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Dominic Pagon
Dominic Pagon, Team Jamaica
Country (sports)Jamaica Jamaica
ResidenceKingston, Jamaica
Born (1988-03-08) 8 March 1988 (age 36)
Kingston, Jamaica
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro2008
PlaysLeft-handed
Singles
Career record6-13
Doubles
Career record9-8

Dominic Pagon (born March 8, 1988) is a professional tennis player.[1]

Playing career

Pagon has an International Tennis Federation win–loss record of 17–25 primarily through his Davis Cup exploits.[2] He has played two ATP International Series singles event, both at the International Tennis Hall of Fame Champions Cup in 2007 & 2008.[3] Pagon represented Jamaica at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games , 2007 Pan American Games and was a doubles quarter finalist at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games in Mexico. He has represented Jamaica in the Davis Cup on seven occasions and was nominated as the country’s No. 1 player in 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014 and 2016. He has been selected to be the Captain for the Jamaican Davis Cup Team on three occasions (2013, 2016 & 2018) and owns a 9-6 doubles mark in Davis Cup play, including a 2-1 mark in 2016, and 15 wins overall.[4] He was the top-ranked junior player in the Caribbean and Central American region as well as his home country. Pagon achieved a career-best ITF Junior Circuit ranking of No. 125. Pagon went to The College of William & Mary and earned All-Colonial Athletic Association honors three times as a Tribe player. He was named team captain in 2008 and won 55 singles / 47 doubles matches for W&M.[5]

Davis Cup

Participations: (15–18)

