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@UTAHTENNIS // UTAHUTES.COM 1 ROSTER 2019 ROSTER ROSTER BREAKDOWN Name Yr. Exp. Hometown (Previous School) By Class Russell Benkaim So. 1VL Boca Raton, Fla. (IMG Academy) Seniors (3): Dan Little, David Micevski, Joe Woolley Randy Cory So. 1VL Salinas, Calif. (Palma HS) Juniors (2): Azat Hakuliyev, Slava Shainyan Mathias Gavelin Fr. HS Stockholm, Sweden Sophomores (3): Russell Benkaim, Randy Cory, Azat Hankuliyev Jr. 2VL Salt Lake City, Utah (American Preparatory Academy) Chase Stoner Dan Little Sr. 3VL , (Ralph Allen School) Freshmen (3): Mathias Gavelin, Paul McCallie, RJ Parker Paul McCallie Fr. HS Atlanta, Ga. David Micevski Sr. 3VL Skopje, Macedonia By State/Country RJ Parker Fr. HS Bountiful, Utah (Advantage Tennis Academy) Utah (3): Azat Hakuliyev, RJ Parker, Chase Stoner Slava Shainyan Jr. 2VL Moscow, Russia (Weil Tennis Academy) California (1): Randy Cory Chase Stoner So. 1VL Salt Lake City, Utah (Brighton HS) Florida (1): Russell Benkaim Joe Woolley Sr. 3VL Boston, England (William Lovell Church of England Academy) Georgia (1): Paul McCallie England (2): Dan Little, Joe Woolley Heach Coach: Roeland Brateanu (5th Season) Macedonia (1): David Micevski Assistant Coach: Sten Van Beurden (1st Season) Russia (1): Slava Shainyan Volunteer Assistant: Graeme Cox (20th)

2019 Utah Men’s Tennis (Left to Right): FR - RJ Parker, Dan Little, Azat Hankuliyev, Mathias Gavelin, Slava Shainyan BR - Roeland Brateanu, Randy Cory, David Micevski, Russell Benkaim, Paul McCallie, Chase Stoner (not pictured, Joe Woolley) UTAH ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS STAFF Senior Associate A.D...... Liz Abel Associate Director...... Dameon Myres Associate Director...... Drew Wiseman Associate Director...... Brooke Frederickson Assistant Director...... Joseph Feldman Assistant Director/Tennis Contact...... Jordie Lindley ([email protected]) The 2019 Utah Men’s tennis media guide is a product of the Utah communications office. Writing, design and layout by Jordie Lindley and Riley Elliott. Editorial assistance provided by the communications staff.

2 @UTAHTENNIS // UTAHUTES.COM SCHEDULE 2019 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Location Jan. 12 at BYU Provo, Utah Jan. 19 Weber State Eccles Tennis Center Montana State Eccles Tennis Center Jan. 25 at North Carolina Chapel Hill, N.C. Jan. 26 vs. Middle Tennessee State or Duke Chapel Hill, N.C.

Feb. 2 Northern Arizona (dual #1) Eccles Tennis Center Northern Arizona (dual #2) Eccles Tennis Center Feb. 9 vs. Miami Iowa City, Iowa Feb. 10 at Iowa Iowa City, Iowa Feb. 17 New Mexico Eccles Tennis Center Idaho State Eccles Tennis Center Feb. 23 Marquette Eccles Tennis Center Montana Eccles Tennis Center

March 1 Denver Eccles Tennis Center March 8 UCLA* Eccles Tennis Center March 9 USC* Eccles Tennis Center March 13 at UC Irvine Irvine, Calif. March 16 at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Calif. March 29 at Washington* Seattle, Wash. March 31 at Oregon* Eugene, Ore.

April 4 San Francisco Eccles Tennis Center April 6 California* Eccles Tennis Center April 7 Stanford* Eccles Tennis Center April 12 at Arizona* Tucson, Ariz. April 14 at Arizona State* Tempe, Ariz. April 24-27 Pac-12 Championships Ojai, Calif.

Home Games In Bold *Notes Pac-12 Match

@UTAHTENNIS // UTAHUTES.COM 3 FACILITIES

GEORGE S. ECCLES TENNIS CENTER The newly-renovated George S. Eccles Tennis Center opened its doors on July 1, 2015, providing the Utah men’s and women’s tennis teams an exclusive, state-of- the-art home year around.

Originally built in 1989, the $19 million facility features eight indoor tennis courts, coaches’ offices and locker rooms. A new outdoor facility, located immediately west of the indoor tennis center, has added six courts—three on either side of a raised seating area. The covered stands feature chair-back seats with restrooms and storage space located underneath. The recent additions also included six indoor and six outdoor scoreboards, and new LED lighting for the indoor courts.

By adding LED lighting to the indoor facility, all 14 courts meet Pac-12 Networks standards, allowing for nationally televised matches. The indoor seating capacity remained at 1,500, while the outdoor facility seats up to 485 fans.

The outdoor courts have a Plexipave Acrylic surface—the same type used at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden and the Australian Open—and is known worldwide for its consistent speed of play, true ball bounce, durability, low maintenance and long-lasting colors.

Each court is marked with four-inch ATP standard baselines and equipped with an electronic scoreboard and an eight-foot ATP standard umpire chair.

The privately-funded $2.5 million project was spearheaded by a $1 million challenge grant from the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation and a $250,000 grant from the Lawrence T. and Janet D. Dee Foundation.

Fundraising will continue for additional renovations to the Eccles Tennis Center. Plans include renovating the entry way, locker rooms, players’ lounges and coach- es’ offices; adding cameras for live video streaming, a Hall of Fame and team recognition area, and installing lights for the outdoor courts.

