TW Blog: College player trying to go pro

TW Staff · Apr 3, 2013

Follow Matt as he tries to make it on the pro tour. He'll be blogging about his travels.

http://blog.tenniswarehouse.com/pro...n-a-journey-to-make-it-as-touring-tennis-pro/

If you have questions, please comment.

Jason, TW

beernutz · Apr 3, 2013

What was Matthew's highest NCAA singles and doubles ranking while he was at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo? Will he be playing only singles or also doubles as a pro?

DCaicedo · Apr 3, 2013

Cool- I'll be sure to check out the blog. Good luck!

beernutz- any connection to the company in upstate NY?

v-verb · Apr 3, 2013

Wishing him well and will follow his blog. So what equipment is he using?

TW Staff · Apr 3, 2013

beernutz said:
What was Matthew's highest NCAA singles and doubles ranking while he was at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo? Will he be playing only singles or also doubles as a pro?

Matt reached a high ranking of #44 in doubles at the end of the 2012 season with partner Andre Dome after reaching the round of 16 at the NCAA Tournament. He will be playing both singles and doubles on the tour.

Andy, TW

beernutz · Apr 3, 2013

DCaicedo said:
Cool- I'll be sure to check out the blog. Good luck!

beernutz- any connection to the company in upstate NY?

I'm not sure what company you are referring to so probably not.

Thanks for the quick reply Andy!

TW Staff · Apr 3, 2013

v-verb said:
Wishing him well and will follow his blog. So what equipment is he using?

He will do a blog on his equipment as he gets going. Stay tuned!

Andy, TW

gtshark1 · Apr 5, 2013

Can this be tagged *Sticky*. Very interested in following this!

Sup2Dresq · Apr 5, 2013

Yes

I have a question.

Is he the love child of Tom Brady?

TW Staff · Apr 5, 2013

Matt blogs about his childhood in South Africa and Rhodesia, and what it was like as a young, aspiring tennis player.

http://blog.tenniswarehouse.com/pro...rowing-up-as-a-young-tennis-player-in-africa/

Andy, TW

tennis ratchet · Apr 5, 2013

Sup2Dresq said:
Yes

I have a question.

Is he the love child of Tom Brady?

wow good call... maybe he can try to go home with giselle...

Sup2Dresq · Apr 5, 2013

tennis ratchet said:
wow good call... maybe he can try to go home with giselle...

Gisele does have a twin (no joke)

usta2050 · Apr 7, 2013

Good luck! You may want to check out Stuart Ross Duncan. I think he's also a South African who tried to go pro and he also had a knee injury.

In the mean time, check out code.org so you can do coding at google or Apple later if you quit tennis. They have very good tennis players.

TW Staff · Apr 10, 2013

Matt's playing his first tournament:

http://blog.tenniswarehouse.com/pro-tennis-talk/quest-for-the-pro-tour-success/the-beginning/

Jason, TW

GRANITECHIEF · Apr 11, 2013

Interesting tourney. Travis R isn't seeded? Tarango in the draw! And our very own Jamison H also won his first round match.

Good Luck Matt.

maggmaster · Apr 11, 2013

Battistone is in there too! Volleyball serve is awesome.

yonexpurestorm · Apr 11, 2013

ive played the 1 seed that he is playing and he is good, but not unbeatable. i want to catch some of matts match, but its the same time as mine.

Moz · Apr 11, 2013

Good luck Matt, turn the taps on full blast!

beernutz · Apr 11, 2013

Matt won his first round singles match versus Brennan Faith 3 and 3.
Also Fawcett/Karmadzha d. Alipio/Shoji 6-1; 6-3
Keep it going Matt!

https://m.tennislink.usta.com/TournamentHome/tournament.aspx?t=131578

Bdarb · Apr 12, 2013

beernutz said:
Matt won his first round singles match versus Brennan Faith 3 and 3.
Also Fawcett/Karmadzha d. Alipio/Shoji 6-1; 6-3
Keep it going Matt!

https://m.tennislink.usta.com/TournamentHome/tournament.aspx?t=131578

Awesome to hear! Keep it up.

gmatheis · Apr 12, 2013

Looks like he had a good match against the #1 seed in singles, he lost in 3 sets but at least the score looks like it was a really good match.

Best of luck in your next doubles round!

beernutz · Apr 12, 2013

gmatheis said:
Looks like he had a good match against the #1 seed in singles, he lost in 3 sets but at least the score looks like it was a really good match.

Best of luck in your next doubles round!

Yep, all of the top eight seeds advanced but Matt was the only unseeded player to take a set off of a seeded player. Just bad luck he had to face the top seed in the second round.

beernutz · Apr 12, 2013

Is this "the" Jeff Tarango or his son or just a coincidence?

Kelvin Kim d. Jeffrey Tarango 2-6; 6-0; 6-1

EP1998 · Apr 12, 2013

I presume it is him. He still plays, most recently on the US ITF Cup team and I think i saw his name in the La Jolla draw too. Roz Fairbank Niedefer (sp) played on the cup team also, if you remember her from the circuit.

beernutz · Apr 13, 2013

Q Rizza/lucassen d. Fawcett/Karmadzha 6-3; 6-3

darrinbaker00 · Apr 14, 2013

beernutz said:
Is this "the" Jeff Tarango or his son or just a coincidence?

Kelvin Kim d. Jeffrey Tarango 2-6; 6-0; 6-1

Yes, that's him. He finished 2012 ranked #2 in the USTA Men's 40 Singles behind Oren Motevassel.

