2025-26 Men's Tennis Roster
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Nguyen, Andy
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Andy Nguyen
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Long Beach, Calif.
- High School:
- Millikan HS
Bio
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• Big West Freshman of the Year (2024)
• 2-time All-Big West singles honoree (First Team – 2025, Honorable Mention – 2024)
• 2-time All-Big West doubles honoree (First Team w/ Noah Zamora – 2025, Second Team w/ Hiroki Sakagawa – 2024)
• 3-time Big West Player of the Week (last March 26, 2025)
• Big West Commissioner’s Honor Roll member (with honors – 2025)
• Big West Spring Academic All-Conference Team member (2025)
• Career-high ITA doubles ranking: 74 (twice, last April 8, 2025 w/ Noah Zamora)
2024-25 (UC IRVINE)
20-4 singles record (17-2 in dual-match play) … 12-8 doubles mark (10-7 in dual matches) … UCI captured Big West tournament championship … logged team highs in dual-match singles wins and dual-match doubles wins … tied for team high in total wins (Noah Zamora) … with partner Zamora, reached season-high No. 73 in ITA doubles rankings (April 8, Feb. 5) … selected to All-Big West First Team for singles and doubles (with Zamora) … named to Big West Commissioner’s Honor Roll (with honors) … earned spot on Big West Spring Academic All-Conference Team … posted majority of singles decisions on Court 2 (15-2); also finished on Court 1 (2-0) … doubles decisions came exclusively on Court 1 … collected two Big West Player of the Week awards (March 26, March 12) … won 16 consecutive singles decisions from Jan. 25-May 3, including 7-5, 6-4 result over No. 83 Savriyan Danilov of San Diego in NCAA Championships first round (May 3) … posted 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 winner-take-all result over Lucas Bollinger of UC Davis in Big West tournament semifinal round (April 26) … with Zamora, knocked off No. 10 Alexander Hoogmartens/Aadarsh Tripathi of UCLA 6-3 (Jan. 17) … beat No. 125 Nico Godsick of Stanford 6-2, 7-6(5) to reach singles second round at ITA West Sectional Championships (Nov. 7) … defeated No. 52 Iiro Vasa of San Diego 6-2, 6-4 to reach singles third round at ITA Southwest Regional Championships (Oct. 19).
2023-24 (UC IRVINE)
18-6 singles record (12-4 in dual-match play) … 15-14 doubles mark (11-10 in dual matches) … UCI captured Big West tournament championship … named Big West Freshman of the Year … All-Big West Honorable Mention selection for singles … with partner Hiroki Sakagawa, tabbed to All-Big West Second Team for doubles … posted majority of singles decisions on Court 4 (5-3); also finished on Courts 2 (1-0), 3 (2-0) and 5 (4-1) … posted majority of completed doubles matches on Court 2 (10-9); also finished on Courts 1 (0-1) and 3 (1-0) … earned Big West Player of the Week award (March 27) after notching 6-3, 6-2 win against Pablo Gomez Galvan in 4-3 triumph over Gonzaga … went 2-0 in singles play to help Anteaters claim top spot at Big West tournament … earned first career singles victory with 6-4, 6-3 result over Gerhard Sullwald of Grand Canyon to reach A Flight singles second round at UCSB Fall Classic (Oct. 7).
PRIOR TO COLLEGE
Attended Millikan High School in Long Beach, Calif. … Blue Chip recruit according to TennisRecruiting.net; reached high of No. 11 in 2023 … did not compete for Rams during senior season to focus on junior tournaments … honored as Long Beach Press-Telegram Boys Tennis Player of the Year in 2022 … won singles title at CIF Southern Section Boys Individual Tennis Championships in 2022 … collected Moore League singles championship in 2021, 2022 … helped Millikan win first-ever CIF Southern Section (Division 4) title in 2021.
PERSONAL
Son of Tai and Huyen … has one older brother, Danny, and two older sisters, Cindy and Mimi … brother attended UCLA … sisters played college tennis at Hawai’i (Cindy) and Michigan (Mimi) … decided to attend UCLA because it was his dream school growing up, he wanted to follow in his brother’s footsteps, Los Angeles has great weather, it is close to home and it is “one of the most prestigious” universities for academics and tennis … hobbies and interests include listening to music (preferably house), video games, going out with friends and trying new foods … has been cutting his own hair since outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic.
