College on Tour Weekly Recap/Results: 9/21 – 9/27

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It was a perfect day on Sunday with our favorite former/current college guys going 4-0 in finals with Dennis Novikov, Sanam Singh, Adrien Puget, and Ryan Shane each winning pro singles titles.

Dennis Novikov (UCLA ’13) won his 2nd career Challenger by defeating #116 Ryan Harrison 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in the finals of the $50K Columbus, Ohio Challenger.  It was the second week in a row that Novikov won a Challenger and the second week in a row that he beat Ryan Harrison in the finals. After each of his first 4 sets went to tiebreaks, Novikov didn’t play another the rest of the week. Novikov has now won 8 career singles titles (2 Challenger/6 Futures) and with the win and accompanying 80 points he has now achieved a new career high singles ranking of 144 (up from 163 last week). Novikov raked in $7200 in prize money for the win.

Sanam Singh (Virginia ’11) won his 9th career Futures singles title by knocking off #220 Frank Dancevic 6-4, 6-2 in the finals of the Markham, Canada F11 Future. Singh and Dancevic were meeting in a Canada Futures final for the second week in a row, with Dancevic winning the previous encounter, and in fact Dancevic had a 19-match winning streak coming into today’s final.  Singh picks up 27 points for the win and when those points are added in next week he’ll have a new career high ranking of around 263 (293 was previous high)

Adrien Puget (UCLA ’14) won his 3rd career Futures singles title with a 7-6(1), 6-0 win over #240 Mohamed Safwat 7-6(1), 6-0 in finals of the Cairo, Egypt F32 Future. Puget is now 13-1 in his last 14 matches and has won 2 of his 3 singles titles in that span. Puget’s singles ranking is now up to a career high of 433 and when these 27 points are added in next week he’ll have another new career high ranking of around 362. Puget is a stout 30-13 on the year in main draw matches after going just 5-3 in 2014.

Ryan Shane (Virginia Sr) won his 1st career Futures singles title by defeating #592 Ernesto Escobedo 6-4, 6-3 in the finals of the Costa Mesa, California USA F27 Future. Shane’s previous best showing at a Futures was a semifinal appearance in Rochester (lost to Connor Smith) in June 2014 and in fact going into this tournament Shane hadn’t won a main draw match at a Futures since Markham, Canada in September of last year. Shane earned 18 points for the title and when those points are added in next week he’ll have a new career high singles ranking of around 881 (give or take a spot). For full details on Saturday’s semifinals check out the world famous Parsa’s recap on Jonathan Kelley’s site On The Rise (a tennis blog).

Also check out Colette Lewis’s post over at Zoo Tennis for some quotes from Ryan Shane after his big win.

Columbus, OH, USA $50K Challenger (Hard-Indoor)

• #163 Dennis Novikov (UCLA ’13) def. #367 Stefan Kozlov 7-6(2), 7-6(3) in R1; def. #431 Marcelo Arevalo (Tulsa ’11) 7-6(2), 6-7(4), 6-2 in R2; def. #336 Chase Buchanan (Ohio State ’12) 6-4, 6-4 in quarters; def. #381 Alex Kuznetsov 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in semis; def. #116 Ryan Harrison 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in finals

Markham, Canada F11 $15K Future (Hard-Indoor)

• #329 Sanam Singh (Virginia ’11) def. #1451 Quinton Vega (Wisconsin ’12) 7-5, 6-4 in R1; def. #1561 Gary Kushnirovich (St. John’s ’13) 6-2, 6-1 in R2; def. #1985 Alejandro Tabilo 6-4, 6-3 in quarters; def. #616 Jared Hiltzik (Illinois Sr) 7-6(3), 6-2 in semis; def. #220 Frank Dancevic 6-4, 6-2 in finals

Cairo, Egypt F32 $15K Future (Clay)

