He has been ranked as high as world No. He then lost to Richard Gasquet in the final. In the semifinal, he defeated home favourite and second seed Alexander Bublik to advance to his first ATP tour-level final. This increased his doubles ranking by 453 places, which put him up to a career high of number 505. 7, attained on 9 July 2007. In the semifinals however, he was defeated by Russia's Daniil Medvedev in 3 sets after Djokovic was up a set. He was known for his shot-making and volleying skills, his rivalries with Bjrn Borg and Jimmy Connors, and his confrontational on-court behavior, which frequently landed him in trouble with umpires and tennis authorities.. McEnroe is the only male player in tennis history to hold the He also has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. In 2005, Lpez was the first male Spanish tennis player to reach the quarterfinals of Wimbledon In the second round, he beat Michal Llodra. [43] They defeated 3rd seeds Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos in the semifinal to advance to the final. Melbourne was the 75th Grand Slam he has played in a row, having not missed one since the 2002 French Open. He reached the second rounds of Indian Wells and Monte Carlo. [43][44] which partly explains his improved results since 2009, but still struggles with his nerves when facing the best players in the world. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 310 weeks, including a record 237 consecutive weeks, and finished as the year-end No. Juan Martn del Potro (Spanish pronunciation: [xwan matin del poto]) (born 23 September 1988) is an Argentine inactive professional tennis player. Verdasco held four set points in a first-set tiebreak but lost the next six points and the set. Next, he competed in the Miami Open, where he lost in the first round to Carlos Berlocq. He also made his Grand Slam debut at the 2001 French Open, losing to Carlos Moy in straight sets. Only ATP Tour (incl. 20 in December 2002 and doubles ranking of No. 52 ranking by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved in November 2021. At the 2005 Australian Open, he reached the third round, losing to Joachim Johansson in five sets with the fifth set going to 1113, in a match that lasted almost four hours. 2022: First ATP singles & Major doubles titles, back to Top 100, Doubles Top 20 & ATP Finals, List of Grand Slam men's doubles champions, "The pronunciation by Thanasi Kokkinakis himself", "Thanasi Kokkinakis in legal battle with Kellogg's", "The Championships, Wimbledon 2018 - Official Site by IBM", "Greek-Australian Kokkinakis Shocks Federer; The Swiss Loses No. Verdasco did not win a match the rest of year. Due to rain delays in the previous days, Verdasco returned later the same day for the final against Sam Querrey, winning in straight sets. Following, he competed in Istanbul Open where he completed three rounds of qualifying, but losing in the round of 32 to Duan Lajovi 64, 75. He lost in the second round to Denis Shapovalov in a tight five set match with three tiebreaks. 1166 Marek Semjan from Slovakia in three sets.[20]. He was known for his shot-making and volleying skills, his rivalries with Bjrn Borg and Jimmy Connors, and his confrontational on-court behavior, which frequently landed him in trouble with umpires and tennis authorities.. McEnroe is the only male player in tennis history to hold the The following year, Soeda had a very steady year at the Challenger level, reaching the quarterfinals or better seven times, including his first Challenger final in Aptos. 464. [29] His streak of 67 straight Grand Slam appearances was the second longest of all time behind Feliciano Lpez's streak of 72 consecutive Grand Slam appearances. Dustin Brown (born 8 December 1984) is a German-Jamaican professional tennis player. He would go on to reach the quarterfinals, losing to Andy Murray. 2002 was a good year for him, as he won his first Futures category title in Spain F1 and was runner-up in Spain F3. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. He had been struggling with a knee injury that year, and he hurt it again during the loss to Raonic. Soeda rose steadily through his ATP ranking over the next three years. Benot Paire (French pronunciation: [bnwa p]; born 8 May 1989) is a French professional tennis player.. His best result in a Grand Slam has been reaching the fourth round, which he has achieved on four occasions. At the 2014 Wimbledon Championships, she became the first Canadian-born player representing Canada to reach the final of a Grand Slam tournament in singles, finishing runner-up to Petra Kvitov. In the Auckland Open, he was seeded 6th and won in the first round to Michael Venus, in three sets, but withdrew in the second round to Jrmy Chardy. [37], At the ATP 500 2022 Rio Open he recorded his first win at this level for 2022 defeating Duan Lajovi.