Daniel Byrnes
| School: |
Oklahoma State University |
| Year: |
Senior |
| Home Town: |
Melbourne |
| Home State: |
N/A |
| Home Country: |
United States(USA) |
| High School: |
St. Kevin’s College |
| Height: |
6-1 |
| Weight: |
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| Birth Date: |
Tuesday, August 06, 1985 |
| Dominant Hand: |
Right |
| Major: |
Economics |
| Singles Record: |
70-37 |
| Doubles Record: |
61-41 |
• ITA All-American
• Individual NCAA Tournament Invitee
• Central Region Champion (2005)
• All-Big 12 Selection (Singles and Doubles)
• Big 12 Champion No. 1 Singles
• Big 12 Champion No. 5 Singles
• Big 12 Freshman of the Year (2004)
Fall 2006: Entered the fall ranked No. 11 in the country but a back injury limited his effectiveness ... finished the fall with a 3-3 mark in singles play ... advanced to the quarterfinals of the Central Region Championship before falling in a third-set tiebreaker .... ended the fall ranked 11th in the Central Region ... teamed with brother, Nathan, to go 4-2 in doubles play ... the pair entered the fall ranked No. 8 in the country ... advanced to the semifinals at the Central Region Championships but had to injury default because of Daniel’s back.
Junior (2006): Finished the season with a 13-8 record ... all of his matches were played at the No. 1 position ... finished the season ranked No. 17 in the country and became the first Cowboy tennis player since Pavel Kudrnac to earn All-American honors ... was invited to the NCAA Individual Championships but injury defaulted in the first round to Rice’s Robert Searle ... fought severe back pains toward the end of the season ... won the Big 12 Championship at No. 1 singles with a 5-2 record in the conference ... was a unanimous All-Big 12 selection ... was ranked as high as No. 13 ... beat Texas A&M’s highley-ranked Jerry Makowski twice ... teamed with brother Nathan to form the Cowboy’s top doubles tandem ... the pair finished the season ranked No. 33 and garnered All-Big 12 honors ... the tandem finished with a 11-7 record ... defeated TCU’s No. 27-ranked pair of Abreu and Freitas, 7-4 ... also picked up a big win over Texas’ No. 29-ranked duo of Callum Beale and Miguel Varela, 8-5.
Fall 2005: Byrnes ended the season ranked No. 1 in the region … defeated teammate Tomas Bohunicky to win the 2005 Wilson/ITA Men's Central Region Championship … was defeated in the consolation semifinal round of the 2005 ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships.
Sophomore (2005): Byrnes started the season at the No. 6 singles position, but by the end of the season, saw action as high as No. 3 … went 21-5 on the year … finished conference play with a 6-2 record for the second consecutive season … partnered with senior Mark Van Elden in doubles at the Nos. 1 and 2 position … the duo went 14-11 on the season … also went 0-1 with Jason Wright in lone pairing.
Fall 2004: Sat out the season due to injury.
Freshman (2004): Won Big 12 Championship at the No. 5 singles position ... also won Big 12 Freshman of the Year honors ... went 15-7 on the year ... compiled a 6-2 conference record to tie for tops on the team ... defeated Vuk Rajevac in straight sets in an upset of No. 6 Rice ... had a 13-5 doubles record, which included a 10-4 record playing with Mark Van Elden and a 3-1 mark while pairing with Felipe Diaz ... went 1-2 against ranked opponents, beating 28th-ranked Brunstrom and Soderberg of SMU ... while playing with Diaz, defeated the Oklahoma team at the Big 12 Tournament and shut out Arkansas’ Adrians Zguns and Rohan Gajjar in the NCAA first round.
Before OSU: Attended high school at St. Kevin’s College where he was the No. 1 singles player ... won the Shepparton Open ... was a member of the Linton Cup team and garnered a ranking by ATP.
Personal: Born August 6, 1985 ... son of Debbie and Garry Byrnes ... has two brothers: Nathan and Jarryd and a sister Lauren ... hobbies include Australian football and listening to music ... majoring in economics ... chose OSU because of coach Wadley and fellow Australian Mark Van Elden ... also considered Pepperdine and Auburn ... enjoys listening to R&B and Nelly ... favorite athlete is Roger Federer ... he admires Lance Armstrong for his courage and determination.
Coach Wadley on Daniel... “Daniel has had injury plagued career. He has played as low as five for us until his junior year. He has really blossomed. He had a great year for us last year culminating with his All-American honor. He is also playing No. 1 doubles for us again this year. I think we have him a real quality partner. I think he has a chance to challenge for an NCAA doubles championship. Daniel has done a great job for us and he is a great guy to have on the team. We are looking forward to him closing out his career with another great year.”
