2024-25 Men's Tennis Roster
Perez Peña, Miguel
Miguel Perez Peña
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Castellon de la Plana, Spain
- High School:
- IES Ribalta Castellon
- Exchange Profile:
- Pitch an NIL Deal
Bio
Current Rankings (05/01/25):
- Singles: 62
- Doubles: 74 (with Oscar Pinto Sansano)
- Clinched Georgia's highest ranked win of the season over No. 14 Texas A&M.
- Holds ranked singles wins over No. 115 Ioannis Xilas (Wake Forest) and No. 53 Jaden Weekes (Kentucky) in spring action
- Earned career-high win in singles against No. 16 Shunsuke Mitsui (No. 16 Tennessee) with 6-1, 6-3 decision
- Started the spring dual match season 6-0, his career-best start (previously started 5-0 in 2023)
- Qualified for the NCAA Singles Championships by nature of being crowned co-champion of the ITA Southeast Regional at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex
- Fell to No. 26 DK Suresh (Wake Forest) in the first round of the NCAA Singles Championships
- Featured in the ITA South Sectional hosted by Florida State University alongside Oscar Pinto Sansano
- Crowned co-champion of the ITA Southeast Regional with a perfect 5-0 record in singles play; picked up two doubles wins with Oscar Pinto Sansano
- Defeated No. 24 Jeremy Jin (Florida) in the quarterfinals of the ITA Southeast Regional - highest ranked win in singles at the time
- Went 3-2 in singles play during the 2024 ITA All-American Championships reaching the round of 32 of the main draw consolation stage
- Defeated No. 36 Khololwam Montsi (Oklahoma) in the main draw round of 64
- Reached the finals of the doubles red draw with Pinto Sansano at the 56th annual Southern Intercollegiate Championships
- Earned highest-ranked doubles of his career against No. 5 Smith/Vukadin (Clemson) during the Southern Intercollegiate Championships
- Mainly plays on court four in singles this season, where he has five wins
- Paired primarily with Cyrus Mahjoob on court three in doubles
- Won the ITA Southeast Regional singles draw, clinching a spot at the ITA National Fall Championships in San Diego on Nov. 1-5
- Earned new career-best singles win at the Longhorn Invitational, defeating No. 55 Youcef Rihane (FSU) in three sets on Sept. 22
- Reached red draw finals at the 55th annual Southern Intercollegiate Championships, falling to teammate Thomas Paulsell
- Recipient of the Coach Dan Magill Tennis Scholarship and the Rafael E. Jordan Men's Tennis Scholarship
- Finished the season on court five in singles for the Bulldogs, going 9-3 and 30-12 overall
- Previously played on court six, holding a 11-4 record there
- Earned match-clinching wins in the regular season against No. 51 Arkansas and No. 5 South Carolina and a pair in the NCAA Tournament against No. 32 Oklahoma as well as in the Super Regional versus No. 11 Harvard
- Won his first match on court five against No. 56 Vanderbilt's Jeremie Casabon by a 6-1, 7-6(3) score
- Defeated No. 7 Texas' No. 104 Evin McDonald on court six on Jan. 22 by a 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 result
- Picked up biggest singles win of the fall against No. 59 Joubert Klopper of Vanderbilt, 6-4, 6-0, on the first day of the Georgia Tech Invitational
- Finished 2-1 in singles at the Southern Intercollegiate Championships, Alabama Four-in-the-Fall and the Georgia Tech Invitational
- Completed the fall slate with a 7-5 singles record and 1-8 overall doubles record
- Clinched various matches for the Bulldogs at the No. 6 singles spot
- Defeated South Carolina’s Casey Hoole 6-4, 7-6(4) and Auburn’s Will Nolan 6-3, 5-7, 7-5 in match-clinching fashion
- Highest-ranked singles win came against the tenth seed in the n the ITA Southeast Regional Championship field and No. 103 Mattias Siimar in a 6-4, 6-2 result
- Finished 12-13 overall, 4-7 in dual matches and 4-1 against conference opponents
- Signed with UGA as the No. 2 prospect in his home country of Spain
- Totaled five ITF junior singles titles and two junior doubles championships
- Played on the Spanish national team and Winter Cup in Bulgaria in 2018
- Career high ITF Junior ranking of 50 in July 2021
- Born Feb. 27, 2003
- Son of Beatriz Pena and Dioni Perez
- Favorite meal as paella
- Listed favorite professional athlete as Connor McGregor
- If he won the lottery, the first thing he would buy is a yacht
- Likes to cook in his free time
- When asked about why he chose to play tennis at Georgia, he responded by saying, "The people who are part of your environment at Georgia make you feel like part of a big family. The university provide you the best possible facilities and resources to develop as an athlete and as a person. I have always known of Georgia's tradition and years of history. I knew it was the best place to develop as a tennis player and I always knew inside of me I wanted to be a Bulldog."
| Singles | ||||||||||
| Year | Overall | Dual | SEC | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4 | No. 5 | No. 6 | Ranked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | 12-13 | 4-7 | 4-1 | - | - | - | - | - | 4-7 | 1-2 |
| 2022-23 | 30-12 | 20-7 | 10-2 | - | - | - | - | 9-3 | 11-4 | 2-1 |
| 2023-24 | 23-16 | 10-10 | 5-5 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 2-4 | 5-5 | - | - | 2-4 |
| 2024-25 | 22-12 | 13-6 | 6-6 | 7-5 | 2-1 | 4-0 | - | - | - | 8-11 |
| Career | 87-53 | 45-30 | 25-14 | 9-6 | 3-1 | 6-4 | 5-5 | 9-3 | 15-11 | 13-19 |
| Doubles | |||||||
| Year | Overall | Dual | SEC | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | Ranked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | 3-6 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2022-23 | 3-9 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2023-24 | 10-12 | 8-6 | 5-1 | - | - | 8-6 | 0-1 |
| 2024-25 | 17-15 | 12-10 | 8-6 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 10-6 | 3-4 |
| Career | 33-42 | 20-16 | 13-7 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 18-12 | 3-5 |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Stat | Overall |
|---|---|
| Career-high singles ranking | No. 32 (03/04/25) |
| Career-high doubles ranking | No. 31 (12/03/24) with Oscar Pinto Sansano |
| Highest ranked singles win | No. 16 Shunsuke Mitsui, Tennessee (02/24/25) |
| Highest ranked doubles win | No. 5 Smith/Vukadin, Clemson (09/13/24) with Oscar Pinto Sansano |
| Career match-clinching wins | Eight (Last: 04/13/24 vs. No. 14 Texas A&M) |
| Career point-clinching wins | Nine (Last: 03/09/25 vs. No. 64 LSU) |
Georgia Men's Tennis NCAA Round 2 vs NC State - Postmatch Interview - Coach Hunt
Sunday, May 04
Georgia Men's Tennis NCAA Round 1 vs UNCW - Video Recap
Saturday, May 03
Georgia Men's Tennis SEC Tournament vs Oklahoma Post-match Interview - Coach Hunt
Thursday, April 17
Georgia Men's Tennis Feature - Lifelong Bond: Miguel Perez Peña and Oscar Pinto Sansano
Tuesday, April 15
