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Eduardo Segura
Eduardo Segura
Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Madrid, Spain

High School:
Ies Ortega Y Gasset

Height / Weight:
6-1 / 161

Birthdate:
05/13/1992

04/25/2013

Tech Falls to #34 FSU, 4-1, in ACC Tournament Opening Round

Senior Juan Melian wins 6-3, 6-3 on court two

04/24/2013

Tech Takes on FSU in Opening Round of ACC Championship

No. 10 seed Yellow Jackets and No. 7 Seminoles face off at noon Thursday

04/19/2013

No.24 Clemson Defeats Tech, 4-1, in ACC Regular-Season Finale

Yellow Jackets open ACC Tournament play next Thursday

04/13/2013

Top-Ranked Virginia Defeats Tech, 6-1

Spir knocks off nation's top-ranked player at No. 1 singles

04/12/2013

Jackets Handled by Virginia Tech, 6-1

Spir wins in singles and doubles for the Yellow Jackets

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General Info: Ranked among the top 60 players in Spain ... Comes from a family of accomplished tennis players ... Settled into the lower half of Tech's lineup in the spring of his freshman year, playing mostly at No. 5 and 6 positions, and moved up to No. 3/4/5 as a sophomore.

2012-13: - Match-by-Match

Went 11-16 in singles, 9-13 in dual matches in the spring, 2-8 against the ACC, splitting time almost evenly between the No. 3/4/5 spots in the lineup ... Went 14-14 as a doubles player, including a 7-6 mark with doubles stalwart Juan Spir ... Teamed with Spir to defeat 14th-ranked Andreas Bjerrehus and Amerigo Contini of Virginia Tech ... In the fall, reached the round of 16 at the Southern Intercollegiate Championships before falling to Jonas Lutjen of Ole Miss.

2011-12: Was in the lineup for all of Tech's matches in the spring, most of them at No. 5, where he was 4-7 ... Went 3-3 at No. 6 before moving up ... Posted a 14-17 singles record, 8-10 in the spring and 3-5 against ACC foes ... Played doubles with Dusan Miljevic, going 9-8 at No. 3 ... Advanced to the round of 16 before falling to Armstrong Atlantic State's Matus Mydla in the Georgia Tech Fall Invitational ... Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.

In Spain: Accumulated 121 wins against players in his national classification ... Captured championships in several tournaments, including the Silver Cup Junior Tournament and Junior Team Championship in his native Madrid ... Competed in 17 ITF futures events over the last two years (2010, 2011) ... Reached the semi-finals of the Madrid Under 18 Championship in singles two consecutive years, and also to the finals in doubles.

Personal: Full name is Eduardo Segura Mandarino ... Born May 13, 1992 in Madrid ... Son of Manuel Segura and Cristina Mandarino ... Has a younger sister, Sandra ... Grandparents were professional tennis players in the 1960s ... Grandfather played in the Davis Cup for Brazil, and his grandmother won national championships in Spain 27 times ... Enjoys playing soccer and other sports ... Began playing tennis at age 4 ... Will major in Management.

Career Results (Singles)
Year ACC Dual Overall
2011-12 3-5 (.375) 8-10 (.444) 14-17 (.452)
2012-13 2-8 (.200) 9-13 (.409) 10-16 (.385)
Total 5-13 (.278) 17-23 (.425) 25-33 (.431)
Career Results (Doubles)
Year ACC Dual Overall
2011-12 6-5 (.545) 10-10 (.500) 12-14 (.462)
2012-13 5-4 (.556) 10-10 (.500) 14-14 (.500)
Total 11-9 (.545) 20-20 (.500) 26-28 (.481)
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