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Tennis tournament
The 2026 Split Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the seventh edition of the tournament which was part of
2026_Split_Open
Tennis tournament
The Split Open is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It is currently part of the ATP Challenger Tour and the ITF Women's World
Split_Open
City in Croatia
Split (/splɪt/; Croatian: [splît] ) is the second-largest city in Croatia and the principal urban center of Dalmatia, situated on the eastern shore of
Split,_Croatia
1999 Indian film
Split Wide Open is a 1999 Indian film directed by Dev Benegal. It is his second feature film after English, August (1994). The film primarily deals with
Split_Wide_Open
Tennis tournament
The 2024 Split Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the sixth (men) and third (women) editions of the tournament
2024_Split_Open
2000 book
The World Split Open: How the Modern Women's Movement Changed America (2000, revised edition 2006) is a book by American feminist historian Ruth Rosen
The_World_Split_Open
Tennis tournament
2020 Split Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was part of the 2020 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Split, Croatia
2020_Split_Open
Tennis tournament
2022 Split Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was part of the 2022 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Split, Croatia
2022_Split_Open
2025 video game
Split Fiction is a 2025 action-adventure game developed by Hazelight Studios and published by Electronic Arts. As a cooperative multiplayer-only game
Split_Fiction
Tennis tournament
2021 Split Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was part of the 2021 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Split, Croatia
2021_Split_Open
Type of aileron
two-part aileron that can be deflected as a unit to provide roll control, or split open to act as an air brake. Decelerons are used on the Fairchild Republic
Deceleron
Tennis tournament
2023 Split Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was part of the 2023 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Split, Croatia
2023_Split_Open
Fleshy fruit with hard inner layer (endocarp or stone) surrounding the seed
pyrena) of hardened endocarp with a seed (kernel) inside. Drupes do not split open to release the seed, i.e., they are indehiscent. These fruits usually
Drupe
Botanical category of fruit
flower. Accessory fruits are usually indehiscent, meaning that they do not split open to release seeds when they have reached maturity. The following are examples
Accessory_fruit
Airport in Kaštela, Croatia
first commercial route was opened in 1931 by the Yugoslav airline Aeroput. It linked Zagreb with Belgrade through Rijeka, Split and Sarajevo, and maintained
Split_Airport
2024 tennis event results
Walkover r = Retired d = Defaulted "Tennis: Chandrasekhar Anirudh/Vijay Prasanth finish runners up at Split Open". thebridge.in. April 16, 2023. Main draw
2024 Split Open – Men's doubles
2024_Split_Open_–_Men's_doubles
Type of pasta
or with ricotta and tomato sauce in Campania. As they are eaten, they split open, forming a flat sheet. In the late 1990s, food writer Arthur Schwartz
Paccheri
Deep-fried tofu slices
tofu. Thin slices of tofu are deep-fried, and the product can then be split open to form pouches. Abura-age is often used to wrap inari-zushi (稲荷寿司), and
Abura-age
Tennis tournament
2021 Split Open II was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was part of the 2021 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Split, Croatia
2021_Split_Open_II
2022 tennis event results
= Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant w/o = Walkover r = Retired d = Defaulted "Zuk To Face Bourgue For Split Open Title". April 17, 2021. Main draw
2022_Split_Open_–_Doubles
Hill in Split, Croatia
(Croatian pronunciation: [mârjan]) is a hill on the peninsula of the city of Split, the second largest city of Croatia. It is covered in a dense Mediterranean
Marjan,_Split
2021 tennis event results
