Career
He turned professional in 2007, was represented by Olivier van Lindonk of Image, and signed a lucrative contract with Nike. Michael was a finalist at the 2007 Luxilon Cup held at the 2007 Sony Ericsson Open where he lost to Kei Nishikori. As a Junior, McClune held the Number.
1 ranking in the Boy"s Singles 12s, 16s, and 18s divisions.
2005 McClune attempted to qualify for numerous USTA Pro Circuit events and, as a 15-year-old, received a wildcard to the qualifying round of the Association of Tennis Professionals event in Los Angeles, California. 2006 A breakout year for McClune on the USTA Pro Circuit - he reached the quarterfinals in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Honolulu, Hawaii.
The semifinals in McAllen, Texas. And was a finalist in Mansfield, Texas.
He also received wildcards to the qualifying rounds of the Association of Tennis Professionals event in Los Angeles, California, and the Association of Tennis Professionals Masters Series event in Cincinnati, Ohio.
2007 McClune attempted to qualify for Association of Tennis Professionals events in San Jose, California. Newport, Rhode Island. And Los Angeles, California.
He received wildcards to USTA Pro Circuit events in Dallas, Texas and Tallahassee, Florida, where he lost in the first rounds.
In May, he received a wildcard to the USTA Pro Circuit event in Carson, California where he reached the second round and lost to Kei Nishikori of Japan. As a 17-year-old, he was seeded Number.
3 seed Ryan Thacher, 6–1, 2–6, 6–4, 6–2. He lost in the 1st round to the 20th seed Juan Ignacio Chela 6–2, 6–1, 77-60.
He also reached the semifinal of the USTA Pro Circuit event in Laguna Niguel, California, where he lost to Nikita Kryvonos.
In November, in the $50,000 Knoxville Challenger tournament in Tennessee he lost to Jesse Levine 6–4, 6–1, in the first round. 2008 McClune teamed up with Kaes Van"t Hof and got a wildcard entry into the United States. They made it to the second round of the doubles tournament, where they were heavily defeated by Czechoslovakian duo Martin Damm and Pavel Vízner. McClune lives in California.
He was previously coached by Nick Fustar and mentored by Association of Tennis Professionals player Taylor Dent.