2019-20 Men's Tennis Roster
Roster
Drew Baird
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Raleigh, N.C.
- High School:
- IMG Academy
UCLA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• All-Pac-12 honoree (Honorable Mention - 2021)
• 3-time Athletic Director’s Honor Roll member (last Spring 2022)
• Career-high ITA singles ranking: 57 (March 24, 2021)
• Career-high ITA doubles ranking: 12 (Sept. 17, 2019 w/ Keegan Smith)
2021-22
6-8 singles record (4-7 in dual matches) … 7-6 doubles mark (4-5 in dual matches) … reached season-high No. 118 in ITA/Tennis-Point singles rankings (Sept. 7) … with partner Alexander Hoogmartens, reached season-high No. 66 in ITA/Tennis-Point doubles rankings (April 20) … singles decisions came exclusively on Court 1 … majority of completed doubles matches came on Court 2 (2-2); also finished on Courts 1 (1-1) and 3 (1-2) … defeated No. 60 Emmanuel Coste of UC Irvine, 6-3, 6-2 (Feb. 13) … posted 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 winner-take-all result over Isaac Arevalo of Texas Tech in consolation match at ITA Kickoff Weekend (Jan. 30) … with Hoogmartens, beat No. 43 August Holmgren/Gui Osorio of San Diego, 6-2 (March 7) … with Hoogmartens, topped Victor Krustev/Jonathan Zhang of UC Santa Barbara, 6-2, to clinch doubles point (Feb. 18) … with Hoogmartens, defeated Matthew Sah/Thomas Smart of UC Irvine, 8-3, to reach doubles quarterfinal round at ITA Southwest Regional Championships (Oct. 23) ... named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Spring 2022.
2020-21
9-8 singles record (9-7 in dual matches) … 9-6 doubles mark (9-5 in dual matches) … reached season-high No. 57 in Oracle/ITA singles rankings (March 24) … with partner Govind Nanda, finished season-high No. 46 in Oracle/ITA doubles rankings (June 2) … All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention selection … posted singles decisions on Courts 2 (5-3) and 3 (4-4) … majority of completed doubles matches came on Court 2 (5-4); also finished on Court 1 (3-2) … knocked off No. 19 Riley Smith of USC, 6-3, 6-4 (Feb. 28) … posted two match-clinching points, including 6-4, 6-4 decision over Quinn Vandecasteele of Oregon (April 2) … with Nanda, went 2-0 versus nationally-ranked doubles opponents, including 6-3 win against No. 34 Simon Bratholm/Nick Brookes of Northwestern, 6-3, in NCAA Championships first round at Austin, Texas (May 8) … with Nanda, clinched two doubles points, including 7-6(6) decision over No. 5 Daniel Cukierman/Riley Smith of USC (April 17) … with partner Sam Feit, defeated No. 34 Daniel De Jonge/Adrian Oetzbach of Pepperdine, 6-1, at Pepperdine Invite (Jan. 15).
2019-20
6-6 singles record in shortened season (5-5 in dual matches) … 5-5 doubles mark (4-3 in dual matches) … reached season-high No. 124 in Oracle/ITA singles rankings (Feb. 18) … with partner Keegan Smith, reached season-high No. 12 in Oracle/ITA doubles rankings (Sept. 16) … singles decisions came exclusively on Court 3 … majority of completed doubles matches came on Court 2 (4-2); also finished on Court 3 (0-1) … defeated No. 37 Siem Woldeab of Texas, 6-2, 6-3, at ITA National Team Indoor Championships (Feb. 14) … with partner Connor Rapp, beat No. 44 Alexis Galarneau/Robert Turzak of NC State, 6-3, at ITA National Team Indoor Championships (Feb. 16) … with Rapp, clinched three doubles points, including 6-3 winner-take-all result over Chih Chi Huang/Eliot Spizzirri of Texas at ITA National Team Indoor Championships (Feb. 14) … earned first-career singles victory with 7-6(4), 6-4 decision over Daniel Gealer of UC Irvine to reach round of 32 at ITA Southwest Regional Championships (Oct. 17) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2019, Spring 2020.
PRIOR TO UCLA
Graduated from Connections Academy … also attended IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla. … Blue Chip recruit according to TennisRecruiting.net; reached high of No. 3 in 2019 … beat 2018 ITA No. 1 Martin Redlicki en route to singles semifinal round at 2019 25K Futures event in Calabasas, Calif. … knocked off former Northwestern No. 1 Strong Kirchheimer at 2019 15K Futures event in Pittsburgh … turned in three three-set wins versus seeded opponents on way to singles semifinal round at 2018 Boys’ 18 National Championships in Kalamazoo, Mich. … participated in each of four Grand Slam junior tournaments in 2018; made singles main draw third round at Australian Open … reached doubles quarterfinal round at 2018 US Open junior tournament … notched Boys’ 18 doubles quarterfinal-round showings at 2018 Orange Bowl, Eddie Herr and Easter Bowl events … represented United States at 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina; beat Patrick Sydow of Aruba in singles first round.
PERSONAL
Full name: Andrew David Baird ... decided to attend UCLA because he felt it was an opportunity to “continually grow as a student-athlete, but most importantly, as a person” while putting him in position to achieve goal of becoming professional tennis player … lists his greatest athletic thrills to date as participating in all four Grand Slam junior tournaments and competing for Team USA at 2018 Youth Olympic Games … hobbies and interests include playing the guitar, listening to music and hanging out with teammates ... history major.
| CAREER SINGLES RECORD | CAREER DOUBLES RECORD | |||||
| YEAR | DUAL | TOUR | OVERALL | DUAL | TOUR | OVERALL |
| 2019-20 | 5-5 | 1-1 | 6-6 | 4-3 | 1-2 | 5-5 |
| 2020-21 | 9-7 | 0-1 | 9-8 | 8-6 | 1-0 | 9-6 |
| 2021-22 | 4-7 | 2-1 | 6-8 | 4-5 | 3-1 | 7-6 |
| TOTALS | 18-19 | 3-3 | 21-22 | 16-14 | 5-3 | 21-17 |
