Michael Venus (tennis)
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Michael Venus is a New Zealander professional tennis player. He reached a career high ranking of 302 in January 2010. He switched nationality in June 2010 and began playing in the New Zealand Davis Cup team
.
from the University of Texas during his sophomore college year of 2006-07. In January 2008 debuted in the Louisiana Tigers
and was the first to win the 2008 D’Novo/ITA Men’s All-American Championship in Tulsa, Oklahoma
wearing the Tigers' colors. He is also one of only two Louisianan players to finish in in the Campbell's ITA
College Tennis Rankings top 10 in both singles and doubles the same year (No. 7 in singles and No. 4 in doubles respectively). He was a representative of United States team in the BNP Paribas
International University Challenge of Tennis in Poitiers
, France
in December 2009.
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| 2009
| ITA
Singles All-American
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| 2009
| ITA Doubles All-American
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| 2009
| SEC
Player of the Year
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| 2009
| First-Team All-SEC
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| 2009
| SEC Honor Roll
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| 2009
| Louisiana Player of the Year
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| 2009
| First-Team All-Louisiana
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| 2008
| D’Novo All-American Champion
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| 2008
| First-Team All-SEC
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| 2008
| Louisiana Player of the Year
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| 2008
| D’Novo All-American Champion
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| 2008
| First-Team All-Louisiana
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| 2008
| Louisiana Newcomer of the Year
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in the final. He reached the doubles final of the USA F19 Futures in August teaming up with Colt Gaston losing in the two straight sets. The end of the month Venus earned a wild card to the qualifying draw of the 2009 US Open
in which he advanced to the second round overcoming Uruguay's Marcel Felder
in two sets but failing to qualify by losing to Giovanni Lapentti
Of Ecuador. In October The Venus-Harrison pair won the USA F24 Futures against fellow Kudla-Sarmiento and in November playing with Gaston they lost in the championship match in the USA F27 Futures against the Armenian-Russian duo Martirosyan-Sitak. He reached his career year-end high of 587.
in two tie-breaker sets. In the same year he won his first Davis Cup match representing New Zealand. He advanced to the 328th ATP year-end rank.
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| Challengers (2)
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|No.
|Date
|Tournament
|Surface
|Opponent in the final
|Score
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| 1.
| August 21, 2010
|
Qarshi
| Hard
|
Blaž Kavčič
| 6–7(6), 6–7(5)
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|- bgcolor="#efefef"
|No.
|Date
|Tournament
|Surface
|Partnering
|Opponents in the final
|Score in the final
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| 1.
| April 27, 2008
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Baton Rouge
| Hard
| Ryan Harrison
| Phillip Simmonds / Tim Smyczek
| 6-2, 1-6, 4-10
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|Group membership
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| World Group (0)
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| Group I (0)
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| Group II (5)
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| Group III (0)
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| Group IV (0)
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|No.
|Rubber
|Match type (partner if any)
|Opponent nation
|Opponent player(s)
|Score
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! colspan="7" | 3-2; July 9–11, 2010; TSB Hub, Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand; Asia/Oceania Semifinal; Hard surface
|- bgcolor="#FFCCFF"
| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Defeat
| 1.
| II
| Singles
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Pakistan
| Aisam Qureshi
| 6-72,6-4, 2-6, 6-2, 13-15
|- bgcolor="#FFCCFF"
| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Defeat
| 2.
| III
| Doubles (with
Marcus Daniell
)
| Pakistan
| Aqeel Khan
/ Aisam Qureshi
| 6-76, 3-6, 2-6
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! colspan="7" | 3-2; September 17–19, 2010; National Tennis Development Centre (LTAT), Nonthaburi, Thailand; Final; Hard surface
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| bgcolor="98FB98"|Victory
| 3.
| I
| Singles
|
Thailand
| Weerapat Doakmaiklee
| 6-3, 6-2, 7-61
|- bgcolor="#FFCCFF"
| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Defeat
| 4.
| III
| Doubles (with Daniel King-Turner
)
| Thailand
| Sonchat Ratiwatana
/ Sanchai Ratiwatana
| 6-0, 7-66, 0-6, 3-6, 4-6
|- bgcolor="#FFCCFF"
| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Defeat
| 5.
| IV
| Singles
| Thailand
| Kittiphong Wachiramanowong
| 5-7, 6-76, 2-6
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! colspan="7" | TBD; March 4–6, 2011; Sport Complex Pahlavon, Namangan, Uzbekistan; First round; Clay surface
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| TBA
| 6.
| TBA
| TBA
| Uzbekistan
| TBA
| TBA
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New Zealand Davis Cup team
The New Zealand Davis Cup team represents New Zealand in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by Tennis New Zealand.New Zealand currently compete in the Asia/Oceania Zone of Group II. They have played in the World Group on 8 occasions, the most recent of which was in 1991. They reached...
.
