2008 Doubles PDF Print E-mail
Written by Team Francis   
September 29, 2008

- 2008 TOURNAMENTS - 

$100,000 ABERTO DE SAO PAULO CHALLENGER (Hard): Sao Paulo, Brazil - with Ryler DeHeart (USA)

1/1     RD. 1 - M        Ferreiro (BRA)/Marcaccio(ARG)                       Won 6-3, 6-2
1/3 QTRS - M Dabul (ARG)/Zeballos (ARG) Lost 2-6, 7-6(3), 9-11 

$10,000 CHAMPION PORSCHE FUTURES (Hard): Boca Raton, Florida - with Chris Lam (USA)

1/22    RD. 1 - M        Ignatik (BLR)/Kumantsov (BLR)                     Lost 6-3, 4-6, 6-10

$10,000 VALLEY BAPTIST HEALTH SYSTEM FUTURES (Hard): Harlingen, Texas - with Ryler DeHeart (USA)

2/26     RD. 1 - M        Jenkins (USA)/Pomeroy(USA)                        Lost 5-7, 6-1, 6-10

$15,000 MARQUEZ & MARQUEZ FUTURES (Hard): McAllen, Texas - with Ryler DeHeart (USA)

3/3       RD. 1 - M        Albot (MDA)/Grigorov (RUS)                            Won 6-1, 6-4
3/4 QTRS - M Roshan (USA)/Ruckelshausen (AUT) Lost 7-4(3), 6-3

$50,000 PUERTO RICO CHALLENGER (Hard): Humacao, Puerto Rico - with Tim Smyczek (USA)

4/7       RD. 1 - M        Haggard (RSA) / Thomas (USA)                       Lost 2-6, 5-7

$50,000 MEXICO CITY CHALLENGER (Hard): Mexico City, Mexico - with Nicholas Monroe (USA)

4/14      RD. 1 - M        Bloomfield (GBR) / Skupski (GBR)                   Lost 7-6(3), 6-7(5), [8-10]

$15,000 CORDOBA FUTURES (Hard): Veracruz, Mexico - with Roman Borvanov (MDA)

4/22      RD. 1 - M         Panfil (POL) / Weintraub (ISR)                       Won W/O
4/23 QTRS - M Garza (MEX) / Sugiyama (JPN) Lost 3-6, 6-1, [9-11] 

$50,000 MEN'S PRO CHALLENGER (Indoor/C): Tunica, Mississippi - with Victor Estrella (DOM)

5/6        RD. 1 - M        Isner (USA) / Poole (USA)                                Lost 2-6, 6-3, [7-10]

$50,000 BRADENTON CHALLENGER (Clay): Bradenton, Florida - with Victor Estrella (DOM)

5/13       RD. 1 - M        Luchici (ROU) / Ross (USA)                              Lost 4-6, 4-6

$50,000 COUNTRYWIDE CLASSIC CHALLENGER (Hard): Carson, California - with Nicholas Monroe (USA)

5/26       RD. 1 - M        Delic (USA) / Kendrick (USA)                             Won 6-3, 5-7, [10-2]
5/28 QTRS - M Gonzalez (MEX) / Hocevar (BRA) Won 6-7(5), 6-3, [10-3] 
5/29 SEMIS - M Ball (AUS) / Rettenmaier (USA) Lost 3-6, 1-6 

$50,000 SUNSET MOULDING CHALLENGER (Hard): Yuba City, California - with Victor Estrella (DOM)

6/3       RD. 1 - M        Amritraj (IND) / Cook (USA)                               Won 6-4, 7-5
6/5 QTRS - M Battistone (USA) / Mankad (IND) Won 6-0, 4-6, [10-7] 
6/6 SEMIS - M Gambill (AUS) / Oudsema (USA) Lost 7-5, 2-6 [6-10] 

$15,000 LIMERICK FUTURES (Carpet): Limerick, Ireland - with Nima Roshan (USA)

6/23      RD. 1 - M        Arlidge (GBR) / Corrie (GBR)                              Won 6-4, 7-6(4)
6/25 QTRS - M Farron-Mahon (IRL) / Heavey (IRL) Won 6-1, 6-3 
6/26 SEMIS - M Bradshaw (GBR) / Kinsella (GBR) Won 7-5, 7-6(5) 
6/27 FINALS - M Koning (NED) / Nielsen (DEN) Lost 1-6, 6-7(7) 