[38]. 12 in March 2015 and doubles ranking of world No. 5, 2009 champion and compatriot Rafael Nadal in the first round in five sets, thus marking just his third win against Nadal in his career; additionally, he became just the second player to beat Nadal in the first round of a Grand Slam. [34], In July, Kokkinakis was awarded a wildcard into 2019 Los Cabos Open. This record was surpassed by John Isner in June 2022, who hit his 13,729th ace in a third round match at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships. He was beaten by ninth seed Juan Martn del Potro in four sets. He has won 18 singles titles on the ATP Challenger Tour, and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. [46] Verdasco supports Real Madrid. This marked the fourth straight year in which Nadal suffered an early-round exit from the tournament by losing to a player ranked 100 or lower.[3]. However, his quest to win the title ended with a defeat by Scot Andy Murray. Verdasco then lost to World No. At the 2021 Australian Open Lopez reached the third round for the ninth time in his career defeating Australian wildcard Li Tu[15] and 31st seed Lorenzo Sonego in five sets. He has been ranked as high as world No. Spain won that year's Davis Cup without his help, beating Argentina in the December final. [1], Djokovic entered the Australian Open as the top seed. 201, Verdasco returned to the ATP tour at the 2022 Argentina Open in Buenos Aires where he reached the second round using his protected ranking and recorded his first ATP win over Hugo Dellien in nearly a year. 97 after reaching the quarterfinals as a qualifier at the 2019 Los Cabos Open. [8] He was first nominated to the team for the 2017 Davis Cup, making his debut against Uzbek tennis player Denis Istomin. In the Asian swing, Soeda reached his first quarterfinal of an ATP World Tour event at the Thailand Open, beating Karol Beck and Tobias Kamke. Kokkinakis and Kyrgios qualified for the 2022 ATP Finals in Turin as a result of being guaranteed to stay inside the top 20 as a pair and having won the Australian Open. In 2007, Lpez started the year badly, having a 25 record in his first five tournaments, managing a win only at the 2007 Australian Open, losing to Novak Djokovic, and at the 2007 SAP Open losing to Vincent Spadea. Only ATP Tour main draw, Davis Cup and Olympic matches are considered: (W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (WL) winloss record. In the final he faced fellow Australian Nick Kyrgios. He qualified and drew fellow Australian and eventual tournament champion Lleyton Hewitt in round one where he went down in straight sets. Vedasco was beaten in the first round of the US Open by Ivan Dodig of Croatia, in 5 sets. He had been struggling with a knee injury that year, and he hurt it again during the loss to Raonic. 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After a small break he played in the Rogers Cup and was defeated by Andy Roddick in the third round. He then traveled to China for the 2010 China Open in Beijing, losing to Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany there, and to Thiemo de Bakker of the Netherlands at the 2010 Shanghai Rolex Masters. Kokkinakis began his grass court season at the Queen's Club Championships after being awarded a last minute wildcard following the withdrawal of Kyle Edmund. In 2002, Lpez competed on the ATP circuit regularly. At Wimbledon, he reached the third round, losing to Xavier Malisse in five sets. Athanasios "Thanasi" Kokkinakis (/nsi kknks/ th-NAH-see KOK-in-AH-kiss;[3] born 10 April 1996) is an Australian professional tennis player. In February 2020, Kwon reached four consecutive ATP Tour-level quarter-finals in Pune, New York, Delray Beach and Acapulco. Lpez defeated Tim Henman at the 2007 Wimbledon second round. In 2004, Lpez began the year with a 13 record, losing in the first rounds of Sydney, the 2004 Australian Open, and Milan, with his only win coming at the Davis Cup. He made his top 100 debut on 5 August 2019 at World No. [22] At the Australian Open, Verdasco defeated James Ward and Go Soeda and then lost to eventual champion Novak Djokovic in straight sets despite serving for the first set during the tiebreaker. 