The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Harper named Big 12 Men’s Tennis Player of the Week
01.09.2024 | Men's Tennis
Senior Cleeve Harper opened the spring with a combined 4-0 singles and doubles record at the Miami Spring Invite to earn his first career conference weekly honor.
Austin – Texas Men's Tennis senior Cleeve Harper has been named Big 12 Men's Tennis Player of the Week for the week ending Jan. 7, the conference announced Tuesday. It marks the first time he has earned the honor in his career.
Harper went a combined 4-0 without dropping a set in his singles and doubles matches at the Miami Spring Invitational in Coral Gables, Fla. The two doubles victories earned Harper and his partner Eliot Spizzirri the doubles championship and included a decisive 6-1 win over No. 40 Vladislav Melnic and Adrien Burdet of Miami, along with an 8-5 win over Murphy Cassone and Martin Vergara of Arizona State.
Harper was also 2-0 in singles with solid straight-sets victories over Vergara at 6-3, 6-4, and Antonio Prat of Miami, 6-4, 6-2.
Although cut short due to weather, the Miami Spring Invite was the opening action of the spring from the Longhorns who will play their first dual match on Friday, January 12, against Lamar at 4 p.m. CT at the Texas Tennis Center.
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