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Media Guide 2018 MTEN.Pdf 2018 UCLA MEN’S TENNIS 2018 QUICK FACTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Location Los Angeles, CA The 2018 Bruins Team Captains 17 Athletic Dept. Address 325 Westwood Plaza Radio / TV Roster 2 Bruin Greats 17 Los Angeles, CA 90095 Rosters 3 UCLA Head Coaching History 18 Athletics Phone (310) 825-8699 Team Photo 3 Award Winners 19 Women’s Tennis Office Phone (310) 206-6787 Coaching Staff 4 NCAA Championships 21 Chancellor Dr. Gene Block Player Profiles - Seniors 6 All-Time Results 22 Director of Athletics Daniel G. Guerrero Player Profiles - Juniors 8 Records vs. Opponents 26 Assoc. Athletic Director (Tennis) Chris Carlson Player Profiles - Sophomores 9 Bruins in the ATP Rankings 27 Faculty Athletic Rep. Dr. Michael Teitell Player Profiles - Freshmen 10 Grand Slam Titles 27 Home Court (Capacity) Los Angeles Tennis Davis Cup Players 27 Center (10,000+) 2017 Season in Review Los Angeles Tennis Center 28 Enrollment 43,239 2017 Records & Honors 12 Founded 1919 2017 Results 13 General Information Colors Blue and Gold Administrator Biographies 29 Nickname Bruins History / Records Media Information 30 Conference Pac-12 All-Time Letterwinners 16 Pac-12 Conference 31 National Affiliation NCAA Division I Head Coach Billy Martin (Redlands ‘89) Career Record (Years) 546-117 (24) Associate Head Coach Grant Chen Volunteer Assistant Coach Rikus de Villiers 2017 Record 22-6 2017 Pac-12 Record (Finish) 6-0 (1st) 2017 NCAA Tournament T-5th 2017 Final National Ranking 5 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) 41 (2017) All-Time Conference Championships (Last) 42 (2017) 2018 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Location Time (PT) TV MEDIA INFORMATION Jan. 18 George Washington Los Angeles Tennis Center 10 am Tennsi Contact: Andrew Sinatra Jan. 18 Grand Canyon Los Angeles Tennis Center 2:30 pm Phone: 310-206-8141 Jan. 20 Pepperdine Los Angeles Tennis Center 1 pm Fax: 310-825-8664 Jan. 23 Loyola Marymount Los Angeles Tennis Center 2 pm E-mail: [email protected] Jan. 27 UC Davis@ Los Angeles Tennis Center 1 pm Address: 325 Westwood Plaza Jan. 28 UCF/Utah State@ Los Angeles Tennis Center 9 am/1 pm Los Angeles, CA 90095 Feb. 4 at Stanford Taube Tennis Center 12 pm Feb. 10 UNLV Los Angeles Tennis Center 1 pm Note: Student-athletes have been instructed not to grant Feb. 14 at Seattle Mercer Island Country Club 6:30 pm any interview requests that have not been set up through the Feb. 16-19 at National Team Indoor Championship Seattle, Wash. UCLA Athletic Communications Office. Feb. 23 Portland Los Angeles Tennis Center 3:30 pm Feb. 27 USC Los Angeles Tennis Center 2 pm Feb. 24 California Los Angeles Tennis Center 12 pm March 2-4 at Pacific Coast Doubles Championship La Jolla, Calif. March 9 at Oregon* Oregon Student Tennis Center 5 pm March 11 at Washington Bill Quillian Tennis Center 1 pm On the Cover: Back row (left to right): Austin Rapp, March 15 Oklahoma Los Angeles Tennis Center 1 pm Logan Staggs Front: Martin Redlicki. March 27 UC irvine Los Angeles Tennis Center 1 pm March 30 Stanford* Los Angeles Tennis Center 3 pm March 31 California* Los Angeles Tennis Center 2 pm April 6 at USC* Marks Stadium 3 pm April 13 at Arizona State* Whiteman Tennis Center 5 pm April 15 at Arizona* LaNelle Robson Tennis Center 12 pm April 20 vs Utah Los Angeles Tennis Center 2 pm April 27-30 at Pac-12 Championships Ojai, Calif. All Day Pac-12 Networks May 11-13 at NCAA Regionals TBD All Day May 18-22 at NCAA Team Championships Winston-Salem, N.C. All Day May 23-28 at 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 Maxime Ben Connor Bryce Reid Austin BELLAMY CRESSY GOLDBERG HANCE PEREIRA PONDER Rapp 6-2/Fr. 6-7/Jr. 6-0/So. 5-10/Fr. 6-0/Fr. 5-9/R-Fr. 6-4/Sr. Los Angeles, Calif. Hermosa Beach, Calif. Pacific Palisades, Calif. Torrance, Calif. Arcadia, Calif. San Diego, Calif. Rancho Mirage, Calif. Connor Martin Reid Keegan Logan Evan RAPP REDLICKI SHUMWAY SMITH STAGGS ZHU 6-2/R-Fr. 6-5/Sr. 6-3/Jr. 6-7/Fr. 5-9/Sr. 6-0/So. Rancho Mirage, Calif. Boca Raton, Fla. Pacific Palisades, Calif. San Diego, Calif. Tracy, Calif. Irvine, Calif. Billy Grant Rikus Max Revanth Sage MARTIN CHEN de Villiers HAMMER YAMANI MILLER Head Coach Associate Head Coach Volunteer Assistant Coach Director of Operations Team Manager Equipment Manager 2 ROSTERS / TEAM PHOTO ALPHABETICAL ROSTER TEAM STAFF Name Ht. Yr. Hometown (High School/College) Head Coach: Billy Martin (25th Year, Redlands, ‘89) Lucas Bellamy 6-2 Fr. Los Angeles, Calif. (Palisades Charter HS) Associate Head Coach: Grant Chen (3rd Year, UCLA, ‘06) Maxime Cressy 6-7 Jr. Hermosa Beach, Calif. (CNED) Volunteer Asst. Coach: Rikus de Villiers (5th Year, Fresno Ben Goldberg 6-0 So. Pacific Palisades, Calif. (Palisades HS) State, ‘11) Connor Hance 5-10 