The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2021-22 Men's Tennis Roster
Roster
Chih Chi Huang
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Vancouver, B.C., Canada
- High School:
- Vancouver Learning Network
- Major:
- Economics
Pronunciation: CHEE CHEE HWANG (pronounce the H)
• Qualified as 2023 ITA Scholar-Athlete
• 2023 Big 12 Individual Champion at No. 3 doubles (with Evin McDonald)
• 2022 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team
• 2021 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• 2020 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team
• Named Big 12 Player of the Week on Feb. 5, 2019
• Won the singles title at the 2018 Rice Invitational
FALL (2022)
• Played only one singles match and went 3-2 in doubles while coming back from injury
• Reached the Round of 16 at the ITA Texas Regionals with Eshan Talluri
AS A JUNIOR (2022)
• Returned in the spring after missing all of fall play due to injury
• Compiled a 13-6 overall singles record in the spring, including a 12-5 mark in dual matches, going 3-3 and No. 5 and 9-2 at No. 6
• Posted an 13-15 overall doubles record, including 12-13 in dual matches with records of 0-2 at No. 1, 3-0 at No. 2, and 9-11 at No. 3
• Has reached as high as No. 114 in the ITA singles rankings on April 20, and as high as No. 59 with Eliot Spizzirri on March 23
• Won nine of his last 11 singles decisions
• Partnered with Eshan Talluri in his last six doubles matches at No. 3, winning four of them, including two victories in the NCAA Tournament against Mario Duron and Francisco Gay of Idaho (6-2) and Ben Koch and Nick Watson of LSU (7-5)
• Also earned two wins with Talluri against Leighton Allen and Francisco Pini of Oklahoma State (6-3 and 7-5) with the second clinching doubles in the Big 12 quarterfinals
• Both defeats with Talluri were in tiebreakers against No. 4 Baylor and No. 5 Michigan
• Also won his singles matches against Oklahoma State, 7-6 (5), 6-4 over Joseph Chen at No. 6, and 6-4, 6-3 over Leighton Allen at No. 5 to clinch the overall match in the Big 12 quarterfinals
• Downed Welsh Hotard, 6-4, 6-4, at No. 6 in a 7-0 sweep of No. 38 Oklahoma
• Reunited with Cleeve Harper for a 6-3 win over Sam Whitehead and Chris Lawrance at No. 2 to clinch doubles against UTRGV
• Clinched both doubles and the overall match against No. 40 Texas Tech with a 6-4 win with Micah Braswell against Reed Collier and Olle Wallin at No. 3, and a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Piotr Pawlak at No. 6 in a 7-0 sweep
• Defeated Justin Schlageter of No. 30 Oklahoma, 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (5) at No. 6 in a 5-2 win
• Clinched doubles at No. 21 Pepperdine with Micah Braswell with a 6-4 win over Corrado Summaria and Tim Zeitvogel at No. 3
• Clinched a 4-3 comeback win at No. 9 USC with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 win over Ryder Jackson at No. 5
• Against No. 2 Ohio State, completed his highest-ranked singles and doubles victories with a 7-5, 7-5 win over No. 26 James Trotter at No. 5, and a 6-1 win with Eliot Spizzirri over the No. 3 pair of Trotter and Justin Boulais at No. 3
• Partnered with Micah Braswell for a 6-1 win against Eduardo Nava and Filippo Moroni of No. 6 Wake Forest at No. 2 at ITA Indoors
• Clinched doubles in a 4-0 sweep against UCF with a 6-4 win with Micah Braswell against Trey Hilderbrand and Cooper White at No. 2
• Downed Campbell Salmon, 6-4, 6-4, at No. 6, and paired with Micah Braswell for a 6-0 shutout of Salmon and Eduardo Morais at No. 3 in a 7-0 sweep of Rice
• Earned a 6-1, 4-6, 6-1 singles win over Ryoma Matsushita at No. 6, and a 6-3 doubles win with Micah Braswell over Matsushita and Quinn Vandecasteele at No. 3 in 4-0 sweep of Oregon at the ITA Kickoff Weekend