entrant NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant w/o = Walkover r = Retired d = Defaulted "Sousa Soars Into Split Open Final". October 3, 2020. Main draw
2021_Split_Open_–_Doubles
American artificial intelligence company
"OpenAI just gave up Sora and its billion-dollar Disney deal". The Verge. March 24, 2026. Macklin, Samantha (March 26, 2026). "Disney's OpenAI Split Signals
OpenAI
Slavic mother goddess
will not split open. / If moist Mother Earth splits open, / Straightway will I and my children bury ourselves in it (...) Split open, moist Mother Earth
Mat_Zemlya
2022 tennis event results
Program entrant w/o = Walkover r = Retired d = Defaulted "Zuk Clinches First Challenger Title At Split Open". April 18, 2021. Main draw Qualifying draw
2022_Split_Open_–_Singles
2023 tennis event results
Walkover r = Retired d = Defaulted Kuss, Marijo (April 23, 2022). "O'Connell i Piros u finalu Split opena, Lammons i Olivetti do slavlja u paru". Main draw
2023_Split_Open_–_Doubles
2026 tennis tournament held in Paris, France
2026. Associated Press (23 May 2026). "French Open doubles champs Jasmine Paolini and Sara Errani split up at Roland Garros". Yahoo Sports. Yahoo. Retrieved
2026_French_Open
Fruits with a hard, dry pericarp
splits open to release the seeds, these include capsules, follicles and legumes. While in indehiscent dry fruits, the pericarp does not split open and seeds
Dry_fruits
2020 tennis event results
Accelerator Program entrant w/o = Walkover r = Retired d = Defaulted "Split Open: ATP Challenger Tour Spectacle to be Held at Firule Tennis Center". www
2020_Split_Open_–_Singles
1996 compilation album by Phish
on "Split Open and Melt" and "Gumbo" Russell B. Remmington – tenor saxophone on "Split Open and Melt" Joseph Somerville Jr. – trumpet on "Split Open and
Stash_(Phish_album)
German sausage
although it may also be grilled. Boiling is avoided as the casing may split open and the bockwurst may look unappetizing and loses flavor to the cooking
Bockwurst
Member of the cashew family
of splitting open. Commercial cultivars vary in how consistently they split open. Each mature pistachio tree averages around 50 kilograms (110 pounds)
Pistachio
Situation in ten pin bowling
Roth was the first bowler to pick up the 7–10 split on television on January 5, 1980, at the ARC Alameda Open at Mel's Southshore Bowl in Alameda, California
Split_(bowling)
Species of flowering plant
as capsules (pods) mature. At maturity, the capsules become purple and split open, releasing small, dark brown seeds. When the seeds are mature, the leaves
Scilla_siberica
2021 tennis event results
Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant w/o = Walkover r = Retired d = Defaulted "Rola Returns To Winners' Circle At Split Open". April 11, 2021. Main draw
2021_Split_Open_II_–_Doubles
2020 tennis event results
Accelerator Program entrant w/o = Walkover r = Retired d = Defaulted "Split Open: ATP Challenger Tour Spectacle to be Held at Firule Tennis Center". www
2020_Split_Open_–_Doubles
Horror thriller film by M. Night Shyamalan
Split is a 2016 American psychological thriller film written, directed and produced by M. Night Shyamalan, and starring James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy
Split_(2016_American_film)
Medical diagnosis
A split S2 is a finding upon auscultation of the S2 heart sound. It is caused when the closure of the aortic valve (A2) and the closure of the pulmonary
Split_S2
2021 tennis event results
the title after defeating Blaž Kavčič 2–6, 6–3, 6–2 in the final. Held in Split, Croatia (hence the name of the tournament) the tournament took place from
2021_Split_Open_–_Singles
Slovak tennis player (born 2002)
Challenger doubles title - 2024 NÖ Open with Vitaliy Sachko, 2025 Istanbul Challenger with Daniel Masur, and 2026 Split Open with Mili Poljičak. "Milos Karol
Miloš_Karol
American real estate marketpalce
January 2021, PadSplit operated 1,230 units through its shared housing model, without any public subsidies. In March 2021, PadSplit opened its first co-living
PadSplit
1994 studio album by Phish
performance of the song "Split Open and Melt" from the band's April 21, 1993, concert at the Newport Music Hall in Columbus, Ohio. The "Split" jam is then abruptly
