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Player Bio: Jean-Julien Rojer - UCLA Official Athletic Site

Men's Tennis

Fall 2002 ??Ranked No. 35 in singles and No. 1 in doubles in the Preseason ITA Rankings ??Did not see any action in the fall while playing various futures tournaments on the professional tour. 2001

Fall 2002 —?Ranked No. 35 in singles and No. 1 in doubles in the Preseason ITA Rankings …?Did not see any action in the fall while playing various futures tournaments on the professional tour.

2001-02 — Doubles All-American …?Honorable Mention All-Pac-10 selection …?Finished the season with a 27-13 overall singles record …?Posted a 35-10 overall doubles mark teaming primarily with Marcin Matkowski …?Quarterfinalist at the Omni Hotels Regionals …?Posted an 18-7 record in dual-match play …?Saw most of his action at Nos. 2 and 3 singles …?Won all four of his matches at the NCAA Team Championships in College Station, TX …?Teamed with Matkowski to form the country's No. 1 doubles team for much of the year …?Pac-10 Doubles Champions …?Pac-10 Doubles Team of the Year …?The duo won three fall tournaments, posting an impressive 14-1 record …?Became just the third UCLA doubles team in history to win the ITA All-American Championships …?Defeated top-seeded Lipsky/Martin of Stanford, 8-5 in the finals … Downed Pepperdine's Garland/Hansen, 8-6 in the finals of the adidas Invitational …?Also took home the title at the ITA Regionals, defeating Pepperdine's Graeff/Suter, 8-5 in that final …?Only loss came to Notre Dame's Smith/Taborga in the quarterfinals at the Omni Hotels National Championships …?Ranked No. 18 in the fall ITA singles rankings …?Posted a 9-4 fall record …?Reached the consolation final at the ITA All-American, however that final was cancelled due to rain …?Lost in the consolation final at the adidas Invitational …?Also reached the quarterfinals at the ITA Regionals.

2000-01 — 2001 singles and doubles All-American … First-team All-Pac-10 selection … Recipient of the 2001 ITA “Player to Watch Award” … Finished the year ranked No. 15 in the final ITA singles rankings …?Posted a 29-17 overall singles record … UCLA's No. 1 singles player all season …?Reached the round of 16 at the NCAA Championships, falling to eventual champion Matias Boeker …?Reached the finals at the ITA Regionals … Won the Sherwood Collegiate Cup, defeating Stanford's Ryan Haviland … Reached the consolation final of Rolex National Indoors, losing to Georgia's Bo Hodge …Defeated No. 5 Alex Kim of Stanford to clinch team championship at National Indoors … Was one match shy of reaching the Pac-10 Championship finals, falling to No. 21 K.J. Hippensteel of Stanford …Teamed with Jean-Noel Grinda at No. 1 in doubles …Tandem ranked No. 7 in the final ITA rankings, finishing with a 27-13 overall record … Fell in the first round at the NCAA Championships … The pair captured the ITA Regional title in November … Tandem also won the Rolex National Indoor consolation final in Feb.

1999-00 — Ranked No. 70 in singles and No. 23 in doubles with Jean-Noel Grinda in the final ITA rankings … Pac-10 Freshman of the Year … Second-team All-Pac-10 selection … Posted a 27-4 overall singles record and a 24-3 dual match mark …?Dropped only one dual match during the regular-season, falling to Stanford's Scotty Scott at the National Indoors …?Recorded the team's longest win streak (13 matches) from March 11 to April 28 …?In doubles, finished the season with a 21-2 overall record and a 21-1 record in dual matches (w/Grinda), playing primarily in the No. 2 position …?Went 2-0 in doubles at the NCAA Regionals …?Duo defeated Blue and Crowell of Texas in NCAA round of 16 … Teamed with Grinda to defeat Fitzpatrick and Podbury of Tennessee 8-6 in the NCAA quarterfinals … Fell in singles to Peter Handoyo of Tennessee, 6-0, 6-1.

High School/Juniors — One of the top juniors in the world … Highest ITF Juniors ranking in 1999 was No. 12 … Participated in the Pan-American Games in 1998 … Participated in the Davis Cup for Netherlands-Antilles … Florida State Champion in '96, '97, '98 and '99 … Named Most Valuable Player at the All Star Academy in 1999 … Named All-Dade County Athlete of the year in '96, '97 and '98 … GMCA Champion in 1995 … Member of the Racing club team in Curacao … At age 14, became the youngest player to win the club open championships as well as the national championships.

Personal — Full name is Jean-Julien Rojer … Born August 25, 1981 in Curacao, Netherlands … Decided to attend UCLA because of its top tennis program and its academic reputation … Enjoys tennis because of its competitive nature and because it allows him to travel and meet people with the same interests … Majoring in sociology.

  Jean-Julien Rojer
Jean-Julien Rojer
Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Curacao, Netherlands-Antilles

High School:
All Star Academy

Height / Weight:
5-11 / 160

R/L:
Right