4 @UTAHTENNIS // UTAHUTES.COM SEASON OUTLOOK Coming off of a very successful 2017-18 season, the University of Utah men’s the No. 3 at Idaho State and No. 4 at No. 71 Wichita State. tennis team was able to post an overall record of 19-10, reaching as high as No. Last season, Azat Hankuliyev was able to earn a Pac-12 All-Academic 24 in the national ranks. The Utes were also able to make it to their first NCAA honorable mention. He saw singles action against Idaho State and Northern Tournament since 1997, striving to go for their second consecutive year as they Colorado, defeating Austin Gwilliam of Idaho State and Tommy Smalley of get ready for spring play. Northern Colorado. Hankuliyev saw much success in doubles with his partner The University of Utah men’s tennis team is led by head coach, Roeland Dan Little at the No. 3 position, earning a total of 13 wins with a 10-match Brateanu, who is now in his fifth season with the Utes. Brateanu was honored winning streak. Their winning streak included wins over New Mexico, Santa as the 2017 and 2018 ITA Mountain Region Coach of the Year, guiding Utah to its Barbara, Old Dominion, Virginia Commonwealth and Arizona. first NCAA Tournament appearance in 21 years and to their first appearance in Sophomore Chase Stoner was able to come away with six singles wins in the Top 25 in over three decades. The Utes’ 53-30 record since 2016 is the best tournament play during last fall, with back-to-back wins over opponents from three-season mark for the program since the early 1980s. The U. has won 10 ITA nationally ranked Wisconsin and Notre Dame. Last fall, at the Gopher Invitation- Regional Awards and placed five student-athletes on the Pac-12 All-Conference al, Stoner played doubles with Santiago Sierra, coming away with wins over teams under Brateanu. Academically, the team posted a record-setting 3.54 Oregon and Wisconsin. GPA in 2016-17. Utah placed a program-best seven student-athletes on the Pac- Coming off a successful freshman season, Randy Cory was able to card 12 All-Academic teams in 2017-18. a total of eight dual wins in singles between the No. 4 and No. 5 spots. Cory opened the 2017-18 season with back-to-back wins against Adrian Torrico of Montana State and Cezary Walkusz of Weber State, then notching three straight wins against UC Irvine, Montana and No. 75 New Mexico. In doubles, Cory was paired with Russel Benkaim at the No. 1 and No. 2 spots, where they collected a total of 13 wins. Starting the season off on a 10-match win streak, the duo of Cory and Benkaim were able to defeat teams from No. 50 Utah State, No. 71 Wichita State and No. 33 Harvard. Russell Benkaim played primarily at the No. 6 singles position during the 2017-18 season, earning key victories over Keegan Sullivan of Idaho State at the No. 4 position and Grant Wood of Montana State. Benkaim was paired with Randy Cory at the No. 1 and No. 2 position in doubles, where they earned 13 while starting the season off with a 10-match win streak. Benkaim and Cory were able to earn key doubles wins over the No. 30 team of Tom Fawcett and The top anticipated player for the Utah men’s tennis team this season is se- Axel Geller of Stanford, while also defeating Mitch Stewart and Jack Davis of No. nior, Dan Little. Little held the No. 1 position in singles last year, posting 17 wins 51 Washington and Igor Karpovets and Aaro Pollanen of No. 58 Arizona. in duel action, with 16 straight wins from Jan. 19 to March 24. In his duel action Along with the returning players that the Utes will have for the 2018-19 season, victories, he was able to defeat many players from nationally ranked teams, three new freshman have joined the University of Utah men’s tennis team including, No. 50 Utah State, No. 38 Arizona and No. 33 Harvard. Little was also roster. paired up with Azat Hankuliyev at the No. 3 position in doubles, notching 13 One of the new faces includes Mathias Gavelin, hailing from Stockholm, doubles wins, including a 10 match win streak. When the season was over Sweden. Gavelin was a U21 National Champion, being ranked as high as No. 3 with, Little earned a Pac-12 All-Conference honorable mention, while also being in the Swedish junior ranking. Following Gavelin, comes Paul McCallie, coming named second-team Pac-12 All-Academic. to the University of Utah from Atlanta, Georgia. McCallie is a four star-recruit, David Micevski spent last season at the No. 2 spot in singles for the Utes, and was ranked as high as No. 27 in the USTA National Rankings. He is one of earning 15 duel wins in singles, with a five-match winning streak to start of 31 players to be named to the USTA Junior Leadership Team, while also earning the 2017-18 season. Notable singles victories included wins over No. 63 Nicolas the Team Spirit Award at the Spring Team Championships. Moreno de Alboran of No. 54 UC Santa Barbara, and a win over No. 80 Benjamin Last but not least, is RJ Parker, who comes from Bountiful, Utah, being Hannestad of No. 38 Arizona State. Micevski also won back-to-back doubles ranked as the No. 1 player in the state of Utah. Parker is a four-star recruit that matches with Egbert Weverink and Azat Hankuliyev against Idaho State and trained at the Advantage Tennis Academy in Irvine, California. He was the run- Utah State, and a doubles win with Santiago Sierra against Tanner Smith and ner up at the Intermountain Regional Masters and won the Intermountain Fall Mateusz Smolicki of No. 11 USC. Micevski was also named the ITA Mountain Championships, while also competing at the Zonal Team Championships and Region Player to Watch, as well as being named an ITA Scholar-Athlete and represented the Intermountain section at the 2015 National Team Champion- earning second-team Pac-12 All-Academic. ships. Joe Woolley was able to earn second-team Pac-12 All-Academic and was named an ITA Scholar-Athlete after the 2017-18 season. He was able to notch 11 singles in dual matches, opening the season with wins over Montana State, Idaho State and Pacific. Being primarily paired with Egbert Weverink in doubles at the No. 1 and No 2 positions, they posted 12 wins together in doubles, with five straight wins against Boise State, UC Irvine, Montana, No 75 New Mexico and No. 54 UC Santa Barbara. Now entering his junior year with the University of Utah, Slava Shainyan was named an ITA Scholar-Athlete as well as earning first-team Pac-12 All-Academic honors. Shainyan was able to record seven doubles wins in dual matches during the 2017-18 season. He was also able to earn key victories in singles over Rok Sitar of Montana State at the No. 2 position, with back-to-back wins over

@UTAHTENNIS // UTAHUTES.COM 5 PLAYER PROFILES RUSSELL BENKAIM RANDY CORY SOPHOMORE SOPHOMORE BOCA RATON, FLA. SALINAS, CALIF. IMG ACADEMY PALMA HIGH SCHOOL

