Tennis Ticket News » Player Profiles http://www.tennisticketnews.com Tickets for worldwide tournaments, player information, news articles, and much more Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:07:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 bet-at-home German Tennis Championships 2011 Tennis Results Monday 18 July http://www.tennisticketnews.com/bet-at-home-german-tennis-championships-2011-tennis-results-monday-18-july-6409.html http://www.tennisticketnews.com/bet-at-home-german-tennis-championships-2011-tennis-results-monday-18-july-6409.html#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2011 19:02:10 +0000 Kristina http://www.tennisticketnews.com/?p=6409 bet-at-home Open – German Tennis Championships 2011
Hamburg, Germany

RESULTS – MONDAY, 18 JULY, 2011

Singles – First Round
[Q] A Ramos (ESP) d A Mannarino (FRA) 62 64
J Nieminen (FIN) d S Giraldo (COL) 64 63
S Stakhovsky (UKR) d M Gonzalez (ARG) 62 63
C Berlocq (ARG) d R Haase (NED) 62 62
[WC] J Reister (GER) d D Istomin (UZB) 63 64
[Q] B Knittel (GER) d I Dodig (CRO) 64 63
[WC] T Kamke (GER) d P Riba (ESP) 61 61
[LL] L Rosol (CZE) d P Starace (ITA) 76(5) 61
[Q] V Crivoi (ROU) d [Q] G Olaso (ESP) 64 63

Doubles – First Round
[3] O Marach (AUT) / A Peya (AUT) d P Kohlschreiber (GER) / F Mayer (GER) 64 76(4)

SCHEDULE – TUESDAY, 19 JULY, 2011

CENTRE COURT start 11:00 am
[Q] M Ilhan (TUR) vs P Petzschner (GER)
Not Before 12:30 PM
[WC] T Kamke (GER) vs [7] J Chela (ARG)
[WC] J Reister (GER) vs [14] G Garcia-Lopez (ESP)
A Golubev (KAZ) vs P Kohlschreiber (GER)
G Monfils (FRA) / G Simon (FRA) vs [WC] T Kamke (GER) / J Reister (GER)

M1 start 11:00 am
R Stepanek (CZE) vs [WC] A Beck (GER)
S Stakhovsky (UKR) vs [5] G Simon (FRA)
J Ferrero (ESP) vs [WC] C Stebe (GER)
L Dlouhy (CZE) / M Mertinak (SVK) vs [2] J Melzer (AUT) / P Petzschner (GER)

M2 start 11:00 am
[Q] S Bolelli (ITA) vs J Monaco (ARG)
[10] A Dolgopolov (UKR) vs J Nieminen (FIN)
[4] M Youzhny (RUS) vs C Berlocq (ARG)
[4] F Cermak (CZE) / F Polasek (SVK) vs M Granollers (ESP) / F Verdasco (ESP)

M3 start 11:00 am
M Granollers (ESP) vs D Gimeno-Traver (ESP)
J Benneteau (FRA) vs P Andujar (ESP)
[15] F Fognini (ITA) vs [Q] V Crivoi (ROU)
[1] M Fyrstenberg (POL) / M Matkowski (POL) vs S Stakhovsky (UKR) / R Stepanek (CZE)

]]> http://www.tennisticketnews.com/bet-at-home-german-tennis-championships-2011-tennis-results-monday-18-july-6409.html/feed 0 Czech tennis star Petra Kvitova wins Wimbledon http://www.tennisticketnews.com/make-way-for-the-latest-czech-tennis-star-6200.html http://www.tennisticketnews.com/make-way-for-the-latest-czech-tennis-star-6200.html#comments Sat, 02 Jul 2011 20:32:42 +0000 Kristina http://www.tennisticketnews.com/?p=6200 WIMBLEDON, England — Czech, mate. The new generation from the land of the Martinas and Janas has arrived. Prodigiously.

Petra Kvitova found splendor on the grass Saturday, a surprise winner of the Wimbledon women’s singles title, 6-3, 6-4 over one-time champion Maria Sharapova. Then again, considering Kvitova’s strength, length (she’s 6 feet tall) and youth (she’s 21), maybe it wasn’t a surprise.

