Juan Spir
| School: |
Georgia Tech |
| Year: |
graduated |
| Home Town: |
Medellin |
| Home State: |
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| Home Country: |
Colombia |
| High School: |
Colegio Lujan |
| Height: |
6-4 |
| Weight: |
194 lbs. |
| Birth Date: |
Tuesday, May 01, 1990 |
| Dominant Hand: |
Right |
| Major: |
International Affairs |
| Singles Record: |
5-6 |
| Doubles Record: |
5-5 |
General Info: ITA All-American and two-time All-ACC performer with a powerful serve who has risen toward the top of Tech's singles lineup and teamed with Kevin King to become one of the nation's best doubles tandems during his career ... Will have to find a new partner for his senior year ... He and King were 66-22 in doubles together ... Has 75 doubles wins in three years, fifth on the all-time Tech list ... Has played the No. 2 position in Tech's singles lineup in dual matches the last two years after playing exclusively at the bottom of the lineup as a freshman ... Has a 59-40 singles mark for his career. Participated in a team-high 24 matches including 13 doubles contests ... Won the doubles portion of the USTA/ITA Southeast Regional in Tallahassee, Fla. with Juan Spir as his partner ... Won the Back Draw Final at the National Collegiate Indoors in Flushing Meadow, N.Y. by winning three consecutive consolation matches ... Compiled a record of 18-6 including both singles and doubles matches (8-1 in doubles matches when partnered with Vikram Hundal) ... Reached the semifinals of the singles bracket at the USTA/ITA Southeast Regional in Tallahassee, Fla. 2011-12: All-ACC selection who was part of the nation's No. 4-ranked doubles team with Kevin King, reached the second round of the 2012 NCAA Doubles Championship ... He and King went 22-5 overall, 16-2 in the spring and 8-1 against ACC foes ... Heated up late in the ACC season in singles, winning four straight matches against ranked opponents, including No. 26 Chris Mengel of Duke on the road and No. 3 Jarmere Jenkins of Virginia at home, both in straight sets ... Improved to 17-12, 13-8 in the spring and 6-5 in the ACC, and rose to No. 48 in the ITA rankings, matching the highest of his career before falling back to No. 60 ... Earned a bid to the NCAA Singles Championship for the first time in his career, lost in the opening round ... Got as high as 34th nationally in the fall, finished the year at No. 62 ... Advanced to the round of 16 before falling to Florida's Spencer Newman in the USTA/ITA Southeast Regional ... Posted a 5-2 doubles record with partner Kevin King with the tandem ranked 1st nationally ... The duo defeated Maryland's John Collins and Maros Horny (No. 9) and Auburn's Andres Mies and Alex Stamchev (No. 26) to advance to the finals of the ITA All-American Main Draw before falling to Ohio State's Chase Buchanan and Blaz Rola (No. 3) ... Advanced to the round of 16 in the ITA National Indoor Championships before falling to Florida's Billy Federhofer and Nassim Slilam (No. 36) ... Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll. 2010-11: Part of the nation's No. 9-ranked doubles team with Kevin King, reached the semifinals of the NCAA Doubles Championship ... Knocked off top-seeded Boris Conkic and John-Patrick Smith of Tennessee and two other top 10 seeds ... Ranked No. 79 in the final ITA singles rankings after rising as high as No. 48 ... Went 11-8 at No. 2, and 22-13 for the year in singles ... Lost in his only match at No. 1 ... Missed the final weekend of the regular season with a groin injury suffered April 10 against North Carolina ... Played doubles, but not singles, in the ACC Tournament ... Came back to play both NCAA regional matches at No. 2 (lost one, one unfinished) ... Career 1-2 in NCAA singles matches (2 unfinished) ... He and King had a 16-6 record at No. 1 in dual matches, and were 34-11 overall for the year ... Was a part of 35 doubles wins for the year, second to Kevin King for the most in Tech history ... Advanced to the semifinals of the USTA/ITA National Collegiate Indoors ... Defeated fellow Jackets Eliot Potvin and Ryan Smith to win the USTA/ITA Southeast Regional ... The duo advanced to the finals of the Southern Intercollegiate Championship before falling to Georgia's Javier Garrapiz and Hernus Pieters. 2009-10: Helped solidify the bottom of Tech's singles lineup and the top of its doubles lineup ... Won 10 of his last 13 singles matches (one unfinished), all but one of those at No. 6, including three wins over ranked foes ... One of two Tech players (Eliot Potvin was the other) to play at every singles position in the spring ... Won at No. 1, No. 4 and No. 5 ... Also compiled a 10-6 mark at No. 1 doubles with Kevin King, finishing the year ranked 83rd nationally. High School/Junior Tennis: Considered one of the top junior players in Colombia ... Reached an ITF Junior world-ranking of as high as No. 48 in singles play ... Took the title at the ITF Grade 1 Tournament in Barranquilla, Colombia ... Competed in three of the four World Junior Grand Slam events ... Tallied 56 wins in singles and 32 in doubles during his career ... Attended Colegio Lujan where he was the school's MVP all four years of high school. Personal: Full name is Juan Carlos Spir ... Born May 1, 1990 in Medellin, Colombia ... Son of Juan and Dinorah Spir ... Has one brother, Joseph (11) ... Has dual citizenship with the United States and Colombia ... Began playing tennis at the age of six ... Plans to major in International Affairs.
