Dennis Lajola (born December 2, 1989) is an American professional tennis player. He was born in the Philippines and currently makes his home in `Aiea,

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Education

He attended the

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and received the

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(WAC) player of the year award in 2011, the first University of Hawaii student to receive that honor. He was on the all-WAC first team all four years at the University.

Tennis career

Dennis has played mostly Futures and Challengers, reaching the quarter-, semi-, and finals of a number of events, won 2007 Oceanic Time Warner Cable Honolulu Futures tennis tournament at the University of Hawai'i courts. He qualified for the

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. He lost his first main-draw match to Bulgarian

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, another qualifier.

Personal life

He has two older brothers, Derrick and Darryl, and an older sister, Tiffaney. Derrick is also a tennis player and is currently women's tennis assistant coach at the University of Hawaii.University of Hawaii Athletics site
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References

ITF player page
1989 births Living people American male tennis players Hawaii Rainbow Warriors and Rainbow Wahine athletes College men's tennis players in the United States {{US-tennis-bio-stub