Men's 2002 Season Review
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MEN’S 2002 SEASON REVIEW 2002 SEASON 2002 MEN’S DUAL MATCH RESULTS IN REVIEW ITA RANK: 10 OVERALL RECORD: 19-7 PAC-10 RECORD/RANK: 5-2/T2ND 2002 was a season of historical note Singles Doubles Cal Opp. for the Cal men’s tennis squad. Date Opponent Score/Time Rec. Pac-10 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 Rank Rank First came the dramatic 4-3 comeback Feb. 2 St. Mary’s W 6-0 1-0 0-0 W W W W W W DNP 11 NR win against the arch-rival Stanford Car- Feb. 2 Santa Clara W 4-3 2-0 0-0 W L L W W L W W L 11 75 dinal, then ranked No. 1 in the nation. Feb. 7-10 at National Team Indoors Feb. 7 vs. Illinois# L 4-1 2-1 0-0 L L L NF L NF L W W 11 6 The win ended a 21-match losing streak Feb. 8 vs. Indiana State# L 4-3 2-2 0-0 W L L L L W W W NF 11 27 to the team from the farm, and kicked Feb. 9 vs. Brown# W 4-2 3-2 0-0 W W L NF W W NF L L 11 53 off a 10-match winning streak, the third Feb. 15 Fresno State W 7-0 4-2 0-0 W W W W W W W W W 18 44 longest in school history. Feb. 17 at Pepperdine L 4-2 4-3 0-0 L L W L W L DNP 18 9 Feb. 20 San Diego W 6-1 5-3 0-0 W W W W L W L W W 17 49 After just barely missing a chance to Feb. 23 at Stanford W 4-3 6-3 0-0 W L W L W W W L L 17 1 sweep Stanford for the first time in 40 Feb. 26 Utah W 7-0 7-3 0-0 W W W W W W L W W 11 NR years, the Bears embarked on a late-April Mar. 1-3 at Pacific Coast Doubles Mar. 8 Arizona State W 6-1 8-3 0-0 W W W W W W L W L 10 43 run which saw Cal take down No. 5 Mar. 9 Arizona W 6-1 9-3 0-0 L W W W W W L W W 10 47 Pepperdine, No. 13 USC and No. 2 Mar. 16 vs. SMU W 6-1 10-3 0-0 W W L W W W W W W 11 39 UCLA. Against Pepperdine, the Bears Mar. 22 Clemson Rainout 10-3 0-0 — — — — — — — — — 20 55 were absolutely dominant, sending the Mar. 26 BYU W 5-2 11-3 0-0 W W L W L W L W W 20 62 Mar. 29 Washington W 7-0 12-3 1-0 W W W W W W W L W 20 26 Waves home with a 6-1 loss. The UCLA Mar. 30 Oregon W 7-0 13-3 2-0 W W W W W W W W W 20 52 match, which closed the Bears’ regular Apr. 5 at UCLA W 4-3 14-3 2-0 W L W L W W L L — 22 2 season, saw Cal defeat the higher-ranked Apr. 6 at USC L 4-3 14-4 2-0 L L W L W L L W W 22 19 Apr. 9 Stanford L 4-3 14-5 2-1 L L L W W W W L L 17 6 Bruins for the second time in two weeks, Apr. 12 at Arizona W 5-2 15-5 3-1 L W W W W W W L L 17 59 the first UCLA sweep since 1953. The Apr. 13 at Arizona State L 5-2 15-6 3-2 L W L L W L L W L 17 38 2002 team also became the first squad Apr. 15 Pepperdine W 6-1 16-6 3-2 W W W L W W W L W 17 5 ever to defeat Stanford, UCLA and USC Apr. 19 USC W 5-1 17-6 4-2 W L W NF W W W W L 19 13 Apr. 20 UCLA W 5-2 18-6 5-2 W W W L W W L W L 19 2 in the same season. Apr. 25-28 at Pac-10 Championships Cal’s 2002 netters rank as the school’s May 11-12 NCAA Regionals best all-time squad since joining the Pac- May 11 vs. U. of Md, BC W 4-0 19-6 5-2 NF W NF W W NF NF W W 10 NR May 12 vs. Duke L 4-3 19-7 5-2 W L L L L W W NF W 10 17 10, as they finished with a 5-2 confer- Home matches at Hellman Tennis Complex are listed in BOLD ence record and a second-place tie, Cal’s #denotes National Team Indoors best ever league finish. After being named First-team All-Pac- INDIVIDUAL RESULTS 10, team captain John Paul Fruttero fin- ished the year with a No. 10 national Singles No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6 Dual Total Tourneys All Matches John Paul Fruttero 16-6 16-6 4-2 20-8 ranking, and was