All summer long we’ve seen players with college ties make their mark on the doubles side and this week has been no exception. Seven former college players and two current players won doubles title this week at the Futures-level while another nine with college ties finished as runner-up. Texas A&M rising sophomore Hady Habib won his first professional title when he and Ankit Chopra won the doubles title at the Sri Lanka F3 Futures in Colombo. Habib and Chopra came back from a set down to defeat Chandril and Lakshit Sood 2-6, 7-5, 10-8. Habib joins Arthur Rinderknech, Austin Krajicek, Jackson Withrow, and Junior Ore as Aggies that have won pro doubles titles in the last two weeks.
Huge win Hady!!!! Down a set and 0-3. Hady gets his first title!!!! #aggietennis pic.twitter.com/tfm6Ob52KD
— aggietennis (@aggietennis1) July 7, 2017
Boris Arias (LSU ’16) won his third doubles title in the last two months when he and Federico Zeballos defeated Aleksandre Bakshi (Oklahoma Rising Jr) and George Tsivadze 7-6, 7-6 to win the Georgia F1 Futures in Telavi. Arias entered the week with a career-high doubles ranking of 572 and that’ll go higher once these 18 points are added in a week from now.
David O’Hare (Memphis ’14) won his third doubles title of the year as he and Luke Bambridge defeated Nathan Ponwith (Georgia Rising Soph) and Harrison Richmond (UCF ’17) 6-0, 6-3 in the finals of the $25K Wichita, USA F23 Futures. O’Hare and Bambridge didn’t drop a set all week with their only close match coming in the quarterfinals when they defeated Melo and Santos 7-6(2), 7-6(6). O’Hare entered the week just 22 spots off his career-high ranking of 117 although he was defending 48 points from a finals appearance at last year’s Winnetka Challenger.
Congrats to our 2017 doubles champions, @DaveOhare90 and @Bambo290! pic.twitter.com/fCUEajDQTY
— Wichita Tennis Open (@WichitaTennis) July 8, 2017
Alex Sarkissian (Pepperdine ’14) won his first career doubles title with he and Alexios Halebian defeating Ronnie Schneider (North Carolina ’17) and Filip Peliwo 6-3, 7-6(0) in the finals of the $25K Canada F4 Futures in Saskatoon.
Below are some of the other winners/runner-ups from this week and down below that updated results from Wimbledon.
Doubles Champions
$25K Saskatoon, Canada F4 Futures – Alex Sarkissian (Pepperdine ’14)
$25K Wichita, USA F23 Futures – David O’Hare (Memphis ’14)
$15K Colombo, Sri Lanka F3 Futures – Hady Habib (Texas A&M Rising Soph)
$15K Telavi, Georgia F1 Futures – Boris Arias (LSU ’16)
$15K Telfs, Austria F1 Futures – Lukas Ollert (Auburn ’15)
$15K Middelburg, Netherlands F3 Futures – Evan King (Michigan ’13)/Hunter Reese (Tennessee ’15)
ITF $15K Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt – Kanika Vaidya (Columbia ’16)
ITF $15K Prokuplje, Serbia – Natalie Suk (Ole Miss Rising Sr)
Doubles Runner-Ups
$43K Marburg Open (Challenger) – Ruan Roelofse (Illinois ’09*)
$25K Saskatoon, Canada F4 Futures – Ronnie Schneider (North Carolina ’17)
$25K Wichita, USA F23 Futures – Nathan Ponwith (Georgia Rising Soph)/Harrison Richmond (UCF ’17)
$15K Searlouis, Germany F6 Futures – Patrick Mayer (Memphis ’15*)
$15K Telavi, Georgia F1 Futures – Aleksandre Bakshi (Oklahoma Rising Jr)
$15K Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt F19 Futures – Ben Lock (Florida State ’16)/Nate Lammons (SMU ’16)
$15K Middelburg, Netherlands F3 Futures – Sem Verbeek (Pacific ’16)
Wimbledon Championships
Men’s Singles – Third Round
#42 Kevin Anderson (Illinois ’07*) def. #124 Ruben Bemelmans 7-6(3), 6-4, 7-6(3)
#6 Marin Cilic def. #31 Steve Johnson (USC ’12) 6-4, 7-6(3), 6-4
Fourth Round
#42 Kevin Anderson (Illinois ’07*) vs. #28 Sam Querrey
Men’s Doubles – Second Round
[1] John Peers (Baylor ’11)/Henri Kontinen def. Clayton/O’Mara 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
[10] Michael Venus (LSU ’09)/Ryan Harrison def. Johan Brunstrom (SMU ’03)/Andreas Siljestrom (Middle Tenn St ’07) 6-3, 6-7(8), 6-3, 6-4
Ken Skupski (LSU ’07)/Neal Skupski (LSU ’12) def. [8] Bopanna/Roger-Vasselin 7-6(6), 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-3
[7] Rajeev Ram (Illinois ’03*)/Raven Klaasen def. Purav Raja (Loyola Marymount ’04)/Divij Sharan 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 6-7(6), 10-8
Podlipnik-Castillo/Vasilevski def. [12] Robert Farah (USC ’10)/Juan Sebastian Cabal 6-4, 7-6(3), 3-2 ret.
Robert Lindstedt (Pepperdine ’98)/Sam Groth def. [3] Murray/Soares 4-6, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5, 7-5
Marcin Matkowski (UCLA ’03)/Max Mirnyi def. [5] Bob & Mike Bryan (Stanford ’98*) 6-3, 7-5, 6-4
Nicholas Monroe (North Carolina ’04)/Artem Sitak def. JP Smith (Tennessee ’11)/Matt Reid 7-6(2), 6-3, 7-6(5)
Third Round
[1] John Peers (Baylor ’11)/Henri Kontinen vs. Nys/Sancic
[10] Michael Venus (LSU ’09)/Ryan Harrison vs. [6] Dodig/Granollers
Ken Skupski (LSU ’07)/Neal Skupski (LSU ’12) vs. Daniell/Demoliner
[7] Rajeev Ram (Illinois ’03*)/Raven Klaasen vs. Podlipnik-Castillo/Vasilevski
Robert Lindstedt (Pepperdine ’98)/Sam Groth vs. Mektic/Skugor
Marcin Matkowski (UCLA ’03)/Max Mirnyi vs. Nicholas Monroe (North Carolina ’04)/Artem Sitak
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