Group membership
World Group (0–0)
WG Play-off (0–0)
Group I (0–0)
Group II (0–2)
Group III (15–16)
Group IV (0–0)
Matches by surface
Hard (11–15)
Clay (4–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Matches by type
Singles (6–12)
Doubles (9–6)
Rubber outcome No. Rubber Match type (partner if any) Opponent nation Opponent player(s) Score
Increase3-0; 16-20 July 2008; Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface
Victory 1 II Singles Honduras Honduras Keny Turcios 6–0, 7–5
Decrease1–2; 16-20 July 2008; Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface
Defeat 2 II Singles Barbados Barbados Haydn Lewis 6–7, 4–6
Increase2–1; 16-20 July 2008; Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface
Victory 3 II Singles Guatemala Guatemala Cristian Paiz 6–3, 2-6, 7-6
Increase2–1; 16-20 July 2008; Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras; Americas Promotion Playoff; Hard surface
Defeat 4 II Singles Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Alex Llompart 2-6, 2-6
Decrease0–5; 10–12 July 2009; S.O.V Asiento, Curacao, Netherland Antilles; Americas Relegation Playoff; Hard surface
Defeat 5 II Singles Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles Romano Tatuhey 1-6,3-6,4-6
Defeat 6 III Doubles (with Tyler Chin) Romano Tatuhey / Martijn Cav Haasteren 1-6,1-6,4-6
Increase2–1; 07 July 2010; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface
Defeat 7 I Singles Aruba Aruba Clifford Giel 6-3,2-6,4-6
Victory 8 III Doubles (with Damion Johnson) Clifford Giel / Gian Hodgson 4-6,7-5,7-5
Decrease0-3; 07 July 2010; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface
Defeat 9 III Doubles (with Dwayne Pagon) The Bahamas Bahamas Devin Mullings / Marvin Rolle 4-6, 1-6
Decrease0–3; 07 July 2010; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Americas Playoff; Hard surface
Defeat 10 I Singles Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Ricardo Gonzalez-Diaz 1–6, 2-6
Defeat 11 III Doubles (with Damion Johnson) Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Alex Llompart / Jose Perdomo (tennis) 0-6,4-6
Decrease1–2; 18 June 2012; Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface
Defeat 12 I Singles Costa Rica Costa Rica Pablo Nunez 4-6, 5-7
Victory 13 III Doubles (with Brandon Burke) Costa Rica Costa Rica Pable Nunez / Ignaci Roca 6-2,6-0
Increase2–1; 18 June 2012; Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface
Victory 14 I Singles The Bahamas Bahamas Rodney Carey 6–4, 1-6,7-6
Victory 15 III Doubles (with Brandon Burke) The Bahamas Bahamas Marvin Rolle / Rodney Carey 6-3,1-6,6-3
Increase3–0; 18 June 2012; Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface
Victory 16 I Singles Saint Vincent and the Grenadines US Virgin Islands Nicholas Bass 6-0,6-1
Victory 17 III Doubles (with Dwayne Pagon) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines US Virgin Islands Kristepher Elien / Kevin Alric Plaskett 7–6,6-0
Increase2–1; 18 June 2012; Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface
Defeat 18 I Singles Panama Panama Walner Espinoza 4-6,3-6
Victory 19 III Doubles (with Brandon Burke) Walner Espinoza / Juan-Jose Fuentes 6-1,6-2
Decrease0–3; 17 June 2013; Club de Tenis La Paz, La Paz, Bolivia; Americas Round Robin; Clay surface
Defeat 20 II Singles Bolivia Bolivia Hugo Dellien 4-6,1-6
Increase2–1; 17 June 2013; Club de Tenis La Paz, La Paz, Bolivia; Americas Round Robin; Clay surface
Victory 21 II Singles Cuba CUB William Dorantes Sanchez 6-1,6-2
Victory 22 III Doubles (with Brandon Burke) Cuba CUB Randy Blanco / Roberto Cruz Ramos 4-6,6-3,7-6
Decrease0-3; ; 17 June 2013; Club de Tenis La Paz, La Paz, Bolivia; Americas Playoff; Clay surface
Defeat 23 II Singles Paraguay Paraguay Juan Borba 0-6,4-6
Decrease0-3; 12 July 2014; Palmas Athletic Club, Humacao, Puerto Rico; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface
Defeat 24 II Singles Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Alex Llompart 3-6,2-6
Defeat 25 III Doubles (with Daniel Harris(tennis)) Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Alex Llompart / Gilberto Alvarez 2-6,4-6
Increase2–1; ; 12 July 2014; Palmas Athletic Club, Humacao, Puerto Rico; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface
Defeat 26 II Singles Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago Vaughn Wilson (tennis) 6–4, 2-6, 4-6
Victory 27 III Doubles (with Brandon Burke) Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago Akiel Duke / Vaughn Wilson(tennis) 7-5,6-3
Decrease0-3; 12 July 2014; Palmas Athletic Club, Humacao, Puerto Rico; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface
Defeat 28 II Singles Costa Rica Costa Rica Pablo Núñez 2-6, 5-7
Decrease1-2; 12 July 2014; Palmas Athletic Club, Humacao, Puerto Rico; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface
Victory 29 II Singles Bermuda Bermuda David Thomas(tennis) 6-3,4-6,7-6
Defeat 30 III Doubles (with Brandon Burke) Bermuda Bermuda Jenson Bascome / Neal Towlson 1-6,2-6
Increase3-0; 11 July 2016; Club de Tenis La Paz, La Paz, Bolivia; Americas Round Robin; Clay surface
Victory 31 III Doubles (with Rowland Phillips (tennis)) Cuba Cuba Cristian Rodriguez(tennis) / Osmel Rivera Granja 2-6,6-3,6-2
Increase3-0; 11 July 2016; Club de Tenis La Paz, La Paz, Bolivia; Americas Round Robin; Clay surface
Victory 32 III Doubles (with Rowland Phillips (tennis)) Panama Panama Brendan Cockburn / Alejandro Benitez 6-0,6-1
Decrease0-3; 11 July 2016; Club de Tenis La Paz, La Paz, Bolivia; Americas Round Robin; Clay surface
Defeat 33 III Doubles (with Rowland Phillips (tennis)) Bolivia Bolivia Alejandro Mendoza (tennis) / Rodrigo Banzer 4-6,6-7


Personal life

Pagon was born in Kingston, Jamaica and started playing tennis at six years old. He was given the opportunity at age 14 to attend Saddlebrook Academies, a tennis and golf academy in Tampa Florida. At the age of 17, Pagon was offered a scholarship to attend the College of William and Mary and graduated in 2009 with a degree in Economics. He is the son of Nigel Pagon and Shirley Wilson.[5]

Coaching career

The 2016-17 season will be his second season as an assistant to head coach Jeff Kader at his alma mater The College of William and Mary.

In their first year, they guided W&M to a 15-9 record and its first Intercollegiate Tennis Association ranking in five years and climbed as high as No. 60 in the nation.[6]

References

  1. ^ http://www.itftennis.com/ProCircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?PlayerID=100029752
  2. ^ "Davis Cup - Players". daviscup.com. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  3. ^ "ATP Newport Draw 2008 - Men's Qualifying & Main Event Results". stevegtennis.com. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Jamaica beat Cuba, Panama 3-0 in Group 3 ITF Davis Cup Tennis Americas Zone - Sport". JamaicaObserver.com. 2016-07-13. Retrieved 2016-10-17.
  5. ^ a b "William & Mary Athletics - 2016-17 Men's Tennis Coaching Staff". Tribeathletics.com. Retrieved 2016-10-17.
  6. ^ "Star Track: Dominic Pagon". Daily Press. Retrieved 2016-10-17.