Martina Navratilova, also a lefty, also born in then what was Czechoslovakia and now an American citizen, watched Kvitova along with another Czech champ, Jana Novotna, from the Royal Box and cheered as past and present united.

Navratilova had all but predicted Kvitova, (pronounced Kuh-VIT-uh-vuh) would produce what could be considered an upset — Sharapova previously had won Wimbledon and the Australian and U.S. Opens, while Kvitova was playing in her first Grand Slam final.

However, with Sharapova battling her way back after rotator cuff surgery in October 2008 and Kvitova looking sharp as she moved through higher-seeded opponents, the result also could have been understandable.

It was for Navratilova, the nine-time singles champ in the 1980s and early ’90s.

“I think Petra will return better, and it will be easier to hold serve,” Navratilova said after the semifinals on Thursday. “That lefty serve will pay off more. I think Maria probably has the best return in the game. With the serves, I think Kvitova will get on top of the rally a little bit earlier than Maria.”

Kvitova’s serve was broken in the first game of the match, but Sharapova was broken the second game. Then, when Sharapova double-faulted four serves in succession to lose the sixth game and fall behind 2-4, you sensed the new kid was taking over.

A year ago, Kvitova reached the Wimbledon semis, only to lose to eventual champion Serena Williams. It was her introduction. Now she’s a star, the first of a foursome of emerging stars — No. 1 seed Caroline Wozniacki, Victoria Azarenka and Sabine Lisicki are the others — to get a Slam championship.

“She performed incredible,” Navratilova said of Kvitova. The words were the echoes of those when Maria won Wimbledon in 2004, as a 17-year-old.

“Sometimes,” said Sharapova, “when you don’t know what to expect, and you don’t know how you’re going to feel, you play your best because you have the feeling you have nothing to lose.”

Women’s tennis, in a stew with the decline of the Williams sisters and the injury to Kim Clijsters, had plenty to lose. It needs an attraction, someone able to get on Letterman and Leno as well as get on a winning streak.

Sharapova has enough beauty and enough pretension to fulfill that role.

After all, she already had the Nike and Canon commercials, and although she’s Russian she has been in the United States seemingly forever. That she now resides in Celebrity Land, Southern California, and is engaged to Sasha Vujacic of the New Jersey Nets is to her — and her sport’s — advantage.

But as happy as Sharapova was to get back in the sunshine at Centre Court for the first time in five years — she made it to the semis in ’05 and ’06 after winning — this was Kvitova’s final. Top-spin forehands are a universal language.

“It’s something unbelievable,” said Kvitova, whose English, although improving, is hard to understand and invariably interrupted every few seconds by a giggle.

Asked the innocuous, and unneeded question, if this was the best tennis of her life, she answered, “I think so. Yeah. Of course. It’s something unbelievable [to] be in the final at Wimbledon.”

Then someone wanted to know Kvitova’s thoughts about Sharapova, who to her credit fought back from 0-2 to tie 2-2 in the second set and then couldn’t hang on.

“She has experience,” Kvitova said. “She has an advantage in this. But we played [previously] and I lost, so now I have to beat her.”

She did with a flourish — a love final game and a thundering ace as the ultimate point. Afterward, as seemingly required of all champions, she fell backward to the well-worn grass, where Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic will play in the men’s final.

“Today she created offensive opportunities from tough positions on the court,” said Sharapova of her opponent. Sometimes it’s just too good. She was hitting winners from all over the court. She made a defensive shot into an offensive one.”

This much could be pried from Kvitova: “On the important points I played well. I made the important points. … Sometimes my serve wasn’t good, so I have to keep mentally good.” After the victory, after being handed the traditional trophy, the Venus Rosewater Dish, she talked to her Czech predecessors as champions, Navratilova and Novotna.

“They were so happy,” said Kvitova. “I cried after I met them.”

