Dominic Pagon

Dominic Pagon

Dominic Pagon, Team Jamaica
Country (sports)	Jamaica
Residence	Kingston, Jamaica
Born	(1988-03-08) 8 March 1988 Kingston, Jamaica
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	2008
Plays	Left-handed
Singles
Career record	6-13
Doubles
Career record	9-8

Dominic Pagon (born March 8, 1988) is a professional tennis player.^[1]

Playing career

Pagon has an International Tennis Federation win–loss record of 17–25 primarily through his Davis Cup exploits.^[2] He has played two ATP International Series singles event, both at the International Tennis Hall of Fame Champions Cup in 2007 & 2008.^[3] Pagon represented Jamaica at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games , 2007 Pan American Games and was a doubles quarter finalist at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games in Mexico. He has represented Jamaica in the Davis Cup on seven occasions and was nominated as the country’s No. 1 player in 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014 and 2016. He has been selected to be the Captain for the Jamaican Davis Cup Team on three occasions (2013, 2016 & 2018) and owns a 9-6 doubles mark in Davis Cup play, including a 2-1 mark in 2016, and 15 wins overall.^[4] He was the top-ranked junior player in the Caribbean and Central American region as well as his home country. Pagon achieved a career-best ITF Junior Circuit ranking of No. 125. Pagon went to The College of William & Mary and earned All-Colonial Athletic Association honors three times as a Tribe player. He was named team captain in 2008 and won 55 singles / 47 doubles matches for W&M.^[5]

Davis Cup

Participations: (15–18)

Group membership World Group (0–0) WG Play-off (0–0) Group I (0–0) Group II (0–2) Group III (15–16) Group IV (0–0)

Matches by surface Hard (11–15) Clay (4–3) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Matches by type Singles (6–12) Doubles (9–6)

• indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.

