Player Profiles
 | Name: Ginerva Stallone
Born in: The Valley, Thatius
Age: 23
Weight: 137
Play Style: Right-handed
Favorite Stroke: Serve
Preferred Surface: Clay
Biography: After the government relocated all the environmental, wildlife, and fishery services to the Valley, Ginerva Stallone's parents decided to move there as they had well-earned positions in the government. Both her parents worked for the Ministry of Wildlife, and helped manage the many natural parks established by their section. After trying out so many sports, including basketball, softball, soccer, swimming, and skiing, Ginerva was introduced to tennis at the age of ten, where she from then on practiced not too often, because of school, but still got really good. She attended a local college for her university education, and came away with a degree in Management. She played constant tennis throughout her time at the University, but never joined the team because she didn't want to compete. Ginerva enjoyed playing for fun, but not for competition. At her senior year at the age of 22, she turned professional and then decided she might make part of her career with tennis. She then was ranked in the top five women's singles players in Thatius, which amazed her. With that ranking, it led her to get offers to participate in the International Tennis Association by the Thatius Ministry of Sports. Only a select amount of players, men and women, were selected to represent Thatius in the ITA. She was right behind Vittoria Lambadorey and Acarcia Kotomic, but then ended up attending the Bergnovinaian Open and winning the women's singles, much to everyone's astonishment. She was the fourth seed after the Round of 16, and that pushed her confidence all the way to win. With her nice title, Ginerva might be in the top three spots in the International Tennis Association for women's singles. As of now, she still resides in the Valley, but frequents her friends in Fajaravik a lot. Her brotherr is the owner of the famed Thatian Royal Hotels, one of the top hotels in the nation, and he was named the number one entrepreneur last year.
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 | Name: Novak Dlouhý
Born in: Djono
Age: 18
Weight: 153
Play Style: Right-handed
Favorite Stroke: Backhand
Preferred Surface: Hard
Biography: No player has that much potential as Novak, said so many tennis coaches after watching him win the Fajaravik Invitational, beating two of the top five seeds, including Theron Odijius. This young player was born on the island of Djono in the Djonos Islands, just north-east of Thatius. He was introduced to tennis at a young age, and his parents, being both tennis coaches, practiced with him almost every day. Novak won the Thatian Junior Invitational Championships and after turning professional just not too long ago, he has decided to turn to the International Tennis Association and hopefully get into some prestigious tournament and maybe get far. Novak seems the biggest hope for men's singles tennis in Thatius, as Theron Odijius and Bradley Karajavic fell hard in the ITA Tournament Series. With a possible tournament coming up really soon, Novak is looking forward to playing it. He currently lives in The Valley, which is currently the best city for tennis, as many courts of all varieties were built there after the increase of funds given to the Ministry of Sports. The Valley hosts the best sports complexes, and has magnificent places for skiing and the best soccer pitch. Novak also plays a ton of soccer as well, but tennis is all time passion. His brother, Robby, currently is a top-notch soccer player and plays for the Thatian National Team. His older sister, Maria, is the manager of Alas International, a sporting retail business.
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Name: Theron Odijius
Born in: Fajaravik
Age: 25
Weight: 165
Play Style: Right-handed
Favorite Stroke: Forehand
Preferred Surface: Clay
ITA Rank: 24
Biography: Theron was born in the capital city of Fajaravik in the quiet upscale neighborhoods located in the center of the city. His mother works for the Ministry of Sports as the Tennis and Soccer director, where she tries to gather funds to support both sports. His father, on the other hand, works as an Engineer for the city of Fajaravik, and he helped build the Thatian Glass Bridge. Theron was introduced to tennis at a young age, as his parents bought him a tennis racket when he was just seven. He took up the sport instantly and would practice as much as he can. Growing up in Fajaravik, he attended a rigorous private school, then went on to the University of Fajaravik and majored in International Business. Just after starting his freshman year, the tennis team recruited him and so at the age of 19 he turned professional and started playing major tournaments in Thatius. He even qualified for the Thatian National Open, which is now defunct, and got to the semi-finals. Now since the ITA has started, Thatius has started building new tennis stadium's in hopes to make an ITA-sponsored tennis tournament, but they won't be done for another year or so. Theron has participated in a few of the Scott Cup's, and at the last one, he reached the Quarterfinals with partner and current girlfriend, Vittoria Lambadorey. He entered the Bergnovinaian Open on clay, which is his favorite surface, but only made it to the Round of 16. With the highest ITA singles ranking ever, Theron now hopes to advance very far in future tournaments. He still resides in Fajaravik and lives with his two golden retrievers, Monty and Cola. |