24. He achieved a top-10 ranking by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the first time on 13 August 2007, and reached a career peak of World No. [4], Djokovic's clay court season commenced at the Monte Carlo Masters, which was played in the third week of April. He then reached the semi-finals of the 2008 Bank Austria-TennisTrophy, losing to eventual champion Philipp Petzschner, the semi-finals of the 2008 Davidoff Swiss Indoors, losing to eventual champion Roger Federer, and the quarter-finals of the 2008 Mutua Madrilea Masters Madrid, losing to Rafael Nadal. Soeda bounced back from a first-round loss in the French Open by qualifying for the Wimbledon Championships without losing a set, and he beat Andreas Haider-Maurer to reach the second round for two consecutive years in this event. Following the result, Kokkinakis reached a career high junior ranking of 10.[9]. The trio have dominated men's singles tennis for nearly two decades, collectively winning 63 major singles tournaments; Nadal with 22 titles, Djokovic with 21, and Federer with 20. In the tie against Russia, aged 40, he won his tie against world number 5, Andrey Rublev, which is only the second time in Open Era history that a player aged 40+ managed to beat a top 5 player. He then returned to play Futures in Australia where he reached back to back quarterfinals in the F5 and F6 events, losing to Luke Saville both times. Lpez lost in the first round of the 2011 French Open to Roger Federer. He reached the main draw of the 2022 US Open (tennis) as a lucky loser, recording his 71st participation in a Major. Mardy Simpson Fish (born December 9, 1981) is an American former professional tennis player. 7. On August 25, Kokkinakis announced he would miss the US Open due to a pulled pectoral muscle. Federer was vying to become the first man to win Wimbledon eight times (a feat he would achieve in Verdasco then competed at the Aegon Championships at Queen's Club. Kwon enjoys singing and watching movies. In an upset, Verdasco then lost in the opening round of Wimbledon to Fabio Fognini.[18]. Then at the 2004 Bank Austria-TennisTrophy, he won his first title, defeating Guillermo Caas in the final. Hubert Hurkacz (Polish pronunciation: [xubrt xurkat]; born 11 February 1997) is a Polish professional tennis player. [8] He managed to qualify for the US Open, but fell in the first round to Marcos Baghdatis. [10] After winning another Challenger title in Seoul, he was into the main draw at the French Open and Wimbledon Championships, but he faced seeded players in the first round, losing to Philipp Kohlschreiber and John Isner. In 2009, Lpez started the year with a string of first-round losses, in the 2009 Heineken Open to Jarkko Nieminen, in the 2009 Australian Open to Gilles Mller, and in the 2009 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament to Julien Benneteau. Lpez played in Sydney to tune up for the Australian Open. He reached the third round at the US Open, where he lost to Thai Paradorn Srichaphan, after defeating countryman Tommy Robredo in the first round and Italian Davide Sanguinetti in the second round. Also, Ellsworth Vines in the Wimbledon finals of 1932 clocked 121 mph Milos Raonic: 249.9 km/h (155.3 mph) 2012 SAP Open: Singles SF 8: Andy Roddick: 2022 Sydney: Singles SF Bernab Zapata Miralles: 237.0 km/h (147.3 mph) 2022 Monte-Carlo: Singles Q 26 [5] Djokovic received an opening round bye, and made his clay court debut against Philipp Kohlschreiber in the second round, which he won in three tight sets. 1 Rafael Nadal to reach the semi-finals. At the third Grand Slam of the year, Wimbledon, he matched his best result at that tournament by reaching the fourth round, where he was ousted by the big-serving Croat, Ivo Karlovi. Fernando managed to take Murray to three sets but after a good performance, he lost the match. In September, he reached the final of a second Challenger for 2021 at the 2021 Sibiu Open where he was defeated by Stefano Travaglia. Since turning professional in 2015, Kwon has [7] He competed in singles and doubles, partnering Nishikori. 