Shuhei Uzawa
| School: |
Ohio State University |
| Year: |
graduated |
| Home Town: |
Chiba |
| Home State: |
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| Home Country: |
Japan |
| High School: |
Ryutsu Keizai |
| Height: |
5-6 |
| Weight: |
140 lbs. |
| Birth Date: |
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| Dominant Hand: |
Right |
| Major: |
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| Singles Record: |
43-18 |
| Doubles Record: |
44-10 |
Ohio State Career Honors 2009 All-Academic Big Ten honoree ... two-time Ohio State Scholar-Athlete.
2008-09 (Sophomore Season) Had a breakout year during his second-season at Ohio State ... finished with single-season career highs in both singles and doubles ... in singles, 25-6 overall and in doubles, 26-2 overall ... won six-consecutive matches in pre-qualifying and qualifying rounds in D'Novo/ITA All-American Championships in Tulsa, Okla. (Oct. 3-5) to earn a spot in the singles main draw; retired in first round after suffering an injury and did not participate in further autumn events ... moving to the spring season, in singles, owned a 16-3 dual record including a 12-1 mark at No. 6 singles ... went 5-0 in Big Ten play, which included a 6-1, 6-2 victory against teammate Devin McCarthy's brother, Andrew McCarthy, of Northwestern to help the Buckeyes win their fourth-consecutive Big Ten regular-season title ... finished the year with a winning streak of 10 matches and was ranked as high as No. 77 in the ITA polls ... in doubles, paired the majority of the season with senior Bryan Koniecko at Nos. 2 and 3 ... duo owned a team-high 22-2 overall record with a perfect 8-0 mark in league action ... with Koniecko, won 12-consecutive matches ... in NCAA play, the pair went 3-1, (two unfinished matches) ... the duo won the lone doubles match for Ohio State during the NCAA championship final against Abdullah Magdas and Daniel Nguyen of USC with an 8-4 victory ... did not lose two-consecutive doubles matches the entire season.
2007-08 (Freshman Season) Concluded first season with Buckeyes with 21-12 overall ledger, including 5-1 mark in individual tournament play ... during the fall, was named to all-tournament team of Mary Davis Memorial Shootout in South Bend, Ind., (Jan. 11-13) after going 2-0 in doubles play with classmate Balazs Novak and compiling 2-1 singles mark ... in spring dual action, went 16-11, seeing action at Nos. 3, 4, 5 and 6 spots ... in doubles play, owned 21-7 overall record, pairing up with various Buckeyes to compile that mark.
Prior to Ohio State Won the Under 18 Doubles National Championship in Japan ... competed in the 2006 Karuizawa Futures Tennis Tournament in Japan ... doubles finalist at the 2007 Pro Line Open in Ontario, Canada ... competed in the Kusatsu Yonex Open in Japan ... competed in the JPTA Sapporo Int. Open Tennis 2006, in Japan
Personal Plans on playing professional tennis and practicing international business ... enjoys watching sport with friends ... The son of Keiji Uzawa.
