JC Aragone

JC Aragone
Full name	Juan Cruz Aragone
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Yorba Linda, California
Born	June 28, 1995 (age 28); Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Turned pro	2017
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
College	University of Virginia
Prize money	$271,804
Singles
Career record	0–4
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 224 (December 17, 2018)
Current ranking	No. 400 (March 7, 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2019)
US Open	1R (2017)
Doubles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 153 (September 30, 2019)
Current ranking	No. 206 (March 7, 2022)
	Last updated on: March 15, 2022.

Last updated August 22, 2023

Juan Cruz "JC" Aragone (born June 28, 1995) is an American tennis player. He attended the University of Virginia and was a member of three NCAA Men's Tennis Championship winning teams.^[1] Aragone made his first ATP main-draw appearance at the 2017 US Open after coming through qualifying.

Early life and amateur career

Aragone is from Yorba Linda, California and took classes through the Parkview School, an independent study school based in Placentia, California. In January 2012, Aragone was hospitalized due to liver and kidney failure after developing an allergic reaction to an acne medication.^[2] That same year, he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.^[2] Despite these challenges, Aragone finished his junior career competing in two junior US Opens and ranked 14th in his graduating class. He committed to playing college tennis at the University of Virginia.

While at Virginia, Aragone helped the Cavaliers win three straight NCAA Men's Tennis Championships. He was named to the NCAA All-Tournament team twice, in both singles and doubles, and was a two-time ACC Tournament MVP.^[1] Aragone finished his college career with a 109–22 record.

Professional career

Aragone was awarded a wild card into the 2017 US Open qualifying tournament. He defeated Marco Cecchinato, Riccardo Bellotti, and Akira Santillan to secure a spot in the main draw of the 2017 US Open, where he lost to 28th seed Kevin Anderson.^[3]

Personal life

JC's parents are Paula and Facundo Aragone. He has one brother named Tommy. Aragone majored in government while at Virginia. He also interned at J.P. Morgan in New York City during the summer of 2016, balancing urban tennis practice with the demands of a Wall Street job. He received an offer to return to the company full-time, but opted instead to pursue his dream of a professional career in tennis.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 5 (3–2)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (3–2)

Titles by surface
Hard (3–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Dec 2016	USA F40, Tallahassee	Futures	Hard (i)	Brayden Schnur	5–7, 6–3, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Jun 2017	Spain F17, Martos	Futures	Hard	Carlos Gómez-Herrera	5–7, 6–4, 5–7
Win	1–2	Mar 2018	USA F8, Calabasas	Futures	Hard	Marcos Giron	6–2, 6–4
Win	2–2	Jul 2018	Canada F4, Kelowna	Futures	Hard	Alexis Galarneau	6–2, 6–3
Win	3–2	Feb 2022	M25 Cancún, Mexico	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Lucas Gerch	6–1, 6–3

Doubles: 15 (6–9)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (3–6)
ITF Futures Tour (3–3)

Titles by surface
Hard (5–9)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2017	Spain F17, Martos	Futures	Hard	Daniel Nolan	Robert Galloway Evan King	4–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Mar 2018	Canada F1, Gatineau	Futures	Hard (i)	Deiton Baughman	Florian Lakat Ronnie Schneider	6–2, 6–7^(6–8), [7–10]
Win	1–2	Jun 2018	USA F15, Winston-Salem	Futures	Hard	Harrison Adams	Ian Dempster Christian Seraphim	7–5, 6–7^(4–7), [10–3]
Loss	1–3	Jul 2018	Granby, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Liam Broady	Alex Lawson Li Zhe	6–7^(2–7), 3–6
Win	2–3	Mar 2019	Indian Wells, USA	Challenger	Hard	Marcos Giron	Darian King Hunter Reese	6–4, 6–4
Win	3–3	Jul 2019	Winnetka, USA	Challenger	Hard	Bradley Klahn	Christopher Eubanks Thai-Son Kwiatkowski	7–5, 6–4
Loss	3–4	Jul 2019	Binghamton, USA	Challenger	Hard	Alex Lawson	Max Purcell Luke Saville	4–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Loss	3–5	Sep 2019	Tiburon, USA	Challenger	Hard	Darian King	Robert Galloway Roberto Maytín	2–6, 5–7
Win	4–5	May 2021	M25 Pensacola, USA	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Nicolás Barrientos	Alejandro Gómez Junior A. Ore	6–2, 4–6, [10–6]
Loss	4–6	Jun 2021	Orlando, USA	Challenger	Hard	Nicolás Barrientos	Christian Harrison Peter Polansky	2–6, 3–6
Loss	4–7	Jun 2021	M25 Tulsa, USA	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Nicolás Barrientos	Strong Kirchheimer Michail Pervolarakis	1–6, 6–4, [7–10]
Loss	4–8	Jul 2021	El Espinar, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Nicolás Barrientos	Robert Galloway Alex Lawson	6–7^(8–10), 4–6
Win	5–8	Feb 2022	M25 Cancún, Mexico	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Peter Polansky	Boris Arias Federico Zeballos	6–2, 6–4
Loss	5–9	Apr 2022	Salinas, Ecuador	Challenger	Hard	Roberto Quiroz	Yuki Bhambri Saketh Myneni	6–4, 3–6, [7–10]
Win	6–9	Apr 2022	Cuernavaca, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Adrián Menéndez Maceiras	Nicolás Mejía Roberto Quiroz	7–6^(7–4), 6–2

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References

1 2 "Virginia Cavaliers Bio". virginiasports.com.
1 2 Lewis, Colette (October 9, 2012). "Comeback From Serious Illness Continues for JC Aragone, Who Reaches Third Round at Pan American Closed". ZooTennis. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
↑ "Former UVa tennis player qualifies for U.S. Open". dailyprogress.com. August 25, 2017. Retrieved August 25, 2017.

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[uvabio-1] 1 2 "Virginia Cavaliers Bio". virginiasports.com.

[zootennis1-2] 1 2 Lewis, Colette (October 9, 2012). "Comeback From Serious Illness Continues for JC Aragone, Who Reaches Third Round at Pan American Closed". ZooTennis. Retrieved August 25, 2017.

[3] "Former UVa tennis player qualifies for U.S. Open". dailyprogress.com. August 25, 2017. Retrieved August 25, 2017.

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