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Another great week for former college players as both Evan King (Michigan ’13) and Clay Thompson (UCLA ’14) each won their first professional singles title.  Thompson didn’t drop a set or get broke all week in route to winning his title in Manzanillo, Mexico while King only dropped 1 set in route to his title Harare, Zimbabwe.

Kevin Anderson (Illinois ’07) made his 2nd career final in an ATP 500 event (lost to Dimitrov 7-6(5) in 3rd in Acapulco in February 2014) but came up just short against #3 Andy Murray.

Adrien Puget (UCLA ’14) made his second final of the year (won Spain Future in April) before falling 6-4, 7-6 to Zhizhen Zhang in the France Future.

James McGee (NC State ’08) made his second consecutive challenger semifinal before falling to Denis Kudla in the Ilkley, Great Britain $42K Challenger.  McGee has yet to win a title this year but he’s been close with 2 Challenger Finals (Savannah & San Luis Potosi) and now 3 Challenger Semifinals (Ilkley, Surbiton, Maui). McGee will have a new career high singles ranking when the new ones come out later today.

Winston Lin (Columbia ’15) made his first ever semifinal before falling to Maximiliano Estevez 7-5, 6-0 in the Buffalo Future. He should have a new career high ranking when these 6 points are added in next week.

Greg Ouellette (Florida ’08) made his first semifinal since Orange Park in May 2014 before falling to Jose Pereira in the Netherlands $15K Future.

Tom Jomby (Kentucky ’14) made it to his 5th semifinal of the year before falling to Amir Weintraub 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 in the Israel Future. Jomby should have a new career ranking when these 6 points are added in a week from now (Future points are added a week after the fact). Jomby is now 1-4 in semis this year.

Jaime Pulgar-Garcia (NC State ’12) made it to his 4th semifinal this year before falling to eventual champ Martins Podzus 7-6, 6-4 in the Turkey Future. Pulgar-Garcia is now 2-2 in Future semis this year.

Dragos Dima (Cornell ’12) made it to his 4th semifinal this year before falling to Teodor-Dacian Cracium 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 in the Romania Future. Dima is now 1-3 in Future semis this year.

For full results from all college players last week scroll down below.

Harare, Zimbabwe $10K Future (Hard):

  • #990 Evan King (Michigan ’13) def. Tomas Gerini 6-7(1), 6-3, 6-0 in R1, def. #945 Ronan Joncourt 6-4, 6-4 in R2, def. #1011 Lloyd Harris 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-4 in quarters, def. #1270 Benjamin Lock (Florida State Sr) 7-5, 6-3 in semis, def. #1073 Tyler Hochwalt (Florida ’08) 6-4, 7-5 in finals

Manzanillo, Mexico $10K Future (Hard) 

  • #1153 Clay Thompson (UCLA ’14) def. Nicolo De Fraia 6-2, 6-0 in QR1, def. Jose Antonio Rodriguez 6-0, 6-3 in QR2, def. Cesar Gomez Diaz 6-0, 6-3 in QRF, def. Agustin Moreno 6-3, 6-4 in R1, def. #593 Jorge Panta 7-6, 6-3, def. #1064 Alberto Rojas-Maldonado 6-3, 6-0 in quarters, def. #583 Tigre Hank 7-6(5), 6-4 in semis, def. #729 Lucas Gomez 6-2, 6-3 in finals


London, England ATP 500 (Grass)

  • #17 Kevin Anderson (Illinois ’07) def. #112 Lleyton Hewitt 6-7(5), 7-5, 6-2 in R1, def. #4 Stan Wawrinka 7-6(4), 7-6(11) in R2, def. #34 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 7-6(5), 7-5 in quarters, def. #13 Gilles Simon 6-3, 6-7(6), 6-3 in semis, lost to #3 Andy Murray 6-3, 6-4 in finals.
Mont-de-Marsan, France $10K Future (Clay)
  • #675 Adrien Puget (UCLA ’14) def. #978 Paul Cayre 6-1, 6-2 in R1, def. #1685 Thibault Cancel 6-1, 6-1 in R2, def. #798 Corentin Denolly 6-4, 7-5 in quarters, def. #618 Romain Arneodo 6-3, 6-3 in semis, lost to #1042 Zhizhen Zhang 6-4, 7-6(8) in finals.

