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Moldova Open
The Moldova Open is a professional tennis tournament played on Tennis court#hard courts, hardcourts. It is currently part of the ATP Challenger Tour. It was first held in Chișinău, Moldova in 2025 and was the first ATP Challenger to take place in Moldova. Past finals Singles Doubles References External linksChisinau Overview ATP Tour Tennis ATP Challenger Tour Hard court tennis tournaments Recurring sporting events established in 2025 {{ATPtour-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chișinău
Chișinău ( , , ; formerly known as Kishinev) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Moldova, largest city of Moldova. The city is Moldova's main industrial and commercial centre, and is located in the middle of the country, on the river Bîc, a tributary of the Dniester. According to the results of the 2014 Moldovan census, 2014 census, the city proper had a population of 532,513, while the population of the Municipality of Chișinău (which includes the city itself and other nearby communities) was 700,000. Chișinău is the most economically prosperous locality in Moldova and its largest transportation hub. Nearly a third of Moldova's population lives in the metro area. Moldova has a Moldovan wine, history of winemaking dating back to at least 3,000 BCE. As the capital city, Chișinău hosts the yearly national wine festival every October. Though the city's buildings were badly damaged during the World War II, Second World War and earthquakes, a rich a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ATP Challenger Tour
The ATP Challenger Tour (known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series) is a series of international men's professional tennis tournaments. It was founded in 1976 as a replacement for the ILTF Satellite Circuit (founded in 1971) as the second tier of tennis. The Challenger Tour events are the second-highest tier of tennis competition, behind the ATP Tour and ahead of the ITF Men%27s World Tennis Tour, ITF World Tennis Tour tournaments. The ATP Challenger Tour is administered by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Players who succeed on the ATP Challenger Tour earn sufficient ranking points to enter the main or qualifying draws at ATP Tour tournaments. Players on the Challenger Tour are typically young players looking to advance their careers, those who fail to qualify for ATP events, or former ATP Tour players looking to return to the top tour. History of challenger events The first challenger events were held in 1978, with eighteen events taking place. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennis Court
A tennis court is the venue where the sport of tennis is played. It is a firm rectangular surface with a low net stretched across the centre. The same surface can be used to play both Types of tennis match, doubles and singles matches. A variety of surfaces can be used to create a tennis court, each with its own characteristics which affect the playing style of the game. Dimensions The dimensions of a tennis court are defined and regulated by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) governing body and are written down in the annual 'Rules of Tennis' document. The court is long. Its width is for singles matches and for doubles matches. The Service line (tennis), service line is from the net. Additional clear space around the court is needed in order for players to reach overrun balls for a total of wide and long. A net is stretched across the full width of the court, parallel with the Glossary of tennis terms#Baseline, baselines, dividing it into two equal ends. The net ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 Moldova Open
The 2025 Moldova Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hardcourts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2025 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Chișinău, Moldova between 26 May and 1 June 2025. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 19 May 2025. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Aleksandre Bakshi * Cem İlkel * Ilya Snițari The following player received entry into the singles main draw through the College Accelerator programme: * Toby Samuel The following player received entry into the singles main draw through the Junior Accelerator programme: * Charlie Robertson The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Giles Hussey * Lilian Marmousez * Stuart Parker * Olaf Pieczkowski * Mukund Sasikumar * Harry Wendelken Champions Singles * Clément Chidekh def. Ilia Simakin 7–6(8–6), 7–5. Doubles * Szymon Kielan / Filip Pie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clément Chidekh
Clément Chidekh (born 13 June 2001) is a French tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 184 achieved on 27 January 2025. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 437 achieved on 21 April 2025. Chidekh played college tennis at the University of Washington. Professional career 2021: First ITF title In June 2021, Chidekh won his first ITF title in Ajaccio, France, defeating Petros Tsitsipas in the final. 2023: ATP Tour debut In February, Chidekh made his ATP main draw debut at the 2023 Open Sud de France in Montpellier, France as a qualifier, losing to fellow countryman Quentin Halys in the first round. 2024: First Challenger title, Top 200 debut In February, Chidekh won his first title on the ATP Challenger Tour at the 2024 Glasgow Challenger, defeating Paul Jubb in the final. The following month, he reached his second Challenger final in Hamburg, losing to Henri Squire in the final. As a result he reached the top 300 in the ATP si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilia Simakin
Ilia Simakin (born 27 October 2003) is a Russian tennis player. Simakin has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 228 achieved on 9 June 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 230 achieved on 19 May 2025. ATP Challenger Tour Finals Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-up) ITF World Tennis Tour finals Singles: 10 (6 titles, 4 runner-ups) References External links * 2003 births Living people Russian male tennis players Sportspeople from Kazan 21st-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Szymon Kielan
Szymon Kielan (born 21 November 2002) is a Polish tennis player. Kielan has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 601 achieved on 27 February 2023. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 290 achieved on 24 July 2023. Kielan has won one ATP Challenger doubles title at the 2023 Tampere Open with Piotr Matuszewski Piotr Matuszewski (born 22 April 1998) is a Polish tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 77 achieved on 24 February 2025. He also has a career high singles ranking of No. 763 achieved on 2 .... References External links * * 2002 births Living people Polish male tennis players Tennis players from Łódź 21st-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filip Pieczonka
Filip Pieczonka (born 9 April 2004) is a Polish tennis player. Pieczonka has a career high ATP singles ranking of 739 achieved on 9 June 2025. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 221 achieved on 9 June 2025. Pieczonka has won one ATP Challenger doubles title at the 2025 Moldova Open. Pieczonka played college tennis at Tennessee before transferring to Texas A&M Texas A&M University (Texas A&M, A&M, TA&M, or TAMU) is a public university, public, Land-grant university, land-grant, research university in College Station, Texas, United States. It was founded in 1876 and became the flagship institution of .... References External links * * 2004 births Living people Polish male tennis players Sportspeople from Gdańsk Tennessee Volunteers men's tennis players Texas A&M Aggies men's tennis players Polish expatriate tennis players in the United States {{Poland-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lukáš Pokorný (tennis)
Lukáš Pokorný (born 5 July 1993) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a defender. Club career Pokorný began his career at Slovan Liberec, making his senior league debut on 2 March 2014 in a Fortuna liga 3–2 win at Jihlava and playing 60 league matches, scoring two goals. He signed for Ligue 1 side Montpellier HSC in January 2017 for a reported fee of €1.5 million. In January 2018, Pokorný returned to his native country, signing with Slavia Prague. The transfer fee was estimated as €800,000. In January 2019, he joined Bohemians 1905 on loan until the end of the season. Pokorný retired in November 2021, aged 28, due to recurring injury problems. International career Pokorný made his senior international debut for Czech Republic on 31 October 2016 in a friendly match against Armenia. Career statistics Honours Slovan Liberec *Czech Cup The Czech Cup (), officially known as the MOL Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the major men's football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hard Court Tennis Tournaments
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