Australian Open Weight 86 kg Turned pro Name Julen Uriguen | Prize money Role Tennis player Residence Guatemala Career record 2–3 Height 1.85 m Highest ranking 4 | |
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) | ||
Cavalier Sports Weekly - Julen Uriguen
Julen Urigüen Sieveking (born July 22, 1991 in Guatemala City, Guatemala) is a junior tennis player who currently lives in the United States. He has competed for the Guatemala Davis Cup team.
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- Cavalier Sports Weekly Julen Uriguen
- Julen Uriguen serves for the match against Marco Nunez
- Early life
- Junior career
- College career
- References
Julen Uriguen serves for the match against Marco Nunez
Early life
Urigüen started to play tennis when he was 9 years old, choosing to focus on it when he was 11. He became part of the all-Guatemalan junior tennis team in every category.
Junior career
Urigüen competed at the 2009 Australian Open in the Boys Singles, where he made it to the semi-finals after being seeded second. He lost in the first round at Roland Garros, where he had been seeded fifth.
Urigüen also plays doubles, with Harry Fowler in Australia (seeded 4th, eliminated in the first round) and with Tennys Sandgren at the French Open (seeded 3rd, eliminated first round).
College career
It was announced in April 2009 that he had signed to play with the University of Virginia Cavaliers men's tennis team. He is expected to graduate in 2013.