Eliot Spizzirri was born on December 23,2001 and is an American tennis player.
20 Facts About Eliot Spizzirri
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Eliot Spizzirri achieved a career-high ITF Junior Ranking of No 20 on 9 September 2019.
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Eliot Spizzirri played singles and doubles in all four 2019 junior grand slam events.
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Eliot Spizzirri reached the doubles round of 16 in all four junior grand slams and the singles round of 32 at the Australian Open.
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In 2017, Eliot Spizzirri won the 16s doubles title at the USTA Easter Bowl with Spencer Whitaker.
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On November 18,2018, Eliot Spizzirri won an ITF title in doubles at the Campeche, Mexico Grade 1 tournament.
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Eliot Spizzirri played college tennis at the University of Texas, where in 2023 and 2024 he was the ITA National Player of the Year, one of only four college tennis players to finish as the top-ranked singles player twice since the ITA rankings began in 1981.
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In both 2023 and 2024, Eliot Spizzirri was named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-American Men's Tennis Team, earning first-team honors both years and in 2024, he was named the Team Member of the Year, the organization's top honor for men's tennis.
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Eliot Spizzirri finished the 2023 season as the No 2 ITA Collegiate Doubles player with partner Cleeve Harper.
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In October 2023, Eliot Spizzirri captured the singles title at the ITA Men's All-American Championships, becoming the third player from Texas to do so.
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Eliot Spizzirri was a four-time ITA All-American in doubles and a three-time ITA All-American in singles.
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The 2024 season was the fourth straight Eliot Spizzirri earned All-Big 12 recognition, having been on the first team in both singles and doubles in 2023, the second team in both in 2022 when he played through injury, and the first team in both in 2021.
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Eliot Spizzirri set two Big 12 Player of the Week Award records, achieving the honor 5 times during a season, which he has done twice, and 11 times during his career.
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Eliot Spizzirri was the No 1 national tennis recruit in 2019.
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In 2021, Eliot Spizzirri won the singles ITF Futures title in Decatur, Illinois and captured the doubles ITF Futures title in Champaign, Illinois, with Ben Shelton.
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Eliot Spizzirri received a wildcard into the doubles main draw that year with Tyler Zink, where they lost in the first round.
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Eliot Spizzirri competed in the ATP 2023 Lexington Challenger, winning the doubles championship with Tyler Zink with a defeat over George Goldhoff and Vasil Kirkov, and reached the second round in singles.
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Eliot Spizzirri received a wildcard into the singles qualifying round of the 2024 Miami Open but lost to JJ Wolf in the first round.
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Eliot Spizzirri recorded his first main draw ATP Tour win at the 2024 Hall of Fame Open over Li Tu as a wildcard.
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Eliot Spizzirri's twin brother, Nick, is a first-team All-American squash player at the University of Pennsylvania who finished 11th at the 2019 World Junior Squash Championships.