David Simon
| School: |
Univ. of Miami (Florida) |
| Year: |
graduated |
| Home Town: |
Vienna |
| Home State: |
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| Home Country: |
Austria |
| High School: |
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| Height: |
6-3 |
| Weight: |
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| Birth Date: |
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| Dominant Hand: |
Right |
| Major: |
Economics |
| Singles Record: |
18-13 |
| Doubles Record: |
21-16 |
Fall 2008: Compiled a 3-4 record in singles competition and a 4-4 mark in doubles play in his first fall season with the Hurricanes... Opened the fall with a No. 99 singles ranking... Won all three singles matches in straight sets, including opening the season with back-to-back wins at the Wolverine Invitational, with a 7-6, 7-5 victory over Notre Dame’s Stephen Havens and a 6-1, 6-2 rout of Michigan’s No. 95 Andrew Mazlin... Went 3-3 in dobules play with David Rosenfeld, including a pair of wins in qualifying round of the All-American Championships to advance to the Round of 16... Also won their first match at the ITA Southeast Regional Championships, knocking off Vanderbilt’s Charlie Jones and Bryant Salcedo, 9-7, before falling in the Round of 32... Went 1-1 with Ignacio Taboada at the Wolverine Invitational. Prior to Miami: Competed for two seasons with Louisville... Selected to the 2008 All-BIG EAST Tournament singles team... Compiled a 20-13 singles record as a sophomore in 2007-08, including an 11-8 mark at the No. 2 position, and went 17-12 in doubles play, going 6-4 at No. 1 and 7-4 and No. 2... Has been ranked among the top 50 players on the ITF juniors circuit and wrapped up last season ranked 28th among collegians in the Midwest region... All-BIG EAST doubles team selection as a freshman in 2007... Posted a 16-22 overall record and an 8-15 mark in dual matches playing at Nos. 2, 3, 4 and 5... Teamed with six partners for a 10-22 overall doubles record. Prep: Top-ranked player in Austria... Ranked in the top 15 in Europe... No. 91 in the world... U-16 Austrian champion in singles and doubles in 2004... Played in the junior Davis Cup for Austria (U-14 and U-16)...
Won the Costa Rica Bowl... Played in the juniors tournaments of the U.S. Open, the Orange Bowl and the Canadian Open. Personal: Son of Andrea Buberl-Simon... Has three sisters... Also enjoys soccer... Majoring in economics.
