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Marcio Petrone

Height:
5-10
Weight:
175
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Bairro, Meireles, Brazil
High School:
Hollywood Christian School

General - Should contend for the #1 or #2 position in the singles line-up again ... Ranked #62 in the ITA Pre-Season Fall Rankings in singles ... Posted a record of 6-3 in the 2001 fall season ... Advanced to the Round of 16 in the Omni Hotels/ITA Region II Championships ... Won 16 singles matches last season ... Earned an overall singles record of 16-15 ... Defeated three nationally ranked opponents in the last eight days of the regular season ... Advanced to the Continental Airlines A Flight Final by defeating Matthias Mathaes (Rice).

As a Junior - Earned All-ACC recognition for the second time in his career ... Teamed with Greg Archer and finished as the ACC #2 Doubles runners-up with an 11-3 record ... Posted a 19-9 record in doubles play.

As a Sophomore - Was the ACC #3 Singles Champion with a 7-1 record in conference dual matches ... Earned All-ACC recognition in his first year as a Tar Heel ... Won three matches in Pre-Qualifying and advanced to the 2nd round of Qualifying at the ITA All-American Championships at Stone Mountain ... Posted a 17-6 singles mark which included significant wins over Keith From (Texas A&M), Luis Garcia (Clemson), Joel Spicher (Duke) and Michael Berger (Wake) ... Had a 13-3 mark at #4 singles and a 1-1 record at #3 singles ... Teamed with senior Tripp Phillips to go 7-3 in doubles play ... Petrone/Phillips advanced to the quarterfinal round at the ACC Indoors and won key matches at #1 doubles in UNC's victories over Purdue, Brown and Davidson.

Prep - Transferred to North Carolina from Florida International University when the school dropped its men's tennis program ... Graduated in May 1998 from Hollywood Christian School ... Was ranked in the Top Ten of juniors in Brazil ... Made it to the third round of the Orange Bowl tournament in 1996 and to the second round of the Eddie Herr tournament in 1996.

Personal - Marcio Porto Petrone is the son of Carlos and Lana Petrone ... Born on October 1, 1980, in Rio de Janerio, Brazil ... College Major is Economics ... Post School Ambition is to be a professional tennis player or an entrepreneur ... Hobbies include soccer and listening to music ... Athlete he most admires is Thomas Muster ... Favorite Food is steaks ... Favorite TV Show is Friends ... Favorite movie is Jerry Maguire.