Christopher Price
| School: |
Duke University |
| Year: |
Freshman |
| Home Town: |
Houston, Texas |
| Home State: |
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| Home Country: |
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| High School: |
Stratford |
| Height: |
6-3 |
| Weight: |
185 lbs. |
| Birth Date: |
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| Dominant Hand: |
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| Major: |
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| Singles Record: |
5-8 |
| Doubles Record: |
21-19 |
2007-08 (Freshman): Played at the No. 1 doubles position in his first year with the Blue Devils and tallied a 12-13 record in dual matches with David Goulet … finished the season with a 17-16 overall record in doubles, including a 6-5 record in ACC matches … earned a final ITA doubles ranking of No. 36 with Goulet and an ITA Mideast Region of No. 8 … ranked as high as No. 31 in doubles on April 22 … tallied four victories over ranked opponents in doubles … Price and Goulet claimed their biggest win of the season on April 6 when they upset the No. 1 team in the country Virginia’s Somdev Devvarman and Treat Huey, 9-7 … the duo also defeated No. 24 Daniel Vallverdu and Carl Sundberg of Miami as well as No. 43 Scott Blackmon and Ryan Smith of Georgia Tech for ranked wins in the ACC … clinched the doubles point against Georgia Tech and Boston College in the first round of the ACC Tournament … won three straight doubles contests capped by a victory in the first round of the ACC Tournament … posted an overall singles record of 4-4, appearing in one dual match on the year against Notre Dame … earned one singles and one doubles victory in the Duke Invitational to start the spring season … registered a 3-2 record in singles and 4-2 doubles mark in the fall … won two singles contests in the Wilson/ITA Mideast Regional and one match at the UVA Fall Invitational … had two wins in doubles with Goulet at the Southern Intercollegiates and one victory at both the UVA Fall Invitational and Wilson/ITA Mideast Regional ... ACC Honor Roll selection.
Prep: Price is a 5-star recruit from Houston, Texas ... ranked as high as No. 26 on the college recruiting lists and No. 22 in the TennisRPI rankings ... finished third at the Texas state championships in 2003 ... won the regional and district championships in 2003 ... tallied a 27-17 record in national competition, including a 4-7 mark against blue chip players, a 6-7 record against other 5-star recruits, an 8-2 ledger against 4-star players and a 9-1 record against the rest of the field ... claimed the championship at the B18 El Paso National Open and the ITF San Antonio doubles title ... reached the doubles quarterfinals at the USTA B18 National Championships in Kalamazoo, Mich. ... advanced to the finals of the 2007 USTA B18 National Opens in El Paso, Texas and the USTA National Opens in St. Louis, Mo. ... took home a third place finish at the USTA National Opens in Honolulu, Hawaii ... won five matches at the 2007 Texas Summer Grand Slam in College Station, Texas.
Personal: Born Christopher James Price on May 16, 1989, in Houston, Texas ... son of Jim and Gloria Price ... father, Jim, played college tennis at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette and the University of Houston … valedictorian of the University of Miami Online High School ... earned Principal’s Award at Stratford High School.
