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Cleeve Harper

  • Height
    5-10
  • Class
    Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown
    Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  • High School
    Hilton Head Prep (S.C.)
  • Major
    Human Dimensions of Organizations

Biography

• 2022 NCAA Doubles National Champion (with Richard Ciamarra)

• 2023 ITA All-American (doubles/Eliot Spizzirri)
• 2023 NCAA Doubles Championship runner-up (with Eliot Spizzirri)
• Selected to the 2023 NCAA Championships draw for doubles at the 3 seed (with Eliot Spizzirri)
• 2023 CSC Academic All-America Second Team and All-District
• 2023 First-Team All-Big 12 (doubles/Eliot Spizzirri)
• 2023 Big 12 Individual Champion at No. 1 doubles (with Eliot Spizzirri)
• Advanced to the doubles round of 16 (with Eliot Spizzirri) at the 2022 ITA National Fall Championships
• Reached doubles semifinals (with Eliot Spizzirri) of the 2022 ITA All-American Championship

• 2022 ITA All-American (doubles with Richard Ciamarra)
• 2022 First-Team All-Big 12 (doubles with Richard Ciamarra)
• 2022 Big 12 Individual Champion at No. 1 doubles (with Richard Ciamarra)
• 2022 Big 12 All-Tournament Team (No. 6 singles)
• 2022 Academic All-Big 12 First Team

• 2021 Big 12 Individual Co-Champion at No. 4 singles
• 2021 ITA Scholar-Athlete
• 2021 Academic All-Big 12 First Team

• 2020 ITA Scholar-Athlete
• 2020 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• Selected to the 2020 ITA National Indoors All-Tournament Team at No. 6 singles

• Redshirted during the 2019 spring season
• Signed his commitment to compete for The University of Texas Men's Tennis program in October 2018

FALL (2022)
• Posted records of 3-4 in singles and 5-4 in doubles
• Began ranked No. 16 in doubles with Eliot Spizzirri and finished No. 7
• Reached the doubles Round of 16 at the ITA National Fall Championships with a victory over No. 34 Mark Keki and Mate Voros of Sacramento State, 6-3, 6-3, before falling in a tiebreaker and superbreaker to No. 20 Edoardo Graziani and Kevin Zhu of Penn, 7-6 (5), 3-6, 1-0 (11)
• Advanced to the doubles semifinals of the ITA All-American Championships with Eliot Spizzirri with wins over the No. 57 pair of Patrick Zahraj and Alex Hoogmartens of UCLA, 7-5, 6-4; the No. 2 pair of Stefan Dostanic and Bradley Frye of USC, 6-3, 6-3; and Ethan Quinn and Trent Bryde of Georgia, 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 (8)
• Won two singles matches in ITA All-American qualifying to reach the Round of 32
• Partnered with Eliot Spizzirri and topped the No. 2 pair of Stefan Dostanic and Bradley Frye of USC, 8-6, at the Southern Intercollegiate Championships