]]> http://www.tennisticketnews.com/make-way-for-the-latest-czech-tennis-star-6200.html/feed 0 Ivan Ljubicic http://www.tennisticketnews.com/ivan-ljubicic-2117.html http://www.tennisticketnews.com/ivan-ljubicic-2117.html#comments Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:36:54 +0000 Kristina http://www.tennisticketnews.com/?p=2117

Ivan Ljubicic

Pronounced:
 ee-VON LOO-bi-chich
Birthdate:
 19.03.1979
Birthplace:
 Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovin
Residence:
 Monte Carlo, Monaco
Height:
 6’4”
Weight:
 202 lbs
Plays:
 Right-handed
Turned Pro:
 1998
Coach:
 Riccardo Piatti

Ivan Ljubicic
Current ATP Ranking – Singles:
 13
Career High ATP Ranking – Singles:
 3 (01.05.2006)
Current ATP Race – Singles:
 13
Current Stanford ATP Doubles Ranking:
 91
Career High Stanford ATP Doubles Ranking:
 70 (16.05.2005)

Singles Record:
 11 – 4
Singles Titles:
 1
Doubles Record:
 3 – 4
Doubles Titles:
 0
Prize Money:
 $748,475

Singles Record:
 386 – 256
Singles Titles:
 10
Doubles Record:
 101 – 110
Doubles Titles:
 0
Prize Money:
 $8,786,405
Highlights

ATP & Grand Slam
Singles
ATP & Grand Slam (1) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (Outdoor/Hard)
Doubles
ATP & Grand Slam


]]> http://www.tennisticketnews.com/ivan-ljubicic-2117.html/feed 0 Shahar Peer http://www.tennisticketnews.com/shahar-peer-2088.html http://www.tennisticketnews.com/shahar-peer-2088.html#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:17:39 +0000 Kristina http://www.tennisticketnews.com/?p=2088

SHAHAR PEER (BEL)

Pronounced:
 sa-har
Birthdate:
 May 1, 1987
Birthplace:
 Jerusalem, Israel
Residence:
 Macabim, Israel
Height:
 5’7
Weight:
 132 lbs.
Plays:
 Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Status:
 Pro (2004)

Shahar Peer
Current Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Ranking:
 20
Career High Sony Ericsson WTA Ranking – Singles:
15 (January 29 2007)
Current Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Race – Singles:
 7
Current Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Rankings – Doubles:
 52
Career High Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Doubles Ranking:
14 (May 12 2008)

Singles Record:
 15 – 5
Singles Titles:
 0
Doubles Record:
 2 – 3
Doubles Titles:
 0
Prize Money:
 $186,952

Singles Record:
 272 – 135
Singles Titles:
 5
Doubles Record:
 121 – 96
Doubles Titles:
 3
Prize Money:
 $2,733,905
Highlights

Grand Slam (singles) History

W/L 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 00 99 98 97 96 95 94
AUSTRALIAN OPEN 8/5 3r 1r 3r QF 1r - - - - - - - - - - - -
ROLAND GARROS 8/4 - 1r 4r 4r 3r - - - - - - - - - - -
WIMBLEDON 8/5 2r 4r 3r 2r 2r - - - - - - - - - - -
US OPEN 11/5 3r 1r QF 4r 3r - - - - - - - - - - -
93 92 91 90 89 88 87 86 85 84 83 82 81
AUSTRALIAN OPEN - - - -
ROLAND GARROS
WIMBLEDON
US OPEN


]]> http://www.tennisticketnews.com/shahar-peer-2088.html/feed 0 John Isner http://www.tennisticketnews.com/john-isner-2087.html http://www.tennisticketnews.com/john-isner-2087.html#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:05:38 +0000 Kristina http://www.tennisticketnews.com/?p=2087

John Isner

Pronounced:
 Ees-ner
Birthdate:
 26.04.1985
Birthplace:
 Greensboro,North Carolina USA
Residence:
 Tampa, Florida, USA
Height:
 6’9”
Weight:
 245 lbs
Plays:
 Right-handed
Turned Pro:
 2007
Coach:
 Craig Boynton

John Isner
Current ATP Ranking – Singles:
 20
Career High ATP Ranking – Singles:
 20 (March 1, 2010)
Current ATP Race – Singles:
 20
Current Stanford ATP Doubles Ranking:
 72
Career High Stanford ATP Doubles Ranking:
 72 (March 1, 2010)

Singles Record:
 12 – 3
Singles Titles:
 1
Doubles Record:
 6 – 2
Doubles Titles:
 1
Prize Money:
 $329,116

Singles Record:
 58 – 45
Singles Titles:
 1
Doubles Record:
 26 – 27
Doubles Titles:
 2
Prize Money:
 $1,197,910
Highlights

