Returning Players 7 SEC Titles
John-Patrick Smith 6-1 • 170 • So.-1L Kelso-Queensland, Australia (Townsville, Australia) Career Superlatives
Singles
Overall Record: 33-11 (.750) Conference Record: 7-3 (.700) Record vs. Ranked Opponents: 17-9 (.654) Record in Three-Set Matches: 7-5 (.583) Record in Tie-Breakers: 6-5 (.545) Highest ITA Singles Ranking: No. 15 (5/27/2008)
Doubles Overall Record: 30-9 (.769) Conference Record: 9-2 (.818) Record vs. Ranked Opponents: 8-3 (.727) Highest ITA Doubles Ranking: No. 4 (4/28/2008)
Getting To Know John-Patrick Most rewarding thing about playing tennis at UT: Winning as a team What makes Coach Winterbotham successful: His drive to succeed Favorite Coach Winterbotham saying: “Find a way” My career highlight: NCAA Singles Finalist and All-America honors Best part of my game: Volleys
43 All-America Selections
18 NCAA Tournament Berths
2007-08 (Freshman) Singles and Doubles All America ... SEC Freshman of the Year ... First Team All-SEC ... All-SEC Freshman Team ... Region III Rookie of the Year ... NCAA Singles Runner-up ... Blasted on to the collegiate tennis scene with a team-high 33 singles wins... Advanced to the NCAA championship match by winning five straight matches over ranked opponents ... Defeated the 41st, 29th, 57th, 32nd and 11th ranked players on consecutive days to advance to the championship ... Fell to top-ranked Somdev Devvarmann of Virginia in the finals ... Ranked 15th in the season-ending singles poll ... Twice named SEC Freshman of the Week ... First time after advancing to the semifinals of the SEC Coaches Indoor Tournament by defeating three-higher ranked opponents including eighth-ranked Greg Ouellette of Florida in straight-sets ... Second time after winning both matches at No. 2 position in 4-3 wins over Clemson and Illinois ... Against Illinois defeated 15th-ranked Ryan Rowe ... Overall, went 17-9 against ranked opponents ... Only two of his 11 losses were to unraked opponents and both those players would be ranked later in the season ... Went 14-3 at the No. 2 position in the singles lineup and and 18-5 overall in dual-match play ... Clinched two Tennessee victories (Arkansas and Kentucky) ... With UT trailing 3-2 to Georgia, kept Vols comeback hopes alive with come-from-behind 4-6, 75, 6-3 win over Luis Flores at No. 2 position ... Went 30-9 in doubles, including a 21-4 mark with partner Kaden Hensel at the No. 1 position in the doubles lineup ... 30 doubles wins was a team-high ... With Hensel received a 5-8 seed at the NCAA doubles tournament ... Ranked as high as fourth in the country in doubles ... Clinched the doubles point for UT five times and went 7-3 against ranked opponents ... Began the fall season ranked 108th in singles ... Advanced to the second round of the Junior U.S. Open ... Won first two singles matches he played as a Vol, advancing to the Round of 16 at the Southern Intercollegiates ... Teamed up with Davey Sandgren to advance to the doubles
final at the Southern Intercollegiates ... Advanced to the round of 16 at the ITA Southeast Indoors before falling to seventh-ranked Erling Tveit of Ole Miss in three sets. Prior to Tennessee Ranked as high as sixth in the ITF junior rankings in 2007 ... Won the 18th Mitsubishi-Lancer International Juniors Championships in the Phillipines, Chief Minister's Cup ITF Malaysian World Junior Tennis Championships in Malaysia and the Salon Pas International Junior Championships in Indonesia in 2007 ... Advanced to the doubles finals of the Orange Bowl Championships in Miami in 2007 ... Advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2007 Australian Open Junior Championships. Personal Academic Major: Economics … Parents: Kevin and Susan Smith ... Full name: JohnPatrick Tracey Smith ... Born Jan. 29, 1989 in Townsville, Australia.
Smith’s Career Positional Statistics Year 2007-08 TOTALS
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All 33-11 33-11
SEC 7-3 7-3
Dual 18-5 18-5
SINGLES #1 #2 4-2 14-3 4-2 14-3
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Year 2007-08 TOTALS
Tennessee Tennis
All 30-9 30-9
DOUBLES SEC Dual 9-2 21-4 9-2 21-4
#1 21-4 21-4
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