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 Johnny Grimal
Johnny Grimal

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Barcelona, Spain

High School:
I.E.S. Lluis Companys

Height:
6-1

Experience:
2L

Awards:
Tiger 3.0 Club (Fall 2012)


05/29/2013

Men's Tennis Caps Season in Top 20

Program makes its first-ever appearance in the Top 20.

05/16/2013

Tigers NCAA Tournament Comes to End in NCAA Round of 16 With 4-2 Loss

Tigers wrap up a season of many firsts in the NCAA Round of 16.

05/11/2013

Tigers Upset No. 7 Ole Miss to Advance to Round of 16

Tigers win 4-2 to advance to NCAA Round of 16 for the first time in school history.

05/10/2013

Men's Tennis Advances to NCAA Second Round With 4-0 Win over BYU

Tigers advance to face winner of Ole Miss/Lehigh match Saturday.

05/08/2013

Men's Tennis Back in NCAA Action Friday at Noon Against BYU

Tigers facing BYU, Friday, at noon.

05/16/2013

Men's Tennis vs #12 Pepperdine (NCAA Final 16)

Memphis men's tennis vs No. 12 Pepperdine in the NCAA Final 16 in Urbana, Ill., on May 16, 2013.

Fall 2012: Went 8-5 in singles matches ... Defeated Jonny Cornish of Virginia 6-3, 6-4 in the round of 16 at the UVA Ranked +1 tournament ... Lost to No. 89 ranked Francisco Dias (George Washington) in the quarterfinals ... Downed Alejandro Argente of VCU 6-2, 6-1 to claim the seventh place match in the Orange Draw at the UVA tournament ... Won two consecutive matches at the ITA Men's All-American Championships over #95 nationally-ranked Winston Lin (Columbia) 6-3, 6-4 and #84 Michael Alford (Florida) 6-1, 7-5 ... Defeated Ankit Chopra of Chattanooga 6-2, 6-3 and Sean Bailey of Austin Peay 6-4, 6-3 at the USTA/ITA Regional Championships ... Posted wins over Thomas Weibye (USA) 6-2, 5-1, retired and Mikolaj Borkowski (Poland) 7-5, 3-6, 6-1 at the USA F30 Futures ... Teamed up with Cedric De Zutter in doubles and went 2-3 overall ... Won 8-6 against Vazquez/Argente (VCU) in the quarterfinals and 8-3 against Weigel/Paez (NC State) at the Virginia Invitational.

Spring 2012: All-Conference USA First Team Singles honoree ... Went 16-6 in singles and 17-5 in doubles with partner Leon Nasemann ... At No. 3 singles, defeated No. 43 Vanderbilt's Blake Bazarnik, 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-1 ... Beat 49th-ranked UNC-Wilmington's Pedro Mol, 6-0, 6-2 ... Fell to 86th-ranked Roberto Maytin in a three-set thriller in NCAA first round match against No. 25 Baylor ... Teamed with Nasemann to beat No. 22 Ole Miss' Backstrom and Skogeng, 8-6 ... Tandem defeated No. 25 Baylor's Julian Bley and Marko Krickovic, 9-8 (2) to give Memphis the doubles point in the NCAA Championships ... Duo also won doubles matches against opponents from No. 43 Vanderbilt, No. 49 UNC-Wilmington, No. 70 Stetson, No. 64 Rice, No. 63 Tulane, No. 71 Alabama and No. 59 South Alabama.

Fall 2011: Went 8-2 in singles competition ... Opened the fall with a singles-flight championship at the MTSU Dale Short Shootout, earning wins over opponents from Southern Illinois, UAB and MTSU ... Defeated Brandon Fickey of Tennessee 6-1, 6-1 in the first round of prequalifying for the ITA Men's All-American Championships ... Knocked off Ivan Sanchez Gomez (NC State) 2-6, 6-1, 7-5 and Cale Hammond (Duke) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 to advance to the qualifying round ... Defeated Vanderbilt's Joe Dorn 6-2, 6-2 in the first round of the Ohio Valley Regional Championships ... Went 4-2 while pairing with Leon Nasemann for doubles competition ... Recorded best win against Juan Ramirez and Jorge Varon of East Tennesssee State in the USTA/ITA Ohio Valley Regional Championships.

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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