AS A SOPHOMORE (2022)
• Registered a 12-8 overall record in the spring, including 12-6 in dual match play, going 1-0 at No. 4, 9-4 at No. 5 and 2-2 at No. 6
• Won five of his first six dual match singles decisions
• Missed a stretch of five out of six singles matches due to injury on Feb. 20 and from March 9-27, but played in two doubles matches in that time (March 18 and 27)
• Went 19-7 in doubles in the spring, including 11-7 in dual match play with an 8-4 mark at No. 1, and 3-3 record at No. 2
• Partnered with Richard Ciamarra to win the NCAA Doubles National Championship
• Lost only one set in five matches during the NCAA doubles tournament, with the lone loss being 7-5 in the first set of the title match
• Defeated No. 2 Matej Vocel and Robert Cash of Ohio State, 5-7, 6-4, 1-0 (7) in the final
• Downed No. 37 Philip Henning and Trent Bryde of Georgia in the first round, 7-6 (4), 6-3; No. 32 Justin Barki and Ryan Seggerman of Princeton in the second round, 6-3, 6-4; No. 5 Sam Riffice and Ben Shelton of Florida in the quarterfinals, 7-5, 6-2; and Charles Bertimon and Maxence Bertimon of VCU in the semifinals, 6-4, 6-3
• Partnered with Richard Ciamarra to become one of the top doubles teams in the country, reaching as high as No. 3 in the ITA rankings on April 6, 13 and 20 and finishing No. 4
• Has reached as high as 110 in the ITA singles rankings on Feb. 9
• Posted two singles wins in the NCAA Tournament, 6-1, 6-4, over Mario Duron of Idaho at No. 5 to clinch the overall match, and 6-4, 6-2 over NIck Beaty of No. 5 Michigan at No. 6
• Collected a 6-3, 6-4 win over Juampi Mazzuchi of No. 4 Baylor in the Big 12 Semifinals at No. 6
• Downed the No. 45 pair of Sebastian Nothhaft and Tyler Zink in clinching the doubles point with Richard Ciamarra at No. 1, and added a 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 win over Leighton Allen at No. 5 in a 5-2 at No. 52 Oklahoma State
• Part of a 7-0 sweep at No. 38 Oklahoma with a 6-4, 7-6 (4) singles win over Justin Schlageter at No. 5, and a 6-4 doubles victory with Richard Ciamarra over No. 79 Welsh Hotard and Alex Martinez
• Topped the No. 2 duo of Luc Fomba and Jake Fearnley of No. 1 TCU, 6-4, with Richard Ciamarra to help win the doubles point
• Combined with Chih Chi Huang for a 6-3 win against Sam Whitehead and Chris Lawrance of UTRGV at No. 2
• Contributed a 6-4, 6-4 win over Franco Ribero at No. 5 in a 7-0 sweep of No. 40 Texas Tech
• Defeated No. 46 Welsh Hotard and Alex Martinez, 6-4, with Richard Ciamarra at No. 1 versus No. 30 Oklahoma
• Partnered with Richard Ciamarra for a 6-4 win over Sam Riffice and Ben Shelton at No. 1 to clinch doubles in a 4-3 win over No. 5 Florida at the ITA Indoors
• Combined with Richard Ciamarra for a 6-3 win over Sumit Sarkar and Haoyuan Huang of Rice at No. 1, and followed with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Trinity Grear at No. 5 in a 7-0 sweep
• Was two points away from a win with Richard Ciamarra against No. 18 Lah and Finn Bass in doubles, 6-6 (5-2) at No. 2 Baylor when the match went unfinished
• Recorded a 6-2, 6-4 win over Luke Vandecasteele of Oregon at No. 5 in a 4-0 sweep
• Paired with Richard Ciamarra for a 6-0 shutout of Max Westphal and Theo Winegar of Columbia at No. 1 and added a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Ishaan Ravichander at No. 5 in a 4-0 sweep at the ITA Kickoff
• Went 4-0 on a road trip to No. 14 Arizona and Arizona State where he defeated Carlos Haseey of Arizona, 7-6 (3), 6-4 at No. 5, and Jacob Bullard of Arizona State, 6-1, 7-6 (5) at No. 4, while capturing a pair of doubles matches with Richard Ciamarra, 6-1 over Hoeyeraal and Jonas Ziverts at No. 1, and 6-3 over Murphy Cassone and Jacob Bullard at No. 2
• Opened dual match play against UTSA and clinched both the overall match and doubles with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Danijal Muminovic at No. 5, and a 6-2 doubles victory with Richard Ciamarra over Muminovic and Sebastian Rodriguez
• Began spring with three doubles wins at the Miami Spring Invite, including two with Richard Ciamarra, 6-3 over Blake Croyder and Erik Grevelius of Georgia, and 6-2 over No. 22 Trey Hilderbrand and Bogdan Pavel of UCF, while also adding one with Micah Braswell, 6-3 over Hilderbrand and Cooper White of UCF

