Joe Salisbury
| School: |
University of Memphis |
| Year: |
Junior |
| Home Town: |
London |
| Home State: |
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| Home Country: |
Great Britain |
| High School: |
Surrey State |
| Height: |
6-3 |
| Weight: |
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| Birth Date: |
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| Dominant Hand: |
Right |
| Major: |
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| Singles Record: |
0-1 |
| Doubles Record: |
1-2 |
Spring 2012: All-Conference USA Doubles First Team with partner David O'Hare ... Posted 10-11 mark in singles, including 7-4 on court three, and 15-7 record at No. 1 doubles with O'Hare ... Defeated 119th-ranked Hunter Reese of No. 13 Tennessee, 1-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5), after staving off several match-points in the second set to help the U of M beat the Vols, 4-3 ... Posted a two-set victory against No. 47 Rice's Michael Nuesslein in the C-USA Championship semifinals ... Teamed with Salisbury to defeat No. 43 Vanderbilt's Gonzalez and Bazarnik, 8-5 ... Posted an 8-6 win against Diego Galeano and Mate Zsiga in Memphis' NCAA first round match against No. 25 Baylor, helping Memphis claim the doubles point ... Tandem also posted wins against No. 70 Stetson and No. 65 UAB ... Duo won six-straight matches that included the win over Vanderbilt and win's against East Carolina and Old Dominion ... Began season ranked No. 47 (with O'Hare) in doubles ... Ended season with doubles ranking of No. 86.
Fall 2011: Posted a 5-3 singles record during fall play ... Won two matches over Badr Cherradi (SIU) and David Zimmerman (UAB) during the MTSU Dale Short Shootout ... Posted a 6-0, 6-1 win over TCU's Will Stein in the first round of pre-qualifying at the ITA All-American Championships ... Won back-to-back matches over Ryuji Hirook of Kentucky and Wright State's Martin Arguello in the USTA/ITA Ohio Valley Regional Championships ... Teamed with David O'Hare for an impressive 10-3 doubles record ... Opened the fall with a doubles championship at the Dale Short Shootout ... Followed that with a run into the consolation quarterfinals of the doubles main draw at the ITA All-American Championships ... Defeated top-10 UCLA doubles team of Adrien Puget and Alex Brigham 9-8 (11).
Spring 2011: Finished his sophomore season with a 12-10 record at the No. 1 and No. 2 single positions...went 11-9 at the No. 2 slot...defeated #47 Oklahoma State...had conference wins against Tulane and UAB... Teamed with David O'Hare for a 16-7 doubles record at the No. 1 and No. 2 slot...The duo went 12-4 at the No. 2 slot...Salisbury and O'Hare picked up victories over Conference USA opponents East Carolina, #33 Rice, Tulane, Southern Miss, UCF, and #36 Tulsa.
Fall 2010: Kicked off his Tiger career with a wins over Alex Sajonz (Samford), 7-6, 6-2, and Richard Gamble (Lee, Tenn.), 6-2, 7-6 (2) at UTC Fall Classic before losing his third match to Parul Verma (EKU) in three sets, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1...Invited to the Ohio Valley Regional Championships in singles as a freshman...Went 1-2 at the at the Louisville Winter Invitational, with his win coming against 13th-ranked Adam Donaldson of Louisville, 6-2, 6-0...along with fellow freshman, David O'Hare, enters spring of 2010 ranked 52nd in the nation in doubles action...combined with O'Hare to go 4-1 during doubles, including winning their first three matches together at the Southern Intercollegiates...teamed with O'Hare to defeat the duo of Alexand Kostanov and Chris Sheehan, from 57th-ranked South Carolina, 8-3, in the round of 64 at the Southern Intercollegiates.
Prior to Memphis: Most recently played for men's team at Surrey State in England...He had a career-high ETA ranking of 174...Trained at the Sutton Tennis Center under Jeremy Bates and part time at the national training center in Roehampton, England...Ranked as high as the No. 2 ranked junior in Britain U16.
Personal: Son of Carolyn and Matthew...Has one brother, Chris, and one sister, Katie...Enjoys playing other sports such as soccer, golf, and swimming, movies, music, and hanging out with friends...Fun Fact: "I met the Queen of England."
