2024-25 Men's Tennis Roster
Roster
Hoogmartens, Alexander

Alexander Hoogmartens
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Beersel, Belgium
- High School:
- Stedelijk Lyceum Topsport
Bio
UCLA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• ITA All-America selection - 2025 (doubles)
• NCAA singles qualifier (2022)
• NCAA doubles qualifier (Fall 2024 w/ Aadarsh Tripathi)
• 2-time All-Pac-12 honoree (First Team - 2022, Second Team - 2024)
• Big Ten All-Tournament Team member (2025)
• ITA x Universal Tennis Division I Player of the Week (March 31, 2022)
• 2-time Pac-12 Player of the Week (last Jan. 24, 2023)
• 4-time ITA Scholar-Athlete (2022-25)
• CSC Academic All-America® honoree (First Team - 2025)
• 2-time CSC Academic All-District Team member (2025, 2023)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2025)
• Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll member (2025)
• Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll member (2023)
• UCLA Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2025)
• 11-time Athletic Director's Honor Roll member (last Winter 2025)
• Career-high ITA singles ranking: 15 (Feb. 8, 2023)
• Career-high ITA doubles ranking: 10 (Dec. 3, 2024 w/ Aadarsh Tripathi)
2024-25
22-8 singles record (18-4 in dual matches) … 16-13 doubles mark (9-13 in dual matches) … Bruins captured Big Ten Conference Tournament championship in first season as member … achieved ITA All-America status for doubles … logged team high in dual-match singles wins … reached quarterfinal round of NCAA Championships doubles tournament with partner Aadarsh Tripathi, defeating Billy Blaydes/Will Nolan of Auburn and No. 26 Devin Badenhorst/Zsombor Velcz of Baylor … reached season-high No. 96 in ITA singles rankings (Aug. 27) … with partner Tripathi, finished No. 59 in ITA doubles rankings (May 21) and reached season-high No. 10 (Dec. 3); also reached No. 79 with partner Kaylan Bigun (Aug. 27) … named to Big Ten All-Tournament Team after beating No. 101 Jack Anthrop 7-5, 0-6, 6-4 to tie score of championship match at 3-3; UCLA went on to win 4-3, snapping top-seeded Ohio State’s 76-match home winning streak … named ITA Scholar-Athlete ... voted onto CSC Academic All-America® first team … member of CSC Academic All-District Team ... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ... earned spot on Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll ... posted majority of singles decisions on Court 4 (14-2); also finished on Courts 3 (0-1) and 5 (4-1) … posted majority of completed doubles matches on Court 1 (9-11); also finished on Court 2 (0-2) … won final eight singles decisions, including 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 result over Karl Lee of USC in NCAA Championships super-regional round (May 9) … posted two match-clinching points, including 7-6(7), 1-6, 6-3 result over Timofey Stepanov of California in NCAA Championships second round (May 3) … with Revelli, beat No. 72 Cesar Bouchelaghem/Dzianis Zharyn of Washington (March 30) … clinched four doubles points with Revelli, including 7-5 winner-take all result over Greyson Casey/Saiprakash Goli of Northwestern (March 23) … logged two wins against nationally-ranked doubles opponents with Tripathi, including 7-5 decision over No. 14 Ryan Colby/Thomas Paulsell of Georgia in ITA Kickoff Weekend consolation round (Jan. 26) … with Tripathi, defeated Savriyan Danilov/Iiro Vasa of San Diego 6-4, 7-6(6) to claim doubles title at ITA Southwest Regional Championships (Oct. 21) … logged 4-2 record against nationally-ranked singles opponents, including 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 victory against Wissam Abderrahman of Clemson in qualifying consolation round at ITA All-American Championships (Sept. 24) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2024, Winter 2025 … named Scholar-Athlete of the Year, received Athletic Director's Academic Excellence Award and earned spot on UCLA All-Academic Team at UCLA Scholar-Athlete Banquet.
2023-24
7-6 singles record (all dual matches) … 12-3 doubles mark (12-2 in dual matches) … reached season-high No. 44 in ITA singles rankings (Sept. 5) … All-Pac-12 Second Team selection … named ITA Scholar-Athlete ... posted majority of singles decisions on Court 3 (2-5); also finished on Courts 2 (0-1) and 4 (5-0) … majority of completed doubles matches came on Court 3 (8-1); also finished on Court 2 (4-1) … won final 11 doubles matches with partner Govind Nanda, including 6-4 result over Micah Braswell/Cleeve Harper of Texas in NCAA Championships second round (May 4) … clinched team-high six doubles points with Nanda, including 7-6(3) winner-take-all decision over Peter Makk/Niroop Vallabhaneni of USC (April 16) … posted two match-clinching points, including 1-6, 7-5, 6-4 result over Karl Lee of USC (March 29) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2023, Winter 2024 and Spring 2024 … earned spot on UCLA All-Academic Team.