$50,000 NEILSEN TENNIS CHALLENGER (Hard): Winnetka, Illinois - with Lester Cook (USA)

7/1       RD. 1 - M        Baker (GBR) / Niemeyer (CAN)                            Won 5-7, 6-3, [10-8]
7/2 QTRS - M Kendrick (USA) / Sweeting (USA) Lost 4-6, 3-6 

$50,000 NATIONAL BANK CHALLENGER (Hard): Granby, Canada - with Nicholas Monroe (USA)

7/9       RD. 1 - M        Bastl (SUI) / Dustov (UZB)                                 Won 7-6(4), 6-2
7/10 QTRS - M Bogdanovic (GBR) / Thompson (USA) Won 6-3, 6-4 
7/11 SEMIS - M Widom (USA) / Yani (USA) Won 6-4, 7-5 
7/12 FINALS - M Bester (CAN) / Polansky (CAN) Lost 6-2, 1-6, [5-10] 

$50,000 FIFTH THIRD BANK CHALLENGER (Hard): Lexington, Kentucky - with Kevin Kim (USA)

7/23     RD. 1 - M        Baker (GBR) / Evans (USA)                                 Lost W/O

$50,000 LGT CHALLENGER (Hard): Binghamton, New York - with Victor Estrella (DOM)

8/4      RD. 1 - M        Flores (MEX) / Pomeroy (USA)                              Lost 4-6, 4-6

$50,000 CHALLENGER OF OKLAHOMA (Hard): Tulsa, Oklahoma - with Kevin Kim (USA)

9/9      RD. 1 - M        Ram (USA) / Reynolds (USA)                               Lost 2-6, 2-6

$50,000 WACO TENNIS CHALLENGER (Hard): Waco, Texas - with Nicholas Monroe (USA)

9/16    RD. 1 - M        Amritraj (IND) / Polansky (CAN)                            Won 4-6, 6-3, [11-9]
9/18 QTRS - M Sweeting (USA) / Witten (USA) Won 6-2, 5-7, [10-6] 
9/19 SEMIS - M Oudsema (USA) / Smyczek (USA) Won 5-7, 6-3, [10-3] 
9/20 FINALS - M Bogomolov Jr. (USA) / Vemic (SRB) Lost 4-6, 7-5, [8-10] 

$50,000 WACO TENNIS CHALLENGER (Hard): Waco, Texas - with Nicholas Monroe (USA)

9/22     RD. 1 - M        Carvalho (BRA) / Rojmar (SWE)                             Lost 3-6, 4-6 

- 2008 SUMMARY: THROUGH 9/29/08 -

2008 WIN-LOSS RECORD AND PCT.

 Win   Loss        Pct. 
  17    20         45.9% 

2008 HARD COURT WIN-LOSS RECORD AND PCT.

 Win  Loss        Pct. 
  14   17  45.2%

2008 CLAY COURT WIN-LOSS RECORD AND PCT.

 Win   Loss         Pct. 
   0    2  00.0%

2008 GRASS COURT WIN-LOSS RECORD

 Win   Loss         Pct. 
   0        0  00.0%

2008 INDOOR COURT WIN-LOSS RECORD AND PCT.

 Win   Loss        Pct. 
   0        0  00.0%

2008 CARPET COURT WIN-LOSS RECORD AND PCT.

 Win   Loss        Pct. 
   3        1  00.0%

 

- CAREER SUMMARY: THROUGH 9/29/08 -

CAREER WIN-LOSS RECORD AND PCT.

 Win Loss         Pct. 
  62      66        48.4%

CAREER HARD COURT WIN-LOSS RECORD AND PCT.

 Win    Loss         Pct.  
  55   52        51.4%

CAREER CLAY COURT WIN-LOSS RECORD AND PCT

 Win    Loss         Pct.   
   3    8         27.3%

CAREER GRASS COURT WIN-LOSS RECORD AND PCT.

 Win    Loss         Pct.   
   0    0      00.0%

CAREER INDOOR COURT WIN-LOSS RECORD AND PCT.

 Win    Loss          Pct.   
   4    6         40.0%

2008 CARPET COURT WIN-LOSS RECORD AND PCT.

 Win   Loss        Pct. 
   3        1  00.0%

 

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