 Dominic Pagon, Team Jamaica | |
| Country (sports) |  Jamaica |
|---|---|
| Residence | Kingston, Jamaica |
| Born | (1988-03-08)8 March 1988 (age 37) Kingston, Jamaica |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Turned pro | 2008 |
| Plays | Left-handed |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 6-12 |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 12-8 |
Dominic Pagon (born March 8, 1988) is aJamaican professionaltennis player.[1]
Pagon has anInternational Tennis Federation win–loss record of 21–28 primarily through hisDavis Cup exploits. He has represented Jamaica in the Davis Cup on seven occasions and was nominated as the country’s No. 1 player in 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014 and 2016. He has been selected to be the Captain for the Jamaican Davis Cup Team on four occasions (2013, 2016, 2018 & 2019) and has 18 wins overall. In June 2019, Pagon broke the record for most doubles wins in the history of Jamaica's Davis Cup tennis with 12 wins.[2] He has played twoATP International Series singles event, both at theInternational Tennis Hall of Fame Champions Cup in 2007 & 2008.[3] Pagon represented Jamaica at the2006 Central American and Caribbean Games,2007 Pan American Games and was a doubles quarter finalist at the2014 Central American and Caribbean Games in Mexico. He was the top-ranked junior player in the Caribbean and Central American region as well as his home country. Pagon achieved a career-bestITF Junior Circuit ranking of No. 125. Pagon went toThe College of William & Mary and earned All-Colonial Athletic Association honors three times as a Tribe player. He was named team captain in 2008 and won 55 singles and 47 doubles matches for W&M.[4]
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indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed bythe score, date, place of event,the zonal classification and its phase, andthe court surface.| Rubber outcome | No. | Rubber | Match type (partner if any) | Opponent nation | Opponent player(s) | Score |
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| 3-0;16-20 July 2008; Country Club,Tegucigalpa, Honduras; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface | ||||||
| Victory | 1 | II | Singles |  Honduras | Keny Turcios | 6–0, 7–5 |
| 1–2;16-20 July 2008; Country Club,Tegucigalpa, Honduras; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface | ||||||
| Defeat | 2 | II | Singles |  Barbados | Haydn Lewis | 6–7, 4–6 |
| 2–1;16-20 July 2008; Country Club,Tegucigalpa, Honduras; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface | ||||||
| Victory | 3 | II | Singles |  Guatemala | Cristian Paiz | 6–3, 2-6, 7-6 |
| 2–1;16-20 July 2008; Country Club,Tegucigalpa, Honduras; Americas Promotion Playoff; Hard surface | ||||||
| Defeat | 4 | II | Singles |  Puerto Rico | Alex Llompart | 2-6, 2-6 |
| 0–5;10–12 July 2009; S.O.V Asiento,Curacao, Netherlands Antilles; Americas Relegation Playoff; Hard surface | ||||||
| Defeat | 5 | II | Singles |  Netherlands Antilles | Romano Tatuhey | 1-6, 3-6, 4-6 |
| Defeat | 6 | III | Doubles (withTyler Chin) | Romano Tatuhey /Martijn Cav Haasteren | 1-6, 1-6, 4-6 | |
| 2–1;07 July 2010;San Juan, Puerto Rico; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface | ||||||
| Defeat | 7 | I | Singles |  Aruba | Clifford Giel | 6-3, 2-6, 4-6 |
| Victory | 8 | III | Doubles (withDamion Johnson) | Clifford Giel /Gian Hodgson | 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 | |
| 0-3;07 July 2010;San Juan, Puerto Rico; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface | ||||||
| Defeat | 9 | III | Doubles (withDwayne Pagon) |  Bahamas | Devin Mullings /Marvin Rolle | 4-6, 1-6 |
| 0–3;07 July 2010;San Juan, Puerto Rico; Americas Playoff; Hard surface | ||||||
| Defeat | 10 | I | Singles | Puerto Rico | Ricardo Gonzalez-Diaz | 1–6, 2-6 |
| Defeat | 11 | III | Doubles (withDamion Johnson) | Alex Llompart /Jose Perdomo | 0-6, 4-6 | |
| 1–2;18 June 2012;Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface | ||||||
| Defeat | 12 | I | Singles |  Costa Rica | Pablo Nunez | 4-6, 5-7 |
| Victory | 13 | III | Doubles (withBrandon Burke) | Pable Nunez /Ignaci Roca | 6-2, 6-0 | |
| 2–1;18 June 2012;Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface | ||||||
| Victory | 14 | I | Singles | Bahamas | Rodney Carey | 6–4, 1-6, 7-6 |
| Victory | 15 | III | Doubles (withBrandon Burke) | Marvin Rolle /Rodney Carey | 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 | |
| 3–0;18 June 2012;Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface | ||||||
| Victory | 16 | I | Singles |  US Virgin Islands | Nicholas Bass | 6-0, 6-1 |
| Victory | 17 | III | Doubles (withDwayne Pagon) | Kristepher Elien /Kevin Alric Plaskett | 7–6, 6-0 | |
