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MEN’S COACHING RECORDS PETER WRIGHT Year Coach Record Win Pct. Head Coach 1993-present Peter Wright 119-87 .578 10th Year at Cal 1987-92 Scott McCain 115-79 .593 Considered one of the best teach- 1974-86 Bill Wright 241-123 .662 ers and tacticians in men’s collegiate 1970-73 Kevin Merrick 48-27 .640 , Peter Wright has developed a 1960-69 Chet Murphy 80-52 .606 reputation for getting more out of 1947-59 Dick Stevens 80-86-1 .482 his players than perhaps any coach 1932-46 Tom Stow 73-45-1 .618 in the country. 1930-31 Ray Grismer 27-3-1 .887 Wright’s coaching talent hasn’t 1925-29 17-12-3 .578 gone unnoticed. Pac-10 Coach of the 1892-1924 no known coaches 59-22-2 .723 Year in 2001 and in 1997, he received 108 years nine known coaches 843-527-8 .615 his first coaching award in 1994 when he was named Wilson/ITA Regional Coach of the Year for guiding the Bears back to postseason play juniors in Robert Kowalczyk and , who in after Cal had missed the Big Dance the previous two seasons. 2003 are looking to lead the Bears deep into the NCAA Champi- Wright and the Bears have been a fixture in the NCAA Tourna- onships again. ment almost every year since. A four-year letterman during his collegiate career at Cal, Wright The ninth coach in the 110-year history of Cal tennis, Wright worked his way to the No. 1 singles position in the Bears lineup has compiled a 119-87 (.578) career record during his tenure in before joining the men’s professional tour in 1986. As a pro, Berkeley. Wright’s 2002 netters ranked as the school’s all-time Wright played in such events as Wimbledon, the best squad since joining the Pac-10, as the Bears’ 5-2, second- and the . In addition to a doubles place finish was California’s best-ever showing in the competi- victory over , Wright’s career highlights include tive league. Last season also marked the first time that Cal en- matches with , Goran Ivanisevic, , joyed a series sweep of UCLA since 1953 and the first time ever , Jonas Bjorkman and . that the Bears beat Stanford, UCLA and USC in the same sea- Many of Wright’s career highlights as a player have come son. during international competition, where he represented Ireland Prior to taking over as Cal’s head coach in May 1993, Wright in from 1988-95. His parents, Stanley and Elizabeth, spent five years as an assistant with the Golden Bears. As a head were born and raised in Ireland, allowing Wright to compete as coach, Wright has excelled at recruiting, a key ingredient in re- an Irish national. He has won several Irish national singles and turning Cal to the nation’s tennis elite. In 1994 he recruited doubles championships, and was instrumental in Ireland’s upset , an All-American and NCAA singles quarterfinalist. victories over Greece, Spain and Belgium when Ireland captured In 1998 and 2001, Wright’s team made a run to the NCAA the 1992 European Cup. Wright has also served as Ireland’s Round of 16. Also in 1998, he inked a pair of Top 10-ranked Davis Cup captain since August 1995. However, his biggest thrill in the arena of international tennis may have come in 1996, when he spent the summer in Atlanta serving as head coach of the Irish Olympic tennis team. In addition to his Cal and National Team duties, Wright serves on the boards of both the Youth Tennis Advantange and the Tennis Foundation of the Bay Area. He also estab- lished the Bear Trax program at Cal, which brings inner city children from Oakland to Berkeley for academic tutoring with Cal students and tennis tutoring with the Cal men’s and women’s teams. A Bay Area native, Wright was born in San Francisco on Dec. 8, 1963, and earned a B.A. in social science from Cal after return- ing to school in 1991. His wife of 10 years, Fionnuala, is a former Irish national singles and doubles champion and a former member of the Irish national basketball team. The Wrights cur- rently reside in Berkeley with their son, Thomas, and daughter, Carly.

Head coach Peter Wright with Adrian Barnes.

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ROGELIO “JUN” HERNANDEZ WAYNE FERRIERA Assistant Coach Volunteer Assistant Coach 4th year at Cal 4th year at Cal In his fourth season as an assis- Wayne Ferriera continues as an tant coach and first with the men’s assistant coach with the Cal program team, Jun Hernandez brings his ex- while still playing on the profes- perience as a player and on-court sional tour. A 12-year ATP Tour vet- hitting coach to the men’s squad. eran, he finished the 1995 and 1996 Under the tutelage of women’s seasons ranked in the Top 10 in the head coach Jan Brogan, Hernandez world. spent the previous three seasons as Ferriera has been one of the most an assistant coach with the Cal successful players on the pro circuit woman’s team, earning the North- in the 1990s, having won 19 career west Region’s ITA Women’s Assis- titles since turning pro in 1989. tant Coach of the Year award in 2002. He has also spent the past Ferreira’s career prize money tops $8 million. His highest ever three summers as a hitting coach for professional tennis player in singles was No. 6 (1995) and in doubles No. 11 (2000). Martina Hingis. This past season, Ferriera turned in one of his most consis- As the top assistant at USD three years ago, Hernandez played tent performances, advancing to the fourth round in every 2002 an instrumental role in guiding then USD junior Zuzana Grand Slam event. He finished the year with a No. 38 ranking in Lesenarova to the 1999 NCAA singles title. singles and No. 52 in doubles. Prior to USD, he was the assistant tennis pro at the Rancho Ferreira competed in a flurry of events in 2001, including the Bernardo Swim & Tennis Club, giving private lessons to players Australian Open and U.S. Open. In January, he advanced to the of all abilities. quarterfinal round at the Australian Open by defeating 26th- A 1995 graduate of San Diego State, Hernandez played No. 2 ranked Ivan Ljubick of Croatia and No. 83 Albert Coska of singles and No. 1 doubles for the Aztecs in 1994. He won five Spain. men’s open singles titles and two men’s open doubles events Wayne and his wife, Liesl, live in Berkeley with their son, during 1997 in Southern California. Marcus.