selected to go to the Balazs Veress 2-1 10-7 3-2 15-10 6-5 21-15 NCAA Singles Championship for the Conor Niland 3-0 7-3 2-2 2-2 14-7 3-4 17-11 second consecutive year. The junior from Robert Kowalczyk 1-0 8-2 9-2 18-4 1-3 19-7 San Marino breezed through the first Wayne Wong 3-2 5-3 3-4 3-1 14-10 10-4 24-14 Mik Ledvonova 0-1 2-0 5-0 9-2 16-3 0-2 16-5 three rounds of the 64-team draw, taking Chase Exon 0-1 5-1 5-2 7-6 12-8 down Minnesota’s third-ranked Harsh Ben Miles 1-0 5-0 6-0 0-2 6-2 Mankad to become the first Golden Bear Patrick Briaud 0-1 0-1 9-6 9-7 Kevin Patrick 1-0 1-0 5-10 6-10 to advance to the NCAA Singles Jeff King 1-0 1-0 2-8 3-8 Quarterfinals since 1995. Dean Wallace 0-0 7-5 7-5 Fruttero and Robert Kowalczyk also Doubles No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 Dual Total Tourneys All Matches represented one of the nation’s best Fruttero/Kowalczyk 10-7 1-1 11-8 4-2 15-10 doubles tandems. Boasting a No. 12 na- Miles/Veress 2-3 10-4 12-7 0-0 12-7 tional ranking, the pair began the post- Exon/Niland 6-4 6-4 1-1 7-5 Miles/Niland 3-1 3-1 0-1 3-2 season by advancing to the semifinals at Kowalczyk/Wong 1-1 1-1 0-1 1-2 the Pac-10 Championships. After win- Fruttero/Wong 1-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 ning their match in the team portion of Briaud/Veress 3-2 3-2 2-1 5-3 the NCAA Championships, the ninth- Exon/Ledvonova 1-2 1-2 1-0 2-2 Exon/Wong 2-1 2-1 0-0 2-1 ranked Bear pair put together a long run Briaud/Exon 1-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 at the NCAA Doubles Championship, Briaud/Patrick 0-0 2-4 2-5 advancing to the Round of 16. Exon/Veress 0-0 2-1 2-1 King/Patrick 0-0 0-2 0-2 King/Veress 0-0 0-2 0-2 King/Wallace 0-0 1-1 1-1 Niland/Wong 0-0 0-1 0-1 Wallace/Wong 0-0 1-3 1-3 44 2003 CALIFORNIA TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE MEN’S TENNIS TRADITIONS rom its founding in 1892 to 2001’s amazing run to the NCAA Round of 16, the men’s tennis program at the WIDE WORLD OF CAL FUniversity of California has enjoyed a long and proud By Joel Drucker tradition of excellence. Cal Bears pervade the world of pro tennis. From coaches The Bears have been a force on the national collegiate tennis and officials to agents and media, Berkeley alums contribute scene since 1925, when Cal won its first national team title. Cal significantly to the international tennis community. A few swept the national championships that year, as Bud Chandler notable alums currently active in the game have made their brought the Bears their first national singles title, while Gervais impact in the world of tennis. Hillis and Gerald Stratford completed the tennis triple crown Marty Davis (’80) worked for the ATP for many years and with a national doubles championship. In 1926, Cal finished is now head coach at UC Santa Barbara. Scott McCain (’80) fifth in the nation as a team, with Chandler successfully defend- is one of the USTA’s preeminent coaches, traveling the pro ing his singles title, then teaming with Tom Stow (Cal’s head tour and working with such rising stars as Paul Goldstein. As coach from 1933-46) to capture the doubles championship. Goldstein puts it, “I got my undergraduate degree at Stanford, Cal has been ranked among the nation’s Top 10 teams 21 and my master’s on the tour at Cal.” times, including seven seasons in which the Bears finished among Larry Stefanki (’79), another Bear-turned-coach, has the nation’s top three.