2010 STANFORD Men’S TENNIS Men’s Tennis Contact: Brian Risso Email: [email protected] • Office Phone: (650) 736-9044 • Cell Phone: (650) 200-9513 DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT 2010 Record (Place): 20-6, 5-1 Pac-10 (T1st) 1/23 Sacramento State W, 7-0 1/29 No. 57 UNC Wilmington W, 6-1 1/30 No. 45 Oklahoma W, 7-0 Final ITA Team Ranking: No. 9 2/6 No. 40 Hawai’i W, 6-1 SINGLES 2/12 No. 8 Texas (1) L, 4-0 Name (ITA Rank) 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dual Tour. Total 2/13 No. 30 Fresno State (1) W, 4-0 Alex Clayton (67) 1-0 11-7 4-1 - - - 16-8 6-4 22-12 2/14 No. 10 Kentucky (1) W, 4-2 Sam Ecker - - - - - - - 2-3 2-3 Greg Hirshman - - 1-0 1-1 2-1 15-1 19-3 6-5 25-8 2/19 No. 29 Boise State W, 6-1 Jamie Hutter - - - - - - - - - 2/20 No. 27 California L, 4-3 Matt Kandath - - - 0-1 7-4 2-0 9-5 7-5 16-10 2/27 No. 5 USC L, 4-3 Walker Kehrer - - - - - - - 7-6 7-6 Ted Kelly - - - - - - - 0-4 0-4 3/3 Utah W, 4-0 Bradley Klahn (4) 17-5 - - - - - 17-5 24-3 41-8 3/23 at No. 11 Illinois W, 4-3 Denis Lin - - 1-0 3-2 3-2 5-0 12-4 7-5 19-9 3/25 at No. 28 Michigan W, 5-2 Paul Morrissey - - - - - - - - - 3/27 • No. 32 Arizona W, 6-1 Ryan Thacher (83) 1-0 6-0 12-4 - - - 19-4 7-4 26-8 3/30 No. 11 Baylor L, 4-3 Richard Wire - - 3-0 9-7 4-2 - 16-9 6-5 22-14 4/2 • at No. 4 USC L, 5-2 TOTALS 19-5 17-7 21-5 13-11 16-9 22-1 4/3 • at No. 9 UCLA W, 4-3 4/6 No. 53 UC Irvine W, 6-1 DOUBLES 4/9 • No. 22 Washington W, 6-1 Name (ITA Rank) 1 2 3 Dual Tour. Total 4/10 • No. 72 Oregon W, 7-0 Clayton/Kelly - 2-0 - 2-0 - 2-0 4/13 No. 57 Santa Clara W, 7-0 Clayton/Wire (51) 2-0 14-5 - 16-5 4-4 20-9 4/14 No. 73 San Francisco W, 7-0 Ecker/Hutter - - 1-0 1-0 - 1-0 4/17 • at No. 13 California W, 6-1 Ecker/Kehrer - - - - 1-1 1-1 4/22-25 Pac-10 Championships (2) - - - Hirshman/Ecker - - - - 1-1 1-1 Hirshman/Kehrer - - 1-1 1-1 3-0 4-1 5/15 Quinnipiac (3) W, 4-0 Hirshman/Kelly - - - - 1-1 1-1 5/16 No. 21 Pepperdine (3) W, 4-0 Kandath/Kelly - - - - 0-1 0-1 5/21 No. 9 UCLA (4) L, 4-2 Kandath/Lin 1-0 2-0 12-5 15-5 3-4 18-9 (1) at Charlottesville, VA Kandath/Wire - - - - 0-1 0-1 (2) at Ojai, CA Kehrer/Kelly - - 2-0 2-0 0-1 2-1 (3) at Stanford, CA Kehrer/Lin - - 1-0 1-0 5-1 6-1 (4) at Athens, GA Kehrer/Wire - 1-0 - 1-0 - 1-0 Kelly/Klahn - - 1-0 1-0 - 1-0 Bold indicates home match Klahn/Thacher (4) 17-3 - - 17-3 23-5 40-8 • denotes counting Pac-10 match Thacher/Wire 1-0 - - 1-0 - 1-0 TOTALS 21-3 19-5 18-6 All-Time In NCAA Tournament: 2009-10 STANFORD MEN’S TENNIS ROSTER • 97-16 Name Yr. Ht. Wt. Hometown (Last School) Alex Clayton Jr. 6-0 175 Ft. Lauderdale, FL (Edison Prep) Sam Ecker Fr. 5-9 155 Mequon, WI (University School-Milwaukee) Record when winning the doubles point: Greg Hirshman Jr. 5-11 165 San Diego, CA (La Jolla Country Day) • 19-2 (doubles not played on Mar. 3) Jamie Hutter So. 6-4 190 Menlo Park, CA (Sacred Heart Prep) Matt Kandath Fr. 6-0 170 Gansevoort, N.Y. (The Albany Academy) Walker Kehrer Fr. 6-1 175 Pacific Palisades, CA (Brentwood School) Record when losing the doubles point: Ted Kelly Jr. 6-1 190 Owings Mills, MD (Gilman School) • 0-4 (doubles not played on Mar. 3) Bradley Klahn So. 6-0 160 Poway, CA (Poway HS) Denis Lin Fr. 5-11 165 Thousand Oaks, CA (Thousand Oaks HS) Paul Morrissey Sr. 6-3 210 Dublin, Ireland (Gonzaga College) Last time lost doubles point, won match: Ryan Thacher So. 6-3 185 Studio City, CA (Harvard-Westlake HS) • Feb. 21, 2009 at California (W, 5-2) Richard Wire Sr. 6-1 180 Loughton, Essex, England (The Leys School) Last time won doubles point, lost match: Head Coach: John Whitlinger (Stanford ’76) – 6th season • Mar. 30, 2010 vs. Baylor (L, 4-3) Assistant Coach: Brandon Coupe (San Jose State ’94) – 3rd season Volunteer Assistant Coach: J.J. Whitlinger (Saint Mary’s, ‘05) – 5th season Jan. 23, 2010 - Stanford, CA 1-0, 0-0 Pac-10 No. 9 Stanford cruised past Sacramento State 7-0 in its season opener on No. 9 Stanford 7, Sacramento State 0 Saturday night at the Taube Family Tennis Stadium. DOUBLES The Cardinal captured the doubles point, winning easily at the Nos. 1 and 1) Thacher/Klahn (STAN) d. Stryhas/Harbatsiuk (SAC) 8-4 2 spots. 