Cecil Valdeavilla Mamiit (born June 27, 1976) is a former

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from the

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who went on to represent the

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. He began his professional career in 1996 and reached his highest individual ranking in the

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on October 11, 1999 as World No. 72.

Career

In 1996, he won the NCAA singles championship as an

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freshman, a feat that had not been achieved since

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attended

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in 1978. Mamiit won the silver medal in the men's tournament at the

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, after losing the final to fellow American Paul Goldstein. At the

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held in

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, he won bronze in the singles event after losing in the semifinals to Lee Hyung Taik of

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. In the doubles event, he also won bronze, along with fellow

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tennis player

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, losing to the first-seeded and former World no. 1 doubles players

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and

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. He won the men's singles in the

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in 2008. His best tournament result came at the 1999 San Jose tournament. As a qualifier he defeated Danish

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(although Agassi was up 6–0, 6–6 before he defaulted),

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, and another American

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before losing in the final to another Aussie

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6–3, 6–2. Mamiit represented the Philippines Davis Cup team, where he was undefeated until 2008. From January 2011, through the clay court season, he was the hitting partner for

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, where she won the

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to complete her Career Grand Slam.

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 17 (9–8)

Doubles: 18 (10–8)

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

References

External links

List of NCAA Men's Tennis Champions
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