2022-23
12-5 singles record (4-0 in dual matches) … 8-3 doubles mark (3-2 in dual matches) … finished No. 85 in ITA singles rankings (May 31) and reached season-high No. 15 (Feb. 8) … with partner Patrick Zahraj, reached season-high No. 58 in ITA doubles rankings (Feb. 8) … named ITA Scholar-Athlete ... member of CSC Academic All-District Team ... earned spot on Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll ... singles decisions came exclusively on Court 1 … majority of completed doubles matches came on Court 2 (3-1); also finished on Court 1 (0-1) … earned Pac-12 Player of the Week award (Jan. 24) after picking up straight-set wins versus No. 41 Andre Ilagan of Hawai’i (6-4, 6-1) and No. 31 Daniel De Jonge of Pepperdine (6-1, 6-3) during opening week of dual matches … went 7-3 versus nationally-ranked singles opponents, including 6-1, 6-4 victory against No. 39 Pablo Alemany of Memphis in ITA Kickoff Weekend first round (Jan. 28) … with partner Timothy Li, posted 7-6(8) winner-take-all result over Maxi Homberg/Eero Vasa of Pepperdine to clinch doubles point (Jan. 21) … all four completed dual-match singles decisions were straight-set wins versus ITA top-50 players … defeated two nationally-ranked doubles opponents with Zahraj, including 6-4 result against No. 33 Trey Hilderbrand/Noah Schachter of Texas A&M at Sherwood Collegiate Cup (Jan. 17) … beat No. 45 Tim Zeitvogel of Pepperdine 0-6, 6-2, 6-4 to reach singles final round at ITA Southwest Regional Championships (Oct. 22); knocked off No. 46 Gustaf Strom of Arizona 6-4, 6-3 in quarterfinal round (Oct. 21) … with Zahraj, collected three qualifying wins to reach ITA All-American Championships doubles main draw; beat No. 52 Nemanja Malesevic/Gregor Ramskogler of Mississippi State 6-4, 6-4 in qualifying second round (Oct. 2) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2022, Winter 2023 and Spring 2023 … earned spot on UCLA All-Academic Team.
2021-22
14-7 singles record (9-4 in dual matches) … 14-7 doubles mark (9-5 in dual matches) … tied for team high in doubles wins (Bryce Pereira) … qualified for NCAA Championships singles tournament … finished No. 43 in ITA singles rankings (June 2) and reached season-high No. 23 (April 6) … with partner Pereira, finished No. 68 in ITA doubles rankings (June 2) and reached season-high No. 53 (April 27); also reached No. 66 with partner Drew Baird (April 20) … All-Pac-12 First Team honoree … named ITA-Scholar-Athlete … posted majority of singles decisions on Courts 1 (4-2) and 2 (4-2); also finished on Court 3 (1-0) … majority of completed doubles matches came on Court 1 (6-4); also finished on Court 2 (3-1) … earned Pac-12 Player of the Week (March 30) and ITA x Universal Tennis Division I Player of the Week (March 31) awards after knocking off No. 102 Yuta Kikuchi of California and No. 2 Arthur Fery of Stanford in first career appearances on top singles court and notching doubles win versus Stanford with Pereira … clinched team-high five doubles points with Pereira, including 7-6(4) winner-take-all decision over No. 6 Stefan Dostanic/Bradley Frye of USC (April 9); also secured one doubles point with Baird … defeated Joe Tyler 7-5, 7-6(4) to clinch win versus San Diego State (March 29) … went 6-3 versus nationally-ranked singles opponents, including 6-2, 6-2 victory against No. 14 Luc Fomba of TCU (March 10) … with Baird, beat No. 43 August Holmgren/Gui Osorio of San Diego 6-2 (March 7) … defeated two nationally-ranked doubles opponents with Pereira, including 6-1 result against No. 31 Max Basing/Timothy Sah of Stanford at Sherwood Collegiate Cup (Jan. 15) … knocked off No. 117 Daniel De Jonge of Pepperdine 7-6(2), 7-5 to reach singles quarterfinal round at ITA Southwest Regional Championships (Oct. 23) … with Baird, defeated Matthew Sah/Thomas Smart of UC Irvine 8-3 to reach doubles quarterfinal round at ITA Southwest Regional Championships (Oct. 23) … earned first-career singles victory with 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 result over No. 70 Lleyton Cronje of UCF to reach qualifying second round at ITA All-American Championships (Oct. 4) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2021, Winter 2022 and Spring 2022.
