RADIO / TV ROSTER Lucas Roscoe Maxime Ben Eric Connor Blaine BELLAMY BELLAMY CRESSY GOLDBERG HAHN HANCE HOVENIER 6-2/So. 6-5/Fr. 6-7/Sr. 6-0/Jr. 6-0/Fr. 5-10/So. 6-4/Fr. Los Angeles, Calif. Pacific Palisades, Calif. Hermosa Beach, Calif. Pacific Palisades, Calif. Fullerton, Calif. Torrance, Calif. Los Angeles, Calif. Govind Bryce Connor Keegan Mathew Max Patrick NANDA PEREIRA RAPP SMITH TSOLAKYAN WILD ZAHRAJ 5-9/Fr. 6-0/So. 6-2/R-So. 6-7/So. 6-1/Fr. 6-2/Fr. 6-2/Fr. Redlands, Calif. Arcadia, Calif. Rancho Mirage, Calif. San Diego, Calif. Glendale, Calif. Murrieta, Calif. Frankfurt am Main, Germany Billy Rikus Wil Max MARTIN DE VILLIERS MARTIN HAMMER Head Coach Assistant Coach Volunteer Assistant Coach Director of Operations Reid Revanth Sage PONDER YAMANI MILLER Team Manager Team Manager Equipment Manager 2 ROSTERS / TEAM PHOTO ALPHABETICAL ROSTER TEAM STAFF Name Ht. Yr. Hometown (High School/College) Head Coach: Billy Martin (26th Year, Redlands, ‘89) Lucas Bellamy 6-2 So. Los Angeles, Calif. (Palisades Charter HS) Associate Head Coach: Rikus de Villiers (6th Year, Fresno Roscoe Bellamy 6-5 Fr. Pacific Palisades, Calif. (Laurel Springs School) State, ‘11) Maxime Cressy 6-7 Sr. Hermosa Beach, Calif. (CNED) Volunteer Asst. Coach: Wil Martin (1st Year, Saint Mary’s, ‘15) Ben Goldberg 6-0 Jr. Pacific Palisades, Calif. (Palisades Charter HS) Director of Operations: Max Hammer Eric Hahn 6-0 Fr. Fullerton, Calif. (Sunny Hills HS) Team Managers: Reid Ponder, Revanth Yamani Connor Hance 5-10 So. Torrance, Calif. (Palos Verdes Peninsula HS) Equipment Manager: Sage Miller Blaine Hovenier 6-4 Fr. Los Angeles, Calif. (Campbell Hall) Staff Athletic Trainer: Ariel Guldstrand Govind Nanda 5-9 Fr. Redlands, Calif. (Laurel Springs School) Bryce Pereira 6-0 So. Arcadia, Calif. (San Marino HS) ROSTER BREAKDOWN Connor Rapp 6-2 R-So. Rancho Mirage, Calif. (Palm Desert HS) Height Tsolakyan, Wild, Zahraj Keegan Smith 6-7 So. San Diego, Calif. (Point Loma HS) 6-7 .......................... Cressy Sophomores (5): L. Bellamy, Mathew Tsolakyan 6-1 Fr. Glendale, Calif. (Laurel Springs School) ..................................Smith Hance, Pereira, Rapp, Smith Max Wild 6-2 Fr. Murrieta, Calif. (Laurel Springs School) 6-5 .....................R. Bellamy Juniors (1): Goldberg Patrick Zahraj 6-2 Fr. Frankfurt am Main, Germany (Kurpfalz-Gymnasium und Realschule Mannheim) 6-4 ....................... Hovenier 6-2 .....................L. Bellamy Seniors (1): Cressy ...............................C. Rapp PRONUNCIATION GUIDE ....................................Wild State Maxime Cressy ............................................... max-EEM .................................Zahraj California (13): L. Bellamy, Blaine Hovenier ..............................................HO-veneer 6-1 ......................Tsolakyan R. Bellamy, Cressy, Goldberg, Govind Nanda .......................................GO-vin NON-duh 6-0 .......................Goldberg Hahn, Hance, Hovenier, Mathew Tsolakyan ......................................so-LOCK-ian ...................................Hahn Nanda, Pereira, Rapp, Smith, Patrick Zahraj ...................................................zuh-RYE ................................Pereira Tsolakyan, Wild Rikus de Villiers..............................RICK-iss de VILL-yers 5-10 .........................Hance 5-9 ...........................Nanda International Class Germany (1): Zahraj Freshmen (7): R. Bellamy, Hahn, Hovenier, Nanda, Top row (left to right): team manager Reid Ponder, director of operations Max Hammer, volunteer assistant coach Rikus de Villiers, equipment manager Sage Miller, team man- ager Revanth Yamani. Middle row (left to right): Max Wild, Bryce Pereira, Ben Goldberg, Govind Nanda, head coach Billy Martin, Connor Hance, Eric Hahn, Mathew Tsolakyan, Patrick Zahraj. Front row (left to right): Lucas Bellamy, Roscoe Bellamy, Maxime Cressy, Keegan Smith, Blaine Hovenier, Connor Rapp. 3 COACHING STAFF BILLY In all, a total of 32 players have achieved All-America status under Martin’s direction. Inducted into the ITA Men’s Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame in 1996, Martin’s playing career is full of highlights. To this very day he is still regarded as one of the best junior players in MARTIN the history of the sport. He captured the 1973 and 1974 singles titles at Junior Wimbledon, the Junior U.S. Open and Junior Orange Bowl tournaments. Inside Tennis Magazine ran Head Coach an article that named him “Junior Player of the Century.” Due to his tremendous success 26th Season as a junior player while growing up in Illinois, Martin was inducted into the USTA Midwest Section Hall of Fame in December of 2010. He was also inducted into the Southern Redlands ‘89 California Tennis Association Hall of Fame in August of 2011. Although Martin played just one season at UCLA before turning pro, the 1975 season was a special one, as he guided the team to