DPF Sports & Exchange

Our Partner – DPF Sports & Exchange

One of the world’s greatest experts in tennis scholarships  

Contact information:

• Web: www.dpfsports.com
• Phone: (55 11) 3796-1819
• Fax: (55 11) 3845-0018
• Email: tennis@dpfsports.com
• Mail: DPF Sports & Exchange
  R. Clodomiro Amazonas, 1435 – cj. 22
  São Paulo, SP 04537-012 Brasil

DPF Sports & Exchange – Company Background:

• Based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, DPF Sports & Exchange is one of the largest scholarship research organizations in the world
• Staff of 23 employees
  • About half of DPF Sports staff members graduated from U.S. universities
  • Including three tennis coordinators, who graduated with tennis scholarships, and three professionals who deal mainly with NCAA registration, school applications, and all the paperwork involved in the recruiting process
• Since 2001, DPF has placed more than 1.300 students and athletes (from all sports) in U.S. colleges

DPF Sports & Exchange – College Tennis:

• Placement rate of DPF client’s is 100%
• Official recruiting service of the Brazilian Tennis Confederation and Swiss Tennis Federation
• DPF Works with clients from several countries around the world
  • Brazil / Uruguay / Argentina / Switzerland / Mexico / Ecuador
• DPF currently has tennis players in more than 250 different universities across the U.S.
• Has obtained more than $55 million dollars in scholarships in the past ten years
• DPF places approximately 100 tennis players, with scholarships, per year
• DPF has direct contact with more than 300 tennis programs and solid relationships with college coaches
  • Many of these ties are with top collegiate programs at prime institutions
  • Numerous coaches recruit heavily with DPF Sports & Exchange including:
    • Duke Univ., Univ. of South Carolina, Texas Tech Univ., Fresno State Univ., Old Dominion Univ., Univ. of the Pacific and Winthrop Univ.
• DPF is very respected among college coaches and known for the caliber of their recruits, which most recently include:
  • Henrique Cunha, Duke  University (#1 NCAA DI Dbls, #2 NCAA DI Singles, 2010)
  • Ivan Machado, University of South Carolina (#8 NCAA DI Doubles, 2010)
  • Diego Cubas, Univ. of South Carolina (#8 NCAA DI Doubles, #49 Singles, 2010)
  • Pedro Campos, University of South Carolina (#29 NCAA DI Singles, 2010)
  • Bruno Rosa, Rice University (#27 NCAA DI Singles, 2010)
  • Jennifer Widjaja, University of the Pacific (#88 NCAA DI Singles, 2010)
  • Pedro Zerbini, University of California Berkeley (#20 NCAA DI Singles, 2011)
  • Raony Carvalho, Texas Tech University (#23 NCAA DI Singles, 2011)
  • Lucas Jovita, University of South Carolina (#76 NCAA DI Singles, 2011)
  • Kike Granjeiro, Baylor University (#96 NCAA DI Singles, 2011)
  • NOTE: In May of 2010 five DPF players were ranked in the top 30 of the NCAA DI Men’s Singles Ranking (Cunha, Carvalho, Zerbini, Rosa, Campos)

DPF Sports & Exchange – Placement Package:

• Complete support throughout the recruiting process
• Contacts with coaches:
  • A DPF coordinator will increase client’s exposure and  contact college tennis programs that will meet the client’s requirements
• Placement:
  • Placement is based according to client’s academic, athletic and financial needs
    • Individual work with each client – find the university that suits his/her preferences
    • DPF places student-athletes in all NCAA Divisions (DI, DII and DIII) as well as NAIA colleges and NJCAA institutions (Junior Colleges)
    • DPF has placed students at many of the premier academic institutions across the country including: Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania, Emory University and University of California Berkley
    • Relationship with client does NOT end at the end of the recruiting process
      • Committed to help clients during the college years and post-graduation
• Scholarship negotiation:
  • Enhanced bargaining power with the assistance of scholarship specialists
• Assistance with registrations and applications:
  • Exams (SAT and ACT)
  • Application assistance for the universities
  • NCAA registration process