2017-18 (Freshman): Played at the No. 6 position for most of the season … key 2017-18 (Freshman): Eight dual wins in singles between the No. 4 and No. singles wins over Keegan Sullivan of Idaho State at the No. 4 position and Grant 5 spots … opened the season with back-to-back wins against Adrian Torrico Wood of Montana State … 13 doubles wins on the season playing with Randy of Montana State and Cezary Walkusz of Weber State … three straight wins Cory at the No. 1 and No. 2 spots … started the season on a 10-match win streak, against UC Irvine, Montana and No. 75 New Mexico … claimed a 6-2, 6-4 win including wins over teams from No. 50 Utah State, No. 71 Wichita State and No. over Tim Ruehl of No. 38 Arizona State … big win of Jona Maier of No. 58 Arizona 33 Harvard … helped defeat the No. 30 team of Tom Fawcett and Axel Geller of … also had a strong fall in singles play, winning singles matches against Notre Stanford (6-3) … also had doubles wins over Mitch Stewart and Jack Davis of Dame, Minnesota, New Mexico State, Weber State and Utah State … 13 dual No. 51 Washington and Igor Karpovets and Aaro Pollanen of No. 58 Arizona. doubles wins on the season playing with Russell Benkiam at the No. 1 and No. 2 spots … started the season on a 10-match win streak, including wins over Prior to Utah: Ranked as high as No. 5 in the nation in the USTA National teams from No. 50 Utah State, No. 71 Wichita State and No. 33 Harvard … helped Rankings ... won three Florida State Doubles Championships, as well as two ITF defeat the No. 30 team of Tom Fawcett and Axel Geller of Stanford (6-3) … also titles in doubles ... qualified for three main draw Challenger events ... in singles had doubles wins over Mitch Stewart and Jack Davis of No. 51 Washington and play he finished a personal best fifth place at the 2016 USTA Winter Nationals in Igor Karpovets and Aaro Pollanen of No. 58 Arizona. the boys 16s. Prior to Utah: Ranked No. 6 in doubles in the nation ... No. 1 in singles and doubles for the USTA Northern California Section ... career high UTR of 12.60 ... ranked as high as No. 72 in the nation in the U18 category for singles play ... captained Team Northern California to a historic upset victory over Team Southern California in the 44th Annual Maze Cup.

6 @UTAHTENNIS // UTAHUTES.COM PLAYER PROFILES MATHIAS GAVELIN AZAT HANKULIYEV FRESHMAN JUNIOR STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH AMAERICAN PREPARATORY ACADEMY

Prior to Utah: U21 National Champion … ranked as high as No. 3 in the Swed- 2017-18 (Sophomore): Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention … saw action ish junior rankings … best win was over Christoffer Solberg (ATP #830). against Idaho State and Northern Colorado in singles play … defeated Austin Gwilliam of Idaho State (7-6, 6-0) … won against Tommy Smalley of Northern Colorado (6-3, 6-4) … also defeated Conor Tordoff of Southern Utah at the ITA Mountain Regional Championships … 13 dual doubles wins with Dan Little at the No. 3 position … 10-match winning streak, including wins over doubles team from nationally ranked New Mexico, Santa Barbara, Old Dominion, Virginia Commonwealth and Arizona … big win over Akihiro Tanaka and Charles Roberts of No. 32 Oregon.

2016-17 (Redshirt Freshman): Went 2-0 in dual match singles play ... won a pair of matches at the ITA Mountain Regional Championships ... reached the consolation final of the Dar Walters Fall Classic at Boise State ... won three matches at the 2016 Utah Invitational ... went 4-2 in doubles play, winning three matches with Slava Shainyan and one with Joe Woolley ... teamed with Santiago Sierra to win three doubles matches at the ITA Mountain Regional Tournament, including a victory over No. 45 Austin Bass and Daniel Echeverry of Utah State.

2015-16 (Freshman): Redshirted.

Prior to Utah: Reached as high as No. 130 in the nation and No. 2 in Utah ... won the Intermountain Winter Masters in the age 16 and under division.

Personal: Born and raised in Turkmenistan ... started playing tennis at age seven and moved to Salt Lake City at age nine ... son of Kakabay and Gozel who both earned PhD’s in petroleum engineering ... sister Anya attended the University of Utah for one year before transferring to Westminster ... earning a bachelor’s degree in accounting and wants to obtain a master’s in business ... enjoys playing basketball, bowling, and hiking.

@UTAHTENNIS // UTAHUTES.COM 7 PLAYER PROFILES DAN LITTLE PAUL MCCALLIE SENIOR FRESHMAN LONDON, ENGLAND ATLANTA, GA. RALPH ALLEN SCHOOL

2017-18 (Junior): Pac-12 All-Conference honorable mention … second-team Prior to Utah: Four-star recruit … one of 31 players to be named to the USTA Pac-12 All-Academic … was Utah’s No. 1 singles player … 17 singles wins in dual Junior Leadership Team … recipient of the Team Spirit Award at the Spring Team action … 16 straight wins from Jan. 19 to March 24 … wins over singles players Championships … ranked as high as No. 27 in the USTA National Rankings. from nationally ranked teams, No. 50 Utah State, No. 71 Wichita State, No. 33 Harvard, No. 75 New Mexico, No. 54 UC Santa Barbara and No. 69 Virginia Commonwealth … defeated Jeffrey Hsu of No. 67 BYU in the Deseret Duel … beat No. 21 Michael Geerts of No. 38 Arizona State (7-5, 7-5) … 13 dual doubles wins with Azat Hankuliyev at the No. 3 position … 10-match winning streak, including wins over doubles team from nationally ranked New Mexico, Santa Barbara, Old Dominion, Virginia Commonwealth and Arizona … big win over Akihiro Tanaka and Charles Roberts of No. 32 Oregon.

