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Karl Poling, Bill Duo, Justin Barki and Will Peters are in the Princeton men's tennis Class of 2022.
Men's Tennis Team to Welcome Nation's Fourth-Ranked Class of 2022
January 29, 2018 | Men's Tennis
The nation's fourth-ranked men's tennis recruiting class, according to TennisRecruiting.net, will come to Princeton in the fall.
"We're very pleased to welcome four outstanding young men to the Princeton tennis family," Princeton coach Billy Pate said. "We couldn't be more excited with regard to the talent and character each of them bring to our program. Besides being remarkably successful tennis players domestically and abroad, they are ideal representatives in terms of the type of culture and vision we want for our program. We expect each of them to contribute immediately as we will be looking to replace four seasoned players of the 2018 graduating class."
The complete TennisRecruiting.net rankings can be found here.
The class will join what was the nation's 14th-ranked recruiting class last year, with rookies Ryan Seggerman and Damian Rodriguez playing in the top two spots in Sunday's dual-meet opener against Michigan State. The Tigers had the 13th-ranked class two years ago, with current sophomores Payton Holden each holding five-star rankings from TennisRecruiting.net, and the 17th-ranked class that includes five-star ranked players in current seniors Luke Gamble and Kial Kaiser. Current junior Jimmy Wasserman was a five-star player in his class.
The class includes:
Karl Poling
• West Point, N.Y.
• Currently five-star on TennisRecruiting.net (former Blue Chip) and ranked as high as No. 15 nationally
• Current Universal Tennis Rating of 13.25
• No. 1 player in the USTA Eastern Section
• Ranked as high as 131 in the International Tennis Federation junior rankings
• Has won two ITF junior circuit singles titles (Slovenia and Canada)
• Three ITF doubles final appearances (Philadelphia, Mexico, Canada)
• Attends at the Dwight School in New York
• Six-foot lefthander with outstanding all-court talent
• Father Jim is the men's tennis coach at Army West Point and sister Lillian is a sophomore on the women's team at Boise State
Bill Duo
• Portage, Mich.
• Currently No. 25 nationally and a Blue Chip on TennisRecruiting.net and has been ranked as high as No. 14 nationally
• Current Universal Tennis Rating of 12.79
• No. 1 player in the USTA Midwest Section and during each age group (12s, 14s, 16s, 18s)
• Won the Midwest boys 18s Closed in 2017 as well as the USTA National Level 2 in Midland, Mich.
• Recently won the doubles and made the singles finals of the ITF G5 in Ontario
• Michigan state high school singles champion in 2015
• Six-foot, aggressive baseliner
• Attends Portage High School in Portage, Mich.
Will Peters
• Duxbury, Mass.
• Currently ranked No. 19 nationally and a Blue Chip on TennisRecruiting.net and has been ranked as high as No. 17
• Current Universal Tennis Rating of 12.94
• No. 1 in USTA New England section during each age group (12s, 14s, 16s, 18s)
• Partnered with future classmate Karl Poling to reach doubles final at National Grass Courts in Philadelphia in 2015
• Reached final of the ITF Junior circuit event in the Bahamas in 2016
• Won five matches at the prestigious USTA Boys National Hard Courts at Kalamazoo, Mich. in 2017
• Recently won five matches at the USTA Winter Nationals in Orlando, Fla.
• 5-11, true all-court player with a strong one-handed backhand
• Attends Duxbury HS in Duxbury, Mass.
