Week 5 - ATP Challenger 75 - Cleveland, OH. USA (hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Week 5 - ATP Challenger 75 - Cleveland, OH. USA (hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QR1: (qWC) James Hopper UNR vs (ALT/q12) Matija Pecotic (CRO) WR 825 (CH = 206 in November 2015)

James Hopper? 21 & from Birmingham, according to the ATP, but that's it.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L16: Evan King & Bradley Klahn (USA/USA) CR 712 (165+547) vs (WC) James Hopper & Roy Smith (USA) UNR (0+2035)

Madadman · Masters Series Champion

Stircrazy wrote:
QR1: (qWC) James Hopper UNR vs (ALT/q12) Matija Pecotic (CRO) WR 825 (CH = 206 in November 2015)
James Hopper? 21 & from Birmingham, according to the ATP, but that's it.

Seems to have played this event the previous two years as well and nothing else in professional tennis. A university in the Cleveland area does have a James Hopper on their roster, I assume it might be him although appears to have been brought up in New Jersey as that is where he went to High School according to his profile.

https://athletics.case.edu/sports/mten/2022-23/bios/hopper_james_65so?view=bio

Priesty · Challenger level

Well if he prefers to just bounce around here and there, I don't see a problem with that.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
L32: (WC) Jack Pinnington Jones WR 583 (CH = 489 last May) vs Ernesto Escobedo (MEX) WR 313 (CH = 67 in July 2017)

May be a little too much to ask, but a SF place here this week would see Jack back in the Top 500.

indiana · Tennis legend

Bob in Spain wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
L32: (WC) Jack Pinnington Jones WR 583 (CH = 489 last May) vs Ernesto Escobedo (MEX) WR 313 (CH = 67 in July 2017)
May be a little too much to ask, but a SF place here this week would see Jack back in the Top 500.

And if James Hopper wins the title he'd be top 500 too

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
Bob in Spain wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
L32: (WC) Jack Pinnington Jones WR 583 (CH = 489 last May) vs Ernesto Escobedo (MEX) WR 313 (CH = 67 in July 2017)
May be a little too much to ask, but a SF place here this week would see Jack back in the Top 500.
And if James Hopper wins the title he'd be top 500 too

I thought I was the optimistic one biggrin biggrin

Strongbow · All-time great

More on James Hopper from the Observer (college newspaper)

https://observer.case.edu/athlete-spotlight-james-hopper/

-- Edited by Strongbow on Sunday 29th of January 2023 03:55:14 PM

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QR1: (ALT/q12) Matija Pecotic (CRO) WR 825 defeated (qWC) James Hopper UNR by 7-6(6) 6-2

DelayedReaction · Lower Club Player

Case Western is Div 3 also which has a much weaker standard of play.

Nix · Futures level

Bob in Spain wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
L32: (WC) Jack Pinnington Jones WR 583 (CH = 489 last May) vs Ernesto Escobedo (MEX) WR 313 (CH = 67 in July 2017)
May be a little too much to ask, but a SF place here this week would see Jack back in the Top 500.

Excellent start from Jack. He's broken the Escobedo serve twice and is 3-0 up. Playing really aggressive tennis. Let's hope he can keep it up.

Nix · Futures level

Jack takes the first set 6-2. I don't remember Jack hitting the ball quite this hard before. Good to see him increasing his weapons.

Madadman · Masters Series Champion

Jack wins 6-2 3-1 Ret.

Nix · Futures level

Jack wins by a retirement when he was 3-1 up in the second set.