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2014 UCLA MEN’S TENNIS Team Roster/Schedule 2014 Bruins — Front Row (L-R): Dennis Mkrtchian, Brendan Wee, Adrien Puget, Clay Thompson, Marcos Giron, Karue Sell. Middle Row (L-R): Head Coach Billy Martin, Travis Martin, Joseph Di Giulio, Michael Guzman, Mackenzie McDonald, Gage Brymer, Ryoto Tachi, Seth Stolar, Nishanth Yamani. Back Row (L-R): Assistant Coach Grant Chen, Director of Operations Max Hammer, Team Manager David Vu, Team Manager Connor Gurley, Team Manager Raymond Ajoc, Director of Operations Evan Lee, Volunteer Assistant Coach Rikus de Villiers. 2014 ROSTER 2014 DUAL MATCH SCHEDULE Name Ht. Yr. Hometown (Previous School) Date Opponent Time Gage Brymer 6-0 Fr. Irvine, Calif. (University) Jan. 22 #74 UC IRVINE 2:00 PM Joseph Di Giulio 5-11 Fr. Newport Beach, Calif. (K12 Online) Jan. 25 #66 WISCONSIN^ Noon Marcos Giron 5-10 Jr. Thousand Oaks, Calif. (Thousand Oaks) Jan. 26 NEBRASKA or TEXAS TECH^ 1:00 PM Michael Guzman 5-8 Fr. Napa Valley, Calif. (Justin-Siena) Feb. 1 vs. Florida (@USC) 10:00 AM Travis Martin 5-9 Fr. Los Angeles, Calif. (Loyola) Feb. 2 vs. Georgia (@USC) 10:00 AM Mackenzie McDonald 5-10 Fr. Piedmont, Calif. (K12 Online) Feb. 9 @ Stanford 1:00 PM Dennis Mkrtchian 6-1 Jr. Reseda, Calif. (Sherman Oaks CES) Feb. 14-17 @ National Team Indoors TBA Adrien Puget 6-1 Sr. Le Haillan, France (Hector Berlioz) Feb. 22 PEPPERDINE 2:00 PM Karue Sell 6-0 So. Jaragua do Sul, Brazil (Colegia Unifi cado) Feb. 25 USC Noon Seth Stolar 5-9 So. Encino, Calif. (Laurel Springs) March 6 VIRGINIA Noon Ryoto Tachi 5-8 RSo. Tokyo, Japan (Laurel Springs) March 9 ST. MARY'S Noon Clay Thompson 6-6 Sr. Venice Beach, Calif. (Crossroads) March 13 BAYLOR 2:00 PM Brendan Wee 6-1 Sr. Alamo, Calif. (Monte Vista) March 25 CLAREMONT-MUDD-SCRIPPS 10:00 AM Nishanth Yamani 6-2 So. Calabasas, Calif. (Viewpoint) March 25 LMU 2:30 PM March 28 @ Washington* 1:30 PM Head Coach: Billy Martin (21st Season / Redlands ‘ 89) March 29 @ Oregon* 11:30 AM Assistant Coach: Grant Chen (2nd Season / UCLA ‘06) April 4 CAL* 1:30 PM Volunteer Assistant Coach: Rikus de Villiers (2nd Season / Fresno State '11) April 5 STANFORD* 1:00 PM Director of Tennis Operations: Evan Lee, Max Hammer April 11 @ Utah* 12:30 PM Team Managers: Raymond Ajoc, David Vu, Connor Gurley April 13 @ Arizona* 11:00 AM April 18 @ USC* Noon PRONUNCIATION GUIDE April 23-26 @ Pac-12 Championships TBA Joseph Di Giulio Di-GEW-LEO May 10-11 NCAA Regionals TBA Marcos Giron Gee-Roan May 16-20 NCAA Team Championships TBA Michael Guzman GOOZ-man May 21-26 NCAA Individual Championships TBA Dennis Mkrtchian Ma-kir-chee-an Adrien Puget Pugh-jay Home matches in BOLD CAPS ^ - USTA/ITA Indoor Qualifying Ryoto Tachi Re-OTO * - Pac-12 Conference Matches 1 2014 UCLA MEN’S TENNIS Staff Biographies BILLY MARTIN Head Coach 21st Season Univ. of Redlands ‘89 Another signifi cant highlight in Martin's career is his outstanding success in the highly-competitive Pac-12 Conference, where he owns a 125-24 (.839) record heading into the 2014 season. UCLA is the defending Pac-12 Champions, winning both the regular-season and tournament titles in 2013. Following UCLA's perfect 7-0 mark in conference play last season, Martin was named Pac-12 Coach of the Year, his third such honor after also winning it in 1996 and 2012 (co). Under Martin's direction, Head coach Billy Martin, who is in his 21st year as UCLA has captured 11 conference titles, includ- head coach of the UCLA Bruins, takes an overall ing four in a row from 2004-07. UCLA has never record of 456-92 (.832) into the 2014 season. This fi nished out of the top 3 in the Pac-12 standings year marks Martin's 31st on staff, as he served as during Martin's tenure. an assistant coach for 10 years prior to taking over In addition to his numerous team accom- for Glenn Bassett in 1994. He is only the fourth head plishments, Martin takes great pride in helping coach in UCLA tennis history, following legends Under Martin’s direction, UCLA captured the 2005 NCAA his players achieve their individual goals as well. Bill Ackerman (1921-50), J.D. Morgan (1951-66) Championship in College Station, Texas. In 2006, he helped Benjamin Kohlloeffel become and Bassett (1967-93). Only three active coaches the 10th player in school history to capture the at UCLA have served longer at their current posi- 19-0 dual-match record en route to an NCAA team NCAA Singles Championship. Kohlloeffel notched a tions, as Martin follows Cyndi Gallagher (women's