Who Won The Tennis Open?
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Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal, who is ranked number two in the world, has won the tennis open. Nadal defeated Novak Djokovic, who is ranked number one in the world, in straight sets. This is Nadal’s fourth win at the Open.
His History
Rafael Nadal Parera is a Spanish professional tennis player. He is widely regarded as the greatest clay-court player in history and as one of the greatest players of all time. Nadal has won 20 Grand Slam singles titles, the second most in history for a male player, as well as 35 ATP Tour Masters 1000 titles, 20 ATP Tour 500 titles, and the 2008 Olympic gold medal in singles. In majors, Nadal has won a record 12 French Open singles titles, three US Open singles titles, two Wimbledon singles titles, and one Australian Open singles title. He was also a member of the winning Spain Davis Cup team in 2004, 2008, 2009, and 2011. In 2010, he became the seventh player in ATP history and youngest of four in the Open Era to achieve the Career Grand Slam at age 24. He is the only male player to win all four Grand Slam tournaments on three different surfaces (hardcourt, clay and grass) Nadal has spent 209 weeks at No. 1 on the ATP rankings, second only to Roger Federer’s record 310 weeks at No. 1
His Record
Rafael Nadal Parera is a Spanish professional tennis player. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. He has won 20 Grand Slam singles titles, the second most in history for a male player, as well as 35 ATP Tour Masters 1000, 20 ATP Tour 500, and 13 ATP World Tour Finals titles. In Major professional tournaments, Nadal has won a record 81 matches.
Why He’s a Contender
Rafael Nadal is a Spanish professional tennis player. He is widely regarded as the greatest clay-court tennis player in history and as one of the finest players of all time. Nadal has won 86 singles titles, the second most by any male player in the Open Era.
Nadal’s success on clay has earned him the nickname “King of Clay”. His career highlights include winning a record 12 French Open singles titles, four Olympic gold medals, nine Davis Cup titles for Spain, and being ranked world No. 1 by the ATP for 209 weeks. In addition, Nadal has held the year-end world No. 1 ranking three times.
Roger Federer
In what was considered to be one of the most thrilling tennis finals in history, Roger Federer has once again defied the odds and proved that he is still the best in the world by winning the 2017 Wimbledon Tennis Championship.
His History
Roger Federer (born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss tennis player who is currently ranked world No. 5 in men’s singles tennis by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He has won 20 Grand Slam singles titles—the most in history for a male player—and has held the world No. 1 spot in the ATP rankings for a record total of 310 weeks, including 237 consecutive weeks. After turning professional in 1998, he was continuously ranked in the top ten from October 2002 to November 2016. He re-entered the top ten following his victory at the 2017 Australian Open. In majors, Federer has won a record eight Wimbledon titles, six Australian Open titles, five US Open titles (all consecutive, a record streak of five) and one French Open title. He is one of eight men to have achieved a Career Grand Slam. Federer has reached a record 31 men’s singles Grand Slam finals, including 10 consecutively from the 2005 Wimbledon Championships to the 2007 US Open Championships. Federer’s ATP league records include holding the longest winning streak (56 consecutive matches) and being declared ATP Player of the Year five times (2004–07, 2009). He has won the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year award four times (2005–08), and been decorated with knighthoods by both Queen Elizabeth II and Albert II, Prince of Monaco.
Federer was born in Basel, Switzerland. His father, Robert Federer, is Swiss-German, while his mother Lynette is from South Africa; he has one sister named Diana. He holds both Swiss and South African citizenship. He grew up in nearby Birsfelden and Riehen, and basked in the attention his homeboys gave him whenever he played local tournaments as a junior. When he was nine years old, his parents gave him up for weekly tennis lessons; their fees were strongly opposed by Lynette but she eventually relented because she saw how much Roger enjoyed playing tennis. In addition to tennis lessons and practice sessions followed by tournaments on weekends that lasted anywhere from 2am till 10pm or later, young Roger also displayed great promise as a footballer; he even had trials with local first division club FC Basel but never made it into their youth ranks probably due to lack of size – he only stood at 1.75m (5’9″) when most other players were well over 180cm (6’0″). At age 12,…
His Record
Roger Federer (born August 8, 1981) is a Swiss professional tennis player who is ranked world No. 3 in men’s singles tennis by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Federer has won 20 Grand Slam singles titles—the most in history for a male player—and six Wimbledon singles titles, tied for the record with Pete Sampras and William Renshaw. He has reached a record 31 men’s singles Grand Slam finals, including 10 consecutively from the 2005 Wimbledon Championships to the 2007 US Open.
Why He’s a Contender
There are a few reasons Roger Federer is always a contender at any tournament he enters. For one, he’s incredibly strategic on the court. He has a 90% winning record when he takes the first set in a match, which is a very good sign for his opponents. Additionally, he’s been very successful at Wimbledon in the past – he’s won 7 times! – so he knows how to play on that surface. Finally, Federer is one of the best when it comes to playing on grass courts in general – his record over the past 10 years proves that.
Novak Djokovic
Djokovic has now won four consecutive big tournaments, including Wimbledon and the U.S. Open.
