Nick Jones
| School: |
Virginia Commonwealth University |
| Year: |
Junior |
| Home Town: |
Cardiff, Wales |
| Home State: |
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| Home Country: |
Great Britain |
| High School: |
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| Height: |
6-4 |
| Weight: |
194 lbs. |
| Birth Date: |
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| Dominant Hand: |
Right |
| Major: |
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| Singles Record: |
1-4 |
| Doubles Record: |
4-0 |
Junior Year 2012-13 (At South Carolina)
Left the team in December after missing the fall season with an injury.
Sophomore Year (2011-12)
Finished season as part of the nation's 29th-ranked doubles team with Chip Cox ... Competed in the NCAA Doubles Championship ... Posted a 6-5 record against nationally ranked duos in doubles, including a 5-4 mark with Cox, among his season total of 16-15 on the doubles court ... Was a solid 8-4 in doubles with Kyle Koch, including a win over the nation's 19th-ranked duo as part of a seven-match win that ranks eighth in school history ... Clinched the doubles point in the regular-season finale at Florida as he and Cox upset the nation's ninth-ranked tandem at the top of the lineup ... Collected a singles win in SEC play with a straight-set win in the No. 2 match against Alabama ... Started the SEC season ranked No. 92 in the nation in singles ... Opened dual-match play with a pair of victories at the top spot in the lineup ... Advanced to the round of 16 at the SEC Indoor Championships with a win over No. 69 Bob van Overbeek of Florida ... Had a strong fall with a 6-3 singles record ... Reached the round of 16 at the ITA Carolina Regional before falling to the nation's fourth-ranked player ... Took fifth in the top bracket of the Duke Fab Four Invitational.
Freshman Year (2010-11)
Joined the team in January and battled injury and illness at the beginning and end of the spring campaign ... Began the season playing in the No. 2 spot in the singles lineup ... Teamed with Ivan Machado to form the team's top doubles tandem for much of the spring ... Scored a win in the No. 1 doubles spot against Clemson, pulling out a tiebreaker to decide the match ... Helped the team to a sweep of The Citadel with a straight-set win in the No. 2 match ... Worked with Machado to top Arkansas' top doubles team as the Gamecocks won the doubles point and their SEC debut ... Won his Gamecock debut in straight sets over Wofford's No. 1 player.
High School/Junior Highlights
Rated a Blue Chip recruit by tennisrecruiting.net ... Reached the singles semifinals of the 2009 Evert American ITF Junior event in Boca Raton, Fla. ... Won the doubles title at the same event ... Claimed the Under-14 bracket of the British Championship in 2007 ... Won ITF doubles titles in Spain and Scotland.