TW Staff · Apr 16, 2013

Yes, that is THE Jeff Tarango still grinding away out there!

And here are the latest blogs from Matt.

A Battle

and

A Setback

Michelle, TW

usta2050 · Apr 17, 2013

bad postings.

darrinbaker00 · Apr 17, 2013

usta2050 said:
I hope this doesn't mean Jason will be pushed out next year after this college guy fails to make it on the pro tour and takes a job at TW.....LOL

Actually the pattern goes like this:

1. Train like a madman.
2. Play prize money USTA Open tournaments to build a kitty for travel expenses.
3. Travel to Asia and play every satellite tournament available.
4. Earn two ATP ranking points, get low on cash, come back home.
5. Work at an NCAA Division I school for a year as a volunteer assistant coach.
6. Get a job at Tennis Warehouse as a web designer/playtester.

Do I have it right, Andy Gerst?

TW Staff · Apr 18, 2013

darrinbaker00 said:
Actually the pattern goes like this:

1. Train like a madman.
2. Play prize money USTA Open tournaments to build a kitty for travel expenses.
3. Travel to Asia and play every satellite tournament available.
4. Earn two ATP ranking points, get low on cash, come back home.
5. Work at an NCAA Division I school for a year as a volunteer assistant coach.
6. Get a job at Tennis Warehouse as a web designer/playtester.

Do I have it right, Andy Gerst?

I like to think there are many tales of heroism and adventure in between, but yes, you basically got it right ;-).

Andy, TW

darrinbaker00 · Apr 18, 2013

TW Staff said:
I like to think there are many tales of heroism and adventure in between, but yes, you basically got it right ;-).

Andy, TW

4A. Leave a trail of broken female hearts in your wake.

How's that?

TW Staff · Apr 18, 2013

darrinbaker00 said:
4A. Leave a trail of broken female hearts in your wake.

How's that?

Psh...more like a trail of broken hearts and dreams of all the aspiring tennis pros I took down along the way to getting those two points. ;-)

Andy, TW

arche3 · Apr 18, 2013

TW Staff said:
Psh...more like a trail of broken hearts and dreams of all the aspiring tennis pros I took down along the way to getting those two points. ;-)

Andy, TW

Andy. How hard did you have to train to get those atp points?

EP1998 · Apr 20, 2013

On the subject of former ATP pros still playing, anyone know if that was the Michael Chang in the 40s mens indoors or another Michael Chang from Orange County?

GRANITECHIEF · Apr 22, 2013

Not THE Michael Chang. He got me in 3 and then took the bronze ball. Very crafty player.

Nostradamus · Apr 22, 2013

Matt, how is Ryan Thacher doing in the Pro circuit ?

GRANITECHIEF · Apr 24, 2013

Matt F qualified and is in the main draw for Ojai:

http://tennislink.usta.com/tournaments/TournamentHome/Tournament.aspx?T=131583

TW Staff · Apr 24, 2013

Latest blog. From Ojai

http://bit.ly/11F19wa

Jason, TW

Costagirl · Apr 24, 2013

TW Staff said:
Matt blogs about his childhood in South Africa and Rhodesia, and what it was like as a young, aspiring tennis player.

http://blog.tenniswarehouse.com/pro...rowing-up-as-a-young-tennis-player-in-africa/

Andy, TW

Interesting, thanks for the heads up! Best of luck Matt!!!!

GRANITECHIEF · Apr 25, 2013

TW Staff said:
Latest blog. From Ojai

http://bit.ly/11F19wa

Jason, TW

Going to watch my boy play, might catch the end of Matt's match. Will report if so.

GRANITECHIEF · Apr 25, 2013

It was a good match. I'll let Matt update you on the blog.

In the mean time, here is a nice point by Matt on the far court.

http://youtu.be/j6SI4nhhuTQ

GRANITECHIEF · Apr 30, 2013

Moderators, the new blog is done. Please provide link.

TW Staff · Apr 30, 2013

Here you go Matt Fawcett fans...here's his experience in the main draw at The Ojai

http://blog.tenniswarehouse.com/pro-tennis-talk/quest-for-the-pro-tour-success/a-day-of-learning/

Andy, TW

TW Staff · May 2, 2013

Get a glimpse into the gear Matt's currently using with his Bag Check

http://bit.ly/MFBagCheck

Andy, TW

beernutz · May 2, 2013

TW Staff said:
Get a glimpse into the gear Matt's currently using with his Bag Check

http://www.tennis-warehouse.com/

Andy, TW

That link is just to the main TW page.

TW Staff · May 2, 2013

beernutz said:
That link is just to the main TW page.

Fixed!

Brittany, TW

TW Staff · May 10, 2013

New blog from Matt -- Resting, training, and getting ready for Mexico!

TW Staff · May 16, 2013

Body's feeling good, but slight change of plans for Matt as the summer tournaments get under way...

Read about it in his latest blog

http://blog.tenniswarehouse.com/pro...pro-tour-success/a-change-of-plan/#more-12408

TW Staff · May 23, 2013

Visa troubles for Matt as he continues to train and prepare for the summer.

http://blog.tenniswarehouse.com/pro-tennis-talk/quest-for-the-pro-tour-success/visa-troubles/

Andy, TW

GRANITECHIEF · May 23, 2013

At Ojai, Matt mentioned he might play futures in Mexico. Probably would have made logistics a little easier.

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