Hoist_(album)
Nut divided into two halves for moving along a screw without turning
A split nut is a nut that is split lengthwise into two pieces (opposed halves) so that its female thread may be opened and closed over the male thread
Split_nut
2026 tennis event results
2026 Split Open Final Champions Miloš Karol Mili Poljičak Runners-up Mirza Bašić Andrej Nedić Score 6–2, 6–2 Events Singles Doubles ← 2024 · Split Open · 2027 →
2026_Split_Open_–_Doubles
Swiss sausage
switched to Brazilian zebu intestines, which are not fatty and do not easily split open when roasted. However, beginning on 1 April 2006, the European Union banned
Cervelat
Genus of flowering plants
in the family Brassicaceae, Raphanus has indehiscent fruit that do not split open at maturity to reveal the seeds. The genus is native to Asia, but its
Raphanus
Conflict between communist blocs
The Sino-Soviet split was the gradual worsening of relations between China and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) during the Cold War. This
Sino-Soviet_split
UNIX text-processing utility program
file into two or more smaller files. The split command first appeared in Version 3 Unix and is part of the X/Open Portability Guide since issue 2 of 1987
Split_(Unix)
Dried fished from the Philippines
are dried fish from the Philippines. Fish prepared as daing are usually split open (though they may be left whole), gutted, salted liberally, and then sun
Daing
Open-source PDF utility software
PDFsam Basic or PDF Split and Merge is a free and open-source cross-platform desktop application to split, merge, extract pages, rotate and mix PDF documents
PDF_Split_and_Merge
2026 tennis event results
Singles 2026 Split Open Final Champion Mili Poljičak Runner-up Tom Gentzsch Score 6–4, 6–4 Events Singles Doubles ← 2024 · Split Open · 2027 →
2026_Split_Open_–_Singles
2024 tennis event results
Defaulted "W40 Split". www.itftennis.com. "PHOTO: The best Macedonian tennis player Lina Gjorcheska won the title at the tournament in Split". www.slobodenpecat
2024 Split Open – Women's doubles
2024_Split_Open_–_Women's_doubles
2023 tennis event results
Singles 2023 Split Open Final Champion Zsombor Piros Runner-up Norbert Gombos Score 7–6(7–2), 7–6(11–9) Events Singles Doubles ← 2022 · Split Open · 2024 →
2023_Split_Open_–_Singles
Tennis tournament
The Italian Open (Italian: Internazionali d'Italia) or Internazionali BNL d'Italia (for sponsorship reasons) is an annual professional tennis tournament
Italian_Open_(tennis)
British rock band
Split Chain is an English rock band formed in Bristol in 2023. The line-up consists of vocalist Bert Martínez-Cowles, bassist Tom Davies, drummer Aaron
Split_Chain
Style of house
A split-level home (sometimes called a tri-level home) is a style of house in which the floor levels are staggered. There are typically two short sets
Split-level_home
2024 tennis event results
2024 Split Open Final Champion Jozef Kovalík Runner-up Zsombor Piros Score 6–4, 5–7, 7–5 Events Singles men women Doubles men women ← 2023 · Split Open · 2026 →
2024 Split Open – Men's singles
2024_Split_Open_–_Men's_singles
Species of legume
produced in panicles. The fruit is a thorny pod 6–9 cm long, which does not split open at maturity. The leaves are edible, and contain large amounts of vitamin
Pterocarpus_soyauxii
Genus of flowering plants in the poppy family Papaveracae
bud opens. There are 12 to numerous stamens. The flowers close in cloudy weather. Seeds are tiny and black, held in long pointed pods that split open when
Eschscholzia
2021 tennis event results
Accelerator Program entrant w/o = Walkover r = Retired d = Defaulted "Rola Returns To Winners' Circle At Split Open". April 11, 2021. Main draw Qualifying draw
2021_Split_Open_II_–_Singles
Financial splitting of transactions
Split payment (also split payment transaction, or split tender) is the financial term for the act of splitting (dividing) a single full payment into two
Split_payment
Deity in the Chinese pantheon
Blade. Driven by his deep desire to save his mother, he used his blade to split open Peach Mountain and rescued her. This legend has also become an important
