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2008-09 Men's Tennis

Chris Clayton

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
  • Highschool Edison Academic Center

Biography

Senior 2008-09
Team co-captain ... Ivy League Player of the Year ... UnanimousAll-Ivy first team in singles ... All-Ivy second team in doubleswith Alexei Chijoff-Evans ... Farnsworth/ITA Senior Player of theYear for Northeast region ... ITA/Arthur Ashe Award for Leadership& Sportsmanship for Northeast region ... One of six nationalnominees for the ITA/Rafael Osuna Sportsmanship Award ... Named theteam''s John M. Barnaby Most Valuable Player ... Honored with theteam''s Ned Weld Above and Beyond Award for contributions to Harvardmen''s tennis ... Tied for the team lead in wins with a 20-10 recordin singles and 16-11 in doubles ... Competed at No. 1 singles andall but two matches at No. 1 doubles ... Went 6-1 in Ivy Leaguedual play and 10-4 overall ... Won eight of his last 10 matches ...Finished 6-8 in dual doubles ... Went 16-9 in doubles withChijoff-Evans and 0-2 with Michael Kalfayan ... Entered the springseason No. 1 in both the singles and doubles for the NortheastRegion ... Earned a ranking as high as No. 53 ... Fell to No. 15Blake Strode, 6-2, 6-2, in the first round of the NCAAChampionships ... Opened his spring season with a 4-6, 6-4, (10-8)win over No. 109 Jason Jung of Michigan ... Gave the Crimson thevictory over Cornell with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 win against JonathanJaklitsch ... Captured the ITA Northeast Regional title in thesingles bracket by going 6-0 ... Also captured the doubles titlewith Chijoff-Evans by going 5-0 ... Opened the fall season with awin over then-No. 12 Nate Schnugg of Georgia, 6-4, 6-4, in the NapaValley Tennis Classic ... Finished the fall season by nearlyupsetting then-No. 10 John Patrick Smith of Tennessee beforefalling, 6-7(6), 5-7, in the consolation match at the ITA NationalIndoors.

Junior 2007-08
Team co-captain ... Saw action at first and second singles throughfall and spring seasons ... Advanced to the semifinals of the Bluesingles flight at season-opening UVA Fall Invitational ... Capturedthe consolation doubles title with Will Guzick at UVA FallInvitational ... Recorded two wins at ECAC Championship ... Movedto the quarterfinals of singles bracket at ITA regional tournamentand at Seminole Invitational ... Teamed with Guzick for aquarterfinal run in ITA doubles bracket ... Took the singles titleat the Columbia Classic and advanced the consolation doubles finalswith Guzick to begin the spring season ... Started dual matchschedule with wins in five of six matches, the only loss coming toNo. 12 Treat Huey of top-ranked Virginia ... Attained a nationalranking of No. 64 (March 10) ... Notched straight-set wins overranked opponents East Tennessee State and Michigan ... Posted a 6-1conference singles record from the second singles position,including closing the regular season with five consecutivevictories ... Finished the regular season ranked No. 117 (April 20)in the nation and garnered first-team All-Ivy singles accolades.

Sophomore 2006-07
Earned first team All-Ivy singles honors ... Ranked as high as No.77 nationally (March 20) and finished the season at No. 119 (April30) ... Compiled a 19-13 overall record, going 10-8 at No. 1 ...Posted a 9-5 record in fall action ... Competed in the semifinalsat the Columbia Winter Classic which featured some of the East''sbest players ... Went 7-6 in doubles action with Scott Denenberg,Sasha Ermakov and Dan Nguyen ... Was 5-3 with Nguyen, the duo went2-1 at No. 3.

Freshman 2005-06
Ranked No. 125 in ITA preseason rankings ... Named second teamall-Ivy singles ... Saw action at No. 2, 3, 4 and 5, going 3-3 atNo. 3 and 4-0 at No. 5 ... Captured 19 singles wins for a 19-14record overall ... Victorious in first match as a Crimson defeatingEric Hechtman of University Miami (Fla.), 6-2, 6-0 ... DefeatedJeffrey Schechtman of Dartmouth, 7-5, 6-3 in the final at the BigGreen Invitational ... Went 6-1 in the month of March, winning fivestraight ... Semifinalist at the ECAC Championships ... competed inthe round of 16 at the ITA Northeast Regionals... Tallied Ivy winsagainst Princeton, Penn, Cornell, Yale and Dartmouth ... Posted a4-3 doubles record partnering with teammates Nick Savage, BrandonChiu, Gideon Valkin, Scott Denenberg and Dan Nguyen ... Finished inthe quarterfinals at the Virginia Fall Classic with Chiu ...Finished in the round of 16 at the Big Green Invitational withSavage.

Background
Trained at the Bollettieri Tennis Academy.

Personal
Concentration: sociology ... Brother, Alex, was a U.S. juniordoubles champion, all three younger siblings (Alex, Courtney andMary) are nationally-ranked tennis players.

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  • 2007-08Junior

  • 2008-09Senior