1 five times. There, he lost to Mardy Fish. They reached the semifinals, where they lost to Kei Nishikori and Alexandr Dolgopolov. In 2005, Soeda won two Futures tournament in Japan and Sri Lanka, and he made his debut in an ATP World Tour event in Ho Chi Minh City, losing to top seed Mariano Puerta in the first round. Djokovic refused to take the vaccine and missed two Majors in 2022, both on his beloved hard court. He advanced to the final without losing a set against Rajeev Ram, Ivo Karlovi, Denis Istomin and Juan Martn del Potro. 13 Felix Auger-Aliassime 76(5), 63 in the group stage tie versus Canada.[9]. Verdasco's next tournament was the Madrid Open, where he was seeded sixth. He has won three singles titles, at the 2015 Swedish Open, the 2019 Marrakesh Open and the 2019 Lyon Open, and his career-high singles ranking is World No. They were ranked as world No. 154. However, Robin Sderling and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga failed to pass the quarterfinals, allowing Verdasco to qualify for the Tennis Masters Cup for the first time in his career. He then reached the third round of the 2012 French Open, but was defeated in five sets by Andreas Seppi, who had earlier defeated Nikolay Davydenko in the first round and went on to take Novak Djokovic to five sets in the very next round. Following Istanbul, he qualified for the Madrid Open, and he fell in the first round to Sam Querrey in three sets, however, this improved his ranking and broke him into the top 100 for the first time. He reached his second quarterfinal of 2022 at the 2022 Estoril Open as a lucky loser where he replaced second seed Diego Schwartzman who had a first round bye. He has two younger sisters.[45]. 9 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved in November 2021, making him the highest-ranked Polish man in singles history. Mikhail Mikhailovich Youzhny (born 25 June 1982), nicknamed "Misha" and "Colonel" by his fans, is a Russian retired professional tennis player who was ranked inside the top 10 and was the Russian No. Mikhail Mikhailovich Youzhny (born 25 June 1982), nicknamed "Misha" and "Colonel" by his fans, is a Russian retired professional tennis player who was ranked inside the top 10 and was the Russian No. Verdasco reached the quarterfinals in Bangkok, losing to Janko Tipsarevi in straight sets. Only ATP Tour main draw and Davis Cup matches are considered: (W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (WL) winloss record. [11] This victory was Japans first win in a World Group match (In their previous two World Group matches, Japan lost 05). These included winning the title in Busan, Nanchang, and Toyota. He was a hardcourt specialist. [17] He lost to seventh seed Andrey Rublev. In 2013, he was healthy again and achieved significantly better results. Kokkinakis also has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. At the US Open, he beat Robin Haase and compatriot Pablo Andjar, but could not stand up to eventual champion Andy Murray in the third round, against whom he lost in four sets with three tie-breakers. His two younger brothers, Marko and Djordje, have also played professional tennis. Federer falls over during his Wimbledon semifinal match against Milos Raonic in 2016. He is a major champion, having won the 2003 US Open.Roddick reached four other major finals (Wimbledon in 2004, 2005, and 2009, and the US Open in 2006), losing to rival Roger Federer each time.Roddick was ranked in the year-end top 10 for nine consecutive years (20022010) He was then upset by compatriot Guillermo Garca Lpez in the first round of the Cincinnati Masters in two tiebreaks. He once again lost early in the first rounds of the 2008 French Open and the 2008 Queen's Club Championships. 3 for the first time on 27 January 2014. Verdasco worked in Las Vegas with Andre Agassi and his team, including Darren Cahill (Agassi's former coach) and Gil Reyes (Agassi's fitness coach).[11][12]. He is known for his strong serve and ability to play balls repeatedly on the baseline, and is also a confident net player and has been known to serve and volley. 36 in the world. He started playing tennis at the age of four and turned professional in April 2003. [30] He also recorded his 550th win and became only the fifth active player on the list. [6] He eventually lost to Gilles Mller in straight sets. He then lost in the second round to Michael Venus. Verdasco started the year with a first-time participation at the Hopman Cup partnering Anabel Medina Garrigues representing Spain.
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