The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2009-10 Men's Tennis Roster
Roster
Daniel Whitehead
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Sugar Land, Texas
- High School:
- home schooled
• finished with a 24-14 overall singles record, including a 11-11 mark in dual matches
• ended the season with a No. 87 ITA national singles ranking and a No. 87 ITA national doubles ranking (with Ben Chen)
• defeated Texas A&M[apos]s Junior Ore at second singles (6-4, 6-4) in UT[apos]s 4-2 loss to the Aggies at the Big 12 Championship
• outlasted Florida State[apos]s Blake Davis at second singles (4-6, 6-1, 6-4) to help Texas to a 4-2 neutral-site win over the Seminoles
• toppled TCU[apos]s J.T. Sundling at second singles (6-3, 6-1) in UT[apos]s 7-0 home win over the Horned Frogs
• helped Texas to a 4-2 win over Auburn at the ITA National Team Indoor Championship with a win over the Tigers[apos] Alexander Stamchev at second singles (6-1, 4-6, 6-3)
• registered a dominant 6-1, 6-2 win over North Carolina[apos]s Brennan Boyajian in Texas[apos] 5-2 win on the Tar Heels[apos] home indoor courts
• clinched UT[apos]s 4-0 win over Texas Tech in the second round of the ITA Kick-Off Weekend with a 6-1, 6-4 win over the Red Raiders[apos] 23rd-ranked Gonzalo Escobar
• posted a 6-2, 6-1 win over John Collins in UT[apos]s 4-0 win over Maryland in the opening round of the ITA Kick-Off Weekend
• defeated Rice[apos]s Peter Frank 6-4, 6-3 in Texas[apos] 5-2 road win over the Owls
• registered a 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 win over SMU[apos]s Mischa Nowicki in Texas[apos] 5-2 road win over the Mustangs
• defeated Denver[apos]s Fabio Biasion (6-1, 6-2) at the Key Biscayne Quad
• won his singles flight at the Southwest Shootout, where he defeated teammate Soren Hess-Olesen in the finals (4-1, ret.); defeated UT Arlington[apos]s Yauheni Yakaulen (6-2, 6-1) and TCU[apos]s Nick Chappell (6-3, 6-4) to reach the finals
• defeated Rice[apos]s Michael Nusslein (7-6, 6-1) in the round of 64 and Texas A&M[apos]s John Lewis (brother of UT[apos]s Jacoby Lewis) in the round of 32 (6-1, 6-3) at the ITA Texas Regional Championships
• defeated Tulsa[apos]s 88th-ranked Grant Ive (6-1, 6-4) and East Tennessee State[apos]s Sander Gille in the opening rounds of the qualifying draw at the ITA All-American Championships
• won the 32-player singles draw at the season-opening Racquet Club Collegiate Invitational, where he defeated teammate Soren Hess-Olesen in the finals (3-2, retired); defeated Maryland[apos]s Andy Magee (7-6, 6-3), TCU[apos]s Will Stein (6-4, 6-4), Tulsa[apos]s Grant Ive (6-1, 6-4) and Texas Tech[apos]s Raphael Pfister (6-2, 6-1) to reach the finals
AS A SOPHOMORE (2010-11)
• led the team in singles wins and posted a 28-9 overall singles record, including a 17-5 record in dual matches
• ended the season with a No. 119 ITA national singles ranking
• posted a 24-6 overall doubles record
• closed the season by winning his last eight singles matches
• notched a three-set win over Tulsa[apos]s Tristan Jackson at sixth singles (6-2, 4-6, 6-1) in the Horns[apos] 4-2 loss to the Golden Hurricane in the second round of the NCAA Championship
• defeated Nebraska[apos]s Sebastian Florczyk at fifth singles (7-5, 6-0) in UT[apos]s 4-1 win over the Cornhuskers in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Championship
