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Whitten Morris

Nationality: American

Resides: New York

Birthday: 1975-01-29

Occupation: Cushman Wakefield Real Estate

Preferred wall: Right

Player Photo:
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This late-1990’s Williams College all-American enjoyed a career-best 2008-09 ISDA season, cracking the top 15 for the first time in a campaign highlighted by partnering Eric Vlcek to the Germantown Challenger crown, reaching the Worlds semis with Preston Quick (they straight-gamed Gary Waite and Viktor Berg in the quarters) and combining with Shane Coleman to eke out two tight matches --- 17-14 in the fifth from 11-14 against Hamed Anvari and Andrew Merrill in the qualifying several hours before a 15-13 in the fourth win over Vlcek and Yvain Badan --- that got them into the quarterfinals at Heights Casino, where Morris learned the game as a precocious youngster in that club’s vaunted junior program. Known for his explosiveness to the front wall and for the surprising power he can generate from his smallish frame, Morris along with Trevor McGuinness successfully defended last season the William White and U. S. National Doubles titles that they had won in 2007-08; Morris has now won his U. S. Nationals bracket during each of the past five years, having triumphed in the A Division in ’05 with Ryan McConnell and in ’06 and ’07 with Michael Ferreira, with whom Morris has also won the Silver Racquets at Racquet & Tennis (their home club) during each of the past two years. The younger brother of Hilary Morris, who starred at Yale during the early-1990’s, Morris is married and works in real estate at Cushman Wakefield, the main sponsor for the past few years of the Big Apple Open.

Career highlights

• 2009 represented USA in World Team Doubles Championships
• Member of Williams College team that wond the 1997-98 Team Championships
• 2 time All Amercian selection and All-Ivy selection while at Williams College
• Winner of the 2000-01 Skillman Sportsmanship Award

ISDA highlights

• 2009 Philadlephia Grand Prix II champion
• 2009 World Team Doubles semi-finalist