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Kobe Challenger
The Kobe Challenger is a tennis List of tennis tournaments, tournament held near Kobe, Japan in Miki, Hyōgo, Miki at the Beans Dome in Miki Disaster Management Park, since 2015. The event is part of the ATP Challenger Tour and is played on indoor hard courts. Past finals Singles Doubles References External links * ITF Search {{ATP Challenger Tour Kobe Challenger, Tennis tournaments in Japan Hard court tennis tournaments ATP Challenger Tour Sports competitions in Kobe Recurring sporting events established in 2015 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miki, Hyōgo
is a Cities of Japan, city in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 75,009 and a population density of 420 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Miki is located in the southwestern part of Hyogo prefecture, northwest of Kobe, on the 135th meridian east line. It is included in the Harima Plain on the west side of the Rokko Mountains and on the south side of the Chugoku Mountains, and the Mino River flows from east to west in the city area. Fluvial terraces and gentle hills spread around the plains. Since it is inland, precipitation is relatively low and there are many ponds. There is an old town along the Mino River, and a new residential area near the border with Kobe City in the southeastern part. The highest point in the city is 453 meters above sea level on Mt. Shibire. Neighboring municipalities Hyōgo Prefecture *Inami, Hyōgo, Inami *Kakogawa, Hyōgo, Kakogawa *Katō, Hyōgo, Katō *Kobe, Hyōgo, Kobe *Ono, Hyōgo, Ono * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yūichi Sugita
is a Japanese former professional tennis player. He has won one ATP singles title, and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 36 on 9 October 2017. Career Juniors As a junior Sugita compiled a win–loss record of 34–19 (and 26–18 in doubles), reaching as high as No. 73 in the combined world rankings in February 2006. He competed in singles and doubles at the Australian Open in both 2005 and 2006, reaching the singles second round of the latter. 2007–09 Sugita had won eight ITF Futures titles in Japan and Indonesia. From 2009, he started to play mainly in ATP Challenger Tour. Sugita was received wildcard for the 2008 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships, 2008 Japan Open to make his first ATP main draw. He finished 2009 as ranked world no.299. 2010 After reaching semifinal in Bernie Challenger, Sugita claimed his first challenger title in 2010 Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships, Kyoto. He defeated Australian Matthew Ebden in final, and he brea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bart Stevens
Bart Stevens (born 29 January 1998) is a Dutch tennis player who specializes in doubles. He reached his career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 69 on 20 November 2023. He also has a career high singles ranking of No. 736 achieved on 14 October 2019. Stevens has won 10 ATP Challenger Tour titles. Professional career ITF Men's World Tennis Tour Stevens won ten ITF Men's World Tennis Tour doubles titles (partnering Marc Dijkhuizen (M15), Mats Hermans (M15) and Jesper de Jong (M15 and M25). ATP Challenger Tour, ATP Challenger Stevens won eleven ATP Challenger doubles titles at: * 2021 Open de Rennes * 2021 Challenger Ciudad de Guayaquil * 2022 Santa Cruz Challenger II * 2022 Garden Open * 2023 Bahrain MIO Tennis Challenger * 2023 Danderyd-Good to Great * 2024 Split Open * 2024 Sauerland Open * 2024 Kobe Challenger * 2025 Wuxi Open * 2025 Heilbronner Neckarcup 2.0 ATP Tour Stevens made his ATP Tour debut as a pair partnering Van Rijthoven at the 2022 ABN AMRO R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasil Kirkov
Vasil Kirkov (born 13 March 1999) is a Bulgarian-born American professional tennis player. Kirkov has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 88 achieved on 9 June 2025. He also has a career high singles ranking of No. 439 achieved on 22 November 2021. Kirkov has won nine doubles ATP Challenger Tour titles. Career Kirkov made his Grand Slam main draw debut at the 2017 US Open after receiving a wildcard for winning the under-18 boys championship with Danny Thomas. Kirkov won his second title at the 2023 Salinas Challenger partnering Alfredo Perez, after defeating Ángel Díaz Jalil and Álvaro Guillén Meza in the final. He reached the third round at the 2023 US Open after receiving a wildcard partnering Denis Kudla but lost to Ivan Dodig and Austin Krajicek. He entered the ATP 500 2024 Mubadala Citi DC Open in Washington as a lucky loser partnering Evan King but they lost to Lloyd Glasspool and Santiago Gonzalez in the first round. He also received a wildcard in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taro Daniel
is an American-Japanese professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 58 on 15 January 2024. He has won one ATP Tour singles title at the 2018 Istanbul Open, as well as nine ATP Challenger Tour singles titles. He is currently the No. 3 Japanese singles player. Personal life Taro's mother, Yasue, was Japanese and his father, Paul Daniel, is American. He grew up in various places throughout the world. He spent most of his elementary school days in Saitama, Japan. He went to Nagoya International School. Taro and his family moved to Spain when he was 14 years old. He speaks Japanese, English and Spanish. He has one younger sister, Kana. Tennis career Early Years Taro started playing tennis when he was 7 years old. He practiced at the Shinrin Longwood Tennis Club in Nagoya City during his years in Japan. He got third place for under 12 in the All Japan Junior Tennis Tournament. 2011–13: First Challenger final, top 250 Daniel had won a coup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Millman
