The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2016-17 Men's Tennis Roster
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Yuya Ito
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Yokohama, Japan
- High School:
- St. Peter's College (Australia)
- Major:
- Economics
Pronunciation: YOO-yah EE-toe
• Stands fifth all-time in career singles victories at Texas with 111, while his .766 career winning percentage is the best among the 22 players who have reached 90 victories or more
• Named Big 12 player of the Week a conference-record eight times in his career, including four in 2020, which was also a single-season record
• 2020 ITA All-American (singles)
• 2020 Academic All-Big 12 (first team)
• 2020 ITA Texas Region Senior Player of the Year
• In 2019, became just the third men's player since 1979 to win the singles title of the ITA All-American and ITA Fall Nationals in the same season (Mitchell Frank, Virginia, 2011; Sargis Sargsian, Arizona State, 1994)
• 2019 ITA Fall National Championships Singles Champion
• 2019 ITA Fall National Championships Sportsmanship Award winner
• 2019 ITA All-American Singles Champion
• Back-to-back ITA National Player of the Month in October and November of 2019
• Represented Japan at the 2019 World University Games
• Most Outstanding Player of the 2019 NCAA Championships
• 2019 NCAA Championships All-Tournament team
• Clinched the team's 2019 NCAA Championship
• 2019 ITA All-American (singles)
• Selected to singles draw at 2019 NCAA Championship
• 2019 First-Team All-Big 12 (singles)
• 2019 Big 12 Individual Champion at No. 2 singles
• 2019 Academic All-Big 12 (first team)
• Big 12 Player of the Week on March 19 and March 26 in 2019
• 2018 First-team All-Big 12 (singles)
• Named Most Outstanding Performer of the 2018 Big 12 Championships
• Competed in the first round in the main singles draw at the 2018 NCAA Championships
• 2017 ITA All-American (singles)
• Reached the third round (round of 16) in the main singles draw at the 2017 NCAA Championships
• Qualified for the main singles draws at the 2016 ITA All-American Championships and the 2016 USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships
• Reached the men's singles quarterfinals at the 2017 World University Games, where he represented his native Japan
• Earned a bronze medal in doubles representing Japan at the 2018 Asian Games
AS A SENIOR (2019-20)
• Closed a pandemic shortened season with a 28-4 overall singles record, including an 11-3 dual match record, along with a 22-5 doubles mark and a 9-4 dual match mark
• Posted an 18-match winning streak in singles that stretched from tournament play to dual match play
• Named Big 12 Player of the Week for the week ending March 8 after leading the Longhorns to a win over No. 43 Tulane and a doubleheader sweep of Tulsa and Rice
• Took a pair of No. 1 singles wins against No. 61 Kody Pearson (Tulsa, 6-2, 6-4) and Sumit Sarkar (Rice, 6-3, 6-4), along with a No. 3 doubles victory with Chih Chi Huang over Daniel Siddall and Ezequiel Santalla of Tulsa in a doubleheader
• Downed No. 50 Hamish Stewart, 6-4, 6-1, at No. 2 singles in a 5-2 win over No. 43 Tulane, while partnering with Christian Sigsgaard at No. 1 doubles to defeat Stewart and Akos Kotorman, 6-3
• Led Texas to a doubleheader sweep over Nebraska and UTSA with straight-sets singles wins over Victor Moreno Lozano (Nebraska, 6-2, 6-1) and Kai Breitbach (UTSA, 6-3, 6-2), and paired with Christian Sigsgaard for a 6-2 doubles win against Nebraska
• Named Big 12 Player of the Week for the week ending Feb. 16 after recording a 5-1 record at the ITA Indoors with two top-20 singles wins and three doubles victories to help Texas to 4-2 wins over No. 16 UCLA and No. 8 Stanford
• Clinched the match against No. 8 Stanford at the ITA Indoors with a 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 win over No. 16 Axel Geller at No. 1 singles, coming back from down 5-2 in the second set
• Downed No. 6 Keegan Smith of UCLA, 6-4, 6-7 (1), 6-1, at No. 1 singles at the ITA Indoors