• #454 Adrien Puget (UCLA ’14) def. Mostafa Mohamed Hatem 6-2, 6-0 in R1; def. #1173 Peter Goldsteiner 6-1, 6-2 in R2; def. #1133 Alberto Cammarata 6-4, 6-4 in quarters; def. #314 Bastian Trinker 6-3, 6-2 in semis; def. #240 Mohamed Safwat 7-6(1), 6-0 in finals

Costa Mesa, California USA F27 $10K Future (Hard)

• #1398 Ryan Shane (Virginia Sr) def. #462 Thales Turini 6-3, 6-3 in R1; def. #822 Mackenzie McDonald (UCLA Jr) 6-4, 7-5 in R2; def. Junior Ore (Texas A&M ’14) 6-3, 6-1 in quarters; def. #415 Deiton Baughman 6-2, 6-4 in semis; def. #592 Ernesto Escobedo 6-4, 6-3 in finals

Week of September 20th-26th:

Columbus, OH, USA $50K Challenger (Hard-Indoor)

Qualie R16
#1582 Hunter Callahan (Ohio St ’15) def. #1629 Runhao Hua (Michigan Soph) 6-4, 7-6(4)
#1858 Hugo Di Feo (Ohio State RFr) def. #1508 John McNally w/o
#2170 Herkko Pollanen (Ohio St Jr) def. #1548 Kevin Wong (Michigan Jr) 6-3, 7-6(4)

Qualie Finals
#481 Peter Kobelt (Ohio St ’14) def. #1582 Hunter Callahan (Ohio St ’15) 6-4, 6-1
#1858 Hugo Di Feo (Ohio State RFr) def. #574 Ruan Roelofse (Illinois ’09) 6-1, 6-4
#1121 Damon Gooch (Elon ’09) def. #1485 Patrick Davidson 6-2, 7-5
#1321 Dean O’Brien (Georgia Tech ’11) def. #2170 Herkko Pollanen (Ohio St Jr) 6-3, 6-4

1st Round
#107 Tim Smyczek def. #301 Eric Quigley (Kentucky ’12) 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-3
#456 Sekou Bangoura (Florida ’11) def. #1321 Dean O’Brien (Georgia Tech ’11) 6-3, 6-1
#377 Jose Statham def. #139 Blaz Rola (Ohio State ’13) 3-6, 7-6(6), 6-2
#472 Takanyi Garanganga def. #130 Austin Krajicek (Texas A&M ’11) 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
#172 Brydan Klein def. #1858 Hugo Di Feo (Ohio State RFr) 6-1, 6-7(3), 6-3
#384 Alex Kuznetsov def. #244 Connor Smith (Ohio State ’13) 6-3, 7-5
#322 Alessandro Bega def. #1121 Damon Gooch (Elon ’09) 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
#163 Dennis Novikov (UCLA ’13) def. #367 Stefan Kozlov 7-6(2), 7-6(3)
#431 Marcelo Arevalo (Tulsa ’11) def. #481 Peter Kobelt (Ohio St ’14) 2-6, 6-1, 6-3
#330 Chase Buchanan (Ohio State ’12) def. #537 Dennis Nevolo (Illinois ’12) 7-5, 6-3
#111 JP Smith (Tennessee ’11) def. #321 Daniel Cox 6-7(9), 6-3, 6-2

2nd Round
#456 Sekou Bangoura (Florida ’11) def. #377 Jose Statham 7-6(3), 6-4
#163 Dennis Novikov (UCLA ’13) def. #431 Marcelo Arevalo (Tulsa ’11) 7-6(2), 6-7(4), 6-2
#336 Chase Buchanan (Ohio State ’12) def. #111 JP Smith (Tennessee ’11) 6-4, 7-6(2)

Quarterfinals
#106 Tim Smyczek def. #456 Sekou Bangoura (Florida ’11) 6-3, 6-3
#163 Dennis Novikov (UCLA ’13) def. #336 Chase Buchanan (Ohio State ’12) 6-4, 6-4

Semifinals
#163 Dennis Novikov (UCLA ’13) def. #381 Alex Kuznetsov 6-3, 3-6, 6-3

Finals
#163 Dennis Novikov (UCLA ’13) def. #116 Ryan Harrison 6-4, 3-6, 6-3

Costa Mesa, California USA F27 $10K Future (Hard)