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DALE RUDD TIM NGUYEN MIKE HORAK After four years as an assistant with the women’s team, Jun Team Trainer Team Manager Team Manager Hernandez brings his experience as a player and on-court hitting coach to the men’s squad.

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STEVE BERKE PATRICK BRIAUD Senior Sophomore Experience: TR Experience: 1V Height: 6-2 Height: 6-0 Weight: 185 Weight: 175 North Miami, FL College Station, TX Yale University A&M Consolidated HS Right Handed Left Handed

Senior transfer from Yale will begin One of the most disciplined and intel- his play as a Golden Bear in spring of 2003…preseason ranked ligent players on the Bears’ squad…he’s a fast learner that plays No. 45 by ITA in aggressively…FALL singles…2001-02: 2002: Participated in Missed much of the three tournaments season due to injuries, posting a 6-6 record… but still qualified for at Bulldog Classic in the NCAA tournament Fresno, advanced to in singles and semifinals in back draw doubles…finished with 6-4, 5-7, 1-0(8) with a national singles win over Paul ranking of No. 74 and Dilloway of UC doubles ranking of No. Davis…scored straight 29…2000-01: After set win over Arron going undefeated dur- Spencer of Oregon in ing the Ivy League sea- second round of Omni son, he became the first Hotel Regional Cham- unranked male player pionship back draw to to reach the quarter-fi- advance to the conso- nals of the NCAA lation Round of 16 …in tournament…finished with a 19-5 record, earning All-America doubles, teamed up with fellow sophomore Conor Niland, ad- honors, Ivy League Player of the Year first team All-Ivy…ranked vancing to the quarterfinals of the Omni Hotels Regional Cham- No. 1 in the Northeast Region and 69th nationally in singles and pionship…2001-02: Played in seven dual matches, mostly at No. 2 in the region in doubles with partner Dustin West…earned doubles…advanced to Round of 16 at Pac-10 invitational, de- a USTA gold ball in the summer of 2000 by winning the ITA feating Jonathan Scott (ASU) in straight sets…in doubles, paired National Mixed Doubles Championships…1999-2000: Took a with Balazs Veress at team’s final six dual meets, posting 4-2 one-year leave to play professional events as an amateur… PER- record…pair scored win against UMBC at NCAA Regionals, SONAL/PREVIOUS: A graduate of Bayshore High School, finishing their match in 28 minutes, an 8-0 victory…at Bulldog helped lead his team to two consecutive district championships Classic in the fall, advanced to finals in back draw…scored straight (1996-97)…earned All-Dade (Miami) and All-Tri-County set win over McClure Wallace of Nevada in second round of honors…as a junior player, was ranked as high as No. 10 in the Omni Hotels Regional Championship to advance to round of nation in the 18 & under…Top 5 in the nation in every age 32…first collegiate win came against Illinois’ Jamal Parker at division, Top 50 in the ITF junior and quarterfinalist in Napa Valley Tennis Challenge by 6-4, 6-3 score…in doubles, the in 1997…full name is Steve Ryan teamed with fellow newcomer Kevin Patrick, advancing to Round Berke…environmental design/architecture major…hobbies in- of 32 at both the Omni Hotels Regional Championship and clude playing the guitar and drums, acting, painting and going to Bulldog Classic. the theater…parents are William and Alam Berke…born May 5, PERSONAL/PREVIOUS: Won state 5A championship for 1981 in North Miami, Florida. singles in Texas…was Junior Davis Cup champion with Team Texas…two-time high school team MVP…won Tiger Fight Award twice while in high school… lists traveling among his hobbies and having a Christian influence on society as his career goal…intended engineering major…sister, Natalie, graduated from Rice University…parents are Janet and Jean-Louis Briaud…born February 6, 1983 in Bryan, TX.

