Gabor Zoltan
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Auburn University |
| Year: |
Senior |
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Novi Sad, Serbia |
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| Birth Date: |
Saturday, February 07, 1981 |
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| Major: |
Sociology |
| Singles Record: |
66-32 |
| Doubles Record: |
59-44 |
Fall 2005: Began the fall season ranked 6th in singles competition by ITA and 14th in doubles play with partner Alex Schweizer... ... Finished the fall season with a 0-3 singles record ... Had a doubles record of 7-2 with partners Alex Schweizer and Robert Lathouwers ... Won the doubles title at Arizona State's Thunderbird Invitational with Lathouwers by defeating Arizona State's Christopher Biro and Nick Hegarty in the finals, 8-5
Spring 2004: NCAA Men's Tennis Singles Championship Semi-Finalist ... Defeated New Mexico's Divan Coetzee, 6-4, 6-2 in the first round, Virginia's Doug Stewart, 6-3, 6-2 in the second round, Stanford's Sam Warburg (the 2004 Pac-10 Player of the Year), 6-3, 7-6 in the round of 16 and Vanderbilt's Chad Harris 6-2, 6-1 in the quarterfinals before falling to Baylor's Benjamin Becker 6-3, 7-5 in the semi-finals ... All-American ... Posted a 19-8 singles record, including 9-2 in the SEC ... Was 15-8 in the No. 1 spot ... Had a 9-12 doubles record with partners Robert Lathouwers, Alex Schweizer, Nick Lane and Brett Hunter ... First Team All-SEC selection ... Defeated the following ranked players: No. 8 Jesse Witten of Kentucky, 6-4, 6-3; No.14 Chad Harris of Vanderbilt, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4; No. 15 Bo Hodge of Georgia, 4-6, 7-6, 6-4; No. 28 Ken Skupski (LSU), 6-2, 6-2; No. 49 Antonio Ruiz of Tennessee, 6-4, 6-2 in the opening round of the NCAA tournament and in regular season action; No. 63 Evghenni Corduneanu (La. Lafayette), 6-3, 6-1 ... Finished the spring season ranked 15th by ITA.
Fall 2004: Began the fall season with a No. 4 preseason ranking in doubles by ITA ... Won the Arizona State Thunderbird Invitational singles draw with a win over teammate Rodrigo Minozzo (6-2, 6-4) ... Finished the fall season with an 11-3 record ... Won his first three matches of the year at the Auburn Invitational with wins over Dmitry Koch of Tulane (4-6, 6-4, 7-6), Andre Maeir of UAB (7-6, 6-2) and David Goulet of Tulane (6-1, 6-1) ... Advanced to the round of 16 at the ITA Invitational as well as the ITA Southeast Regional ... Finished the fall with a 9-4 record in doubles ... Advanced to the semifinals of the ITA Southeast Regional as well as the ITA National Indoor Collegiate.
Spring 2003: In his first season at Auburn was thrust into the lineup, playing at the No. 2 and No. 1 positions early in the year ... Defeated Mercer’s Felipe Echeverri 6-1, 6-2 and Southern’s Alex Hidalgo 6-3, 6-4 for first two wins on the Plains ... Beat Southern Miss’ David Canudas 6-4, 7-6(4) at the No. 1 position ... Clinched win over Alabama with win over Alabama’s Chris Gostek (7-5, 4-6, 6-4) in the final match ... Finished the year 16-9 in singles, which included going 7-4 in the SEC, and 12-11 overall in doubles ... Finished the season ranked No. 81 in singles by the ITA.
Prior to Auburn: Attended high school in Novi Sad in what was then Yugoslavia at Mihajlo Pupin Elektrotechnicka Skola ... Played for coach Goran Obradovic ... Represented Yugoslavia in European Championships in under 12, 14 and 16.
Personal: Born Feb. 7, 1981 to Zoltan and Erzebet Pelva ... Has one sister, Ildiko, 27 ... Majoring in sociology ... Would like to coach at the Division I level when through playing tennis ... Lists greatest tennis accomplishment as winning three Yugoslavian national titles ... Favorite tennis player is Pete Sampras ... Favorite place traveled to with Auburn tennis is Tampa, Fla.
