| Claudio Romano |
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 | Class: Sophomore
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 | Hometown: Valencia, Venezuela
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 | Height: 6-1
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2009 - FALL SEASON
Participated in Southern Intercollegiates
Won two matches at the FSU Invitational, including a 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (1) victory over Florida's Dan Cash
With Samson, posted a 8-4 victory in the quarterfinals of the FSU Invitational against John Hollimon and Thomas Petrich
At UCF Invitational defeated Ivan Machado of South Carolina, 6-2, 6-1
With Sakey, had an 8-4 victory over South Carolina's Ivan Cressoni and Johannes Pulsfort at UCF Invitational
Defeated Alex Hill of Georgia, 7-5, 6-1, at the ITA Southern Regional Championship
Captured a 6-4, 5-7, (10-3) victory over Julien Gauthier of Louisiana State at the USF Invitational
2009 - SPRING SEASON
Named to the Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll
Did not play due to injury
2008 - FALL SEASON
Went 5-1 in singles action
Finished with a 3-0 record at the USF Invitational and claimed the flight two title
Defeated Georgia State's Jackson Moore, 6-1, 6-1, and Florida Gulf Coast's Andrew Kam, 6-2, 6-4
Also topped 91st-ranked Jamal Addlerly of USF (6-4, 6-2) at the tournament
Won both matches at the UCF Invitational
Topped Georgia State's Nejc Podkrajsek, 7-6 (7), 6-2 and LSU's Sebastion Carlsson, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5
Posted a 3-2 doubles record
Won two doubles tilts at the USF Invitational with Johan Beigart
The pair topped Jackson Moore and Nejic Podrajsek of Georgia State, 8-6
Along with Beigart, recorded an 8-2 win over Florida Gulf Coast's Brenton Bacon and Andrew Kam
2008 - SPRING SEASON
Registered a 12-6 record in singles play
At the No. 5 position, went 10-0
Won one match at No. 3 and also claimed a victory at the No. 4 spot
Defeated No. 44 Denver's Andrew Landwerlen 7-6 (8), 6-2 at No. 5
Prevailed at No. 5 versus 57th-ranked UC-Irvine's Stephen Stege (6-1, 6-4)
Posted a win against Cal Poly's Alexander Sonesson at No. 5, 4-6, 6-3, 6-0
Knocked off Juan Pablo Gomez of No. 51 Tennessee Tech at No. 5 (6-2, 6-0)
At No. 5, defeated East Carolina's Bryan Oakley, 6-1, 6-1
In doubles play, went 8-8 with Sinan Sudas
Also played with Niko Overkemping
The pair posted an 8-3 victory over No. 72 Florida Atlantic's Olivier Sajous and Daniel Vardag at No. 1
Took a 9-7 win with Sudas against Louisiana-Lafayette's Piotrek Banas and Piotr Olechowski at No. 1
Defeated Cornell's Kyle Doppelt and Weston Nichols at No. 1 with Sudas (8-4)
Prevailed at No. 57 UC-Irvine with Sudas at No. 1, topping Khunpol Issaral and Alex Sundling, 8-5
At the No. 1 spot with Sudas, posted an 8-5 win over Cal Poly's Robert Foy and Darryn Young
2007 - FALL SEASON
Posted a 7-5 record in singles action
At the Tribly Invite, posted a 10-8 (4) win over Wisconsin's Luke Rassow Kantor
Also defeated Will Lowell of Georgetown, 10-4, at the event
Won the C.L. Varner Memorial Invitational singles title with a 6-4, 6-0 victory over Rollins' Pablo Seijo
Defeated Florida Gulf Coast's Steve Binninger, 6-3, 6-1, at the tournament
Went 3-1 in doubles during the fall
With Johan Beigart, defeated Florida Gulf Coast's Gonzalo Da Villa and Danny Lee, 8-2, at UCF Fall Invitational
Also joined Beigart to post an 8-2 win over Graham Edgar and Benjamin Smith of North Florida
PRIOR TO UCF
Was ranked 164th out of more than 2,000 players in the International Tennis Federation
Registered a 36-24 career record in singles in the ITF
Had a 29-21 record in doubles
In 2007, was a doubles finalist at the Uruguay Bowl
Was ranked No. 1 in his age group in 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2006
Mentored by Willy Campos and Otto Sarquis
PERSONAL
Born in Valencia, Venezuela
Son of Claudio and Rosaluisa Romano
Majoring in computer science