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Oleksandr Dolgopolov Sr.
Oleksandr Dolhopolov Sr. (born 10 July 1964) is a former professional tennis player from Ukraine who competed for the Soviet Union. He is the father of Oleksandr Dolhopolov (born Oleksandr Dolhopolov Jr.), who was a quarter-finalist at the 2011 Australian Open. Career Dolhopolov was runner-up to Andrei Chesnokov at the 1986 Soviet Championships. In 1987 he played two singles rubbers for the Soviet Union Davis Cup team, against Turkey. He lost his first match, to Necvet Demir in five sets, but defeated Kaya Saydas in his other rubber. Dolhopolov also played Davis Cup tennis for his native Ukraine, in a 1993 tie against Djibouti, which took place in Malta. He appeared in the doubles rubber, with Andrei Medvedev. He would be the coach of Medvedev from the mid-1980s and into the 1990s.''The Age'"Dolgopolov a name to note" 23 January 2011, Emma Quayle During this time he also partnered Medvedev in four ATP Tour The ATP Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for men organized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a Federation, federal union of Republics of the Soviet Union, fifteen national republics; in practice, both Government of the Soviet Union, its government and Economy of the Soviet Union, its economy were highly Soviet-type economic planning, centralized until its final years. It was a one-party state governed by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, with the city of Moscow serving as its capital as well as that of its largest and most populous republic: the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR. Other major cities included Saint Petersburg, Leningrad (Russian SFSR), Kyiv, Kiev (Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Ukrainian SSR), Minsk (Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Byelorussian SSR), Tas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malta
Malta ( , , ), officially the Republic of Malta ( mt, Repubblika ta' Malta ), is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of an archipelago, between Italy and Libya, and is often considered a part of Southern Europe. It lies south of Sicily (Italy), east of Tunisia, and north of Libya. The official languages are Maltese language, Maltese and English language, English, and 66% of the current Maltese population is at least conversational in the Italian language, Italian language. Malta has been inhabited since approximately 5900 BC. Its location in the centre of the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean has historically given it great strategic importance as a naval base, with a succession of powers having contested and ruled the islands, including the Phoenicians and Ancient Carthage, Carthaginians, Romans, Greeks, Arabs, Normans, Aragonese, Knights Hospitaller, Knights of St. John, French, and British, amongst others. With a population of about 516,000 over an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1964 Births
Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople meet in Jerusalem. * January 6 – A British firm, the Leyland Motor Corp., announces the sale of 450 buses to the Cuban government, challenging the United States blockade of Cuba. * January 9 – '' Martyrs' Day'': Armed clashes between United States troops and Panamanian civilians in the Panama Canal Zone precipitate a major international crisis, resulting in the deaths of 21 Panamanians and 4 U.S. soldiers. * January 11 – United States Surgeon General Luther Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous to one's health (the first such statement from the U.S. government). * January 12 ** Zanzibar Revolution: The predominantly Arab government of Zanzibar is overthrown by African nationalist rebel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 Monte Carlo Open
The 1993 Monte Carlo Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 87th edition of the Monte Carlo Open, and was part of the ATP Championship Series, Single-Week of the 1993 ATP Tour. It took place at the Monte Carlo Country Club in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France, near Monte Carlo, Monaco Monaco (; ), officially the Principality of Monaco (french: Principauté de Monaco; Ligurian: ; oc, Principat de Mónegue), is a sovereign ''Sovereign'' is a title which can be applied to the highest leader in various categories. The word ..., from 19 April through 25 April 1993. Review Sergi Bruguera won his first title of the year. The Spaniard, 11th seed, defeated French rising star Cédric Pioline in straight sets in 97 minutes. The top 2 players in the world, Jim Courier and Pete Sampras, were absent from the tournament. Only four seeds failed to win their first round matches: Fabrice Santoro, Henrik Holm (tennis), Henrik Holm, Karel Nováček, and A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ATP Tour
The ATP Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for men organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals. The second-tier tour is the ATP Challenger Tour and the third-tier is the ITF Men's World Tennis Tour. The equivalent women's organisation is the WTA Tour. ATP Tour tournaments The ATP Tour comprises ATP Masters 1000, ATP 500, and ATP 250 and the ATP Cup. The ATP also oversees the ATP Challenger Tour, a level below the ATP Tour, and the ATP Champions Tour for seniors. The Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournaments, the Tennis at the Summer Olympics, Olympic tennis tournament, the Davis Cup, and the entry-level 2022 ITF Men's World Tennis Tour, ITF World Tennis Tour do not fall under the purview of the ATP, but are overseen by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) instead and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the Olympics. In these events, however, ATP ranking points are awarded, with the exception of the Olympics. Players and doubles teams with the most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Quayle