championship during his freshman year. straight-set win over Virginia's Somdev Devvarman swimming - 25 years) and Valorie Kondos Field After capturing the 1975 NCAA singles cham- in the title match that year, becoming the fi rst Bruin (women's gymnastics - 24 years ). Perhaps the pionship, Martin turned professional and enjoyed player since Martin in 1975 to win the title. Kohl- most amazing accomplishment in Martin's career a fi ne career. He reached the Wimbledon singles loeffel's victory put his coach in an elite category, is his ability to get the best out of his players each quarterfi nals in 1977 and was selected Rookie of as Martin joined Georgia's Manny Diaz as the only and every year, as in 20 seasons as head coach, the Year in his fi rst professional season. other active head coach to earn the career "triple only once has he had a team fi nish out of the top Martin defeated top pros such as Ken Rose- crown" by leading their schools to three different 5 at the season-ending NCAA Championships. wall (twice), Stan Smith, John Newcombe, Roscoe titles at the NCAA Championships (team, singles Martin's fi nest season at UCLA came in 2005 when Tanner and Harold Soloman. In 1975 he won the and doubles). Martin's doubles title came when he he led the squad to its fi rst NCAA title since 1984. Arkansas International singles title. He also won coached Justin Gimelstob and Srdjan Muskatirovic UCLA's 4-3 come-from-behind victory over top- doubles championships in 1977, '79 and '81 in to the championship in 1995. In all, a total of 19 seeded and undefeated Baylor that year marked the Laguna Niguel, CA, Brussels, Belgium and Bristol, players have achieved All-America status under Bruins' 16th NCAA Championship in men's tennis England, respectively. Martin's direction. and the school's 97th NCAA title overall. The win Martin attended UCLA for three years, working Inducted into the ITA Tennis Hall of Fame in snapped Baylor's 57-match winning streak, the on his undergraduate studies before completing his 1996, Martin's playing career is full of highlights. second longest in NCAA history. It also avenged the bachelor's degree in business management from To this very day he is still regarded as one of the team's 4-0 loss to the Bears in the 2004 NCAA Final. the University of Redlands in 1989. He earned his best junior players in the history of the sport. He In addition to the team's dramatic run to the MBA from USC in 1991. captured the 1973 and '74 singles titles at Junior title in 2005, Martin has had several near misses During the summer, Martin runs the Bassett- Wimbledon, the Junior U.S. Open and Junior Orange at the NCAA Championships, including last year Martin Tennis Camp, one of the country's most Bowl tournaments. Inside Tennis Magazine recently when the top-seeded Bruins were narrowly edged successful camps for youngsters. Martin also directs ran an article that named him "Junior Player of by No. 2 Virginia, 4-3 in the championship match in the UCLA Summer Tennis Camps held on the UCLA the Century." Due to his tremendous success as Champaign, Ill. UCLA has reached the NCAA Final campus. a junior player while growing up in Illinois, Martin on three other occasions (1996, 1999, 2004). After Martin and his wife, Justine, have two was inducted into the USTA Midwest Section Hall of reaching the fi nal in just his third year as head coach, children, William and Travis. Both of his sons play Fame in December of 2010. He was also inducted Martin was named the 1996 ITA National Coach of college tennis, with William currently at St. Mary's into the Southern California Tennis Association Hall the Year, as the Bruins fi nished with a 27-1 overall and Travis a freshman on the UCLA team. of Fame in August of 2011. record. 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 2 2014 UCLA MEN’S TENNIS Staff Biographies In his spare time, Chen has organized GRANT CHEN several tennis charity events around the country. Assistant Coach On the coaching side, Chen served as head 2nd Season coach of the UCLA Club Tennis Team from 2007-10. He coached the team to a pair of UCLA ‘06 Southern California Regional Championships in 2007 and 2008, including a third-place capacity for one season before leaving to work national fi nish in 2010. Chen was a member of in sports management, where he assisted with the club tennis team from 2005-2006, winning a handful of prominent tennis professionals in both the Fall and Spring Intramural events at the Los Angeles Area.