2016-17 (Sophomore): Named ITA Player to Watch … beat No. 41 Martin Redlicki of No. 5 UCLA, 7-5, 6-1 … also topped nationally-ranked Mitch Stewart of Washington, 6-4, 6-1 and topped his teammate Enzo Sommer, 6-4, 6-2 … won 13 singles competitions in dual match play … at the Utah Invitational, defeated Jaime Barajas of No. 45 Utah State, 6-1, 6-4 … picked up a pair of Pac-12 doubles victories with Parker McGuiness over Washington (Kawika Lam/Enzo Sommer) and Arizona (Trent Botha/Shoki Kasahara) … finished with 10 doubles wins on the season in dual match play, eight at the No. 1 slot with Joe Woolley … teamed with Woolley to make the finals at the National Collegiate Tennis Classic with three victories.

2015-16 (Freshman): ITA Scholar Athlete ... defeated Sameer Kumar of No. 21 Stanford, 6-4, 6-4 ... topped David Fox of No. 47 Denver ... earned a Pac-12 win over Arizona’s Jason Jaruvang, 7-6, 2-6, 6-1 ... earned six non-conference wins ... defeated Sam Giammalva of No. 14 Texas A&M, 6-2, 6-2 at the ITA Men’s All-American Championships ... earned six wins at the Utah Invitational Tournament ... in doubles action, teamed with Matt Cowley to beat No. 16-ranked Maciek Romanowicz & Tom Fawccett of Stanford, 6-3 ... beat Wendell Watanabe & Piers Foley of No. 39 Washington, 6-1 ... topped David Fox & Alex Gasson of No. 47 Denver, 7-5 ... defeated Joan Farah & Errol Smith of No. 67 Loyola Marymount, 7-6.

Prior to Utah: Earned one national championship and two time finals runner up in ... competed in the 2014 Junior Wimbledon Championships falling to No. 55 in the world Jordi Arconada ... winner of 3 ITF junior singles titles and 4 ITF junior doubles titles ... reached as high as No. 192 on the ITF Junior World Rankings.

Personal: Majoring in business.

8 @UTAHTENNIS // UTAHUTES.COM PLAYER PROFILES DAVID MICEVSKI RJ PARKER SENIOR FRESHMAN SKOPJE, MACEDONIA BOUNTIFUL, UTAH ADVANTAGE TENNIS ACADEMY

2017-18 (Junior): Named ITA Mountain Region Player to Watch … ITA Schol- Prior to Utah: Four-star recruit that trained at the Advantage Tennis Academy ar-Athlete … second-team Pac-12 All-Academic … 15 dual wins in singles … in Irvine, Calif. … was the No. 1 player in the state of Utah … was the runner up five-match winning streak to start the season over Montana State, Weber State, at the Intermountain Regional Masters … won the Intermountain Fall Champi- No. 50 Utah State, Idaho State and No. 71 Wichita State … also had singles wins onships … competed at the Zonal Team Championships and represented the over Northern Arizona, Pacific, Denver and Northern Colorado with the last Intermountain section at the 2015 National Team Championships. three victories coming in straight sets … defeated No. 63 Nicolas Moreno de Alboran of No. 54 UC Santa Barbara (6-4, 6-1) … claimed a 6-1, 6-7, 6-4 win over Personal: Son of Todd and Allison … served a church mission in Russia. Aaro Pollanen of No. 58 Arizona … top-100 win over No. 80 Benjamin Hannestad of No. 38 Arizona State (7-5, 6-3) … also had a win of Simon Stevens of No. 32 Oregon (6-4, 6-2) … won back-to-back doubles matches with Egbert Weverink and Azat Hankuliyev against Idaho State (7-5) and Utah State (7-5) … also had a doubles win with Santiago Sierra against Tanner Smith and Mateusz Smolicki of No. 11 USC (6-4) … made it to the Round of 16 at the ITA Mountain Regional in the fall with Weverink, claiming wins over Idaho and Southern Utah.

2016-17 (Sophomore): Was Utah’s top singles player with 15 dual match victories ... defeated nationally-ranked Mitch Stewart of Washington, 6-3, 6-1 ... by the same score, he also topped Will Kneale of Arizona ... won three matches en route to making the final at the National Collegiate Tennis Classic ... captured three matches to reach the quarterfinals of the ITA Mountain Regional Champi- onships ... paired with Egbert Weverink to capture six doubles matches.

2015-16 (Freshman): Finished among the top five players in the ITA Mountain Region ... All Pac-12 Honorable Mention ... beat No. 91 David Wilczynski of No. 21 Stanford, 6-3, 6-3 ... topped No. 119 Filip Bergevi of No. 9 California, 7-6, 6-4 ... beat Enzo Sommer of No. 39 Washington, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 and 6-4, 6-4 at the Pac-12 Tournament ... knocked off Kyle Butters from No. 55 Boise State, 6-4, 6-2, Andrey Goryachkov of No. 61 BYU, 6-2, 6-3 and Cristobal Rivera from No. 67 Loyola Ma- rymount, 7-6, 6-4 ... earned a Pac-12 win over Will Kneale over Arizona, 6-2, 6-3 ... in doubles action, teamed with Johan Jonhagen to win seven matches.

Prior to Utah: Seven-time Macedonian National Junior Champion and is a current member of the Macedonian Davis Cup team ... holds a career high ITF Junior World Ranking of No. 353 with a career best win over world’s No. 62 Domagoj Bilijexko of Croatia.

Personal: Majoring in business.

