Crowley Wins Second ITF Doubles Championship
Former University of Miami tennis player Keith Crowley teamed with Hans Hach (Mexico) to win the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Mexico F4 Futures event last weekend.
The victory is Crowley’s second ITF championship in the past two months, after pairing with Hach to win the USA F13 Futures in April.
At the Mexico F4 Futures held at the Club Casino Español in Cordoba, Mexico, Crowley and Hach defeated Ivan Endara (ECU) and Luis David Martinez (VEN), 6-4, 6-3, in the championship match to earn the win. In the first round, Crowley and Hach downed Alejandro Mendoza (BOL) and Carlos Ramirez Utermann (MEX), 6-2, 6-3, then defeated Alan Nunez Aguilera (MEX) and Raul-Isaias Rosas-Zarur (MEX), 6-3, 6-2, to move into the semifinals. In that round, the duo took down Luis Díaz Barriga (MEX) and Carlos Palencia (MEX), 7-5, 6-3.
Just one month prior to the event in Mexico, Crowley and Hach won the USA F13 Futures held at Pleasant Valley Country Club in Little Rock, Ark. In this event, Crowley and Hach cruised through the first round with a 6-0, 6-2 win over Deiton Baughman (USA) and Julio Peralta (CHI). In the second round, the pair defeated Maxwell Mendelsohn (USA) and Sergio Ramirez (COL), 6-1, 6-3, then they downed Bradley Holt (USA) and Jordan Parker (USA), 6-2, 6-4 in the semifinals. After winning the first set, Crowley and Hach came back to defeat Eric Quigley (USA) and Matt Seeberger (USA), 6-3, 1-6 [10-7], in the championship match.
Crowley is currently ranked No. 398 by ITF in doubles and No. 702 in singles. At Miami, Crowley, from Capetown, South Africa, won 60 singles matches, ranking 23rd in Canes history.
