourth seed Pablo Carreno Busta and reach his first ATP quarterfinal. He defeated Tallon Griekspoor to reach his first ATP semifinal in his career. He became the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaichi Uchida
is a Japanese professional tennis player. Uchida has a career high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of No. 147 achieved on 8 May 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 159 achieved on 28 November 2022. Career 2021: Maiden Challenger title He won his first career ATP Challenger Tour singles title in December 2021 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil where he defeated Nicolás Álvarez Varona of Spain. 2022: ATP debut and first win He made his ATP debut at the 2022 Los Cabos Open as a qualifier. Having received a wildcard, he recorded his first ATP main-draw match win at the 2022 Korea Open (tennis), Korea Open defeating wildcard Hong Seong-chan. 2023: Top 150 debut He reached the top 150 on 24 April 2023. National Representation Davis Cup In March 2021, Uchida made his debut in the Davis Cup where he represented team Japan Davis Cup team, Japan on grass courts against team Pakistan Davis Cup team, Pakistan. He won the only match that he play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikael Torpegaard
Mikael Torpegaard (born 8 May 1994) is a Danish professional tennis player. He was a member of the Denmark Davis Cup team. Earlier career Torpegaard won his first career ATP Challenger $75,000 title at the 2016 Columbus Challenger, which is played at Ohio State, where Mikael went to college and became a five-time All-American and a two-time Big Ten Athlete of the Year, an achievement that ranks him among the most successful tennis players in Ohio State history. Professional career 2019: ATP debut Torpegaard qualified for his first ATP main draw at the 2019 Citi Open in Washington, USA where he lost to Marius Copil. 2021: Grand Slam debut Torpegaard made his Grand Slam main draw debut at the 2021 Australian Open as a lucky loser where he lost to Lloyd Harris. Davis Cup On 22 September 2015 Torpegaard, representing host Denmark for the third time in Davis Cup play, played Rafael Nadal, losing 6–4, 6–3, 6–2. ATP Challenger Tour finals Singles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Markos Kalovelonis
Markos Kalovelonis (, ; born 18 May 1994) is a Greek-Russian tennis player. Kalovelonis has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 445 achieved on 13 June 2016. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 178 achieved on 8 August 2023. Kalovelonis has won 21 ITF doubles titles. Kalovelonis has represented Greece at the Davis Cup where he has a W/L record of 6–5. He also represented Greece in the ATP Cup in 2020, 2021 and 2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw .... Kalovelonis is the son of former Greek tennis player, George Kalovelonis and Russian Karina Nazarenko. In 2014, Kalovelonis decided to represent Russia instead of Greece. In 2019, Kalovelonis switched back to represent Greece. He is fluent in Russian, Greek and English. Futures ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanjar Fayziev
Sanjar Fayziev (born 29 July 1994) is an Uzbekistani tennis player. Fayziev has a career high ATP singles ranking of 253 achieved on 17 July 2017. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 190 achieved on 20 June 2022. Fayziev has won 2 ATP Challenger doubles titles and 7 ITF singles and 16 ITF doubles title. Fayziev has represented Uzbekistan at the Davis Cup where he has a W/L record of 7–16. In 2023, Fayziev was banned from professional tennis for 42 months (6 months suspended) and fined $15,000 by the International Tennis Integrity Agency after he was found liable for five match fixing charges involving two matches that took place in 2018. ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 17 (7–10) Doubles: 34 (17–17) Davis Cup Participations: (7–16) * indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score The Score may refer to: Films and television * The Score (1978 film), ''The Score'' (1978 film), a 1978 Swedish film, released i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ričardas Berankis
Ričardas Berankis (; born June 21, 1990) is a Lithuanian professional tennis player. He is the first and only Lithuanian to enter the Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP top 50 rankings, making him the highest ranked Lithuanian tennis player of all time. Berankis has reached two finals on the ATP World Tour, at the Los Angeles Open (tennis), Los Angeles Open in 2012 and at the Kremlin Cup in 2017. He is also a prominent member of the Lithuania Davis Cup team. Early years Berankis started playing tennis at the age of two, when his six years older sister Lina took him to her tennis practices. Berankis' first coach was Valdas Adomaitis from Jurbarkas. When Berankis was nine years old he accepted an invitation from Remigijus Balžekas to practise with him at the Šiauliai tennis school (over 200 km from Vilnius). It turned out to be a long-term partnership and friendship. Career Juniors In 2004, Berankis dominated the U14 circuit of the Tennis Europe Junior Tour, winning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Shymkent Challenger
The 2017 Shymkent Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Shymkent, Kazakhstan between 22 and 27 May 2017. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 15 May 2017. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Andrey Golubev * Roman Khassanov * Alex Molčan * Kenneth Raisma The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking: * Javier Martí The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Andriej Kapaś * Evgeny Karlovskiy * Evgenii Tiurnev * Ilya Vasilyev Champions Singles * Ričardas Berankis def. Yannick Hanfmann 6–3, 6–2. Doubles * Hans Podlipnik Castillo / Andrei Vasilevski def. Clément Geens / Juan Pablo Paz 6–4, 6–2. References {{2017 ATP Challenger Tour Shymkent Challenger The Shymkent Challen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
