Fifth Annual Finance Cup Coming to Long Island

The fifth annual Finance Cup will take place this year on Saturday, June 29 on the East End of Long Island, as Team USA once again battles Team Europe in this friendly, yet heated, competition.

The Americans lead the Europeans 3-1 in Cup Victories. The teams are comprised of former professional and high ranked college tennis players who currently work full-time in the finance world.

Video courtesy of Without Limits Productions

Team USA will once again be captained by Jeffrey Appel, and features former Top 75 ATP Players: Mario Ancic, Richey Reneberg, Amer Delic, Jonathan Canter, Kevin Kim, Byron Talbot and Tom Cain.

Below is the full roster, and info on each player:

Men’s Open

Connor Patrick Smith:

• ATP ranked #200 Singles, #278 Doubles
• 21 Professional Titles
• Two-time Davis Cup Team (Practice Squad)
• Notable wins include: Mischa Zverev, Dustin Brown, Ryan Harrison
• NCAA All-American
• Ohio State University
• A & E Real Estate Holdings

Guillermo Nunez

• ATP singles: #674.  Doubles: #704
• One professional Singles title and three professional Doubles titles
• ITF # 9 World Junior
• #1 Ranked junior in Chile
• Singles Quarter-Finalist French Open Juniors with
• Win over Karen Khachanov and doubles win over Nick Kyrgios.
• NCAA #16 Singles, #2 Doubles
• TCU Male Newcomer Athlete of the year. Big XII Freshmen of the Year
• NCAA All-American
• Texas Christian University
• Tradition Securities and Derivatives

Jason Pinsky:

• #1 USTA Boys 18’s Singles
• NCAA #11 Doubles, with win over #1 ranked John Isner / Antonio Ruiz
• #1 Singles and Doubles (3 years) University of Pennsylvania
• Winner – Easter Bowl, USTA National Clay Court, International Hard Court Championship Doubles Titles
• University of Pennsylvania
• Table Management

Marc Powers:

• #1 Singles and Doubles all 4 years at Yale University
• Ivy Player and Rookie of the Year
• NCAA #52 Singles, #19 Doubles
• USTA Top 10 ranked Junior
• #1 in New England 7 straight years 
• Yale University
• Samlyn Capital

Men’s 35s

Mario Ancic

• ATP #7 singles , #47 doubles
• Three ATP Singles and five ATP Doubles Titles
• 2005 Davis Cup Champion (Croatia)
• 2004 Olympic Bronze Doubles Title ( Ivan Ljubicic)
• Top Wins Include : Roger Federer (Wimbledon), Rafael Nadal, Tommy Haas, James Blake, Tim Henman , David Ferrer, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Nikolay Davydenko, Tommy Robredo, and Gilles Simon.
• #1 Ranked ITF Junior
• Columbia University Law School
• One Equity Partners – Associate

Amer Delic:

• ATP #60 Singles, #72 Doubles
• Notable wins include: Juan Martin del Potro, Carlos Moya, Kei Nishikori, Gilles Simon, Marin Cilic
• 2003 NCAA Singles Champion, Team Championship; 32-0 Undefeated record
• 2003 ITA Player of Year, Ranked # 1
• Former Davis Cup Captain for Bosnia
• Jesse Owens Big Ten Athlete of the Year (2003)
• Dike Eddleman Illinois Male Athlete of the Year (2003)
• University of Illinois
• UBS – Wealth Manager 

Michael Yani :

• ATP #143 Singles, #158 Doubles
• Notable singles wins include: Tommy Haas, Mark Philippoussis, Milos Raonic, Yen-Hsun Lu, Dudi Sela, Kevin Anderson
• Notable doubles win: James Blake / Sam Querrey at Cincinnati Masters
• Competed in main draw of US Open (2), Wimbledon (1), French Open (1)
• Held the open era record for longest match in French Open History (71 total games)
  • 6-4, 6-7, 6-7, 7-6, 10-12
• Reached semifinals of ATP event at Hall of Fame of Tennis in Newport, RI
• Two Career Singles Challenger Titles
• Two Career Doubles Challenger Titles
• Two-time All-American at Duke University
• 2003 Male Athlete of the Year at Duke University
• Bank of Hawaii

