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Efe Üstündağ

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Efe Üstündağ
Country (sports) Turkey
Born (1977-01-15) 15 January 1977 (age 47)
Istanbul, Turkey
Prize money$12,203
Singles
Career record4–8 (Davis Cup)
Highest rankingNo. 599 (31 Jul 2000)
Doubles
Career record0–2 (Davis Cup)
Highest rankingNo. 373 (24 Jul 2000)

Efe Üstündağ (born 15 January 1977) is a Turkish former professional tennis player. He was a member of the Turkey Davis Cup team from 1998 to 2001 and won two ITF Futures doubles titles.[1]

Üstündağ, a native of Istanbul, has been Rice University men's head coach since 2012. He was both the 2016 and 2017 C-USA tennis Coach of the Year.[2] A former Rice University player, Üstündağ twice earned All-American honors. In 1999 he and Shane Stone were NCAA doubles quarter-finalists.[3]

ITF Futures finals

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Doubles: 6 (2–4)

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Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Aug 1999 Belarus F1, Minsk Carpet Israel Raviv Weidenfeld United Kingdom Barry Fulcher
United Kingdom Paul Maggs
6–3, 6–7, 6–2
Win 2–0 Sep 1999 Russia F3, Tolyatti Hard Israel Raviv Weidenfeld Russia Artem Derepasko
Russia Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky
2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss 2–1 Oct 1999 Uzbekistan F3, Guliston Hard Turkey Erhan Oral Belarus Alexander Shvets
Uzbekistan Dmitri Tomashevich
3–6, 1–6
Loss 2–2 Feb 2000 USA F4, Corpus Christi Hard Italy Manuel Jorquera Canada Bobby Kokavec
Argentina Cristian Kordasz
2–6, 3–6
Loss 2–3 Jul 2000 Turkey F1, Istanbul Hard Spain Angel-Jose Martin-Arroyo Australia Sebastien Swierk
Australia Josh Tuckfield
6–7(5), 3–6
Loss 2–4 Jul 2000 Turkey F3, Istanbul Hard France Cedric Kauffmann Australia Sebastien Swierk
Australia Josh Tuckfield
3–6, 5–7

References

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  1. ^ "Efe Üstündağ fırtına gibi". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 6 October 1999.
  2. ^ Coleman, Adam (3 May 2017). "Rice's Efe Ustundag repeats as C-USA tennis Coach of the Year". Houston Chronicle.
  3. ^ "Efe Ustundag - Men's Tennis Coach - Rice University Athletics". Rice Owls.
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