Players

Marinko Matosevic

Birth date: 08 August 1985
Birthplace: Croatia
Height: 195 cm
Weight: 85 kg
Play: Right-handed
Singles Ranking: 159 ATP
Doubles Ranking: 582 ATP
Australian National Ranking: 5

Marinko has been a student at Uten since he was 13. He is proof that the Uten system of elite player development works. 2008 was something of a breakthrough year for Marinko. He won his maiden career Futures title, winning back-to-back tournaments in Mexico. From that turning point he built his ranking up to 323 ATP by year end. Now in 2009 Marinko has already played in the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open, won a Futures title; the Orange Grove Berri International and made the final of the Maccabi Men's Challenger boosting his ranking to 159, a career best on the ATP tour. Also currently Marinko is ranked within the top 5 in the Australian men’s National Rankings. Marinko also has qualified for the ATP Sydney International in 2010.

 

Andrew Gregory

Birth date; 18/1/90
Birthplace: Australia
Height: 187
Weight: 75
Play: Left-handed
Singles Ranking: 778 ATP
Doubles Ranking: 1000 ATP
Australian National Ranking: 32

Andrew has been playing on the professional tour for just a short time yet has already achieved so much. In singles he has made a semi final, several quarter finals as well as several doubles finals on the professional futures tour. These results have boosted his singles and doubles rankings just outside the top 1000. Andrew has also won many high profile money open tournaments around Australia, including the Victorian Grass Court Championships and several Australian Money Tournaments (AMTs). As a junior he was ranked within the top 5 in Australia and capped off his junior career by playing in the Australian Open Juniors.

 

Marvin Barker

Birth date; 09/07/91
Birthplace: Australia
Height: 189 cm
Weight: 88
Play: Right-handed
Singles Ranking: 983 ATP
Doubles Ranking: nil
Australian National Ranking: 46

Marvin joins Uten after an outstanding junior career. Marvin has been ranked 1 in Australia for his age for the past 3 years, where he was the U/14 and U/16 Australian Junior National Champion. Marvin has also collected a swather of open money tournament wins including a win at the Adelaide AMT. His best result has been his semi-final appearance at a Futures level professional tournament in Berri where he collected 7 ATP ranking points which helped earn him a career high ATP ranking of 983.

 

Players and their current/ former ATP rankings who have trained at Uten:

Name	ATP Ranking
Marinko Matosevic	159
Carsten Ball	124
Nick Lindahl	240
James Lemke	500
Adam Hubble	600
Andrew Gregory	700
Marvin Barker	900
Andrew Roberts	800
Chris Roman	900
Steve Donald	900
Matt Fox	1200
Tim Verlin	1400
Matt Hicks	1400
David Galic	1400
Yan Levinski	1400
David Bidmeade	1400
Alan Poric	1400

 

 Players who Uten has helped trained for college;

NAME	COLLEGE
William McNamee	Harvard
Robert McKenzie	Middle Tennessee State University
Jason Lee	Penn State University
Phillip Kloc	Appalachian State University
James Lemke	Pepperdine
Alex Cherman	Missouri-St. Louis University
Nathan Byrnes	Oklahoma State University
Daniel Byrnes	Oklahoma State University
David Galic	Baylor University
Alex Petropolous	Auburn University
David Bidmeade	Auburn University
Yan Levinski	Washington University
Adam Hubble	Tennessee University
Nick Camilleri	Wright State University

 

  

Uten has helped and trained 27 state grade players; 

Club	Player
Kooyong	Marinko Matosevic
	Yan Levinski
	Phillip Kloc
	Jason Lee
	Andrew Gregory
	William McNamee
	Aliaster Graetz
	Matt Fox
	Daniel Byrnes
	Nathan Byrnes
	David Bidmeade
Grace Park	Matt Hicks
	Adam Hubble
	Tim Verlin
Liston	James Wong
	Michael Turlejski
	Claude Gaduex
Dendy Park	Marvin Barker
	Alan Poric
	Aaron Leeder-Chard
Donvale	Lewis Miles
	Stephen Donald
Royal South Yarra	Valentine Causevski
	Alex Petropolous
North Ringwood	David Galic
	Robert McKenzie
Dingley	Chris Roman