Ričardas Berankis (born June 21, 1990 in
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,
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) is a
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n professional
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player, currently ranked number 416 in the world. As a junior, he was the winner of the boys' singles title at the 2007 US Open.
Berankis was born June 21, 1990 in
VilniusVilnius Vilnius Vilnius as of 2008. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality. It is also the...
,
LithuaniaLithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the southernmost of the three Baltic states. Situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, it shares borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland, and the Russian exclave of...
. He was born to father Genadijus and mother Jelena, and has a sister Lina who got married in May 2009.
Her sister was also a tennis player and now she is coaching.
Ričardas Berankis (born June 21, 1990 in
VilniusVilnius Vilnius Vilnius as of 2008. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality. It is also the...
,
LithuaniaLithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the southernmost of the three Baltic states. Situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, it shares borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland, and the Russian exclave of...
) is a
LithuaniaLithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the southernmost of the three Baltic states. Situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, it shares borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland, and the Russian exclave of...
n professional
tennisTennis is a sport played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a strung racquet to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court....
player, currently ranked number 416 in the world. As a junior, he was the winner of the boys' singles title at the 2007 US Open.
Biography
Berankis was born June 21, 1990 in
VilniusVilnius Vilnius Vilnius as of 2008. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality. It is also the...
,
LithuaniaLithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the southernmost of the three Baltic states. Situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, it shares borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland, and the Russian exclave of...
. He was born to father Genadijus and mother Jelena, and has a sister Lina who got married in May 2009.
Her sister was also a tennis player and now she is coaching. Berankis started playing tennis at an age of two.
He resides in
Bradenton, FloridaBradenton is a city in Manatee County, Florida, United States. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated the city's 2007 population to be 53,471. Bradenton is the largest Principal City of the Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had a 2007 estimated population of 682,833...
, USA and is coached by Remigijus Balžekas. Away from tennis, Berankis also enjoys fishing, billiard, and music, although he has practically no time for these activities.
2008
Berankis started the 2008 season by winning the Men's Doubles event with Siarhei Betau at the USA F6
FuturesTHe ITF Men's Circuit is a series of professional tennis tournaments held around the world that are organized by the International Tennis Federation. The ITF Men's Circuit represents the lowest rung of the men's professional tennis ladder...
tournament. In the Men's Singles, Berankis fell out in the 2nd Round against Ryler De Heart of the USA.
On June 9th, Berankis qualified to his first Professional
ATPThe Association of Tennis Professionals or ATP was formed in 1972 to protect the interests of male professional tennis players. Since 1990, the association has organized the principal worldwide tennis tour for men, the ATP Tour, which was renamed in January 2009 and is now known as the ATP World Tour...
tournament, the
2008 Orange Warsaw OpenTommy Robredo was the defending champion, but Nikolay Davydenko defeated him 6–3, 6–3, in the final.-Seeds:# Nikolay Davydenko # Tommy Robredo # Juan Monaco # Gilles Simon
...
. Berankis lost in the 1st round to world number 96
Wayne OdesnikWayne Odesnik is a professional left-handed American tennis player, with a two-handed backhand.His career-high in singles was # 77, as of April 13, 2009...
4-6, 3-6.
As a wild card, Berankis competed in an
ATPThe Association of Tennis Professionals or ATP was formed in 1972 to protect the interests of male professional tennis players. Since 1990, the association has organized the principal worldwide tennis tour for men, the ATP Tour, which was renamed in January 2009 and is now known as the ATP World Tour...
Professional tournament, the
2008 Croatia Open UmagCarlos Moya was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Fabio Fognini.Fernando Verdasco won in the final 3–6, 6–4, 7–6, against Igor Andreev.-Seeds:The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round....
. He lost in the first round to world number 72
Fabio FogniniFabio Fognini is a professional tennis player from Italy. His career high rank was #57, achieved on June 8, 2009.-Career:...
3-6, 2-6.
Singles performance timeline
To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through the 2009 Australian OpenThe 2009 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 97th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year...
.
| Tournament | 2008The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals. The ATP Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the Tennis Masters Cup, the ATP Masters Series, the International Series Gold and the International Series tournaments.-Schedule:This...
| 2009 | |Career W-L |
|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments |
Australian OpenThe Australian Open is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments held each year. The tournament is held each January at Melbourne Park. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was contested on grass from then up to 1987. Since 1988, the tournament has been held on hard...
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A |
A |
0 / 0 |
0–0 |
| French Open |
A |
|
0 / 0 |
0–0 |
| Wimbledon |
A |
|
0 / 0 |
0–0 |
U.S. OpenThe US Open, formally the United States Open tennis championships, is a tennis tournament which is the modern incarnation of one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, with the U.S. National Championship, which for mens' singles was first contested in 1881...
