Xavier Malisse is a Belgian former professional tennis player. Born in the north-western Flemish city of Kortrijk and nicknamed X-Man, he is one of only two Belgian men to have been ranked in the top 20 of the ATP Tour, with a career-high singles ranking of world No. 19.
The ATP Challenger Tour, known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series, is a series of international men's professional tennis tournaments. The Challenger Tour events are the second-highest tier of tennis competition, behind the ATP Tour. The ITF World Tennis Tour tournaments are on the entry-level of international professional tennis competition. The ATP Challenger Tour is administered by the Association of Tennis Professionals. Players who succeed on the ATP Challenger Tour earn sufficient ranking points to become eligible for main draw or qualifying draw entry at ATP Tour tournaments. Players on the Challenger Tour are usually young players looking to advance their careers, those who fail to qualify for ATP events, or former ATP players looking to get back into the big tour.
The I.ČLTK Prague Open is a tennis tournament held in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. The tournament has been part of the ATP Challenger Tour since 1991 and part of the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour since 1995.
The I. Česky Lawn Tennis Klub Praha is a tennis club located on Štvanice Island in the center of Prague, Czech Republic. The club was founded in 1893. The current stadium seats 8,000 spectators, and was built to host the 1986 Federation Cup. The club is the home of the I.ČLTK Prague Open, an annual event on the ITF Women's Circuit and the ATP Challenger Series.
The Prague Open was a Grand Prix and ATP affiliated men's tennis tournament played from 1987 to 1999. It was held in Prague in the Czech Republic and played on outdoor clay courts.
The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the ATP tour. The 2000 ATP Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments, the tennis event at the 2000 Summer Olympics, the Tennis Masters Series, the ATP International Series Gold, the ATP International Series, the ATP World Team Cup, the Tennis Masters Cup and the ATP Tour World Doubles Championships. Also included in the 2000 calendar are the Davis Cup and the Hopman Cup, which do not distribute ranking points, and are both organised by the ITF.
The Prague Open is a professional women's tennis tournament that is held in Prague, Czech Republic. It began in 2010, initially as an ITF Circuit $50,000 event upgraded to $100,000. It became a WTA International tournament in 2015, and the prize money increased to $250,000.
The 2014 Advantage Cars Prague Open, also known as Advantage Cars Prague Open by I. ČLTK Praha for sponsorship reasons, was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 21st edition of the tournament which was part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Prague, Czech Republic between 4 and 10 August 2014.
Thiago Moura Monteiro is a Brazilian professional tennis player.
Markéta Šimková is a Czech professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 6 by the WTA. Vondroušová is the reigning Wimbledon champion, winning the tournament in 2023, the first unseeded woman to win the singles title. She was also the runner-up at the 2019 French Open, where she became the first teenage Major finalist in nearly a decade. She has won two singles titles out of six finals on the WTA Tour and a silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.Vondroušová is a former junior world No. 1, having won two major doubles titles. She had a quick breakthrough on the WTA Tour, winning the 2017 Ladies Open Biel Bienne at age 17 in just her second career WTA Tour singles event. This helped her reach the top 100 of the WTA rankings before turning 18. Vondroušová struggled with injuries early in her career, most notably missing the second half of the 2019 season shortly after her French Open final. Her signature shot is the drop shot. She is one of the best returners on WTA Tour, having led the tour in percentage of return games won and percentage of return points won in 2019 among all players with at least ten matches.
The 2005 ECM Prague Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts at the I. Czech Lawn Tennis Club in Prague, Czech Republic from in mid-May, 2005. It was the 14th edition of the men's tournament which was part of the 2005 ATP Challenger Series and the 4th edition of the women's tournament which was part of the 2005 WTA Tour as a Tier IV tournament.
The 2020 I.ČLTK Prague Open is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was part of the 2020 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Prague, Czech Republic between 17 August and 6 September 2020.
The 2020 RPM Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was part of the 2020 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place at the TJ Spoje in the Žižkov neighbourhood of Prague, Czech Republic.
The 1992 Skoda Czechoslovak Open, also known as the Prague Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the I. Czech Lawn Tennis Club in Prague, Czechoslovakia that was part of the ATP World Series of the 1992 ATP Tour. It was the sixth edition of the tournament and was held from 10 August until 16 August 1992. First-seeded Karel Nováček won his second consecutive singles title at the event.
The 2021 I.ČLTK Prague Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 28th (men) and 16th (women) editions of the tournament which was part of the 2021 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2021 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Prague, Czech Republic from 3 to 9 May 2021.
Jakub Menšík is a Czech professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 65 achieved on 6 May 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 402 achieved on 12 June 2023. He is currently the No. 3 Czech in singles and the youngest player in the top 100.
The 2022 Sparta Prague Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was part of the 2022 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Prague, Czech Republic between 18 and 24 April 2022.
The 2020 TK Sparta Prague Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was part of the 2020 WTA 125K series. It took place in Prague, Czech Republic between 29 August – 6 September 2020.
The 2022 I.ČLTK Prague Open was a tournament played on outdoor clay. It was the 29th edition for men and 17th for women, which were respectively part of the 2022 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2022 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Prague, Czech Republic between 2 and 8 May 2022.
Gabriel Debru is a French tennis player.
2023 Sparta Prague Open 