a perfect 19-0 dual-match record en route to an NCAA team championship during his freshman year. After capturing the 1975 NCAA singles championship, Martin turned professional and Head coach Billy Martin, who is in his 26th year as head coach of the UCLA Bruins, takes enjoyed a fine career. He reached the Wimbledon singles quarterfinals in 1977 and was an overall record of 576-118 (.830) into the 2019 season. This year marks Martin’s 36th selected Rookie of the Year in his first professional season. on staff, as he served as an assistant coach for 10 years prior to taking over for Glenn Bassett in 1994. He is only the fourth head coach in UCLA tennis history, following legends Martin defeated top pros such as Ken Rosewall (twice), Stan Smith, John Newcombe, Bill Ackerman (1921-50), J.D. Morgan (1951-66) and Bassett (1967-93). Only two active Roscoe Tanner and Harold Soloman. In 1975 he won the Arkansas International singles coaches at UCLA have served longer at their current positions, as Martin follows Cyndi title. He also won doubles championships in 1977, ‘79 and ‘81 in Laguna Niguel, CA, Gallagher (women’s swimming - 31 years) and Valorie Kondos Field (women’s gymnastics Brussels, Belgium and Bristol, England, respectively. - 29 years). He became just the third active head coach to be inducted into the UCLA Martin attended UCLA for three years, working on his undergraduate studies before Athletic Hall of Fame, joining Al Scates and Kondos Field, in 2005. Perhaps the most completing his bachelor’s degree in business management from the University of Redlands amazing accomplishment in Martin’s career is his ability to contend for a championship in 1989. He earned his MBA from USC in 1991. each and every year, as only twice has he had a team finish out of the top five at the During the summer, Martin runs the Bassett-Martin Tennis Camp, one of the country’s season-ending NCAA Championships. most successful camps for youngsters. Martin also directs the UCLA Summer Tennis Martin’s finest season at UCLA came in 2005 when he led the squad to its first NCAA Camps held on the UCLA campus. title since 1984. UCLA’s 4-3 come-from-behind victory over top-seeded and undefeated Martin and his wife, Justine, have two children, William and Travis. William played college Baylor that year marked the Bruins’ 16th NCAA Championship in men’s tennis and the tennis at Saint Mary’s, while Travis played at UCLA. school’s 97th NCAA title overall. The win snapped Baylor’s 57-match winning streak, the second longest in NCAA history. It also avenged the team’s 4-0 loss to the Bears in the 2004 NCAA Final. Career Coaching Record In addition to the team’s dramatic run to the title in 2005, Martin has had several near Year Overall Record Conf. Record/Finish NCAA Finish misses at the NCAA Championships, including 2013 when the top-seeded Bruins were 1994 22-6 7-3/3rd NCAA Semifinals narrowly edged by No. 2 Virginia, 4-3 in the championship match in Champaign, Ill. Under 1995 19-6 7-3/3rd NCAA Semifinals Martin, UCLA has reached the NCAA Final on three other occasions (1996, 1999 and 1996 27-1 10-0/1st NCAA Runner-Up 2004). After reaching the final in just his third year as head coach, Martin was named the 1997 25-4 9-1/T-1st NCAA Semifinals 1996 ITA National Coach of the Year, as the Bruins finished with a 27-1 overall record. 1998 17-8 5-2/T-2nd NCAA Quarterfinals Another significant highlight in Martin’s career is his outstanding success in the highly- 1999 26-3 6-1/T-1st NCAA Runner-Up competitive Pac-12 Conference, where he owns a 157-27 (.853) record. The Bruins swept 2000 24-4 6-1/2nd NCAA Quarterfinals through the conference regular-season and tournament schedules in 2018, earning the 2001 23-3 6-1/2nd NCAA Quarterfinals head coach Pac-12 Coach of the Year recognition. The honor marked the fifth of Martin’s 2002 23-5 6-1/1st NCAA Semifinals career (1996, 2012-14, 2018). Under Martin’s direction, UCLA has captured 14 regular- 2003 24-4 6-1/2nd NCAA Semifinals season conference titles, including four in a row from 2004-07. UCLA has never finished 2004 23-6 6-1/T-1st NCAA Runner-Up out of the top three in the Pac-12 standings during Martin’s tenure. The Bruins have also 2005 27-3 6-1/T-1st NCAA Champion won four conference-tournament titles under Martin (2013, 2014, 2016, 2018). 2006 20-6 6-1/T-1st NCAA Quarterfinals In addition to his numerous team accomplishments, Martin takes great pride in helping 2007 22-4 7-0/1st NCAA Quarterfinals his players achieve their individual goals as well. In 2006, he helped Benjamin Kohlloeffel 2008 23-4 5-2/T-2nd NCAA Semifinals become the 10th player in school history to capture the NCAA Singles Championship. 2009 21-5 6-0/1st NCAA Semifinals Kohlloeffel notched a straight-set win over Virginia’s Somdev Devvarman in the title match 2010 17-7 4-2/3rd NCAA Quarterfinals that year, becoming the first Bruin player since Martin in 1975 to win the title.