@UTAHTENNIS // UTAHUTES.COM 9 PLAYER PROFILES SLAVA SHAINYAN CHASE STONER JUNIOR SOPHOMORE MOSCOW, RUSSIA SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH WEIL TENNIS ACADEMY BRIGHTON HIGH SCHOOL

2017-18 (Sophomore): ITA Scholar-Athlete … first-team Pac-12 All-Academic … 2017-18 (Freshman): Had six singles wins in tournament play in the fall … seven doubles wins in dual matches this season … opened the season with a defeated Dylan Levitt of Nevada (1-6, 6-3, 6-4) … back-to-back wins over oppo- win over Rok Sitar of Montana State at the No. 2 position … back-to-back wins nents on nationally ranked Wisconsin and Notre Dame … also defeated Ryan over the No. 3 at Idaho State (6-1, 6-2) and No. 4 at No. 71 Wichita State (3-6, Hardin of Northern Colorado in dual play … played doubles with Santiago Sierra 6-2, 6-2) … also had singles wins over Pacific and Northern Arizona … beat Kyle at the Gopher Invitational, coming away with wins over Oregon and Wisconsin. Pease at the No. 2 position against Northern Colorado … defeated Alexander Canellopoulos of Montana (6-2, 6-4) … made it to the Round of 16 in doubles Prior to Utah: Ranked as high as No. 104 in the nation in singles and No. 69 in at the ITA Mountain Regional with Randy Cory with wins over Weber State and doubles … four-star recruit ranking and was No. 1 in the state of Utah … ranked Montana State. No. 1 in the Intermountain region for singles and doubles … two state champi- onships with Brighton HS. 2016-17 (Freshman): Earned 15 victories in singles play for the Utes ... earned Pac-12 victories over Arizona’s shoki Kasahara, 7-5, 6-0 and Washington’s Gal Personal: Son of Rob and Shanda Stoner … born in Minneapolis, but was Hakak, 6-3, 2-6, 6-1 ... won five of six matches at the Utah Invitational, including raised in Salt Lake city … has a brother and a sister. a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 win over Sam Serrano of No. 45 Utah State ... picked up three wins at the ITA Mountain Regional, all in straight sets ... advanced to the round of 16 at the National Collegiate Tennis Classic with a win over Pepperdine’s Guilherme Galvao, 6-1, 6-0 ... captured four doubles matches with Santiago Sierra and Egbert Weverink, as well as three with Azat Hanuliyev ... he and Dan Little combined to earn a pair of wins at the Utah Invitaional and advance to the round of 16 at the ITA Mountain Regional with an 8-6 win over Victor Casadevall and Peter Mimnagh-Fleming of Montana

Prior to Utah: Runner up at the Russian National Junior Championships in singles … national champion in doubles … won the doubles championship at the ITF G2 Ozerov Cup … placed among the top-four in the junior national rankings and ranked as high as No. 482 in the ITF World Junior rankings … was a member of Team Moscow in 2015, winning the Sports Festival … also trained and played in the United States at the Weil Tennis Academy … ranked as high as No. 48 in the nation … defeated former Ute Ace Matias when he ranked No. 1 in the country.

Personal: Born and raised in Moscow … full name is Svyatoslav Shainyan but goes by ‘Slava.

10 @UTAHTENNIS // UTAHUTES.COM PLAYER PROFILES JOE WOOLLEY SENIOR BOSTON, ENGLAND WILLIAM LOVELL CHURCH OF ENGLAND

2017-18 (Junior): Second-team Pac-12 All-Academic … ITA Scholar-Athlete … 11 singles wins in dual matches … opened the season with wins over Montana State (6-1, 6-1), Idaho State (6-3, 6-4) and Pacific (6-2, 7-5) … four straight wins, including against Nick Wade of Northern Colorado at the No. 3 spot and against Hironori Koyanagi of No. 54 UC Santa Barbara … had another four-match win- ning streak at the No. 5 and No. 6 positions with three of his victories coming against opponents on nationally ranked teams No. 69 Virginia Commonwealth, No. 67 BYU and No. 58 Arizona … 12 wins at doubles, primarily with Egbert Wev- erink between the No. 1 and No. 2 positions … five straight wins against Boise State, UC Irvine, Montana, No. 75 New Mexico and No. 54 UC Santa Barbara … defeated the No. 60 team of Andrea Bolla and Makey Rakotomalala of No. 38 Arizona State (6-4) … beat No. 70 Kawika Lam and Enzo Sommer of No. 51 Washington (6-2) … wrapped up Pac-12 play with a win over the doubles team of No. 58 Arizona (6-4).

2016-17 (Sophomore): Won 15 singles matches, primarily at the No. 4 position … topped Piers Foley of Washington at the Pac-12 Championships, 6-4, 5-7, 7-5 … picked up three victories at the ITA Mountain Regional Championships … got a pair of wins at the ITA Men’s All-American Championships … won six singles matches at the Utah Invitational … teamed with Santiago Sierra to beat Amit Batta and Mitch Stewart of Washington at the Pac-12 Championships … picked up a win over Akihiro Tanaka and Simon Stevens of No. 24 Oregon, 7-6 … knocked off Batta and Wendell Watanabe of Washington, 6-3 … beat Andres Reyes and Shoti Meparidze, 6-1 … won 15 doubles contests in dual match play … took three doubles matches with Dan Little at the National Collegiate Tennis Classic … picked up a doubles win at the ITA Mountain Regional Champion- ship … competed in doubles action at the ITA Men’s All-American Champion- ships.

2015-16 (Freshman): Did not compete.

Prior to Utah: Woolley was ranked as high as No. 1 in Great Britain in the U16 and U18 age divisions and won the British Aegon Masters Series all in the same year ... at the age of 16 he reached the finals of the British Tour and qualified for four main draw Futures events ... on his way to reaching the semifi- nals at the Cambridge British Tour Event he beat former Duke Blue Devil Torsten Wietoska (career high No. 533 ATP) ... Woolley lost in three tough sets to world’s No. 383 Marcus Willis and ranked No. 56 in the British Open Tennis Rankings.

