Dominic Pagon (born March 8, 1988) is a Jamaican professional tennis player.Player profile itftennis.com

Playing career

Pagon has an International Tennis Federation win–loss record of 21–28 primarily through his Davis 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. He has played two ATP International Series singles event, both at the International Tennis Hall of Fame Champions Cup in 2007 & 2008. Pagon represented Jamaica at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games, 2007 Pan American Games and was a doubles quarter finalist at the 2014 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-best ITF Junior Circuit ranking of No. 125. Pagon went to The 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.

Davis Cup

Participations: (18–20)

Group membershipWorld Group (0–0)WG Play-off (0–0)Group I (0–0)Group II (0–2)Group III (15–16)Group IV (0–0)Matches by surfaceHard (14–17)Clay (4–3)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Matches by typeSingles (6–12)Doubles (12–8) indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.

Rubber outcomeNo.RubberMatch type (partner if any)Opponent nationOpponent player(s)Score3-0; 16-20 July 2008; Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras; Americas Round Robin; Hard surfaceVictory1IISingles HondurasKeny Turcios6–0, 7–51–2; 16-20 July 2008; Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras; Americas Round Robin; Hard surfaceDefeat2IISingles BarbadosHaydn Lewis6–7, 4–62–1; 16-20 July 2008; Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras; Americas Round Robin; Hard surfaceVictory3IISingles GuatemalaCristian Paiz6–3, 2-6, 7-62–1; 16-20 July 2008; Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras; Americas Promotion Playoff; Hard surfaceDefeat4IISingles Puerto RicoAlex Llompart2-6, 2-60–5; 10–12 July 2009; S.O.V Asiento, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles; Americas Relegation Playoff; Hard surfaceDefeat5IISingles Netherlands AntillesRomano Tatuhey1-6, 3-6, 4-6Defeat6IIIDoubles (with Tyler Chin)Romano Tatuhey / Martijn Cav Haasteren1-6, 1-6, 4-62–1; 07 July 2010; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Americas Round Robin; Hard surfaceDefeat7ISingles ArubaClifford Giel6-3, 2-6, 4-6Victory8IIIDoubles (with Damion Johnson)Clifford Giel / Gian Hodgson4-6, 7-5, 7-50-3; 07 July 2010; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Americas Round Robin; Hard surfaceDefeat9IIIDoubles (with Dwayne Pagon) BahamasDevin Mullings / Marvin Rolle4-6, 1-60–3; 07 July 2010; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Americas Playoff; Hard surfaceDefeat10ISingles Puerto RicoRicardo Gonzalez-Diaz1–6, 2-6Defeat11IIIDoubles (with Damion Johnson)Alex Llompart / Jose Perdomo0-6, 4-61–2; 18 June 2012; Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago; Americas Round Robin; Hard surfaceDefeat12ISingles Costa RicaPablo Nunez4-6, 5-7Victory13IIIDoubles (with Brandon Burke)Pable Nunez / Ignaci Roca6-2, 6-02–1; 18 June 2012; Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago; Americas Round Robin; Hard surfaceVictory14ISingles BahamasRodney Carey6–4, 1-6, 7-6Victory15IIIDoubles (with Brandon Burke)Marvin Rolle / Rodney Carey6-3, 1-6, 6-33–0; 18 June 2012; Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago; Americas Round Robin; Hard surfaceVictory16ISingles US Virgin IslandsNicholas Bass6-0, 6-1Victory17IIIDoubles (with Dwayne Pagon)Kristepher Elien / Kevin Alric Plaskett7–6, 6-02–1; 18 June 2012; Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago; Americas