Eliot Spizzirri

Eliot Spizzirri (born 23 December 2001) is an American tennis player. Spizzirri has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 620 on 25 July 2022 and a doubles ranking of No. 795 on 13 September 2021.

Eliot Spizzirri
Country (sports) United States
Born (2001-12-23) 23 December 2001
Stamford, United States
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CollegeUniversity of Texas
Prize money$52,047
Singles
Career record1–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 620 (25 July 2022)
Current rankingNo. 1,154 (23 February 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
US OpenQ2 (2021)
Doubles
Career record0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 796 (13 September 2021)
Current rankingNo. 1,060 (20 January 2020)
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open1R (2021)
US Open JuniorW (2019)
Last updated on: 2 April 2023.

Spizzirri won the 2019 US Open – Boys' doubles title with fellow American Tyler Zink.[1] He currently plays college tennis at the University of Texas, where he achieved the ITA Collegiate Singles ranking of No. 1 on 8 February 2023 and a career-high doubles ranking of 3 on 7 March 2023.[2] He was a 2021 and 2022 ITA All-American in doubles, a 2021 ITA All-American in singles and has set two Big 12 Player of the Week Award records, achieving the honor 5 times during a season, which he has done twice, and 10 times during his career.[3] He was the No.1 national tennis recruit in 2019.[4]

Career

Spizzirri received a wild card into the singles qualifying round of the 2021 US Open, where he defeated ATP No. 163 Alejandro Tabilo 5–7, 7–6, 6–3 in the first round. He also received a wild card into the doubles main draw that year with Tyler Zink, where they lost in the first round.

On November 18, 2018, Spizzirri captured his first ITF title at the Campeche, Mexico Grade 1 tournament.[5] In 2021, Spizzirri won the singles title of the 2021 ITF Futures in Decatur, Ill and captured the doubles title at the 2021 ITF Futures in Champaign, Ill., with Ben Shelton[6]

Junior career

Spizzirri achieved a career-high ITF Junior Ranking of 20 on 9 September 2019.[7]

He played singles and doubles in all four 2019 junior grand slam events, including Wimbledon, the French Open and the Australian Open. Spizzirri reached the doubles round of 16 in all four junior grand slams and the singles round of 32 at the Australian Open.[8]

During his ITF junior career, Spizzirri secured five other ITF doubles titles and two singles titles from 2016 to 2018.[9]

In 2017, Spizzirri won the 16s doubles title at the USTA Easter Bowl with Spencer Whitaker [10]

Personal

Spizzirri's twin brother, Nick, is a first-team All-American[11] squash player at the University of Pennsylvania who finished 11th at the 2019 World Junior Squash Championships.[12]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)
Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 2019 US Open Hard United States Tyler Zink Czech Republic Andrew Paulson
Belarus Alexander Zgirovsky		 7–6(7–4), 6–4

References
  1. "US Open: Andreescuová dobyla první grandslam! Velký vzdor Sereny nepomohl". Tenisový svět.
  2. "ITA Collegiate Tennis Rankings sponsored by Tennis-Point".
  3. "Texas Sweeps Tennis Big 12 POTW Awards".
  4. "Player record Eliot Spizzirri".
  5. "COPA MUNDIAL CAMPECHE FMT".
  6. "2022-2023 Men's Tennis Roster".
  7. "Eliot Spizzirri Juniors Singles Overview".
  8. "2022-2023 Men's Tennis Roster".
  9. "2022-2023 Men's Tennis Roster".
  10. "Past Champions - Easter Bowl champions since 1968".
  11. "Five Named College Squash All-America; Taha, Kueh, and Spizzirri Named to First Team".
  12. "2022-2023 Men's Squash Roster".


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