Efe Üstündağ (born 15 January 1977) is a Turkish former professional tennis player. He was a member of the Turkey Davis Cup team from 1998 to 2001 and won two ITF Futures doubles titles.[1]

Efe Üstündağ
Country (sports) Turkey
Born (1977-01-15) 15 January 1977 (age 47)
Istanbul, Turkey
Prize money$12,203
Singles
Career record4–8 (Davis Cup)
Highest rankingNo. 599 (31 Jul 2000)
Doubles
Career record0–2 (Davis Cup)
Highest rankingNo. 373 (24 Jul 2000)

Üstündağ, a native of Istanbul, has been Rice University men's head coach since 2012. He was both the 2016 and 2017 C-USA tennis Coach of the Year.[2] A former Rice University player, Üstündağ twice earned All-American honors. In 1999 he and Shane Stone were NCAA doubles quarter-finalists.[3]

ITF Futures finals

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Doubles: 6 (2–4)

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Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Aug 1999 Belarus F1, Minsk Carpet   Raviv Weidenfeld   Barry Fulcher
  Paul Maggs
6–3, 6–7, 6–2
Win 2–0 Sep 1999 Russia F3, Tolyatti Hard   Raviv Weidenfeld   Artem Derepasko
  Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky
2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss 2–1 Oct 1999 Uzbekistan F3, Guliston Hard   Erhan Oral   Alexander Shvets
  Dmitri Tomashevich
3–6, 1–6
Loss 2–2 Feb 2000 USA F4, Corpus Christi Hard   Manuel Jorquera   Bobby Kokavec
  Cristian Kordasz
2–6, 3–6
Loss 2–3 Jul 2000 Turkey F1, Istanbul Hard   Angel-Jose Martin-Arroyo   Sebastien Swierk
  Josh Tuckfield
6–7(5), 3–6
Loss 2–4 Jul 2000 Turkey F3, Istanbul Hard   Cedric Kauffmann   Sebastien Swierk
  Josh Tuckfield
3–6, 5–7

References

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  1. ^ "Efe Üstündağ fırtına gibi". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 6 October 1999.
  2. ^ Coleman, Adam (3 May 2017). "Rice's Efe Ustundag repeats as C-USA tennis Coach of the Year". Houston Chronicle.
  3. ^ "Efe Ustundag - Men's Tennis Coach - Rice University Athletics". Rice Owls.
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