2010-11 Men's Tennis
Roster
Marco Linconir
- Height:
- 5-8
- Weight:
- 150
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Mulchen, Chile
- High School:
- Subercaseaux
Spring 2010: Earned Second Team All-A-Sun honors at No. 6 singles ... Struggled with injuries early in the season to start the season 0-5, but settled into the No. 6 slot in the lineup to finish the season with a 10-3 stretch, including posting a perfect 8-0 A-Sun mark ... Also key in the doubles lineup, finishing 12-5 with partner Roux ... Posted a 9-8 win over No. 43 Georgia Tech''s No. 1 team of Eliot Potvin and Dean O''Brien ... Posted a 6-0, 6-4 win over No. 45 San Diego''s Casey Powers at No. 6 to help Upstate to the 4-3 win ... Added a 6-4, 6-4 win over No. 49 ETSU''s Jeremy Bonneville at No. 6 to help Upstate to another 4-3 win ... Also notched a 9-8 win with Roux over ETSU''s No. 2 team of Jesus Bandres and Sander Gille.
Before USC Upstate: Spent one year at Itawamba Community College in Mississippi ... Won the Region 23 Championship at No. 1 singles with a three-set win, helping the Indians to a second-place finish ... Also won the NJCAA state championship at No. 1 singles and doubles ... Became first player in school history to earned a seed at the NJCAA National Tournament, earning the No. 7 seed ... Reached the round of 16 ... Finished the season ranked 15th in the nation ... Finished 21st in the nation in doubles play with partner Carl Ballard ... Helped Itawamba to a final ranking of 20th in the nation and a 10-5 record ... Finished 12th in the 2008 NJCAA singles rankings and fifth in doubles play while at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, which finished third in the nation ... Earned ITA NJCAA Doubles All-American honors with partner Justin Flynn ... Also had a distinguished juniors career, reaching a high of 122nd in the ITF junior rankings in 2006 ... Played in the Junior Davis Cup for Chile and held the countries No. 1 ranking in the 12-, 14-, 16- and 18-year-old age brackets ... Reached the singles finals of the 2006 Junior Torneo International and the summer 2003 and 2005 Chile Junior International Open and the semifinals of the 2006 Vina Junior Open, the 2006 Copa Graiman, and the fall 2003 and 2004 Chile Junior International Opens ... Reached the doubles finals at the 2004 and 2006 Torneo Junior International and the semifinals at the 2006 Vina Junior Open, the 2005 and 2006 Uraguay Bowls, the 2006 Inka Bowl, the 2006 Copa Graiman, the 2004 and 2005 Chile Junior Internationals and the 2004 Vina del Mar Juniors Cup ... Earned a men''s ITF doubles ranking of 1,316 in 2004 ... Attended Subercaseaux for prep schooling.
Personal: Born on February 27, 1988… Son of Marco Linconir and Juritze Sandovel… Has two sisters, Caroline and Mecerene… Majoring in business economics and finance… Favorite foods are sushi, chicken and Italian… Favorite movies are “300” and “Gladiator”… Favorite TV show is House… Favorite actor is Denzel Washington... Enjoys playing tennis and video games.