Early years
His family moved to the United States, where he started to compete in the boys' league and won the Boys’ 18 National Clay Courts in 2006. His idols were Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras. He was vacillating between going to college or turning professional and trying the senior tour but decided to go for the College Conference.College years to professional career
He moved to Louisiana State UniversityLouisiana State University
Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, most often referred to as Louisiana State University, or LSU, is a public coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The University was founded in 1853 in what is now known as Pineville, Louisiana, under the name...
from the University of Texas during his sophomore college year of 2006-07. In January 2008 debuted in the Louisiana Tigers
Louisiana Tigers
Louisiana Tigers was the common nickname for certain infantry troops from the state of Louisiana in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Originally applied to a specific company, the nickname expanded to a battalion, then to a brigade, and eventually to all Louisiana troops...
and was the first to win the 2008 D’Novo/ITA Men’s All-American Championship in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...
wearing the Tigers' colors. He is also one of only two Louisianan players to finish in in the Campbell's ITA
Intercollegiate Tennis Association
The Intercollegiate Tennis Association is an organization of 1,500 coaches and 15,000 collegiate tennis players, encompassing more than 1,000 college tennis programs...
College Tennis Rankings top 10 in both singles and doubles the same year (No. 7 in singles and No. 4 in doubles respectively). He was a representative of United States team in the BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas S.A. is a global banking group, headquartered in Paris, with its second global headquarters in London. In October 2010 BNP Paribas was ranked by Bloomberg and Forbes as the largest bank and largest company in the world by assets with over $3.1 trillion. It was formed through the merger...
International University Challenge of Tennis in Poitiers
Poitiers
Poitiers is a city on the Clain river in west central France. It is a commune and the capital of the Vienne department and of the Poitou-Charentes region. The centre is picturesque and its streets are interesting for predominant remains of historical architecture, especially from the Romanesque...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
in December 2009.
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| 2009
| ITA
Intercollegiate Tennis Association
The Intercollegiate Tennis Association is an organization of 1,500 coaches and 15,000 collegiate tennis players, encompassing more than 1,000 college tennis programs...
Singles All-American
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| 2009
| ITA Doubles All-American
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| 2009
| SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
Player of the Year
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| 2009
| First-Team All-SEC
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| 2009
| SEC Honor Roll
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| 2009
| Louisiana Player of the Year
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| 2009
| First-Team All-Louisiana
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| 2008
| D’Novo All-American Champion
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| 2008
| First-Team All-SEC
|-
| 2008
| Louisiana Player of the Year
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| 2008
| D’Novo All-American Champion
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| 2008
| First-Team All-Louisiana
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| 2008
| Louisiana Newcomer of the Year
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2007
Venus finished the season winning the USA F26 Futures in doubles partnering Danny Bryan and losing only in the final of Thailand F3 Futures thus peaking 866th in singles on the ATP world tour.2008
Despite playing the final of Baton Rouge Challenger with partner Ryan Harrison, due to his fable singles performance Venus closed the year at the 1752nd position on the South African Airways ATP rankings.2009
In July Venus clinched the title of USA F17 Futures beating Vasek PospisilVasek Pospisil
Vasek Pospisil is a Canadian professional tennis player. Pospisil is currently ranked World No. 124 in singles and No. 115 in doubles, both career highs. As Canada's No. 2 in singles and No...
in the final. He reached the doubles final of the USA F19 Futures in August teaming up with Colt Gaston losing in the two straight sets. The end of the month Venus earned a wild card to the qualifying draw of the 2009 US Open
2009 US Open (tennis)
The 2009 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts, held from August 31 to September 14, 2009 in the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows, New York City, United States. Originally, it was scheduled to end with the mens' singles final match on Sunday,...
in which he advanced to the second round overcoming Uruguay's Marcel Felder
Marcel Felder
Marcel Felder is a Uruguayan professional tennis player.-Runner-Up :-External links:*...
in two sets but failing to qualify by losing to Giovanni Lapentti
Giovanni Lapentti
Giovanni Lapentti Gómez is a Ecuadorian tennis player. His brother is Nicolás Lapentti, another professional tennis player, while a third brother, Leonardo, has also been active at the lower levels of professional tennis....
Of Ecuador. In October The Venus-Harrison pair won the USA F24 Futures against fellow Kudla-Sarmiento and in November playing with Gaston they lost in the championship match in the USA F27 Futures against the Armenian-Russian duo Martirosyan-Sitak. He reached his career year-end high of 587.
2010
Venus won another futures the USA F13 Futures tournament but lost in his first ever challenger series final in Qarshi against Blaž KavčičBlaž Kavčič
Blaž Kavčič is a Slovenian professional tennis player, turned professional in 2005. He considers clay his favourite surface...
in two tie-breaker sets. In the same year he won his first Davis Cup match representing New Zealand. He advanced to the 328th ATP year-end rank.
