Alexander Marcial
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| Bio | He is a Filipino former professional tennis player. He was the youngest Philippine Davis Cup player in 1968 at the age of 18. Marcial was a Davis Cup player for the Philippines between 1969 and 1982, featuring in a total of 11 ties, for wins in three singles and five doubles rubbers. On the professional tour he had a best singles world ranking of 262, which he reached in 1974. He had wins over Jose Higueras (Spain), Uriel Oquendo (Colombia), Tsuyoshi Fukui (Japan), Greg Braun (Australia), John Bartlett (Australia), Vincent Lawrence (Great Britain) in singles. As well as he has wins over Milan Holecek (Czechslovakia) in doubles, exhibition doubles win over Arthur Ashe and Bob Lutz partnering with Eddie Cruz, Ilie Nastase and partnering with John Newcombe, and battle of the sexes win over Martina Navratilova and Evonne Goolagong partnering with Macky Dominguez. He was the 1981 PSA Tennis Player of the Year. At the 1981 Southeast Asian Games in Manila, Marcial claimed gold medals in both the men's doubles and mixed doubles events. He was a former Philippine No.1. He was known as a “topspinning player who introduced power tennis to the Philippines”. Marcial coaches in Southern California and is a member of the Walnut Ranch Park-Walnut CA, Shadow Oak Park-West Covina CA, Chino Hills Tennis Club-Chino Hills CA, and Long Beach Banning Tennis Club-Wilmington CA. As a leader in the organization Friends Of Philippine Tennis, Marcial oversees the donation and shipment of tennis equipment to youth in the Philippines, and has hosted several MTM coaching certification clinics there. In addition to his USPTA professional certification he decided to become MTM certified in 2016. |
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