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Daniel Fiala
Daniel Fiala (born 24 June 1972) is a Czech former professional tennis player. Active on tour in the 1990s, Fiala reached career best rankings of 409 in singles and 236 in doubles. He made two ATP Tour doubles main draw appearances at the Czech Indoor tournament in Ostrava and was a four-time doubles finalist on the ATP Challenger Tour. After retiring he became a coach and has coached WTA Tour player Libuše Průšová Libuše Průšová (born 13 July 1979) is a former professional Czech tennis player. In her career, Průšová won eleven singles and six doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 21 October 2002, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. .... ATP Challenger/ITF Futures finals Doubles: 7 (3–4) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fiala, Daniel 1972 births Living people Czech male tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object of the game is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball validly will not gain a point, while the opposite player will. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society and at all ages. The sport can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including wheelchair users. The modern game of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis. It had close connections both to various field (lawn) games such as croquet and bowls as well as to the older racket sport today called real tennis. The rules of modern tennis have ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Sirianni
Joseph Sirianni (born 17 January 1975) is a former Australian tennis player from Melbourne, Victoria. Sirianni was born to father Joseph and mother Ida. Sirianni turned professional in 1996 and he plays right-handed. He achieved his career-high singles ranking of World Number 138 on 20 October 2008. Sirianni has participated in the Australian Open on five occasions (1999, 2000, 2003, 2008, 2009). Career 1999–2003 Sirianni earned a wildcard into the main draw of the 1999 Australian Open Men's Singles Draw. While he lost in the first round to Mariano Zabaleta, the match went into a fifth set. Eventually, Zabaleta won 3–6, 6–4, 6–3, 4–6, 6–2. At the 2000 Australian Open, Sirianni lost in the first round to Franco Squillari 6–3, 6–2, 6–1. His best Australian Open result and first ATP match won came at the 2003 Australian Open. In the first round, Sirianni defeated Max Mirnyi 6–4, 6–4, 6–3. He lost in the second round to Mikhail Youzhny, who was the twe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noam Okun
Noam Okun ( he, נעם אוקון; born 16 April 1978) is an Israeli retired professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 95 in April 2002. Okun won several challenger tournaments in his career, and was a consistent competitor on the ATP tour, often qualifying for Grand Slam events. He, Harel Levy, and Dudi Sela were Israel's top singles players for a number of years. Okun trained at the Israel Tennis Centers. Early life Okun was born in Haifa, Israel. His parents are Igor (who works for Israeli Electric Company) and Galit (an assistant to an orthopedic doctor), and he is Jewish. Tennis career Okun began playing tennis at age nine, and was selected to be part of the Israeli Tennis Federation program after a short course at school. He turned pro in 1999, at the age of 21. In 2000, Okun qualified for the Australian Open, where he lost to hometown favorite Mark Philippoussis in a five-set thriller, 4–6, 2–6, 6–2, 6–3, 2–6. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harel Levy
Harel Levy ( he, הראל לוי; born 5 August 1978) is a retired Israeli professional tennis player, and the current captain of Israel's Davis Cup team. He reached the final of the 2000 Toronto Masters and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 30 (June 2001), with his best doubles ranking being World No. 71 in May 2008. Levy was a key factor in Israel's semifinal run in the 2009 Davis Cup. In a career interrupted first by Israeli Army service and later by serious right hip surgery in 2001, Levy notably scored victories over Pete Sampras, Andy Roddick, Michael Chang and Wayne Ferreira. As well as reaching the singles final of the 2000 Toronto Masters, he finished runner-up at Nottingham in 2001 and won a doubles title in Newport, Rhode Island. In September 2017, Levy was named the captain of Israel's Davis Cup team. Early and personal life Levy was born in Nahshonim, Israel, and is Jewish. Levy, Noam Okun, and Dudi Sela were Israel's top singles players a nu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leoš Friedl
Leoš Friedl (born 1 January 1977) is a retired Czech tennis player. Friedl's career-high ATP doubles ranking was No. 14, achieved on 8 August 2005. He often partnered in doubles with František Čermák. His career-high ATP singles ranking was No. 353, achieved on 13 November 2000. In his career, he won 16 ATP Tour doubles titles and the 2001 Wimbledon mixed-doubles title with Daniela Hantuchová, where they beat Mike Bryan and Liezel Huber, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2. As of July 2022, Friedl coaches Karolína Plíšková Karolína Hrdličková (née Plíšková; ; born 21 March 1992) is a Czech professional tennis player. She is a former world No. 1 in singles, reaching the top of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) rankings on 17 July 2017 and holding the po .... Significant finals Mixed doubles: 1 (1 title) ATP career finals Doubles: 32 (16 titles, 16 runner-ups) ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals Singles: 1 (0–1) Doubles: 34 (16–18) Performance t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Budapest
Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population of 1,752,286 over a land area of about . Budapest, which is both a city and county, forms the centre of the Budapest metropolitan area, which has an area of and a population of 3,303,786; it is a primate city, constituting 33% of the population of Hungary. The history of Budapest began when an early Celtic settlement transformed into the Roman town of Aquincum, the capital of Lower Pannonia. The Hungarians arrived in the territory in the late 9th century, but the area was pillaged by the Mongols in 1241–42. Re-established Buda became one of the centres of Renaissance humanist culture by the 15th century. The Battle of Mohács, in 1526, was followed by nearly 150 years of Ottoman rule. After the reconquest of Buda in 1686, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Budapest Challenger (September)
