Juan Spir Class: Junior Hometown: Medellin, Colombia High School: Colegio Lujan Height / Weight: 6-4 / 194 Birthdate: 05/01/1990 Experience: 2 letters

2011 ITA All-American
2011 All-ACC Team

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General Info: ITA All-American and All-ACC performer with a powerful serve who has risen toward the top of Tech's singles lineup and teamed with Kevin King to become one of the nation's best doubles tandems ... He and King are 44-17 in doubles together ... Played the No. 2 position in Tech's singles lineup in dual matches last year after playing exclusively at the bottom of the lineup as a freshman.

Fall 2011: Posted a 3-4 record for Tech while ranked 34th nationally ... Advanced to the round of 16 before falling to Florida's Spencer Newman in the USTA/ITA Southeast Regional ... Posted a 5-2 doubles record with partner Kevin King with the tandem ranked 1st nationally ... The duo defeated Maryland's John Collins and Maros Horny (No. 9) and Auburn's Andres Mies and Alex Stamchev (No. 26) to advance to the finals of the ITA All-American Main Draw before falling to Ohio State's Chase Buchanan and Blaz Rola (No. 3) ... Advanced to the round of 16 in the ITA National Indoor Championships before falling to Florida's Billy Federhofer and Nassim Slilam (No. 36).

2010-11: Part of the nation's No. 9-ranked doubles team with Kevin King, reached the semifinals of the NCAA Doubles Championship ... Knocked off top-seeded Boris Conkic and John-Patrick Smith of Tennessee and two other top 10 seeds ... Ranked No. 79 in the final ITA singles rankings after rising as high as No. 48 ... Went 11-8 at No. 2, and 22-13 for the year in singles ... Lost in his only match at No. 1 ... Missed the final weekend of the regular season with a groin injury suffered April 10 against North Carolina ... Played doubles, but not singles, in the ACC Tournament ... Came back to play both NCAA regional matches at No. 2 (lost one, one unfinished) ... Career 1-2 in NCAA singles matches (2 unfinished) ... He and King had a 16-6 record at No. 1 in dual matches, and were 34-11 overall for the year ... Was a part of 35 doubles wins for the year, second to Kevin King for the most in Tech history ... Advanced to the semifinals of the USTA/ITA National Collegiate Indoors ... Defeated fellow Jackets Eliot Potvin and Ryan Smith to win the USTA/ITA Southeast Regional ... The duo advanced to the finals of the Southern Intercollegiate Championship before falling to Georgia's Javier Garrapiz and Hernus Pieters.

2009-10: Helped solidify the bottom of Tech's singles lineup and the top of its doubles lineup ... Won 10 of his last 13 singles matches (one unfinished), all but one of those at No. 6, including three wins over ranked foes ... One of two Tech players (Eliot Potvin was the other) to play at every singles position in the spring ... Won at No. 1, No. 4 and No. 5 ... Also compiled a 10-6 mark at No. 1 doubles with Kevin King, finishing the year ranked 83rd nationally.

High School/Junior Tennis: Considered one of the top junior players in Colombia ... Reached an ITF Junior world-ranking of as high as No. 48 in singles play ... Took the title at the ITF Grade 1 Tournament in Barranquilla, Colombia ... Competed in three of the four World Junior Grand Slam events ... Tallied 56 wins in singles and 32 in doubles during his career ... Attended Colegio Lujan where he was the school's MVP all four years of high school.

Personal: Full name is Juan Carlos Spir ... Born May 1, 1990 in Medellin, Colombia ... Son of Juan and Dinorah Spir ... Has one brother, Joseph (11) ... Has dual citizenship with the United States and Colombia ... Began playing tennis at the age of six ... Plans to major in International Affairs.