His History
Novak Djokovic (Serbian: Новак Ђоковић, pronounced [nǒʋaːk dʑôːkoʋitɕ] ( listen); born 22 May 1987) is a Serbian professional tennis player who is currently ranked world No. 2 in men’s singles tennis by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Djokovic has won numerous awards, including the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year in 2011, 2015 and 2016. He has also been nicknamed “Nole” and “Djoker”.
He was born on 22 May 1987 in Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia to parents Srđan and Dijana. He also has a younger brother, Marko. His father was a self-employed businessman who owned restaurants and a tennis academy; his mother was a homemaker. Growing up, he played football alongside tennis and soon developed an interest in the latter as he began watching broadcasts of matches featuring Yugoslav tennis stars such as Goran Ivanišević and Monica Seles as well as American players Michael Chang and Pete Sampras. When he was four years old, his brother Marko introduced him to tennis; following Marko’s example, Djokovic started practicing regularly at age five even though he did not have access to professional training.
Djokovic began playing professionally in 2003 but did not attain much success until 2006 when he reached the third round of the Roland Garros tournament and won his first ATP title at Amersfoort. In 2007 he reached the semi-finals of Wimbledon becoming the first player from Serbia to do so as well as record victories over four successive top 10 opponents for the first time in a Grand Slam tournament. The same year he also became only the third man since 1969 to make it to all four Grand Slam quarter-finals in one calendar year.
His Record
Novak Djokovic is a Serbian professional tennis player who is currently ranked world No. 2 in men’s singles tennis by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He is the reigning Olympic champion in singles, having won the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Djokovic has won 16 Grand Slam singles titles, five ATP Finals titles, four ATP Tour Masters 1000 titles, three Wimbledon titles, two US Open titles and one French Open title. He has also won numerous other tournaments, including becoming the first man to hold all four Grand Slams at once on two separate occasions. In 2015, he became the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to have twice won three of the four majors in a calendar year. He first accomplished this feat in 2011. Djokovic is the only man to have achieved this three times. In 2016, he became the sixth man in history and first since Laver in 1969 to hold all four Grand Slams and an Olympic gold medal simultaneously following his victory at Wimbledon and silver medal success at Rio 2016.
Why He’s a Contender
Novak Djokovic has been a professional tennis player since 2003. He is currently ranked No. 2 in the world by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Djokovic has won 17 Grand Slam singles titles, the fourth-most in history. He is one of eight men to win a Career Grand Slam, one of nine men to win at least two Major titles in a calendar year, and one of ten men to win all four Major titles in their career.
Djokovic has won numerous awards, including the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year, BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year and ITF World Champion five times. He was named the ATP Player of the Year and ATP Tour’s Most Impressive Newcomer in 2006, ATP Tour Player of the Year in 2009, 2011 and 2012, and was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2016.
Andy Murray
Andy Murray won the tennis open. This was his second Wimbledon title, and he is the first British player to win two Wimbledon singles titles since Fred Perry in 1936. Murray is also the first British player to win the Olympic gold medal in tennis, which he did at the 2012 London Olympics.
His History
Andy Murray was born in Glasgow, Scotland, on 15 Mey 1987. His maternal grandfather, Roy Erskine, was a professional footballer in the late 1950s.Murray is a supporter of Hibernian Football Club, one of the teams his grandfather represented. He also grew up supporting Rangers F.C. like many Scots.[8][9] Murray’s elder brother, Jamie, is also a professional tennis player, playing on the doubles circuit.
Murray started playing tennis at the age of three when his mother Judy took him to play on the local courts. He played in his first competitive tournament at age five and by age eight he was competing with adults in an adult tournament. When he was nine years old he training with Darren Cahill in Australia and then began working with Brad Gilbert in London at twelve years old. Murray considered quitting tennis at age fifteen when he had no ranking and opted instead to attend Dunblane Academy for a year before returning to the tour full-time
His Record
Andy Murray is a Scottish professional tennis player from Scotland, ranked No. 1 in men’s singles. He has won three Grand Slam singles titles, two Olympic gold medals, and the Davis Cup. He was also the winner of the 2016 ATP World Tour Finals. Murray has reached a total of 27 finals on the ATP World Tour, winning 23 of them. He has also won 3 Masters 1000 series titles, making him the only player outside of the Big Four to have done so.
Why He’s a Contender
Andy Murray is a Scottish professional tennis player who is currently ranked world No. 2 in singles. His greatest achievements to date have been winning the gold medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, defeating Novak Djokovic in the final of the 2016 ATP World Tour Finals, and winning Wimbledon in 2013 and 2016. He has also reached 11 Grand Slam finals, including five consecutive finals at Wimbledon from 2013 to 2017.
The Final Match
Rafael Nadal won an unprecedented 13th French Open title with a 6-3, 7-5, 6-0 victory over arch-rival Novak Djokovic on Sunday, cementing his place as one of the greatest ever players of the red clay.
The Score
In the final match of the tennis open, John Smith defeated James Johnson in a very close match. The score was 6-4, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5, and 6-4. This is the first time that John has won the tennis open, and he is very excited about it. James played a great game, but in the end, John was just too good.
What Happened
This was an incredible match that had everyone on the edge of their seats. In the end, Djokovic won 6-3, 7-6 (8), 6-3 to take the trophy and add to his already impressive collection. This was a rematch of last year’s Wimbledon final, which Djokovic also won in straight sets. Nadal played well, but was no match for Djokovic’s intensity and focus.