Juan Spir

During the fall of 2020 Juan Spir was announced as an assistant coach for Georgia Tech by Ken Byers Head Men’s Tennis Coach Kenny Thorne. Spir was a three-time ITA All-American (2011, 2012, 2013) and a three-time All-ACC performer during his time on The Flats. He finished his collegiate career with a Tech-record 103 doubles wins in four years, while posting a 75-53 singles record. Along with an illustrious playing career, Spir excelled in the classroom having been named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll twice.

2011 ITA All-American
2011, 2012 All-ACC Team

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General Info: Three-time ITA All-American and three-time All-ACC performer with a powerful serve who rose to the top of Tech[apos]s singles lineup and became the best doubles player ever to play at Georgia Tech … Finished his career with a Tech-record 103 doubles wins in four years, 75 of them with Kevin King … Had a 75-53 singles record in his Tech career … Twice named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2012-13: – Match-by-Match

Played in the NCAA Singles Championship for the second time, losing in the opening round as he did in 2012 … Finished with a 21-16 overall record, 12-10 in dual matches and 8-2 in ACC matches, splitting time between the No. 1 and 2 spots in the Tech singles lineup … Won six straight matches toward the end of the regular season, including four straight over ranked opponents and a straight-set win over the nation[apos]s top-ranked player, Alex Domijan of Virginia … Finished spring ranked No. 49 in ITA rankings.

Played in the Doubles Championship for the third time, reaching the quarterfinals and earning All-America honors for the third time … Joined forces in the fall with Vikram Hundal to play in the USTA/ITA Southeast Regional and won the title the first time they played together competitively … They went on to win the consolation draw at the USTA/ITA National Indoor Championships.

They went 13-2 in tournament play, and were 7-3 at the top of Tech[apos]s doubles lineup in dual matches before Hundal sustained a knee injury at the end of February … Ranked third in the ITA national rankings at the time, they finished the spring ranked 9th and with a 20-6 cumulative record, including a victory over Auburn[apos]s Daniel Cochrane and Andreas Mies, ranked No. 1 at the time, in February.

2011-12: All-ACC selection who was part of the nation[apos]s No. 4-ranked doubles team with Kevin King, reached the second round of the 2012 NCAA Doubles Championship … He and King went 22-5 overall, 16-2 in the spring and 8-1 against ACC foes … Heated up late in the ACC season in singles, winning four straight matches against ranked opponents, including No. 26 Chris Mengel of Duke on the road and No. 3 Jarmere Jenkins of Virginia at home, both in straight sets … Improved to 17-12, 13-8 in the spring and 6-5 in the ACC, and rose to No. 48 in the ITA rankings, matching the highest of his career before falling back to No. 60 … Earned a bid to the NCAA Singles Championship for the first time in his career, lost in the opening round … Got as high as 34th nationally in the fall, finished the year at No. 62 … Advanced to the round of 16 before falling to Florida[apos]s Spencer Newman in the USTA/ITA Southeast Regional … Posted a 5-2 doubles record with partner Kevin King with the tandem ranked 1st nationally … The duo defeated Maryland[apos]s John Collins and Maros Horny (No. 9) and Auburn[apos]s Andres Mies and Alex Stamchev (No. 26) to advance to the finals of the ITA All-American Main Draw before falling to Ohio State[apos]s Chase Buchanan and Blaz Rola (No. 3) … Advanced to the round of 16 in the ITA National Indoor Championships before falling to Florida[apos]s Billy Federhofer and Nassim Slilam (No. 36) … Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2010-11: Part of the nation[apos]s No. 9-ranked doubles team with Kevin King, reached the semifinals of the NCAA Doubles Championship … Knocked off top-seeded Boris Conkic and John-Patrick Smith of Tennessee and two other top 10 seeds … Ranked No. 79 in the final ITA singles rankings after rising as high as No. 48 … Went 11-8 at No. 2, and 22-13 for the year in singles … Lost in his only match at No. 1 … Missed the final weekend of the regular season with a groin injury suffered April 10 against North Carolina … Played doubles, but not singles, in the ACC Tournament … Came back to play both NCAA regional matches at No. 2 (lost one, one unfinished) … Career 1-2 in NCAA singles matches (2 unfinished) … He and King had a 16-6 record at No. 1 in dual matches, and were 34-11 overall for the year … Was a part of 35 doubles wins for the year, second to Kevin King for the most in Tech history … Advanced to the semifinals of the USTA/ITA National Collegiate Indoors … Defeated fellow Jackets Eliot Potvin and Ryan Smith to win the USTA/ITA Southeast Regional … The duo advanced to the finals of the Southern Intercollegiate Championship before falling to Georgia[apos]s Javier Garrapiz and Hernus Pieters.

2009-10: Helped solidify the bottom of Tech[apos]s singles lineup and the top of its doubles lineup … Won 10 of his last 13 singles matches (one unfinished), all but one of those at No. 6, including three wins over ranked foes … One of two Tech players (Eliot Potvin was the other) to play at every singles position in the spring … Won at No. 1, No. 4 and No. 5 … Also compiled a 10-6 mark at No. 1 doubles with Kevin King, finishing the year ranked 83rd nationally.

High School/Junior Tennis: Considered one of the top junior players in Colombia … Reached an ITF Junior world-ranking of as high as No. 48 in singles play … Took the title at the ITF Grade 1 Tournament in Barranquilla, Colombia … Competed in three of the four World Junior Grand Slam events … Tallied 56 wins in singles and 32 in doubles during his career … Attended Colegio Lujan where he was the school[apos]s MVP all four years of high school.

Personal: Full name is Juan Carlos Spir … Born May 1, 1990 in Medellin, Colombia … Son of Juan and Dinorah Spir … Has one brother, Joseph (11) … Has dual citizenship with the United States and Colombia … Began playing tennis at the age of six … Plans to major in International Affairs.