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Practice makes perfect, but a 128 mph serve helps.

By Tracy Seipel

Ever since he was a kid growing up in southern France, Guillaume Dalmasso has been swinging a racquet, eventually outplaying his two older brothers because, well, he hates to lose.

"I really like to compete—not just in tennis, but anything," says the 17-year-old (above, far right) from his home in Aix-En-Provence, a short drive from the Mediterranen. "Even in ping pong, when we were young, I always wanted to win."

Dalmasso's strategy is straightforward: "If I lose, I practice and play so much that the next time I play, I win."

That kind of dedication—along with a killer serve that's been clocked as fast as 128 mph—won him a place on the Santa Clara men's tennis team, and he's looking forward to the day he can join them and other students on campus.

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