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Duke Adds Six Additional Transfers to Complete Eight-Member Newcomer Class
8/2/2024 11:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
DURHAM, N.C. – Duke head coach Ramsey Smith and the men's tennis program have announced the addition of six transfer student-athletes to close out its eight-member 2024-25 class.
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The group is comprised of juniors Sam Landau (Indiana University) and Gerard Planelles Ripoll (University of Arkansas) and graduate students Oscar Brown (University of Portland), Remy Dugardin (Edhec Business School), Andreja Petrovic (Florida State University) and Theo Winegar (Columbia University). They hail from two states (California and Florida) and four countries (England, France, Norway and Spain).
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The newcomers join previously announced freshman Saahith Jayaraman (JMG Tennis Academy) and sophomore Cooper Williams (Harvard University) as the eight new faces on the upcoming 2024-25 roster.
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"TJ (Pura), Jay (Lapidus), and I are fired up to welcome this entire recruiting class to the Duke Tennis Family," Smith said. "This special group of young men bring individual and unique strengths to our program, and collectively they are aligned with our bold vision for Duke Tennis. They share a love of hard work which will create a fun and energetic practice environment and have already embraced our 'Team First' mindset. This is an exciting time for our program."
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Class Breakdown (listed alphabetically)
Oscar Brown
Graduate Student | 5-11 | Sevenoaks, England | Portland University
- 2024 Second Team All-WCCÂ
- Played No. 1 singles at Portland
- Four-time ITA Scholar-Athlete
- UTR: 12.53
- UTR High: 12.79
Graduate Student | 6-3 | Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, France | Edhec Business School
- -15 French ranking
- Finished eighth in the 2023 French 2nd series championships at Roland-Garros
- Winner of the 92nd world doubles in Nationale 1 team championship in 2023
- UTR: 12.67
- UTR High: 13.06
Freshman | 5-10 | El Dorado Hills, California | JMG Tennis Academy
- Blue Chip Prospect and TennisRecruiting.net national ranking of No. 14
- Listed as the No. 3 prospect from the southwest and the state of California, earning a career high TennisRPI national ranking of No. 3 in the spring of 2024
- Went 27-12 in singles action
- UTR: 12.52
Junior | 6-0 | Los Angeles, California | Indiana University
- 2024 First Team All-Big TenÂ
- Played No. 1 and No. 2 singles at Indiana
- 2023 Big Ten Sportsmanship Award winner
- UTR: 13.05
- UTR High: 13.29
Graduate Student | 6-2 | Oslo, Norway | Florida State University
- 2022 Third Team All-ACC
- Compiled 61 career singles wins
- UTR: 12.13
- UTR High: 13.19
Junior | 6-4 | Alicante, Spain | University of Arkansas
- 2024 Second Team All-SECÂ
- Played No. 1 and No. 2 singles at Arkansas
- Finished the 2023-24 season 21-14 overall, including four ranked wins
- Concluded 2023-2024 season ranked No. 96 in singles action by ITA
- UTR: 12.93
- UTR High: 13.20
Sophomore | 6-3 | New York, New York | Harvard University
- ITA National Freshman of the Year and singles All-American
- Became the fourth Harvard player to reach the quarterfinals of the NCAA singles draw and the first Crimson freshman since 1998 to earn All-America honors
- ITF career-high ranking of No. 3
- UTR: 13.70
Graduate Student | 6-3 | Osprey, Florida | Columbia University
- Finished 2023-24 ranked No. 24 nationally in doublesÂ
- 2024 First Team All-Ivy League in doubles and recognized as the Northeast Region ITA Most Improved PlayerÂ
- Tallied an 18-5 record on No. 1 doubles
- UTR: 12.57
- UTR Doubles: 13.21
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