Erlang_Shen
Freely licensed software with open code
The controversy with GPLv3 mirrored a more general philosophical split in the open source community: whether people should hold licenses that aggressively
Free_and_open-source_software
Philippine mythical creature
Philippine creation myths, the tigmamanukan bird was sent by Bathala to split open the primordial bamboo whence the first man and woman came out. The root
Tigmamanukan
Scale for describing the phenological development of peanuts
5 Criteria of maturity: Pericarp hard, with distinct texture, can be split open easily; Munger, L.; H. Bleiholder; H. Hack; M. Hess; R. Stauss; T. van
BBCH-scale_(peanut)
Historical emergence of Christianity
Council of Jerusalem and the First Council of Nicaea. Historiography of the split is complicated by a number of factors, including the diverse and syncretic
Split of Christianity and Judaism
Split_of_Christianity_and_Judaism
Golf tournament held in the UK
The Open Championship, often referred to as The Open or the British Open outside of the UK, is the oldest golf tournament in the world, and one of the
The_Open_Championship
American record executive, television presenter and musician (born 1956)
2020, Jackson was rehired as bassist for Journey following their sudden split with founding member Ross Valory. Jackson had previously filled the role
Randy_Jackson
Topics referred to by the same term
Dehiscence /dɪˈhɪsəns/ (from the Latin dehisco, meaning to gape, yawn, or split open) can refer to: Dehiscence (botany), the spontaneous opening at maturity
Dehiscence
line with half-open intervals to the right as a base, like two parallel arrows going in opposite directions, hence the name. The split interval X {\displaystyle
Split_interval
Worn by Chinese children during toilet training
Open-crotch pants (simplified Chinese: 开裆裤; traditional Chinese: 開襠褲; pinyin: kāidāngkù), also known as open-crotch trousers or split pants, are worn
Open-crotch_pants
American mixed martial arts fighter
technical knockout due to a doctor stoppage after Brahimaj's ear was split open in round three. Griffin faced Song Kenan on March 20, 2021, at UFC on
Max_Griffin
1990 studio album by Phish
Room" Jon Fishman – drums, vacuum cleaner, backing vocals With guests on "Split Open and Melt": Giant Country Horns: Joseph Sommerville, Jr. – trumpet Dave
Lawn_Boy
Species of flowering plant
2–0.4 in) in size. The fruit pods are the smooth milkweed type, which split open to spill seeds along with plentiful silky hairs. They bloom from late
Asclepias_fascicularis
Species of flowering plant
four lobes split open to reveal the orange seeds. E. europaeus occurs as an understorey shrub or small tree primarily in old hedgerows, open woodland clearings
Euonymus_europaeus
both her and Eutropius killed. Eutropius was killed by having his head split open with an axe. Gregory of Tours mentions the tradition of Eutropius’ martyrdom
Eutropius_of_Saintes
2020 mass shooting in Croatia
The Split shooting (Croatian: Pucnjava u Splitu) was a mass shooting that occurred on 11 January 2020 in the city of Split, Croatia. A 26-year-old male
Split_shooting
2024 tennis event results
Program entrant w/o = Walkover r = Retired d = Defaulted "W40 Split". www.itftennis.com. "ITF Split: Tara Wurth izborila finale". www.glasistre.hr (in Croatian)
2024 Split Open – Women's singles
2024_Split_Open_–_Women's_singles
Film by M. Night Shyamalan
crossover and sequel to Shyamalan's previous films Unbreakable (2000) and Split (2016) and the third and final installment in the Unbreakable trilogy. Bruce
Glass_(2019_film)
Vowel split in English
Trap–bath split An example of the trap–bath split Problems playing this file? See media help. The TRAP–BATH split is a vowel split that occurs mainly in
Trap–bath_split
Suburban railway network in Split, Croatia
tunnels within the city centre of Split; within the longer of the two tunnels a metro-like station (Split-H.B.Z.) will be opened in 2021 to serve the city centre
Split_Suburban_Railway
Species of plant
