by Bobby Knight | Aug 24, 2015 | Blog
This past week was the first time in a while that we didn’t have a guy with college ties win a singles title on the Pro Tour. Now that school is back in session at most colleges and universities they’ll definitely be less guys playing pro events each week but hopefully the guys will pick it back up this weekend.There were 2 guys that played for titles with JP Smith and Dragos Dima coming up short.Smith (Tennessee ’11) only dropped 1 set in route to his spot in the finals of the Vancouver $100K Challenger but he came up short 6-4, 7-5 against Dudi Sela. Smith came into the match having won 5 previous titles (2 Challenger/3 Futures)...
by Bobby Knight | Aug 17, 2015 | Blog
Another week and another 2 singles titles as both Kevin King and Yannick Hanfmann won Futures titles on Sunday.Kevin King (Georgia Tech ’12) won his 3rd career professional singles title with an impressive 6-3, 6-1 win over #655 Richard Gabb in the finals of the Champaign, Illinois F25 Future. King went 9-1 over the last 2 weeks in central Illinois with the loss coming in the finals to former ITF Junior #1 Luke Saville. King’s 2 previous titles came last year in back-to-back week in Mexico.Yannick Hanfmann (USC ’15) won his 2nd career professional singles title with a 6-2, 6-2 win over #295 Gavin Van Peperzeel in the finals of the Friedberg,...
by Bobby Knight | Aug 9, 2015 | Blog
5 former college players played for singles titles this week with Mikelis Libietis the only 1 to claim the prize.Libietis (Tennessee ’15) only dropped 1 set all week in his native Latvia in route to winning his 2nd career Futures singles title with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Fred Simonsson. Libietis’s other singles title came back in 2013 at the Estonia F2.John Isner (Georgia ’07) was looking for his 11th ATP singles title and 1st above the 250 level but he came up just short falling to #5 Kei Nishikori 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 at the ATP 500 in Washington DC.Kevin King (Georgia Tech ’12) was seeking his 3rd singles title but he lost to #220 Luke Saville...
by Bobby Knight | Aug 3, 2015 | Blog
3 more titles last week and 2 runner-ups for our favorite guys with college ties.John Isner (Georgia ’07) won his 3rd straight BB&T Atlanta Open with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Marcos Baghdatis in the finals. Isner has now won 14 singles titles as a professional with 10 of those being on the ATP Tour (2015, 2014, 2013 Atlanta, 2012 & 2011 Winston Salem, 2012 & 2011 Newport, 2014 & 2010 Auckland, 2013 Houston), 3 Challengers (2009 Tallahassee, 2008 Lubbock, 2007 Lexington), and 1 Future (2007 USA F14).Evan King (Michigan ’13) won his 2nd career Futures singles title after defeating Clay Thompson 6-4, 6-3 in the finals of the...
by Bobby Knight | Jul 27, 2015 | Blog
3 college guys picked up singles titles over the weekend with another 5 making to the finals.Andre Dome (Cal Poly ’13) won his 3rd career Futures title with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 win over Matt Reid in the finals of the Canada F5 in Vancouver. All 3 of Dome’s titles have come this year with the other 2 being the Mexico F5 and Thailand F2.Peter Nagy (Texas A&M Corpus Christi ’15) won his 1st career Futures title with a 6-3, 7-5 win over Petr Michnev in the finals of the Slovakia F2 in Slovenska Lupca.Maxime Tabatruong (UCLA ’13) won his 2nd career Futures title with a 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 win over former teammate Adrien Puget (UCLA...
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