PRIOR TO UCLA
Career-high ITF junior ranking: 37 … reached singles final round at 2021 UTR PTT Germany Men’s $25K Clay 1 event in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany … reached singles second round at 2020 Australian Open Junior Championships … with partner Dali Blanch, reached doubles second round at 2020 Australian Open Junior Championships … reached Boys' singles second round at French Open in 2020; also participated in doubles tournament … seized singles title at ITF J2 Causeway Bay tournament in 2019; also earned ITF junior singles crowns at J2 Rakovnik in 2020, J3 Sobota, J4 Nottingham and J4 Cadolzburg events in 2019 … with partner Pierre Yves Bailly, collected doubles title at ITF J1 Charleroi-Marcinelle (Belgian International Junior Championships) event in 2019 … with partner Jeffrey von Der Schulenburg, won doubles crown at ITF J1 Bradenton (Eddie Herr ITF) tournament in 2019; also earned ITF junior doubles championships at J3 Moenchengladbach (with Bailly), J4 Nottingham (with Bailly) and J5 Heiveld (with partner Maikel De Boes) events in 2019.
PERSONAL
Son of Philippe and Ilse … has one older brother, Anthony, and one older sister, Frances … decided to attend UCLA because he is “chasing [his] American Dream” and it offered “the perfect balance between academics and tennis” … describes his greatest athletic thrill as winning an almost-lost point … admires John McEnroe and cyclist Wout van Aert … hobbies and interests include hanging out with teammates and friends, listening to music, learning foreign languages and meeting people from different cultures … loves eating McFlurries and waffles … aspires to careers as top-50 professional tennis player and economics expert ... economics major.
• ITA All-America selection - 2025 (doubles)
• NCAA singles qualifier (2022)
• NCAA doubles qualifier (Fall 2024 w/ Aadarsh Tripathi)
• 2-time All-Pac-12 honoree (First Team - 2022, Second Team - 2024)
• Big Ten All-Tournament Team member (2025)
• ITA x Universal Tennis Division I Player of the Week (March 31, 2022)
• 2-time Pac-12 Player of the Week (last Jan. 24, 2023)
• 4-time ITA Scholar-Athlete (2022-25)
• CSC Academic All-America® honoree (First Team - 2025)
• 2-time CSC Academic All-District Team member (2025, 2023)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2025)
• Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll member (2025)
• Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll member (2023)
• UCLA Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2025)
• 11-time Athletic Director's Honor Roll member (last Winter 2025)
• Career-high ITA singles ranking: 15 (Feb. 8, 2023)
• Career-high ITA doubles ranking: 10 (Dec. 3, 2024 w/ Aadarsh Tripathi)
2024-25
22-8 singles record (18-4 in dual matches) … 16-13 doubles mark (9-13 in dual matches) … Bruins captured Big Ten Conference Tournament championship in first season as member … achieved ITA All-America status for doubles … logged team high in dual-match singles wins … reached quarterfinal round of NCAA Championships doubles tournament with partner Aadarsh Tripathi, defeating Billy Blaydes/Will Nolan of Auburn and No. 26 Devin Badenhorst/Zsombor Velcz of Baylor … reached season-high No. 96 in ITA singles rankings (Aug. 27) … with partner Tripathi, finished No. 59 in ITA doubles rankings (May 21) and reached season-high No. 10 (Dec. 3); also reached No. 79 with partner Kaylan Bigun (Aug. 27) … named to Big Ten All-Tournament Team after beating No. 101 Jack Anthrop 7-5, 0-6, 6-4 to tie score of championship match at 3-3; UCLA went on to win 4-3, snapping top-seeded Ohio State’s 76-match home winning streak … named ITA Scholar-Athlete ... voted onto CSC Academic All-America® first team … member of CSC Academic All-District Team ... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ... earned spot on Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll ... posted majority of singles decisions on Court 4 (14-2); also finished on Courts 3 (0-1) and 5 (4-1) … posted majority of completed doubles matches on Court 1 (9-11); also finished on Court 2 (0-2) … won final eight singles decisions, including 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 result over Karl Lee of USC in NCAA Championships super-regional round (May 9) … posted two match-clinching points, including 7-6(7), 1-6, 6-3 result over Timofey Stepanov of California in NCAA Championships second round (May 3) … with Revelli, beat No. 72 Cesar Bouchelaghem/Dzianis Zharyn of Washington (March 30) … clinched four doubles points with Revelli, including 7-5 winner-take all result over Greyson Casey/Saiprakash Goli of Northwestern (March 23) … logged two wins against nationally-ranked doubles opponents with Tripathi, including 7-5 decision over No. 14 Ryan Colby/Thomas Paulsell of Georgia in ITA Kickoff Weekend consolation round (Jan. 26) … with Tripathi, defeated Savriyan Danilov/Iiro Vasa of San Diego 6-4, 7-6(6) to claim doubles title at ITA Southwest Regional Championships (Oct. 21) … logged 4-2 record against nationally-ranked singles opponents, including 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 victory against Wissam Abderrahman of Clemson in qualifying consolation round at ITA All-American Championships (Sept. 24) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2024, Winter 2025 … named Scholar-Athlete of the Year, received Athletic Director's Academic Excellence Award and earned spot on UCLA All-Academic Team at UCLA Scholar-Athlete Banquet.
