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 Johnny Grimal
Johnny Grimal

Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Barcelona, Spain

High School:
I.E.S. Lluis Companys

Height:
6-1

Experience:
1L


05/11/2012

Tigers Fall, 4-2, in First-Ever NCAA Championship Match

Tigers Won Doubles Point With Wins by O'Hare/Salisbury and Nasemann/Grimal

05/03/2012

Goebel and Six Tigers Grab All-Conference Accolades

Six Tigers Garner All-Conference USA First Team Honors

04/23/2012

Tigers Earn Runner-Up Finish in C-USA Men's Tennis Championships

Memphis Must Now Await Fate in NCAA Tournament

04/22/2012

Semifinal-Win Over Rice Puts Memphis in C-USA Championship Finals

Salisbury Earned the Match-Clinching Point at No. 3 Singles

04/21/2012

Men's Tennis Beats Southern Miss, 4-0; Advances to C-USA Semifinals

Memphis Swept Four Singles Matches to Clinch the Quarterfinal Win

Spring 2011: Finished his freshman season with a 15-6 record at the No. 3, No. 4, and No. 5 singles positions...went 11-4 at the No. 4 spot...had conference wins over #35 Tulsa, #64 SMU, Tulane, Southern Miss, and UAB...teamed with Daniel Shidler for a victory over Tennessee State.

Fall 2010: Recorded an 8-3 singles mark in his first fall season as a Tiger...Fell in his Memphis debut to Ryan Smith (Georgia Tech), 6-4, 6-2, before an eight-match winning streak...Went 4-0 against opponents from Samford, UTC, EKU, and UNC Greensboro in the top flight at the UTC Steve Baras Fall Classic on the way to his first draw title...Upended players from 12th-ranked Kentucky, Butler, and Drake before falling to Maurico Ballivian (Drake), 6-1, 7-5, in the finals at the Louisville Winter Invitational...beat Ballivian and his partner Jonathan Hadash, 8-2, to win the doubles draw with John Taylor at the same invite...teamed with Taylor to defeat Drake's Jean Erasmus and Robin Goodman, 8-5, in opening-round doubles action, then beat Goodman in semifinal singles, 6-4, 6-3, at the Louisville Winter Invitational...Went 7-3 overall in doubles.

Prior to Memphis:Has had extensive experience at the world level...Reached the quarter finals of the Spanish National Championships in 2007...Qualified for seven ATP future events and upended 12 ranked ATP players in 2009...Biggest win came over Emilio Rodriguez of Spain who was ranked inside the top 800 in ATP polls.

Personal: Son of Marc Grimal and Carme Ferrer...Has one sister, Mireia, and one brother, Grilleun...Off the court, enjoys going to the movies, concerts and hanging out with friends...Fun Fact: "I love music and can learn the lyrics so easily, so I know a lot of lyrics. And I love karaoke!"

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