Alberto Francis:

• ATP #275 Singles, #225 Doubles
• Notable wins include: Sam Querrey, Kevin Anderson, Fabio Fognini, Donald Young, Mischa Zverev
• 2005 UCLA Co-Captain & NCAA Team Champion
• 2004 NCAA All-American
• #1 Doubles UCLA
• 1999 US Open Boys Doubles Finalist
• UCLA and Stanford MBA
• Bank of America Private Bank

Kevin Kim:

• ATP #63 Singles, #118 Doubles
• Nine ATP Challenger Singles Titles
• Competed in 19 Grand Slams
• 3^rd Round Australian Open 2005
• Doubles win over Bryan Brothers
• Won USTA National Championship (Kalamazoo) 1996
• UCLA
• California Bank & Trust

Philipp Gruendler

• 2006 & 2007 NCAA All American
• 2005 NCAA Team Champion, 
• 2004 & 2005 NCAA All tournament team selection
• Conference doubles champion 2004 (w/ Pampoulov)
• Ranked #1 NCAA Doubles
• #1 Doubles at UCLA
• UCLA school record 20 consecutive doubles wins at No.1 (undefeated season)
• UCLA
• B. Riley FBR

Kunj Majmudar:

• ATP #728 Singles, #409 Doubles
• NCAA #25 Singles, #1 Doubles
• Won NCAA All-American Doubles Championship
• Played #2 singles and #1 doubles for Harvard
• Harvard University
• Seven Bridges Advisors

Kyle Kliegerman:

• ATP #1231 Singles, #588 Doubles
• Ivy League Senior Player of the Year
• Played # 1 Singles & Doubles for 3 Years at Princeton
• Ranked #1 USTA Junior Doubles
• Notable wins include: Gilles Simon, James Blake (doubles), Jean-Julien Rojer (doubles), Kevin Kim (doubles – US Open Juniors)
• Princeton University
• Seven Six Capital – Founder/Managing Partner

Men’s 45s

Richey Reneberg:

• ATP #20 Singles, #1 Doubles
• Won three ATP Tour Singles Titles
• Won 19 ATP Tour Doubles Titles
• 1992 US Open Doubles Champion
• 1995 Australian Open Doubles Champion
• Notable wins include: Stefan Edberg, Pete Sampras, Jim Courier, John McEnroe, Michael Chang and Boris Becker
• US Davis Cup – 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998
• 1996 US Olympic Team in Atlanta
• Southern Methodist University
• Taconic Capital Advisors – Partner

Albert Chang:

• ATP #140 Singles, #212 Doubles
• Two ATP Challenger Singles Titles
• Two ATP Challenger Doubles Titles
• Notable wins include: Patrick Rafter, Michael Stich, Arnaud Boetsch, Alex O’Brien and Jim Grabb
• Singles main draw 1995 and 1996 Wimbledon Championships and 1994 US Open
• Canadian Davis Cup Team
• Two-time All-Ivy Singles and Doubles
• 1991 Singles All-American
• Harvard University
• Vivo Capital – Head Trader

Mark Kaplan:

• ATP #117 Singles, #219 Doubles
• Three-time All-American
• NCAA #5 Singles
• NCAA – Senior Player of the Year
• Won two Challenger Singles Titles
• Finalist US Clay Courts
• Notable wins include: Mark Philippoussis, Tim Henman, Malivia Washington
• University of California – Irvine
• Sanlam Global Investments – Head of Americas

Rob Chess

• ATP #528 singles, #319 doubles
• Captain of Duke University, 4 ACC titles, # 1 singles and doubles
• Ranked #4 NCAA singles, #2 NCAA doubles
• Doubles wins over Thomas Enqvist, Nenad Zimonic, Mahesh Bhupati
• Three-time all American (two singles, one doubles)
• USTA Boy’s 18 National Indoors Singles Champion
• US Open Boys doubles quarterfinalist
• Member of 50th Anniversary all time ACC team
• Duke University
• PetroChina-Head of NYMEX natural gas trading

