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Nanda, Govind
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Govind Nanda
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Redlands, Calif.
- High School:
- Laurel Springs School
Bio
UCLA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
โข 2-time NCAA singles qualifier (2019, 2024)
โข 3-time All-Pac-12 honoree (First Team - 2024, Second Team - 2019, 2021)
โข ITA Southwest Regional Senior Player of the Year (2024)
โข ITA Southwest Regional Player to Watch (2020)
โข 3-time Pac-12 Player of the Week (last Feb. 6, 2024)
โข 3-time ITA Scholar-Athlete (2019-2021)
โข CSC Academic All-District Team member (2024)
โข 2-time Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll member (2020, 2021)
โข 7-time Athletic Director's Honor Roll member (last Spring 2024)
โข Career-high ITA singles ranking: 10 (Feb. 5, 2020)
โข Career-high ITA doubles ranking: 13 (Jan. 13, 2021 w/ Keegan Smith)
2023-24
Utilized additional year of eligibility granted by NCAA due to COVID-19 pandemic โฆ 12-10 singles record (10-8 in dual matches) โฆ 19-5 doubles mark (17-4 in dual matches) โฆ logged team high in dual-match doubles wins โฆ qualified for NCAA Championships singles tournament โฆ finished No. 38 in ITA singles rankings (May 29) and reached season-high No. 22 (April 2) โฆ named ITA Southwest Regional Senior Player of the Year โฆ All-Pac-12 First Team selection โฆ member of CSC Academic All-District Team ... singles decisions came exclusively on Court 1 โฆ majority of completed doubles matches came on Court 3 (12-3); also finished on Court 2 (5-1) โฆ earned Pac-12 Player of the Week award for role in 4-3 win at Oklahoma State (Jan. 30); knocked off No. 18 Tyler Zink 7-5, 6-1 after teaming with Hoogmartens to beat Leighton Allen/Erik Schiessl 6-2 and secure doubles point โฆ with partner Alexander Hoogmartens, won final 11 doubles matches, including 6-4 result over Micah Braswell/Cleeve Harper of Texas in NCAA Championships second round (May 4) โฆ with Hoogmartens, clinched team-high six doubles points, including 7-6(3) all-or-nothing decision over Peter Makk/Niroop Vallabhaneni of USC (April 16) โฆ totaled five wins versus nationally-ranked singles opponents, including 6-4, 6-2 decision over No. 3 Murphy Cassone of Arizona State (March 22) โฆ with partner Jeffrey Fradkin, beat Alex Padro Parra/Yassine Smiej of LMU 6-1 to clinch doubles point (Feb. 7) โฆ defeated No. 28 Edward Winter of Pepperdine 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 (Feb. 18); match ended in 4-3 win โฆ named to Athletic Directorโs Honor Roll for Fall 2023 and Spring 2024.
2020-21
8-4 singles record (all dual matches) โฆ 5-5 doubles mark (all dual matches) โฆ team did not compete during fall โฆ reached season-high No. 22 in Oracle/ITA singles rankings (Jan. 13) โฆ with partner Drew Baird, finished No. 46 in Oracle/ITA doubles rankings (June 2); with partner Keegan Smith, reached season-high No. 13 (Jan. 13) โฆ Second-Team All-Pac-12 honoree โฆ named ITA Scholar-Athlete โฆ earned spot on Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll ... posted majority of singles decisions on Court 2 (6-1); also finished on Court 1 (2-3) โฆ completed doubles matches came on Courts 1 (3-2) and 2 (2-3) โฆ earned Pac-12 Player of the Week award (March 31) after turning in three singles wins, including 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 decision versus No. 3 Alexandre Rotsaert to clinch 4-3 win over Stanford โฆ totaled three wins versus nationally-ranked singles opponents, including 6-2, 6-2 result over No. 91 Emmanuel Coste of No. 49 Oregon (April 2) โฆ with Baird, went 2-0 versus nationally-ranked doubles opponents, including 6-3 win against No. 34 Simon Bratholm/Nick Brookes of Northwestern, 6-3, in first round at NCAA Championships (May 8) โฆ with Baird, clinched two doubles points, including 7-6(6) decision over No. 5 Daniel Cukierman/Riley Smith of No. 15 USC (April 17) โฆ named to Athletic Directorโs Honor Roll for Winter 2021.
