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2018-19 UCLA MEN’S TENNIS 2018-19 QUICK FACTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Location Los Angeles, CA The 2018-19 Bruins Head Coaching History 18 Athletic Dept. Address 325 Westwood Plaza Radio / TV Roster 2 Award Winners 19 Los Angeles, CA 90095 Rosters 3 NCAA Championships 21 Athletics Phone (310) 825-8699 Team Photo 3 All-Time Results 22 Men’s Tennis Office Phone (310) 206-6375 Coaching Staff 4 Record vs. Opponents 26 Chancellor Dr. Gene Block Player Profiles - Seniors 6 Record vs. Opponents in NCAA Play 27 Director of Athletics Daniel G. Guerrero Player Profiles - Juniors 6 NCAA Seed History 27 Assoc. Athletic Director (Tennis) Chris Carlson Player Profiles - Sophomores 7 NCAA Tournament Year-by-Year 27 Faculty Athletic Rep. Dr. Michael Teitell Player Profiles - Freshmen 9 Bruins in the ATP Rankings 28 Home Court (Capacity) Los Angeles Tennis Grand Slam Titles 28 Center (10,000+) 2017-18 Season in Review Davis Cup Players 28 Enrollment 43,239 2017-18 Records & Honors 11 Los Angeles Tennis Center 29 Founded 1919 2018 Results 12 Colors Blue and Gold General Information Nickname Bruins History / Records Administrator Biographies 30 Conference Pac-12 All-Time Letterwinners 16 Media Information 31 National Affiliation NCAA Division I Team Captains 17 Pac-12 Conference 32 Head Coach Billy Martin (Redlands ‘89) Bruin Greats 17 Career Record (Years) 576-118 (25) Assistant Coach Rikus de Villiers Volunteer Assistant Coach Wil Martin 2018 Record 30-3 2018 Pac-12 Record (Finish) 8-0 (1st) 2018 NCAA Tournament T-3rd 2018 Final National Ranking 3 NCAA Championships 16 (1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1982,1984, 2005) All-Time NCAA Tournament Appearances (Last) 42 (2018) All-Time Conference Championships (Last) 43 (2018) 2019 SCHEDULE MEDIA INFORMATION Date Opponent Location Time (PT) TV Tennis Contact: Andrew Sinatra Jan. 16 Nevada Los Angeles Tennis Center 10 am Phone: 310-206-8141 Jan. 16 UC Davis Los Angeles Tennis Center 2:30 pm Fax: 310-825-8664 Jan. 25 Indiana@ Los Angeles Tennis Center 3 pm E-mail: [email protected] Jan. 26 Ole Miss/San Diego@ Los Angeles Tennis Center 11 am/3 pm Address: 325 Westwood Plaza Feb. 2 Saint Mary’s Los Angeles Tennis Center 10 am Los Angeles, CA 90095 Feb. 2 BYU Los Angeles Tennis Center 2:30 pm Feb. 8 California Los Angeles Tennis Center 3 pm Feb. 9 Stanford Los Angeles Tennis Center 3 pm Note: Student-athletes have been instructed not to grant Feb. 13 Illinois Chicago, Ill. 5 pm any interview requests that have not been set up through the Feb. 15-18 National Team Indoor Championship Chicago, Ill. All Day UCLA Athletic Communications Office. Feb. 22 at USC Los Angeles, Calif. 3 pm Feb. 26 Grand Canyon Los Angeles Tennis Center 2 pm March 8 at Utah* Salt Lake City, Utah 3 pm March 14 UC Santa Barbara Los Angeles Tennis Center 3 pm March 29 at Stanford* Stanofrd, Calif. 3 pm On the Cover: Back row (left to right): Bryce Pereira, March 30 California* Berkeley, Calif. 2 pm Keegan Smith. Front: Maxime Cressy. April 5 USC* Los Angeles Tennis Center 3:30 pm April 9 Pepperdine Los Angeles Tennis Center 2 pm April 12 Oregon* Los Angeles Tennis Center 2 pm April 13 Washington* Los Angeles Tennis Center 2 pm April 19 Arizona State* Los Angeles Tennis Center 3 pm April 20 Arizona* Los Angeles Tennis Center 1 pm April 24-27 Pac-12 Championships Ojai, Calif. All Day Pac-12 Networks May 3-4 NCAA Regionals TBD All Day May 11 NCAA Super Regionals TBD All Day May 16-19 NCAA Team Championships Winston-Salem, N.C. All Day May 20-25 NCAA Individual Championships Winston-Salem, N.C. All Day Home matches in bold / @ ITA Kickoff Weekend / * Pac-12 Conference match 1 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.