Mark Leschly:

• ATP #486 Singles
• Danish Davis Cup Team and Member Danish National Team – 1991
• Harvard University – two-time Captain; #1 singles and doubles; ranked top 20 in college tennis
• Board Member – USTA Foundation and USTA Player Development Advisory Board
• Harvard University and Stanford MBA
• RHO Capital Partners & Iconica Partners, Founder and General Partner, Chairman & CEO UTR

Claes Persson

• ATP #1175 singles (only played two events) 
• NCAA Div II Ranked #1 Singles
• Four-time NCAA Div II Team Champion 
• Recipient of Arthur Ashe and Dan Magill awards
• Won Swedish Nationals 40s singles
• Lander University 
• Bank of America – Treasury

Robert Givone

• ATP #347 Singles, #225 Doubles
• #1 Singles and Doubles Georgia Tech
• Notable wins include: Gustavo Kuerten, Thomas Johansson, Dmitry Tursunov 
• Columbia University
• Apollo Global Management, Managing Director (Liquid Opportunity Fund)

Rob Pohly:

• #1 Single and #1 Doubles Yale University
• 1991 Ivy League Rookie of the Year
• USTA top 50 boys 18s
• Samlyn Capital – Founder and Managing Member

Steve Hentschel:

• NCAA #16 Singles
• #1 Singles & Doubles Princeton University
• All Ivy League
• Three-time Quarter-Finalist National 40s Championships
• Princeton University
• HFF – Head of M&A and Corporate Advisory

Walter Dolhare:

• ATP #708 Singles, #596 Doubles
• #2 Singles and Doubles for University of Notre Dame
• #2 Ranked Junior in Argentina
• University of Notre Dame
• Co-head Corporate & Investment Banking
• President, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

Jonathan Canter

• ATP #36 Singles, #84 Doubles
• Youngest Male Tennis Player to Earn an ATP Point in April 1980 at the age of 14 Years 10 Months Old
• Won the Victorian Open in 1985
• Won four Challenger Titles
• Notable wins include: Yannick Noah, Henri LeConte, Kevin Curren and Tim Mayotte
• Ranked #1 Junior in US 18 & Unders in 1982
• Pepperdine University
• JP Morgan – Financial Advisor

Bill Ackman:

• Two-time NY State High School Doubles Quarterfinalist
• Competed in Junior Tournaments in US and Europe
• Crew Team at Harvard University
• Harvard University and Harvard Business School MBA
• Pershing Square Capital Management – Founder and CIO

Men’s 55s

Byron Talbot:

• ATP #229 Singles, #20 Doubles
• Wimbledon doubles semi-finalist
• Seven ATP Tour Doubles Titles
• French Open doubles quarter-finalist
• Played World Doubles Masters Event 1996
• Doubles win over Sampras and Edberg at Queens Club
• Three-time All-American at University of Tennessee
• University of Tennessee
• Merrill Lynch – Global Wealth Management

Eddie Barreto:

• ATP #610 Singles, #600 Doubles
• Played #1 Single & Double University of San Francisco
• NCAA Ranked #35 Singles
• Winner WAC Double Championship
• Delta Investment Management

Jeffrey Appel:

• Founder of Finance Cup – Captain Team USA
• Captain Eastern National Open Team – 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2017 National Champions
• USTA #12 45’s Singles, #1 Eastern 45’s Singles
• Sectional & Nationally Ranked Junior
• University of Pennsylvania
• JDA Funds Management, Founding Principal

Tom Cain

• ATP  #68 Singles, #75 Doubles
• One ATP Doubles title
• Three Challenger and USTA Singles Titles
• Career wins over Johan Kriek, Tim Mayotte, John Sadri, Henrick Sundstrom, Guy Forget, Scott Davis, Sandy Mayer
• NCAA All-American
• SMU
• Kovack Wealth Management