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BRIAUD’S CAREER RECORD in January after play- Singles Doubles ing in professional Dual Overall Dual Overall events during 2001-02 0-1 9-7 4-2 8-7 fall…played all singles Fall ’02 0-0 6-6 0-0 4-2 matches at No. 1 spot, Totals 0-1 15-13 4-2 12-9 compiling 17-6 record there…11-7 versus ranked players in 2002…twice knocked off the ITA’s No. 1 OR DEKEL ranked player…first time against Stanford’s Freshman K.J. Hippensteel, with Experience: HS Fruttero taking a 6-3, Height: 5-10 1-6, 6-3 decision to lead Weight: 160 Cal to first defeat of Haifa, Israel Cardinal since Ironi “H” HS 1991…second against Pepperdine’s Al Garland, where straight set, 7-5, 6-0 victory keyed Bears’ 6-1 romp/upset…bested No. Right Handed 10 Tobias Clemens twice during season, leading Cal to first UCLA sweep since 1953…with Kowalczyk in doubles, ad- Freshman from Israel is currently ranked No. 350 in the world vanced to semifinals at Pac-10 tournament by besting No. 16 rankings…joins the Bears after completing three years of man- Bowen/Klingler (ASU), 8-2…closed season strong, winning five datory military service…one of the highest world ranking play- of six matches before dropping 8-4 decision to No. 1 Rojer/ ers in collegiate tennis…PERSONAL/PREVIOUS: Reached a Matkowski (UCLA)…played in all but four matches at No. 1 high of No. 320 in the world ATP rankings in 2002…defeated court…defeated Stanford’s second-ranked duo of Lipski/Mar- No. 108 Noam Behr in Andorra Futures Event…also defeated tin 8-3 (4/10)…8-8 versus ranked tandems…opened season Florida State’s Xavier Luscan in Tallahassee Futures…beat ATP winning first three of four matches…2000-01: Was only Bear to No. 296 Uzbekistan’s Dmitri Tomashevich in Fergana, be seen in No. 1 court all season, finishing with 16-9 record in 25 Uzbekistan tournament to advance to the Round of 16…hob- matches…became All-American, as well as being named to Pac- bies include playing soccer, chess and computer games…parents 10 First Team All-Conference and 12-member USA Collegiate are Itzhak and Eveline Dekel…born December 20, 1980 in Haifa, Team…won five times in a row late in season, keying four match Israel. winning streak down stretch to lead Cal from 26th ranking to 13th spot…upset No. 12 Pepperdine and No. 18 USC, as well as taking No. 1 UCLA down to wire during that stretch…his 16 dual and 29 overall wins ranked first on team…finished season JOHN PAUL FRUTTERO ranked No. 20 in singles competition…in doubles, primarily teamed with Robert Kowalczyk on second court, reeling off 10- Senior 4 record…the duo defeated team of Fustar and Cooper of Fresno Experience: 3V Singles State in NCAA Regionals by 8-6 margin, in what turned out to be winning point in match…defeated Bowen and Eckermann of Height: 6-1 All-American Arizona State to help lead Cal to 5-2 victory over higher-ranked Weight: 170 ASU team…their 12 wins ranked second on team…in fall, ad- San Marino, CA vanced to semifinals of ITA All-American after four straight San Marino HS Doubles victories…advanced to semifinals of ITA Regional champion- Right Handed All-American ships by defeating No. 9 seed David Mullins of Fresno State and No. 5 seed Scotty Scott of Stanford before losing to teammate The top singles player for Adrian Barnes 6-2, 7-6(5) …1999-2000: Made early impact as Bears…brings team leadership to the No. 1 spot…known for freshman … opened at No. 1 spot for Bears, winning his first his big forehand and strong …entered fall ranked No. 4 by two dual matches of season against Georgia Tech and Santa ITA in singles…teamed with Robert Kowalcyk, ranked No. 9 Clara … from March 21 to April 15, he went 9-3 in dual match by ITA in doubles… FALL 2002: Competed in professional play, including 5 wins in row at No. 1 and No. 2 spots…led events…2001-02: Finished 2002 with a No.11 ranking, earning Bears with best dual match record for year (14-12) … in ITA All-American honors in singles and doubles, as well as being postseason, notched win at No. 2 spot against Auburn’s Stephen named to All-Pac-10 First Team and Pac-10 All-Academic Sec- Huss, 6-3, 6-4 … in doubles, amassed 5-1 record with teammate ond Team…also named First-Team All-Pac-10…first Golden Kowalczyk … advanced to semifinals in doubles of ITA cham- Bear to advance to NCAA Quarterfinals since 1995…in doubles, pionships … went 7-1 with teammate David Tzou from March advanced to Round of 16 at NCAA Championships with Robert 22 to April 8 at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles spot…in fall, lost his Kowalczyk…pair ranked No. 12 by ITA…returned to the team first collegiate match to Wesley Moodie of Boise State 6-4, 6-2

