Emmett Egger
| School: |
University of Washington |
| Year: |
Junior |
| Home Town: |
Issaquah |
| Home State: |
Washington |
| Home Country: |
United States(USA) |
| High School: |
Insight School of Washington |
| Height: |
6-1 |
| Weight: |
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| Birth Date: |
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| Dominant Hand: |
Right |
| Major: |
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| Singles Record: |
10-21 |
| Doubles Record: |
12-13 |
2011-12 (Freshman): Excellent first season for the Washington native, as he played in the top half of the Husky singles lineup all year, with the majority of that time at No. 2 singles ... named the ITA Northwest Region Freshman of the Year and finished the season ranked 14th in the Northwest Region singles rankings ... ranked 10th in the preseason ITA Newcomer/Freshman rankings ... was 21-12 overall in singles matches, including a 13-10 mark in dual play where he was 1-0 at No. 1 singles, 9-9 at No. 2 singles, and 3-1 at No. 3 singles ... played No. 1 singles in the first match of his career, beating Seattle U.'s Mark Shkrebtan, 6-1, 6-1 ... helped UW to a big weekend with No. 2 singles wins over Shaun Bernstein of Michigan and Greg Scott of UC Santa Barbara on Feb. 11-12 ... got first ranked win in dual play with a 7-6 (7), 6-4 win over 85th-ranked Clifford Marsland of Tulsa in a big 4-3 Husky win ... lost five straight Pac-12 matches at No. 2 singles, four coming against top-40 players, but bounced back with five consecutive wins from Apr. 15 to May 11 ... won both singles matches in the Pac-12 tourney, beating Arizona's Sumeet Shinde, 6-1, 6-4, and California's Gregory Bayane, 7-5, 2-6, 6-3, both at No. 3 singles ... posted a straight set win in the NCAA first round over North Carolina State's Julian Sullivan, but lost his singles match in UW's next match against Pepperdine ... had a very impressive fall season, picking up his first collegiate singles title with a win in the PNW Intercollegiates, hosted by Oregon, and defeating Oregon's top two players, Robin Cambier and Alex Rovello, in the semis and the final, respectively ... earned first career ranked win in the fall, with a victory over then-No. 79 Christoffer Konigsfeldt of California, 6-3, 6-4, in the NW Regionals round of 16 ... fell in the ITA NW Regional quarterfinals to top-seeded Ryan Thacher of Stanford ... in doubles, teamed primarily with Kyle McMorrow, as the two went 11-11 overall and 9-9 at No. 1 doubles ... preseason ranked 29th in doubles with McMorrow and also ranked 63rd on Mar. 13 ... with McMorrow, had two ranked wins, both against Louisville, beating then-No. 24 Carter/Stiefelmeyer, 8-5, on Jan. 28, and then beating then-No. 34 Carter/Wagner, 8-1, on Mar. 3 ... also went 1-2 at No. 2 doubles with Matt Stith, and 1-0 at No. 1 and 1-0 at No. 3 doubles with Marton Bots ... advanced to the ITA NW Regional doubles quarterfinals with McMorrow in the fall ... earned the ITA's All-Academic Team honor.
High School and Personal: Born in Bellevue, Washington ... parents are Phillip and Nadine Egger ... the middle child of five siblings, with an older brother Adrian, older sister Rachel, younger brother Hunter, and younger sister Grace ... one of the top recruits in the country, he was rated a blue chip recruit by Tennisrecruiting.net, and was ranked in the top-five among the class of 2011 for the past two years, winding up at No. 4 nationally ... in the U.S. junior rankings for boys 18-under, he was ranked as high as No. 2 overall ... competed in qualifying at the junior U.S. Open, Wimbledon, French Open, and Australian Open tourneys in 2011 ... took third in doubles at the 2011 USTA National Boys 18 Championships in August of 2011 ... made the quarterfinals of the 2011 Easter Bowl in singles and the finals in doubles ... had a career-high ITF junior ranking of 76th ... reached the semis of the 2010 USTA National Spring Championships ... qualified for a pro circuit Futures main draw in September of 2011 in Claremont, Calif., and made the singles and doubles finals of the level 3 NZL ITF in 2011 ... was ranked No. 1 for 14-under and won the Easter Bowl in 2007 ... represented the U.S. in the junior Davis Cup in 2007 in the Czech Republic ... attended Brookhaven and Advantage tennis academies, playing for Dave Anderson and Jimmy Johnson.