FALL (2021)
• Logged a 3-2 singles record and 7-4 doubles mark
• Partnered with Richard Ciamarra to reach the doubles final at the ITA Texas Regionals with four wins before falling just short of the title in a third-set superbreaker, 6-1, 4-6, 1-0 (8), to Lui Maxted and Pedro Vives of TCU
• Began the ITA All-American Championships in the doubles qualifying round of 64 with Richard Ciamarra and gathered two wins over Hunter Harrison and Avery Zavala of Arkansas (6-3, 6-3) and Yuta Kikuchi and Carl Emil Overbeck of Cal (7-6 [4], 6-3) before falling in the round of 16, but then picking up a main draw exemption and topping the No. 3 duo Trey Hilderbrand and Bogdan Pavel of UCF (7-6 [5], 3-6, 1-0 [8]) in the round of 32
• Secured a 6-3, 6-2 win over Francisco Pini of Oklahoma State in qualifying of the ITA All-American Championships
• Won his first three singles matches of the season, including victories over No. 122 Blake Croyder of Georgia, 6-3, 6-3, and Peter Makk of USC at the Southern Intercollegiates

AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN/ADDITIONAL (2021)
• Rated a season-high No. 94 in the final ITA singles rankings
• Was unranked in the final doubles ratings, but had a high of No. 76 with Chih Chi Huang in 2021
• Tied for the team lead with 20 singles victories (20-5) and tied for second in doubles wins (14-10) in dual match play
• Posted overall marks of 25-10 in singles and 22-15 in doubles in 2020-21
• Clinched a 4-3 win over No. 12 USC in the NCAA Quarterfinals by topping Bradley Frye, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 at No. 4
• Clinched the 4-0 sweep of Northwestern in the second round of the NCAA Tournament with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Chris Ephron at No. 4 after pairing with Chih Chi Huang for a 6-3 win in doubles over Ephron and Dominik Stary
• Won his first postseason singles match with a 6-3, 7-6 (2) decision over Mathieu Scaglia in a 4-1 win against No. 18 Oklahoma State in the Big 12 Championship semifinals
• Helped Texas to a 5-2 victory at No. 2 Baylor with a 6-1, 6-7 (7), 6-3 win over Sven Lah at No. 4
• Collected a 6-2, 6-1 win over Nathan Han at No. 4 in a 5-2 victory over No. 21 Oklahoma
• Earned his second straight top-100 win with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Jake Fearnley of No. 8 TCU
• Helped lead Texas to a 4-3 win over No. 6 Texas A&M by prevailing in an epic 7-6 (9) tiebreaker with Chih Chi Huang over Pierce Rollins and Valentin Vacherot to clinch doubles at No. 2, and then topped No. 78 Rollins, 6-3, 6-2 at No. 4
• Clinched the overall match against No. 29 South Florida with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Pierre Luquet at No. 4 after partnering with Chih Chi Huang for a 6-3 win over Chase Ferguson and Manuel Goncalves
• At Rice, played No. 1 doubles for the only time this season, pairing with Chih Chi Huang for a 6-3 win against Conrad Russell and Sumit Sarkar, and then clinched the overall match with a 6-1, 7-5 win over Campbell Salmon at No. 3
• Partnered with Micah Braswell for a 6-1 win over Mason Beiler and Max Stewart at No. 2 in a 4-3 win at No. 28 Oklahoma
• Clinched doubles with Chih Chi Huang in a 4-1 win at No. 26 Oklahoma State with a 6-2 win over Mathieu Scaglia and Maxim Tybar at No. 2, and defeated Scaglia, 7-6 (7), 6-3 at No. 4
• Paired with Chih Chi Huang for a 6-2 win over Akos Kotorman and Billy Suarez at No. 2 in a 4-3 win at Tulane
• Earned a 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 win over Giles Hussey of No. 10 Tennessee at No. 4 it ITA Indoor Nationals
• Clinched a 4-3 victory over No. 1 USC at ITA National Indoors with a 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 win over No. 79 Ryder Jackson at No. 4, while also pairing with Micah Braswell for a 6-2 win against Mor Bulis and Lodewijk Weststrate at No. 3
• Played No. 3 singles in a doubleheader and went 2-0 against Joao Sasso of UIW (6-0, 6-1) and Nathan Schwartz (6-4, 6-3) of Texas A&M-CC, while also partnering with Jacob Bullard in doubles at No. 2 for a 6-3 win against UIW, and Micah Braswell at No. 3 for a 6-2 win against TAMCC
• Clinched a 4-3 victory against No. 15 Arizona State with a 6-1, 0-6, 6-2 win over Max McKennon at No. 4
• Helped Texas to a 4-3 win over No. 9 Florida with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Johannes Ingildsen at No. 4
• Clinched both doubles and overall against Liberty with a 6-3 win with Micah Braswell over Nicaise Muamba and Thando Longwe-Smit at No. 3, and a 6-4, 6-4 win over Rafael Marques Da Silva at No. 4
• Downed Julian Steinhausen, 7-5, 6-3 at No. 4 and paired with Micah Braswell for a 6-1 win over Caleb Chakravarthi and Huntley Allen at No. 3 against SMU
• Opened dual match play with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Kacper Dworak at No. 4 to clinch the overall match against Louisiana, and a 6-3 win with Chih Chi Huang over Xandy Hammitt and Karlo Kajin at No. 2
• Posted a 2-1 record in singles with wins over Riccardo Roberto and Edson Ortiz, and 3-1 in doubles with two matches each with Micah Braswell and Chih Chi Huang at the Alabama Spring Shootout