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in first round of singles qualifying play at ITA All-American ships…2001-02: Saw first-ever dual match action at No. 6 singles Championships … rebounded to get his first victory over Sylvian in 6-2, 6-4 win against St. Mary’s Philip Laubscher…moved up Iff of Sacramento State (6-7, 7-6, 6-3) at ITA Regional Champi- to varsity squad in 2002 from Cal’s club team…bagged his first onships before being ousted by Carter Morris of Stanford, 6-2, intercollegiate win at Bulldog Classic, defeating Francisco 6-4, in second round. Zepponi of Santa Clara by a 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 margin…competed PERSONAL/PREVIOUS: One of best recruits ever to sign with fellow freshman Dean Wallace in doubles at Northwest at Cal…notched 72-0 record in high school en route to capturing Regional Championships, winning his first intercollegiate doubles CIF Championships four straight years…played on U.S. Na- match, defeating team of Burgemeister and Sarovic of St. Mary’s tional team in ’97 and ’98…ranked No. 4 in country in College in second round by 8-5 score before falling in third 1999…competed at both Wimbledon and U.S. Open during sum- round. mer of 1999...full name is John Paul Fruttero…major is PERSONAL/PREVIOUS: Was varsity tennis MVP all four undeclared…hobbies include basketball and table tennis …par- years in high school…section champion in his senior year, where ents are Saul and Nancy Fruttero…brother John Pierre played he also boasted 20-1 record…was team manager his freshman tennis at University of Pennsylvania… sister Jacque ran cross and sophomore years...also played varsity basketball his junior country at Cal and graduated in 1995...born March 30, 1981 in year and varsity soccer his sophomore and senior years in high Montebello. school…was 3rd in his class and voted “Most Likely to be Next FRUTERRO’S CAREER RECORD Piccasso” by his senior class…major is practice of art…his hob- Singles Doubles bies are art, music and playing piano…parents are Nancy and Dual Overall Dual Overall Doug King… father, Doug, played tennis for the Bears from 1999-00 13-9 14-12 13-7 17-11 1973-76…aunt and both paternal grandparents also attended 2000-01 16-9 29-16 13-9 14-11 Cal…sister, Katie, is currently a sophomore at Cal and manager 2001-02 16-6 20-8 12-8 15-10 of the women’s tennis team…born September 6, 1980 in Walnut Totals 45-24 63-36 38-24 46-32 Creek, CA. KING’S CAREER RECORD Singles Doubles Dual Overall Dual Overall 2001-02 1-0 3-8 0-0 1-5 JEFF KING Fall ’02 0-0 3-6 0-0 1-4 Totals 1-0 6-14 0-0 2-9 Senior Experience: 2V Height: 6-3 Weight: 175 St. Helena, CA ROBERT KOWALCZYK St. Helena HS Senior Right Handed Experience: 3V Doubles Height: 5-9 All-American A great team player that has the abil- ity to really bring his “A” game every time out on the Weight: 155 court…FALL 2002: Vero Beach, FL Competed in three tour- Vero Beach, HS naments, compiling 3- Right Handed 6 record in singles…defeated A talented player who has been one Arizona’s Colin of the team’s most consistent winners over the years…teamed O’Grady in round with John Paul Fruterro, entered fall ranked No. 9 in robin competition at doubles…teamed with Balazs Veress, entered fall ranked No. 11 Napa Valley in doubles… received ITA All-American honors in Challenge…at Omni doubles…known as a warrior on the court…FALL 2002: Swept Hotels Regional Cham- through first two rounds of Napa Valley Tennis Classic before pionship, advanced to dropping a barn-burner to No. 25 of Illinois, 6-7 Round of 16 in the back (5), 7-6 (5), 6-4…had perhaps the Bears biggest win of the fall, draw with wins over defeating No. 2 Amer Delic of Illionis in straight sets at Napa Santa Clara’s Ted Valley Classic…advanced to second round of qualifying at ITA Blosser and Cal Poly’s All-American Championships, besting LSU’s No. 68 Bryan Stacy Meronoff…in Fisher, 6-3, 6-4…had a magnificent run at Omni Hotels Regional doubles, teamed with Championships, advancing to the Round of 16 by defeating fellow senior Kevin Patrick…defeated Cal Poly’s Crawford/ Stanford’s James Pade, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5…in doubles, competed Sans-Leeb in first round of Omni Hotels Regional Champion- with Balazs Veress at All-American Championships, defeating

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duo of Levant and to third round of ITA Regional championships. Magallan from Florida PERSONAL/PREVIOUS: Two time National by an 8-5 champion … attained No. 3 national ranking in singles and No. 7 mark…2001-02: With in doubles … No.1 ranked singles player in Florida in 1998 and John Paul Fruttero, ad- was also named Florida Player of Year that same year…in 1997 vanced to Round of 16 and 1999, helped guide his high school team to second place at at NCAA Champion- state championships while also winning two state doubles titles ships… pair finished … also captured state singles title in 1999...full name is Robert 2002 ranked No. 9 in Marek Kowalczyk … American studies major … hobbies in- nation…rotated clude surfing and fishing … parents are Mark and Elizabeth mostly at No. 4 and Kowalczyk … father was professional bike racer … sister, No. 5 Kathie, attends medical school in Poland...born Oct. 23, 1980 in singles…comeback 4- Vero Beach, FL. 6, 6-3, 7-6 tiebreak vic- KOWALCZYK’S CAREER RECORD tory over Stanford’s Singles Doubles clinched Dual Overall Dual Overall Cal’s victory over the Cardinal, its first since 1991…in Stanford 1999-00 11-11 15-13 12-8 20-11 rematch, was first off the court against Warburg, cruising to 6-2, 2000-01 11-10 17-16 12-8 17-13 6-2 victory (4/10)…won 13 of 14 between 2/20 and 4/15, help- 2001-02 18-4 19-7 12-9 15-11 ing Bears to 12-3 record during that time…did not allow oppo- Fall ’02 0-0 5-3 0-0 1-4 nent a third set between 3/29 and 4/12…with Fruttero in doubles, Totals 40-25 56-39 36-25 53-39 advanced to semifinals at Pac-10 tournament by besting No. 16 Bowen/Klingler (ASU), 8-2…closed season strong, winning five of six matches before dropping 8-4 decision to No. 1 Rojer/ Matkowski (UCLA)…played in all but four matches at No. 1 court…played Washington and Oregon matches with Wayne MIK LEDVONOVA Wong, compiling 1-1 record…defeated Stanford’s second-ranked duo of Lipski/Martin 8-3 (4/10)…8-8 versus ranked Sophomore tandems…opened season winning first three of four Experience: 1V matches…2000-01: Rotated mostly between third, fourth and Height: 5-11 fifth courts during season, compiling 11-10 record in dual Weight: 175 matches…his 11 dual wins tied for second on team and his 16 Copenhagen, Denmark overall victories tied for third…his 7-5, 6-1 victory over No. 12 Stenhaus HS Pepperdine’s Steve Raciopi helped propel Cal over higher-ranked Waves, keying Bears’ ranking jump from 26 to 21 in country…was Right Handed hero of day against SMU, defeating his singles opponent by score of 7-5, 6-1 as well as teaming with Fruttero to win their A really strong competitor that works doubles match, 9-7, leading Bears to tight 4-3 victory over No. 8 well within the framework of the team…FALL 2002: Only com- team…combined with Fruttero on most occasions in doubles, peted in one event due completing 10-3 record on second court, and 12-7 overall to tendinitis in his right record…keyed NCAA win over Fresno State by defeating No. hand, posting 1-1 35 ranked doubles combination of Fustar and Cooper, giving Cal record…defeated Cal momentum to win match 4-2, and advance to Round of 16…in Poly’s Stacy Meronoff fall, teamed with freshman Balazs Veress and sophomore Ben in straight sets to ad- Miles to go 3-3 in doubles with wins over teams from Illinois vance to Round of 32 and Stanford, among others … ended fall with Miles ranked No. at Omni Hotels Re- 46 by ITA …1999-2000: Compiled 15-13 record in singles, gional Champion- notching wins at No. 2 through No. 4 spots for Bears … went 5- ship…2001-02: Made 2 from April 11 to May 13 … at No. 4 spot, notched wins over an immediate impact Alex Brown of Arizona, Ryan Evelhoff of Arizona State and after joining team in Sebastien Graeff of Pepperdine … compiled 4-5 record at No. 3 spring…was the Bears’ spot and 6-4 record at No. 4 spot for Bears … in doubles, most consistent per- compiled 15-10 record with teammate Ben Miles at No. 2 and 3 former in the lower spots … started off spring strong in doubles, establishing 8-3 singles courts, estab- record, including five consecutive wins over teams from Harvard, lishing a 16-3 dual Arizona State, USC and Arizona … amassed 3-2 singles record record, including a 9-2 in fall campaign … won his first collegiate match over Jevenji mark at court six…biggest win came against Stanford (2/ Carlove of Texas Tech 7-5, 6-2 in first round of singles pre- 23)…with team down 3-0, Ledvonova came through with 7-5, qualifying play at ITA All-American championships … advanced 6-0 dominating victory over Phil Sheng at court six to break the

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ice for Cal, who won match 4-3…won 10 straight matches be- tween 2/17 and 4/6, not losing a match during the entire month of March…all wins during that streak came in straight CONOR NILAND sets…dominated opponents in 16 wins, only allowed opponent a third set four times…played in only four doubles matches, all Sophomore but one with senior Chase Exon…pair’s season highlight came Experience: 1V with 9-7 win against Jamal Parker and Chris Martin of Illinois at Height: 6-1 National Team Indoors. Weight: 180 PERSONAL/PREVIOUS: Has been ranked as high as No. Millfield School 21 in world junior ITF rankings…career highlight was his defeat Limerick, Ireland of at Junior Australian Open…Denmark national Right Handed team member from 1993-2000…finished ranked No. 1 in Den- mark five times…semifinalist of 2001 Danish Men’s National A talented player who brings interna- Championships… major is undeclared…interests are playing tional experience to a seasoned squad…entered fall ranked No. cards and soccer, listening to music and reading…born May 31, 49 by ITA in singles… 1981 in Holbaek, Denmark. FALL 2002: Had a stel- LEDVONOVA’S CAREER