Ilkley, Great Britain $42K Challenger (Grass)
  • #155 James McGee (NC State ’08) def. #641 Luke Bambridge 6-2, 7-6(6) in R1, def. #96 Blaz Rola 7-5, 7-5 in R2, def. #319 Joshua Milton 6-3, 6-3 in quarters, lost to #139 Denis Kudla 6-2, 7-6(5) in semis
Buffalo, New York Future $10K Future (Clay):

  • #1685 Winston Lin (Columbia ’15) def. Maksim Tikhomirov 7-5, 4-6, 6-2 in R1, def. #1356 Patrick Daciek (Virginia Tech ’12) 3-6, 6-1, 6-3 in R2, def. #1194 Nathan Pasha (Georgia ’15) 7-6(0), 3-6, 6-4 in quarters, lost to #616 Maximiliano Estevez 7-5, 6-0 in semis

Alkmaar, Netherlands $15K Future (Clay):
  • #899 Greg Ouellette (Florida ’08) def. #1604 Blake Ellis 6-1, 6-1 in R1, def. #402 Sam Barry 7-6(3), 0-6, 7-5 in R2, def. #301 Julien Cagnina 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 in quarters, lost to #307 Jose Pereira 6-1, 6-4 in semis.

Tel-Aviv-Ramat Gan, Israel $10K Future (Hard)
  • #567 Tom Jomby (Kentucky ’14) def. #1668 Guy Michelevitz 6-3, 7-5 in R1, def. Dor Belfer 6-3, 6-4 in R2, def. #710 Dekel Bar 6-1, 6-7(2), 7-6(4) in quarters, lost to #623 Amir Weintraub 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 in semis

Istanbul, Turkey $10K Future (Hard)
  • #311 Jaime Pulgar-Garcia (NC State ’12) def. Alp Sentay 6-4, 6-3 in R1, def. #977 Nicolas Rosenzweig 6-2, 6-2 in R2, def. #684 Aleksandre Metreveli 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 in quarters, lost to #505 Martins Podzus 7-6(3), 6-4 in semis.

Cluj Napoca, Romania $10K Future (Clay)

  • #461 Dragos Dima (Cornell ’12) def. #1636 Nicolae Frunza 6-2, 6-3 in R1, def. #1850 Stephan Hoiss 6-2, 6-1 in R2, def. #845 Luca Tatomir 6-4, 6-7(3), 7-5 in quarters, lost to #900 Teodor-Dacian Craciun 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 in semis

Week of June 15th-21st:

Buffalo, NY $10K Future (Clay) 

Qualifying Round of 64 Notable Results:
Christian Langmo (Miami Soph) def. Vincent Lin (Duke Recruit) 6-2, 6-4
Jon Ho (Wake Forest  Sr) def. AJ Catanzariti (Texas A&M Soph) 6-4, 6-4
Hugo Di Feo (Ohio State Fr) def. Dane Dunlap (Miami Recruit) 6-2, 6-1
Asad Siyyid def. Grant Solomon (Harvard Soph) 1-6, 6-1, 1-0 ret.
Garrett Patton (Boise St ’15) def. Colin Sinclair (Cornell Jr) 3-6, 7-6(3), 6-4
Gabe Tishman (Michigan Recruit) def. Sebastian Ionescu (Buffalo ’15) 7-6(5), 2-6, 3-1 ret.
Kyle Mautner (Penn Recruit) def. Sam Swank (S. Carolina Jr) 6-0, 6-1