Justin Barki
• Jakarta, Indonesia
• Ranked as high as No. 403 ATP in doubles, which is the highest ATP doubles ranking for an 18-and-under junior player in the world
• Has won five doubles titles on the ITF pro circuit
• No. 1 18-and-under player in Indonesia
• Will represent Indonesia against the Philippines in the first round of the 2018 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II competition Feb. 3-4
• Universal Tennis Rating of 13.04 in singles and 14.07 in doubles
• Earned first ATP singles point in August of 2016
• Selected as the youngest participant for the Southeast Asia Games in 2017
• Honored by the Indonesian World Records Museum as the youngest player to capture a professional circuit title
• 5-11 lefthander who possesses great feel and doubles skills
• Attends Jakarta Intercultural School
"We're very pleased to welcome four outstanding young men to the Princeton tennis family," Princeton coach Billy Pate said. "We couldn't be more excited with regard to the talent and character each of them bring to our program. Besides being remarkably successful tennis players domestically and abroad, they are ideal representatives in terms of the type of culture and vision we want for our program. We expect each of them to contribute immediately as we will be looking to replace four seasoned players of the 2018 graduating class."
The complete TennisRecruiting.net rankings can be found here.
The class will join what was the nation's 14th-ranked recruiting class last year, with rookies Ryan Seggerman and Damian Rodriguez playing in the top two spots in Sunday's dual-meet opener against Michigan State. The Tigers had the 13th-ranked class two years ago, with current sophomores Payton Holden each holding five-star rankings from TennisRecruiting.net, and the 17th-ranked class that includes five-star ranked players in current seniors Luke Gamble and Kial Kaiser. Current junior Jimmy Wasserman was a five-star player in his class.
The class includes:
Karl Poling
• West Point, N.Y.
• Currently five-star on TennisRecruiting.net (former Blue Chip) and ranked as high as No. 15 nationally
• Current Universal Tennis Rating of 13.25
• No. 1 player in the USTA Eastern Section
• Ranked as high as 131 in the International Tennis Federation junior rankings
• Has won two ITF junior circuit singles titles (Slovenia and Canada)
• Three ITF doubles final appearances (Philadelphia, Mexico, Canada)
• Attends at the Dwight School in New York
• Six-foot lefthander with outstanding all-court talent
• Father Jim is the men's tennis coach at Army West Point and sister Lillian is a sophomore on the women's team at Boise State
Bill Duo
• Portage, Mich.
• Currently No. 25 nationally and a Blue Chip on TennisRecruiting.net and has been ranked as high as No. 14 nationally
• Current Universal Tennis Rating of 12.79
• No. 1 player in the USTA Midwest Section and during each age group (12s, 14s, 16s, 18s)
• Won the Midwest boys 18s Closed in 2017 as well as the USTA National Level 2 in Midland, Mich.
• Recently won the doubles and made the singles finals of the ITF G5 in Ontario
• Michigan state high school singles champion in 2015
• Six-foot, aggressive baseliner
• Attends Portage High School in Portage, Mich.
Will Peters
• Duxbury, Mass.
• Currently ranked No. 19 nationally and a Blue Chip on TennisRecruiting.net and has been ranked as high as No. 17
• Current Universal Tennis Rating of 12.94
• No. 1 in USTA New England section during each age group (12s, 14s, 16s, 18s)
• Partnered with future classmate Karl Poling to reach doubles final at National Grass Courts in Philadelphia in 2015
• Reached final of the ITF Junior circuit event in the Bahamas in 2016
• Won five matches at the prestigious USTA Boys National Hard Courts at Kalamazoo, Mich. in 2017
• Recently won five matches at the USTA Winter Nationals in Orlando, Fla.
• 5-11, true all-court player with a strong one-handed backhand
• Attends Duxbury HS in Duxbury, Mass.
Justin Barki
• Jakarta, Indonesia
• Ranked as high as No. 403 ATP in doubles, which is the highest ATP doubles ranking for an 18-and-under junior player in the world
• Has won five doubles titles on the ITF pro circuit
• No. 1 18-and-under player in Indonesia
• Will represent Indonesia against the Philippines in the first round of the 2018 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II competition Feb. 3-4
• Universal Tennis Rating of 13.04 in singles and 14.07 in doubles
• Earned first ATP singles point in August of 2016
• Selected as the youngest participant for the Southeast Asia Games in 2017
• Honored by the Indonesian World Records Museum as the youngest player to capture a professional circuit title
• 5-11 lefthander who possesses great feel and doubles skills
• Attends Jakarta Intercultural School
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