Fr. Torrance, Calif. (Palos Verdes Peninsula HS) Director of Operations: Max Hammer Bryce Pereira 6-0 Fr. Arcadia, Calif. (San Marino HS) Team Manager: Revanth Yamani Reid Ponder 5-9 R-Fr. San Diego, Calif. (Canyon Crest Academy) Equipment Manager: Sage Miller Austin Rapp 6-4 Sr. Rancho Mirage, Calif. (Palm Desert HS) Staff Athletic Trainer: Ariel Guldstrand Connor Rapp 6-2 R-Fr. Rancho Mirage, Calif. (Palm Desert HS) Martin Redlicki 6-5 Sr. Boca Raton, Fla. (Lake Zurich HS) ROSTER BREAKDOWN Reid Shumway 6-3 Jr. Pacific Palisades, Calif. (Loyola HS) Height Hance, Pereira, Ponder, C. Rapp, Ponder Keegan Smith 6-7 Fr. San Diego, Calif. (Point Loma HS) 6-7 .......................... Cressy Logan Staggs 5-9 Sr. Tracy, Calif. (Kimball HS) ..................................Smith Sophomores (2): Goldberg, Evan Zhu 6-0 So. Irvine, Calif. (K12 Online) 6-5 .........................Redlicki Zhu 6-4 .........................A. Rapp Juniors (2): Cressy, Shumway 6-3 ......................Shumway 6-2 .........................Bellamy Seniors (3): A. Rapp, Redlicki, ...............................C. Rapp Staggs 6-0 .......................Goldberg ................................Pereira State .....................................Zhu California (12): Bellamy, 5-10 .........................Hance Cressy, Goldberg, Hance, 5-9 ..........................Ponder Pereira, Ponder, A. Rapp, ................................ Staggs C. Rapp, Shumway, Smith, Staggs, Zhu Class Florida (1): Redlicki Freshmen (6): Bellamy, PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Evan Zhu ................................................................JOO Top row (left to right):Connor Hance, Reid Shumway, Evan Zhu, Keegan Smith, Lucas Bellamy, Bryce Pereira, Reid Ponder. Middle row (left to right): Connor Rapp, Maxime Cressy, Martin Redlicki, Austin Rapp, Ben Goldberg, Logan Staggs. Front row (left to right): equipment manager Sage Miller, volunteer assistant coach Rikus de Villiers, head coach Billy Martin, associate head coach Grant Chen, director of operations Max Hammer, team manager Revanth Yamani. 3 COACHING STAFF Open and Junior Orange Bowl tournaments. Inside Tennis Magazine recently ran an article BILLY that named him “Junior Player of the Century.” Due to his tremendous success as a junior player while growing up in Illinois, Martin was inducted into the USTA Midwest Section Hall MARTIN of Fame in December of 2010. He was also inducted into the Southern California Tennis Association Hall of Fame in August of 2011. Head Coach Although Martin played just one season at UCLA before turning pro, the 1975 season was 25th Season 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. Redlands ‘89 After capturing the 1975 NCAA singles championship, Martin turned professional and enjoyed a fine career. He reached the Wimbledon singles quarterfinals in 1977 and was selected Rookie of the Year in his first professional season. Martin defeated top pros such as Ken Rosewall (twice), Stan Smith, John Newcombe, Roscoe Tanner and Harold Soloman. In 1975 he won the Arkansas International singles Head coach Billy Martin, who is in his 25th year as head coach of the UCLA Bruins, takes title. He also won doubles championships in 1977, ‘79 and ‘81 in Laguna Niguel, CA, an overall record of 546-117 (.824) into the 2018 season. This year marks Martin’s 35th Brussels, Belgium and Bristol, England, respectively. 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 attended UCLA for three years, working on his undergraduate studies before Bill Ackerman (1921-50), J.D. Morgan (1951-66) and Bassett (1967-93). Only three active completing his bachelor’s degree in business management from the University of Redlands coaches at UCLA have served longer at their current positions, as Martin follows Cyndi in 1989. He earned his MBA from USC in 1991. Gallagher (women’s swimming - 30 years) and Valorie Kondos Field (women’s gymnastics During the summer, Martin runs the Bassett-Martin Tennis Camp, one of the country’s - 28 years). Perhaps the most amazing accomplishment in Martin’s career is his ability to most successful camps for youngsters. Martin also directs the UCLA Summer Tennis contend for a championship each and every year, as only twice has he had a team finish Camps held on the UCLA campus. out of the top 5 at the season-ending NCAA Championships. Martin and his wife, Justine, have two children, William and Travis. William played college Martin’s finest season at UCLA came in 2005 when he led the squad to its first NCAA tennis at St. Mary’s, while Travis played at UCLA. title since 1984. UCLA’s 4-3 come-from-behind victory over top-seeded and undefeated Baylor that year marked the Bruins’ 16th NCAA Championship in men’s tennis and the Career Coaching Record school’s 97th NCAA title overall.
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