Recent College Players That Turned Pro

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tennisballer

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I was actually there for the Novikov/Janowicz match last year and Noivkov looked like the much better player that day. How quickly things have changed.

On a side note, for this week's futures tourney in Turkey looked like there were quite a few Trojans playing in it (Sarmiento, Johnson, Wang, and De Vroome) and even their asst, Kwinta, was entered into the dubbs as well.

Lastly, has anyone noticed how well Tahir has done the last two weeks? Made it quite far last week in Rochester and is into the semis this week. He's also beaten some pretty strong players along the way. I wonder if he can keep this up going into the fall, if so, he should be looking at playing top 3 for Duke.
 
TopDawg

TopDawg

G.O.A.T.
Looks of recent and a few current college players over in Turkey.

1st Round Results:
Henrique Cunha beat the #1 seed 2 & 1 in the 1st round, David Sofaer (Pepp) came through qualies and won his 1st round match 3 & 6, Javier Pulgar (SDSU) won 1 & 2, Cooprider (UNCW) beat a fellow qualifier 7-6 in the 3rd, Finn Tearney (Pepp) lost 4 & 4, Alex Llompart (Pepp) won 0 & 0, and Costin Paval (OKLA) won 6 & 1.
 
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mikej

Hall of Fame
TopDawg said:
Looks of recent and a few current college players over in Turkey.

1st Round Results:
Henrique Cunha beat the #1 seed 2 & 1 in the 1st round, David Sofaer (Pepp) came through qualies and won his 1st round match 3 & 6, Javier Pulgar (SDSU) won 1 & 2, Cooprider (UNCW) beat a fellow qualifier 7-6 in the 3rd, Finn Tearney (Pepp) lost 4 & 4, Alex Llompart (Pepp) won 0 & 0, and Costin Paval (OKLA) won 6 & 1.
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good stuff from tahir, if only he had found that level a few months earlier instead of flopping vs ucla that match would have been very interesting

and nice win from cunha over a top 300 guy, wish him well in his attempt at the pros
 
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10isplayer

Semi-Pro
mikej said:
good stuff from tahir, if only he had found that level a few months earlier instead of flopping vs ucla that match would have been very interesting

and nice win from cunha over a top 300 guy, wish him well in his attempt at the pros
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who"s to say he didn't have that level before and maybe something was wrong versus UCLA? maybe he was sick or injured?
 
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floridatennisdude

Hall of Fame
Mitch Bridge said:
top 100 in a year full-time? in this sport that is terrific
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I've been off the grid for a while and just peeked at the rankings today for the first time in months. That's awesome that Stevie has cracked the top 100! Basically insures entry to the slams when you're that high.

Stevie is currently the #7 American and I'm willing to bet that by next year at this time he will be #4, leaping over Russell, Blake and either Kudla or Sock. However, Harrison and Williams could start rising too.
 
TopDawg

TopDawg

G.O.A.T.
Bradley Klahn into the finals at Binghamton with a win over Austin Krajicek. Rhyne Williams lost in the semis to Alex Kuznetsov. .
 
TopDawg

TopDawg

G.O.A.T.
Bradley Klahn loses in 3 to Alex Kuznetsov in the Binghamton finals though he and Michael Venus (LSU) won the doubles title over JP Smith (Tenn)/Adam Feeney.

Henrique Cunha lost 6-4 7-5 to world #200 in the 2nd round of Qualies of ATP 250 in Gstaad. Cunha was 3 of 17 on break chances so he was getting a lot of good looks.
 
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mikej

Hall of Fame
TopDawg said:
Bradley Klahn loses in 3 to Alex Kuznetsov in the Binghamton finals though he and Michael Venus (LSU) won the doubles title over JP Smith (Tenn)/Adam Feeney.

Henrique Cunha lost 6-4 7-5 to world #200 in the 2nd round of Qualies of ATP 250 in Gstaad. Cunha was 3 of 17 on break chances so he was getting a lot of good looks.
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Redlicki took down bjorn 'what was I thinking turning pro' frangelico in lexington
 
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Rob_C

Hall of Fame
Kevin King just beat Ginepri 6-4 in the 3rd to make his 1st tour level MD. Ginepri donated a couple pts in that last game though. Maybe a slight case of nerves.
 
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raging

Professional
yes, he definitely used his WC & now has banked some $.

Now he just needs to play off his trolley & get lucky in next one...

Lopez will be tough but he can "go away" for a while -however, he is overdue to make a run at the Open.
Not done much since 2010 (4th Round).
 
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ClarkC

Hall of Fame
Devin Britton is taking a break from pro tennis to work on his degree at Ole Miss and be the student assistant coach there.
 
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andfor

Legend
ClarkC said:
Devin Britton is taking a break from pro tennis to work on his degree at Ole Miss and be the student assistant coach there.
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Saw him at the NCAA Regional in Oxford, MS when Memphis beat them. He was helping in some capacity at that time. He disappeared though before the match was over. He's a good addition to the staff.
 
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Gut4Tennis

Gut4Tennis

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UVA grads Treat Huey (PHI) & Dominic Inglot (GBR)
def
Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (2) (PAK)
Jean-Julien Rojer (NED)

3-6 7-6(4) 10-8

Treat Huey is currently in the top 30 in the ATP doubles ranking @ #25. Dominic Inglot is #31

Once an ATP doubles player reaches the top 30, then they can sign with NIKE for 3 years and get paid 30k a year to wear Nike, with bonuses paid as the ranking improves.
 
jaggy

jaggy

Talk Tennis Guru
Isade Juneau (Indiana) in Cyprus for a future, direct entry but draws the 1 seed and goes down 5 and 6.
 
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slice bh compliment

G.O.A.T.
Not sure if this counts, but i had a dream that
FILAppoussis got another rejection letter from Monash.
Back on, ahem, topic....
Ashe and connors played at ucla.
 
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Clemson_tennis

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Clemson_tennis said:
Nedovyesov will be top 100 next week after winning the Kazan Russia challenger.
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He's now in the year end challenger finals. For the best 8 challenger players of the season.


That guy we all laughed at for saying he was better than Johnson, well... maybe we were the fools.
 
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slice bh compliment

G.O.A.T.
ClarkC said:
Are Ashe and Connors "recent graduates" of UCLA who are currently playing pro tournaments?
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No, i am very sorry for any confusion i have caused.
In fact, Arthur ashe and jimmy connors actually played college and professional era in a bygone era. Together, as opponents, they famously contested the 1975 men's singles final at wimbledon. I remember watching that match intently as a young beginner with my sawed-off bancroft and my foam ball inside the house.
i have not stopped playing. today, jimmy is in his early 60's. arthur would be even older were he alive today!

You know, i was kidding. I am guessing your question was rhetorical. my stuff was not even funny. I was Just attempting some satire about the contrast in stature of college players who turned pro in the 60s and 70s and the current or recent era college-to-pro guys. I am sorry i did not make that clear. I sort of just assumed people might get it.
Terribly sorry. Please forgive me. The FILAppoussis rejection letter was funny to me. I even like intentionally misspelling his name.
 
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