TT Ostrava Bulletin #1
1.1 – The city: Ostrava – the steel heart of the republic.
“Ostrava is the third largest city in the Czech Republic, however it is the second largest urban agglomeration after Prague. It is also the administrative center of the Moravian-Silesian Region and of the Municipality with Extended Competence. Ostrava is located at the confluence of the Ostravice, Oder and Opava rivers. Its history and growth have been largely affected by exploitation and further usage of the high quality black coal deposits discovered in the locality, giving the town a look of an industrial city and a nickname of the “steel heart of the republic” during the communist era of Czechoslovakia. Many of the heavy industry companies are being closed down or transformed nowadays.” (source:
Wikipedia) In sports, the city not just breathes tennis, but also athletics, football and ice hockey.
“Czech” the
promotional video of the city
More about Ostrava:
www.ostrava.cz
www.ostravainfo.cz
1.2 – The venue: SC NH Trans A.S.
The Sports Centrum Ostrava is placed on Budečská 3214/4, Ostrava, and offers several facilities, like tennis courts (indoor and outdoor), squash, bandminton, bowling and gym. Click the link above for more info.
1.3– The tournament: Prosperita Open 2008
The Prosperita Open is a $50K+H Challenger, played at the outdoor clay courts of the Sports Centrum Ostrava. The qualifying matches will start 3rd May 2008, while the singles main draw is going to be played from 5-11 May, 2008. More info can be found in the
official website and
tournament factsheet.
1.4 – Tournament history
The Prosperita Open had its first edition in 2004. The city previously held an
ATP tournament (1994-1998, carpet, ČEZ Vitkovice Arena)
2007
Finals
Bohdan Ulihrach (CZE) d. (2)Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) 6-4 6-4
2006
Finals
(1)Ivo Minar (CZE) d. Marcel Granollers (ESP) 6-1 6-0
2005
Finals
Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) d. Nicolas Devilder (FRA) 6-4 7-6(4)
2004
Finals
Janko Tipsarevic (SCG) d. Peter Luczak (AUS) 6-3 7-6(5)
1.5 – 2008 Entry List
This is the entry list of the 2008 Prosperita Open Challenger (rankings from 14th April 2008):
1. Roitman, Sergio ARG 76
2. Vanek, Jiri CZE 96
3. Brzezicki, Juan Pablo ARG 118
4. Dabul, Brian ARG 125
5. Stakhovsky, Sergiy UKR 126
6. Devilder, Nicolas FRA 134
7. Gonzalez, Maximo ARG 135
8. Prodon, Eric FRA 138
9. Mayer, Leonardo ARG 144
10. Lacko, Lukas SVK 149
11. Marach, Oliver AUT 164
12. Cruciat, Adrian ROU 170
13. Dlouhy, Lukas CZE 175
14. Hernych, Jan CZE 179
15. Minar, Jan CZE 186
16. Junqueira, Diego ARG 188
17. Silva, Julio BRA 191
18. Zib, Tomas CZE 200
19. # Ulihrach, Bohdan CZE 201
20. Armando, Hugo USA 205
21. Slanar, Martin AUT 210
22. Guzman, Juan-Pablo ARG 215
23. (SE)
24. (SE)
25. (WC)
26. (WC)
27. (WC)
28. (WC)
29. (Q)
30. (Q)
31. (Q)
32. (Q)
Alternates
1. Beck, Karol SVK 231
2. Rosol, Lukas CZE 241
3. Aranguren, Juan-Martin ARG 246
4. Mertl, Jan CZE 266
5. Ilhan, Marsel TUR 276
6. Jun, Woong-Sun KOR 285
7. Juska, Andis LAT 288
8. Vagnozzi, Simone ITA 296
9. Tkalec, Marko SLO 298
10. Sanchez de Luna, Jose Antonio ESP 301
11. Hajek, Jan CZE 302
12. Goodall, Joshua GBR 303
13. Dustov, Farrukh UZB 306
14. Eitzinger, Rainer AUT 308
15. De Chaunac, Sebastien FRA 309
16. # Poch-Gradin, Carlos ESP 310
17. Azzaro, Leonardo ITA 312
18. Todero, Nicolas ARG 313
19. Reister, Julian GER 314
20. # Balleret, Benjamin MON 317
1.6 – Coming next...
The TT Ostrava Bulletin #2 will be released on Monday, 28th April 2008, and is going to bring:
- singles entry list after the first deadline
- doubles early commitments
- environmental issues of the city and carbon credit/citizenship concepts
- player profile: Ostrava born Ivan Lendl
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