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2020-21 Men's Tennis

Kyle Gurganious

Jeff Zucker

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Short Hills, N.J.
  • Highschool The Pingry School

Biography

2020-21: Fall season was canceled due to Covid-19 pandemic, spring season was limited due to Ivy League restrictions related to Covid-19 pandemic ... Went 3-3 in singles and 1-2 in doubles ... Played No. 6 singles in five matches, in his only appearance at No. 5 beat Villanova's Anthony Prokurat in straight sets (4/18) ... His other wins came in straight sets against Alex MacNeil of Saint Joseph's (4/22) and Villanova's Ryan Nguyen (4/9) ... Lost a three-setter at Delaware to Justice Jones (4/17) ... His other losses came in straight sets to Drexel's Juan Manuel Sanchez (4/10) and Temple's Juan Araoz (4/4) ... In doubles, teamed with Jonah Jurick to win 7-5 at No. 3 against Villanova (4/18) ... Went 0-2 with teammate Sameer Gangoli, taking 6-4 losses against both Delaware (4/17) and Villanova (4/9).

2019-20: Competed in the Farnsworth-Ivy Plus Tournament, playing doubles and going 1-2 overall … Paired with Aditya Gupta, defeated John Carlin/Drew Keene (Michigan State) 8-7 in the Jadwin division quarterfinals, before falling in the semifinals (9/19) … All 2020 Ivy League spring sports were canceled on Wednesday, March 11 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19.

2018-19: Won first spring match of his career in straight sets against Fordham ... Both wins in singles came in straight sets.

2017-18: Took third place at the Ivy Plus in the Cordish Draw defeating the top seed on his way to the consolation final ...  Recorded first career win against Harvard's Galen Lee at the Ivy Plus ... Went 3-2 in singles play in the fall ... Put together a 1-2 record at doubles in the fall with Kyle Mautner ... Red-Shirted in the spring season. 

High School: Lead team to Prep A Championship and North Jersey State Championship ... Three-time Courier Tennis player of the year ... Three-time Shelby County Interscholastic Athletic Associate first singles champion ... Two-time state tournament quarterfinalist and one-time semifinalist ... Courier News all-area sports first-team ... All-state first-team.

Personal: Son of Judy and Mark Zucker ... Mother, Judy, played first singles on the Tufts University women's tennis team ... Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.
 
Jeff Zucker Career (Singles)
1 2 3 4 5 6 Ivy Fall Spring Over
2017-18 3-2 3-2
2018-19 1-1 0-1 1-1 0-1 2-3 2-3
2019-20 0-3 0-3
2020-21 1-0 2-3 3-3 3-3
Career 1-1 1-1 3-4 0-1 3-5 5-6 8-11

Jeff Zucker Career (Doubles)
1 2 3 Ivy Fall Spring Over
2017-18 1-2 1-2
2018-19
2019-20 1-2 1-2
2020-21 1-2 1-2 1-2
Career 1-2 2-4 1-2 3-6

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Freshman

  • 2018-19Sophomore

  • 2019-20Junior

  • 2020-21Senior