2023-24
7-6 singles record (all dual matches) … 12-3 doubles mark (12-2 in dual matches) … reached season-high No. 44 in ITA singles rankings (Sept. 5) … All-Pac-12 Second Team selection … named ITA Scholar-Athlete ... posted majority of singles decisions on Court 3 (2-5); also finished on Courts 2 (0-1) and 4 (5-0) … majority of completed doubles matches came on Court 3 (8-1); also finished on Court 2 (4-1) … won final 11 doubles matches with partner Govind Nanda, including 6-4 result over Micah Braswell/Cleeve Harper of Texas in NCAA Championships second round (May 4) … clinched team-high six doubles points with Nanda, including 7-6(3) winner-take-all decision over Peter Makk/Niroop Vallabhaneni of USC (April 16) … posted two match-clinching points, including 1-6, 7-5, 6-4 result over Karl Lee of USC (March 29) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2023, Winter 2024 and Spring 2024 … earned spot on UCLA All-Academic Team.
2022-23
12-5 singles record (4-0 in dual matches) … 8-3 doubles mark (3-2 in dual matches) … finished No. 85 in ITA singles rankings (May 31) and reached season-high No. 15 (Feb. 8) … with partner Patrick Zahraj, reached season-high No. 58 in ITA doubles rankings (Feb. 8) … named ITA Scholar-Athlete ... member of CSC Academic All-District Team ... earned spot on Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll ... singles decisions came exclusively on Court 1 … majority of completed doubles matches came on Court 2 (3-1); also finished on Court 1 (0-1) … earned Pac-12 Player of the Week award (Jan. 24) after picking up straight-set wins versus No. 41 Andre Ilagan of Hawai’i (6-4, 6-1) and No. 31 Daniel De Jonge of Pepperdine (6-1, 6-3) during opening week of dual matches … went 7-3 versus nationally-ranked singles opponents, including 6-1, 6-4 victory against No. 39 Pablo Alemany of Memphis in ITA Kickoff Weekend first round (Jan. 28) … with partner Timothy Li, posted 7-6(8) winner-take-all result over Maxi Homberg/Eero Vasa of Pepperdine to clinch doubles point (Jan. 21) … all four completed dual-match singles decisions were straight-set wins versus ITA top-50 players … defeated two nationally-ranked doubles opponents with Zahraj, including 6-4 result against No. 33 Trey Hilderbrand/Noah Schachter of Texas A&M at Sherwood Collegiate Cup (Jan. 17) … beat No. 45 Tim Zeitvogel of Pepperdine 0-6, 6-2, 6-4 to reach singles final round at ITA Southwest Regional Championships (Oct. 22); knocked off No. 46 Gustaf Strom of Arizona 6-4, 6-3 in quarterfinal round (Oct. 21) … with Zahraj, collected three qualifying wins to reach ITA All-American Championships doubles main draw; beat No. 52 Nemanja Malesevic/Gregor Ramskogler of Mississippi State 6-4, 6-4 in qualifying second round (Oct. 2) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2022, Winter 2023 and Spring 2023 … earned spot on UCLA All-Academic Team.