Qualie Finals
Martin Redlicki (UCLA Soph) def. #1696 Andrew Carter (Louisville ’12) 4-6, 7-6(6), 6-4
Oliver Pramming (South Florida ’15) def. Austin Rapp (UCLA Soph) 6-2, 6-2
#1037 Moez Echargui (Nevada ’15) def. #1508 Juan Rocha 6-2, 6-1
#1041 Connor Farren (USC Jr) def. Mitchell McDaniels (New Mexico ’15) 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
Junior Ore (Texas A&M ’14) def. Hendrik Jebens (San Diego St Jr) 6-2, 4-6, 6-2
#1351 Patrick Daciek (Va Tech ’12) def. #1496 Farzin Amiri 6-3, 7-6(4)
#1415 Nathan Ponwith def. Alessandro-Damiano Ventre (Vanguard ’10) 7-6(5), 6-4
Lukas Moenter (Loyola Marymount Fr) def. Brandon Holt (2016 USC Commit) w/o

1st Round
#388 Marcos Giron (UCLA ’14) def. #708 Benjamin Lock (Florida State Sr) 6-3, 6-2
#1712 Shotaro Goto def. Lukas Moenter (Loyola Marymount Fr) 6-1, 6-1
#522 Wil Spencer (Georgia ’12) def. Oliver Pramming (South Florida ’15) 7-5, 6-3
#526 Nik Scholtz (Ole Miss ’15) def. #791 Yuichi Ito 7-5, 7-5
#901 Tyler Hochwalt (Florida ’08) def. #628 Daniel Garza 6-3, 6-4
#590 Clay Thompson (UCLA ’14) def. #1205 Gonzales Austin (Vandy ’15) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
#574 Jean-Yves Aubone (Florida St ’10) def. #1038 Moez Echargui (Nevada ’15) 6-3, 6-4
#1398 Ryan Shane (Virginia Sr) def. #462 Thales Turini 6-3, 6-3
#822 Mackenzie McDonald (UCLA Jr) def. #1561 Miomir Kecmanovic 6-4, 7-6(1)
Junior Ore (Texas A&M ’14) def. #1041 Connor Farren (USC Jr) 6-1, 2-6, 6-2
#1362 Patrick Daciek (Va Tech ’12) def. #506 Javier Pulgar-Garcia (SDSU ’12) 6-2 ret.
#914 Collin Altamirano (UVA Soph) def. #577 Hans Hach (Abilene Christian ’13) 6-2, 6-2
Martin Redlicki (UCLA Soph) def. #1106 Ryan Agar 7-6(6) ret.
#707 Eric Johnson (USC ’15) def. #838 Sebastian Fanselow (Pepperdine ’13) 7-5, 6-3
#415 Deiton Baughman def. #767 Aleks Vukic (ILL Soph) 7-5, 6-0

2nd Round
#592 Ernesto Escobedo def. #388 Marcos Giron (UCLA ’14) 6-1, 6-4
#522 Wil Spencer (Georgia ’12) def. #1712 Shotaro Goto 6-1, 6-2
#526 Nik Scholtz (Ole Miss ’15) def. #901 Tyler Hochwalt (Florida ’08) 6-2, 5-7, 6-2
#574 Jean-Yves Aubone (Fla St ’10) def. #590 Clay Thompson (UCLA ’14) 7-6(2), 5-7, 6-3
#1398 Ryan Shane (Virginia Sr) def. #822 Mackenzie McDonald (UCLA Jr) 6-4, 7-5
Junior Ore (Texas A&M ’14) def. #1362 Patrick Daciek (Va Tech ’12) 6-1, 6-3
#914 Collin Altamirano (Virginia Soph) def. Martin Redlicki (UCLA Soph) 6-4, 6-4
#415 Deiton Baughman def. #707 Eric Johnson (USC ’15) 6-3, 7-6(2)

