Tigers Add Gonzalez and Dica As Mid-Year Enrollees

CLEMSON, S.C. — The Tigers men’s tennis program has added Jorge “Coke” Plans Gonzalez  and Nini Dica to their 2020 signing class as announced by Head Coach Robbie Weiss on Monday afternoon. Both will join the Tigers in January of 2021.

JORGE “COKE” PLANS GONZALEZ

Barcelona, Spain

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• Current UTR: 13.09
• Highest UTR: 13.47
• Member of the Spanish National Team
• Was the Catalonian Junior Champion in each age division
• Competed in the ATP Matua Madrid Master’s 1000 losing to world No. 32 Adrian Mannarino 6-4, 6-7, 7-5 after holding two match points

“Jorge is one of those recruits that you wish for as a Head Coach. We could not be more thrilled to have Jorge be a part of our program. Not only is Jorge a fantastic player, but he is a fantastic person and can’t wait to get started with him. We are incredibly fortunate that Jorge chose Clemson over several top-10 programs and feel confident that Jorge will have a very successful college career at Clemson and help lead the program to great heights.”

 

NINI DICA

Timisoara, Romania

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• Current UTR: 13.13
• Highest UTR: 13.94
• Ranked as high as No. 47 by the ITF
• Ranked as high as No. 1080 by the ATP

“We are incredibly excited to have Nini join our program. Nini is a very experienced player having played for many years on the International ITF Circuit as well as competing on the ATP Tour. Having been ranked inside the top-50 in the world in juniors and having played in Junior Grand Slam events, Nini is no stranger to handling pressure and big moments.  We are confident that Nini will play a big role for us right away and thrilled that he chose Clemson to get his education and compete for the Tigers.”