Alex Petrone
| School: |
University of Michigan |
| Year: |
Junior |
| Home Town: |
Staten Island |
| Home State: |
New York |
| Home Country: |
United States(USA) |
| High School: |
Laurel Springs Prep |
| Height: |
5-10 |
| Weight: |
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| Birth Date: |
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| Dominant Hand: |
Right |
| Major: |
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| Singles Record: |
14-14 |
| Doubles Record: |
13-13 |
Sophomore (2012-13)... Big-Ten Sportsmanship Award Honoree ...Singles... 13-18 overall record ... 10-12 dual-match record ...Doubles... 14-11 overall record with Michael Zhu ... 9-8 dual-match record.
Freshman (2011-12)...ITA Midwest Region Rookie Player of the Year ... All-Big Ten Conference second team ... U-M Athletic Academic Achievement award ... Singles ... 24-11 overall record ... 17-7 dual-match record (7-2 at No. 2, 10-5 at No. 3) ... Beat Ole Miss' No. 20 Marcel Thiemann, 6-4, 6-4, in the second round of the NCAA Championships (May 13) ... Won nine of final 11 singles matches ... Defeated Northwestern's No. 109 Spencer Wolf, 6-0, 6-4 (April 8) ... Won a 6-2, 7-5 decision against Purdue's Mark Kovacs in debut at No. 2 position (March 31) ... Earned a 6-4, 6-4 win over Maryland's No. 121 Vlad Stefan at ITA Kickoff Weekend (Jan. 28-29) ... Posted a 2-1 record at the Key Biscayne Individuals (Jan. 6-8) ... Went 2-1 at Big Ten Indoor Championships (Oct. 29-31) ... Defeated Texas A&M's Jackson Withrow, 6-1, 6-3, in collegiate debut at the Harvard Fall Chowder Invitational (Dept. 23-25) ... Doubles ... 22-13 overall record ... 17-7 dual-match record ... Clinched back-to-back doubles points in final match in home wins against Purdue and Indiana (March 31-April 1).
Prep... Graduated from Laurel Springs School (2011) ... National Honor Society ... ranked as high as No. 14 among high school seniors by tennisrecruiting.net ... blue-chip recruit.
National/International... Ranked as high as No. 109 in ITF Boys' 18-and-under singles and listed No. 85 in the USTA Boys 18 national rankings ... captured boys' U-18 singles and doubles titles at the 2010 USTA International Hard Court Championships ... singles champion at the 2010 South Carolina and Daytona Beach ITF tournaments ... doubles finalist at the 2009 Eddie Herr International Junior Tennis Championships ... captured singles title at 2009 All Canadian ITF Junior Championships ... reached the quarterfinals at the 2009 ITF Spring Circuit in College Station, Texas ... took fourth place in doubles at the 2008 USTA Boy's U-16 National Clay Court Championships ... won boy's 14-U singles title at 2007 USTA National Open in El Paso, Texas ... won five USTA Eastern Section tournaments in 2007 and four sectional tournaments in 2008.
Personal... Alexander John Petrone was born March 16, 1993 ... son of Thomas and Maria Petrone ... brother, Andrew, played tennis for Drew University ... enrolled in the School of Kinesiology ... undeclared major.