FALL (2020)
• Went 3-3 in singles and 5-4 in doubles in fall play
• Topped Sven Lah of Baylor in singles, 6-4, 6-2, and while coming up just short of a 3-0 record in doubles with Chih Chi Huang at the Big 6 Fall Invite, falling in a tiebreaker of their third match after downing Dimitrios Azoidis and Reed Collier of Texas Tech, 8-7 (5), and Lah and Nick Stachowiak of Baylor, 8-6
• Collected a 6-4, 2-6, 6-1 win over Noah Schachter of Texas A&M, while going 2-1 in doubles at the TCU Invite with an 8-3 with Chih Chi Huang over Etienne Donnet and Emile Hudd of Oklahoma State, and an 8-6 win with Micah Braswell against Justin Schlageter and Jake Van Emburgh of Oklahoma 
• Downed Franco Ribero of Texas Tech, 6-7 (6), 6-1, 6-1, in singles, while pairing with Micah Braswell for a 6-4 win over Welsh Hotard and Matt Rodriguez of Oklahoma at the Lakes Tennis Invite

AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2020)
• Picked up Texas' first singles point in a 6-1 win over Rice with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Conrad Russell
• Helped Texas win the doubles point by pairing with Chih Chi Huang at No. 3 for a 6-3 win over Timothy Sah and Tomas Kopczynski as part of a 4-0 sweep versus No. 8 Stanford
• Registered a perfect 6-0 record at the ITA Indoors, including three singles wins and three doubles victories in helping Texas to 4-2 wins over No. 16 UCLA and No. 8 Stanford
• Captured the first singles point for Texas in all three matches of the ITA Indoors with wins over Eric Hahn of No. 16 UCLA (6-2, 6-3), Ryan Fu of No. 13 Michigan (7-6 [1], 6-1) and Kento Perera of No. 8 Stanford (6-4, 6-2)
• Partnered with Yuya Ito for the first time in their careers and swept three doubles matches at the ITA Indoors, including over Bryce Pereira and Patrick Zahraj of UCLA (6-2), Harrison Brown and Ryan Fu of Michigan (6-3), and Filip Kolasinski and Alex Rotsaert of Stanford (6-4)
• Defeated Erik Grevelius and Robert Loeb, 6-4, at No. 3 doubles with Chih Chi Huang to win doubles in a 4-3 win over No. 18 Georgia
• With Chih Chi Huang, downed Marcus Walters and Chase Wood, 6-1, at No. 3 doubles in a 4-0 sweep of No. 21 Florida State
• Collected his first dual match doubles win, 7-6 (4), with Chih Chi Huang over Patrick Fletchall and Payam Ahmadi at No. 3 doubles to win the point in a 4-0 sweep of Indiana
• Earned his first dual match singles win with a 6-2, 6-4 decision at No. 6 over Jordi Redelijk at SMU
• Made his dual match debut at No. 6 singles and No. 3 doubles at No. 1 Florida
• Compiled a 5-1 record, including 3-0 in singles and 2-1 in doubles with Chih Chi Huang at the Miami Invitational

AS A FRESHMAN (2019)
• Redshirted

FALL (2019)
