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Rafael Matos
Rafael Fabris de Matos (born 6 January 1996) is a Brazilian professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 26, achieved on 6 February 2023. On 21 May 2018, he reached a singles ranking of No. 440. He won the mixed doubles at the 2023 Australian Open with compatriot Luisa Stefani, becoming the first Brazilian pair to win a Grand Slam. Career 2019–20: ATP debut Matos made his ATP main draw debut at the 2019 Brasil Open in the doubles draw partnering Igor Marcondes. At the 2020 Rio Open, Matos alongside Orlando Luz defeated the 2019 Wimbledon and 2019 US Open champions, and ATP doubles World No. 1, Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah 6–1, 4–6, 0–8 2021–22: Major debut & first win & quarterfinal, Six titles & top 30 debut In February 2021, Matos won his first ATP Tour doubles title alongside Felipe Meligeni Alves at the ATP 250 Córdoba Open defeating Romain Arneodo and Benoît Paire. He reached the top 100 in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre (, ; , ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian Federative units of Brazil, state of Rio Grande do Sul. Its population of roughly 1.4 million inhabitants (2022) makes it the List of largest cities in Brazil, 11th-most populous city in the country and the centre of Brazil's List of metropolitan areas in Brazil, fifth-largest metropolitan area, with 4.1 million inhabitants (2022). The city is the southernmost capital city of a Brazilian state. Porto Alegre was founded in 1769 by Manuel Jorge Gomes de Sepúlveda, who used the pseudonym José Marcelino de Figueiredo to hide his identity; the official date, though, is 1772 with the act signed by Immigration to Brazil, immigrants from the Azores, Portugal. The city lies on the eastern bank of the Guaíba Lake, where five rivers converge to form the Lagoa dos Patos, a giant freshwater lagoon navigable by even the largest of ships. This five-river junction has become an important alluvial port and a chief indus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2023 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
Mate Pavić and Lyudmyla Kichenok defeated Joran Vliegen and Xu Yifan in the final, 6–4, 6–7(9–11), 6–3 to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships. Kichenok won her first major title and became the first Ukrainian champion in Wimbledon history. Pavić won his third mixed doubles major title. Both teams saved match points en route to the final: Pavić and Kichenok saved one in their second-round match against Nikola Mektić and Bernarda Pera, and Vliegen and Xu saved three in the first round against two-time defending champions Neal Skupski and Desirae Krawczyk. Seeds Draw Finals Top half Bottom half Other entry information Wild cards Protected ranking Alternates Withdrawals * Austin Krajicek / Jessica Pegula → replaced by Andrés Molteni / Yana Sizikova * Stefanos Tsitsipas / Paula Badosa → replaced by Nicolas Mahut / Anna Danilina * Michael Venus / Bianca Andreescu → replaced by Jason Kubler / Erin Routliffe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Juan Sebastián Cabal
Juan Sebastián Cabal Valdés (; born 25 April 1986) is a Colombian former professional tennis player. A world No. 1 in doubles, he also reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 184 in February 2011. Cabal is a three-time Grand Slam champion, having won both the 2019 Wimbledon Championships alongside compatriot Robert Farah (the first Hispanic duo to accomplish the feat) and the 2019 US Open, as well as the 2017 Australian Open in mixed doubles with Abigail Spears. He also finished runner-up in men's doubles at the 2011 French Open, partnering Eduardo Schwank, and the 2018 Australian Open with Farah. Cabal won 20 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, including two at Masters 1000 level, and became world No. 1 in doubles for the first time on 15 July 2019. He spent a total of 29 weeks at the top of the doubles rankings, and he and Farah were the 2019 ATP Doubles Team of the year. Cabal represented Colombia in the Davis Cup from 2008 to his retirement, as well as at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2019 US Open – Men's Doubles
Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah won their second consecutive Grand Slam men's doubles title, defeating Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos in the final, 6–4, 7–5 to win the men's doubles tennis title at the 2019 US Open. Cabal and Farah retained the ATP no. 1 doubles ranking. Mike Bryan, Łukasz Kubot and Nicolas Mahut were also in contention for the top ranking at the start of the tournament. Mike Bryan and Jack Sock were the defending champions, but chose not to participate together. Bryan played alongside his brother Bob, but lost in the third round to Sock and Jackson Withrow. Sock lost in the quarterfinals to Jamie Murray and Neal Skupski. This tournament marked the final major appearance of former doubles world No. 1 and eight-time men's doubles major champion Leander Paes. Partnering Guillermo Durán Guillermo Durán (; born 6 June 1988) is an Argentine tennis player, who specializes in doubles. He competes mostly on the ATP Challenger Tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2019 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles
Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah defeated Nicolas Mahut and Édouard Roger-Vasselin in the final, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), 7–6(8–6), 6–7(5–7), 6–3 to win the men's doubles tennis title at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships. Cabal and Farah saved five match points en route to the title, against Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecău in the quarterfinals. With the win, they jointly attained the ATP number one doubles ranking; Mike Bryan, Łukasz Kubot and Bruno Soares were also in contention for the top ranking. Mike Bryan and Jack Sock were the reigning champions, but Sock did not participate due to injury. Mike Bryan partnered his brother Bob, but lost in the third round to Mahut and Roger-Vasselin. This was the first Wimbledon where a final set tie break rule was introduced. Upon reaching 12–12 in the fifth set, a classic tie break would be played. Henri Kontinen and John Peers won the first final set tie break played in any match in Wimbledon history, defe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Orlando Luz