Emma Quayle is an Australian rules football recruiter with Australian Football League (AFL) club the Greater Western Sydney Giants. She was previously a journalist at ''The Age'' newspaper in Melbourne, Australia. Joining as a cadet in 1999, she covered sport from 2001 to 2017, specialising in Australian rules football and in particular the under-18 system and national draft. Quayle won several AFL Media Association awards for her news and feature writing, and in 2017 won a Quill award for best feature writing for her article on Essendon footballer Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti. She was the first person to win three Grant Hattam awards, awarded by the AFL Players Association for the best football journalism. Quayle's first book, ''The Draft: inside the AFL's search for talent'', which followed the junior careers of Trent Cotchin, Ben McEvoy, Brad Ebert, Cyril Rioli and Patrick Veszpremi in the lead-up to the 2007 AFL draft, was published by Allen & Unwin in September 2008. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Age
''The Age'' is a daily newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, that has been published since 1854. Owned and published by Nine Entertainment, ''The Age'' primarily serves Victoria, but copies also sell in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and southern New South Wales. It is delivered both in print and digital formats. The newspaper shares some articles with its sister newspaper '' The Sydney Morning Herald''. ''The Age'' is considered a newspaper of record for Australia, and has variously been known for its investigative reporting, with its journalists having won dozens of Walkley Awards, Australia's most prestigious journalism prize. , ''The Age'' had a monthly readership of 5.321 million. History Foundation ''The Age'' was founded by three Melbourne businessmen: brothers John and Henry Cooke (who had arrived from New Zealand in the 1840s) and Walter Powell. The first edition appeared on 17 October 1854. Syme family The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrei Medvedev (tennis)
Andrei Medvedev ( uk, Андрій Медведєв, Andriy Medvedyev; born 31 August 1974) is a Ukrainian former professional tennis player. Medvedev reached the final of the 1999 French Open, the French Open semifinals in 1993, and won four Masters titles during his career, achieving a career-high ranking of world No. 4 in May 1994. Career In 1991, Medvedev won the junior singles title at the French Open. As a 17 year old the following year, Medvedev won his first two ATP-tour titles in Genoa and Stuttgart (where he beat world no. 2 Stefan Edberg, and finished the season ranked within the world's top 25. His most successful tournament was the Hamburg Masters (formerly the German Open), which he won three times (1994, 1995 and 1997). He reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 4. In the late 1990s, Medvedev's form and results began to flounder until he unexpectedly reached the final of the 1999 French Open where — ranked 100 — he defeated Dinu Pescariu, P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Djibouti Davis Cup Team
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The Djibouti Davis Cup team represents Djibouti in Davis Cup tennis competition. Governing Body They are governed by the Fédération Djiboutienne de Tennis. Last Competition They have not competed since 2005. History Djibouti competed in its first Davis Cup in 1993. Competition Performance They have lost all 45 of their ties to date, and have yet to win a rubber. Last team (2005) * Kadar Mogueh * Fahir Osmar-Obsien * Abdi-Fatah Abdourahman-Youssouf See also *Davis Cup External links * Davis Cup teams Davis Cup Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the orga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invasion, it was the eighth-most populous country in Europe, with a population of around 41 million people. It is also bordered by Belarus to the north; by Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; and by Romania and Moldova to the southwest; with a coastline along the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov to the south and southeast. Kyiv is the nation's capital and largest city. Ukraine's state language is Ukrainian; Russian is also widely spoken, especially in the east and south. During the Middle Ages, Ukraine was the site of early Slavic expansion and the area later became a key centre of East Slavic culture under the state of Kievan Rus', which emerged in the 9th century. The state eventually disintegrated into rival regional powers and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukraine Davis Cup Team
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The Ukrainian men's national tennis team represents Ukraine in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Ukrainian Tennis Federation. History Ukraine competed in its first Davis Cup in 1993. Ukraine currently compete in Group I of the Europe/Africa Zone . They have reached the World Group Play-offs three times. Current squad (2022) * Vladyslav Orlov * Viacheslav Bielinskyi * Illya Beloborodko * Vladyslav Manafov See also *Davis Cup *Ukraine Fed Cup team External links Davis Cup teams Davis Cup Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the orga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
