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Konstantin Pugaev
Konstantin Pavlovich Pugaev (born 27 June 1955) is a former professional tennis player from Russia who represented the Soviet Union. Biography Pugaev appeared twice at the Wimbledon Championships, the first time in 1973, when he lost in the first round to Ernie Ewert in four sets and competed with Greg Perkins in the doubles. At the 1976 Wimbledon Championships he and partner Alex Metreveli made the second round of the doubles. His Davis Cup career for the Soviet Union began in 1976, a tie against Monaco in Tbilisi. He won both matches he played, the doubles and reverse singles rubbers, as the Soviets swept the tie 5–0. In 1980 he made the semi-finals of a Grand Prix tournament in Sofia, with wins over Hans Simonsson, Helmar Stiegler and Tenny Svensson. Pugaev featured in three Davis Cup ties in 1981, as the Soviet Union won its way into the World Group, secured when Pugaev and Vadim Borisov won the doubles rubber of the Europe Zone B final, against the Netherlands in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
Jan Kodeš defeated Alex Metreveli in the final, 6–1, 9–8(7–5), 6–3 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1973 Wimbledon Championships. The final included a tie-break played at 8–8 in the second set; it was the first ever Wimbledon singles final to include a tie-break. 81 of the top Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) players, including defending champion Stan Smith, boycotted Wimbledon in 1973 in protest against the suspension of Nikola Pilić by the Yugoslav Tennis Association, supported by the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF). This resulted in numerous qualifiers and lucky losers. Seeds Ilie Năstase ''(fourth round)'' Jan Kodeš (champion) Roger Taylor ''(semifinals)'' Alex Metreveli ''(final)'' Jimmy Connors ''(quarterfinals)'' Björn Borg ''(quarterfinals)'' Owen Davidson ''(fourth round)'' Jürgen Fassbender ''(quarterfinals)'' The original seeding list before the boycott was: # Stan Smith # Ilie Năstase ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Tennis Federation
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is the governing body of world tennis, wheelchair tennis, and beach tennis. It was founded in 1913 as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by twelve national tennis associations. As of 2016, there are 211 national and six regional associations that make up ITF's membership. The ITF's governance responsibilities include maintaining and enforcing the rules of tennis, regulating international team competitions, promoting the game, and preserving the sport's integrity via anti-doping and anti-corruption programs. The ITF partners with the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) and the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) to govern professional tennis. The ITF organizes the Grand Slam events, annual team competitions for men ( Davis Cup), women ( Billie Jean King Cup), and mixed teams ( Hopman Cup), as well as tennis and wheelchair tennis events at the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games on behalf of the International Olympic Committe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Leconte
Henri Leconte (born 4 July 1963) is a French former professional tennis player. He reached the men's singles final at the French Open in 1988, won the French Open men's doubles title in 1984, and helped France win the Davis Cup in 1991. Leconte's career-high singles ranking was world No. 5. Biography and career Leconte first came to the tennis world's attention as an outstanding junior player who won the French Open junior title in 1981. He turned professional that year and won his first career doubles title at Bologna, and his first top-level singles title the following year, 1982, in Stockholm. Leconte played in the Davis Cup final for the first time in 1982, when France was defeated 4–1 by the United States. Leconte teamed up with Yannick Noah to win the men's doubles title at the French Open in 1984. In 1985, Leconte and Noah reached a second Grand Slam doubles final at the US Open, where they finished runners-up. Leconte reached his career-high doubles ranking of world ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France Davis Cup Team
The France men's national tennis team (french: Équipe de France de Coupe Davis) represents France in Davis Cup tennis competition, and is governed by the Fédération Française de Tennis. France competed in their first Davis Cup in 1904. France is the third most successful nation, with ten wins. Their most recent title came in 2017 (World Champion team). In 2018 France will compete in the World Group for the 36th time out of 38 years, which ranks them fifth in this category. Media coverage France's Davis Cup matches are currently televised by France Télévisions. Current team (2018) * Adrian Mannarino (First Round, Singles) * Richard Gasquet (First Round Singles) * Nicolas Mahut (First Round, Quarterfinals, Semifinals Doubles) * Pierre-Hugues Herbert (First Round, Quarterfinals Doubles) * Lucas Pouille (Quarterfinals, Semifinals Singles) * Jeremy Chardy (Quarterfinals, Singles) * Benoît Paire (Semifinals, Singles) * Julien Benneteau (Semifinals, Doubles) Capt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vijay Amritraj
Vijay Amritraj (born 14 December 1953) is an Indian sports commentator, actor and retired professional tennis player from Madras. He was awarded the Padma Shri, India's 4th highest civilian honour, in 1983.In 2022, he was honored for his contributions to tennis in London by the International Tennis Hall of Fame and International Tennis Federation. Early life Vijay was born in Madras, India to Maggie Dhairyam and Robert Amritraj. He has two brothers, Anand Amritraj and Ashok Amritraj, who were also international tennis players. Career After playing his first Grand Prix event in 1970, Amritraj achieved his first success in singles in 1973 when he reached the quarterfinals at two Grand Slam events. At Wimbledon, he lost in five sets to the eventual champion Jan Kodeš and later that summer at the US Open, lost to Ken Rosewall after having beaten Rod Laver two rounds earlier. Amritraj beat Björn Borg in the second round in the US Open in 1974 before losing to Rosewal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sashi Menon
