Kellen Damico (born March 16, 1989 in

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) is an American former professional tennis player. Alongside Nathaniel Schnugg he won the

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junior doubles title.

Junior career

Damico reached an ITF junior high combined ranking of World No. 5, on January 1, 2007. Damico and partner

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won the

boys' doubles title and were runners-up of the

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tournament. The following year Damico and partner

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reached the semi-finals of the 2007 French Open – Boys' doubles tournament. Damico's best singles result as a junior was reaching the semi-finals of the 2007 French Open – Boys' singles tournament, as the No. 10 seed, where he lost to eventual champion

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in a third set tie-break. At Wimbledon that year he reached the third round.

Senior tennis

Damico has only played a handful of senior tour events, twice in the U.S. Open as a wildcard in doubles with Schnugg, and in a handful of

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tournaments. He played all these events while still junior age and has not played an event since August 2007. At the Open, Damico and Schnugg lost both times in the first round, 5–7, 2–6 to

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and

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in 2006 and 4–6, 2–6 to

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and

Max Mirnyi Maksim "Max" Mikalaevich Mirnyi ( be, Максім Мікалаевіч Мірны, ; russian: Максим Николаевич Мирный, ; born 6 July 1977) is a Belarusian former professional tennis player. Mirnyi became a doubles speci ...

the following year, in what has been Damico's last world tour match, to date. His best Futures event result was reaching the second round, which he did in doubles in three of five tournaments played and in singles in four out of five events. His best singles win was beating World No. 306

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7–6, 6–2 in May 2006 in Tampa (U.S.A. F11).

College tennis

Damico is currently finishing his junior year at the

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where he plays for the

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tennis team. His current Intercollegiate Tennis Association singles ranking, released May 3, 2010, is No. 99 and his doubles ranking is No. 40. He finished his sophomore year ranked No. 80 in singles. His Longhorns player bio lists Damico's hometown as

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Personal

Kellen's sister Krista Damico also played top-level junior tennis. Her best result was reaching the second round of the 2008

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Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

External links

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USTA: Junior Spotlight of the Week
{{DEFAULTSORT:Damico, Kellen 1989 births Living people American male tennis players People from Parker, Colorado Sportspeople from Torrance, California Tennis people from California Tennis people from Colorado Texas Longhorns men's tennis players Wimbledon junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles