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2020-21 Quick Facts Table of Contents 2021 Schedule 2020-21 UCLA MEN’S TENNIS 2020-21 QUICK FACTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Location Los Angeles, CA The 2020-21 Bruins Head-Coaching History 22 Athletic Dept. Address 325 Westwood Plaza Radio / TV Roster 2 Award Winners 23 Los Angeles, CA 90095 Roster 3 NCAA Championships 25 Athletics Phone (310) 825-8699 Coaching Staff 4 All-Time Results 26 Men’s Tennis Office Phone (310) 206-6375 Player Profiles - Graduate Students 6 Record vs. Opponents 31 Chancellor Dr. Gene Block Player Profiles - Seniors 7 Record vs. Opponents in NCAA Play 32 Director of Athletics Martin Jarmond Player Profiles - Juniors 11 NCAA Seed History 32 Assoc. Athletic Director (Tennis) Chris Carlson Player Profiles - Sophomores 15 NCAA Tournament Year-by-Year 32 Faculty Athletic Rep. Dr. Michael Teitell Player Profiles - Freshmen 16 Bruins in the ATP Rankings 33 Home Court (Capacity) Los Angeles Tennis Grand Slam Titles 33 Center (10,000+) 2019-20 Season in Review Davis Cup Players 33 Enrollment 43,239 2019-20 Records & Honors 17 Los Angeles Tennis Center 34 Founded 1919 2020 Results 18 Colors Blue and Gold General Information Nickname Bruins History / Records Administrator Biographies 35 Conference Pac-12 All-Time Letterwinners 20 Men’s Tennis Support Staff 35 National Affiliation NCAA Division I Team Captains 21 Media Information 36 Head Coach Billy Martin (Redlands ‘89) Bruin Greats 21 Pac-12 Conference 37 Career Record (Years) 604-128 (27) Associate Head Coach Rikus de Villiers Volunteer Assistant Coach Wil Martin 2020 Record 9-4 2020 Pac-12 Record (Finish) 2-0 (--) 2020 NCAA Tournament Not played (COVID-19) 2020 Final National Ranking 25 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) 43 (2019) All-Time Conference Championships (Last) 44 (2019) 2021 SCHEDULE MEDIA INFORMATION Date Opponent Location Time (PT) Tennis Contact: Andrew Sinatra Jan. 15-17 Pepperdine Invite Malibu, Calif. TBD Phone: 310-206-8141 Jan. 23 California@ Los Angeles, Calif. 10 am Fax: 310-825-8664 Jan. 24 at USC/vs. UNLV@ Los Angeles, Calif. 10 am/3 pm E-mail: [email protected] Feb. 4 Boise State Los Angeles Tennis Center 2 pm Address: 325 Westwood Plaza Feb. 12-14 ITA National Team Indoor Championships Chicago, Ill. TBD Los Angeles, CA 90095 Feb. 20 Loyola Marymount Los Angeles Tennis Center 1 pm Feb. 24 UC Santa Barbara Los Angeles Tennis Center 1 pm Feb. 28 USC Los Angeles Tennis Center 1 pm Note: Student-athletes have been instructed not to grant March 2 UNLV Los Angeles Tennis Center 2 pm any interview requests that have not been set up through the March 10 Pepperdine Los Angeles Tennis Center 2 pm UCLA Athletic Communications Office. March 12 Utah* Los Angeles Tennis Center 2 pm March 23 UC Irvine Los Angeles Tennis Center 11 am March 26 at Arizona State* Tempe, Ariz. TBD March 28 at Arizona* Tucson, Ariz. TBD April 2 Oregon* Los Angeles Tennis Center 2 pm April 3 Washington* Los Angeles Tennis Center 1 pm April 9 at Stanford* Stanford, Calif. TBD April 10 at California* Berkeley, Calif. TBD April 16 at USC* Los Angeles, Calif. 3 pm April 21-24 Pac-12 Championships Ojai, Calif. TBD May 7-9 NCAA First and Second Rounds TBD TBD May 14 or 15 NCAA Third Round TBD TBD May 20-23 NCAA Championships Orlando, Fla. TBD May 25-30 NCAA Individual Championships Orlando, Fla. TBD Home matches in bold / @ ITA Kickoff Weekend / * Pac-12 Conference match 1 RADIO / TV ROSTER Drew Lucas Roscoe Sam Ben Eric Connor BAIRD BELLAMY BELLAMY FEIT GOLDBERG HAHN HANCE 6-3/So. 6-2/Sr. 6-5/Jr. 6-0/Gr. 6-0/R-Sr. 6-0/Jr. 5-10/Sr. Raleigh, N.C. Los Angeles, Calif. Pacific Palisades, Calif. Los Angeles, Calif. Pacific Palisades, Calif. Fullerton, Calif. Torrance, Calif. Blaine Stefan Timothy Govind Bryce Connor Keegan HOVENIER LEUSTIAN LI NANDA PEREIRA RAPP SMITH 6-4/R-So. 5-10/Fr. 5-11/Fr. 5-9/Jr. 6-0/Sr. 6-2/R-Sr. 6-7/Sr. Los Angeles, Calif. Sacramento, Calif. Valley Village, Calif. Redlands, Calif. Arcadia, Calif. Rancho Mirage, Calif. San Diego, Calif. Mathew Max Patrick TSOLAKYAN WILD ZAHRAJ 6-1/Jr. 6-2/Jr. 6-2/Jr. Glendale, Calif. Murrieta, Calif. Frankfurt am Main, Germany Billy Rikus Wil Max MARTIN DE VILLIERS MARTIN HAMMER Head Coach Associate Head Coach Volunteer Assistant Coach Director of Operations 2 ROSTER ALPHABETICAL ROSTER TEAM STAFF Name Ht. Yr. Hometown (High School/College) Head Coach: Billy Martin (28th Year, Redlands, ‘89) Drew Baird 6-3 So. Raleigh, N.C. (IMG Academy) Associate Head Coach: Rikus de Villiers (8th Year, Fresno Lucas Bellamy 6-2 Sr. Los Angeles, Calif. (Palisades Charter HS) State, ‘11) Roscoe Bellamy 6-5 Jr. Pacific Palisades, Calif. (Laurel Springs School) Volunteer Asst. Coach: Wil Martin (3rd Year, Saint Mary’s, ‘15) Sam Feit 6-0 Gr. Los Angeles, Calif. (Milken Community School/Gonzaga) Director of Operations: Max Hammer Ben Goldberg 6-0 R-Sr. Pacific Palisades, Calif. (Palisades Charter HS) Staff Athletic Trainer: Ariel Guldstrand Eric Hahn 6-0 Jr. Fullerton, Calif. (Sunny Hills HS) Connor Hance 5-10 Sr. Torrance, Calif. (Palos Verdes Peninsula HS) ROSTER BREAKDOWN Blaine Hovenier 6-4 R-So. Los Angeles, Calif. (Campbell Hall) Height Class Stefan Leustian 5-10 Fr. Sacramento, Calif. (Connections Academy) 6-7 ............................Smith Freshmen (2): Leustian, Li Timothy Li 5-11 Fr. Valley Village, Calif. (Harvard-Westlake School) 6-5 .....................R. Bellamy Govind Nanda 5-9 Jr. Redlands, Calif. (Laurel Springs School) Sophomores (2): Baird, 6-4 ....................... Hovenier Hovenier Bryce Pereira 6-0 Sr. Arcadia, Calif. (San Marino HS) 6-3 .............................Baird Connor Rapp 6-2 R-Sr. Rancho Mirage, Calif. (Palm Desert HS) 6-2 .....................L. Bellamy Juniors (6): R. Bellamy, Hahn, Keegan Smith 6-7 Sr. San Diego, Calif. (Point Loma HS) ...................................Rapp Nanda, Tsolakyan, Wild, Zahraj Mathew Tsolakyan 6-1 Jr. Glendale, Calif. (Laurel Springs School) ....................................Wild Seniors (6): L. Bellamy, Max Wild 6-2 Jr. Murrieta, Calif. (Laurel Springs School) .................................Zahraj Goldberg, Hance, Pereira, Patrick Zahraj 6-2 Jr. Frankfurt am Main, Germany (Kurpfalz-Gymnasium Mannheim) 6-1 ......................Tsolakyan Rapp, Smith 6-0 ...............................Feit .............................Goldberg Graduate Students (1): Feit PRONUNCIATION GUIDE ...................................Hahn Sam Feit ........................................................ like “fight” ................................Pereira State Blaine Hovenier ..............................................HO-veneer 5-11 ................................Li California (15): L. Bellamy, R. Stefan Leustian .......................... STEH-fawn LOOSE-chin 5-10 .........................Hance Bellamy, Feit, Goldberg, Hahn, Timothy Li ...................................................... like “Lee” ..............................Leustian Hance, Hovenier, Leustian, Li, Govind Nanda .......................................GO-vin NON-duh 5-9 ...........................Nanda Nanda, Pereira, Rapp, Smith, Mathew Tsolakyan ......................................so-LOCK-ian Tsolakyan, Wild Patrick Zahraj ................................................... zuh-RYE Rikus de Villiers..............................RICK-iss de VILL-yers North Carolina (1): Baird International Germany (1): Zahraj 3 COACHING STAFF warranted, edging Torpegaard and Martin Joyce of Ohio State in a thriller, 6-7 (8), 7-6 BILLY (4), 1-0 (9). Most recently, Maxime Cressy and Keegan Smith completed an undefeated season by beating Patrick Kaukovalta and Mazen Osama of Alabama, 6-3, 6-4, in the MARTIN final. Cressy and Smith did not drop a set on the year, beating 15 nationally-ranked opponents along the way. Head Coach In all, 33 players have achieved All-America status under Martin’s direction. 28th Season Inducted into the ITA Men’s Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame in 1996, Martin’s playing career Redlands ‘89 is full of highlights. To this very day he is still regarded as one of the best junior players in 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 an article 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 of Fame in December of 2010. He was also inducted into the Southern The program’s all-time leader in head-coaching wins, Billy Martin enters his 28th year California Tennis Association Hall of Fame in August of 2011. guiding UCLA men’s tennis in 2020-21. It also marks his 38th year on staff, as he served Although Martin played just one season at UCLA before turning pro, the 1975 season was as an assistant coach for 10 years prior to taking over for Glenn Bassett in 1994. Owner a special one, as he guided the team to a perfect 19-0 dual-match record en route to an of a 604-128 (.825) record in dual matches, Martin passed friend and mentor Bassett with NCAA team championship during his freshman year. win No. 593 on April 25, 2019. The longest-tenured active head coach at UCLA is only the fourth in the history of the tennis program, following legends Bill Ackerman (1921-50), After capturing the 1975 NCAA singles championship, Martin turned professional and J.D. Morgan (1951-66) and Bassett (1967-93). Martin became just the third active head enjoyed a fine career. He reached the Wimbledon singles quarterfinals in 1977 and was coach to be inducted into the UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame, joining Al Scates and Valorie selected Rookie of the Year in his first professional season. Kondos Field, in 2005. Perhaps the most amazing accomplishment in Martin’s career is Martin defeated top pros such as Ken Rosewall (twice), Stan Smith, John Newcombe, his ability to contend for a championship each and every year, as only three times has he Roscoe Tanner and Harold Soloman. In 1975 he won the Arkansas International singles had a team finish out of the top five at the season-ending NCAA Championships.
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