Sashi Menon (born 9 August 1952) is a former professional 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 c ... player from India. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he won three doubles titles. Career finals Doubles (3 wins, 1 loss) External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Menon, Sashi Indian male tennis players Racket sportspeople from Chennai 1952 births Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Press International
United Press International (UPI) is an American international news agency whose newswires, photo, news film, and audio services provided news material to thousands of newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations for most of the 20th century. At its peak, it had more than 6,000 media subscribers. Since the first of several sales and staff cutbacks in 1982, and the 1999 sale of its broadcast client list to its main U.S. rival, the Associated Press, UPI has concentrated on smaller information-market niches. History Formally named United Press Associations for incorporation and legal purposes, but publicly known and identified as United Press or UP, the news agency was created by the 1907 uniting of three smaller news syndicates by the Midwest newspaper publisher E. W. Scripps. It was headed by Hugh Baillie (1890–1966) from 1935 to 1955. At the time of his retirement, UP had 2,900 clients in the United States, and 1,500 abroad. In 1958, it became United Press I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
India Davis Cup Team
The India men's national tennis team represents India in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the All India Tennis Association. History India competed in its first Davis Cup in 1921 but has yet to win the Cup. India finished as runners-up 3 times (1966, 1974, 1987), the most by any nation from Asia proper. In 1974, the final was scratched and South Africa were awarded the Davis Cup after India refused to participate in the final due to the South African government's apartheid policies. India were strong favorites to win with Vijay Amritraj and Anand Amritraj at their best. Current team ''Win–loss as of 12 March 2022, rankings as of 12 March 2022.'' ;Non-playing captain * Rohit Rajpal Notable former members * Anand Amritraj * Prakash Amritraj * Akhtar Ali * Vijay Amritraj * Mahesh Bhupathi * Somdev Devvarman * Hassan Ali Fyzee * Nitin Kirtane * Sandeep Kirtane * Ramanathan Krishnan * Ramesh Krishnan * Naresh Kumar * Premjit Lall * Harsh Mankad * Sashi Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Canberra Times
''The Canberra Times'' is a daily newspaper in Canberra, Australia, which is published by Australian Community Media. It was founded in 1926, and has changed ownership and format several times. History ''The Canberra Times'' was launched in 1926 by Thomas Shakespeare along with his oldest son Arthur Shakespeare and two younger sons Christopher and James. The newspaper's headquarters were originally located in the Civic retail precinct, in Cooyong Street and Mort Street, in blocks bought by Thomas Shakespeare in the first sale of Canberra leases in 1924. The newspaper's first issue was published on 3 September 1926. It was the second paper to be printed in the city, the first being '' The Federal Capital Pioneer''. Between September 1926 and February 1928, the newspaper was a weekly issue. The first daily issue was 28 February 1928. In June 1956, ''The Canberra Times'' converted from broadsheet to tabloid format. Arthur Shakespeare sold the paper to John Fairfa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joakim Nyström
Joakim "Jocke" Nyström (born 20 February 1963) is a former top ten ranked tennis player from Sweden who won 13 singles titles during his professional career. The right-hander reached his highest singles ranking on the ATP Tour on 31 March 1986, when he was ranked world No. 7. He was also ranked world No. 4 in doubles that same year. Tennis career He was a singles quarterfinalist at both the French Open (1985) and US Open (1985, 1986) tournaments, the 1986 Wimbledon doubles champion with Mats Wilander, and a member of the winning 1985 and 1987 Davis Cup teams from Sweden. He qualified for The Masters year-end singles tournament in 1984, 1985, and 1986. Nystrom was part of the generation of outstanding Swedish players in the 1980s and early 1990s, which included Anders Järryd, Jonas Svensson, Mikael Pernfors, Kent Carlsson, Stefan Edberg, Henrik Sundström, and Mats Wilander. Since retiring from tennis, Nyström has served as Fed Cup captain for Sweden and as an assistant c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anders Järryd
Anders Per Järryd (; born 13 July 1961) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. During his career he won eight Grand Slam doubles titles (three French Open, two Wimbledon, two US Open, one Australian Open), reached the world No. 1 doubles ranking, and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 5. Järryd was born in Lidköping, Västra Götaland. While growing up he also played bandy in Lidköpings AIK. Career Järryd turned professional in 1980. He won his first tour doubles title in 1981 in Linz, Austria. One year later he captured his first top-level singles title, also at Linz. In 1983, Järryd won his first Grand Slam doubles title at the French Open, partnering his fellow Swede Hans Simonsson. Järryd had a strong year in 1984, winning two singles and four doubles titles. He also finished runner-up in the men's doubles at the US Open that year, partnering Stefan Edberg. 1985 saw Järryd's career-best Grand Slam singles performance, when he be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweden Davis Cup Team
The Sweden Davis Cup team represents Sweden in Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by the Swedish Tennis Association. As of 2019, Sweden is the 5th most successful nation in Davis Cup history, having won the title 7 times, 6 of which have been recorded since 1981 when the tiered system and the World Group were created, which makes the Swedish team the most successful one in this modern period. In September 2012, Sweden was relegated from the World Group after being defeated, 0–5, against Belgium, and played in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I in seasons 2013, 2014, and 2015. In 2016, Sweden was relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II, but after a successful 2017 campaign, managed to return to the Europe/Africa Zone Group I, for 2018. In September 2018, Sweden defeated Switzerland in their World Group play-off tie and, as a result, guaranteed themselves a seeding for the February 2019, Qualifying Round for the new-look Davis Cup Finals in 2019. Sweden failed to adv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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