2015-16 Men's Tennis Roster
Roster
Maxime Cressy
- Height:
- 6-7
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Hermosa Beach, Calif.
- High School:
- CNED
UCLA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
โข NCAA doubles champion (2019 w/ Keegan Smith)
โข ITA All-America selection - 2019 (singles, doubles)
โข Pac-12 Doubles Team of the Year (2019 w/ Keegan Smith)
โข ITA Southwest Region Senior Player of the Year (2019)
โข 2-time All-Pac-12 honoree (First Team - 2019, Honorable Mention - 2018)
โข 5-time Pac-12 Player of the Week (last April 2, 2019)
โข 3-time Pac-12 All-Academic selection (Second Team - 2018, Honorable Mention -ย 2017, 2019)
โข 6-time Athletic Directorโs Honor Roll member (last Winter 2018)
โข Career-high Oracle/ITA singles ranking: 17ย (twice, last May 29, 2019)
โข Career-high Oracle/ITA doubles ranking: 1ย (May 29, 2019ย w/ Keegan Smith)
2018-19
15-4 singles record (15-3 in dual matches) โฆ 26-0 doubles mark (18-0 in dual matches) โฆ teamed with Keegan Smith to claim 14th NCAA doubles title in program history, defeating No. 11 Patrick Kaukovalta and Mazen Osama of Alabama, 6-3, 6-4, in final round (May 25); beat No. 26 Aziz Kijametovic and Francois Musitelli of Old Dominion, No. 29 Marko Ilic and Hendrik Inno of Belmont, No. 50 Joel Gamerov and August Holmgren of San Diego and No. 6 Timo Stodder and Preston Touliatos of Tennessee en route โฆ qualified for NCAA Championships singles tournament โฆ finished and twice reached season-high No. 17 in Oracle/ITA singles rankings (April 23, May 29) โฆ with Smith, finished No. 1 in Oracle/ITA doubles rankings (May 29); also reached No. 69T with partner Govind Nanda (May 1), No. 84 with partner Connor Rapp (April 2) โฆ earned ITA All-America selection for singles, doubles โฆ named to ITA Collegiate All-Star Team with Smith โฆ named ITA Southwest Region Senior Player of the Year โฆ Pac-12 Doubles Team of the Year with Smith โฆ First-Team All-Pac-12 honoree โฆ tied for conference-best two Pac-12 Player of the Week awards (March 12, April 2) โฆ earned Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention recognition โฆ played exclusively on Court 1 in singles, doubles dual matches โฆ posted team-high five match-clinching points, including 6-1, 6-3 decision over No. 34 Matej Vocel of No. 25 Oklahoma State in NCAA Championships second round (May 4) โฆ clinched five doubles points with Smith, including 6-4 win over No. 14 Brandon Holt and Riley Smith of No. 9 USC (April 5) โฆ went 6-4 versus nationally-ranked singles opponents, including 6-4, 6-1 decision over No. 20 Johannes Schretter of Baylor in NCAA Championships third round (May 10) โฆ with Smith, went 15-0 versus nationally-ranked doubles opponents, including 6-4 defeat of No. 11 Dominik Kellovsky and Nathan Ponwith of No. 27 Arizona State (April 19) โฆ with Smith, recorded pair of 6-0 wins versus No. 8/31 Yuta Kikuchi and Jacob Brumm of California (Feb. 8, April 24), second of which came in semifinal round at Pac-12 Championships โฆ came back from 3-6, 0-5 deficit to defeat Kikuchi of No. 40 Cal, 3-6, 7-6(2), 6-1, and clinch 4-2 win at Golden Bears (March 30) โฆ beat No. 8 Axel Geller of No. 10 Stanford, 7-5, 6-4, to clinch 4-2 win at Cardinal (March 29) โฆ with Rapp, beat Bar Botzer and Petros Chrysochos of No. 1 Wake Forest, 6-4, to clinch doubles point in quarterfinal round at ITA Team Indoor Championships (Feb. 16) โฆ with Nanda, defeated Geller and Alexandre Rotsaert of Stanford, 6-2, to secure Sherwood Collegiate Cup doubles title (Jan. 20).