Quarterfinals
#592 Ernesto Escobedo def. #522 Wil Spencer (Georgia ’12) 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-3
#526 Nik Scholtz (Ole Miss ’15) def. #574 Jean-Yves Aubone (Fla St ’10) 3-6, 7-6(6), 6-4
#1398 Ryan Shane (Virginia Sr) def. Junior Ore (Texas A&M ’14) 6-3, 6-1
#415 Deiton Baughman def. #914 Collin Altamirano (Virginia Soph) 6-3, 6-0

Semifinals
#592 Ernesto Escobedo def. #526 Nik Scholtz (Ole Miss ’15) 6-4, 6-7(6), 7-6(3)
#1398 Ryan Shane (Virginia Sr) def. #415 Deiton Baughman 6-2, 6-4

Finals
#1398 Ryan Shane (Virginia Sr) def. #592 Ernesto Escobedo 6-4, 6-3

Markham, Canada F11 $15K Future (Hard-Indoor)

Qualie Final
Riaan Du Toit (UCF ’13) def. #1462 Alexander Centenari (Dartmouth ’13) 6-2, 6-3
#1970 Zack McCourt (Princeton ’15) def. Matthew Kandath (Stanford ’12) 6-2, 6-4
Dane Webb (Oklahoma ’15) def. Mark Oljaca 6-2, 6-2
Egor Koleganov def. Ethan Dunbar (Richmond ’15) 6-7(5), 7-5, 6-4
Jeremy Langer (Indiana ’12) def. Rishi Alampur (Wingate ’02) 6-1, 6-2

1st Round
Jeremy Langer (Indiana ’12) def. #1729 David Sarkisov 6-2, 6-2
#373 Marko Tepavac def. #1970 Zack McCourt (Princeton ’15) 6-4, 6-2
#963 Nathan Pasha (Georgia ’15) def.  #1192 Nick Chappell (TCU ’15) 7-6(5), 6-2
#585 Noah Rubin (Wake ’15) def. Thomas Susen 6-1, 6-2
#616 Jared Hiltzik (Illinois Sr) def. #854 Justin Shane (Virginia ’13) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
#770 Ray Sarmiento (USC ’14) def. #1239 Pavel Krainik 6-3, 6-4
#1588 Nicolas Podesta (Penn ’15) def. Philip Major 6-1, 6-3
#983 Winston Lin (Columbia ’15) def. #500 Fritz Wolmarans 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-3
[LL] #1468 Alexander Centenari (Dart ’13) def. Dane Webb (Oklahoma ’15) 5-7, 7-5, 7-5
#1985 Alejandro Tabilo def. #939 David Volfson (Cornell Fr) 6-3, 6-4
#1561 Gary Kushnirovich (St. John’s ’13) def. Riaan Du Toit (UCF ’13) 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
#329 Sanam Singh (Virginia ’11) def. #1451 Quinton Vega (Wisconsin ’12) 7-5, 6-4

2nd Round
#220 Frank Dancevic def. Jeremy Langer (Indiana ’12) 6-1, 6-1
#373 Marko Tepavac def. #963 Nathan Pasha (Georgia ’15) 6-3, 6-1
#585 Noah Rubin (Wake ’15) def. #998 Sami Reinwein 7-6(4), 6-2
#616 Jared Hiltzik (Illinois Sr) def. #770 Ray Sarmiento (USC ’14) 6-2, 6-4
#983 Winston Lin (Columbia ’15) def. #1588 Nicolas Podesta (Penn ’15) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
#1985 Alejandro Tabilo def. [LL] #1468 Alexander Centenari (Dart ’13) 7-6(5), 6-4
#329 Sanam Singh (Virginia ’11) def. #1561 Gary Kushnirovich (St. John’s ’13) 6-2, 6-1

Quarterfinals
#585 Noah Rubin (Wake Forest ’15) def. #373 Marko Tepavac 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
#616 Jared Hiltzik (Illinois Sr) def. #983 Winston Lin (Columbia ’15) 7-5, 3-6, 6-3
#329 Sanam Singh (Virginia ’11) def. #1985 Alejandro Tabilo 6-4, 6-3

