16-790: Niland is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Conor Niland (born 1981), tennis player D'Arcy Niland (1917–1967), author Deborah Niland (born 1950), illustrator Elly Niland (born 1954), poet John Niland (born 1940), academic John Niland (American football) (born 1944), footballer Kilmeny Niland (1950–2009), illustrator Mary Kevin Niland , clerk Niland brothers Nora Niland (1913–1988), librarian Tom Niland (1870–1950), baseballer Evan Niland (born 1998), hurler See also [ edit ] Model Arts and Niland Gallery Niland, California [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
32-460: A recurring hip injury which resulted in pain and restricted his movement for the previous nine months. He was considering having hip surgery but was "advised of a lengthy recovery time without any guarantee of a successful outcome." Niland thanked those who had helped him achieve his success. He said: "I would like to thank my family, in particular my parents, for their phenomenal support throughout my tennis career. I would not have been able to achieve
48-635: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Conor Niland Conor Niland (born 19 September 1981) is an Irish former professional tennis player. He was born in Birmingham , England, and grew up in Limerick , Ireland. He attended St. Nessan's National School in Mungret, County Limerick, before moving on to Crescent College Comprehensive in Dooradoyle , County Limerick. He
64-645: Is renowned for its sporting prowess. After three years there, Niland went to study English at University of California, Berkeley , before leaving to focus on playing tennis professionally in 2005. His father, Ray, played at corner back for the Mayo senior Gaelic football team, while his sister Gina is a former Irish No.1 tennis player. Niland lives in Dublin with his wife and two children. [REDACTED] Media related to Conor Niland at Wikimedia Commons ATP Qatar Open The Qatar Open , currently known as
80-656: The ATP Salzburg Indoors in Austria, lifting him to a career high ranking of 129. After an encouraging start to 2011 saw Niland reach the quarter-finals of the Heilbronn Open in Germany, he struggled throughout the first half of the year with illness and injury and fell to a ranking of 184 by June. He came into great form for the grass court season, however, and picked up 4 straight wins to qualify for
96-631: The Aegon Trophy in Nottingham and also defeat 96th-ranked Donald Young in the first round. After Tatsuma Ito ended that winning streak, Niland turned his attention to the Wimbledon qualifying rounds . He successfully negotiated all 3 rounds, defeating Josselin Ouanna , Greg Jones and finally Nikola Mektić , to qualify for his first ever Grand Slam event. In doing so, he also became
112-823: The Qatar ExxonMobil Open for sponsorship reasons, is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts . It is currently part of the ATP Tour 250 series of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour . It is held annually in January at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha , Qatar , since 1993. From 2025, this tournament will be upgraded to an ATP 500 level event. The Qatar Open has been
128-409: The surname Niland . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Niland&oldid=1223705776 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
144-592: The final qualifying round. In Houston, Texas , at the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships , he qualified for his first ATP main draw but lost in the first round. His improvement during the year continued when winning the Israel Open title, Rainer Schüttler among his highest-ranked victim. The win pushed him into the top 200 for the first time in his career, lifting him to 165 in the world, and he reclaimed his place as Irish No.1 from Louk Sorensen . In November 2010, Niland won another ATP challenger event, this time
160-538: The first Irishman to reach the main draw at Wimbledon since Sean Sorensen in 1977 and 1980 . He faced Frenchman Adrian Mannarino in the first round where he lost in five sets, having led 4–1 with a double-break in the fifth set. Had he won, Niland would have faced six-time champion Roger Federer in the second round. Niland participated in the 2011 US Open . In the first round of the Singles Qualifying , he faced Pavol Červenák and won 6–1, 6–4. In
176-633: The first qualifying round of the US Open , but in the end he failed to qualify for the main draw. In January 2010, he lost in the last qualifying round of the Qatar Open in Doha , and in the first major of the year, he defeated Henri Kontinen (6–4,6–4) and Jesse Witten (2–6,6–1,6–4) in the first 2 qualifying rounds for the Australian Open to leave him one game away from the main draw. However, he lost to Ricardo Hocevar (6–1,4–6,3–6) in
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#1732790821352192-525: The past nine months." Niland spent most of his career on the Futures and Challenger circuits, although he has played a handful of ATP World Tour tournaments. As of 6 March 2010, he played in 25 Davis Cup matches for Ireland with a record of 15 wins & 10 losses (12–9 in singles & 3–1 in doubles). After 4 previous defeats, he won his first ever Grand Slam qualifying match on 26 August 2009 when defeating Australia's Joseph Sirianni 6–0, 6–4 in
208-485: The second round, Niland defeated Tsung-Hua Yang 6–2, 6–3 In the third round, Niland beat Matwé Middelkoop 2–6, 6–1, 6–4 for a place in the Main Draw . This was Niland's second time in a row to qualify for the main draw of a Grand Slam . In the first round, Niland retired against World No. 1, Novak Djokovic , whilst trailing 0–6, 1–5, due to food poisoning. On 12 April 2012, Niland announced his retirement due to
224-529: The site of the ceremonial opening of the ATP World Tour season since 2009. That year saw Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer (then-World No. 1 and 2, respectively) kick off the season on a tennis court situated on a boat off Doha Bay . The following year saw the duo return, this time playing on a "magic carpet" tennis court in the Souq Waqif . In 2011, the two came back and opened the new season on
240-518: The things I did without them." In June 2024, Niland published his "underdog's memoir" of his tennis career, The Racket: On Tour with Tennis’s Golden Generation – and the other 99% . Although Niland was born in Birmingham, his parents moved the family back to Limerick when he was 2 years old. He stayed there until the age of 16, when he went to Millfield , the public school in Somerset that
256-512: Was the highest ranked Irish tennis player during his career. He played for the Ireland Davis Cup team from 2000 to 2012. He officially announced his retirement from tennis on 12 April 2012 due to a recurring hip injury. In a statement Niland said: "I am today sadly announcing my retirement from professional tennis. I have been suffering from labral tears in both hip cartilages and this has resulted in pain and restricted movement for
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