• Opened dual match play with a 6-1, 7-6 (7) win at No. 6 over Maxim Groysman of UTSA
• Began the spring with a 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 singles win over Erik Grevelius of Georgia, and a 7-6 (3) doubles victory with Micah Braswell over Lleyton Cronje and Cooper White of UCF at the Miami Spring Invite
FALL (2021)
• Did not compete in fall play due to injury
AS A SOPHOMORE/ADDITIONAL (2021)
• Unranked in the final ITA doubles ratings but had a high of No. 76 with Cleeve Harper in 2021
• Posted a 13-10 dual match singles record, including 11-9 at No. 5, along with a 10-12 doubles mark, including 7-7 with Cleeve Harper
• Overall, was 17-19 in singles and 18-19 in doubles in 2020-21
• Helped Texas to a 4-3 win over No. 12 USC in the NCAA Quarterfinals with a 6-2, 0-6, 6-3 victory over Lodewijk Weststrate at No. 5
• Claimed a 6-4, 6-3 win over Trice Pickens at No. 5 and paired with Cleeve Harper for a 6-3 win over Chris Ephron and Domink Stary in a 4-0 sweep of Northwestern in the second round of the NCAA Tournament
• Clinched Texas’ 5-2 victory at No. 2 Baylor with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 win over Charlie Broom at No. 5
• Clinched a 5-2 victory over No. 21 Oklahoma with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Justin Schlageter at No. 5
• Won two tiebreakers against Tadeas Paroulek, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (4), of No. 8 TCU at No. 5
• Helped lead Texas to a 4-3 win over No. 6 Texas A&M by prevailing in an epic 7-6 (9) tiebreaker with Cleeve Harper over Pierce Rollins and Valentin Vacherot at No. 2 to clinch doubles
• Captured a straight-sets win over Sergio Gomez Montesa, 6-2, 6-1, at No. 5, after downing Chase Ferguson and Manuel Goncalves, 6-3, with Cleeve Harper at No. 2
• Picked up his third straight singles road win with a 6-3, 7-6 (7) victory over Wes Barnett at No. 4 against Rice, along with a 6-3 win with Cleeve Haprer over Conrad Russell and Sumit Sarkar at No. 1
• Played at No. 4 singles and topped Nathan Han, 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 in a 4-3 win at No. 28 Oklahoma
• Clinched doubles with Cleeve Harper with a 6-2 win over Mathieu Scaglia and Maxim Tybar at No. 2, while downing Etienne Donnet, 7-5, 7-6 (3) at No. 5 in a 4-1 win at No. 26 Oklahoma State
• Helped win the doubles point in a 4-3 victory at Tulane with a 6-2 win with Cleeve Harper over Akos Kotorman and Billy Suarez at No. 2
• Played No. 1 doubles with Eliot Spizzirri in a doubleheader and registered a 6-0 win over Omar El Kadi and Marco Kermet of UIW, and a 6-1 win over Ryuya Ata and Kyohei Yamanaka of Texas A&M-CC
• Earned a 6-2, 6-3 win over Moritz Hoffmann at No. 5 in a 4-3 win over Arizona State
• Combined with Payton Holden for a 6-3 win over Adrian Boitan and Nick Stachowiak at No. 2 in helping win the doubles point against No. 6 Baylor
• Provided a key 6-4, 7-6 (3) singles win over Ben Shelton at No. 5 in a 4-3 victory over No. 9 Florida
• Defeated Jordi Redelijk of SMU, 6-0, 6-4 at No. 5
• Opened dual match play with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Orio Fillat Gimenez at No. 5 against Louisiana, along with a 6-3 victory with Cleeve Harper over Xandy Hammit and Karlo Kajin at No. 2
• Recorded a 7-6 (4), 6-1 win over Jeremy Gschwendtner in singles at the Alabama Spring Shootout, while going 2-2 in doubles, including 1-1 with each Payton Holden and Cleeve Harper
FALL (2020)
• Registered a 6-5 doubles record and a 3-7 singles record in the fall
• Partnered with Cleeve Harper to go 2-1 in doubles at the Big 6 Invite with wins over Dimitrios Azoidis and Reed Collier of Texas Tech, 8-7 (5), and Sven Lah and Nick Stachowiak of Baylor, 8-6