• edged Texas A&M[apos]s Alberto Bautista at sixth singles (6-3, 5-7, 1-0 [8]) in UT[apos]s road loss to the Aggies
• knocked off Nebraska[apos]s Tom Blackwell at sixth singles (6-4, 5-7, 6-3) in Texas[apos] 5-2 home win over the Cornhuskers
• posted a 6-4, 6-4 win over Texas Tech[apos]s Gabriel Wanderley at fifth singles to help Texas to a 5-2 home win over the Red Raiders
• notched a 6-4, 6-3 win over Baylor[apos]s Dennis Lengsfeld at sixth singles in UT[apos]s 4-3 loss to the Bears
• scored his first conference win of the season when he defeated Oklahoma State[apos]s Ilija Martinoski at fifth singles (7-5, 2-1, ret.) in UT[apos]s 6-1 win over the Cowboys
• defeated USC[apos]s Ray Sarmiento at fourth singles (7-5, 2-0, ret.) in UT[apos]s 5-2 road loss to the Trojans
• knocked off Illinois[apos] Roy Kalmanovich at fourth singles (6-4, 7-6 [6]) to help Texas to a 4-3 win over the Fighting Illini at the ITA National Team Indoor Championship
• held on for a 6-0, 1-6, 6-3 win over Florida State[apos]s Anderson Reed at sixth singles in the Horns[apos] 4-3 road win over the Seminoles
• edged Texas A&M[apos]s Alberto Bautista at sixth singles (6-7 [3], 6-4, 6-4) to help Texas to a 4-3 win over the Aggies at the Texas Cup in Houston
• opened dual-match play with a 6-0, 6-2 win over Hawaii[apos]s Danilo Casanova at fifth singles
• defeated Denver[apos]s Jonathan Kidane (5-7, 6-2, 6-3) and Michigan[apos]s Alex Buzzi (6-4, 6-3) at the Key Biscayne Invitational
• registered victories over Texas A&M[apos]s Alexey Grigorov and Oklahoma[apos]s Tsvetan Mihov at the Texas Invitational
• won the Rice Fall Invitational with victories over LSU[apos]s Mark Bowtell (6-2, 6-2), UT Arlington[apos]s Mindaugas Celedinas (6-3, 6-4) and LSU[apos]s Stefan Szacinski (6-1, 6-1)
• reached the semifinals of the Racquet Club Collegiate Invitational by defeating San Diego[apos]s Thibaut Visy (4-6, 6-4, 1-0 [5]), Rice[apos]s Michael Nusslein (retired) and Maryland[apos]s Tommy Laine (6-1, 6-3)
AS A FRESHMAN (2009-10)
• registered an 11-8 overall singles record, including a 2-2 mark in dual matches
• tallied a 23-7 overall doubles record, including a 12-4 mark in dual matches
• defeated Ryan Wiggins of St. Edward[apos]s (6-0, 6-4) in UT[apos]s 7-0 win over the Hilltoppers
• edged Texas A&M-Corpus Christi[apos]s Alex Pavlov (2-6, 6-4, 1-0 [12-10]) in Texas[apos] 7-0 win over the Islanders
• defeated Texas-Arlington[apos]s Brieuc Hamon (6-1, 6-4) and teammate Josh Zavala (5-7, 6-1, 6-1) at the Texas Invitational
• blanked Prairie View A&M[apos]s Ronald Chidzikwe (6-0, 6-0) at the ITA Texas Regional Championship
• defeated SMU[apos]s Artem Baradach (2-6, 6-3, 7-6), Texas Tech[apos]s Raphael Pfister (6-2, 6-2) and Boise State[apos]s Cristian Hodel (6-4, 6-3) at the season-opening Racquet Club Collegiate Invitational
BEFORE TEXAS
• ranked as high as No. 27 nationally in the USTA Boys[apos] 16 division
• ranked No. 1 in the state of Texas in the boys[apos] 14, 16 and 18 age divisions
• reached the fourth round in the boys[apos] 16 division at the USTA Summer National Championships in Kalamazoo, Mich.
• coached by Steve Bryan, a former NCAA singles champion at Texas
PERSONAL
Son of Doug and Jan Whitehead ... has one brother, Michael (23) ... born Nov. 16, 1990 in Houston, Texas ... four-time member of the Big 12 Commissioner[apos]s Honor Roll (Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011) ... major is physical culture and sport.