Rubber outcome	No.	Rubber	Match type (partner if any)	Opponent nation	Opponent player(s)	Score
3-0; 16-20 July 2008; Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface
Victory	1	II	Singles	Honduras	Keny Turcios	6–0, 7–5
1–2; 16-20 July 2008; Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface
Defeat	2	II	Singles	Barbados	Haydn Lewis	6–7, 4–6
2–1; 16-20 July 2008; Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface
Victory	3	II	Singles	Guatemala	Cristian Paiz	6–3, 2-6, 7-6
2–1; 16-20 July 2008; Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras; Americas Promotion Playoff; Hard surface
Defeat	4	II	Singles	Puerto Rico	Alex Llompart	2-6, 2-6
0–5; 10–12 July 2009; S.O.V Asiento, Curacao, Netherland Antilles; Americas Relegation Playoff; Hard surface
Defeat	5	II	Singles	Netherlands Antilles	Romano Tatuhey	1-6,3-6,4-6
Defeat	6	III	Doubles (with Tyler Chin)	Romano Tatuhey / Martijn Cav Haasteren	1-6,1-6,4-6
2–1; 07 July 2010; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface
Defeat	7	I	Singles	Aruba	Clifford Giel	6-3,2-6,4-6
Victory	8	III	Doubles (with Damion Johnson)	Clifford Giel / Gian Hodgson	4-6,7-5,7-5
0-3; 07 July 2010; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface
Defeat	9	III	Doubles (with Dwayne Pagon)	Bahamas	Devin Mullings / Marvin Rolle	4-6, 1-6
0–3; 07 July 2010; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Americas Playoff; Hard surface
Defeat	10	I	Singles	Puerto Rico	Ricardo Gonzalez-Diaz	1–6, 2-6
Defeat	11	III	Doubles (with Damion Johnson)	Puerto Rico	Alex Llompart / Jose Perdomo (tennis)	0-6,4-6
1–2; 18 June 2012; Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface
Defeat	12	I	Singles	Costa Rica	Pablo Nunez	4-6, 5-7
Victory	13	III	Doubles (with Brandon Burke)	Costa Rica	Pable Nunez / Ignaci Roca	6-2,6-0
2–1; 18 June 2012; Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface
Victory	14	I	Singles	Bahamas	Rodney Carey	6–4, 1-6,7-6
Victory	15	III	Doubles (with Brandon Burke)	Bahamas	Marvin Rolle / Rodney Carey	6-3,1-6,6-3
3–0; 18 June 2012; Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface
Victory	16	I	Singles	US Virgin Islands	Nicholas Bass	6-0,6-1
Victory	17	III	Doubles (with Dwayne Pagon)	US Virgin Islands	Kristepher Elien / Kevin Alric Plaskett	7–6,6-0
2–1; 18 June 2012; Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface
Defeat	18	I	Singles	Panama	Walner Espinoza	4-6,3-6
Victory	19	III	Doubles (with Brandon Burke)		Walner Espinoza / Juan-Jose Fuentes	6-1,6-2
0–3; 17 June 2013; Club de Tenis La Paz, La Paz, Bolivia; Americas Round Robin; Clay surface
Defeat	20	II	Singles	Bolivia	Hugo Dellien	4-6,1-6
2–1; 17 June 2013; Club de Tenis La Paz, La Paz, Bolivia; Americas Round Robin; Clay surface
Victory	21	II	Singles	CUB	William Dorantes Sanchez	6-1,6-2
Victory	22	III	Doubles (with Brandon Burke)	CUB	Randy Blanco / Roberto Cruz Ramos	4-6,6-3,7-6
0-3; ; 17 June 2013; Club de Tenis La Paz, La Paz, Bolivia; Americas Playoff; Clay surface
Defeat	23	II	Singles	Paraguay	Juan Borba	0-6,4-6
0-3; 12 July 2014; Palmas Athletic Club, Humacao, Puerto Rico; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface
Defeat	24	II	Singles	Puerto Rico	Alex Llompart	3-6,2-6
Defeat	25	III	Doubles (with Daniel Harris(tennis))	Puerto Rico	Alex Llompart / Gilberto Alvarez	2-6,4-6
2–1; ; 12 July 2014; Palmas Athletic Club, Humacao, Puerto Rico; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface
Defeat	26	II	Singles	Trinidad and Tobago	Vaughn Wilson (tennis)	6–4, 2-6, 4-6
Victory	27	III	Doubles (with Brandon Burke)	Trinidad and Tobago	Akiel Duke / Vaughn Wilson(tennis)	7-5,6-3
0-3; 12 July 2014; Palmas Athletic Club, Humacao, Puerto Rico; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface
Defeat	28	II	Singles	Costa Rica	Pablo Núñez	2-6, 5-7
1-2; 12 July 2014; Palmas Athletic Club, Humacao, Puerto Rico; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface
Victory	29	II	Singles	Bermuda	David Thomas(tennis)	6-3,4-6,7-6
Defeat	30	III	Doubles (with Brandon Burke)	Bermuda	Jenson Bascome / Neal Towlson	1-6,2-6
3-0; 11 July 2016; Club de Tenis La Paz, La Paz, Bolivia; Americas Round Robin; Clay surface
Victory	31	III	Doubles (with Rowland Phillips (tennis))	Cuba	Cristian Rodriguez(tennis) / Osmel Rivera Granja	2-6,6-3,6-2
3-0; 11 July 2016; Club de Tenis La Paz, La Paz, Bolivia; Americas Round Robin; Clay surface
Victory	32	III	Doubles (with Rowland Phillips (tennis))	Panama	Brendan Cockburn / Alejandro Benitez	6-0,6-1
0-3; 11 July 2016; Club de Tenis La Paz, La Paz, Bolivia; Americas Round Robin; Clay surface
Defeat	33	III	Doubles (with Rowland Phillips (tennis))	Bolivia	Alejandro Mendoza (tennis) / Rodrigo Banzer	4-6,6-7

Personal life

Pagon was born in Kingston, Jamaica and started playing tennis at six years old. He was given the opportunity at age 14 to attend Saddlebrook Academies, a tennis and golf academy in Tampa Florida. At the age of 17, Pagon was offered a scholarship to attend the College of William and Mary and graduated in 2009 with a degree in Economics. He is the son of Nigel Pagon and Shirley Wilson.^[5]

Coaching career

The 2016-17 season will be his second season as an assistant to head coach Jeff Kader at his alma mater The College of William and Mary.

In their first year, they guided W&M to a 15-9 record and its first Intercollegiate Tennis Association ranking in five years and climbed as high as No. 60 in the nation.^[6]

References

External links

• Dominic Pagon at the International Tennis Federation
• Dominic Pagon at the Davis Cup
• Dominic Pagon at the Association of Tennis Professionals