2012 In Review/Notes The 2013 Season CHUCK MCCUEN ENTERS HIS FIFTH YEAR AS HEAD COACH AT CLEMSON--Head Coach Chuck McCuen is entering his fifth year at Clemson. McCuen served as an assistant men’s tennis coach at Clemson from 2003-2008. He had been the Tennis Director at Georgia State for 19 years (1983-2002) prior to coming to Clemson. McCuen was named conference coach of the year five times and propelled Georgia State into a top 70 nationally ranked tennis program. 100+ YEARS OF CLEMSON TENNIS--The Clemson men’s tennis program recently celebrated its centenial aniversary. In the 190708 school year, Clemson first sent representatives to the annual state tournament. Spratt in singles and Spratt and Riser in doubles were the Tigers’ entry in the second annual touramment held at the Furman Athletic Club. Clemson did not participate in the first ever state tournament. The Tigers played their first dual match on April 28, 1921 as the Tigers defeated Wofford 2-0.
CLEMSON WON SEVEN STRAIGHT ACC TITLES--Clemson won seven straight ACC men’s tennis titles during the 1983-1989 era. Clemson Head Coach Chuck Kriese led the Tigers to 10 ACC championships and three runner-up finishes since his arrival at Clemson in 1976. Clemson won every ACC Title in the 1980s except 1982 or nine of the 10 contested in that decade. In the history of the ACC tournament, Clemson has won 11 ACC championships.
2012 RECORD---The Tigers finished the 2012 season with a 9-14 record overall. Clemson went 5-6 in the Atlantic Coast Conference last season. TIGER STREAKS--Clemson won 47 straight ACC matches at home from March 10, 1978 (8-1 win over Wake Forest) until the Tigers lost to North Carolina, (6-3 on March 30, 1991).
ITA Rankings: Team-64th ITA Singles Rankings: Yannick Maden 68 Doubles: Yannick Maden/Zachary Rigsby 50th
CLEMSON IN NCAA MEN’S TENNIS TOURNAMENT--Clemson is one of the top teams nationally as far as appearances in the NCAA team tournament. The Tigers went to 11 straight NCAA team tournaments between the years of 1979 and 1989, the second longest streak of NCAA tournament appearances in Clemson team sports history. In the 24 total appearances, Clemson has a 16-24 overall record. Clemson has reached the Final Sixteen 12 times, and the Final Eight seven times, including 2004. Clemson had seven straight top 10 finishes from 1980-86, tied for the longest streak of top 10s in school history regardless of sport.
ACC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS (11)- 1969, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1997 ACC REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS (12)- 1969, 1971, 1979. 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990 2012 CLEMSON HONORS All-ACC: Yannick Maden
ACC Academic Honor Roll-Hunter Harrington, Dominique Maden, Yannick Maden, Wesley Moran, All-ACC Academic Men’s Tennis Team-Yannick Maden
Former Clemson Players and their Highest ATP Rankings
Kent Kinnear Jay Berger
Mark Dickson
163 S, 2 D 7 S, 196 D 32 S, 23 D
Lawson Duncan 47 S, 182 D
Richard Matuszewski 49 S, 87 D
Final Eight Years (7): 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 2004 Final 16 Years (12): 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 2004 Clemson’s NCAA Tournament Years (24): 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 (24 of the past 30 seasons.)
Mike Gandolfo
203 S, 75 D
John Sullivan
371 S, 101 S
Rick Rudeen
229 S, 110 D
CLEMSON AND THE ACC IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENTS Clemson has been to the second most NCAA team tournaments than any other ACC school since the tournament went to the dual match format in 1978.
Miguel Nido
120 S, 146 D
Number of Trips To the NCAA Tourney Miami 26 Clemson 24 Duke 22 North Carolina 22 Georgia Tech 14 Virginia 13 Florida State 13 Wake Forest 12 Virginia Tech 12 N.C. State 5 Maryland 1 Note: Dual-Match Format Years Only
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Mitch Sprengelmeyer 814 S, 92 D Pender Murphy 102 S, 322 D Brian Page Josh Goffi
352 S, 113 D
488 S, 121 D
Vince Van Gelderen 377 S, 160 D
Fernando Maynetto 175 S, 269 D Richard Akel
345 S, 182 D
Bhanumurthy Nunna 199 S
Owen Casey 228 S, 210 D Clement Reix 250 S, 437 D Nathan Thompson 351 S, 265 D Craig Boynton Andy Krantz
Frank Salazar
434 S, 274 D
831 S, 307 D
Robert Phillips 625 S, 322 D
Chris Munnerlyn 495 S, 329 D
Brandon Walters 424 S, 386 D Ryan Young
Gregg Cooper
551 S, 413 D
437 D
Jean Desdunes 473 S, 437 D
Peter Pristach 452 S, 580 D Will Bull
468 S
J.L. Guillou
497 D
George Lampert 1088 S, 554 D Bruce Li
636 S, 608 D
Tomasz Boniecki 638 S, 946D Kevin O’Neill
794 D
Goran Sterijovski 1209 S, 995 D Damiisa Robinson 1461 S, 1171D
Jarmaine Jenkins 1386 S, 1210 D
Sander Koning 1212 S, 1670 D Jamin Thompson
1270 D
Ryan Fleming
1384 D
Marko Gojanovic
1563 D
Carlos Alvarez 1339 S, 1420 D Ryan Bauer
326 S Derek DiFazio S-Singles, D-Doubles
1459 D 1519 S