2) Clayton/Wire (STAN) d. Starcevic/Lantin (SAC) 8-1 3) Ching/Smith (SAC) d. Kandath/Lin (STAN) 8-4 After Matt Kandath picked up his first career dual match victory, Bradley Order of Finish: 2, 3, 1 Klahn continued his strong early-season singles run with a 6-1, 6-4 victory at the No. 1 position. SINGLES 1) Bradley Klahn (STAN) d. Anton Stryhas (SAC) 6-1, 6-4 Greg Hirshman clinched the match at No. 6, winning 6-1, 6-1. 2) Alex Clayton (STAN) d. Kiryl Harbatsiuk (SAC) 6-2, 3-6, 1-0 (10-2) 3) Ryan Thacher (STAN) d. Marco Starcevic (SAC) 6-4, 6-1 4) Richard Wire (STAN) d. Jason Smith (SAC) 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 5) Matt Kandath (STAN) d. Holden Ching (SAC) 6-0, 6-0 6) Greg Hirshman (STAN) d. Tim Lantin Jr. (SAC) 6-1, 6-1 Order of Finish: 5, 1, 6, 4, 2, 3 Jan. 29, 2010 - Stanford, CA 2-0, 0-0 Pac-10 No. 9 Stanford cruised past No. 57 UNC Wilmington 6-1, opening ITA Kick- No. 9 Stanford 6, No. 57 UNC Wilmington 1 Off Weekend with a victory and keeping its hopes alive for an appearance in the National Team Indoor Championships. DOUBLES 1) No. 1 Klahn/Thacher (STAN) d. Pereira/Ybarra (UNCW) 8-3 Stanford improved to 2-0 overall, as the Taube Family Tennis Stadium is 2) Clayton/Wire (STAN) d. No. 58 Hirsh/Sharma (UNCW) 8-3 one 15 host sites around the country for this weekend’s tournament. The 3) Kandath/Lin (STAN) led Blank/Ziamtsou (UNCW) 6-5, susp. ITA Kick-Off Weekend features four teams at each site vying to advance to Order of Finish: 1, 2 the National Team Indoor Championships on Feb. 12-15. SINGLES The Cardinal wasted little time putting away the Seahawks (1-1, 0-0 Colo- 1) No. 54 Bradley Klahn (STAN) d. Michael Pereira (UNCW) 6-3, 6-0 nial), capturing the doubles point and winning six straight singles matches. 2) No. 37 Alex Clayton (STAN) d. Illia Ziamtsou (UNCW) 6-0, 6-2 3) Ryan Thacher (STAN) d. Kinshuk Sharma (UNCW) 6-4, 6-2 Stanford’s top doubles pair and the nation’s No. 1 team of Bradley Klahn 4) Richard Wire (STAN) d. Ryan Ybarra (UNCW) 6-4, 6-2 and Ryan Thacher improved to 15-2 overall with an 8-3 win over UNC 5) Kosta Blank (UNCW) d. Matt Kandath (STAN) 6-1, 3-6, 1-0 (10-7) Wilmington’s top duo of Michael Pereira and Ryan Ybarra. Meanwhile, 6) Greg Hirshman (STAN) d. Max Ando Hirsh (UNCW) 6-2, 6-2 Klahn won his seventh match in a row and 16th overall when he defeated Order of Finish: 2, 1, 4, 3, 6, 5 Pereira 6-3, 6-0 at the top spot of the lineup. Jan. 30, 2010 - Stanford, CA 3-0, 0-0 Pac-10 No. 9 Stanford posted its second shutout of the season on Saturday after- No. 9 Stanford 7, No. 45 Oklahoma 0 noon, blanking No. 45 Oklahoma 7-0 in a second round match during ITA Kick-Off Weekend. DOUBLES 1) No. 1 Klahn/Thacher (STAN) d. Beleleu/Pultr (OKLA) 8-2 The Cardinal (3-0) advances to the National Team Indoor Championships. 2) Clayton/Wire (STAN) led Daescu/Blake Boswell (OKLA) 7-6, susp. 3) Kandath/Lin (STAN) d. Formentera/Paval (OKLA) 8-3 One day after defeating No. 57 UNC Wilmington 6-1, Stanford looked Order of Finish: 3, 1 equally sharp against Oklahoma. SINGLES The Cardinal wasted little time in capturing the doubles point, garnering 1) No. 54 Bradley Klahn (STAN) d. No. 10 Andrei Daescu (OKLA) 6-2, 7-6 (11) wins at the Nos. 1 and 3 positions. Stanford’s top doubles pair and the 2) No. 37 Alex Clayton (STAN) d. No. 59 Ionut Beleleu (OKLA) 6-3, 7-5 nation’s No. 1 team of Bradley Klahn and Ryan Thacher improved to 16-2 3) Ryan Thacher (STAN) d. No. 69 Costin Paval (OKLA) 6-0, 6-7 (4), 1-0 (12-10) overall following an 8-2 rout of Oklahoma’s Ionut Beleleu and David Pultr.