fluff. The fluff assists wind dispersal of the seeds when the capsules split open at maturity. It can be distinguished from the closely related North American
Populus_tremula
access journals, hybrid open access journals, or related collections or indexing services. True open-access journals can be split into two categories: diamond
List_of_open-access_journals
Ancient structure in Haryana, India
designed. The temple stands on the spot where the Goddess Mother Earth split open, to allow Sita to repose in her bosom, in answer to Her appeal, in proof
Sita_Mai_Temple
Species of flowering plant
green, about 1–2 centimeters in diameter. These fruit are dry and do not split open when ripe. Fruit are released at the end of each growing season. The leaves
Cakile_edentula
Species of flowering plant
doughs for color and flavor. When the pods of the plant dry, they dehisce (split open), spreading the seeds over a wide area. That, combined with the fact that
Crotalaria_longirostrata
Cold War schism between communist states
GERMANY (AMERICAN ZONE) GERMANY (BRITISH ZONE) The Tito–Stalin split or the Soviet–Yugoslav split was the culmination of a conflict between the political leaderships
Tito–Stalin_split
Chinese street food
"pie" or "filled bread". After cooking the bread and meat, the bread is split open and chuan meat is stuffed inside, then eaten together. Barbecued chuan
Chuan_(food)
English actor and singer (born 1973)
rehab following split from wife". Entertainment Daily. Hughes, Janet (1 May 2022). "Alfie Boe took an overdose and went into rehab after split". Gloucestershire
Alfie_Boe
Form of origami
decoration that is displayed and split open for celebrations. This decoration is more specifically called waritama (割り玉; lit. split ball). Waritama are large
Kusudama
Japanese samurai weapon
strip that encircles the hachi. This would require enormous pressure to split open.[original research?] This idea that the kabutowari was somehow able to
Kabutowari
Species of willow
more cylindrical; they mature in early summer when the fruit capsules split open to release the numerous minute seeds. It is commonly found by streams
Salix_viminalis
Theatre in Split, Croatia
National Theatre in Split (Croatian: Hrvatsko narodno kazalište u Splitu or HNK Split) is a theatre located in Split, Croatia. Originally opened in 1893, the
Croatian National Theatre, Split
Croatian_National_Theatre,_Split
2001 live album by Phish
(Anastasio) – 10:53 "Makisupa Policeman" (Anastasio, Marshall) – 6:43 → "Split Open and Melt" (Anastasio) – 14:41 "Tela" (Anastasio) – 6:30 "Taste" (Anastasio
Live_Phish_Volume_1
Source code made freely available
also preparing ten pilots on using open-source software distributions. Open-source ethics is split into two strands: Open-source ethics as an ethical school
Open_source
English grammatical construction
A split infinitive is a controversial grammatical construction specific to English in which an adverb or adverbial phrase appears in a to-infinitive phrase
Split_infinitive
American mixed martial artist (born 1981)
busted up as I've ever seen a guy." Sanchez had his bottom lip completely split open, with his left eye swollen shut and a large cut above his left eyebrow
Diego_Sanchez
Painting by Caravaggio
"white;" a ripe pomegranate split open, disgorging its red seeds; four figs, two of them dead-ripe, black ones, both split and two light-colored; two medlars;
Boy_with_a_Basket_of_Fruit
2009 film
16:35 "Halley's Comet" (Wright) – 7:01 "David Bowie" (Anastasio) – 14:52 "Split Open and Melt" (Anastasio) – 13:46 "Sparkle" (Anastasio, Marshall) – 3:48 "Free"
The_Clifford_Ball_(video)
Category of professional-level automobile racing in North America
parallel, the umbrella terms "Open Wheel Cars" and "Open Wheel Racing" saw increased use during the split and post-split era. Many drivers had logged starts
American open-wheel car racing
American_open-wheel_car_racing
SPLIT OPEN
SPLIT OPEN
Boy/Male
Tamil
Inside viewer, Spilt second
Surname or Lastname
English (Lancashire)
English (Lancashire) : habitational name from a place in Greater Manchester called Openshaw, from Old English open ‘open’ (i.e. not surrounded by a hedge) + sceaga ‘copse’.