Finals (2)
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Singles (1)
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| August 21, 2010
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Qarshi2010 Karshi Challenger
The 2010 Karshi Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the fourth edition of the tournament which is part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour...
| Hard
|
Blaž KavčičBlaž Kavčič
Blaž Kavčič is a Slovenian professional tennis player, turned professional in 2005. He considers clay his favourite surface...
| 6–7(6), 6–7(5)
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Doubles (1)
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| 1.
| April 27, 2008
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Baton Rouge| Hard
|
Ryan Harrison|
Phillip Simmonds / Tim SmyczekTim Smyczek
Tim Smyczek is an American professional tennis player. Tim Smyczek Qualified into his first ATP main draw tournament in SAP Open – San Jose by winning eight qualifying matches before losing to Mardy Fish in the first round...Stayed in Fish's house for a year...Plays the violin...Wants to be a...
| 6-2, 1-6, 4-10
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Davis Cup (5)
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- indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phaseDavis Cup structureThe Davis Cup tennis competition is structured around a number of groups, with promotion and relegation between them.At the top is the World Group, which competes in a knockout competition. Below that it becomes regional, with an American Zone, Euro/African Zone and Asia/Oceania Zone. Each of these...
, and the court surface.
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|Rubber
|Match type (partner if any)
|Opponent nation
|Opponent player(s)
|Score
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! colspan="7" | 3-2; July 9–11, 2010; TSB Hub, Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand; Asia/Oceania Semifinal; Hard surface
|- bgcolor="#FFCCFF"
| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Defeat
| 1.
| II
| Singles
|
PakistanPakistan Davis Cup team
The Pakistan Davis Cup team represents Pakistan in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Pakistan Tennis Federation.Pakistan currently compete in the Asia/Oceania Zone of Group II...
| Aisam Qureshi
| 6-72,6-4, 2-6, 6-2, 13-15
|- bgcolor="#FFCCFF"
| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Defeat
| 2.
| III
| Doubles (with
Marcus DaniellMarcus Daniell
Marcus Daniell is a professional tennis player from rural Wairarapa in New Zealand.- Tennis career :While mainly playing in futures events, Daniell received a doubles wild card entry to play in the 2010 Heineken Open, an ATP 250 event in his home country of New Zealand. With new doubles partner,...
)
|
Pakistan| Aqeel Khan
Aqeel Khan
Aqeel Khan is the current Pakistani number two and National Champion in tennis. His favourite surface is Grass. He is coached by Pakistani tennis coach Jamil Khan, who is his father...
/ Aisam Qureshi
| 6-76, 3-6, 2-6
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! colspan="7" | 3-2; September 17–19, 2010; National Tennis Development Centre (LTAT), Nonthaburi, Thailand; Final; Hard surface
|- bgcolor="#FFCCFF"
| bgcolor="98FB98"|Victory
| 3.
| I
| Singles
|
ThailandThailand Davis Cup team
The Thailand Davis Cup team represents Thailand in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Lawn Tennis Association of Thailand.Thailand currently compete in the Asia/Oceania Zone of Group II...
| Weerapat Doakmaiklee
| 6-3, 6-2, 7-61
|- bgcolor="#FFCCFF"
| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Defeat
| 4.
| III
| Doubles (with
Daniel King-TurnerDaniel King-Turner
Daniel King-Turner is a professional New Zealand tennis player.-External links:...
)
|
Thailand| Sonchat Ratiwatana
Sonchat Ratiwatana
Sonchat Ratiwatana is a professional tennis player from Thailand. In 2007, Sonchat and his twin brother Sanchai Ratiwatana won their first ATP doubles title in Bangkok in their home country...
/ Sanchai Ratiwatana
Sanchai Ratiwatana
Sanchai Ratiwatana is a professional tennis player from Thailand. He turned professional in 2004....
| 6-0, 7-66, 0-6, 3-6, 4-6
|- bgcolor="#FFCCFF"
| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Defeat
| 5.
| IV
| Singles
|
Thailand| Kittiphong Wachiramanowong
| 5-7, 6-76, 2-6
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! colspan="7" | TBD; March 4–6, 2011; Sport Complex Pahlavon, Namangan, Uzbekistan; First round; Clay surface
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| TBA
| 6.
| TBA
| TBA
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UzbekistanUzbekistan Davis Cup team
The Uzbekistan Davis Cup team represents Uzbekistan in Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by the Uzbekistan Tennis Federation.Uzbekistan currently compete in the Asia/Oceania Zone of Group I. They have never competed in the World Group, but reached the Play-offs on four occasions...
| TBA
| TBA
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External links
- Michael Venus at the International Tennis FederationInternational Tennis FederationThe International Tennis Federation is the governing body of world tennis, made up of 205 national tennis associations.It was established as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by 12 national associations meeting at a conference in Paris, France on 1 March 1913...