2021-22
14-7 singles record (9-4 in dual matches) … 14-7 doubles mark (9-5 in dual matches) … tied for team high in doubles wins (Bryce Pereira) … qualified for NCAA Championships singles tournament … finished No. 43 in ITA singles rankings (June 2) and reached season-high No. 23 (April 6) … with partner Pereira, finished No. 68 in ITA doubles rankings (June 2) and reached season-high No. 53 (April 27); also reached No. 66 with partner Drew Baird (April 20) … All-Pac-12 First Team honoree … named ITA-Scholar-Athlete … posted majority of singles decisions on Courts 1 (4-2) and 2 (4-2); also finished on Court 3 (1-0) … majority of completed doubles matches came on Court 1 (6-4); also finished on Court 2 (3-1) … earned Pac-12 Player of the Week (March 30) and ITA x Universal Tennis Division I Player of the Week (March 31) awards after knocking off No. 102 Yuta Kikuchi of California and No. 2 Arthur Fery of Stanford in first career appearances on top singles court and notching doubles win versus Stanford with Pereira … clinched team-high five doubles points with Pereira, including 7-6(4) winner-take-all decision over No. 6 Stefan Dostanic/Bradley Frye of USC (April 9); also secured one doubles point with Baird … defeated Joe Tyler 7-5, 7-6(4) to clinch win versus San Diego State (March 29) … went 6-3 versus nationally-ranked singles opponents, including 6-2, 6-2 victory against No. 14 Luc Fomba of TCU (March 10) … with Baird, beat No. 43 August Holmgren/Gui Osorio of San Diego 6-2 (March 7) … defeated two nationally-ranked doubles opponents with Pereira, including 6-1 result against No. 31 Max Basing/Timothy Sah of Stanford at Sherwood Collegiate Cup (Jan. 15) … knocked off No. 117 Daniel De Jonge of Pepperdine 7-6(2), 7-5 to reach singles quarterfinal round at ITA Southwest Regional Championships (Oct. 23) … with Baird, defeated Matthew Sah/Thomas Smart of UC Irvine 8-3 to reach doubles quarterfinal round at ITA Southwest Regional Championships (Oct. 23) … earned first-career singles victory with 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 result over No. 70 Lleyton Cronje of UCF to reach qualifying second round at ITA All-American Championships (Oct. 4) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2021, Winter 2022 and Spring 2022.
PRIOR TO UCLA
Career-high ITF junior ranking: 37 … reached singles final round at 2021 UTR PTT Germany Men’s $25K Clay 1 event in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany … reached singles second round at 2020 Australian Open Junior Championships … with partner Dali Blanch, reached doubles second round at 2020 Australian Open Junior Championships … reached Boys' singles second round at French Open in 2020; also participated in doubles tournament … seized singles title at ITF J2 Causeway Bay tournament in 2019; also earned ITF junior singles crowns at J2 Rakovnik in 2020, J3 Sobota, J4 Nottingham and J4 Cadolzburg events in 2019 … with partner Pierre Yves Bailly, collected doubles title at ITF J1 Charleroi-Marcinelle (Belgian International Junior Championships) event in 2019 … with partner Jeffrey von Der Schulenburg, won doubles crown at ITF J1 Bradenton (Eddie Herr ITF) tournament in 2019; also earned ITF junior doubles championships at J3 Moenchengladbach (with Bailly), J4 Nottingham (with Bailly) and J5 Heiveld (with partner Maikel De Boes) events in 2019.
PERSONAL
Son of Philippe and Ilse … has one older brother, Anthony, and one older sister, Frances … decided to attend UCLA because he is “chasing [his] American Dream” and it offered “the perfect balance between academics and tennis” … describes his greatest athletic thrill as winning an almost-lost point … admires John McEnroe and cyclist Wout van Aert … hobbies and interests include hanging out with teammates and friends, listening to music, learning foreign languages and meeting people from different cultures … loves eating McFlurries and waffles … aspires to careers as top-50 professional tennis player and economics expert ... economics major.
CAREER SINGLES | CAREER DOUBLES | |||||
YEAR | DUAL | TOUR | OVR | DUAL | TOUR | OVR |
2021-22 | 9-4 | 5-3 | 14-7 | 9-5 | 5-2 | 14-7 |
2022-23 | 4-0 | 8-5 | 12-5 | 3-2 | 5-1 | 8-3 |
2023-24 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 7-6 | 12-2 | 0-1 | 12-3 |
2024-25 | 18-4 | 4-4 | 22-8 | 9-13 | 7-0 | 16-13 |
TOTALS | 38-14 | 17-12 | 55-26 | 33-22 | 17-4 | 50-26 |
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