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Lexus Nottingham Challenger
The Lexus Nottingham Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP Challenger Tour. It was first held in Nottingham Nottingham ( , East Midlands English, locally ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located south-east of Sheffield and nor ..., United Kingdom in 2024. Two editions of the tournament were held in 2025, one on indoor hard courts and one on grass courts. Past finals Singles Doubles References ATP Challenger Tour Hard court tennis tournaments Grass court tennis tournaments Recurring sporting events established in 2024 Sports competitions in Nottingham {{ATPtour-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nottingham
Nottingham ( , East Midlands English, locally ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located south-east of Sheffield and north-east of Birmingham. Nottingham is the legendary home of Robin Hood and to the lace-making, bicycle and Smoking in the United Kingdom, tobacco industries. The city is also the county town of Nottinghamshire and the settlement was granted its city charter in 1897, as part of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebrations. In the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 Census, Nottingham had a reported population of 323,632. The wider conurbation, which includes many of the city's suburbs, has a population of 768,638. It is the largest urban area in the East Midlands and the second-largest in the Midlands. Its Functional Urban Area, the largest in the East Midlands, has a population of 919,484. The population of the Nottingham/Derby metropolitan a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James MacKinlay
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Grass Court Tennis Tournaments
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Hard Court Tennis Tournaments
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Joshua Paris
Joshua Paris (born 6 March 1996) is a British tennis player who specializes in doubles. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour. Paris has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 120 achieved on 24 February 2025. He also has a career high singles ranking of No. 769 achieved on 5 August 2019. Career Paris has won his first ATP Challenger doubles title at the 2023 Rafa Nadal Open partnering with Daniel Cukierman, defeating Sriram Balaji and Ramkumar Ramanathan in the final. Personal info Paris is from Highgate, London and was educated at the Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle in South Kensington. He was part of the British squad at the 2013 Maccabiah Games The 19th Maccabiah () were held during July 18 to 30, 2013. The Games brought together 7,500 competing athletes, making it the third-largest international sporting event in the world after the Olympic Games and the FIFA World Cup. The Maccabiah he .... References External links * * 1996 births Living peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoine Escoffier
Antoine Escoffier (born 29 February 1992) is a French professional tennis player who competes on the ATP Challenger Tour. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 135, achieved on 16 October 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 214, achieved on 20 May 2024. He achieved most of his career milestones after the age of 30. Professional career 2015: First ITF title In June 2015, Escoffier won his first ITF title in Hyderabad, India, following seven straight lost finals in the previous three years. 2022: Grand Slam qualifying debut, Top 200 debut In May 2022, Escoffier played his first Grand Slam qualifying match at the French Open, losing in the first round. In July 2022, Escoffier made his Top 200 debut in the ATP singles ranking. 2023: First Challenger finals, Top 150 debut In April 2023, Escoffier won his first ATP Challenger doubles title at the 2023 León Open partnering with Aziz Dougaz. In July 2023, Escoffier reached his first final on the singles Challenger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrik Rikl
Patrik Rikl (born 6 January 1999) is a Czech tennis player. He has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 65 achieved on 5 May 2025. Rikl has won one ATP Tour and five ATP Challenger doubles titles. Personal life Rikl is the son of Czech former tennis player David Rikl. Career Juniors Rikl won the 2016 French Open boys' doubles title alongside Israeli Yshai Oliel. The pair defeated Chung Yun-seong and Orlando Luz in the final. Professional Partnering with Petr Nouza, Rikl was runner-up in the doubles at the 2024 Stockholm Open, losing to top seeds Harri Heliövaara and Henry Patten in the final. Rikl was nominated as part of Czech Team at 2025 United Cup, losing both mixed doubles matches alongside Gabriela Knutson. Partnering with Petr Nouza, Rikl made his Grand Slam debut at 2025 Australian Open. At the 2025 Grand Prix Hassan II Rikl and Nouza defeated top seeds Hugo Nys and Édouard Roger-Vasselin Édouard Roger-Vasselin (; born 28 November 1983) is a French profes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petr Nouza