The Budapest Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was the latter one of the two simultaneous challengers played in Hungary with the event taking place usually in September. It was part of the ATP Challenger Tour. It was held annually at the Római Teniszakadémia in Budapest, Hungary, from 1986 to 2005, when during the 2006 Hungarian floodings the courts were washed away and the event spot was replaced by the WOW Cafe Challenger. The most successful player was Sergio Roitman with three doubles titles. Past finals Singles Doubles Title sponsors *Fujitsu Siemens Open (2003, 2002) *Architect Open (2005, 2004, 2000) *Diego Open (2001) * Medicor Open (1999, 1998, 1997) See also *Budapest International Championships (1903-1975) Historical precursor tournament to this event. *Budapest Grand Prix *Budapest Challenger (May) *Stella Artois Clay Court Championships The Stella Artois Clay Court Championships (later shortened to Stella ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michał Gawłowski
Michał Gawłowski (born 28 July 1975) is a Polish tennis coach and former professional player. A national junior champion in 1992 and 1993 ( singles, doubles and mixed), Gawłowski competed for the Poland Davis Cup team between 1996 and 1999, winning three singles and three doubles rubbers. His first singles win came in 1996 against Slovakia's Dominik Hrbatý and in 1999 he won the deciding fifth rubber of a tie against Latvia. Gawłowski was the singles runner-up at the Polish national tennis championships on three occasions. He won three national indoor doubles titles, in 1995, 1997 and 1999. On the ATP Tour, Gawłowski featured twice in the doubles main draw of the Sopot tournament. Challenger titles Doubles: (1) See also *List of Poland Davis Cup team representatives This is a list of tennis players who have represented the Poland Davis Cup team in an official Davis Cup match. Poland have taken part in the competition since 1925. Players References {{DEFAULTSORT ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bartłomiej Dąbrowski
Bartłomiej Dąbrowski (born 20 August 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Poland. Biography Dąbrowski holds the record of most overall matches won and most individual wins for the Poland Davis Cup team. From 1991 to 2004 he took part in a total of 30 ties, for a 37-25 overall record, 28-19 in singles. He won a marathon match against Hungary's László Markovits in Budapest in 1992, which went to 14–12 in the fifth set, after three of the previous sets were decided by tie breakers. His Davis Cup career also included a win over Max Mirnyi and a doubles victory over a Cypriot pairing featuring Marcos Baghdatis. He was honoured with a Davis Cup Commitment Award in 2013. All of his main draw ATP Tour appearances were at the Prokom Open in Sopot. Every year from 2001 to 2004 he featured in the doubles competition. He played singles in 2002, eliminated in the first round by Mikhail Youzhny, then again in 2003, when he came up against world number two Juan Carlos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sopot
Sopot is a seaside resort city in Pomerelia on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea in northern Poland, with a population of approximately 40,000. It is located in Pomeranian Voivodeship, and has the status of the county, being the smallest city in Poland to do so. It lies between the larger cities of Gdańsk to the southeast and Gdynia to the northwest. The three cities together form the metropolitan area of Tricity. Sopot is a major health-spa and tourist resort destination. It has the longest wooden pier in Europe, at 515.5 metres, stretching out into the Bay of Gdańsk. The city is also famous for its Sopot International Song Festival, the largest such event in Europe after the Eurovision Song Contest. Among its other attractions is a fountain of bromide spring water, known as the "inhalation mushroom". Etymology The name is thought to derive from an Old Slavic word ''sopot'' meaning "stream" or "spring". The same root occurs in a number of other Old Slavic topon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 ATP Challenger Series
The ATP Challenger Series is the second tier tour for professional tennis organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). The 1999 ATP Challenger Series calendar comprised 115 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $25,000 up to $125,000. Schedule January February March April May June July August September October November December References {{DEFAULTSORT:Challenger Series 1999 in tennis ATP Challenger Tour seasons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gábor Jaross
Gábor Jaross (born 3 February 1979) is a Hungarian former professional tennis player. Born in Budapest, Jaross was a national indoor champion and made a Davis Cup appearance for Hungary against South Africa in 2002, losing his singles rubber to Wesley Moodie. He also played collegiate tennis in the United States for Hawaii Pacific University, where he achieved All-American honors. In 2003 he was a Hungarian representative at the 2003 Summer Universiade, held in Daegu. See also *List of Hungary Davis Cup team representatives This is a list of tennis players who have represented the Hungary Davis Cup team in an official Davis Cup match. Hungary has taken part in the competition since 1924.Database (undated)."Hungary Team" Davis Cup. Retrieved 7 October 2012. Player ... References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jaross, Gabor 1979 births Living people Hungarian male tennis players Tennis players from Budapest Hawaii Pacific Sharks College men's tennis playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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