* - at UC Irvine
• Big West Freshman of the Year (2024)
• 2-time All-Big West singles honoree (First Team – 2025, Honorable Mention – 2024)
• 2-time All-Big West doubles honoree (First Team w/ Noah Zamora – 2025, Second Team w/ Hiroki Sakagawa – 2024)
• 3-time Big West Player of the Week (last March 26, 2025)
• Big West Commissioner’s Honor Roll member (with honors – 2025)
• Big West Spring Academic All-Conference Team member (2025)
• Career-high ITA doubles ranking: 74 (twice, last April 8, 2025 w/ Noah Zamora)
2024-25 (UC IRVINE)
20-4 singles record (17-2 in dual-match play) … 12-8 doubles mark (10-7 in dual matches) … UCI captured Big West tournament championship … logged team highs in dual-match singles wins and dual-match doubles wins … tied for team high in total wins (Noah Zamora) … with partner Zamora, reached season-high No. 73 in ITA doubles rankings (April 8, Feb. 5) … selected to All-Big West First Team for singles and doubles (with Zamora) … named to Big West Commissioner’s Honor Roll (with honors) … earned spot on Big West Spring Academic All-Conference Team … posted majority of singles decisions on Court 2 (15-2); also finished on Court 1 (2-0) … doubles decisions came exclusively on Court 1 … collected two Big West Player of the Week awards (March 26, March 12) … won 16 consecutive singles decisions from Jan. 25-May 3, including 7-5, 6-4 result over No. 83 Savriyan Danilov of San Diego in NCAA Championships first round (May 3) … posted 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 winner-take-all result over Lucas Bollinger of UC Davis in Big West tournament semifinal round (April 26) … with Zamora, knocked off No. 10 Alexander Hoogmartens/Aadarsh Tripathi of UCLA 6-3 (Jan. 17) … beat No. 125 Nico Godsick of Stanford 6-2, 7-6(5) to reach singles second round at ITA West Sectional Championships (Nov. 7) … defeated No. 52 Iiro Vasa of San Diego 6-2, 6-4 to reach singles third round at ITA Southwest Regional Championships (Oct. 19).
2023-24 (UC IRVINE)
18-6 singles record (12-4 in dual-match play) … 15-14 doubles mark (11-10 in dual matches) … UCI captured Big West tournament championship … named Big West Freshman of the Year … All-Big West Honorable Mention selection for singles … with partner Hiroki Sakagawa, tabbed to All-Big West Second Team for doubles … posted majority of singles decisions on Court 4 (5-3); also finished on Courts 2 (1-0), 3 (2-0) and 5 (4-1) … posted majority of completed doubles matches on Court 2 (10-9); also finished on Courts 1 (0-1) and 3 (1-0) … earned Big West Player of the Week award (March 27) after notching 6-3, 6-2 win against Pablo Gomez Galvan in 4-3 triumph over Gonzaga … went 2-0 in singles play to help Anteaters claim top spot at Big West tournament … earned first career singles victory with 6-4, 6-3 result over Gerhard Sullwald of Grand Canyon to reach A Flight singles second round at UCSB Fall Classic (Oct. 7).
PRIOR TO COLLEGE
Attended Millikan High School in Long Beach, Calif. … Blue Chip recruit according to TennisRecruiting.net; reached high of No. 11 in 2023 … did not compete for Rams during senior season to focus on junior tournaments … honored as Long Beach Press-Telegram Boys Tennis Player of the Year in 2022 … won singles title at CIF Southern Section Boys Individual Tennis Championships in 2022 … collected Moore League singles championship in 2021, 2022 … helped Millikan win first-ever CIF Southern Section (Division 4) title in 2021.
PERSONAL
Son of Tai and Huyen … has one older brother, Danny, and two older sisters, Cindy and Mimi … brother attended UCLA … sisters played college tennis at Hawai’i (Cindy) and Michigan (Mimi) … decided to attend UCLA because it was his dream school growing up, he wanted to follow in his brother’s footsteps, Los Angeles has great weather, it is close to home and it is “one of the most prestigious” universities for academics and tennis … hobbies and interests include listening to music (preferably house), video games, going out with friends and trying new foods … has been cutting his own hair since outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic.
| CAREER SINGLES | CAREER DOUBLES | |||||
| YEAR | DUAL | TOUR | OVR | DUAL | TOUR | OVR |
| 2023-24* | 12-4 | 6-2 | 18-6 | 11-10 | 4-4 | 15-14 |
| 2024-25* | 17-2 | 3-2 | 20-4 | 10-7 | 2-1 | 12-8 |
| TOTALS | 29-6 | 9-4 | 38-10 | 21-17 | 6-5 | 27-22 |
* - at UC Irvine
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Friday, May 09
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Monday, April 28
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