Ricardo Hopker
| School: |
University of Texas-Pan American |
| Year: |
Senior |
| Home Town: |
Curitiba |
| Home State: |
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| Home Country: |
Brazil |
| High School: |
Colegio Estadual do Parana |
| Height: |
6-3 |
| Weight: |
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| Birth Date: |
Saturday, January 25, 1992 |
| Dominant Hand: |
Right |
| Major: |
Mechanical Engineering |
| Singles Record: |
0-6 |
| Doubles Record: |
0-3 |
2012-13 Season • Junior Finished the fall season 5-4 in singles ... defeated Pietro Jordao from TAMUCC 6-2, 3-6, 10-8 at the Islander's Open ... also defeated UTSA's Diogo Casa 3-6, 6-3, 10-4 at the Islander's Open ... at the H-E-B Invitational defeated Baylor's Robbie Korth 6-1, 7-5 ... defeated Gustavo Gonzalez of Rice 6-2, 6-4 at the ITA Regionals ... in doubles, finished the fall season 1-4 ... with partner Sebastian Job defeated Diogo Casa and Eric Buchalter from UTSA 8-4 at the Islander's Open.
2011-12 Season • Sophomore In singles, finished the season with a record of 7-7 ... recorded his first victory of the season over Bethany College's Alex Sandri (6-2, 6-2) ... defeated Winfried Weinbeer of Alcorn State University 6-1, 6-0 ... defeated Jackson State University's Carlos Martinez in straight sets (6-4, 7-6) ... won back-to-back matches against Vinay Kamineni (6-1, 6-3) and Shayann Vaezzadeh (1-6, 6-3, 6-2) ... In doubles, partnered with Victor Alves for two matches before teaming with Sebastien Job the rest of the season ... recorded his first doubles victory with Alves with a 8-6 win against the team of Shane Higgins and Michale Van Bogaert of Bethany College ... partnered with Job, defeated Nestor Moreno and Carlos Olea 8-4 ... won three-straight doubles matches with victories over the #2 doubles team of Nicholls State, Prairie View A&M, and UMBC ... closed out the season with a victory over Lamar's Denis Ermilov and Carlos Valdenebro 9-7.
2010-11 Season • Freshman Hopker and partner Victor Alves had an outstanding win in doubles against Daniel Brown and Beau Blackshear of #6 Texas A&M, 6-4, 5-7, 13-11 ... Also played doubles with Abdel Riani and Sebastien Job ... in singles, had a strong end of season with wins against Yannick Yunger (6-3, 6-2) of UTSA and Nestor Moreno of St. Mary’s (6-2, 6-1) ... went 3-12 in single and doubles. Prep Career Played in numerous ITF Junior Events, reaching a career high combined-ranking of #687 ... advanced to the quarterfinals of the Grade 5 event in Porto Seguro, Brazil, and the semifinals of the Grade 4 event in Santiago, Chile ... competing as an amateur in ATP, won the first round of qualifying at the Curitiba Challenger event, before falling to fellow Brazilian Marcelo Demoliner.
Off the Court Son of Milton and Susy Hopker ... has one brother, Henrique ... attended high school at the Colegio Estadual do Parana ... born January 25, 1992 ... majoring in Mechanical Engineering.
