2016-17 Men's Tennis Roster
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Cutura, Mate
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Mate Cutura
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Posusje, Herzegovina
- High School/Previous School:
- Tyler [TX] Junior College
Bio
Career
Singles Record: 38-42 // 27-33 Dual Match // 17-13 SEC
Doubles Record: 43-33 // 37-23 Dual Match // 18-10 SEC
Highest Singles Ranking: 22nd (3/22//16)
Highest Doubles Ranking: 19th (9/13/16)
Awards/Honors
All-SEC First Team (2016)
All-SEC Second Team (2015)
SEC Player of the Week (4/1/15; 4/8/15)
Senior (2016-17)
Singles: 11-19 // 8-15 Dual Match // 4-6 SEC
Doubles: 15-15 // 14-10 Dual Match // 8-2 SEC
Highest Singles Ranking: 26th (9/13/16)
Highest Doubles Ranking: 19th (9/13/16)
FALL:
- Earned his highest career rankings in doubles (19th) before the start of the fall season with partner Vaughn Hunter
- Claimed the 26th spot in singles after the first ITA National Ranking of the fall
- Won three singles matches over the fall slate in 2016, with two coming over SEC foes
SPRING:
- Mate Cutura won eight dual-matches over the spring in singles action
- Earned two ranked singles wins during the spring
- The majority of Cutura's season was played at the No. 2 position where he earned five singles wins
- Clinched MSU's win over Vanderbilt (April 27) at the SEC Tournament after a straight-set victory
- Cutura's ranked win over Texas A&M's No. 47 Jordi Arconada (April 29) propelled MSU's 4-3 comeback over the Aggies at the SEC Tournament
- In doubles play, the duo of Cutura and Vaughn Hunter earned a 12-11 record overall and a team-best 8-2 mark in SEC matches
- The pair of Cutura and Hunter clinched five doubles points for the Bulldogs, including a a thrilling doubles clinch over LSU's 90th ranked foe on Senior Day
- The tandem of Cutura and Hunter won two ranked doubles matches in 2017
Junior (2015-16) *Awarded an additional year of eligibility
Singles: 7-12 // 5-11 Dual Match // 5-5 SEC
Doubles: 9-11 // 9-8 Dual Match // 5-5 SEC
Highest Singles Ranking: 22nd (3/22/16)
Highest Doubles Ranking: 39th (4/5/16)
Awards/Honors
All-SEC First Team (2016)
SPRING:
- Partnered with Vaughn Hunter and went 4-6 in dual matches with a 3-3 record against ranked opponents
- Downed the No. 1 ranked duo in the nation, Florida’s Hidalgo and Watson, 6-4
- Earned another ranked SEC win over 16th-ranked tandem of Redlicki and Micolani
- Held a 4-1 record with partner Trevor Foshey including a perfect 3-0 at home
- Played exclusively out of the No. 1 spot in singles for the season
- Had a three match winning streak near the beginning of SEC play
- This included a season best win over Arthur Rinderknech of Texas A&M ranked 14th
- Reached a career high 22nd ranking on March 22
- Has a 12-2 record in doubles at home in his career
Singles Record: 20-11 // 14-7 Dual Match // 8-2 SEC
Doubles Record: 19-7 // 15-5 Dual Match // 6-3 SEC
Highest Doubles Ranking: 46th (2/24/15)
Awards/Honors
- 2015 All-SEC Second Team
- SEC Player of the Week (4/1/15; 4/8/15)
FALL:
- Transfered to MSU from Tyler [TX] Community College
- Earned his first victory in the Maroon and White at the 2014 SEC Fall Coaches Classic, defeating Ole Miss' Vinod Gowda 6-3, 3-6, 1-0(3)
- Made a run to the quarterfinals of the 2014 USTA/ITA Southern Regional Championships
- Picked up his first career doubles victory with Robin Haden, downing Arkansas' Juan Marino and Johan den Toom 8-1 to advance to the round of 16 at the 2014 SEC Fall Coaches Classic
- Advanced to the quarterfinals at the Southern Regional Championships with teammate Tassilo Schmid, including an 8-5 victory against Ole Miss' Ricardo Jorge/Stefan Lindmark
SPRING:
- Named All-SEC Second Team
- Kicked off his dual match career with a 6-2, 6-1 win against Jackson State's Richie Agarwal in the season opener
- Defeated N.C. State's Beck Bond 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 to clinch MSU's 4-3 victory against the 27th-ranked Wolfpack in the first round of the ITA Kickoff Weekend
- Picked up a pair of wins against foes from No. 18 Florida and No. 39 Auburn, including his first-career ranked win against AU's No. 103 Maxime Hinnisdaels on March 15
- Continued his hot start to SEC play, improving to 4-0 against conference foes after taking down Ole Miss' Gustav Hansson on March 25
- Picked up two crucial road wins at Kentucky (March 27) and No. 52 Tennessee (March 29), including a three-set victory against UT's No. 119 Jack Schipanski, to increase his winning streak to six-straight matches and improve to 6-0 in SEC play
- Earned his highest-career ranked win with a 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 victory against UGA's No. 18 Nathan Pasha, helping MSU defeat the 6th-ranked Bulldogs from Athens on April 3
- Clinched State's 4-1 win against No. 45 South Carolina on April 5 with a 6-2, 7-6(5) triumph against Andrew Schafer
- Finished the year winning both of his matches in the 2015 NCAA Championship, defeating Denver's Alex Gasson 6-2, 6-4 (First Round) and No. 73 Brett Clark 6-2, 6-2 (Second Round)
- Teamed with Tassilo Schmid, the duo have been undefeated in the spring with a 7-0 record
- Entered the doubles rankings for the first time in his career on 2/10/15, coming in at T-48th with Schmid
- Recorded a pair of doubles victories at the 2015 Blue Gray National Tennis Classic that clinched the doubles point for the Bulldogs
- Clinched their fifth doubles point of the season and improved to 8-0 in the spring with a 7-5 defeat of Alabama's Sean Donohue/Danny Kerznerman in the SEC opener on Feb. 27
- Improved to 10-0 in dual match play with a pair of wins against foes from No. 55 Arkansas and Nicholls State on March 7
- Picked up a pair of wins against No. 6 Georgia and No. 45 South Carolina on April 3 and 5 and followed up with wins against No. 75 Pen Binet/Baker Newman (Vanderbilt) and Justin Butsch/Chris Simpson (LSU) to go on a four-match winning streak
- Defeated Denver's Yannik James and Diogo Rocha 8-7(10) to help the Bulldogs to help clinch the doubles point in the NCAA Championship First Round
Pre-Mississippi State
- Attended Tyler [TX] Community College prior to joining the Bulldogs, where he was an All-American
- Was crucial in helping the Tyler CC Apaches capture the 2013 NJCAA national championship
- The year prior, helped Tyler CC make the NJCAA finals
Personal
- Native of Posusje, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Born Feb. 8, 1993
- Majoring in Communications
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