Qualifying Round of 32:
Joseph Cadogan (FL Atlantic ’08) def. #1548 Juan Rocha 5-7, 6-1, 6-1
Hugo Di Feo (Ohio State Fr) def. Christian Langmo (Miami Soph) 6-2, 1-6, 6-2
#1666 Dominic Cotrone (S Florida Sr) def. Jon Ho (Wake Forest  Sr) 7-5, 6-4
Aws Laaribi (Penn St Jr) def. Ethan Dunbar (Richmond ’15) 6-2, 6-7(4), 6-4
#1850 Hunter Callahan (Ohio St ’15) def. Robert Slutsky 6-0, 6-1
Washi Gervais (St. Francis Sr) def. Solomon Cadogan 6-1, 6-0
#1975 Michael Riechmann (Texas Sr) def. Vusa Hove (Buffalo ’13) 6-7(4), 6-2, 6-3
Antoine Leduc def. Austin Smith (Georgia Sr) w/o
Maksim Tikhomirov def. Vidith Huot (Bryant ’13) 6-2, 6-1
Matthew Gamble def. Garrett Patton (Boise St ’15) 7-5, 2-0 ret.
Stefan Vinti (Cornell Sr) def. Aleksey Kalinin 6-2, 6-0
Gabe Tishman (Michigan Recruit) def. Drew Van Orderlain 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
Riley Reist (Ohio St Soph) def. Joseph Van Meter (Cleveland St Sr) 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
Kyle Mautner (Penn Recruit) def. Ignacio Martinez 6-3, 6-1

Qualifying Final:
Hugo Di Feo (Ohio State Fr) def. Joseph Cadogan (FL Atlantic ’08) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
#1716 Serge Becerra Jeria def. Aws Laaribi (Penn St Jr) 6-3, 6-4
#1850 Hunter Callahan (Ohio St ’15) def. Washi Gervais (St. Francis Sr) 6-0, 6-0
Kyle Mautner (Penn Recruit) def. Riley Reist (Ohio St Soph) 6-3, 6-1
#1975 Michael Riechmann (Texas Sr) def. Antoine Leduc 6-7(4), 6-1, 6-4
Stefan Vinti (Cornell Sr) def. Gabe Tishman (Michigan Recruit) 6-2, 6-1
#1666 Dominic Cotrone (S Florida Sr) def. Gandhi Bhakthavachalam 6-1, 6-0

Main Draw – 1st Round:
#1194 Nathan Pasha (Georgia ’15) def. #1381 Herkko Pollanen (Ohio St Jr) 6-1, 6-3
#1685 Winston Lin (Columbia ’15) def. Maksim Tikhomirov 7-5, 4-6, 6-2
#1356 Patrick Daciek (Virginia Tech ’12) def. #579 Farris Gosea (Illinois ’15) 6-7(2), 7-5, 7-6(5)
#573 Sekou Bangoura (Florida ’11) def. Kyle Mautner (Penn Recruit) 6-4, 6-2
Christopher Racz (Tennessee ’07) def. Tony Miller (Buffalo Jr) 6-0, 6-3
#599 Kaichi Uchida def. #1515 Quentin Vega (Wisconsin ’12) 6-2, 6-2
#1161 Dennis Uspensky (Wake Recruit) def. #1194 Hunter Harrington (Clemson ’15) 3-6, 6-1, 7-6(3)
#1025 Alexios Halebian def. Hugo Di Feo (Ohio State Fr) 6-4, 6-1 
#576 Wil Spencer (Georgia ’12) def. Quentin Monaghan (Notre Dame Sr) 6-2, 6-0
#611 Hans Hach (Abilene Christian ’13) def. #1975 Michael Riechmann (Texas Sr) 7-5, 7-5
Stefan Vinti (Cornell Sr) def. #1850 Hunter Callahan (Ohio St ’15) 6-0, 6-4
#463 Daniel Garza def. #1666 Dominic Cotrone (S Florida Sr) 6-3, 6-4