@UTAHTENNIS // UTAHUTES.COM STAFF During his playing and coaching career, Brateanu has worked with numerous ATP and WTA players, most notably serving as a hitting partner for 1996 Wim- ROELAND BRATEANU bledon champion Richard Krajicek, French Open finalist Martin Verkerk, and HEAD COACH former world No. 1 player Jennifer Capriati. In 2006, he assisted the Guatemalan Fed Cup and Junior Fed Cup Team to what were record performances at the 5TH SEASON time. UTAH (‘04) Upon his return to the U. in 2007 as an assistant coach, Brateanu helped the Roeland Brateanu, who was honored as the 2017 and 2018 ITA Mountain Region Utes win their first Mountain West Conference championship in 2008. Utah Coach of the Year, is in his fifth season as the head coach at Utah and has players have won numerous individual accolades under his guidance, includ- returned the program to its winning ways. ing Conference Player of the Year twice, 2012 Rookie of the Year Slim Hamza, and ITA Most Improved Player on two occasions. Brateanu has also coached Brateanu guided Utah to its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 21 years in four Davis Cup players at the U. He was awarded the ITA Mountain Region 2018. Utah finished with a 19-10 record last season for its most wins since 1989, Assistant Coach of the Year Award in 2014. including the best non-conference record in school history of 17-2. The Utes peaked at No. 24 in the ITA national rankings, making their first appearance in Brateanu transferred to Utah from Arizona and played two years primarily at No. the Top 25 in over three decades. 1 singles and doubles, earning all-MWC accolades three times. He was named the 2004 ITA Mountain Region Arthur Ashe Award winner. The Utes’ 53-30 record since 2016 is the best three-season mark for the pro- gram since the early 1980s. The U. has won 10 ITA Regional Awards and placed five student-athletes on the Pac-12 All-Conference teams under Brateanu. Academically, the team posted a record-setting 3.54 GPA in 2016-17. Utah placed a program-best seven student-athletes on the Pac-12 All-Academic teams in 2017-18.

@UTAHTENNIS // UTAHUTES.COM 11 STAFF STEN VAN BEURDEN GRAEME COX ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT 1ST SEASON 20TH SEASON

Sten van Beurden is entering his first season as the Utes’s associate head Graeme Cox, a former player at Utah, returned to the men’s tennis coaching coach for the 2018-19 season. staff as a volunteer assistant. This will be his 20th season with the Utes.

Van Beurden, who is a native of the Netherlands, comes to Utah with years of During his 10 year stint as assistant coach, he was named the 2006-07 successful coaching experience at both the collegiate level and on the ATP Mountain Region coach of the year by ITA. Cox also rejoined the Ute tennis staff World Tour. He was also a Davis Cup captain for Indonesia in 2009. for the 2001 season after coaching previously during the 1994-95 through the 1997-98 seasons. On the tour, Van Beurden was a full time traveling coach for several athletes ranked in the top-200 in the world, including the 2004 NCAA singles champion, While competing at Utah, Cox proved to be a talented player and was team Benjamin Becker (No. 35 ATP), the 2005 NCAA singles champion Benedikt captain in 1993. Cox played on the 1990 and `91 NCAA Indoor Championship Dorsch (No. 127 ATP) and Romanian national champion Marius Copil (No. 73 teams, and was a member of the 1990 NCAA Tournament team and the 1990 ATP). WAC championship team. He achieved a singles record of 70-32 and a doubles mark of 64-33 while competing for the Utes. He was an all-WAC Academic He also served as a hitting partner for multiple international tennis players Award recipient for three years and won the 1992 ITCA Region VII Sportsman- during his time on the ATP Tour, including 1996 Wimbledon champion Richard ship Award. Krajicek (No. 4 in the ATP) and 2003 French Open finalist Martin Verkerk (No. 14 ATP). Before Cox came to Utah, he had a successful tennis career in Australia. He was a top ranked junior player in Western Australia for all age groups. Cox also As a collegiate coach, Van Beurden was an assistant men’s coach at Georgia reached the quarterfinals of the 18-and-under singles and the semifinals of State from 2000-01 before taking over as the head coach from 2001-02. At the the 16-and-under doubles at the Australian Championships. He has also had helm, he led the team to a top-50 national ranking along with earning Atlantic a strong playing career in the United States, winning two gold balls in USTA Sun Conference Coach of the Year. Senior competition.

After his stint at Georgia State, Van Beurden was an assistant at Baylor from Cox spent three seasons coaching for the Lake Oswego High School girls’ 2002-03, coaching the Bears to a 28-2 record, a Big 12 Regular Season and tennis team in Oregon, compiling a 38-7 overall record from 1999-2001. His team Tournament Championships and a No. 2 ranking in the country. had three consecutive second place district finishes, and a third and fifth place finish at the state tournament. Possibly his biggest accomplishment of his career was to guide both Francisco Bahamonde and Manuel Pena Lopez to top-20 ITF World Junior Rankings and Cox graduated from Utah in 1993 with a B.A. in history. In 1995, he earned a guiding Bahamonde to become the youngest player in ATP history to win two master’s degree in history. He enjoys snowboarding, reading, and running in ATP points at age 14. his spare time. He has one son, Rufus.

Van Beurden played one year of collegiate tennis at Alabama before becoming a professional. He went on to achieve a bachelor’s degree in marketing from the University of Amsterdam and completed his MBA in corporate finance from Georgia State.

Since his time with the ATP Tour, Van Beurden has been based out of Mendoza, Argentina where he lives with his wife, Tatiana, and two sons, Valentin (13) and Timo (11).

