Carlos Di Laura Jr.

Born in Lima, Peru but grew up in Austin, TX where he was part of the SSTA class of 2012. Di Laura was able to reach top 5 in USTA Texas and Top 80 Nationally in every age group from 12s-18s. He went on to play for the Texas Tech Men’s tennis team where he played an integral role in helping the Red Raiders reach a program high of #6 in the team NCAA ranking (2016) and capturing the first ever Big XII title for the program. Di Laura was First Team All-Academic Big XII Di Laura in 2015-2017 and graduated as an ITA Scholar Athlete.

Di Laura was able to get 12 ATP points in doubles after reaching a final with fellow teammate, Jolan Cailleau in Belgium ITF 20k (2016).  

After his collegiate playing career and graduating from Texas Tech (Rawls School of Business) with a degree in Business Management and Marketing, Di Laura became the Utah State Men’s Tennis Assistant coach where he helped capture a Mountain West Conference Title in 2018 (both regular season and tournament titles). In 2018, the Aggies reached a program high ranking of #35 in NCAA D1. Di Laura also found success in recruiting the highest recruiting class in program history, coming in at #40 in the country. While Di Laura coached at Utah State, the Aggies posted an impressive record of 38-17 in dual match play.