ATP & Grand Slam
Singles
ATP & Grand Slam (1) Auckland  (Outdoor/Hard)
Doubles
ATP & Grand Slam (1) Memphis  (w/Querrey, Indoor/Hard)


]]> http://www.tennisticketnews.com/john-isner-2087.html/feed 0 Lleyton Hewitt http://www.tennisticketnews.com/lleyton-hewitt-2019.html http://www.tennisticketnews.com/lleyton-hewitt-2019.html#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:48:08 +0000 Kristina http://www.tennisticketnews.com/?p=2019

Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)

Pronounced:
 LAY-ton HYOO-it
Birthdate:
 February 24, 1981
Birthplace:
 Adelaide, Australia
Residence:
 Nassau, Bahamas
Height:
 5’11”
Weight:
 170 lbs
Plays:
 Right-handed
Turned Pro:
 1998
Coach:
 Nathan Healy

Lleyton Hewitt
Current ATP Ranking – Singles:
 20
Career High ATP Ranking – Singles:
 1 (19.11.2001)
Current ATP Race – Singles:
 2
Current Stanford ATP Doubles Ranking:
 453
Career High Stanford ATP Doubles Ranking:
 18 (23.10.2000)

Singles Record:
 4 – 2
Singles Titles:
 0
Doubles Record:
 0 – 0
Doubles Titles:
 0
Prize Money:
 $92,993

Singles Record:
 524 – 183
Singles Titles:
 27
Doubles Record:
 23 – 38
Doubles Titles:
 2
Prize Money:
 $18,405,029
Highlights

ATP & Grand Slam
Singles
ATP & Grand Slam —-
Doubles
ATP & Grand Slam —-


]]> http://www.tennisticketnews.com/lleyton-hewitt-2019.html/feed 0 Yanina Wickmayer http://www.tennisticketnews.com/yanina-wickmayer-1811.html http://www.tennisticketnews.com/yanina-wickmayer-1811.html#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:01:10 +0000 Kristina http://www.tennisticketnews.com/?p=1811

YANINA WICKMAYER (BEL)

Pronounced:
 ya-nee-nah
Birthdate:
 October 20, 1989
Birthplace:
 Lier, Belgium
Residence:
 Deurne, Belgium
Height:
 6′
Weight:
 150 lbs.
Plays:
 Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Status:
 Pro (2004)

Yanina Wickmayer
Current Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Ranking:
 16
Career High Sony Ericsson WTA Ranking – Singles:
16 (November 9 2009)
Current Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Race – Singles:
 5
Current Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Rankings – Doubles:
 79
Career High Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Doubles Ranking:
79 (January 18 2010)

Singles Record:
 5 – 0
Singles Titles:
 1
Doubles Record:
 1 – 1
Doubles Titles:
 0
Prize Money:
 $37,825

Singles Record:
 174 – 74
Singles Titles:
 3
Doubles Record:
 62 – 35
Doubles Titles:
 0
Prize Money:
 $900,717
Highlights

Grand Slam (singles) History

W/L 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 00 99 98 97 96 95 94
AUSTRALIAN OPEN 0/1 1r - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
ROLAND GARROS 1/2 2r 1r - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
WIMBLEDON 0/2 1r 1r - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
US OPEN 5/2 SF 1r - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
93 92 91 90 89 88 87 86 85 84 83 82 81
AUSTRALIAN OPEN - - - -
ROLAND GARROS
WIMBLEDON
US OPEN


]]> http://www.tennisticketnews.com/yanina-wickmayer-1811.html/feed 0 Juan Carlos Ferrero http://www.tennisticketnews.com/juan-carlos-ferrero-1777.html http://www.tennisticketnews.com/juan-carlos-ferrero-1777.html#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:08:00 +0000 Kristina http://www.tennisticketnews.com/?p=1777

Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP)

Pronounced:
 w’an kar-los
Birthdate:
 February 12, 1980
Birthplace:
 Onteniente, Spain
Residence:
 Villena, Spain
Height:
 6′
Weight:
 160 lbs
Plays:
 Right-handed
Turned Pro:
 1998
Coach:
 Antonio Martinez/Samuel López