| 2–1;18 June 2012;Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface | ||||||
| Defeat | 18 | I | Singles |  Panama | Walner Espinoza | 4-6, 3-6 |
| Victory | 19 | III | Doubles (withBrandon Burke) | Walner Espinoza /Juan-Jose Fuentes | 6-1, 6-2 | |
| 0–3;17 June 2013; Club de Tenis La Paz,La Paz, Bolivia; Americas Round Robin; Clay surface | ||||||
| Defeat | 20 | II | Singles |  Bolivia | Hugo Dellien | 4-6, 1-6 |
| 2–1;17 June 2013; Club de Tenis La Paz,La Paz, Bolivia; Americas Round Robin; Clay surface | ||||||
| Victory | 21 | II | Singles |  Cuba | William Dorantes Sanchez | 6-1, 6-2 |
| Victory | 22 | III | Doubles (withBrandon Burke) | Randy Blanco /Roberto Cruz Ramos | 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 | |
| 0-3;17 June 2013; Club de Tenis La Paz,La Paz, Bolivia; Americas Playoff; Clay surface | ||||||
| Defeat | 23 | II | Singles |  Paraguay | Juan Borba | 0-6, 4-6 |
| 0-3;12 July 2014; Palmas Athletic Club,Humacao, Puerto Rico; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface | ||||||
| Defeat | 24 | II | Singles | Puerto Rico | Alex Llompart | 3-6, 2-6 |
| Defeat | 25 | III | Doubles (withDaniel Harris) | Alex Llompart /Gilberto Alvarez | 2-6, 4-6 | |
| 2–1;12 July 2014; Palmas Athletic Club,Humacao, Puerto Rico; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface | ||||||
| Defeat | 26 | II | Singles |  Trinidad and Tobago | Vaughn Wilson | 6–4, 2-6, 4-6 |
| Victory | 27 | III | Doubles (withBrandon Burke) | Akiel Duke /Vaughn Wilson | 7-5, 6-3 | |
| 0-3;12 July 2014; Palmas Athletic Club,Humacao, Puerto Rico; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface | ||||||
| Defeat | 28 | II | Singles | Costa Rica | Pablo Núñez | 2-6, 5-7 |
| 1-2;12 July 2014; Palmas Athletic Club,Humacao, Puerto Rico; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface | ||||||
| Victory | 29 | II | Singles |  Bermuda | David Thomas | 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 |
| Defeat | 30 | III | Doubles (withBrandon Burke) | Jenson Bascome /Neal Towlson | 1-6, 2-6 | |
| 3-0;11 July 2016; Club de Tenis La Paz,La Paz, Bolivia; Americas Round Robin; Clay surface | ||||||
| Victory | 31 | III | Doubles (withRowland Phillips) | Cuba | Cristian Rodriguez /Osmel Rivera Granja | 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 |
| 3-0;11 July 2016; Club de Tenis La Paz,La Paz, Bolivia; Americas Round Robin; Clay surface | ||||||
| Victory | 32 | III | Doubles (withRowland Phillips) | Panama | Brendan Cockburn /Alejandro Benitez | 6-0, 6-1 |
| 0-3;11 July 2016; Club de Tenis La Paz,La Paz, Bolivia; Americas Round Robin; Clay surface | ||||||
| Defeat | 33 | III | Doubles (withRowland Phillips) | Bolivia | Alejandro Mendoza / Rodrigo Banzer | 4-6, 6-7 |
| 2-1;17 June 2019; Costa Rica Country Club,Escazu, Costa Rica; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface | ||||||
| Victory | 34 | III | Doubles (withRowland Phillips) | Panama | Jorge Daniel Chevez /Luis Gomez | 6-2, 6-1 |
| 2-1;17 June 2019; Costa Rica Country Club,Escazu, Costa Rica; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface | ||||||
| Victory | 35 | III | Doubles (withRowland Phillips) | Trinidad and Tobago | Akiel Duke /Nabeel Majeed Mohammed | 6-3, 7-6 |
| 2-1;17 June 2019; Costa Rica Country Club,Escazu, Costa Rica; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface | ||||||
| Victory | 35 | III | Doubles (withRowland Phillips) | Bermuda | Gavin Manders /Neal Towlson | 6-1, 6-3 |
| 2-1;17 June 2019; Costa Rica Country Club,Escazu, Costa Rica; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface | ||||||
| Defeat | 36 | III | Doubles (withDimitri Bird) | Cuba | Yoan Perez /Osmel Rivera Granja | 6-4, 7-6 |
| 2-1;17 June 2019; Costa Rica Country Club,Escazu, Costa Rica; Americas Round Robin; Hard surface | ||||||
| Defeat | 37 | III | Doubles (withDimitri Bird) | Honduras | Keny Turcios /Gabriel Zuniga Mendoza | 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 |
Pagon was born in Kingston, Jamaica and started playing tennis at six years old. He was given the opportunity at age 14 to attendSaddlebrook Academies, a tennis and golf academy in Tampa Florida. At the age of 17, Pagon was offered a scholarship to attend the College of William and Mary and graduated in 2009 with a degree inEconomics. He is the son of Nigel Pagon and Shirley Wilson.Pagon has been married to his wife since 2021 and are expecting their first child together.[4]
The 2016-17 season was his second season as an assistant to head coach Jeff Kader at his alma mater The College of William and Mary.
In their first year, they guided W&M to a 15-9 record and its firstIntercollegiate Tennis Association ranking in five years and climbed as high as No. 60 in the nation.[5]