• Secured a doubles win against Lamar with Eshan Talluri at the ITA Texas Regionals
• Downed Justin Schlageter of Oklahoma, 6-1, 6-1, along with posting doubles wins versus Oklahoma State with Cleeve Harper, and Oklahoma with Payton Holden at the TCU Invite
• Defeated Alex Martintez, 7-5, 7-6 (6), and Jonathan Sheehy, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5, of Oklahoma at the Lakes Tennis Invite, while pairing with three different players in doubles and earning a 6-2 win with Payton Holden against Texas Tech
AS A SOPHOMORE (2020)
• Closed the shortened dual match season with a 7-4 singles record and 6-8 doubles mark
• Captured a 7-6 (3), 6-3 singles win at No. 5 against Eric Rutledge in a 6-1 victory over Rice
• Paired with Yuya Ito for a 6-3 doubles win at No. 3 over Daniel Siddall and Ezequiel Santalla in a 6-1 win over Tulsa
• Recorded a 6-0, 6-2 singles win at No. 5 over Tim Ruetzel as part of a 5-2 win over No. 43 Tulane
• Helped Texas secure the doubles point over No. 8 Stanford by partnering with Cleeve Harper for a 6-3 win at No. 3 over Timothy Sah and Tomas Kopczynski, and then added a singles point with a 7-5, 6-3 victory over Sah at No. 5 in a 4-0 sweep
• Took a 6-0, 6-2 singles win over Andre Saleh at No. 4 in a 6-1 victory over Nebraska
• Gave Texas a 3-2 lead on the way to a 4-2 win over No. 8 Stanford at the ITA Indoors with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 win over No. 98 Neel Rajesh at No. 4 singles, playing that spot for the first time in his career
• Moved to No. 1 doubles to partner with Christian Sigsgaard for the first time in his career at the ITA Indoors
• Captured the doubles point with Cleeve Harper in a 6-4 win over Erik Grevelius and Robert Loeb at No. 3 doubles as part of a 4-3 win versus No. 18 Georgia
• Clinched a 4-0 sweep over No. 21 Florida State with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Loris Pourroy at No. 5 singles, after partnering with Cleeve Harper to claim the doubles point with a 6-1 victory over Marcus Walters and Chase Wood at No. 3 doubles
• Paired with Cleeve Harper for a 7-6 (4) tiebreaker win over Patrick Fletchall and Payam Ahmadi at No. 3 doubles to secure the doubles point in a 4-0 sweep over Indiana
• Opened the season with a 7-5, 6-3 victory over No. 71 Lukas Greif at No. 5 singles in at 5-2 win at No. 1 Florida
• Compiled a 3-3 record, including one singles and two doubles wins with partner Cleeve Harper at the Miami Invitational
FALL (2019)
• Registered records of 5-5 in singles and 7-3 in doubles in the fall
• Reached the doubles quarterfinals with Cleeve Harper with a 2-1 record and earned a singles win at the ITA Texas Regionals
• Downed No. 64 Johannes Ingildsen of Florida at the Southern Intercollegiate Championships while pairing with Cleeve Harper for a 2-2 doubles record
• Posted a 3-1 record in singles including a win over t-No. 110 Hamish Stewart of Tulane, while pairing in doubles with Cleeve Harper for a 3-0 record and White East bracket title at the Gamecock Fall Invitational
AS A FRESHMAN (2019)
• Partnered with Yuya Ito at third doubles to defeat Duarte Vale and Andres Andrade, 7-6 (1), clinching the doubles point, in a 4-2 victory over No. 4 Florida in the NCAA Championship semifinals
• Paired with Yuya Ito at third doubles to take down Jack Molloy and Ben Draper, 6-1, in a 4-0 sweep of No. 24 Cal in the NCAA Championship Round of 16
• Partnered with Yuya Ito in a 7-5 victory over Spencer Papa and Max Steward as part of 4-2 victory against No. 25 Oklahoma in the Big 12 Championship
• Paired with Yuya Ito for a 6-4 victory over Max Stewart and Spencer Papa at third doubles in a 5-2 win at No. 21 Oklahoma
• Registered a 6-2, 6-2 win over Franco Ribero at sixth singles while pairing with Yuya Ito for a 6-2 victory over Matheus Leite and Ilgiz Valiev in a 7-0 sweep of No. 29 Texas Tech
