2019-20 Men's Tennis Roster
Roster
Drew Baird
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Raleigh, N.C.
- High School:
- IMG Academy
UCLA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
โข All-Pac-12 honoree (Honorable Mention - 2021)
โข 3-time Athletic Directorโs Honor Roll member (last Spring 2022)
โข Career-high ITA singles ranking: 57ย (March 24, 2021)
โข Career-high ITA doubles ranking: 12 (Sept. 17, 2019 w/ Keegan Smith)
2021-22
6-8 singles record (4-7 in dual matches) โฆ 7-6 doubles mark (4-5 in dual matches) โฆ reached season-high No. 118 in ITA/Tennis-Point singles rankings (Sept. 7) โฆ with partner Alexander Hoogmartens, reached season-high No. 66 in ITA/Tennis-Point doubles rankings (April 20) โฆ singles decisions came exclusively on Court 1 โฆ majority of completed doubles matches came on Court 2 (2-2); also finished on Courts 1 (1-1) and 3 (1-2) โฆ defeated No. 60 Emmanuel Coste of UC Irvine, 6-3, 6-2 (Feb. 13) โฆ posted 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 winner-take-all result over Isaac Arevalo of Texas Tech in consolation match at ITA Kickoff Weekend (Jan. 30) โฆ with Hoogmartens, beat No. 43 August Holmgren/Gui Osorio of San Diego, 6-2 (March 7) โฆ with Hoogmartens, topped Victor Krustev/Jonathan Zhang of UC Santa Barbara, 6-2, to clinch doubles point (Feb. 18) โฆ with Hoogmartens, defeated Matthew Sah/Thomas Smart of UC Irvine, 8-3, to reach doubles quarterfinal round at ITA Southwest Regional Championships (Oct. 23) ... named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Spring 2022.
2020-21
9-8 singles record (9-7 in dual matches) โฆ 9-6 doubles mark (9-5 in dual matches) โฆ reached season-high No. 57 in Oracle/ITA singles rankings (March 24) โฆ with partner Govind Nanda, finished season-high No. 46 in Oracle/ITA doubles rankings (June 2) โฆ All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention selection โฆ posted singles decisions on Courts 2 (5-3) and 3 (4-4) โฆ majority of completed doubles matches came on Court 2 (5-4); also finished on Court 1 (3-2) โฆ knocked off No. 19 Riley Smith of USC, 6-3, 6-4 (Feb. 28) โฆ posted two match-clinching points, including 6-4, 6-4 decision over Quinn Vandecasteele of Oregon (April 2) โฆ with Nanda, went 2-0 versus nationally-ranked doubles opponents, including 6-3 win against No. 34 Simon Bratholm/Nick Brookes of Northwestern, 6-3, in NCAA Championships first round at Austin, Texas (May 8) โฆ with Nanda, clinched two doubles points, including 7-6(6) decision over No. 5 Daniel Cukierman/Riley Smith of USC (April 17) โฆ with partner Sam Feit, defeated No. 34 Daniel De Jonge/Adrian Oetzbach of Pepperdine, 6-1, at Pepperdine Invite (Jan. 15).
2019-20
6-6 singles record in shortened season (5-5 in dual matches) โฆ 5-5 doubles mark (4-3 in dual matches) โฆ reached season-high No. 124 in Oracle/ITA singles rankings (Feb. 18) โฆ with partner Keegan Smith, reached season-high No. 12 in Oracle/ITA doubles rankings (Sept. 16) โฆ singles decisions came exclusively on Court 3 โฆ majority of completed doubles matches came on Court 2 (4-2); also finished on Court 3 (0-1) โฆ defeated No. 37 Siem Woldeab of Texas, 6-2, 6-3, at ITA National Team Indoor Championships (Feb. 14) โฆ with partner Connor Rapp, beat No. 44 Alexis Galarneau/Robert Turzak of NC State, 6-3, at ITA National Team Indoor Championships (Feb. 16) โฆ with Rapp, clinched three doubles points, including 6-3 winner-take-all result over Chih Chi Huang/Eliot Spizzirri of Texas at ITA National Team Indoor Championships (Feb. 14) โฆ earned first-career singles victory with 7-6(4), 6-4 decision over Daniel Gealer of UC Irvine to reach round of 32 at ITA Southwest Regional Championships (Oct. 17) โฆ named to Athletic Directorโs Honor Roll for Fall 2019, Spring 2020.
PRIOR TO UCLA
Graduated from Connections Academy โฆ also attended IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla. โฆ Blue Chip recruit according to TennisRecruiting.net; reached high of No. 3 in 2019 โฆ beat 2018 ITA No. 1 Martin Redlicki en route to singles semifinal round at 2019 25K Futures event in Calabasas, Calif. โฆ knocked off former Northwestern No. 1 Strong Kirchheimer at 2019 15K Futures event in Pittsburgh โฆ turned in three three-set wins versus seeded opponents on way to singles semifinal round at 2018 Boysโ 18 National Championships in Kalamazoo, Mich. โฆ participated in each of four Grand Slam junior tournaments in 2018; made singles main draw third round at Australian Open โฆ reached doubles quarterfinal round at 2018 US Open junior tournament โฆ notched Boysโ 18 doubles quarterfinal-round showings at 2018 Orange Bowl, Eddie Herr and Easter Bowl events โฆ represented United States at 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina; beat Patrick Sydow of Aruba in singles first round.
PERSONAL
Full name: Andrew David Baird ... decided to attend UCLA because he felt it was an opportunity to โcontinually grow as a student-athlete, but most importantly, as a personโ while putting him in position to achieve goal of becoming professional tennis player โฆ lists his greatest athletic thrills to date as participating in all four Grand Slam junior tournaments and competing for Team USA at 2018 Youth Olympic Games โฆ hobbies and interests include playing the guitar, listening to music and hanging out with teammates ... history major.
| CAREER SINGLES RECORD | CAREER DOUBLES RECORD | |||||
| YEAR | DUAL | TOUR | OVERALL | DUAL | TOUR | OVERALL |
| 2019-20 | 5-5 | 1-1 | 6-6 | 4-3 | 1-2 | 5-5 |
| 2020-21 | 9-7 | 0-1 | 9-8 | 8-6 | 1-0 | 9-6 |
| 2021-22 | 4-7 | 2-1 | 6-8 | 4-5 | 3-1 | 7-6 |
| TOTALS | 18-19 | 3-3 | 21-22 | 16-14 | 5-3 | 21-17 |
