Dominic Pagon

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Dominic Pagon
Dominic Pagon Jamaica Davis Cup Backhand 2016.jpg
Dominic Pagon, Team Jamaica
Country (sports)Jamaica Jamaica
ResidenceKingston, Jamaica
Born (1988-03-08) 8 March 1988 (age 33)
Kingston, Jamaica
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro2008
PlaysLeft-handed
Singles
Career record6-12
Doubles
Career record12-8

Dominic Pagon (born March 8, 1988) is a Jamaican professional tennis player.[1]

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] He has played two ATP International Series singles event, both at the International Tennis Hall of Fame Champions Cup in 2007 & 2008.[3] Pagon represented Jamaica at the 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)
  • Increase Decrease indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.
Rubber outcome No. Rubber Match type (partner if any) Opponent nation Opponent player(s) Score
Increase3-0; 16-20 July 2008; Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface
Victory 1 II Singles Honduras Honduras 6–0, 7–5
Decrease1–2; 16-20 July 2008; Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface
Defeat 2 II Singles Barbados Barbados Haydn Lewis 6–7, 4–6
Increase2–1; 16-20 July 2008; Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface
Victory 3 II Singles Guatemala Guatemala 6–3, 2-6, 7-6
Increase2–1; 16-20 July 2008; Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras; Americas Promotion Playoff; Hard surface
Defeat 4 II Singles Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Alex Llompart 2-6, 2-6
Decrease0–5; 10–12 July 2009; S.O.V Asiento, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles; Americas Relegation Playoff; Hard surface
Defeat 5 II Singles Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles 1-6, 3-6, 4-6
Defeat 6 III Doubles (with ) / 1-6, 1-6, 4-6
Increase2–1; 07 July 2010; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface
Defeat 7 I Singles Aruba Aruba 6-3, 2-6, 4-6
Victory 8 III Doubles (with ) / 4-6, 7-5, 7-5
Decrease0-3; 07 July 2010; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface
Defeat 9 III Doubles (with ) The Bahamas Bahamas Devin Mullings / Marvin Rolle 4-6, 1-6
Decrease0–3; 07 July 2010; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Americas Playoff; Hard surface
Defeat 10 I Singles Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 1–6, 2-6
Defeat 11 III Doubles (with ) Alex Llompart / 0-6, 4-6
Decrease1–2; 18 June 2012; Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface
Defeat 12 I Singles Costa Rica Costa Rica 4-6, 5-7
Victory 13 III Doubles (with ) / 6-2, 6-0
Increase2–1; 18 June 2012; Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface
Victory 14 I Singles The Bahamas Bahamas 6–4, 1-6, 7-6
Victory 15 III Doubles (with ) Marvin Rolle / 6-3, 1-6, 6-3
Increase3–0; 18 June 2012; Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface
Victory 16 I Singles Saint Vincent and the Grenadines US Virgin Islands 6-0, 6-1
Victory 17 III Doubles (with ) / 7–6, 6-0
Increase2–1; 18 June 2012; Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface
Defeat 18 I Singles Panama Panama 4-6, 3-6
Victory 19 III Doubles (with ) / 6-1, 6-2
Decrease0–3; 17 June 2013; Club de Tenis La Paz, La Paz, Bolivia; Americas Round Robin; Clay surface
Defeat 20 II Singles Bolivia Bolivia Hugo Dellien 4-6, 1-6
Increase2–1; 17 June 2013; Club de Tenis La Paz, La Paz, Bolivia; Americas Round Robin; Clay surface
Victory 21 II Singles Cuba Cuba 6-1, 6-2
Victory 22 III Doubles (with ) / 4-6, 6-3, 7-6
Decrease0-3; ; 17 June 2013; Club de Tenis La Paz, La Paz, Bolivia; Americas Playoff; Clay surface
Defeat 23 II Singles Paraguay Paraguay 0-6, 4-6
Decrease0-3; 12 July 2014; Palmas Athletic Club, Humacao, Puerto Rico; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface
Defeat 24 II Singles Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Alex Llompart 3-6, 2-6
Defeat 25 III Doubles (with ) Alex Llompart / 2-6, 4-6
Increase2–1; ; 12 July 2014; Palmas Athletic Club, Humacao, Puerto Rico; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface
Defeat 26 II Singles Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 6–4, 2-6, 4-6
Victory 27 III Doubles (with ) / 7-5, 6-3
Decrease0-3; 12 July 2014; Palmas Athletic Club, Humacao, Puerto Rico; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface
Defeat 28 II Singles Costa Rica Costa Rica 2-6, 5-7
Decrease1-2; 12 July 2014; Palmas Athletic Club, Humacao, Puerto Rico; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface
Victory 29 II Singles Bermuda Bermuda 6-3, 4-6, 7-6
Defeat 30 III Doubles (with ) / 1-6, 2-6
Increase3-0; 11 July 2016; Club de Tenis La Paz, La Paz, Bolivia; Americas Round Robin; Clay surface
Victory 31 III Doubles (with Rowland Phillips) Cuba Cuba / 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
Increase3-0; 11 July 2016; Club de Tenis La Paz, La Paz, Bolivia; Americas Round Robin; Clay surface
Victory 32 III Doubles (with Rowland Phillips) Panama Panama / 6-0, 6-1
Decrease0-3; 11 July 2016; Club de Tenis La Paz, La Paz, Bolivia; Americas Round Robin; Clay surface
Defeat 33 III Doubles (with Rowland Phillips) Bolivia Bolivia Alejandro Mendoza / 4-6, 6-7
Increase2-1; 17 June 2019; Costa Rica Country Club, Escazu, Costa Rica; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface
Victory 34 III Doubles (with Rowland Phillips) Panama Panama / Luis Gomez 6-2, 6-1
Increase2-1; 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 Trinidad and Tobago / 6-3, 7-6
Increase2-1; 17 June 2019; Costa Rica Country Club, Escazu, Costa Rica; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface
Victory 35 III Doubles (with Rowland Phillips) Bermuda Bermuda / 6-1, 6-3
Increase2-1; 17 June 2019; Costa Rica Country Club, Escazu, Costa Rica; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface
Defeat 36 III Doubles (with ) Cuba Cuba / 6-4, 7-6
Increase2-1; 17 June 2019; Costa Rica Country Club, Escazu, Costa Rica; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface
Defeat 37 III Doubles (with ) Honduras Honduras / 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.[4]

Coaching career[]

The 2016-17 season will be 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[]

  1. ^ http://www.itftennis.com/ProCircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?PlayerID=100029752
  2. ^ "Davis Cup - Players". daviscup.com. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  3. ^ "ATP Newport Draw 2008 - Men's Qualifying & Main Event Results". stevegtennis.com. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  4. ^ a b "William & Mary Athletics - 2016-17 Men's Tennis Coaching Staff". Tribeathletics.com. Retrieved 2016-10-17.
  5. ^ "Star Track: Dominic Pagon". Daily Press. Retrieved 2016-10-17.

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