Round Robin; Hard surfaceDefeat18ISingles PanamaWalner Espinoza4-6, 3-6Victory19IIIDoubles (with Brandon Burke)Walner Espinoza / Juan-Jose Fuentes6-1, 6-20–3; 17 June 2013; Club de Tenis La Paz, La Paz, Bolivia; Americas Round Robin; Clay surfaceDefeat20IISingles BoliviaHugo Dellien4-6, 1-62–1; 17 June 2013; Club de Tenis La Paz, La Paz, Bolivia; Americas Round Robin; Clay surfaceVictory21IISingles CubaWilliam Dorantes Sanchez6-1, 6-2Victory22IIIDoubles (with Brandon Burke)Randy Blanco / Roberto Cruz Ramos4-6, 6-3, 7-60-3; 17 June 2013; Club de Tenis La Paz, La Paz, Bolivia; Americas Playoff; Clay surfaceDefeat23IISingles ParaguayJuan Borba0-6, 4-60-3; 12 July 2014; Palmas Athletic Club, Humacao, Puerto Rico; Americas Round Robin; Hard surfaceDefeat24IISingles Puerto RicoAlex Llompart3-6, 2-6Defeat25IIIDoubles (with Daniel Harris)Alex Llompart / Gilberto Alvarez2-6, 4-62–1; 12 July 2014; Palmas Athletic Club, Humacao, Puerto Rico; Americas Round Robin; Hard surfaceDefeat26IISingles Trinidad and TobagoVaughn Wilson6–4, 2-6, 4-6Victory27IIIDoubles (with Brandon Burke)Akiel Duke / Vaughn Wilson7-5, 6-30-3; 12 July 2014; Palmas Athletic Club, Humacao, Puerto Rico; Americas Round Robin; Hard surfaceDefeat28IISingles Costa RicaPablo Núñez2-6, 5-71-2; 12 July 2014; Palmas Athletic Club, Humacao, Puerto Rico; Americas Round Robin; Hard surfaceVictory29IISingles BermudaDavid Thomas6-3, 4-6, 7-6Defeat30IIIDoubles (with Brandon Burke)Jenson Bascome / Neal Towlson1-6, 2-63-0; 11 July 2016; Club de Tenis La Paz, La Paz, Bolivia; Americas Round Robin; Clay surfaceVictory31IIIDoubles (with Rowland Phillips) CubaCristian Rodriguez / Osmel Rivera Granja2-6, 6-3, 6-23-0; 11 July 2016; Club de Tenis La Paz, La Paz, Bolivia; Americas Round Robin; Clay surfaceVictory32IIIDoubles (with Rowland Phillips) PanamaBrendan Cockburn / Alejandro Benitez6-0, 6-10-3; 11 July 2016; Club de Tenis La Paz, La Paz, Bolivia; Americas Round Robin; Clay surfaceDefeat33IIIDoubles (with Rowland Phillips) BoliviaAlejandro Mendoza / Rodrigo Banzer4-6, 6-72-1; 17 June 2019; Costa Rica Country Club, Escazu, Costa Rica; Americas Round Robin; Hard surfaceVictory34IIIDoubles (with Rowland Phillips) PanamaJorge Daniel Chevez / Luis Gomez6-2, 6-12-1; 17 June 2019; Costa Rica Country Club, Escazu, Costa Rica; Americas Round Robin; Hard surfaceVictory35IIIDoubles (with Rowland Phillips) Trinidad and TobagoAkiel Duke / Nabeel Majeed Mohammed6-3, 7-62-1; 17 June 2019; Costa Rica Country Club, Escazu, Costa Rica; Americas Round Robin; Hard surfaceVictory35IIIDoubles (with Rowland Phillips) BermudaGavin Manders / Neal Towlson6-1, 6-32-1; 17 June 2019; Costa Rica Country Club, Escazu, Costa Rica; Americas Round Robin; Hard surfaceDefeat36IIIDoubles (with Dimitri Bird) CubaYoan Perez / Osmel Rivera Granja6-4, 7-62-1; 17 June 2019; Costa Rica Country Club, Escazu, Costa Rica; Americas Round Robin; Hard surfaceDefeat37IIIDoubles (with Dimitri Bird) HondurasKeny Turcios / Gabriel Zuniga Mendoza4-6, 6-1, 6-4

Personal life Pagon was born in Kingston, Jamaica and started playing tennis at six years old. He was given the opportunity at age 14 to attend Saddlebrook 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 in Economics. 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.

Coaching career 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 first Intercollegiate Tennis Association ranking in five years and climbed as high as No. 60 in the nation.

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