Semifinals
#220 Frank Dancevic def. #585 Noah Rubin (Wake Forest ’15) 6-1, 6-2
#329 Sanam Singh (Virginia ’11) def. #616 Jared Hiltzik (Illinois Sr) 7-6(3), 6-2

Finals
#329 Sanam Singh (Virginia ’11) def. #220 Frank Dancevic 6-4, 6-2

Metz, France ATP 250 (Hard-Indoor)

• #88 Rajeev Ram (Illinois ’03) lost to #108 Dustin Brown 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in R1
• #115 Aleksandr Nedovyesov (Oklahoma St ’10) lost to #46 Vasek Pospisil 6-1, 7-5 in R1
• #465 Sadio Doumbia (Georgia ’12) def. Andre Sa 4-6, 6-2, 7-6(3) in QR32; lost to #175 Daniel Brands 6-3, 6-4 in QR16
• #648 Michael Venus (LSU ’09) def. #1180 Julien Mathieu 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in QR32; lost to #165 Edouard Roger-Vallelin 6-3, 6-3 in QR16

St. Petersburg, Russia ATP 250 (Hard-Indoor)

• #71 Benjamin Becker (Baylor ’05) def. #153 Andrey Golubev 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 in R1; lost to #62 Denis Istomin 2-6, 7-6, 6-4 in R2

Kaohsiung, Taiwan $125K Challenger (Hard)

• #238 Nicolas Barrientos (West Florida ’08) def. #1194 Kuan-Yi Lee 6-4, 6-4 in R1; lost to #40 Jiri Vesely 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 in R2
• #193 Alex Sarkissian (Pepperdine ’14) lost to #135 Luca Vanni 6-1, 6-4 in R1
• #228 Daniel Nguyen (USC ’12) lost to $236 Hiroki Moriya 6-3, 6-1 in R1
• #164 Somdev Devvarman (Virginia ’08) lost to #125 Yuki Bhambri 7-6, 6-0 in R1
• #435 Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (Washington ’11) lost to #812 Takao Suzuki 6-2, 7-5 in QRF

Izmir, Turkey $64K Challenger (Hard)

• #405 Ivan Bjelica (Mississippi State ’08) def. #600 Baris Erguden 7-5, 6-3 in R1; lost to #80 Marsel Ilhan 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 in R2
• #295 Matija Pecotic (Princeton ’13) def. #195 Saketh Myneni (Alabama ’10) 7-5, 6-4 in R1; lost to #148 Mirza Basic 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 in R2
• #278 Tucker Vorster (Ole Miss ’11) lost to #82 Malek Jaziri 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 in R1
• #195 Saketh Myneni (Alabama ’10) lost to #295 Matija Pecotic (Princeton ’13) 7-5, 6-4 in R1
• Ruben Gonzales (Illinois ’08) lost to #935 Andrei Vasilevski 6-4, 6-3 in QR32

Trnava, Slovakia $42K Challenger (Clay)

• #257 Marek Michalicka (Wisconsin ’11) lost to #234 Marton Fucsovics 6-4, 6-4 in R1
• #1729 Costin Paval (Oklahoma ’13) lost to #718 Miloslav Mecir 6-1, 4-6, 6-2 in QR16

Sibiu, Romania $42K Challenger (Clay)

• #448 Dragos Dima (Cornell ’12) lost to #102 Dusan Lajovic 6-2, 6-4 in R1
• #402 Maxime Tabatruong (UCLA ’13) lost to #255 Adrian Ungur 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 in R1
• #940 Vlad Victor Cornea (MTSU/Texas Tech ’15) lost to #366 Gianluca Mager 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 in R1
• #1204 Matt Seeberger (UC Santa-Cruz ’07) lost to #597 Petru-Alexandru Luncanu 6-1, 6-1 in QRF
• #1970 Johann Willems (Texas Tech ’14) lost to #1170 Andrei Apostol 7-6(2), 4-0 ret. in QR16

