General Info: A tall, talented athlete who has made improvements over the last three years in his overall game ... Played primarily at the No. 5 or No. 6 spots his first year but is now seen anywhere from No. 2 to No. 6 in singles ... Possesses a huge serve and forehand ... Played most of his senior year at either No. 2 or No. 3 doubles ... Worked on his attacking game and becoming more of a serve and volleyer over the summer and fall ... Was named to the Georgia Tech All-Academic Team at the 2006 Yellow Jacket Celebration.
2006-07: Finished his senior season with an 8-13 singles and 3-7 doubles overall record ... Spent most of the dual season playing from the No. 4 and No. 5 positions ... Finished the ACC schedule with 5-5 singles record ... Won five of his last ACC matches during the season ... Picked up a win over Hector Nieto of Miami in the team's first round loss in the ACC Tournament ... Finished his career at Tech with 65 overall singles wins and 36 dual singles victories.
2005-06: Finished the dual match season with a 9-11 record in singles and 13-9 record in doubles ... Was 6-6 in matches where he played No. 3 or No. 4 ... Posted a 2-5 record against nationally ranked players, including wins over No. 45 Treat Huey of Virginia and No. 83 Javier Bes from Alabama ... Ended the year with a 7-3 record in three-set matches, which was tops on the team ... Paired with Blackmon at No. 2 doubles and the two were 13-9, including a 6-5 record in the ACC ... Was 21-14 with Blackmon on the year, which was tops on the team ... Was one of the Jacket's top performers during the fall, recording a 8-4 record in singles action ... Best performance came at the Southern Intercollegiates where he advanced to the semifinals of the Main Draw before falling to Christopher Rea of Ole Miss ... Reached the Round of 64 at the ITA Mideast Regional before losing to No. 45 Darrin Cohen of Virginia in straight sets ... Also reached the quarterfinals of the Crimson Tide Fall Classic before losing to Bes of Alabama ... Top performance in doubles in the fall came at the Southern Intercollegiates where the two fell in the finals to Duke's team of Atas and Stokke, 8-6 ... Also advanced with Blackmon to the finals of the Georgia Tech Fall Invitational, losing to a team from Georgia.
2004-05: Was a steady force for Tech at No. 4 singles ... Posted 10 victories during the spring, including a 6-4 record against the ACC ... Started playing in the doubles lineup March 20 with Scott Blackmon at No. 3 and the two recorded a 6-3 record, including wins over Vanderbilt, North Carolina and NC State ... Top wins on the season in singles came against Johanathan Janda of North Carolina and Andrew Hamar of Wake Forest ... Held a 5-3 record in three set matches ... During the fall, he posted a 10-6 record, reaching the qualifying round of the Icy Hot/ITA All-American Championships ... Also reached the finals of the Georgia Tech Fall Invitational ... Posted a 2-3 record in doubles action.
2003-04: Rookie who primarily played singles for Tech at the No. 5 or No. 6 positions ... Had 10 dual match wins in singles with a 7-6 record at the No. 5 position ... Was third on the team with 18 overall singles wins ... Advanced to the finals of the consolation tournament at the Baylor Intercollegiate before losing to teammate Marko Rajevac ... Won the clinching match at No. 5 singles against Ben Atkinson of South Carolina in a come-from-behind victory, 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (4) ... Had a 6-6 record in three set matches, the most played on the team ... Posted a 4-4 record in ACC matches ... Played in a team-high 12 tiebreakers and had a 6-6 record in those ... In dual matches he played in 11 doubles matches, but had only a 4-7 record ... Did team with Jose Muguruza to post an 8-5 win over Georgia's duo of Omerzel and Gonzalez ... His last doubles match was with Joao Menano at No. 3 on March 14 against Virginia ... Was 4-3 in his last seven matches
High School/Junior Tennis: Ranked as Canada's top 18-and-under-singles player after high school ... Lettered in both soccer and tennis while at Bialik High School ... Served as team captain as a senior ... Captured the Greater Montreal Athletic Association singles championship in 2002 ... Finished fourth at the Canadian Naitonal Indoor Junior Tennis Championships in 2003 ... Won the 2002 Quebec 18-and-under provincial singles title in 2002 ... A solid doubles performer, reached the quarterfinals of both the USTA International Grass Court Championship with fellow Tech signee Jose Luis Muguruza and the Canadian Outdoor Championship in 2002 ... In singles, he was a quarterfinalist at both the Copa Merengue and the Aruba Championship in 2002, while also reaching the semis at the Curacao Open ... Reached his highest ITF singles ranking of 262 in July of 2002.
Personal: Full name is Zachary Michael Rath ... Born July 29, 1985 ... Son of Sidney and Beverly Rath ... Has a sister, Erika ... Lists his favorite tennis player as Lleyton Hewitt ... Management major who has been named to the Dean's List ... Men's Tennis Representative on the Georgia Tech Student Athlete Advisory Board.