12 @UTAHTENNIS // UTAHUTES.COM SEASON REVIEW Singles 2018 Men’s Tennis Results Name No. 1 No. 2 No.3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6 Dual Record Jan. 19 Montana State W 7-0 Russell Benkiam ------1-0 0-2 1-2 2-4 Weber State W 5-2 Randy Cory ------3-2 5-4 -- 8-6 Jan. 21 Utah State W 4-3 Azat Hankuliyev ------1-0 1-0 2-0 Idaho State W 7-0 Dan Little 8-7 9-0 ------17-7 Jan. 26 vs. Wichita State W 5-2 David Micevski 7-4 8-4 ------15-8 Jan. 27 at Harvard L 5-2 Slava Shainyan -- 2-0 3-6 2-2 -- 0-2 7-10 Feb. 3 Pacific W 7-0 Santiago Sierra -- -- 1-1 6-2 4-0 7-1 18-4 Northern Arizona W 7-0 Chase Stoner ------1-0 1-0 Feb. 11 at Denver W 5-2 Egbert Weverink -- 0-1 7-7 2-3 -- -- 9-10 at Northern Colo. W 7-0 Joe Woolley -- -- 1-0 1-0 4-3 5-3 11-6 Feb. 16 Boise State W 4-0 Feb. 17 UC Irvine W 6-1 Doubles Montana W 7-0 Names No. 1 No. 2 No.3 Dual Record Feb. 23 at New Mexico W 4-2 Benkiam/Cory 5-8 6-3 2-0 13-11 Feb. 24 vs. UC Santa Barbara W 5-2 Weverink/Woolley 2-4 9-3 -- 11-7 March 2 at Old Dominion L 4-0 Hankuliyev/Little -- -- 12-4 12-4 March 3 at VCU W 4-2 March 9 at UNLV W 4-3 Little Earns Pac-12 Honorable Mention March 24 BYU W 4-3 For the second year in a row, Dan Little received a postseason honor from the Pac-12 Conference. March 30 Arizona W 4-3 Little was honorably mentioned after finishing as Utah’s highest ranked singles player (No. 2 in region, No. March 31 Arizona State W 4-3 80 nationally). He joined fellow Ute David Micevski and Slim Hamza as the only student-athletes to earn April 7 at #4 Stanford L 4-0 multiple postseason accolades from the Pac-12. April 8 at California L 4-0 April 13 Washington L 4-2 With eight wins against opponents from nationally-ranked foes, Little finished 17-7 in singles play this April 14 Oregon L 4-3 season, primarily competing at the top the lineup. His non-conference season was highlighted by a win over Jean Thirouin of No. 33 Harvard. April 20 at #2 UCLA L 4-0 April 21 at #13 USC L 4-0 Little was 13-9 in doubles play with wins against opponents from five ranked foes. He teamed with Azat April 25 vs. Arizona* L 4-2 Hankuliyev to defeat Tanaka/Roberts of No. 32 Oregon and Bacardi/Maier of No. 58 Arizona in Pac-12 play. May 11 vs. #14 Oklahoma% L 4-0 * Pac-12 Championships | % NCAA Tournament The England native entered this year as the ITA Mountain Region Player to Watch and helped Utah advance to the NCAA Championships for the first time since 1997.

Utah Garners Five ITA Honors David Micevski was named the ITA Player to Watch after going 15-8 this season at the top of the Utah lineup. The junior from Macedonia is a two-time All-Pac-12 honoree and provides Utah a bright future alongside last year’s winner, Dan Little.

Roeland Brateanu was named the Wilson/ITA Coach of the Year for a second-straight campaign. He became the first Utah head coach to win postseason awards in multiple years since F.D. Robbins in 1990 (WAC Coach of the Year). Utah went 17-2 in non-conference play and ranked as high as No. 24 in the nation en route to its first NCAA Tournament appearance in over two decades.

Daniel Pollock was named the tasc Performance ITA Assistant Coach of the Year, which means every member of Utah’s current staff has now won this award (Brateanu in 2014 and Graeme Cox in 2007).

Egbert Weverink became the fourth Ute to earn the ITA Arthur Ashe Leadership & Sportsmanship Award, joining Brateanu (‘04), Brandon Owen (‘97) and Cox (‘92). As one of two senior captains, he helped guide the Utes to the postseason by playing in the middle of the singles lineup and teaming with Joe Woolley in doubles action.

Finally, the Utes were recognized for their work off the court as one of seven schools across the nation to earn an ITA Community Service Award. Recently, the team joined with former football player Stevenson Sylvester to organize and send school supplies to the Dominican Republic.