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LQ |
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0 / 0 |
0–0 |
| Grand Slam SR |
0 / 0 |
0 / 0 |
0 / 0 |
N/A |
| Grand Slam W-L |
0-0 |
0-0 |
N/A |
0-0 |
| Year-End Championship |
| Tennis Masters Cup The Barclays ATP World Tour Finals is a tennis tournament played at the end of each year, involving the top eight players in the men's tennis world rankings....
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A |
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0 / 0 |
0–0 |
| ATP Masters Series |
| Indian Wells Masters The BNP Paribas Open is an annual tennis tournament held in the small city of Indian Wells, California.The tournament is a Masters 1000 event on the men's tour and is a Premier Mandatory event on the women's tour. The event, held in March, is one of two tour events in which main draw play extends...
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A |
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0 / 0 |
0–0 |
| Miami Masters The Sony Ericsson Open is an annual tennis tournament for men and women held in Key Biscayne, Florida. The event is an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the men's tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the women's tour. The tournament is played on hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park...
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A |
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0 / 0 |
0–0 |
| Monte Carlo Masters The Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France, a commune that borders on Monaco, of which Monte Carlo is the most famous ward. The event is part of the ATP Masters Series on the Association of Tennis Professionals ...
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A |
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0 / 0 |
0–0 |
| Rome Masters The Internazionali BNL d'Italia is an annual tennis tournament held in Rome, Italy. The men's competition is an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour. The women's competition is a Premier 5 event on the Women's Tennis Association tour. The two...
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A |
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0 / 0 |
0–0 |
| Hamburg Masters The German Open Hamburg, established in 1892, is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Hamburg, Germany and part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour. The tournament is played on clay courts at the tennis center Am Rothenbaum. It used to be played in May, as...
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A |
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0 / 0 |
0–0 |
Canada MastersThe Canada Masters , currently sponsored as the Rogers Cup, is an annual tennis tournament held in Canada. The men's competition is a Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour. The women's competition is a Premier Tournament on the Women's Tennis Association tour...
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A |
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0 / 0 |
0–0 |
Cincinnati MastersThe Cincinnati Masters is an annual outdoor hardcourts tennis event held in the Cincinnati suburb of Mason, Ohio, USA. The event started on September 18, 1899 and is today the oldest tennis tournament in the United States played in its original city....
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A |
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0 / 0 |
0–0 |
| Madrid Masters The Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open is a tournament for male and female professional tennis players, currently held in Madrid, Spain. The event is classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the Women's Tennis...
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A |
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0 / 0 |
0–0 |
| Paris Masters The BNP Paribas Masters is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Paris, France. It is played indoors at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy. The event is part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 on the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour. Many people consider the...
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A |
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0 / 0 |
0-0 |
| Masters SR |
0 / 0 |
0 / 0 |
0 / 0 |
N/A |
| Masters W-L |
0-0 |
0-0 |
N/A |
0-0 |
| Olympic Games |
| Summer Olympics Tennis was part of the Summer Olympic Games program from the inaugural 1896 Summer Olympics, but was dropped after the 1924 Summer Olympics...
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NH |
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0–0 |
| Career Statistics |
| Year |
2008 |
2009 |
N/A |
Career |
| Tournaments Played |
2 |
0 |
N/A |
2 |
| Titles |
0 |
0 |
N/A |
0 |
| Runner-ups |
0 |
0 |
N/A |
0 |
| Hardcourt W-L |
0–0 |
0–0 |
N/A |
0-0 |
| Grass W-L |
0–0 |
0–0 |
N/A |
0-0 |
| Carpet W-L |
0–0 |
0–0 |
N/A |
0-0 |
| Clay W-L |
0-2 |
0–0 |
N/A |
0–2 |
| Overall W-L |
0-2 |
0-0 |
N/A |
0-2 |
| Win % |
0% |
0% |
N/A |
0% |
| Year End Ranking |
459 |
|
N/A |
N/A |
ATP Tour career earnings
| Year | Majors | ATP wins | Total wins | Earnings ($) | Money list rank |
|---|
| 2008 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$30,681 |
373 |
| 2009 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$0 |
|
| Career |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$34,195 |
1870 |
Challengers and futures titles (2)
| Legend |
| Challengers (0) |
| Futures (2) |
Singles (1)
| No. |
Date |
Tournament |
Surface |
Opponent in the final |
Score |
| 1. |
March 18, 2007 |
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, Portugal |
Hard |
BEL Niels Desein |
7–5, 6–4 |
Doubles (1)
| No. |
Date |
Tournament |
Surface |
Partner |
Opponents in the final |
Score |
| 1. |
March 9, 2008 |
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, USA |
Hard |
BLR Siarhei Betau |
USA Adam El Mihdawy &
BLR Uladzimir Ignatik |
6–3, 6–3 |
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