Education
Hill played three years at University of California-Berkeley from 1994-1996 and earned All-American honors in singles in 1995-1996. He had the highest grade point average on the tennis team and majored in business and economics.
Hill played three years at University of California-Berkeley from 1994-1996 and earned All-American honors in singles in 1995-1996. He had the highest grade point average on the tennis team and majored in business and economics.
College Professional career In 1995, Hill played in his first pro match at Aptos Challenger where he lost in the first round. In 1997 he reached his first quarter final, at the Guadalajara Challenger. He also made a Semi Final at USTA #2 Futures.
He also reached quarter finals in San Antonio and Las Vegas Challengers.
He also reached three consecutive finals in October in Dallas, San Antonio and San Diego, all with Humphries. In 1999, Hill captured his second Challenger singles title in Aptos (d Levy) and reached the quarterfinals of the Surbiton Challenger.
In his second career Association of Tennis Professionals outing in Tokyo, advanced to semi finals with Humphries. In July, he reached the semi finals in Newport (with Godwin) and made quarterfinals in four other Association of Tennis Professionals tournaments.
In 2000 he captured his first Association of Tennis Professionals doubles title in Brighton and also reached final in Tokyo with American Jeff Tarango, whom he"d have more success with the following year.
He played in eight singles tournaments with his best result coming at Kyoto Challenger in March when he advanced to semi finals, along with a quarter final"s appearance at the Hamilton Challenger. He made his Grand Slam singles debut at Australian Open, where he defeated Bernd Karbacher in straight sets in the first round. In the second round, he lost to Sébastien Grosjean 4-6, 6-1, 7-6(3), 6-0.
2001 He played eight other partners during the year, but mostly played with Tarango.
The duo finished Number. 9 in Association of Tennis Professionals Doubles Race with a 30-17 match record, winning their second title together in Casablanca in March as well as reaching finals in Marseille, Gstaad and Stuttgart. Their best Grand Slam together was reaching the semi finals at Roland Garros after defeating top seeds Jonas Björkman and Todd Woodbridge in the quarter finals.
Finished the year with a career-high $190,217 in yearly earnings and finished the season at a year-end best Number. 25 in doubles. His father, Robert is a Chief Executive Officer for a property development company with Michael"s mother, Patricia, as Robert"s assistant.
He has two siblings: younger brother Patrick and one older sister Carmel. titles Doubles (3).