American Dennis Novikov Captures Bronze at Pan American Games

July 15, 2015 | By New York Tennis Magazine Staff
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Twenty-one-year-old Dennis Novikov of San Jose, Calif. has won the Bronze Medal in singles at the Pan American Games in Toronto, defeating Guido Andreozzi of Argentina, 6-4, 6-4.

Novikov, ranked 215th in the world, was the 2012 USTA Boys 18s National Champion in singles and doubles. Those victories earned him wild card entries into each main draw at the 2012 U.S. Open, where he became just the second USTA Boys 18s Champ in 15 years (the other being Jack Sock) to advance to the second round in singles. He defeated 2013 Wimbledon semifinalist Jerzy Janowicz in the first round. Novikov, born in Moscow, completed his sophomore year at UCLA in 2013 and turned pro that summer. He won his first career USTA Pro Circuit title soon afterward at the $10,000 Futures in Amelia Island, Fla. He also had a strong 2014, winning three USTA Pro Circuit doubles titles and claiming four ITF singles titles. This year, he won his second USTA Pro Circuit singles title at the $15,000 Futures in Calabasas, Calif., and captured his sixth and seventh USTA Pro Circuit doubles titles.

Lauren Davis, 21, of Boca Raton, Fla., lost her semifinal singles match at the Pan American Games, meaning she will be vying for the Bronze Medal on Thursday. Davis will face Puerto Rico’s Monica Puig in the Bronze Medal match. Davis and Louisa Chirico, 19, of Harrison, N.Y., are competing in the Women’s Doubles Quarterfinals and Semifinals on Wednesday.

The Pan Am Games are held every four years in the year immediately prior to the Olympic Games, and tennis has been contested at the Pan Am Games since the event’s inception in 1951. Americans who have won the gold medal at the Pan Am Games include Althea Gibson (1959, singles), Arthur Ashe (1967, mixed-doubles), Patrick McEnroe (1987, men’s doubles), Pam Shriver (1991, singles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles), Paul Goldstein (1999, singles), and Irina Falconi (2011, singles).


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