by Bobby Knight | Jun 14, 2015 | Blog
There was 1 former college player that picked up a title this week with Tennys Sandgren (Tennessee ’11) winning the $15K Charlottesville, Virginia Future with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Ernesto Escobedo. It was Sandgren’s 9th career pro title (8 Futures and 1 Challenger) Roberto Cid (South Florida Sr) made it to the finals of the $10K Bursa, Turkey Future before falling 7-5, 6-3 to #253 Yannick Jankovits.Alex Sarkissian (Pepperdine ’14) made it to the finals of the $10K Hong Kong Future before retiring down 4-1 in the 1st to #213 Ti Chen. In the College on Tour tab I added the point totals and prize money that the guys are playing for each...
by Bobby Knight | Jun 8, 2015 | Blog
It was a very good week for former and current college players on the ATP Pro Tour with 3 former college guys and 1 current winning titles. 4 former college guys finished as runner-up as did 1 current player. Georgia recruit Tommy Paul won the French Open Junior Championship though it won’t be known for a few months whether he’ll end up in Athens or choose to go pro. For full details scroll down through each individual event and to look ahead to see who is playing next week check out the College on Tour tab at the top of the page.ChampionAlex Sarkissian (Pepperdine ’14) defeated Connor Smith (Ohio St ’13) 7-6(5), 6-4 in the...
by Bobby Knight | Jun 1, 2015 | Blog
Last week was an extraordinary week for ex-college guys so I knew it’d be unlikely that we’d see similar results this week. Year listed after the college is the last year they were in school.May 25 through today:French Open:#56 Steve Johnson (USC ’12) lost in the 3rd round to #9 Stan Wawrinka 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 after defeating #24 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-3, 6-3, 6-7, 3-6, 6-3 in R1 and #54 Sergiy Stakhovsky 2-6, 6-3, 7-6, 7-6 in R2#17 Kevin Anderson (Illinois ’07) lost in the 3rd round to #21 Richard Gasquet 4-6, 7-6, 7-5, 6-4 after defeating #73 Tim Smyczek 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 in R1 and #65 Yen-Hsun Lu 5-7, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 in R2.#16 John Isner...
by Bobby Knight | May 25, 2015 | Blog
Throughout the slower summer months I’m going to try and do a weekly post on Sundays highlighting the performance of current college guys as well as recent grads out on the ATP Pro Tour. I’m sure I’ll miss some because there are a ton of guys out there playing but I should be able to hit on the guys that do well (quarters-finals)May 18-24:#242 Daniel Nguyen (USC ’12) won a $15K Future in Daegu, Korea – it was Nguyen’s 7th career pro title.#789 Sadio Doumbia (UGA ’12) won a $10K Future in Annaba, Algeria – it was Doumbia’s 1st career pro title.#298 Marek Michalicki (Wisc ’11) won a $10K Future in...
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