RECORD lar fall performance, Singles Doubles compiling a 6-2 record Dual Overall Dual Overall over two events… 2001-02 16-3 16-5 1-2 2-2 started off with wins Fall ’02 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 over No. 50 Saber Totals 16-3 17-6 1-2 2-2 Kadiri of Virginia Tech and No. 26 Zoltan Papp of Baylor in main draw of ITA All-Ameri- can Championships, KUNI YOSHI MINATO advancing to the quar- ter-finals…advanced Junior to quarterfinals of Experience: TR Omni Hotels Regional Height: 5-7 Championships, beat- Weight: 150 ing Stanford’s Sam Togane Chiba, Japan Warburg 7-6(5), 6-1…competed with sophomore Patrick Briaud College of the Desert JC at Omni Hotels Regional Championships…the pair advanced to Right Handed the quarterfinals with win over Phil Sheng and Jon Wong of Stanford…2001-02: Finished 2002 with No. 84 national Junior transfer from College of the ranking…in first season with squad, held down No. 3 court for Desert junior college will begin his play as a Golden Bear in Bears, compiling a 7-3 record there…also went undefeated at spring of 2003…will look to compete for time in the starting court two (3-0)…won seven straight matches between 2/26 and rotation, but may redshirt this season…PERSONAL/PREVI- 4/10…did not lose a match the entire month of March…season OUS: Ranked the No. 12 junior player in Japan in 2000…No. 2 highlight came with big win over UCLA’s No. 22 Marcin junior college singles and doubles player in the state of Califor- Matkowski (7-6, 2-6, 7-5)…got first-ever dual match victory in nia in 2002…hobbies include playing the guitar…earned Asso- 6-1, 6-0 win over St. Mary’s Aturo Planell at second ciate of Arts degree in 2002…born April 8, 1981 in Togane court…became a fixture in doubles early, playing mostly with Chiba, Japan. Chase Exon…pair reeled off four straight wins between 3/26 and 4/6, helping Cal to 4-1 record during that run…joined Ben Miles late in the season…pair won three of five matches played together…big win came over No. 29 Tobias Clemens and Lassi Ketola of UCLA, 9-7…won his first-ever intercollegiate event, defeating Alex Zharinov of Minnesota by 7-6(0), 6-2, score at Napa Valley Tennis Challenge…advanced to third round of Omni Hotels Northwest Regional Championships by defeating Nick Weiss of Washington by 6-2, 6-1 mark…in doubles, competed with fellow newcomer Chase Exon at Napa Valley Tennis Chal- lenge, defeating duo of Robertson and Stephens from Minnesota by 9-8 mark. PERSONAL/PREVIOUS: Spent year playing on ATP circuit…captained his high school to British National Schools Title, where he never lost singles or doubles match…unbeaten in

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his final two years of high school tennis…competed for Irish PERSONAL/PREVIOUS: Came to Cal as transfer from Davis Cup Team, European Cup Team and numerous junior Furman University in Greenville, SC…in high school, he was Irish cups…sister Gina ranked #350 on WTA tour…brother South Jersey Player of Year as well as All-State Doubles team Ross competed at Junior French Open…brother Ray plays co-captain…led Moorestown High School to New Jersey Group rugby…lists soccer among his hobbies…has not declared 2 state championship three times…American Studies major…parents are Pat and Ray Niland…born September 19, major…lists traveling and reading as his hobbies and owning his 1981 in Birmingham, England. own business as his career goal…Parents are Karen and Leonard NILAND’S CAREER RECORD Patrick…born September 20, 1979 in Marlton, NJ. Singles Doubles PATRICK’S CAREER RECORD Dual Overall Dual Overall Singles Doubles 2001-02 14-7 17-11 9-5 10-8 Dual Overall Dual Overall Fall ’02 0-0 6-2 0-0 3-1 2001-02 1-0 6-10 0-0 2-6 Totals 14-7 23-13 9-5 13-9 Fall ’02 0-0 5-6 0-0 1-3 Totals 1-0 11-16 0-0 3-9

KEVIN PATRICK BALAZS VERESS Senior Experience: 1V Junior Height: 5-8 Experience: 2V Pac-10 Weight: 155 Height: 6-1 All-Academic Moorestown, NJ Weight: 180 Moorestown HS Budapest, Hungary Right Handed Kolcsey Ferenc Gymnasium Right Handed One of the most improved players on the team...brings with him a professional attitude on and off the An outstanding tennis player that court…FALL 2002: looks to be one of the top guys on the team again this Competed at Napa year…finished fall Valley Tennis Chal- ranked No. 43 by ITA lenge, besting Colin in singles…teamed O’Grady of Arizona, 6- with Robert 1, 6-4…had a spectacu- Kowalczyk in lar run through the back doubles, ranked No. draw of Omni Hotels 11…FALL 2002: Put Regional Champion- together a 6-4 fall ships, reaching the singles record over semifinals with a three three tournaments… set victory over dropped Georgia’s Oregon’s Thomas Stephan Timu, 6-4, 6- Bieri…teamed with fel- 4, in the first match of low senior Jeff King in the Napa Valley Ten- doubles competition, nis Classic…defeated reaching the Round of No. 48 Mark Dietrich 32 at Omni Hotels Re- of Tennessee, 7-6(5), 6- gional