• Registered records of 4-5 in singles and 7-3 in doubles in the fall
• Reached the doubles quarterfinals with Chih Chi Huang at the ITA Texas Regionals, while also reaching the singles round of 32, including a win over No. 94 Jan-Simon Vrbsky of SMU, totaling 2-1 records in each
• Paired with Chih Chi Huang and posted a 2-2 doubles record at the Southern Intercollegiate Championships
• Partnered with Chih Chi Huang to go 3-0 and win the White East Draw in doubles, while recording a 2-2 mark in singles including a win over No. 85 Frazier Rengifo of East Tennessee State, 6-1, 6-1 in the Gamecock Fall Invitational

BEFORE TEXAS
• Doubles semifinals at the Eddie Herr Championships
• Singles quarterfinalist in the Atlanta ITF
• Doubles champion and singles quarterfinalist at the Canada World Ranking Event
• Doubles champion and singles semifinalist at the Canadian Junior U18 Outdoor National Championships
• Received his second Tennis Canada Sportsmanship Award at the Canadian Junior Outdoors
• Singles semifinalist at the Davis Trading Junior ITF Vancouver Championships
• Singles champion at the Canadian Saville ITF U18 in Edmonton
• Doubles champion and singles semifinalist at the Yonex Calgary U18 ITF Junior Event
• Doubles champion at the Barbados Junior International
• Eared the 2018 Leadership Award at the Smith Stearns Tennis Academy
• Singles and doubles champion at the Alberta U18 Provincial Championships in 2017
• Doubles champion of the Canadian Saville Junior ITF in 2017
• Represented the Province of Alberta at the Canada Summer Games where he played No. 1 singles and was undefeated in the team competition in 2017
• Doubles finalist at the Eddie Herr International Championships in 2016
• Singles champion of the Alberta U18 Outdoor Championships in 2016
• Earned the first of his two Tennis Canada Sportsmanship Awards in 2016
• Honors student in high school at Hilton Head Preparatory School in South Carolina
• Trained at the Smith Stearns Tennis Academy in South Carolina
• Fluent in French and studied Spanish
• Holds interest in studying in economics, computer science and architecture
• Active in the community at his high school and coached youth tennis

RANKINGS 
Universal Tennis Rating: 13.0
Career high ITF Junior Ranking: 177
Highest Collegiate Ranking (ITA Singles/Doubles): N/A
Highest Pro Ranking (ATP Singles/Doubles): 1436/2116

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

    5'10"
  • 2019-20Redshirt Freshman

    5'10"
  • 2020-21Redshirt Freshman

    5'10"
  • 2021-22Redshirt Sophomore

    5'10"
  • 2022-23Redshirt Junior

    5'10"
  • 2023-24Redshirt Senior

    5'10"
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