• Partnered with Cleeve Harper for the first time in their careers and swept three doubles matches at the ITA Indoors, including over Bryce Pereira and Patrick Zahraj of UCLA (6-2), Harrison Brown and Ryan Fu of Michigan (6-3), and Filip Kolasinski and Alex Rotsaert of Stanford (6-4)
• Paired with Christian Sigsgaard to defeat No. 51 Trent Bryde and Tyler Zink at No. 1 doubles in a 4-3 win over No. 18 Georgia
• Named Big 12 Player of the Week for the week ending Feb. 2
• Defeated No. 24 John McNally at No. 6 Ohio State, 6-3, 6-3, at No. 1 singles
• Partnered with Christian Sigsgaard for a 6-1 win over over Alex Knaff and Sebastian Arcila in a 4-0 sweep of No. 21 Florida State
• Clinched the 4-0 sweep against Indiana with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Zac Brodney at No. 1 singles, while combining with Christian Sigsgaard for a 6-1 victory over Brodney and Bennett Crane at No. 1 doubles
• Topped Caleb Chakravarthi at SMU, 6-3, 7-6 (0), at No. 1 singles as part of a 6-1 win
• Clinched the team's 5-2 victory at No. 1 Florida by downing No. 31 Oliver Crawford, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4, at No. 1 singles
• Named Big 12 Player of the Week for the week ending Jan. 13
• Posted a 4-0 record with two singles and two doubles wins at the Miami Invitational, including a 6-4, 2-6, 6-0 victory over No. 12 Philip Henning of Georgia, while pairing with Christian Sigsgaard to earn Double MVP honors
FALL (2019)
• Named ITA National Player of the Month back-to-back times for October and November
• Won the singles title at the ITA Fall National Championships with a 6-0 record, including wins over No. 30 Andrew Fenty of Michigan, Riley Smith of USC, No. 49 Adrian Boitan of Baylor, No. 9 Jack Lin of Columbia, No. 45 Valentin Vacherot of Texas A&M and Damon Kesaris of St. Mary's
• Collected two doubles wins at the ITA Fall National Championships with Christian Sigsgaard before Sigsgaard withdrew due to injury
• Won the doubles title of the ITA Texas Regionals with Christian Sigsgaard with a 5-0 record
• Won the singles title dropping only one set at the ITA All-American Championships with a 6-0 record, including wins over Josh Charlton of Oregon, No. 25 Tim Sandkaulen of Ole Miss, No. 14 Matias Soto of Baylor, No. 17 Adam Walton of Tennessee, No. 33 Alex Rotsaert of Standford and No. 4 Sam Riffice of Florida
• Paired with Christian Sigsgaard and downed No. 5 Mukerl Dellien and Marius Frosa of Wichita State at the ITA All-American
• Advanced to the singles final of the Garnet East Draw of the Gamecock Fall Invitational, while partnering with Siem Woldeab to win the doubles title with a 3-0 record, including a win over No. 27 Daniel Rodrigues and Raphael Lambling of South Carolina
AS A JUNIOR (2018-19)
• Clinched the NCAA Championship 4-1 win over No. 3 Wake Forest with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory over the defending singles champion No. 8 Petros Chrysochos at second singles
• Topped No. 54 Sam Riffice, 6-2, 6-2, at second singles and partnered with Chih Chi Huang 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
• Downed No. 28 Alastair Gray at second singles, 7-5, 6-1, in the 4-1 win over No. 9 TCU in the NCAA Championship quarterfinals
• Clinched the NCAA Championship Round of 16 match over No. 24 Cal with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Jack Molloy at second singles and paired with Chih Chi Huang at third doubles to take down Jack Molloy and Ben Draper, 6-1
• Posted a 6-3, 6-4 win over Chase Ferguson at second singles in a 4-1 victory over South Florida in the second round of the NCAA Championship
• Topped Carlos Vicente 6-2, 6-3 at second singles and paired with Johnny Goodwin to defeat Rafael Tosetto and Lucca Silva, 6-2, to help secure a 4-0 victory against Tennessee Tech in the first round of the NCAA Championship
• Partnered with Chih Chi Huang to defeat Spencer Papa and Max Stewart (7-5) at third doubles in a 4-2 win over No. 25 Oklahoma in the Big 12 Championship