Championships…2001-02: In first-ever dual action, de- 3, to advance to second feated St. Mary’s J.J. Whitlinger, 6-2, 6-4 to help Cal to 6-0 round of main draw at ITA All-American Championships…had victory… notched his first intercollegiate win against Christian amazing run at Omni Hotels Regional Championships, reaching Jensen of USC at Napa Valley Wine Challenge, defeating him by the semifinals by defeating No. 32 of Stanford, 7- 6-3, 6-3 mark…advanced to second round of Bulldog Classic by 6, 6-3, in the quarterfinals…in doubles, teamed with Robert besting Nick Tracy of Cal Poly 7-5, 6-3…after falling in second Kowalczyk…the pair defeated No. 38 Levant and Magallan of round, defeated Steve Porter of Cal Poly 8-1 to advance to third Florida, 8-5, in the All-American Championships…2001-02: round of consolation bracket…in doubles, competed exclusively Named honorable mention All-Pac-10 and Pac-10 All-Academic with fellow freshman Patrick Briaud…the duo registered their First Team in 2002…finished season with No. 83 ranking and first win at Bulldog Classic, downing Nevada’s duo of Anderson second most overall wins on Bear squad…played mostly out of and Bitzer by 9-8 mark…advanced to quarterfinals of that tourna- the second singles spot, and was the only player to see time at ment by eliminating Taylor and Cohan of San Diego by 8-6 count. court one besides John Paul Fruttero…key 7-6, 7-6 victory over

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No. 75 Stefan Suter of Pepperdine helped Cal to big 6-1 upset of then-No. 5 Waves…dropped No. 42 Matt Hanlin of Washing- ton, leading Bears to first Pac-10 win of season…teamed with DEAN WALLACE Ben Miles and Patrick Briaud in doubles…with Miles, pair was most consistent Bear tandem during the middle of the season, Freshman compiling 7-3 record during Cal’s 10-match winning streak…pair Experience: RS played mostly at court two, with four matches at the top Height: 5-11 spot…at end of season, joined with Briaud at No. 3 Weight: 155 court…though pair had never played together before, they Manila, Philippines quickly compiled 3-3 record…against UMBC in NCAA Justin-Siena HS Regionals, pair downed Retriever tandem, 8-1, in only 28 Right Handed minutes…compiled 6-4 record in fall…advanced to second round of ITA All American Championships Main Draw with win over A redshirt freshman…recognized for Kristofer Stahlberg of Mississippi…at Omni Hotels Northwest his ball striking ability and baseline play…has developed into a Regional Championships, came within one match of more disciplined player championships…teamed with Chase Exon at regional champi- with a more consistent onships, and duo advanced to quarterfinal round by defeating approach…FALL Santa Clara’s team of Hidalgo and Mattioli by 8-3 count…2000- 2002: Only competed 01: Named Pac-10 Freshman of Year, as well as being placed on in one tournament, Pac-10 Second All-Conference team…was declared Region VIII compiling 2-1 record… ITA Rookie Player of Year…spent most of his first season on at the Omni Hotels second court, compiling 9-7 record there…11 dual wins ranked Regional Champion- 3rd on team, while his 21 overall wins were second most for ships, advanced to Bears…came up big in Arizona State match, crushing Nicolas Round of 32 by besting Dubey by 6-3, 6-1 mark…struggled late in season, before re- Nevada-Reno’s Brett bounding to defeat Jean Noel Grinda by mark of 7-6, 7-5 in Bitzer and Gonzaga’s match against UCLA…finished season ranked 62nd in Drew Ernst in straight country…in doubles, teamed with Ben Miles to form Cal’s sets…lost to No. 15 winningest doubles team with 14 dual victories and 15 overall Alex Vlaski of Wash- victories throughout season…the pair started season with 7-0 ington, the eventual mark, which helped team off to five game winning streak…started tournament runner-up, off fall with bang, advancing to quarterfinals of National Clay in Round of 32…2001- Courts by defeating Mariano Pettigroso of Arkansas, 6-7(2), 6- 02: Received medical redshirt due to illness…spliced together 7- 3, 6-4 …amassed 7-2 record in singles, grabbing two more wins 5 fall singles record over three tournaments in the fall…won his at ITA Regional championships against Alex Krohn of Fresno first-ever intercollegiate event by defeating Minnesota’s Chris State and Buck Mink of Oregon…teamed up with Robert Wettengel by 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 count…advanced to quarterfinal round Kowalczyk in doubles, going 2-2 in fall … one win came at of consolation draw at Bulldog Classic in Fresno by defeating National Clay Courts against Gustafsson and Klementz of Erin Carroll of Cal Poly by 8-6 score…had good run at Omni Middle Tennessee (4-6, 6-3, 6-1) and other came at ITA Re- Hotels Northwest Regional Championships, advancing to round gional Championships against Stanford’s Kao and Cardoso, 8-2. of 16 by defeating Stefan Suta of Fresno State 7-6(8), 6-1, before