1 2016 UCLA MEN’S TENNIS Team Roster/Schedule 2016 Bruins — Front Row (L-R): Joseph Di Giulio, Gage Brymer, Karue Sell, Mackenzie McDonald, Ryoto Tachi, Michael Guzman; Middle Row (L-R): Associate Head Coach Grant Chen, Travis Martin, Nikolas Ramadan, Nishanth Yamani, Maxime Cressy, Austin Rapp, Martin Redlicki, Logan Staggs, Daniel Gealer, Head Coach Billy Martin; Back Row (L-R): Team Manager Brandon Cooper, Team Manager Connor Gurley, Equipment Manager Brandon Lippold, Director of Tennis Operations Max Hammer 2016 ROSTER 2016 DUAL MATCH SCHEDULE Name Ht. Yr. Hometown (Previous School) Date Opponent Time Gage Brymer 6-0 Jr. Irvine, Calif. (University) Jan. 20 SAN FRANCISCO 1:00 PM Maxime Cressy 6-7 Fr. Hermosa Beach, Calif. (CNED) Jan. 23 SMU^ 12:00 PM Joseph Di Giulio 5-11 Jr. Newport Beach, Calif. (K12 Online) Jan. 24 GEORGIA TECH^ 1:00 PM Daniel Gealer 5-9 Fr. Los Angeles, Calif. (San Marino) Jan. 30 GEORGIA 1:00 PM Michael Guzman 5-8 Jr. Napa Valley, Calif. (Justin-Siena) Feb. 5 SAN DIEGO 3:00 PM Travis Martin 5-9 Jr. Los Angeles, Calif. (Loyola) Feb. 9 @ Virginia 3:00 PM Mackenzie McDonald 5-10 Jr. Piedmont, Calif. (K12 Online) Feb. 12-15 @ USTA/ITA National Team Indoors Nikolas Ramadan 6-2 So. San Clemente, Calif. (Crean Lutheran) Feb. 20 UC IRVINE 10:00 AM Austin Rapp 6-4 So. Rancho Mirage, Calif. (Palm Desert ) Martin Redlicki 6-5 So. Boca Raton, Fla. (Lake Zurich) Feb. 27 @ Stanford 1:00 PM Karue Sell 6-0 RSr. Jaragua do Sul, Brazil (Colegia Unificado) March 1 USC 2:30 PM Reid Shumway 6-3 Fr. Pacific Palisades, Calif. (Loyola HS) March 10 BAYLOR 2:30 PM Logan Staggs 5-9 So. Tracy, Calif. (Kimball) March 22 @ UNLV 1:00 PM Ryoto Tachi 5-8 RSr. Tokyo, Japan (Laurel Springs) March 25 @ Oregon * 5:00 PM Nishanth Yamani 6-2 Sr. Calabasas, Calif. (Viewpoint) March 27 @ Washington * 12:00 PM April 1 STANFORD * 3:00 PM Head Coach: Billy Martin April 2 CALIFORNIA * 3:00 PM Associate Head Coach: Grant Chen April 8 @ Arizona * 1:30 PM Volunteer Assistant Coach: Marcos Giron April 10 @ Utah * 11:00 AM Director of Tennis Operations: Max Hammer April 17 @ USC * 3:00 PM Team Managers: Connor Gurley, Michael Pinkerton, Brandon Cooper April 20-24 @ Pac-12 Championships All Day Equipment Manager: Brandon Lippold May 14-15 NCAA Regionals TBD May 20-24 NCAA Team Championships TBD PRONUNCIATION GUIDE May 25-30 NCAA Individual Championships TBD Joseph Di Giulio Di-GEW-LEO Michael Guzman GOOZ-man Home matches in BOLD CAPS Ryoto Tachi Re-OTO ^ - USTA/ITA Indoor Qualifying at the LATC * - Pac-12 Conference Matches 2 2016 UCLA MEN’S TENNIS Staff Biographies BILLY MARTIN Head Coach 23nd Season Univ. of Redlands ‘89 the highly-competitive Pac-12 Conference, where he owns a 136-27 (.834) record. Mar- tin, the 2014 Pac-12 Coach of the Year after leading UCLA to the Pac-12 Tournament title, has been named the Conference's coach of the year four times (1996, 2012, 2013 and 2014). Under Martin's direction, UCLA has captured 11 conference titles, includ- ing four in a row from 2004-07. UCLA has never finished out of the top 3 in the Pac-12 standings during Martin's tenure. Head coach Billy Martin, who is in In addition to his numerous team ac- his 23rd year as head coach of the UCLA complishments, Martin takes great pride in Bruins, takes an overall record of 499-108 helping his players achieve their individual (.822) into the 2016 season. This year goals as well. Last season, he coached two- marks Martin's 33rd on staff, as he served time All-American Mackenzie McDonald to as an assistant coach for 10 years prior Pac-12 Player of the Year honors. In 2006, to taking over for Glenn Bassett in 1994. he helped Benjamin Kohlloeffel become the Under Martin’s direction, UCLA captured the 2005 He is only the fourth head coach in UCLA 10th player in school history to capture the NCAA Championship in College Station, Texas. tennis history, following legends Bill Acker- NCAA Singles Championship. Kohlloeffel man (1921-50), J.D. Morgan (1951-66) notched a straight-set win over Virginia's Although Martin played just one sea- and Bassett (1967-93). Only three active Somdev Devvarman in the title match that son at UCLA before turning pro, the 1975 coaches at UCLA have served longer at year, becoming the first Bruin player since season was a special one, as he guided the their current positions, as Martin follows Martin in 1975 to win the title. Kohlloeffel's team to a perfect 19-0 dual-match record Cyndi Gallagher (women's swimming - 26 victory put his coach in an elite category, as en route to an NCAA team championship years) and