• Recorded at 6-1, 7-5 win against Austen Huang at sixth singles in a 6-1 win over No. 12 Columbia
• Partnered with Yuya Ito for a 6-3 win over Kyle Seelig and John McNally at third doubles to capture the first doubles point surrendered all season by No. 1 Ohio State in a 4-1 victory
• Defeated Mohamed Abdel-Aziz at fifth singles, 7-5, 6-4 in a 5-2 win over Rice
• Downed Caleb Dyer at fifth singles, 6-3, 6-1, and paired with Yuya Ito for a 6-1 second doubles win against Dyer and Paco Bendana in a 7-0 sweep over Incarnate Word
• Paired with Yuya Ito to defeat No. 21 Daniel Cukierman and Tanner Smith, 7-5, as part of Texas' 4-0 sweep of No. 5 USC at the ITA Indoors
• Posted both a sixth singles win over Jose Dominguez Alonso (6-4, 6-3) and a 6-2 doubles win with Yuya Ito over Jose and Pedro Dominguez Alonso in a 6-1 victory over Arkansas
• Contributed to Texas' 6-1 victory in its first true road match of the season with a fifth singles win over Boriss Kamdem (6-4, 6-0) and a 7-5 doubles win with Yuya Ito over Kamdem and Tom Thelwall-Jones
• Named Big 12 Player of the Week after posting a 2-0 record in both singles and doubles against No. 6 North Carolina (Feb. 2), UTSA and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Jan. 30)
• Clinched the team win over No. 6 North Carolina against senior Blaine Boyden (6-4, 4-6, 7-6 [7-5]), also paired with Yuya Ito to help earn the doubles point with a 6-2 win over Brian Cernoch and Mac Kiger
• Defeated Javier Rodriguez in third singles (6-2, 4-6, 1-0 [10-8) and partnered with Yuya Ito for a doubles win in a 6-1 victory over UTSA
• Topped Franco Aubone in fifth singles (6-2, 6-3), along with clinching the doubles point with Yuya Ito in a 7-6 (5) tiebreaker against Miami
• Partnered with Yuya Ito to earn a 6-3 doubles victory as part of a 4-0 win versus Washington
• Defeated Gardiner Perotti in singles (4-6, 6-1, 1-0 [5]) and paired with Yuya Ito for a 6-1 doubles win over Michael Smith and Andrew Buhelos as part of Texas' 6-1 victory over SMU
• Helped Texas to a 7-0 win over Ole Miss by defeating Cotter Wilson (6-2, 6-3) in singles
• Registered three singles wins at the Miami Invitational against Simon Junk of Ole Miss (6-1, 6-3), Tatsuki Shimamoto of Miami (6-7 [4], 7-6 [4], 7-6 [3]), and Jared Pratt of Wisconsin (6-1, 7-5)
• Paired with Yuya Ito for three doubles wins at the Miami Invitational against Wisconsin (8-5), Ole Miss (8-4) and Miami (8-3)
FALL (2018)
• Recorded a 3-1 singles record and a 1-1 doubles mark (with Leonardo Telles) at the Longhorn Invitational
• Reached the Round of 16 at the ITA Texas Regionals
• Won four matches to take the singles title at the Rice Invitational
• Won the Tiger Red Consolation bracket at the Ivy Plus Invitational
BEFORE TEXAS
• Signed an Athletics Scholarship Agreement to compete for The University of Texas Men's Tennis program in May 2018
• Ranked as high as 144th by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) in the world junior rankings
• Was the No. 2 ranked junior in Canada in the boys 18’s division
• Claimed the boys' singles title at the U18 Rogers Indoor Canadian Junior National Championships
• Earned his first ATP points in March 2018 by posting a victory at the Sherbrooke Futures event
• Singles finalist at the Santa Cruz Grade 3 event and a doubles finalist at the Repentigny Grade 1 event
• Represented Canada at the 2018 Junior Davis Cup
• Defeated the world's 14th-ranked junior, Clement Tabur in Brazil in 2018
• Taiwanese-born citizen of Vancouver, British Columbia
RANKINGS
Universal Tennis Rating: 13.5
Highest Collegiate Ranking (ITA Singles/Doubles): N/A
Highest Pro Ranking (ATP Singles/Doubles): 1673 / -