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu
Momentary; Lord Rama's Ancestor; Spilt-second; Lord Vishnu
Boy/Male
Tamil
Inside viewer, Spilt second
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Telugu
Motherly Love; Energetic Sprit
Boy/Male
Muslim
Split, Cleavage
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Momentary; Split Second
Boy/Male
English
From the split meadow.
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : metonymic occupational name for a turnspit, i.e. a servant who turned the spit, from Old French haste ‘(roasting) spit’.A bearer of the name Haste from Paris is documented in Montreal in 1662.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in Lancashire, near Rishton, recorded in 1246 as Kunteclive, from Old English cunte ‘cunt’ + clif ‘slope’, i.e. ‘slope with a slit or crack in it’.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Inside viewer, Spilt second
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Strong; Solid; Firm; Sharp
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim, Sindhi
Split
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian
One who Lives Life Long; Gains Victory Within Splits
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Split Cleavage
Boy/Male
American, British, English
From the Split Meadow
Girl/Female
American, Christian, Hebrew, Indian
Narrow Split of Land
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English clevere ‘one who cleaves’ (a derivative of Old English clēofan ‘to split’), hence an occupational name for someone who split wood into planks using a wedge rather than a saw, or possibly for a butcher.English : topographic name from Middle English cleve ‘bank’, ‘slope’ (from the dative of Old English clif) + the suffix -er, denoting an inhabitant.Americanized spelling of German Kliewer or Klüver (see Kluver).
Boy/Male
Hindu
Inside viewer, Spilt second
Boy/Male
Muslim
Strong, Solid, Firm, Sharp
SPLIT OPEN
SPLIT OPEN
Girl/Female
Australian, Hebrew
Fortunate
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Beautiful
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Lumpkin.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Among All Others
Surname or Lastname
English (Gloucester, Somerset, and Wiltshire)
English (Gloucester, Somerset, and Wiltshire) : unexplained.German : habitational name from either of two places called Baben, in Silesia and Brandenburg.
Female
Spanish
Feminine form of Spanish Pascual, PASCUALA means "Passover; Easter."
Girl/Female
Muslim
Star, The pleiades
Girl/Female
Tamil
Manjushri | மஂஜà¯à®·à¯à®°à¯€
Sweet luster, Saraswati
Girl/Female
Hindu
Fiery, Passionate, Married, With fire
Boy/Male
Muslim
SPLIT OPEN
SPLIT OPEN
SPLIT OPEN
SPLIT OPEN
SPLIT OPEN
v. t.
To divide or separate into components; -- often used with up; as, to split up sugar into alcohol and carbonic acid.
imp. & p. p.
of Spit
v. t.
Splint, or splent, coal. See Splent coal, under Splent.
v. t.
One of the small plates of metal used in making splint armor. See Splint armor, below.
n.
the substitution of more than one share of a corporation's stock for one share. The market price of the stock usually drops in proportion to the increase in outstanding shares of stock. The split may be in any ratio, as a two-for-one split; a three-for-two split.
imp. & p. p.
of Split
imp. & p. p.
of Slit
v. t.
A piece split off; a splinter.
v. t.
A splint bone.
v. t.
To divide lengthwise; to separate from end to end, esp. by force; to divide in the direction of the grain layers; to rive; to cleave; as, to split a piece of timber or a board; to split a gem; to split a sheepskin.
n.
To thrust a spit through; to fix upon a spit; hence, to thrust through or impale; as, to spit a loin of veal.
v. t.
A disease affecting the splint bones, as a callosity or hard excrescence.
v. i.
To part asunder; to be rent; to burst; as, vessels split by the freezing of water in them.
v. i.
To attend to a spit; to use a spit.
v. t.
To fasten or confine with splints, as a broken limb. See Splint, n., 2.
v. t.
To split into splints, or thin, slender pieces; to splinter; to shiver.
n.
A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment.
a.
Divided; split; partly divided or split.
n.
To cut lengthwise; to cut into long pieces or strips; as, to slit iron bars into nail rods; to slit leather into straps.
n.
A long cut; a narrow opening; as, a slit in the ear.