2020-21 Men's Tennis Roster
Roster
Connor Hance
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Torrance, Calif.
- High School:
- Palos Verdes Peninsula HS
UCLA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• 2-time ITA Scholar-Athlete (2019, 2020)
• 2-time Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll member (2020, 2021)
• 7-time Athletic Director’s Honor Roll member (last Spring 2021)
2020-21
0-1 singles record … 1-0 doubles mark … team did not compete during fall … earned spot on Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll ... with partner Mathew Tsolakyan, defeated Robert Shelton/Corrado Summaria of Pepperdine, 7-6(3) at Pepperdine Invite (Jan. 15) ... named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Spring 2021.
2019-20
6-3 singles record in shortened season (2-1 in dual matches) … 2-2 doubles mark … named ITA Scholar-Athlete ... earned spot on Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll ... singles decisions came exclusively on Court 6 .… defeated David Ball, 7-6(4), 6-3, to clinch win versus BYU (Jan. 15) … with partner Blaine Hovenier, topped Christian Lerby/George Stoupe of Arizona State, 8-7, to reach doubles semifinal round at National Collegiate Tennis Classic (Jan. 10) … beat Hiroki Sakagawa of Arizona, 6-1, 6-0, to reach singles quarterfinal round at Jack Kramer Club Collegiate Invitational (Nov. 2) … with partner Ben Goldberg, knocked off David Ball/Vinicius Feijao Nogueira of BYU, 8-5, to reach doubles quarterfinal round at Jack Kramer Club Collegiate Invitational (Nov. 1) ... named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Winter 2020.
2018-19
8-6 singles record (0-1 in dual matches) … 4-5 doubles mark … Bruins captured Pac-12 regular-season championship … named ITA Scholar-Athlete … posted singles decision on Court 5 … beat Stewart Block of Arizona, 3-6, 6-2, 1-0(7), to reach Group 1 singles final round at National Collegiate Tennis Classic (Jan. 12) … with partner Connor Rapp, defeated David Goulak/Daniel Landa of UC Davis, 8-5, to reach Flight A doubles consolation final round at UCSB Classic (Oct. 6) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Winter 2019, Spring 2019.
2017-18
18-8 singles record (15-5 in dual matches) … 3-2 doubles mark (1-0 in dual matches) … Bruins captured Pac-12 regular-season and tournament championships … posted majority of singles decisions on Court 6 (10-5); also finished on Courts 4 (2-0) and 5 (3-0) … posted four match-clinching points, including 6-4, 6-4 decision over Jake DeVine of No. 12 USC in final round at Pac-12 Championships (April 28) … with partner Connor Rapp, knocked off Jake DeVine/Mateusz Smolicki of USC, 6-1, to reach semifinal round at Sherwood Collegiate Cup (Jan. 13) … earned first-career singles victory with 6-4, 6-7, 1-0(8) decision over Piers Foley of Washington to reach round of 16 at Jack Kramer Club Collegiate Invitational (Nov. 2) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2017, Winter 2018 and Spring 2018.
PRIOR TO UCLA
Attended Palos Verdes Peninsula High School in Rolling Hills Estates, Calif. … Blue-Chip recruit according to TennisRecruiting.net; reached No. 1 in 2014 ... named All-American by National High School Tennis All-American Foundation in 2017 … won CIF singles championship at 2016 Ojai Valley Junior Tournament in Ojai, Calif. … chosen to All-Tournament Team at 2017 National High School All-American Team Invitational in Newport Beach, Calif. … captured Boys’ 14 singles championship at 2013 Easter Bowl in Indian Wells, Calif. … Boys’ 16 singles finalist at 2014 USTA National Championships in Kalamazoo, Mich. … Boys’ 14 singles quarterfinalist at 2012 Eddie Herr International Championships at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla.
PERSONAL
Son of Ken and Courtney … has one younger brother, Keaton, one younger sister, Kimmi, and one older sister, Kenadi … sister, Kenadi, plays tennis at Washington … decided to attend UCLA because of the “great combination of athletics, academics and California” … describes his greatest athletic thrill to date as being ranked No. 1 in nation by TennisRecruiting.net in 2014 … admires Roger Federer … hobbies and interests include surfing, playing the guitar, watching “Game of Thrones” and rock ‘n’ roll music … was a child actor ... business economics major.
| CAREER SINGLES RECORD | CAREER DOUBLES RECORD | |||||
| YEAR | DUAL | TOUR | OVERALL | DUAL | TOUR | OVERALL |
| 2017-18 | 15-5 | 3-3 | 18-8 | 1-0 | 2-2 | 3-2 |
| 2018-19 | 0-1 | 8-5 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 4-5 |
| 2019-20 | 2-1 | 4-2 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2-2 |
| 2020-21 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 |
| TOTALS | 17-7 | 15-11 | 32-18 | 1-0 | 9-9 | 10-9 |
