Daniel Nguyen
Daniel Nguyen (born October 16, 1990) is the first Vietnamese American to play in the US Open tennis tournament. He has won a total of 7 singles and 5 doubles Futures titles as of December 2015.
Country (sports) | United States |
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Residence | Oxnard, California, USA |
Born | Long Beach, California, USA | October 16, 1990
Turned pro | 2013 |
Plays | Right-Handed (Two-Handed Backhand) |
College | University of Southern California |
Coach | Amir Marandy |
Prize money | $185,586 |
Singles | |
Career record | 0–0 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 189 (July 13, 2015) |
Current ranking | No. 472 (2 July 2018) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | Q1 (2016) |
French Open | Q1 (2016) |
Wimbledon | Q2 (2016) |
US Open | Q2 (2015) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 0–2 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 340 (18 July 2016) |
Current ranking | No. 570 (2 July 2018) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
US Open | 1R (2009, 2016) |
Last updated on: 2 July 2018. |
Daniel Nguyen is a graduate of Santa Barbara High School and the University of Southern California (USC). Nguyen was part of the USC team that won the NCAA Team Championship title four consecutive years. Other accomplishments include winning the Boys 16s & 18s Doubles National Championships in Kalamazoo, being named the NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player in his sophomore year, and clinching the 2009-10 and 2010-11 NCAA Championships for USC.
In the 2009 US Open, he and former teammate J.T. Sundling were defeated 3–6, 6–2, 6–1 in the first-round of the men’s doubles tournament by Máximo González and Juan Mónaco. They qualified after winning the Boy's Junior National Tennis Championship Doubles Title in 2009.[1]
References
- MLive: USTA doubles final: Daniel Nquyen, JT Sundling claim another title, August 15, 2009 Retrieved Jan. 14, 2014
External links
- Daniel Nguyen at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Daniel Nguyen at the International Tennis Federation
- Daniel Nguyen vows to return to US Open
- Nguyen, Sundling push Argentinians at U.S. Open
- Player profile on USC
- Move to Santa Barbara works out for Nguyen
- Photo gallery of Daniel Nguyen