• Downed No. 63 Jake Van Emburgh, 6-3, 7-5, to clinch at second singles and partnered with Chih Chi Huang for a 6-4 win against Max Stewart and Spencer Papa in a 5-2 win at No. 21 Oklahoma
• Collected a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Maxim Tybar at second singles in a 4-3 win at No. 26 Oklahoma State
• Picked up a 6-4, 6-2 win over No. 20 Alastair Gray at second singles in a 6-1 win at No. 10 TCU
• Took a 6-3, 6-0 win over No. 40 Johannes Schretter at second singles in a 4-3 victory over No. 6 Baylor
• Recorded a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Tommy Mylnikov at second singles and paired with Chih Chi Huang for a 6-2 win over Matheus Leite and Ilgiz Valiev in a 7-0 sweep of Texas Tech
• Earned a 6-4, 6-3 win over No. 10 Daniel Cukierman at second singles against USC
• Defeated No. 16 Jack Lin, 6-3, 6-1, at second singles in a 6-1 win over No. 12 Columbia
• Downed No. 28 Kyle Seelig, 6-0, 6-3 in second singles and paired with Chih Chi Huang for a 6-3 win over Seelig and John McNally as part of No. 1 Ohio State's first lost doubles point of the season in a 4-1 victory
• Registered a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Jacob Eskeland in second singles in a 5-2 win over Rice
• Posted a 7-6 (6), 6-4 win against Igor Saveljic at second singles in a 6-0 sweep over No. 35 NC State
• Topped No. 19 Emil Reinberg at second singles, 6-3, 5-7, 6-2, in a 4-2 win at Georgia
• Played first singles and registered a 6-0, 6-0 win over Gabriel Evans, while partnering with Chih Chi Huange for a 6-1 win over Paco Bendana and Caleb Dyer in a 7-0 sweep of Incarnate Word
• Clinched Texas' 4-0 sweep over No. 5 USC by downing No. 4 Daniel Cukierman in second singles, 6-2, 7-5, while also pairing with Chih Chi Huang in doubles to top No. 21 Cukierman and Tanner Smith, 7-5
• Defeated No. 23 Alex Brown, 6-1, 6-4 in second singles to help Texas defeat No. 14 Illinois, 4-3
• Clinched the match against Arkansas with a 6-3, 6-2 second singles win over Josh Howard-Tripp and partnered with Chih Chi Huang for a 6-2 doubles win over Pedro and Jose Domonguez Alonso
• Dropped only his sixth set of the season but recovered for a 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 second singles win over Joshua Goodger and paired with Chih Chi Huang for a 7-5 win over Boriss Kamdem and Tom Thelwall-Jones in a 6-1 win over Tulsa
• Topped Benjamin Sigouin (6-3, 5-7, 7-6 [10-8]) in second singles and Brian Cernoch and Mac Kiger in doubles with Chih Chi Huang in a 5-2 victory over No. 6 North Carolina
• Posted a second singles in over Joao Ceolin (6-1, 6-2) and a 6-4 doubles win with Chih Chi Huang over Kai Breitbach and Alan Sanson in a 6-1 win over UTSA
• Registered a victory in second singles over No. 35 Bojan Jankulovski (6-1, 6-1) and partnered with Chih Chi Huang to clinch the doubles point in a 7-6 (5) tiebreaker in a 4-0 win over Miami
• Picked up a win in second singles against Piers Foley (6-3, 6-3) and paired with Chih Chi Huang for a 6-3 doubles in a 4-0 win against Washington
• Secured a singles win over Roberto Rosales (6-0, 6-2) and paired with Chih Chi Huang for a doubles win over Michael Smith and Andrew Buhelos (6-1) as part of Texas' 6-1 win over SMU
• Helped Texas to a 7-0 win over Ole Miss by defeating Filip Kraljevic (7-5, 6-3) in singles
• Topped No. 35 Bojan Jankulovski of Miami (6-1, 6-3) along with Osgar O'Hoisin of Wisconsin (6-3, 6-0) at the Miami Invitational
• Paired with Chih Chi Huang for three doubles wins at the Miami Invitational against Wisconsin (8-5), Ole Miss (8-4) and Miami (8-3)
FALL (2018)
• Paired with Lisa Marie Rioux of Oklahoma State to win the mixed double championship at the Oracle ITA Masters
• Reached the singles quarterfinals of the Oracle ITA Masters
• Selected for the main draw of the ITA All-American Championships
• Paired with Colin Markes and won two doubles qualifying matches at the ITA All-American Championships
• Made the finals of the ITA Texas Regionals in singles against Christian Sigsgaard