2nd Round:
#1194 Nathan Pasha (Georgia ’15) def. #342 Jose Statham 6-2, 2-2 ret.
#1685 Winston Lin (Columbia ’15) def. #1356 Patrick Daciek (Virginia Tech ’12) 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
#573 Sekou Bangoura (Florida ’11) def. #1557 Marcus Fugate 6-4, 6-3
#616 Maximiliano Estevez def. Christopher Racz (Tennessee ’07) 6-3, 6-1
#599 Kaichi Uchida def. #1161 Dennis Uspensky (Wake Recruit) 6-4, 7-6
#576 Wil Spencer (Georgia ’12) def. #1025 Alexios Halebian 6-3, 6-3
#611 Hans Hach (Abilene Christian ’13) def. Gabe Tishman (LL) 6-3, 6-3
#463 Daniel Garza def. Stefan Vinti (Cornell Sr) 6-3, 6-4

Quarterfinals:
#1685 Winston Lin (Columbia ’15) def. #1194 Nathan Pasha (Georgia ’15) 7-6(0), 3-6, 6-4
#616 Maximiliano Estevez def. #573 Sekou Bangoura (Florida ’11) 7-5, 1-6, 6-3
#599 Kaichi Uchida def. #576 Wil Spencer (Georgia ’12) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
#611 Hans Hach (Abilene Christian ’13) def. #463 Daniel Garza 0-6, 6-4, 2-3 ret.

Semifinals:
#616 Maximiliano Estevez def. #1685 Winston Lin (Columbia ’15) 7-5, 6-0
#599 Kaichi Uchida def. #611 Hans Hach (Abilene Christian ’13) 7-6, 6-1


Halle, Germany ATP 500 (Grass)

  • #53 Steve Johnson (USC ’12) def. #24 Bernard Tomic 6-3, 7-6(4), lost to #489 Florian Mayer 6-3, 7-6(4) in R2.
  • #196 Tim Puetz (Auburn ’11) def. #67 Benoit Paire 3-6, 7-6(1), 6-2 in QR16, lost to #102 Alejandro Falla 6-3, 6-1 in Q finals.
  • #114 Austin Krajicek (Texas A&M ’11) lost to #93 Ricardas Berankis 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 in QR16

London, England ATP 500 (Grass)
  • #17 Kevin Anderson (Illinois ’07) def. #112 Lleyton Hewitt 6-7(5), 7-5, 6-2 in R1, def. #4 Stan Wawrinka 7-6(4), 7-6(11) in R2, def. #34 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 7-6(5), 7-5 in quarters, def. #13 Gilles Simon 6-3, 6-7(6), 6-3 in semis, lost to #3 Andy Murray 6-3, 6-4 in finals.
  • #18 John Isner (Georgia ’07) def. #152 Jared Donaldson 7-6(11), 6-4 in R1, def. #14 Feliciano Lopez 7-6(5), 6-7(9), 7-6(4) in R2, lost to #28 Viktor Troicki 7-6(5), 6-3 in quarters.

Fergana, Uzbekistan $50K Challenger (Hard)

  • #430 Ruan Roelofse (Illinois ’09) def. Khumoun Sultanov 7-5, 7-6(4) in R1, lost to #213 Aldin Setkic 6-3, 7-6(2) in R2
  • #420 Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (Washington ’11) lost to #58 Teymuraz Gabashvili 6-2, 6-4 in R1
  • #306 Marcelo Arevalo (Tulsa ’11) lost to #279 Franko Skugor 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(2) in R1
  • #992 Dean O’Brien (Georgia Tech ’11) lost to #932 Timur Khabibulin via walkover in QR16
  • Jakhongir Jalalov (Wisconsin Sr) lost to #956 Markos Kalovelonis 6-2, 6-4 in QR32.