Orlando Moraes Luz (born 8 February 1998) is a Brazilian tennis player. He has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 54 achieved on 9 June 2025 and a singles ranking of No. 272 achieved on 16 August 2021. Juniors Luz along with compatriot Marcelo Zormann won the 2014 Wimbledon boys' doubles title after defeating Stefan Kozlov and Andrey Rublev 6–4, 3–6, 8–6 in the final. At the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics held in Nanjing China, seeded second, Luz won the silver medal in singles, falling to Kamil Majchrzak of Poland in the final. Additionally, he and Marcelo Zormann teamed up to win the gold medal in doubles, defeating the Russian duo of Andrey Rublev and Karen Khachanov 7–5, 3–6, 0–3in the final (also seeded 2nd). He and Chung Yun-seong lost to Yishai Oliel of Israel and Patrik Rikl of the Czech Republic in the final of the 2016 French Open Boys' Doubles tournament, 6–3, 6–4. Professional career Luz made his ATP debut on 6 March 2017, when he w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2020 Rio Open
The 2020 Rio Open presented by Claro was a professional men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the seventh edition of the Rio Open, and part of the ATP Tour 500 series on the 2020 ATP Tour. It took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil between 17 February and 23 February 2020. Third-seeded Cristian Garín won the singles title. Finals Singles * Cristian Garín defeated Gianluca Mager, 7–6(7–3), 7–5 Doubles * Marcel Granollers / Horacio Zeballos defeated Salvatore Caruso / Federico Gaio, 6–4, 5–7, 0–7 Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings as of February 10, 2020. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Carlos Alcaraz * Felipe Meligeni Alves * Thiago Seyboth Wild The following player received entry as a special exempt: * Pedro Sousa The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Federico Coria * João Domingues * Gianluca Mager * Pedro Martínez ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Igor Marcondes
Igor Ribeiro Marcondes (born 16 June 1997) is an inactive Brazilian tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ... player. Marcondes has a career high ATP singles ranking of 258 achieved on 21 March 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 351 achieved on 17 January 2022. Marcondes made his ATP main draw debut at the 2019 Brasil Open in the doubles draw partnering Rafael Matos. Challenger and Futures finals Singles: 4 (2–2) References External links * * 1997 births Living people Brazilian male tennis players Sportspeople from São José dos Campos Tennis players from São Paulo (state) Doping cases in tennis 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen Sportspeople from Itajaí Tennis players from Santa Catarina (state) {{Brazil-tennis-bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2019 Brasil Open
The 2019 Brasil Open was a tennis tournament played on indoor clay courts. It was the 19th edition of the Brasil Open, and part of the ATP Tour 250 series of the 2019 ATP Tour. It took place from February 25 through March 3, 2019, in São Paulo, Brazil. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds *1 Rankings as of February 18, 2019. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Pablo Cuevas * Thiago Monteiro * Thiago Seyboth Wild The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Facundo Bagnis * Alessandro Giannessi * Pedro Martínez * Pedro Sakamoto Doubles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings as of February 18, 2019. Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: * Thomaz Bellucci / Rogério Dutra Silva * Igor Marcondes / Rafael Matos Champions Singles * Guido Pella def. Cristian Garín, 7–5, 6–3. Doubles * Federico Delbonis / Máximo González def ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Luisa Stefani
Luisa Veras Stefani (; born 9 August 1997) is a professional tennis player from Brazil who specializes in doubles. Stefani is the first Brazilian woman to reach the WTA rankings, WTA top 10 in the Open Era. This milestone for Brazilian tennis was hit on 1 November 2021, when she reached a career-high ranking of world No. 9 in doubles. On 20 May 2019, she reached a singles ranking of No. 431. She had a ITF combined junior ranking of No. 10, on March 2015. She won the mixed-doubles competition at the 2023 Australian Open – Mixed doubles, 2023 Australian Open with Rafael Matos, becoming the first all Brazilian pair to win a Grand Slam title. With that, Stefani also became the second Brazilian woman ever to win a Grand Slam title in mixed doubles or any other event, after Maria Bueno that until that moment was the first and only Brazilian woman to become a grand slam champion, and also the first Brazilian woman ever to win a mixed doubles title at the Australian Open. Stefani is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Association Of Tennis Professionals
The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) is the governing body of the men's professional tennis circuits – the ATP Tour and the ATP Challenger Tour. It was formed in September 1972 by Donald Dell, Jack Kramer, and Cliff Drysdale to protect the interests of professional tennis players, and Drysdale became the first president. Since 1990 the association has organized the ATP Tour, the worldwide tennis tour for men and linked the title of the tour with the organization's name. It is the governing body of men's professional tennis. In 1990 the organization was called the ATP Tour, which was renamed in 2001 as just ATP and the tour being called ATP Tour. In 2009 the name of the tour was changed again and was known as the ATP World Tour, but changed again to the ATP Tour by 2019. It is an evolution of the tour competitions previously known as Grand Prix tennis tournaments and World Championship Tennis (WCT). The ATP's global headquarters are in London. ATP Americas is base ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tennis
Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket strung with a cord to strike a hollow rubber tennis ball, ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's tennis court, court. The object is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. If a player is unable to return the ball successfully, the opponent scores a Point (tennis), point. Playable at all levels of society and at all ages, tennis can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including Wheelchair tennis, wheelchair users. The original forms of tennis developed in France during the late Middle Ages. The modern form of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis. It had close connections to various field (lawn) games such as croqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
