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Jack Pinnington Jones

DF · Tennis legend

Well done Jack

Lambda · Top national player

Jack finished his sophomore year ranked No 6 in the ITA rankings. He played at the No 1 position for TCU in post season play going unbeaten with 9 wins and winning TCUs first NCAA Team National Championships and No 1 ranked team, including defeating the end-season No 1 ranked Spizzirri in the Team Championships final. He was voted the Most Outstanding Player at the NCAA Team Championships. His 35 singles wins are a Big 12 era record for TCU for most wins in a season and the third most of any player in the season. During the year he achieved ITA All American status in singles and was unanimously voted to the All Big 12 first team and Indoor Nationals All-Tournament team. He also finished runner-up at the ITA National Fall Championships.

Var · Futures level

Lambda wrote:
Jack finished his sophomore year ranked No 6 in the ITA rankings. He played at the No 1 position for TCU in post season play going unbeaten with 9 wins and winning TCUs first NCAA Team National Championships and No 1 ranked team, including defeating the end-season No 1 ranked Spizzirri in the Team Championships final. He was voted the Most Outstanding Player at the NCAA Team Championships. His 35 singles wins are a Big 12 era record for TCU for most wins in a season and the third most of any player in the season. During the year he achieved ITA All American status in singles and was unanimously voted to the All Big 12 first team and Indoor Nationals All-Tournament team. He also finished runner-up at the ITA National Fall Championships.

Thanks Lambda. I remember following Jack in the juniors but didnt see a transition to seniors, now I know why.

Nix · Futures level

Var wrote:
Lambda wrote:
Jack finished his sophomore year ranked No 6 in the ITA rankings. He played at the No 1 position for TCU in post season play going unbeaten with 9 wins and winning TCUs first NCAA Team National Championships and No 1 ranked team, including defeating the end-season No 1 ranked Spizzirri in the Team Championships final. He was voted the Most Outstanding Player at the NCAA Team Championships. His 35 singles wins are a Big 12 era record for TCU for most wins in a season and the third most of any player in the season. During the year he achieved ITA All American status in singles and was unanimously voted to the All Big 12 first team and Indoor Nationals All-Tournament team. He also finished runner-up at the ITA National Fall Championships.
Thanks Lambda. I remember following Jack in the juniors but didnt see a transition to seniors, now I know why.

Yes. He did pretty well in men's ITFs and then suddenly disappeared and it took me a while to work out why!

Lambda · Top national player

JPJ has said he will be returning to TCU for the spring season.

Set aside an hour to listen to his Cracked Racquets interview.

-- Edited by Lambda on Thursday 2nd of January 2025 09:11:12 AM

Lambda · Top national player

In a surprise to no one, JPJ announced after the NCAA Championship final that he will forgo his senior year in college and turn professional.

Brendan F · Intermediate Club Player

Not following the college scene, this came as a surprise to me as I had no idea he was in college. I had him in my top 10 this year purely based on his ranking and potential to go higher, so I'm surprised he was as prominent as he was if he was still playing college tennis 99% of the time. Hopefully this bodes well for my prediction.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

I noticed looking through the schedules of our Top 500, JPJ isnt entered into anything - anyone know if he has an injury?

seagull · Tennis legend

I imagine he has just shut down his season. He has had a great year.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

seagull wrote:
I imagine he has just shut down his season. He has had a great year.

He has indeed and hopefully that is it - apart from Jack Draper and Paul Jubb, though, he seemed the only player in our Top 500 who had done so, hence the "slight" concern!

I am guessing Jubby is still struggling with injury, which is so sad to see his career impacted like this - I wonder if he and Jack are still flat mates - won't have been a happy household!!

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Thursday 30th of October 2025 09:11:52 AM

indiana · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
seagull wrote:
I imagine he has just shut down his season. He has had a great year.
He has indeed and hopefully that is it - apart from Jack Draper and Paul Jubb, though, he seemed the only player in our Top 500 who had done so, hence the "slight" concern!
I am guessing Jubby is still struggling with injury, which is so sad to see his career impacted like this - I wonder if he and Jack are still flat mates - won't have been a happy household!!

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Thursday 30th of October 2025 09:11:52 AM

I don't know anything regarding JPJ, though it is just last week, week 43, when he last played and lost in R1 in the Sioux Challenger ( and he didn't appear to have subsequent entries so not say pulled out of snything after that ), so it wouldn't be an inordinately early season closure. He has very comfortably secured Aus Open Q entry so maybe just wants to take a break and then have a good productive off season.

Re Paul, he is entered into next week's USA M25.