Jordan Angus
| School: |
Mississippi State University |
| Year: |
Sophomore |
| Home Town: |
London |
| Home State: |
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| Home Country: |
Great Britain |
| High School: |
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| Height: |
6-1 |
| Weight: |
154 lbs. |
| Birth Date: |
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| Dominant Hand: |
Right |
| Major: |
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| Singles Record: |
26-12 |
| Doubles Record: |
18-16 |
FRESHMAN (2012-13)
Wrapped up an impressive freshman campaign by leading the Bulldogs with 17 dual match victories and tying for second on the team with 22 victories for 2012-13... Reached the 2013 NCAA Individual Championships with teammate Malte Stropp in doubles play.
FALL - Completed fall play with a 5-3 record in singles (.625) and a team-best 13-4 record in doubles (.765), playing with teammates Malte Stropp and Pedro Dumont throughout the schedule... With Stropp, had the best doubles record of any MSU duo throughout the fall at 10-3 (.769)... Fell in a tight second round battle against No. 17 Bob van Overbeek of Florida, 6-4, 4-6, 4-6, in Division I of the Southern Intercollegiate Championships... Made a run to the singles quarterfinals of the USTA/ITA Southern Regional Championships, including defeating 58th-ranked Daniil Proskura of Alabama in the 3rd round... Fell to 5th ranked and first seed Nik Scholtz of Ole Miss 7-6(5), 2-6, 5-7 in the quarterfinal match-up at the Southern Regionals... Teamed with fellow freshman Pedro Dumont, made a thrilling advance to the semifinals in Doubles Division I at the Southern Intercollegiates, falling to Florida's Michael Alford and Florent Diep, 3-8... Along with junior teammate Malte Stropp, defeated the 6th-ranked duo of John Collins and Hunter Reese of Tennessee and 17th-ranked David Hopkins and Amogh Prabhakar of Wake Forest on the way to a quarterfinals placing in the ITA All-American Championships... Partnered with Stropp, captured the doubles crown at the USTA/ITA Southern Regional Championships, defeating in-state foes Matt Frost and Andrew Goodwin of Southern Mississippi 8-3 in the championship match... Again paired with Stropp, the duo made a run to the quarterfinal of the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships, including a 9-8(5) victory against Armstrong Atlantic State's Dan Regan and Georgi Rumenov.
SPRING - Currently ranked 13th in the nation in doubles with MSU teammate Malte Stropp... Finished with a 17-6 in singles dual match play, with 13 of those wins coming in straight-sets... Opened up his MSU career with a 6-4, 6-1 victory against Texas Tech's Felip Soares... Helped MSU to its first appearance at the ITA National Team Indoors since 1999 with wins against LSU's Tam Trinh (6-0, 6-3) and Auburn's Dennis Lengsfeld (6-3, 6-3)... Defeated Johan Backstrom of Ole Miss 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 to clinch the 10th-ranked Bulldogs' 4-2 victory against the No. 12 Rebels to claim their second consecutive River Hills Cup and fourth-straight victory against their in-state rival... Earned a pair of straight set victories in a Sunday doubleheader against No. 53 South Alabama and Tennessee Tech... Earned his first ranked victory of the season with a 6-1, 6-1 victory against Texas A&M's Shane Vinsant at the ITA National Team Indoors... Defeated Ole Miss' Johan Backstrom for a second time this spring with a 6-0, 6-3 victory at the ITA National Team Indoors... With weekend victories against opponents from Samford and Middle Tennessee, Angus moved to 11-0, the best start by a freshman in recorded MSU history... Defeated Tennessee's 76th-ranked Brandon Fickey 1-6, 6-1, 6-3 for his second win of the spring season against a ranked opponent... Handled Vanderbilt's Jeff Offerdahl for a 6-3, 6-3 victory... Swept weekend play for March 15-17 with a 7-5, 6-2 win against Kentucky's Alejandro Gomez... Downed South Carolina's Chip Cox 7-6(7), 6-3, helping MSU defeat the No. 20 Gamecocks 4-2... Defeated Kentucky's Kevin Lai in straight-sets in a second round match of the 2013 SEC Championship... Downed Harvard's Alex Steinroeder in a three-set battle to clinch MSU's first trip to the Round of 16 since 2001... Finished 10-13 this season in doubles alongside Stropp... Earned an impressive 8-0 victory against the 33rd-ranked LSU duo of Chris Simpson and Stefan Szacinski... Fell in a battle with the No. 2 doubles squad in the nation of Auburn's Dan Cochrane and Andreas Mies 7-8(3)... Defeated Ole Miss' 43rd-ranked duo of Jonas Lutjen and Nik Scholtz, en route to helping the Bulldogs capture the crucial doubles point... Earned their third victory against a ranked opponent for the year with an 8-6 victory against the No. 40 duo of Junior Ore and Jackson Withrow of Texas A&M at the ITA National Team Indoors... In perhaps their biggest win of the duo's career to date, defeated Auburn No. 1 nationally ranked duo of Dan Cochrane and Andreas Mies 9-8(4)... The duo earned their fifth win against a ranked tandem, coming back from down 5-0 to defeat Kentucky's No. 23 duo of Tom Jomby and Kevin Lai 9-8(0)... Defeated Florida's Bov van Overbeek and Stephane Piro to help clinch the doubles point for MSU against the Gators, leading to a Bulldog victory... Defeated their sixth ranked opponent of the year by downing LSU's No. 52 duo of Chris Simpson and Stefan Szacinski... Downed the Austin Peay duo of Sean Bailey and Jasmin Ademovic 8-6 to help MSU clinch the doubles point in the First Round of the 2013 NCAA Championship in Starkville, Miss... Defeated N.C. State's Dave Thomson and Sean Weber 7-6(5), 6-1 in the first round of the 2013 NCAA Individual Championships... Battled hard, but fell to eventual NCAA Doubles Champions Jermere Jenkins and Mac Styslinger of Virginia in three sets.
PRE-MSU:
Attended Parmiter's School in London, England... A top 100 junior that is considered to be one of the very best British players entering into the collegiate system... Sports a personal-best world junior ranking of No. 74 by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)... Has won numerous singles and doubles titles on the world junior circuit... Competed in the Junior Wimbledon during the 2012 summer.
PERSONAL:
Jordan Angus is a native of London, England... The son of Eric and Beverly Angus and has one older brother, Niall, who is in his senior season for the Texas A&M Men's Tennis program... The right-hander enjoys playing soccer in his free time... Angus chose Mississippi State because of the coaches, players and facilities.