Plaisir, France F19 $15K+H Future (Hard-Indoor)

• #475 Evan King (Michigan ’13) def.  Maxime Petel 6-3, 6-1 in R1; lost to #1256 Alexis Gautier 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 in R2
• #403 Tom Jomby (Kentucky ’14) lost to #575 Goncalo Oliveira 7-6(4), 7-6(6) in R1
• #1458 Victor Ouvrard (Nevada ’14) lost to #2117 Joseph Guillin 6-4, 6-3 in QR32
• Alexandru Danes (Troy ’13) lost to #1211 Joffrey De Schepper 6-2 6-4 in QR32

Cairo, Egypt F32 $15K Future (Clay)

• #454 Adrien Puget (UCLA ’14) def. Mostafa Mohamed Hatem 6-2, 6-0 in R1; def. #1173 Peter Goldsteiner 6-1, 6-2 in R2; def. #1133 Alberto Cammarata 6-4, 6-4 in quarters; def. #314 Bastian Trinker 6-3, 6-2 in semis; def. #240 Mohamed Safwat 7-6(1), 6-0 in finals
• #2170 Joel Kincaid (Portland ’09) lost to #2117 Bartosz Wojnar 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 in R1

Sevilla, Spain F30 $15K Future (Clay)

• #796 Lloyd Glasspool (Texas ’15) def. #1372 Jose Vidal Azorin 6-4, 6-2 in QRF; lost to #528 Jean-Marc Werner 6-1, 6-4 in R1

Bol, Croatia F17 $10K Future (Clay)

• #1613 Tim Kopinski (Illinois ’15) lost to #1866 Ivan Krivic 6-2, 1-6, 6-2 in QRF
• William Boe-Wiegaard (Bates ’06) lost to #1188 Roy De Valt 7-5, 6-4 in QR32
• Marko Lovrinovic (Belmont ’15) lost to #2052 James Allemby 2-6, 6-4, 7-6(5) in QR32

Sokobanja, Serbia F13 $10K Future (Clay)

• #1116 Andre Biro (Washington Commit) def. #1323 Vlaimir Filip 6-2, 6-3 in R1; lost to #781 Dejan Katic 7-6(7), 7-5 in R2

El Kantaoui, Tunesia F24 $10K Future (Hard)

• #352 Jaime Pulgar-Garcia (NC State ’12) def. Enzo Le Seguillon 6-3, 7-5 in R1; def. #924 Antoine Bellier 6-4, 6-1 in R2; def. #667 Patrik Fabian 6-1, 5-7, 7-5 in quarters; lost to #1161 Jannis Kahlke 6-3, 6-1 in semis
• #876 Anis Ghorbel (Drake ’13) def. #1510 Imran Aswat 6-1, 6-1 in R1; lost to #667 Patrik Fabian 7-5, 4-6, 6-2 in R2

Antalya, Turkey F38 $10K Future (Hard)

• Robert Galloway (Wofford ’15) def. Luca Giacomelli 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 in QRF; def. Kasper Elsvad 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 in R1; lost to #483 Romain Barbosa 6-3, 6-0 in R2
• #953 Jarryd Chaplin (Tennessee ’14) lost to #503 Peter Heller 6-1, 6-2 in R1
• Max Schnur (Columbia ’15) lost to Marc-Kevin Goellner 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 in QRF
• Robbie Mudge (NC State ’15) lost to #1317 Simon Soendergaard 6-2, 6-0 in QR32

Santa Margherita Di Pula, Italy F28 $10K Future (Clay)

• #947 Matteo Fago (Tennessee ’11) def. #714 Pietro Rondoni 6-3, 6-3 in R1; lost to #468 Matteo Trevisan 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 in R2
• #579 Yannick Maden (Clemson ’13) def. #1057 Enrico Dalla Valle 7-6(3), 6-1 in R1; lost to #809 Francesco Picco 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 in R2