Klahn is higher ranked thank Clayton??

[bfactor61]

you cant be serious....how about winning the us open dubs title? or the national clay courts?

[starbucks]

Ever since he's gotten a job at Goldman Sachs post graduation, his tennis game has gone way down. He used to be sooo good, I don't know what's happened to him at Stanford. I've heard coaches say it hurt him going to play for Whit.

[matchplay]

Originally Posted by starbucks

Ever since he's gotten a job at Goldman Sachs post graduation, his tennis game has gone way down. He used to be sooo good, I don't know what's happened to him at Stanford. I've heard coaches say it hurt him going to play for Whit.

Starbucks- are you telling us that a college coach has anything to do with the future pro career of one of his recruits?
as i have stated over & over again, not one college player in recent memory has made it at the pro level other then Blake & Isner. i would like anyone on these boards to name a recent or current college player player who has/will make more in one year on tour then Alex will in his first year at GS...let's guess he will make about $2ooK ?
a bunch of folks on these boards always talk about this guy and that guy being a good pro or being ruined by going to play for that coach, it is all a bunch of hogwash. Fish & Diaz are the only coaches i know that have had kids excell (make real money & have a ranking better then 50)in tennis beyond there college careers. somewhere in one of these threads recently i read about the UVA coach letting his future pro players play in pro events & missing team event & that it is part of his recruiting tactic. it may well be, however, i wonder when and if these kids and the parents will realize that college tennis hasn't been a breeding ground for the pros since Dick Gould @ Stanford. tennis is different these days, scholarships are different. i guess my point is _ if your are a high level junior, go to the best university that you can, with a coach that will get you ready for real life & if a pro career happens it happens.
To say that Whit had anything to do with the future of Alex's tennis career is insane. he is 22 or 23 years old, he will have a degree from Stanford and go make more money then most americans will ever dream of. So, i ask...what school and coach would you want your kid to play for? then share the credentials that coach and school has in producing a top pro player.

[TourTenor]

Originally Posted by matchplay

i would like anyone on these boards to name a recent or current college player player who has/will make more in one year on tour then Alex will in his first year at GS...let's guess he will make about $2ooK ?

Somdev Devvarman just moved to up to #73 and has made over $120K so far this year. Since it isn't quite April yet and, if he continues his play, he should be well over $200K by year end. Also, I'm not sure whether a guy like that has much in sponsorships to add to the total?

[matchplay]

Originally Posted by TourTenor

Somdev Devvarman just moved to up to #73 and has made over $120K so far this year. Since it isn't quite April yet and, if he continues his play, he should be well over $200K by year end. Also, I'm not sure whether a guy like that has much in sponsorships to add to the total?

Somdev has a chance to do it & i hope he does, as i have heard only good things about him, his work ethic and his personality. figure after expenses, he will have to make $350K ___ if 4 other names come up it would surprise me-
the point(s) of my post go beyond this though.

[matchplay]

Originally Posted by matchplay

Somdev has a chance to do it & i hope he does, as i have heard only good things about him, his work ethic and his personality. figure after expenses, he will have to make $350K ___ if 4 other names come up it would surprise me-
the point(s) of my post go beyond this though.

i should have been more clear on this post, i was referring to US kids/parents

[TourTenor]

Originally Posted by matchplay

Somdev has a chance to do it & i hope he does, as i have heard only good things about him, his work ethic and his personality. figure after expenses, he will have to make $350K ___ if 4 other names come up it would surprise me-
the point(s) of my post go beyond this though.

Your overall point isn't lost on me ... most of these kids would do better to get their degree and Clayton is one of them.

[J_R_B]

Originally Posted by starbucks

Ever since he's gotten a job at Goldman Sachs post graduation, his tennis game has gone way down. He used to be sooo good, I don't know what's happened to him at Stanford. I've heard coaches say it hurt him going to play for Whit.

LOL. It's only a matter of time before Clayton is playing for 4.5 team in NYC Metro...

[ClarkC]

Originally Posted by J_R_B

LOL. It's only a matter of time before Clayton is playing for 4.5 team in NYC Metro...

I doubt it. Once he gets to NYC, he won't be coached by Whitlinger any more. He will soar.

[J_R_B]

Originally Posted by ClarkC

I doubt it. Once he gets to NYC, he won't be coached by Whitlinger any more. He will soar.

That'll make him all that much more attractive to the 4.5 captains...