PERSONAL/PREVIOUS: One of top juniors from Hun- falling to Stanford’s Scott Lipsky…in doubles, competed with gary, Veress has played in junior Grand Slam events and men’s Jeff King and Wayne Wong, compiling 2-4 record…with Wong, professional events as amateur…reached high of 670 on ATP advanced to second round of Bulldog Classic by defeating Loyola computer at 19 years old…majoring in business Marymount’s Cameron and Levin by 8-2 score. administration…full name is Balazs Veress…parents are Eta PERSONAL/PREVIOUS: Was ranked among top three jun- and Gyula Veress…hobbies include reading, traveling and watch- iors in Philippines…earned High Honors all four years in high ing movies…born Oct. 12, 1980 in Budapest. school…spent four semesters in Napa Valley, earning highest VERESS’ CAREER RECORD honors…major is undeclared…father played freshman tennis Singles Doubles for Princeton…born and raised in Philippines until age 16, then Dual Overall Dual Overall moved to Napa Valley with his twin brother, Eric, who now 2000-01 11-11 21-15 15-3 18-7 attends Columbia University…parents are Odette and John 2001-02 15-10 21-15 15-9 19-13 Wallace…born August 30, 1983 in Manila, Philippines. Fall ’02 0-0 6-4 0-0 1-4 WALLACE’S CAREER RECORD Totals 26-21 48-34 30-12 38-24 Singles Doubles Dual Overall Dual Overall 2001-02 0-0 7-5 0-0 2-4 Fall ’02 0-0 2-1 0-0 0-1 Totals 0-0 9-6 0-0 2-5

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second round with win over Cameron and Levin of Loyola Marymount…2000-01: Competed in six matches in No. 5 and WAYNE WONG No. 6 slots, finishing with 3-3 dual match record…in first ever dual match, defeated UC Santa Barbara’s Michael Faust by 6-3, Junior 4-6, 6-2…downed William and Mary’s Chuck Briggs by 6-2, 6- Experience: 2V 4 margin, match which Cal won 6-1 and keyed early season Height: 5-9 three-game winning streak…in fall, went 3-3 in singles … at Weight:145 Fresno State Invitational, advanced to semifinals of back draw Hong Kong, China with win over Erin Carroll of Cal Poly, 8-4, before losing to Wah Yan College teammate Hiro Nakamura, 8-5…in doubles, amassed 5-2 record Right Handed with junior Hiro Nakamura …advanced to final of Fresno State Invitational by defeating Santa Clara’s Michael Duong and Adam Lewis 9-7 in semifinals. Recognized for his talent and PERSONAL/PREVIOUS: Ranked No. 1 player in Hong speed…he is very smooth and very difficult to play against, not Kong…played in numerous Junior Grand Slam the type of opponent Events…participated in Davis Cup three years before coming that people like to see to Cal…enjoys fishing, snookers, arcade games and across the net from movies…parents are Wendy and John Wong…full name is Wayne them…in 2002, was Wing Luen Wong…major is undeclared…born March 21, 1981 named Pac-10 All-Aca- in Hong Kong. demic honorable mention…FALL 2002: WONG’S CAREER RECORD Had the strongest fall Singles Doubles of anyone on the team, Dual Overall Dual Overall reeling off a 10-2 record 2000-01 3-3 6-7 0-0 5-3 over three 2001-02 14-10 24-14 2-1 3-6 events…finished 2-1 at Fall ’02 0-0 10-2 0-0 1-1 Napa Valley Tennis Totals 17-13 40-23 2-1 9-10 Classic, defeating Georgia’s Stephan Timu, 6-1, 7-5, and Il- linois’ Chris Martin, 6- 3, 6-2…at USD Tour- nament in San Diego, won the tournament title with a 6-3, 0-6, 6-1 victory over Daniel Jung of San Diego State…advanced to the quarterfinals at the Omni Hotels Regional Championships with win over No. 77 Peter Malacek of Portland…had a 10- match winning streak snapped by Stanford’s No. 11 David Mar- tin in the semifinals…teamed with sophomore Patrick Briaud at Napa Valley Tennis Classic, dropping Illinois’ duo of Murnighan and Zeder, 8-5…2001-02: Led team in overall wins, with 24…played singles in all but two dual matches…played at least four matches on each of courts two through five…strongest at court three with 5-3 record…though unranked, defeated two highly-ranked opponents during 2002, both from Stanford…first came against No. 28 David Martin, where Wong helped Cal to 4- 3 upset, winning 7-6, 3-6, 6-3 at the three spot…second came against No. 49 Ryan Haviland at court four…Wong took tough match, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4…played in eight dual doubles matches…partnered with Chase Exon in five matches at court three…perhaps team’s strongest fall, posting 8-3 record over three events…started off with two wins at Napa Valley Tennis Challenge…at Bulldog Classic in Fresno, defeated Nick Fustar of Fresno State in semifinal match, 6-4, 6-3 to advance to finals…lost close match to Fresno State’s Stefan Suta in finals to become tournament’s runner-up…advanced to Round of 16 at Omni Hotels Northwest Regional Championshps with win over Hector Almada of Fresno State, 6-3, 6-3…run was ended by Portland’s Travis Parrot in close match…competed with fresh- man Dean Wallace at Bulldog Classic…the pair advanced to

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