Petr Nouza (born 9 September 1998) is a Czech professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 69 achieved on 5 May 2025. Nouza has won one ATP Tour and 10 ATP Challenger doubles titles. He also has a career high singles ranking of No. 536 achieved on 5 August 2019. Career He won his maiden Challenger at the 2023 Oeiras Indoors with Victor Vlad Cornea. He made his Grand Slam debuts in doubles at the 2024 Australian Open with Jiří Lehečka and at the 2024 French Open as an alternate pair with Luis David Martínez. Partnering with Patrik Rikl, Nouza was runner-up in the doubles at the 2024 Stockholm Open, losing to top seeds Harri Heliövaara and Henry Patten in the final. At the 2025 Grand Prix Hassan II Nouza and Rikl defeated top seeds Hugo Nys and Édouard Roger-Vasselin Édouard Roger-Vasselin (; born 28 November 1983) is a French professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He won two Grand Slam titles in doubles at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Vrbenský
Michael Vrbenský (born 26 December 1999) is a Czech tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 277 achieved on 15 July 2024. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 177 achieved on 9 September 2024. Vrbenský has won four ATP Challenger doubles titles at the 2019 Liberec Open and at the 2021 ATP Prague Open with Jonáš Forejtek, at the 2023 Sibiu Open with Andrew Paulson and in 2024 again in Liberec with Forejtek. Career Vrbenský made his ATP main draw debut as qualifier at the 2021 Antalya Open with two straight sets victories. He then lost in the first round to former Top 10 member Fabio Fognini Fabio Fognini (; born 24 May 1987) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP ranking of world No. 9 achieved on 15 July 2019. Fognini's most successful surface is Clay court#Red clay, ... in two tight sets. ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals Singles: 18 (11–7) Doubles: 24 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonáš Forejtek
Jonáš Forejtek (born 10 March 2001) is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. Forejtek has a career high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of World No. 217, achieved on 1 August 2022. He also has a career high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP doubles ranking of World No. 302, achieved on 28 February 2022. Forejtek has reached five career singles finals, with a record of 2 wins and 3 losses all on the ITF Futures Tour. Additionally, he has reached five career doubles finals, with a record of 4 wins and 1 loss which includes a 2–0 record in ATP Challenger Tour finals. Junior career In 2019, Forejtek reached three junior grand slam finals, one in singles and two in doubles, winning them all. At the 2019 Australian Open – Boys' doubles, 2019 Australian Forejtek and compatriot partner Dalibor Svrčina won the boys' doubles title beating Americans Emilio Nava and Cannon Kingsley ''7–6(7–5), 6–4'' in the finals. At the 2019 Wimbl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Whitehouse
Mark Whitehouse (born 5 May 1993) is a British tennis player. He has a career high doubles ranking of 222 achieved on 12 June 2023. Early life Whitehouse studied maths at Imperial College London. In March 2015, he became the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) men's singles tennis champion. He competed at the 2015 University Games in South Korea. Career In June 2023 he defeated the higher ranked Antoine Bellier and James McCabe to qualify for the Surbiton Trophy singles main draw, before losing in straight sets to Zizou Bergs. Whitehouse played alongside Eric Vanshelboim to win the M25 Oldenzaal doubles event in August 2024. He played doubles alongside compatriot Charles Broom on the Challenger Tour in 2025. In March 2025, playing alongside Juan Carlos Prado Ángelo he reached the final of the 2025 Crete Challenger where they faced Dennis Novak and Zsombor Piros Zsombor Piros (born 13 October 1999) is a Hungarian professional tennis player. Piros has a car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Broom
Charles Broom (born 28 April 1998) is a British tennis player. He has a career high singles ranking of world No. 235 achieved on 17 June 2024, and a career high doubles ranking of No. 129 achieved on 23 September 2024. Early life From Hertfordshire, Broom attended St Albans School. He went to Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, where he was a member of the Beta Alpha Omega fraternity, followed by Baylor University, where he completed a master's degree in Sports Pedagogy. Career 2022: Four doubles ITF titles In January 2022 alongside Alastair Gray, Broom won an ITF doubles title in Bath, England. In April 2022 alongside Constantin Frantzen of Germany, Broom won the title at the ITF M15 Monastir. In May 2022 Broom won another doubles ITF M15 title in Heraklion alongside partner Julian Cash. In June 2022 Broom qualified for the Ilkely Trophy but lost in two tie-break sets to compatriot Daniel Cox. Broom was given a wildcard into qualifying for the Men's singles at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