@UTAHTENNIS // UTAHUTES.COM 13 AWARDS All-Americans 1993...... Toby Curtis...... N/A 1965...... Jim Osbourne...... Singles Jeff Weichers...... N/A 1966...... Jim Osbourne...... Singles 1991...... Chris Entzel...... N/A 1969...... F.D. Robbins...... Singles Ed Peregrino...... N/A Dan Bleckinger...... Singles 1990...... Johan Hoegstedt...... Singles 1970...... F.D. Robbins...... Singles Chris Entzel...... Singles & Doubles Dan Bleckinger...... Singles Brendan Bowyer...... Singles & Doubles 1976...... Kent Crawford...... Singles 1989...... Chris Entzel...... Singles & Doubles 1977...... Kent Crawford...... Singles Martin Tenlen...... Singles 1981...... Jeff Robbins...... Singles Brendan Bowyer...... Singles & Doubles 1983...... Greg Holmes...... Singles Eric Chin...... Singles & Doubles 1986...... Christian Schultes...... Singles Johan Hoegstedt...... Doubles 1997...... Christian Svensson...... Singles 1988...... Chris Entzel...... Singles & Doubles Jari Koho...... Singles ITA Hall of Fame Brendan Bowyer...... Doubles 1987...... Harry James...... Utah head coach (1961-86) 1987...... Brian Monson...... Singles & Doubles 2005...... Jim Osbourne...... All-American at Utah, BYU head coach Jari Koho...... Singles 2009...... Greg Holmes...... All-American, 1983 NCAA Champion Brendan Bowyer...... Doubles 1986...... Andy Olyphant...... Singles & Doubles Pac-12 All-Conference Antti Eranne...... Singles 2018...... Dan Little (HM)...... Singles Brian Monson...... Singles 2017 ...... Dan Little (HM)...... Singles Jari Koho...... Singles & Doubles David Micevski (HM)...... Singles Jenno Morson...... Doubles 2016 ...... Matt Cowley (HM)...... Singles Christian Schultes...... Doubles David Micevski (HM)...... Singles 1985...... Paul Lobban...... Singles & Doubles 2014 ...... Slim Hamza (2nd)...... Singles Brian Monson...... Singles 2013 ...... Slim Hamza (HM)...... Singles Christian Schultes...... Doubles 2012 ...... Slim Hamza (2nd)...... Singles Greg Menges...... Doubles Hans Fredborg...... Doubles 1981...... Jeff Robbins...... Singles & Doubles Mountain West All-Conference John Tsumas...... Singles 2011...... Benito Suriano...... Singles Jeff Wallace...... Singles 2010...... Phillip Eilers...... Singles & Doubles Alan Barg...... Singles Alex Golding...... Doubles Beto Beloise...... Singles 2009...... Wes Hancock...... Singles & Doubles Ed Heath...... Singles & Doubles Phillip Eilers...... Singles & Doubles 2008...... Zach Ganger...... Singles & Doubles Player of the Year Awards Miron Mann...... Singles & Doubles 2018...... David Micevski...... ITA Regional Player to Watch 2007...... Zach Ganger...... Singles & Doubles Miron Mann...... Singles & Doubles 2017...... Slava Shainyan...... ITA Regional Rookie of the Year 2006...... Zach Ganger...... Singles & Doubles Dan Little...... ITA Regional Player to Watch Nick Coutts...... Doubles 2016...... Matt Cowley...... ITA Regional Most Improved Player 2005...... Tomasz Grzyb...... Singles 2014...... Ben Tasavec...... ITA Regional Most Improved Player Zach Ganger...... Doubles 2010...... Phillip Eilers...... MWC Player of the Year Miron Mann...... Doubles 2008...... Zach Ganger...... MWC Player of the Year 2004...... Roeland Brateanu...... Singles & Doubles 1997...... Christian Svensson...... ITA Regional Player of the Year Miron Mann...... Doubles 1992...... Lindsay Rawstorne...... WAC Player of the Year 2003...... Daniel Lohff...... Singles Roeland Brateanu...... Doubles 1989...... Eric Chin...... WAC Sportsmanship Award Nick Coutts...... Doubles 1986...... Andy Olyphant...... WAC Player of the Year 2002...... Dave Mercier...... Singles & Doubles 1985...... Paul Lobban...... WAC Player of the Year Corrie Scheepers...... Singles Nick Yip...... Doubles Coach of the Year Awards 2001...... Dave Mercier...... Singles 2018...... Roeland Brateanu...... ITA Regional Coach of the Year 2000...... Dave Mercier...... Doubles Daniel Pollock...... ITA Regional Asst. Coach of the Year Trevor Ferguson...... Doubles 2017...... Roeland Brateanu...... ITA Regional Coach of the Year Western Athletic All-Conference 2014...... Roeland Brateanu...... ITA Regional Asst. Coach of the Year 1999...... Ben Coates...... Singles & Doubles 2007...... Graeme Cox...... ITA Regional Asst. Coach of the Year Phil Rodrigue...... Doubles 1990...... F.D. Robbins...... WAC Coach of the Year 1997...... Christian Svensson...... Singles & Doubles 1989...... F.D. Robbins...... WAC Coach of the Year Ben Coates...... Doubles 1986...... Harry James...... WAC Coach of the Year 1996...... Christian Svensson...... N/A Magnus Hjalmarson...... N/A 1995 Christian Svensson...... N/A Brian Conner...... N/A 1994...... Toby Curtis...... N/A Magnus Hjalmarson...... N/A 14 @UTAHTENNIS // UTAHUTES.COM ACADEMICS ITA Team Academic Award 2007...... Timmy Allen David Micevski (HM) 2017-18 2004...... Mike Bullard Joe Woolley (HM) 2010-11 2003...... Mike Bullard Parker McGuiness (HM) 2009-10 Kaison Chaichanna 2016...... Matt Cowley (1st) 2002-03 Tyler Poulson Santiago Sierra (1st) 2001-02 2002...... Kaison Chaichanna Parker McGuiness (2nd) 1999-2000 Tyler Poulson Johan Johnagen (HM) 1996-97 Corrie Scheepers 2015...... Matt Cowley (HM) Nick Yip Cedric Willems (HM) ITA Mountain Region Community Service Award 2001...... Corrie Scheepers 2014...... Ben Tasevac (1st) 2017-18 Nick Yip Matt Cowley (HM) Slim Hamza (HM) ITA Scholar-Athletes ITA Mountain Region Arthur Ashe Leadership & Cedric Willems (HM) 2018...... David Micevski Sportsmanship Award 2013...... Rafael Davidian (2nd) Slava Shainyan 2018...... Egbert Weverink Dmytro Mamedov (2nd) Santiago Sierra 2004...... Roeland Brateanu Ben Tasevac (2nd) Egbert Weverink 1997...... Brandon Owen Slim Hamza (HM) Joe Woolley 1992...... Graeme Cox Alejandro Medinilla (HM) 2014...... Ben Tasevac 2012...... Dmytro Mamedov (1st) 2013...... Ben Tasevac Pac-12 All-Academic Alejandro Medinilla (HM) Dmytro Mamedov 2018...... Slava Shainyan (1st) Benito Suriano (HM) 2012...... Dmytro Mamedov Egbert Weverink (1st) 2010...... Timmy Allen Dan Little (2nd) Stephen Jacobs David Micevski (2nd) 2009...... Timmy Allen Joe Woolley (2nd) Stephen Jacobs 2017...... Santiago Sierra (1st) 2008...... Timmy Allen Egbert Weverink (1st) Stephen Jacobs Dan Little (2nd) NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY 1977 1986 Greg Holmes - NCAA Singles Champion Rnd of 16 Rnd of 16 1983 Lost to Stanford 8-1 Lost to Southern Cal 5-1 Round of 64 1980 1987 Beat Tarek El Sakka from SW La. 7-6(7-4), 6-2 Rnd of 16 Lost in play-in match to Miami 6-0 Lost to Stanford 6-0 Round of 32 1989 Beat John Letts from Stanford 6-0, 6-3 1981 Beat West Virginia in play-in game 5-3 Rnd of 16 Rnd of 16 Round of 16 Lost to Stanford 9-0 Lost to UCLA 5-1 Beat Tomm Warneke from Trinity 6-4, 6-4

1982 1990 Quarterfinals Rnd of 16 Lost in play-in match to Oklahoma St. 5-3 Beat Peter Doohan from Arkansas 6-1, 6-1 Lost to SMU 5-1 1996 Semifinals 1983 Lost in Play-in match before round of 16 Beat David Pate from TCU 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (11-9) Rnd of 16 Lost to SMU 5-1 1997 Final Lost in Play-in match before the round of 16 Beat Fredrick Pahlett from Minnesota 6-3, 6-2 1984 Rnd of 16 2018 Lost to Southern Cal 7-0 Lost to Oklahoma, 4-0

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