[starbucks]

Originally Posted by matchplay

Starbucks- are you telling us that a college coach has anything to do with the future pro career of one of his recruits?
as i have stated over & over again, not one college player in recent memory has made it at the pro level other then Blake & Isner. i would like anyone on these boards to name a recent or current college player player who has/will make more in one year on tour then Alex will in his first year at GS...let's guess he will make about $2ooK ?
a bunch of folks on these boards always talk about this guy and that guy being a good pro or being ruined by going to play for that coach, it is all a bunch of hogwash. Fish & Diaz are the only coaches i know that have had kids excell (make real money & have a ranking better then 50)in tennis beyond there college careers. somewhere in one of these threads recently i read about the UVA coach letting his future pro players play in pro events & missing team event & that it is part of his recruiting tactic. it may well be, however, i wonder when and if these kids and the parents will realize that college tennis hasn't been a breeding ground for the pros since Dick Gould @ Stanford. tennis is different these days, scholarships are different. i guess my point is _ if your are a high level junior, go to the best university that you can, with a coach that will get you ready for real life & if a pro career happens it happens.
To say that Whit had anything to do with the future of Alex's tennis career is insane. he is 22 or 23 years old, he will have a degree from Stanford and go make more money then most americans will ever dream of. So, i ask...what school and coach would you want your kid to play for? then share the credentials that coach and school has in producing a top pro player.

Bryan Bros (Stanford)
John McEnroe (Stanford)
Jimmy Conors (UCLA)
Jeff Tarangos (Stanford)
Robert Farah (USC)
Somdev Devvarman (Virginia)
These are just off the top of my head if you consider them "recent memory". No one said anything about who's gonna make more money. Irrelevant?

[Clemson_tennis]

Originally Posted by starbucks

Bryan Bros (Stanford)
John McEnroe (Stanford)
Jimmy Conors (UCLA)
Jeff Tarangos (Stanford)
Robert Farah (USC)
Somdev Devvarman (Virginia)
These are just off the top of my head if you consider them "recent memory". No one said anything about who's gonna make more money. Irrelevant?

Benjamin Becker(Baylor)
Rajeev Ram(Illinois)
Kevin Anderson(Illinois)
Robert Kendrick(Washington)
Jesse Levine(Florida)
Jess Witten(Kentucky)
Conor Niland(Cal)
Michael Yani(Duke)
Mahesh Bhupati(Ole Miss)
Justin Gimelstob(UCLA)
Kevin Kim(UCLA)
Peter Luczak(Fresno State)
Ryan Sweeting(Florida)
Michael Russell(Miami)
Alexander Waske(San Diego State)

more than I thought actually

[cmb]

Well its obvious that he wont make as much money in tennis....Tennis doesn't pay. So by your logic why should we even play tennis at all then?

[bfactor61]

we all know alex is making bank at goldman sachs!

[Rob_C]

Originally Posted by bfactor61

you cant be serious....how about winning the us open dubs title? or the national clay courts?

A little late in responding to this, but, if that's directed to me, it would help if u quoted me, then I'd know for sure.

Winning dubs isnt that big of a deal. There was some jr a few yrs back, cant think of his name, thats how not big of a deal it is, won the US Open dubs I believe. He went to Georgia after that, played somewhere from 4-6, I believe. I think he was from Oregon. Maybe Nate something. I'll check later.

As far as the clay courts, also not that big of a deal. If you check the draws, you'll see that not a lot of the top top guys played the Clay Court Nat'ls. Easter Bowl, Kalamazoo, yes. Clay cts, not so much. If you check the yr Clayton won, I'm pretty sure DY & Querrey werent in it.

[Rob_C]

Originally Posted by matchplay

i should have been more clear on this post, i was referring to US kids/parents

Brian Vahaly and Paul Goldstein did pretty well for themselves.

I agree thats its rare, especially for kids to stay four yrs in school, then have a successful pro career, but it does happen.

[bfactor61]

Fedace: do you think alex is playing a lot better know because he went back to pht?????

http://www.stanfordphoto.com/viewpho...e=1&imagepos=2

[DownTheLine]

Originally Posted by bfactor61

Fedace: do you think alex is playing a lot better know because he went back to pht?????

http://www.stanfordphoto.com/viewpho...e=1&imagepos=2

He wasn't using PHT against USC or UCLA.

Not really surprising he switched he has been between PHT and ALU Power for 4 years now.

[jhick]

Originally Posted by Clemson_tennis

Benjamin Becker(Baylor)
Rajeev Ram(Illinois)
Kevin Anderson(Illinois)
Robert Kendrick(Washington)
Jesse Levine(Florida)
Jess Witten(Kentucky)
Conor Niland(Cal)
Michael Yani(Duke)
Mahesh Bhupati(Ole Miss)
Justin Gimelstob(UCLA)
Kevin Kim(UCLA)
Peter Luczak(Fresno State)
Ryan Sweeting(Florida)
Michael Russell(Miami)
Alexander Waske(San Diego State)

more than I thought actually

Eric Butorac(Gustavus Adolphus D3) if you're including doubles specialists

[Fedace]

Originally Posted by bfactor61

Fedace: do you think alex is playing a lot better know because he went back to pht?????

http://www.stanfordphoto.com/viewpho...e=1&imagepos=2

Agree, that is PHT. but i think he has been improving slowly since he switched to that Head Youtek Prestige frame. His backhand certainly improved. Now he's got that serve back. He is bombing that serve around 120mph now. More importantly, it is Very ACCURATE. He is now winning around 2 FREE points every time he serves. That is HUGE for your confidence.