Efe Üstündağ Explained

Efe Üstündağ
Birth Date:15 January 1977
Birth Place:Istanbul, Turkey
Careerprizemoney:$12,203
Singlesrecord:4–8 (Davis Cup)
Highestsinglesranking:No. 599 (31 Jul 2000)
Doublesrecord:0–2 (Davis Cup)
Highestdoublesranking:No. 373 (24 Jul 2000)

Efe Üstündağ (born 15 January 1977) is a Turkish former professional tennis player. He was a member of the Turkey Davis Cup team from 1998 to 2001 and won two ITF Futures doubles titles.[1]

Üstündağ, a native of Istanbul, has been Rice University men's head coach since 2012. He was both the 2016 and 2017 C-USA tennis Coach of the Year.[2] A former Rice University player, Üstündağ twice earned All-American honors. In 1999 he and Shane Stone were NCAA doubles quarter-finalists.[3]

ITF Futures finals

Doubles: 6 (2–4)

ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Belarus F1, MinskCarpet Raviv Weidenfeld Barry Fulcher
Paul Maggs
6–3, 6–7, 6–2
Win2–0Russia F3, TolyattiHard Raviv Weidenfeld Artem Derepasko
Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky
2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss2–1Uzbekistan F3, GulistonHard Erhan Oral Alexander Shvets
Dmitri Tomashevich
3–6, 1–6
Loss2–2USA F4, Corpus ChristiHard Manuel Jorquera Bobby Kokavec
Cristian Kordasz
2–6, 3–6
Loss2–3Turkey F1, IstanbulHard Angel-Jose Martin-Arroyo Sebastien Swierk
Josh Tuckfield
6–7(5), 3–6
Loss2–4Turkey F3, IstanbulHard Cedric Kauffmann Sebastien Swierk
Josh Tuckfield
3–6, 5–7

Notes and References

  1. News: Efe Üstündağ fırtına gibi . . 6 October 1999 . tr.
  2. News: Coleman . Adam . Rice's Efe Ustundag repeats as C-USA tennis Coach of the Year . . 3 May 2017.
  3. Web site: Efe Ustundag - Men's Tennis Coach - Rice University Athletics . Rice Owls . en.