• Won two matches at the ITA National Fall Championships before defaulting
AS A SOPHOMORE (2017-18)
• Posted a 15-5 dual-match record primarily at Nos. 1 and 2 singles
• Named Big 12 Player of the Week for the weeks of Feb. 27 and Feb. 23
• Defeated UTSA’s Kai Breitbach (6-2, 6-1) in Texas’ 7-0 win
• Clinched a win from Texas A&M-Corpus Christi against Francois Kellerman (6-2, 6-0) in Texas’ 4-0 win
• Helped UT to a 4-0 win over SMU with his victory over Charles Nettlefold (6-3, 6-0)
• Defeated Notre Dame’s Matt Gamble (6-1, 6-0)
• Posted a win against Luis Valero (6-1, 6-2) for Texas to defeat Tennessee 4-1
• Helped UT to a 6-1 win over Utah State with his victory over Samuel Serrano (6-1, 6-0) at the ITA Kick-Off Weekend Event
• Defeated Arkansas’s Jose Salazar (6-2, 7-6 [7-5]) with an overall Texas win (6-1)
• Helped UT to a 5-2 win over Georgia Tech with his defeat of Carlos Divar (6-1, 6-2)
• Clinched a win over NC State’s Alexis Galarmeau (2-6, 7-5, 6-4) for UT’s overall win (4-1)
• Posted a win against Pennsylvania’s Kyle Mautner (6-3, 6-3) in an overall 7-0 sweep
• Defeated Rice’s Sumit Sarkar (6-3, 6-4) in UT’s overall win of 7-0
• Helped Texas defeat Tulsa (7-0) with his victory over Majed Kilani (6-2, 6-2)
• Clinched a win over Oklahoma State’s Artur Dubinski (7-6 [7-5], 6-1) in a Texas overall victory of 4-0
• Defeated Oklahoma’s Jake van Emburgh (6-4, 6-4) in a Texas overall victory of 4-0
• Helped Texas defeat Baylor (4-0) with his victory over #27 Martias Soto (6-2,6-2)
AS A FRESHMAN (2016-17)
• Defeated Florida State’s #38 Aziz Dougaz (6-3, 6-4) and Arkansas’s #10 Mike Redlicki (2-6, 6-3, 7-5) in the main singles draw at the NCAA Championships
• Defeated Tulane’s 117th-ranked Sebastian Rey (6-4, 6-2) in UT's 4-3 win over the Green Wave in the second round of the NCAA Championships
• Upset fourth-ranked Hugo Di Feo (4-6, 7-6 [4], 6-4) in Texas' 4-3 win over the second-ranked Buckeyes
• Posted a win against Artur Dubinsku (6-3, 6-1) in UT's 4-2 win over Oklahoma State at the ITA National Team Indoor Championships
• Defeated Wake Forest’s #34 Christian Seraphim (7-6 [7-2], 7-6 [9-7]) at the ITA National Team Indoor Championships
• Defeated Oregon’s Akihiro Tanaka (6-2, 6-0) in UT’s 4-2 win over the Ducks in the ITA Kick-Off Weekend event
• Helped Texas to a 4-1 win over Drake by defeating Barney Thorold (6-2, 6-0)
• Defeated Adam Sanjurjo (6-3, 6-3) in the Horns’ 5-2 win over Arkansas
• Upset SMU’s #22 Hunter Johnson (7-5, 6-4) and helped Texas to a 4-1 road win over the Mustangs
• Helped Texas to a 7-0 win against Abilene Christian by defeating Nico Agritelly (6-2, 6-0)
• Defeated North Carolina’s #10 Ronnie Schneider (7-6 [7], 1-6, 6-3) at the ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships.
• Defeated Abilene Christian’s Jonathan Sheehy (6-1, 6-1), Rice’s Eric Rutledge (6-1, 6-2), Texas A&M’s Aleksandre Bakshi (6-0, 6-2) and Baylor’s Jimmy Bendeck (6-3, 6-2) at the ITA Texas Regional Championships
• Beat Quinnipiac’s Kei Ezaka (6-4, 6-2) at the Oracle ITA Masters.
• Won a pair of matches in the main singles draw at the ITA All-American Championships, as he defeated Oklahoma’s #40 Alexandru Ghilea (6-2, 7-6 [5]) and USC’s #48 Logan Smith
• Went undefeated in the qualifying singles round and posted wins over Washington’s Gal Hakak (4-6, 7-5, 6-4), Duke’s #100 Catalin Mateas (7-5, 4-6, 6-3), and TCU’s Trevor Johnson (7-5, ret) in the qualifying draw at the ITA All-American Championships.
• Defeated Saint Mary’s Calvin Jordaan (6-0, 6-2) at the Porsche Napa Valley Tennis Classic
BEFORE TEXAS
• Featured at No. 62 in the ITF world junior rankings and has ranked as high as No. 882 in the ATP world rankings
• Won singles titles at an ITF Grade 3 event in New Zealand and an ITF Grade 4 event in Australia
• Defeated several top-50 international players, including 12th-ranked Alvaro Lopez of Spain
• Participant at the U.S. Open Junior Championships
• 14.7 Universal Tennis Rating (UTR)
PERSONAL
Born Jan. 9, 1997 ... son of Masamitsu (father) and Yuko Ito.
