JC Aragone

 ( 1995 Births ) 

Juan Cruz " JC" Aragone (born June 28, 1995) is an American former professional tennis player. He attended the University of Virginia and was a member of three NCAA Men's Tennis Championship winning teams. Aragone made his first ATP main-draw appearance at the 2017 US Open after coming through qualifying.

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Early life and amateur career Aragone is from Yorba Linda, California and took classes through the Parkview School, an independent study school based in Placentia, California. In January 2012, Aragone was hospitalized due to liver and kidney failure after developing an allergic reaction to an acne medication. That same year, he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Despite these challenges, Aragone finished his junior career competing in two junior US Opens and ranked 14th in his graduating class. He committed to playing college tennis at the University of Virginia.

While at Virginia, Aragone helped the Cavaliers win three straight NCAA Men's Tennis Championships. He was named to the NCAA All-Tournament team twice, in both singles and doubles, and was a two-time ACC Tournament MVP. Aragone finished his college career with a 109–22 record.

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Professional career

Aragone was awarded a wild card into the 2017 US Open qualifying tournament. He defeated Marco Cecchinato, Riccardo Bellotti, and Akira Santillan to secure a spot in the main draw of the 2017 US Open, where he lost to 28th seed Kevin Anderson.

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Personal life

JC's parents are Paula and Facundo Aragone. He has one brother named Tommy. Aragone majored in government while at Virginia. He also interned at J.P. Morgan in New York City during the summer of 2016, balancing urban tennis practice with the demands of a Wall Street job. He received an offer to return to the company full-time, but opted instead to pursue his dream of a professional career in tennis.

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ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

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Singles: 5 (3–2)

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ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)

ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (3–2)

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Hard (3–2)

Clay (0–0)

Grass (0–0)

Carpet (0–0)

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Loss	0–1		USA F40, Tallahassee	Futures	Hard (i)	Brayden Schnur	5–7, 6–3, 2–6
Loss	0–2		Spain F17, Martos	Futures	Hard	Carlos Gómez-Herrera	5–7, 6–4, 5–7
Win	1–2		USA F8, Calabasas	Futures	Hard	Marcos Giron	6–2, 6–4
Win	2–2		Canada F4, Kelowna	Futures	Hard	Alexis Galarneau	6–2, 6–3
Win	3–2		M25 Cancún, Mexico	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Lucas Gerch	6–1, 6–3

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Doubles: 15 (6–9)

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ATP Challenger Tour (3–6)

ITF Futures Tour (3–3)

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Hard (5–9)

Clay (1–0)

Grass (0–0)

Carpet (0–0)

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Loss	0–1		Spain F17, Martos	Futures	Hard	Daniel Nolan	Robert Galloway Evan King	4–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2		Canada F1, Gatineau	Futures	Hard (i)	Deiton Baughman	Florian Lakat Ronnie Schneider	6–2, 6–7(6–8), 7–10
Win	1–2		USA F15, Winston-Salem	Futures	Hard	Harrison Adams	Ian Dempster Christian Seraphim	7–5, 6–7(4–7), 10–3
Loss	1–3		Granby, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Liam Broady	Alex Lawson Li Zhe	6–7(2–7), 3–6
Win	2–3		Indian Wells, USA	Challenger	Hard	Marcos Giron	Darian King Hunter Reese	6–4, 6–4
Win	3–3		Winnetka, USA	Challenger	Hard	Bradley Klahn	Christopher Eubanks Thai-Son Kwiatkowski	7–5, 6–4
Loss	3–4		Binghamton, USA	Challenger	Hard	Alex Lawson	Max Purcell Luke Saville	4–6, 6–4, 5–10
Loss	3–5		Tiburon, USA	Challenger	Hard	Darian King	Robert Galloway Roberto Maytín	2–6, 5–7
Win	4–5		M25 Pensacola, USA	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Nicolás Barrientos	Alejandro Gómez Junior A. Ore	6–2, 4–6, 10–6
Loss	4–6		Orlando Open, USA	Challenger	Hard	Nicolás Barrientos	Christian Harrison Peter Polansky	2–6, 3–6
Loss	4–7		M25 Tulsa, USA	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Nicolás Barrientos	Strong Kirchheimer Michail Pervolarakis	1–6, 6–4, 7–10
Loss	4–8		El Espinar, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Nicolás Barrientos	Robert Galloway Alex Lawson	6–7(8–10), 4–6
Win	5–8		M25 Cancún, Mexico	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Peter Polansky	Boris Arias Federico Zeballos	6–2, 6–4
Loss	5–9		Salinas, Ecuador	Challenger	Hard	Roberto Quiroz	Yuki Bhambri Saketh Myneni	6–4, 3–6, 7–10
Win	6–9		Morelos Open, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Adrián Menéndez Maceiras	Nicolás Mejía Roberto Quiroz	7–6(7–4), 6–2

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External links

• Virginia Cavaliers bio

Categories: 1995 Births, Living People, Virginia Cavaliers Men's Tennis Players, American Male Tennis Players, Tennis Players From Buenos Aires, Argentine Emigrants To The United States, 21st-century American Sportsmen

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