John H. Millman (born 14 June 1989) is an Australian former professional tennis player. He won one title on the ATP Tour, the 2020 Astana Open, reaching a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 33 in October 2018. His other career highlights included reaching the quarterfinals of the 2018 US Open (beating then-world No. 2 Roger Federer en route), reaching the finals of the 2019 Japan Open and 2018 Hungarian Open and winning twelve ATP Challenger Tour titles. Millman represented Australia on numerous occasions, including in the Davis Cup and ATP Cup and at two Summer Olympics. Millman retired from tennis after the 2024 Australian Open. Personal life Millman was born in Brisbane, Australia, into a family of five children (four girls) and he is the second youngest. During his schooling years he attended Brisbane Grammar School then the Anglican Church Grammar School . Outside tennis he enjoys soccer and supports Liverpool F.C. who compete in the English Premier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Kobe Challenger
The 2015 Kobe Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 1st edition of the tournament which was part of the 2015 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Kobe, Japan between 9 and 15 November 2015. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of November 2, 2015. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Sho Katayama * Yuya Kibi * Ken Onishi The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Andriej Kapaś * Young Seok Kim * Christopher Rungkat * Kento Takeuchi The following players entered as lucky losers: * Yūichi Ito * Makoto Ochi * Masato Shiga Champions Singles * John Millman def. Taro Daniel 6–1, 6–3 Doubles * Sanchai Ratiwatana / Sonchat Ratiwatana def. Chen Ti / Franko Škugor 6–4, 2–6, 1–9 References External linksOfficial Website {{2015 ATP Challenger Tour Kobe Challenger The Kobe Challenger is a tennis List of tennis tou ... [...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] |
Chung Hyeon
Chung Hyeon (; ; born 19 May 1996) is a South Korean professional tennis player. He is the 2017 Next Gen Finals champion. As an unseeded player, he became the first Korean player to reach a Grand Slam semifinal at the 2018 Australian Open. Junior career Chung took up tennis as a way to try to help maintain his eyesight after requiring glasses at a young age. He won the Eddie Herr International and Junior Orange Bowl Boys under-12s titles in December 2008, and was subsequently signed, along with his brother Chung Hong, to the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy at IMG in Florida. He began competing on the ITF junior tour in 2012, and was runner-up in the 2013 Wimbledon Boys' Singles, a month after winning his first Futures title. He later competed in his first ATP tournament, the Malaysian Open, being defeated in the first round. He reached a career junior high of No. 7, with an 84–32 win–loss record. Professional career 2014: Asian Games doubles Gold medal 2014 saw Chun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Kobe Challenger
The 2016 Kobe Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 2nd edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Kobe, Japan between 7 and 13 November 2016. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of October 31, 2016. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Yosuke Watanuki * Makoto Ochi * Ken Onishi * Yusuke Takahashi The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Shintaro Imai * Kim Cheung-eui * Lee Kuan-yi * Kaito Uesugi Champions Singles * Chung Hyeon def. James Duckworth, 6–4, 7–6(7–2). Doubles * Daniel Masur / Ante Pavić def. Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan / Christopher Rungkat, 4–6, 6–3, 0–6 External linksOfficial Website {{2016 ATP Challenger Tour Kobe Challenger The Kobe Challenger is a tennis List of tennis tournaments, tournament held near Kobe, Japan in Miki, Hyōgo, Miki at the Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calvin Hemery
Calvin Hemery (born 28 January 1995) is a French tennis player of Nigerian descent. Hemery competes on the ATP Challenger Tour. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 116 achieved on 30 April 2018 and a doubles ranking of No. 252 achieved on 24 December 2018. Professional career 2015: ATP debut Hemery made his ATP main draw debut at the 2015 Swiss Open Gstaad where he qualified for the main draw, then lost in the first round to Dušan Lajović. In May, Hemery won his first singles Futures title in Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy, having lost his previous four Futures finals. 2016: First ATP win Hemery reached the main draw in Båstad as a qualifier where he recorded his first ATP Tour win, beating fellow countryman Tristan Lamasine in the first round, before losing to top seed David Ferrer in the second round. 2017: First Challenger title In June, Hemery reached his first Challenger final in Blois, France, losing to Damir Džumhur in the final. In July, he w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stéphane Robert
Stéphane Robert (; born 17 May 1980) is a French tennis coach and a former professional player. Professional career 2007–2008 Robert missed 16 months of tennis action in 2007–2008 because he was infected with the Hepatitis A virus in February 2007. In early June 2008, he returned to tennis action at the ITF Men's Circuit tournament in Apeldoorn, without an ATP singles ranking, reaching the final as a qualifier.Stéphane Robert's biography ATP World Tour official website. 2010 On 1 February 2010, Robert broke into Top 100 of the ATP singles rankings for the first time at No. 100. Within one week of his singles rankings breakthrough and seeded no. 8, he defeated for the first time in his career a player ( |
