Rodrigo Mendoza
Availability Status: Committed
University: Young Harris College
Country: Mexico (US Citizen)
Date of birth: 8th January 2001
Height: 5 feet 9 inches
Weight: 160 lbs
Sex: Male
School: Instituto La Salle de Chihuahua
Graduation Year: 2019
College Enrollment Year: 2020
Qualifications:
High School Grades: Environmental Science: A+, English: A, Philosophy: A, Physics: B, Investigation Methodology: B, Statistics: C+, Calculus: C, Chemistry: C;
GPA: 2.9
SAT: 880
Toefl: 69 (not needed, US Citizen)
UTR Ranking (Career High): 11.91
ITF Junior Ranking (Career High): 1062
ITF Record (Singles): 5-4
ITF Record (Doubles): 11-8
National U18 Ranking (Singles): 11
National U18 Ranking (Doubles): 4
Team Selections: Chihuahua State Team
Top Tournament Finishes:
Quarterfinalist ITF Grade 4 Queretaro (Singles)
Finalist ITF Grade 4 Cuba (Doubles)
Semifinalist ITF Grade 4 Jalisco (Doubles)
3rd Round ITF Grade 5 Cancun (Singles)
Winner Chihuahua State Championship (Singles & Doubles)
Semifinalist Monterrey National Tournament (Singles & Doubles)
TOP PLAYERS BEATEN
Samuel Paquette (ITF #193, UTR 12)
Santiago Perez Casamayor (ITF #425, UTR 11)
Ty Switzer (ITF #533, UTR 11)
Jose Luis Alcocer (ITF #1485, UTR 10)
Oscar Barranca (Top 15 in Mexico)
Lorenzo Claverie (ITF #52, Doubles)
OTHER TENNIS INFORMATION
Lost 6-4 6-4 to Miguel Gallardo (ATP #189)
Lost 6-4 6-2 to Jose Armando Rodriguez (ATP #1367)
Give us 5 words that best describe you as an athlete:
committed, tenacious, responsible, athletic, friendly
Tell us about your best memory of your athletic career:
I actually have two best tennis memories and both come from ITF tournaments I played in. The first one, I was playing the doubles semifinal in an ITF in Cuba and I was in a very close match. We ended up saving five match points and won the match on my winner to get to the final. The other memory was when I won my first ITF singles points against a Canadian Davis Cup player in the G4 of Queretaro in Mexico, where I lost the first set and then won the second set before then saving a couple of match points in the third and winning the match in the third set tie break. I then went on to win my next match as well to get to the quarterfinals!
Goals:
Winning the national championship with my university team and hopefully then having a successful pro career after that!
Anything else we should know?
I have been selected to represent my state of Chihuahua on multiple occasions and have had some great success at the national and ITF level. One of my best matches was a close match I played against Miguel Gallardo who has been ranked as high as 189th in the ATP Ranking. I put up a great fight in that match, but ended up loosing 6-4 6-4 in two very close sets!