2020-21 Men's Tennis Roster
Roster
Patrick Zahraj
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- High School:
- Kurpfalz-Gymnasium Mannheim
UCLA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
โข 2-time All-Pac-12 honoree (Second Team - 2023, Honorable Mention - 2022)
โข 2-time ITA Scholar-Athlete (2019, 2020)
โข 3-time Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll selection (2020, 2022, 2023)
โข 8-time Athletic Directorโs Honor Roll member (last Winter 2023)
โข Career-high ITA singlesย ranking: 56ย (Sept. 6, 2022)
โข Career-high ITA doublesย ranking: 52 (Sept. 7, 2021 w/ Drew Baird)
2022-23
Utilized additional year of eligibility granted by NCAA due to COVID-19 pandemic โฆ 11-10 singles record (9-8 in dual matches) โฆ 13-11 doubles mark (7-9 in dual matches) โฆ with Jeffrey Fradkin, Timothy Li and Aadarsh Tripathi, logged team high in doubles wins โฆ with partner Alexander Hoogmartens, reached season-high No. 58 in ITA doubles rankings (Feb. 8) โฆ All-Pac-12 Second Team honoree โฆ earned spot on Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll ... posted majority of singles decisions on Court 1 (5-8); also finished on Courts 2 (1-0), 3 (2-0) and 4 (1-0) โฆ majority of completed doubles matches came on Court 2 (4-5); also finished on Courts 1 (3-3) and 3 (0-1) โฆ totaled two wins versus nationally-ranked singles opponents, including 6-4, 6-2 result over No. 81 Franco Capalbo of Utah (April 22) โฆ with partner Gianluca Ballotta, posted 6-4 winner-take-all result over Franco Capalbo/Geronimo Espin Busleiman of Utah to clinch doubles point (April 22) โฆ posted two match-clinching points, including 6-3, 6-3 result over Joshua Charlton of Oregon (April 15) โฆ with partner Stefan Leustian, took down Murphy Cassone/Roi Ginat of Arizona State 7-6(3) to clinch doubles point (April 2) โฆ with partner Giacomo Revelli, knocked off No. 34 Daniel De Jonge/Tim Zeitvogel of Pepperdine, 6-1 (Jan. 21) โฆ with Revelli, posted 7-6(5) winner-take-all result over Karl Collins/Andre Ilagan of Hawaiโi to clinch doubles point (Jan. 20) โฆ with Hoogmartens, defeated two nationally-ranked doubles opponents, including 6-4 result against No. 33 Trey Hilderbrand/Noah Schachter of Texas A&M at Sherwood Collegiate Cup (Jan. 17) โฆ with Hoogmartens, collected three qualifying wins to reach ITA All-American Championships doubles main draw; beat No. 52 Nemanja Malesevic/Gregor Ramskogler of Mississippi State 6-4, 6-4 in qualifying second round (Oct. 2) โฆ named to Athletic Directorโs Honor Roll for Winter 2023.
2021-22
13-7 singles record (8-5 in dual matches) โฆ 13-11 doubles mark (9-7 in dual matches) โฆ finished No. 92 in ITA singles rankings (June 2) and reached season-high No. 75 (April 20) โฆ with partner Bryce Pereira, reached season-high No. 53 in ITA doubles rankings (March 9) โฆ All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention selection โฆ earned spot on Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll โฆ posted majority of singles decisions on Court 3 (4-2); also finished on Courts 1 (3-1) and 2 (1-2) โฆ majority of completed doubles matches came on Court 1 (5-5); also finished on Court 2 (4-2) โฆ with partner Giacomo Revelli, went 2-1 versus nationally-ranked doubles opponents, including 6-2 win against No. 33 Jack Davis/Ewen Lumsden of Washington in semifinal round at Pac-12 Championships (April 22) โฆ totaled three wins versus nationally-ranked singles opponents, including 6-4, 6-3 result over No. 27 Andre Ilagan of Hawaiโi (April 12) โฆ with Revelli, clinched two doubles points, including 7-5 winner-take-all decision over Ivailo Keremedchiev/Jesper Klov-Nilsson of Oregon (April 3); also secured one doubles point with Pereira โฆ with Revelli, knocked off No. 34 Clement Chidekh/Nedim Suko of Washington 6-4 (April 1) โฆ posted two match-clinching points, including 6-4, 6-0 decision over Kai Brady of UC Santa Barbara (Feb. 18) โฆ with Pereira, defeated No. 10 Stefan Dostanic/Bradley Frye of USC 6-1 (March 1) โฆ defeated No. 49 Pietro Fellin of Pepperdine 7-6(6), 6-2 (Feb. 25) โฆ with Revelli, beat Bradley Frye/Peter Makk of USC 6-2, retired to reach doubles final round at ITA Southwest Regional Championships (Oct. 24) โฆ knocked off Linus Carlsson Halldin of Pepperdine 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 to reach singles third round at ITA Southwest Regional Championships (Oct. 23) โฆ named to Athletic Directorโs Honor Roll for Fall 2021 and Spring 2022.
2020-21
1-2 singles record (all dual matches) โฆ 3-5 doubles mark (all dual matches) โฆ team did not compete during fall โฆ singles decisions came exclusively on Court 6 โฆ majority of completed doubles matches came on Court 2 (2-3); also finished on Court 1 (1-2) โฆ with partner Bryce Pereira, took down Corrado Summaria/Tim Zeitvogel of Pepperdine 6-4 to clinch doubles point (April 21) โฆ defeated Pablo Masjuan of UC Santa Barbara 6-4, 7-6(2) (Feb. 24) โฆ with partner Keegan Smith, posted 6-2 winner-take-all result over Kai Brady/Stefano Tsorotiotis of UC Santa Barbara to clinch doubles point (Feb. 24).
2019-20
8-4 singles record in shortened season (4-2 in dual matches) โฆ 9-6 doubles mark (7-4 in dual matches) โฆ named ITA Scholar-Athlete ... earned spot on Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll ... singles decisions came exclusively on Court 5 โฆ majority of completed doubles matches came on Court 3 (6-4); also finished on Court 2 (1-0) โฆ with partner Bryce Pereira, clinched two doubles points, including 7-6(1) winner-take-all result over JanMagnus Johnson/Alan Rubio of UCF in ITA Kick-Off Weekend championship match (Jan. 26) โฆ beat No. 105 Noah Schachter of Texas A&M 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 at Sherwood Collegiate Cup (Jan. 18) โฆ named to Athletic Directorโs Honor Roll for Fall 2019, Winter 2020 and Spring 2020.
2018-19
8-6 singles record (6-6 in dual matches) โฆ 15-11 doubles mark (12-10 in dual matches) โฆ Bruins captured Pac-12 regular-season championship โฆ named ITA Scholar-Athlete โฆ posted majority of singles decisions on Court 4 (5-3); also finished on Courts 2 (1-0) and 3 (1-2) โฆ majority of completed doubles matches came on Court 3 (12-8); also finished on Courts 1 (0-1) and 2 (0-1) โฆ posted three match-clinching points, including 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 result over Tim Ruehl of Arizona State (April 19) โฆ posted 7-6(4), 5-7, 7-6(7) winner-take-all decision over Riley Smith of USC (April 5) โฆ with Pereira, topped No. 80 Joseph Rotheram/Alex Soto of UC Santa Barbara 7-6(5) to clinch doubles point (March 14) โฆ knocked off Tristan McCormick 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 to clinch win against Notre Dame in ITA National Team Indoor Championships first round (Feb. 15) โฆ with partner Bryce Pereira, clinched team-high seven doubles points, including 7-5 decision over Grayson Broadus/Matt Gamble of Notre Dame in ITA National Team Indoor Championships first round (Feb. 15) โฆ earned first career singles victory with 7-5, 6-2 result over Kevin Lam of Texas A&M at Sherwood Collegiate Cup (Jan. 19) โฆ named to Athletic Directorโs Honor Roll for Winter 2019 and Spring 2019.
PRIOR TO UCLA
Attended Kurpfalz-Gymnasium und Realschule Mannheim in Mannheim, Germany โฆ competed for club teams TK Agrofert Prostejov (Czech Republic) and TEVC Kronberg (Germany) โฆ as unseeded participant, advanced to Boysโ 16 singles final at 2015 Eddie Herr International in Bradenton, Fla. โฆ defeated top-seeded Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia in Boysโ 14 match at Tennis Austria 2012 Bergheim Europe Junior Tour in Bergheim, Austria โฆ claimed four singles state championships (2010, 2011, 2013 and 2014) and eight international doubles titles while taking part in number of Futures events.
PERSONAL
Son of Radek and Michaela โฆ has one younger sister, Kim โฆ decided to attend UCLA because he had โheard great and positive things about UCLA since [he] was very little,โ while an introduction to the campus by coach Marcus Schneider in 2015 also drove him โฆ describes his greatest athletic thrill to date as defeating Miomir Kecmanovic at Tennis Austria 2012 Bergheim Europe Junior Tour โฆ admires Roger Federer and golfer Tiger Woods โฆ hobbies and interests besides tennis include golf and winter sports like ice hockey and alpine skiing โฆ has developed passion for paragliding ... political science major.
| CAREER SINGLES RECORD | CAREER DOUBLES RECORD | |||||
| YEAR | DUAL | TOUR | OVERALL | DUAL | TOUR | OVERALL |
| 2018-19 | 6-6 | 2-0 | 8-6 | 12-10 | 3-1 | 15-11 |
| 2019-20 | 4-2 | 4-2 | 8-4 | 7-4 | 2-2 | 9-6 |
| 2020-21 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 3-5 |
| 2021-22 | 8-5 | 5-2 | 13-7 | 9-7 | 4-4 | 13-11 |
| 2022-23 | 9-8 | 2-2 | 11-10 | 7-9 | 6-2 | 13-11 |
| TOTALS | 28-23 | 13-6 | 41-29 | 38-35 | 15-9 | 53-44 |