2017-18
33-7 singles record (21-3 in dual matches) โฆ 23-10 doubles mark (21-6 in dual matches) โฆ All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention selection โฆ earned Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team nod โฆ collected conference-best three Pac-12 Player of the Week awards (March 6, April 10, April 17) โฆ posted six match-clinching points (team high), including winner-take-all decision over Riley Smith of No. 13 USC, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-2 (April 6) โฆ went 3-1 versus nationally-ranked opponents, including win over No. 91 Myles Schalet of Michigan, 6-1, 6-4, in Round of 16 at Southern California Intercollegiate Championships (Oct. 27) โฆ defeated Arnaud Restifo of San Diego State, 6-1, 6-0, to claim Larry Easley Memorial Classic title (Nov. 5) โฆ topped David Wilczynski of Stanford, 7-5, 6-2, to take Sherwood Collegiate Cup consolation title (Jan. 15) โฆ twice won 10 consecutive singles decisions (Jan. 12-Feb. 14, March 30-May 20) โฆ clinched eight doubles points with partner Bryce Pereira, including win over Alex Knight-Harrison Brown of No. 15 Michigan, 6-4, in third round at NCAA Championships (May 18); also secured one each with partners Ben Goldberg and Evan Zhu โฆ with Pereira, topped No. 43 Hunter Tubert-Matt Mendez of No. 2 Ohio State, 6-4, at ITA Team Indoor Championships (Feb. 17) โฆ selected to Athletic Directorโs Honor Roll for Winter 2018.
2016-17
20-11 singles record (11-4 in dual matches) โฆ 19-17 doubles mark (9-12 in dual matches) โฆ reached season-high No. 87 in Oracle/ITA singles rankings (Jan. 4) โฆ Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention selection โฆ defeated Merti Zincirli of San Francisco, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, to reach final round at UCSB Classic (Oct. 8) โฆ claimed Flight A doubles title with partner Daniel Gealer at UCSB Classic, defeating Ty Gentry and Simon Stevens of Oregon, 8-5 (Oct. 9) โฆ posted two match-clinching points, including win over Valentin Vacherot of No. 13 Texas A&M, 6-4, 6-4, in third round at NCAA Championships (May 18) โฆ clinched five doubles points with partner Ben Goldberg, including win over Wayne Montgomery and Walker Duncan of No. 12 Georgia, 6-4, in quarterfinal round at NCAA Championships (May 20) โฆ selected to Athletic Directorโs Honor Roll for Fall 2016 and Winter 2017.
2015-16
Played mostly in tournaments, compiling 1-4 singles mark; went 2-4 overall ... won his lone dual match of season over UC San Diego's Riku Hashiyada, playing at singles No. 6 ... teamed with partners Gage Brymer, Austin Rapp and Martin Redlicki in doubles throughout dual-match season, going 11-6; went 12-9 overall ... advanced to quarterfinal round of 127th Annual Pacific Coast Menโs Doubles Championships (La Jolla, Calif.) with Redlicki; pair fell to top-seeded Julian Cash and Arjun Kadhe of Oklahoma State ... played with Rapp toward end of season, going 4-2 in No. 3 spot ... teamed with Rapp to dominate Oklahoma's Andre Biro and Austin Siegel, 6-1, in Bruins' only doubles win of NCAA quarterfinal-round match โฆ selected to Athletic Directorโs Honor Roll for Fall 2015, Winter 2016 and Spring 2016.
PRIOR TO UCLA
Graduated from CNED โฆ attended CREPS PACA โ Saint Raphaël-Boulouris , one of the most prominent training centers for tennis players in France, from 2009 through 2013 ... reached singles and doubles (with partner Alberto Reyes) semifinal rounds at 2014 ITA Summer Circuit โ Cal State LA โฆ alongside Reyes, reached doubles semifinal round at 2014 ITA Summer Circuit โ Azusa Pacific โฆ won Boys' 18 singles title at 2014 Los Caballeros Junior Tournament in Fountain Valley, Calif. โฆ advanced to Boysโ 18 singles semifinal round at 2014 Northridge-Matador Junior Open Tournament in Northridge, Calif. ... reached Boysโ 18 singles final at 2014 Orange County/J.P. Yamasaki Junior Closed Tournament in Anaheim, Calif.; also made Boysโ 18 doubles semifinal round with partner Riley Smith โฆ alongside partner and future UCLA teammate Daniel Gealer, won Boysโ 18 doubles title at 2015 Fullerton Junior Tournament in Fullerton, Calif.
PERSONAL
Son of Gerard and Leslie โฆ has two brothers โฆ born in Paris, France โฆ admires Pete Sampras and Novak Djokovic โฆ mother played volleyball at USC and helped team win two NCAA championships.
| CAREER SINGLES RECORD | CAREER DOUBLES RECORD | |||||
| YEAR | DUAL | TOUR | OVERALL | DUAL | TOUR | OVERALL |
| 2015-16 | 1-0 | 1-4 | 2-4 | 11-6 | 1-3 | 12-9 |
| 2016-17 | 11-4 | 9-7 | 20-11 | 9-12 | 10-5 | 19-17 |
| 2017-18 | 21-3 | 12-4 | 33-7 | 21-6 | 2-4 | 23-10 |
| 2018-19 | 15-3 | 0-1 | 15-4 | 18-0 | 8-0 | 26-0 |
| TOTALS | 48-10 | 22-16 | 67-26 | 59-24 | 21-12 | 80-36 |