Valorie Kondos Field (women's Martin joined Georgia's Manny Diaz as the during his freshman year. gymnastics - 25 years ). Perhaps the most only other active head coach to earn the After capturing the 1975 NCAA singles amazing accomplishment in Martin's career career "triple crown" by leading their schools championship, Martin turned professional is his ability to contend for a championship to three different titles at the NCAA Cham- and enjoyed a fine career. He reached the each and every year, as only twice has he pionships (team, singles and doubles). Wimbledon singles quarterfinals in 1977 had a team finish out of the top 5 at the Most recently, Martin helped Marcos Giron and was selected Rookie of the Year in his season-ending NCAA Championships. become the school's 11th NCAA Singles first professional season. Martin's finest season at UCLA came Champion when Giron downed Pepperdine's Martin defeated top pros such as in 2005 when he led the squad to its first Alex Sarkissian in straight sets in the 2014 Ken Rosewall (twice), Stan Smith, John NCAA title since 1984. UCLA's 4-3 come- championship match in Athens, Ga. Martin's Newcombe, Roscoe Tanner and Harold from-behind victory over top-seeded and doubles title came when he coached Justin Soloman. In 1975 he won the Arkansas undefeated Baylor that year marked the Gimelstob and Srdjan Muskatirovic to the International singles title. He also won Bruins' 16th NCAA Championship in men's championship in 1995. In all, a total of 25 doubles championships in 1977, '79 and tennis and the school's 97th NCAA title players have achieved All-America status '81 in Laguna Niguel, CA, Brussels, Belgium overall. The win snapped Baylor's 57-match under Martin's direction. and Bristol, England, respectively. winning streak, the second longest in NCAA Inducted into the ITA Tennis Hall of Martin attended UCLA for three years, history. It also avenged the team's 4-0 loss Fame in 1996, Martin's playing career is working on his undergraduate studies be- to the Bears in the 2004 NCAA Final. full of highlights. To this very day he is still fore completing his bachelor's degree in In addition to the team's dramatic run regarded as one of the best junior players business management from the University to the title in 2005, Martin has had several in the history of the sport. He captured of Redlands in 1989. He earned his MBA near misses at the NCAA Championships, the 1973 and '74 singles titles at Junior from USC in 1991. including 2013 when the top-seeded Bruins Wimbledon, the Junior U.S. Open and Junior During the summer, Martin runs were narrowly edged by No. 2 Virginia, 4-3 Orange Bowl tournaments. Inside Tennis the Bassett-Martin Tennis Camp, one of in the championship match in Champaign, Magazine recently ran an article that named the country's most successful camps for Ill. Under Martin, UCLA has reached the him "Junior Player of the Century." Due to youngsters. Martin also directs the UCLA NCAA Final on three other occasions (1996, his tremendous success as a junior player Summer Tennis Camps held on the UCLA 1999 and 2004). After reaching the final while growing up in Illinois, Martin was campus. in just his third year as head coach, Martin inducted into the USTA Midwest Section Martin and his wife, Justine, have two was named the 1996 ITA National Coach Hall of Fame in December of 2010. He was children, William and Travis. William played of the Year, as the Bruins finished with a also inducted into the Southern California college tennis at St. Mary's, while Travis is 27-1 overall record. Tennis Association Hall of Fame in August a junior on the UCLA team. Another significant highlight in Mar- of 2011. tin's career is his outstanding success in 3 2016 UCLA MEN’S TENNIS Staff Biographies also played an instrumental role in help- GRANT CHEN ing Martin run the highly successful UCLA Associate Head Coach Tennis Camps and Bassett/Martin Tennis Camp in Big Bear, Calif. 1st Season In his spare time, Chen has organized UCLA ‘06 several tennis charity events around the country. Prior to being named assistant coach, On the coaching side, Chen served as Chen served for five seasons as the team's head coach of the UCLA Club Tennis Team Director of Operations. He was named Direc- from 2007-10. He coached the team to a tor of Operations following graduation from pair of Southern California Regional Cham- UCLA in 2006, serving in that capacity for pionships in 2007 and 2008, including a one season before leaving to work in sports third-place national finish in 2010.