Matías Boeker (born December 11, 1980) is a former professional
tennis
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player from the
United States
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.
Career
Playing for the
University of Georgia
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in 2001, Boeker became just the third player in
NCAA
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history to win the Division I singles, doubles and team titles in the same year. Boeker, who partnered
in the doubles, was named the
Southeastern Conference
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Male Athlete of the Year. In 2002 he won the singles championship again, to become the first person since
Mikael Pernfors
Mikael Pernfors (; born 16 July 1963) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. He reached the men's singles final at the French Open in 1986, and won the 1993 Canadian Open in Montreal.
Career
Pernfors played a topspin-heavy basel ...
in 1985 to win back-to-back titles. He was an
All-American
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in 2000, 2001 and 2002.
['']New York Times
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"Georgia's Boeker Sweeps Men's Titles"
May 29, 2001
Boeker competed in both the men's singles and doubles at the
2002 US Open.
[ATP World Tour Profile]
/ref> He lost in the opening round of the singles to Thomas Enqvist
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and was also beaten in the first round of the doubles (with Robby Ginepri
Robert Louis Ginepri ( ; born October 7, 1982) is an American former professional tennis player. He won three ATP singles titles in his career and achieved a career-high ranking of World No. 15 in December 2005. Ginepri's best Grand Slam result ...
) to Wayne Arthurs and Andrew Kratzmann
Andrew Kratzmann (born 3 November 1971 in Murgon, Queensland, Australia) is a former professional male tennis player from Australia.
Kratzmann turned professional in 1990 and was known as a doubles specialist, often partnering with his broth ...
.[
]
NCAA titles
Singles: (2)
Doubles: (1)
Challenger titles
Singles: (1)
Doubles: (2)
References
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1980 births
Living people
American male tennis players
Georgia Bulldogs men's tennis players
Argentine emigrants to the United States
Tennis players from Buenos Aires
Southeastern Conference Athlete of the Year winners