Poprad, Slovakia $42K Challenger (Clay)
  • #326 Marek Michalicka (Wisconsin ’11) def. #133 Facundo Arguello 6-7(3), 6-4, 7-5 in R1, lost to #261 Peter Torebko 4-6, 7-5, 7-6(7) in R2
  • #123 Aleksandr Nedovyesov (Oklahoma St ’10) lost to #215 Adam Pavlasek 7-5, 3-0 ret. in R1

Perugia, Italy $42K Challenger (Clay)
  • #191 Jose Hernandez-Fernandez (UNC ’12) def. #637 Andrea Collarini 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in R1, def. #260 Oriol Roca Batalla 4-6, 6-2, 7-6(6) in R2, lost to #54 Pablo Carreno Busta  7-6(1), 7-5 in quarters
  • #825 Jesse Witten (Kentucky ’05) came through qualies and lost to #220 Filippo Volandri 6-4, 6-3 in R1

Ilkley, Great Britain $42K Challenger (Grass)
  • #155 James McGee (NC State ’08) def. #641 Luke Bambridge 6-2, 7-6(6) in R1, def. #96 Blaz Rola 7-5, 7-5 in R2, def. #319 Joshua Milton 6-3, 6-3 in quarters, lost to #139 Denis Kudla 6-2, 7-6(5) in semis
  • #96 Blaz Rola (Ohio State ’13) def. #178 Maxime Authom 6-3, 7-6 in R1, lost to #163 James McGee 7-5, 7-5 in R2
  • #162 JP Smith (Tennessee ’11) lost to #321 Ante Pavic 7-6(5), 4-6, 7-6(5) in R1
  • #783 Cameron Norrie (TCU Soph) lost to #157 Yuki Bhambri 6-1, 6-0 in R1
  • #198 Dennis Novikov (UCLA ’13) def. #665 Daniel Evans 3-6, 7-6(6), 6-1 in QR32, lost to #161 Frank Dancevic 6-4, 7-6(6) in QR16
  • #173 Somdev Devvarman (Virginia ’08) def. #292 Daniel Co 7-6(0), 6-4 in QR32, lost to #263 Alex Bolt 6-3, 6-4 in QR16
  • #293 Dimitar Kutrovsky (Texas ’10) def. #197 Chase Buchanan 7-6(4), 3-6, 6-4 in QR32, lost to #308 Grega Zemlja 7-6(2), 6-4 in QR16
  • #197 Chase Buchanan (Ohio State ’12) lost to #317 Dimitar Kutrovsky 7-6(4), 3-6, 6-4 in QR32
  • #206 Jason Jung (Michigan ’11) lost to #223 Mirza Basic 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 in QR32
  • #227 Daniel Nguyen (USC ’12) lost to #423 David Rice 7-6(2), 6-4 in QR32


Blois, France $35K Challenger (Clay)

  • #284 Gonzalo Escobar (Texas Tech ’12) lost to #500 Maxime Tabatruong 6-1, 1-6, 6-3 in QRF but got in main draw as a lucky loser, lost to #168 Guilherme Clezar 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(2) in R1
  • #285 Alexis Musialek (Kentucky ’12) lost to #140 Horacio Zeballos 6-2, 6-4 in R1
  • #500 Maxime Tabatruong (UCLA ’13) came through qualies and lost to #164 Renzo Olivo 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 in R1.
  • #269 Remi Boutillier (Fresno St ’12) lost to #184 Christian Lindell 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 in R1


Bangkok, Thailand $15K Future (Hard)

  • William Matheson (Columbia Recruit) came through qualies and lost to #414 Kento Takeuchi 6-3, 6-4 in R1
  • #483 Karunuday Singh (Georgia ’13) lost to #892 Jung-Woong Na 6-2, 6-3 in R1


Alkmaar, Netherlands $15K Future (Clay):

  • #899 Greg Ouellette (Florida ’08) def. #1604 Blake Ellis 6-1, 6-1 in R1, def. #402 Sam Barry 7-6(3), 0-6, 7-5 in R2, def. #301 Julien Cagnina 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 in quarters, lost to #307 Jose Pereira 6-1, 6-4 in semis.
  • #1685 Max De Vroome (USC Sr) came through qualies and beat #2066 Jack Jaede 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 in R1, lost to #320 Jorge Aguilar 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 in R2
  • #2066 Jack Jaede (USC Recruit) came through qualies and lost to #1685 Max De Vroome 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 in R1


Napoli, Italy $15K Future (Clay):

  • #939 Matteo Fago (Tennessee ’11) def. Federico Bonacia 6-2, 6-3 in R1, lost to #427 Mateo Martinez 6-2, 6-4 in R2


Manzanillo, Mexico $10K Future (Hard) 

Notable Early Round Qualies:
Ignaci Roca def. Matthew Kandath (Stanford ’12) 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
#1601 Michael Quintero def. Jack Schipanski (Tenn Soph) 6-1, 6-4
Brandon Donaldson def. Alejandro Gomez (Kentucky ’14) 6-1, 2-6, 3-5 ret.
Matthew Kandath (Stanford ’12) def. #1185 Julian Saborio (LSU Recruit) 6-3, 6-2
#1601 Michael Quintero def. Damian Farinola (La Lafayette ’15) 6-1, 6-4

Final Round of Qualies:
Brandon Donaldson def. Diego Vives (Princeton Soph) 4-6, 4-3 ret.
#1153 Clay Thompson (UCLA ’14) def. Cesar Gomez Diaz 6-0, 6-3
#1442 Diego Hidalgo (Florida Sr) def. Bernardo Saraiva (San Fran ’15) 6-2, 6-4
#1601 Michael Quintero def. Robbie Bellamy (USC Jr) 6-3, 6-3
Scott Puodziunas def. John Lamble (Santa Clara ’14) 6-1, 6-2

1st Round:
#1153 Clay Thompson (UCLA ’14) def. Agustin Moreno 6-3, 6-4
#1442 Diego Hidalgo (Florida Sr) def. #1022 Jarryd Chaplin (Tenn ’14) 7-6(6), 6-7(5), 7-6(3)
#1601 Michael Quintero def. #965 Connor Farren (USC Jr) 6-4, 6-1
#707 Luis Patino def. #1027 Benjamin Ugarte (Purdue Soph) 4-1 ret.

2nd Round:
#1153 Clay Thompson (UCLA ’14) def. #593 Jorge Panta 7-6, 6-3
#583 Tigre Hank def. #1442 Diego Hidalgo (Florida Sr) 6-0, 0-1 ret.

Quarterfinals:
#1153 Clay Thompson (UCLA ’14) def. #1064 Alberto Rojas-Maldonado 6-3, 6-0

Semifinals:
#1153 Clay Thompson (UCLA ’14) def. #583 Tigre Hank 7-6(5), 6-4

Finals:
#1153 Clay Thompson (UCLA ’14) def. #729 Lucas Gomez 6-2, 6-3

6 Comments

  1. 181

    That is amazing. Looks like Resultina essentially serves as a database; I'm learning something interesting. Cannot think of any other person with more knowledge on college tennis. Thank you very much!!

  2. 181

    I added Winston in to the list of semifinalist. Not sure why I skipped him – guess it was too high on the page. <br /><br />As the draws come out I scroll through them to see what names I recognize and just start manually making a list. Once I've got the list created it only takes a few minutes each day to look through the results and update them. I use a good app called Resultina which makes it easy to track them.

  3. 181

    You are doing a great job in providing updates for former and current college players on tour. Curious – how do you track all these? Manually reviewing all is unthinkable. One correction – Buffalo Futures: Winston Lin (Columbia '15) also reached semis.

  4. 181

    Thanks for the comments – I just added the button back in below my twitter feed. Thought about doing it before but had held off.

  5. 181

    Wow this is amazing amount of content that I love to follow. It is great to see where all these guys are playing. Please get a donate now button up on this site so those that choose to do so can help you out, even if just a little bit at at time. (I assume anything helps.) I enjoy this site in the morning more than an overpriced cup of coffee at Starbucks, would rather give you the money.