Dominic Pagon
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Dominic Pagon Country Jamaica Residence Kingston , JamaicaBirth date 8 March 1988 (age 38) Birth place Kingston, Jamaica Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Turnedpro 2008 Plays Left-handed Singlesrecord 6-12 Doublesrecord 12-8
Dominic Pagon (born March 8, 1988) is a Jamaican professional tennis player .[1]
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Playing career
Pagon has an International Tennis Federation win–loss record of 21–28 primarily through his Davis Cup exploits. He has represented Jamaica in the Davis Cup on seven occasions and was nominated as the country’s No. 1 player in 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014 and 2016. He has been selected to be the Captain for the Jamaican Davis Cup Team on four occasions (2013, 2016, 2018 & 2019) and has 18 wins overall. In June 2019, Pagon broke the record for most doubles wins in the history of Jamaica's Davis Cup tennis with 12 wins.[2] ATP International Series singles event, both at the International Tennis Hall of Fame Champions Cup in 2007 & 2008.[3] 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games , 2007 Pan American Games and was a doubles quarter finalist at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games in Mexico. He was the top-ranked junior player in the Caribbean and Central American region as well as his home country. Pagon achieved a career-best ITF Junior Circuit ranking of No. 125. Pagon went to The College of William & Mary and earned All-Colonial Athletic Association honors three times as a Tribe player. He was named team captain in 2008 and won 55 singles and 47 doubles matches for W&M.[4]
Davis Cup
Participations: (18–20)
Group membership World Group (0–0) WG Play-off (0–0) Group I (0–0) Group II (0–2) Group III (15–16) Group IV (0–0)
Matches by surface Hard (14–17) Clay (4–3) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)
Matches by type Singles (6–12) Doubles (12–8)
Rubber outcome No. Rubber Match type (partner if any) Opponent nation Opponent player(s) Score 3-0; 16-20 July 2008 ; Country Club, Tegucigalpa , Honduras; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface Victory 1 II Singles Honduras Keny Turcios 6–0, 7–5 1–2; 16-20 July 2008 ; Country Club, Tegucigalpa , Honduras; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface Defeat 2 II Singles Barbados Haydn Lewis 6–7, 4–6 2–1; 16-20 July 2008 ; Country Club, Tegucigalpa , Honduras; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface Victory 3 II Singles Guatemala Cristian Paiz 6–3, 2-6, 7-6 2–1; 16-20 July 2008 ; Country Club, Tegucigalpa , Honduras; Americas Promotion Playoff; Hard surface Defeat 4 II Singles Puerto Rico Alex Llompart 2-6, 2-6 0–5; 10–12 July 2009 ; S.O.V Asiento, Curacao , Netherlands Antilles; Americas Relegation Playoff; Hard surface Defeat 5 II Singles Netherlands Antilles Romano Tatuhey 1-6, 3-6, 4-6 Defeat 6 III Doubles (with Tyler Chin ) Romano Tatuhey / Martijn Cav Haasteren 1-6, 1-6, 4-6 2–1; 07 July 2010 ; San Juan , Puerto Rico; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface Defeat 7 I Singles Aruba Clifford Giel 6-3, 2-6, 4-6 Victory 8 III Doubles (with Damion Johnson ) Clifford Giel / Gian Hodgson 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 0-3; 07 July 2010 ; San Juan, Puerto Rico ; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface Defeat 9 III Doubles (with Dwayne Pagon ) Bahamas Devin Mullings / Marvin Rolle 4-6, 1-6 0–3; 07 July 2010 ; San Juan, Puerto Rico ; Americas Playoff; Hard surface Defeat 10 I Singles Puerto Rico Ricardo Gonzalez-Diaz 1–6, 2-6 Defeat 11 III Doubles (with Damion Johnson ) Alex Llompart / Jose Perdomo 0-6, 4-6 1–2; 18 June 2012 ; Tobago , Trinidad & Tobago; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface Defeat 12 I Singles Costa Rica Pablo Nunez 4-6, 5-7 Victory 13 III Doubles (with Brandon Burke ) Pable Nunez / Ignaci Roca 6-2, 6-0 2–1; 18 June 2012 ; Tobago , Trinidad & Tobago; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface Victory 14 I Singles Bahamas Rodney Carey 6–4, 1-6, 7-6 Victory 15 III Doubles (with Brandon Burke ) Marvin Rolle / Rodney Carey 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 3–0; 18 June 2012 ; Tobago , Trinidad & Tobago; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface Victory 16 I Singles US Virgin Islands Nicholas Bass 6-0, 6-1 Victory 17 III Doubles (with Dwayne Pagon ) Kristepher Elien / Kevin Alric Plaskett 7–6, 6-0 2–1; 18 June 2012 ; Tobago , Trinidad & Tobago; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface Defeat 18 I Singles Panama Walner Espinoza 4-6, 3-6 Victory 19 III Doubles (with