Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
| School: |
University of Washington |
| Year: |
graduated |
| Home Town: |
Chennai |
| Home State: |
N/A |
| Home Country: |
United States(USA) |
| High School: |
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| Height: |
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| Weight: |
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| Birth Date: |
Thursday, October 20, 1988 |
| Dominant Hand: |
Right |
| Major: |
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| Singles Record: |
40-24 |
| Doubles Record: |
37-23 |
NEDUNCHEZHIYAN'S CAREER RECORD YEAR SINGLES (dual/overall) DOUBLES (dual/overall) 2007-08 12-10/19-14 15-8/20-11 Career 12-10/19-14 15-8/20-11 2007-08 (Freshman): Washington's top newcomer and one of the top freshmen in the Pac-10 ... played two matches at No. 1 singles, winning both, becoming the first UW freshman since Alex Vlaski in 2002 to man the top singles spot ... was 19-14 overall; 12-10 in dual play and 7-4 in tournaments ... was 2-0 at No. 1 singles, 9-8 at No. 2, and 1-2 at No. 3 ... named Pac-10 Player of the Week for the week of Feb. 18-24, after moving to No. 1 singles for the first time and upsetting Arkansas' 95th-ranked Blake Strode, 6-1, 7-6 (2) ... earned All-Pac-10 honorable mention ... became the first Husky freshman to be ranked since Alex Slovic in 2004, reaching a high of No. 82 on March 4 and appearing in the rankings on six occasions ... defeated four ranked opponents, including 17th-ranked Nate Schnugg of Georgia by a 6-3, 6-4 count at National Team Indoors ... also defeated 74th-ranked Nick Cromydas of Vanderbilt, Strode, and 67th-ranked Matt Bruch of Stanford, the two-time Pac-10 Singles Champion ... clinched UW's 4-3 win over Oregon with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 decision over Francisco Gallardo at No. 2 ... was second on the team in doubles wins with 20, ending the year as the No. 1 doubles team along with Patrik Fischer ... Nedunchezhiyan and Fischer went 12-7 in dual play (8-6 at No. 1, 4-1 at No. 2) ... the duo won their final three Pac-10 dual matches, and then earned their first win over ranked opponents by defeating Wisconsin's 49th-ranked Baumann and Polley in the NCAA Team Tournament ... was 7-3 in singles in the fall, reaching the Round of 16 at ITA NW Regionals, and winning the consolation draw at the Chandler Cup which included wins over fellow freshmen Greg Hirshman (Stanford) and Pedro Zerbini (Cal) ... was only Husky to compete at ITA All-American Championships, losing in qualifying, but winning a consolation match vs. Cromydas ... also made the doubles final at the Chandler Cup along with Andy Kuharszky, losing to Cal's No. 1 team. Before Washington and Personal
Born in Chennai, India ... parents are Kalyani Mathivanan and N. Mathivanan ... one older sister, Swapna ... attended the National Open School and trained at the Krishnan Tennis Centre, HPTC ... ranked as high as No. 9 in the ITF Junior Rankings ... reached the 2nd-round in the 2006 French Open Junior tournament ... has also competed in junior Wimbledon, U.S. Open, and Australian Open tournaments ... captured a Grade-I clay tournament in Germany in 2006 ... won a junior Davis Cup regional. Coach Anger on Nedunchezhiyan
"Jeevan is capable of knocking off the top players; the big thing for him is to raise the level of his valleys. His peaks are obviously very high when he's playing at his best. We want him to still beat the better players even on a bad day and are working towards that."