Current ATP Ranking – Singles:
 20
Career High ATP Ranking – Singles:
 1 (September 8, 2003)
Current ATP Race – Singles:
 21
Current Stanford ATP Doubles Ranking:
 —
Career High Stanford ATP Doubles Ranking:
 198 (February 3, 2003)

Singles Record:
 34 – 16
Singles Titles:
 1
Doubles Record:
 0 – 0
Doubles Titles:
 0
Prize Money:
 $630,841

Singles Record:
 420 – 221
Singles Titles:
 12
Doubles Record:
 4 – 23
Doubles Titles:
 0
Prize Money:
 $12,529,775
Highlights

ATP & Grand Slam
Singles
ATP & Grand Slam W: Casablanca F: Umag
Doubles
ATP & Grand Slam


]]> http://www.tennisticketnews.com/juan-carlos-ferrero-1777.html/feed 0 Kim Clijsters http://www.tennisticketnews.com/kim-clijsters-1717.html http://www.tennisticketnews.com/kim-clijsters-1717.html#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:26:23 +0000 Kristina http://www.tennisticketnews.com/?p=1717

KIM CLIJSTERS (BEL)

Pronounced:
 cl-IH-sterrs
Birthdate:
 June 8, 1983
Birthplace:
 Bilzen, Belgium
Residence:
 Bree, Belgium
Height:
 5′ 8 1/2″
Weight:
 150 lbs.
Plays:
 Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Status:
 Pro (1997)

Current Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Ranking:
 15
Career High Sony Ericsson WTA Ranking – Singles:
1 (August 11 2003)
Current Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Race – Singles:
 5
Current Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Rankings – Doubles:
 —-
Career High Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Doubles Ranking:
1 (August 4 2003)

Singles Record:
 5 – 0
Singles Titles:
 1
Doubles Record:
 0 – 0
Doubles Titles:
 0
Prize Money:
 $37,000

Singles Record:
 445 – 107
Singles Titles:
 36
Doubles Record:
 130 – 52
Doubles Titles:
 11
Prize Money:
 $16,433,856
Highlights

Grand Slam (singles) History

W/L 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 00 99 98 97 96 95 94
AUSTRALIAN OPEN 29-7 - - SF SF - F SF SF 4r 1r - - - - - -
ROLAND GARROS 22-6 - - - SF 4r - F 3r F 1r - - - - - -
WIMBLEDON 22-7 - - - SF 4r - SF 2r QF 2r 4r - - - - -
US OPEN 30-5 W - - - W - F 4r QF 2r 3r - - - - -
93 92 91 90 89 88 87 86 85 84 83 82 81
AUSTRALIAN OPEN - - - -
ROLAND GARROS
WIMBLEDON
US OPEN


]]> http://www.tennisticketnews.com/kim-clijsters-1717.html/feed 0 Mardy Fish http://www.tennisticketnews.com/mardy-fish-1635.html http://www.tennisticketnews.com/mardy-fish-1635.html#comments Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:48:30 +0000 Kristina http://www.tennisticketnews.com/?p=1635

Mardy Fish (USA)

Pronounced:
 mar-dy
Birthdate:
 December 9, 1981
Birthplace:
 Edina, Minnesota, USA
Residence:
 Tampa, Florida, USA
Height:
 6’2”
Weight:
 180 lbs
Plays:
 Right-handed
Turned Pro:
 2000
Coach:
 David Nainkin

Current ATP Ranking – Singles:
 20
Career High ATP Ranking – Singles:
 17 (March 22, 2004)
Current ATP Race – Singles:
 20
Current Stanford ATP Doubles Ranking:
 18
Career High Stanford ATP Doubles Ranking:
 14 (July 6, 2009)

Singles Record:
 21 – 15
Singles Titles:
 1
Doubles Record:
 29 – 8
Doubles Titles:
 2
Prize Money:
 $650,537

Singles Record:
 192 – 158
Singles Titles:
 3
Doubles Record:
 99 – 83
Doubles Titles:
 6
Prize Money:
 $3,778,578
Highlights

ATP & Grand Slam
Singles
ATP & Grand Slam W: Delray Beach F: San Jose
Doubles
ATP & Grand Slam W: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (w/Roddick), Memphis (w/Knowles)


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