Brandon Burke ) Walner Espinoza / Juan-Jose Fuentes 6-1, 6-2 0–3; 17 June 2013 ; Club de Tenis La Paz, La Paz , Bolivia; Americas Round Robin; Clay surface Defeat 20 II Singles Bolivia Hugo Dellien 4-6, 1-6 2–1; 17 June 2013 ; Club de Tenis La Paz, La Paz , Bolivia; Americas Round Robin; Clay surface Victory 21 II Singles Cuba William Dorantes Sanchez 6-1, 6-2 Victory 22 III Doubles (with Brandon Burke ) Randy Blanco / Roberto Cruz Ramos 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 0-3; 17 June 2013 ; Club de Tenis La Paz, La Paz , Bolivia; Americas Playoff; Clay surface Defeat 23 II Singles Paraguay Juan Borba 0-6, 4-6 0-3; 12 July 2014 ; Palmas Athletic Club, Humacao , Puerto Rico; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface Defeat 24 II Singles Puerto Rico Alex Llompart 3-6, 2-6 Defeat 25 III Doubles (with Daniel Harris ) Alex Llompart / Gilberto Alvarez 2-6, 4-6 2–1; 12 July 2014 ; Palmas Athletic Club, Humacao , Puerto Rico; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface Defeat 26 II Singles Trinidad and Tobago Vaughn Wilson 6–4, 2-6, 4-6 Victory 27 III Doubles (with Brandon Burke ) Akiel Duke / Vaughn Wilson 7-5, 6-3 0-3; 12 July 2014 ; Palmas Athletic Club, Humacao , Puerto Rico; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface Defeat 28 II Singles Costa Rica Pablo Núñez 2-6, 5-7 1-2; 12 July 2014 ; Palmas Athletic Club, Humacao , Puerto Rico; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface Victory 29 II Singles Bermuda David Thomas 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 Defeat 30 III Doubles (with Brandon Burke ) Jenson Bascome / Neal Towlson 1-6, 2-6 3-0; 11 July 2016 ; Club de Tenis La Paz, La Paz , Bolivia; Americas Round Robin; Clay surface Victory 31 III Doubles (with Rowland Phillips ) Cuba Cristian Rodriguez / Osmel Rivera Granja 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 3-0; 11 July 2016 ; Club de Tenis La Paz, La Paz , Bolivia; Americas Round Robin; Clay surface Victory 32 III Doubles (with Rowland Phillips ) Panama Brendan Cockburn / Alejandro Benitez 6-0, 6-1 0-3; 11 July 2016 ; Club de Tenis La Paz, La Paz , Bolivia; Americas Round Robin; Clay surface Defeat 33 III Doubles (with Rowland Phillips ) Bolivia Alejandro Mendoza / Rodrigo Banzer4-6, 6-7 2-1; 17 June 2019 ; Costa Rica Country Club, Escazu , Costa Rica; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface Victory 34 III Doubles (with Rowland Phillips ) Panama Jorge Daniel Chevez / Luis Gomez 6-2, 6-1 2-1; 17 June 2019 ; Costa Rica Country Club, Escazu , Costa Rica; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface Victory 35 III Doubles (with Rowland Phillips ) Trinidad and Tobago Akiel Duke / Nabeel Majeed Mohammed 6-3, 7-6 2-1; 17 June 2019 ; Costa Rica Country Club, Escazu , Costa Rica; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface Victory 35 III Doubles (with Rowland Phillips ) Bermuda Gavin Manders / Neal Towlson 6-1, 6-3 2-1; 17 June 2019 ; Costa Rica Country Club, Escazu , Costa Rica; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface Defeat 36 III Doubles (with Dimitri Bird ) Cuba Yoan Perez / Osmel Rivera Granja 6-4, 7-6 2-1; 17 June 2019 ; Costa Rica Country Club, Escazu , Costa Rica; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface Defeat 37 III Doubles (with Dimitri Bird ) Honduras Keny Turcios / Gabriel Zuniga Mendoza 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
Personal life
Pagon was born in Kingston, Jamaica and started playing tennis at six years old. He was given the opportunity at age 14 to attend Saddlebrook Academies , a tennis and golf academy in Tampa Florida. At the age of 17, Pagon was offered a scholarship to attend the College of William and Mary and graduated in 2009 with a degree in Economics . He is the son of Nigel Pagon and Shirley Wilson.
Pagon has been married to his wife since 2021 and are expecting their first child together.[4]
Coaching career
The 2016-17 season was his second season as an assistant to head coach Jeff Kader at his alma mater The College of William and Mary.
In their first year, they guided W&M to a 15-9 record and its first Intercollegiate Tennis Association ranking in five years and climbed as high as No. 60 in the nation.[5]
References
^ Player profile itftennis.com Archived 12 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine^ "Davis Cup - Players" . daviscup.com . Retrieved 3 September 2019.^ "ATP Newport Draw 2008 - Men's Qualifying & Main Event Results" . stevegtennis.com . Retrieved 18 April 2017.^ "William & Mary Athletics - 2016-17 Men's Tennis Coaching Staff" . Tribeathletics.com. Retrieved 2016-10-17.^ "Star Track: Dominic Pagon" . Daily Press. Retrieved 2016-10-17.