2019-2020
13-4 singles record in shortened season (10-3 in dual matches) โฆ 12-4 doubles mark (9-3 in dual matches) โฆ logged team high in dual-match singles wins and (with Keegan Smith) dual-match doubles wins โฆ reached season-high No. 10 in Oracle/ITA singles rankings (Feb. 5) โฆ with partner Keegan Smith, reached season-high No. 24 in Oracle/ITA doubles rankings (Feb. 18) โฆ named ITA Southwest Region Player to Watch ... named ITA Scholar-Athlete ... earned spot on Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll ... singles decisions came exclusively on Court 2 โฆ completed doubles matches came exclusively on Court 1 โฆ went 7-3 versus nationally-ranked singles opponents, including 6-1, 7-5 win versus No. 18 Alexandre Rotsaert of No. 11 Stanford (Feb. 1) โฆ with Smith, went 2-1 versus nationally-ranked doubles opponents, including 6-2 win versus No. 11 Christian Sigsgaard/Siem Woldeab of No. 4 Texas at ITA National Team Indoor Championships (Feb. 14) โฆ with Smith, clinched team-high five doubles points, including 6-4 result over No. 12 Tadas Babelis/Yannai Barkai of No. 10 NC State at ITA National Team Indoor Championships (Feb. 16) โฆ topped No. 43 Jack Davis of Washington, 6-1, 7-5 (Feb. 28) โฆ with Smith, edged Axel Geller/Neel Rajesh of No. 11 Stanford, 7-6(12), to clinch doubles point (Feb. 1) โฆ knocked off No. 49 Jack Molloy of California, 6-3, 6-4 (Jan. 31) โฆ defeated No. 29 Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi of UCF, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, in ITA Kick-Off Weekend championship match (Jan. 26); match ended in 4-3 score โฆ with Smith, beat Mor Bulis/Ryder Jackson of USC, 6-3, to reach doubles final round at Sherwood Collegiate Cup (Jan. 19) โฆ beat No. 9 Bulis of USC, 6-0, 6-3, to reach singles semifinal round at Sherwood Collegiate Cup (Jan. 18) ... named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Winter 2020, Spring 2020.
2018-19
20-7 singles record (17-5 in dual matches) โฆ 12-12 doubles mark (9-12 in dual matches) โฆ logged team high in dual-match singles wins โฆ Bruins captured Pac-12 regular-season championship โฆ qualified for NCAA Championships singles tournament as alternate โฆ finished No. 100 in Oracle/ITA singles rankings (May 29) and reached season-high No. 35 (March 19) โฆ with partner Maxime Cressy, reached season-high No. 69T in Oracle/ITA doubles rankings (May 1) โฆ Second-Team All-Pac-12 honoree โฆ named ITA Scholar-Athlete โฆ posted majority of singles decisions on Court 3 (14-3); also finished on Courts 1 (1-0) and 2 (2-2) โฆ majority of completed doubles matches came on Court 2 (8-12); also finished on Court 3 (1-0) ... earned Pac-12 Player of the Week nod (April 16) after posting unbeaten singles (2-0) and doubles (2-0) records while team went 3-0 โฆ totaled four wins versus nationally-ranked singles opponents, including 6-2, 6-3 decision over No. 23 Laurens Verboven of No. 24 USC (Feb. 23) โฆ posted two match-clinching points, including 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 decision over Jack Molloy of California (Feb. 8) โฆ with partner Connor Rapp, clinched three doubles points, including 6-1 result over Valentin Lang/Jakub Novak of Grand Canyon in NCAA Championships first round (May 3); also secured one doubles point with partner Keegan Smith โฆ knocked off No. 30 Zeke Clark of No. 14 Illinois, 6-4, 7-5 (Feb. 13) โฆ won 11 of 12 singles decisions from Feb. 23-April 25 โฆ with Cressy, defeated Axel Geller/Alexandre Rotsaert of Stanford, 6-2, to secure Sherwood Collegiate Cup doubles title (Jan. 20) โฆ earned first-career singles victory with 6-3, 6-0 result over Kento Perera of Stanford to reach singles round of 16 at Sherwood Collegiate Cup (Jan. 18) โฆ named to Athletic Directorโs Honor Roll for Winter 2019, Spring 2019.
PRIOR TO UCLA
Graduated from Laurel Springs School โฆ also took classes through Connections Academy โฆ Blue-Chip recruit according to TennisRecruiting.net; reached high of No. 2 in 2016 and 2017 โฆ earned berths in 2018 French Open, Wimbledon and US Open junior tournaments โฆ has earned number of Futures titles โฆ captured his first ITF Grade 1 title on singles side of 2018 Pan American Championships in Charlotte, N.C. โฆ won Boysโ 18 doubles title at 2018 Easter Bowl in Indian Wells, Calif. โฆ reached doubles final at 2018 Boysโ 18 National Championships in Kalamazoo, Mich. โฆ helped United States to runner-up showing at 2017 Junior Davis Cup in Budapest, Hungary โฆ advanced to Boysโ 18 singles quarterfinal round at 2017 Orange Bowl International Tennis Championships in Plantation, Fla. โฆ posted runner-up finish in doubles play at 2016 Eddie Herr International Championships in Bradenton, Fla. โฆ won Boysโ 14 singles title at USTA National Winter Championships (Tucson, Ariz.) in 2015 โฆ collected Boysโ 14 doubles championship at 2015 Easter Bowl in Indian Wells, Calif.
PERSONAL
Son of Rajesh and Meena โฆ has one sister, Shyamlee โฆ decided to attend UCLA because he thought it was the best fit for him โฆ describes his greatest athletic thrills to date as notching clinching wins at 2017 Junior Davis Cup โฆ admires Rafael Nadal and former basketball player Kobe Bryant โฆ hobbies and interests include video games, Netflix, basketball and hanging with friends โฆ one of number of cousins to attend UCLA ... political science major.
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โข 2-time NCAA singles qualifier (2019, 2024)
โข 3-time All-Pac-12 honoree (First Team - 2024, Second Team - 2019, 2021)
โข ITA Southwest Regional Senior Player of the Year (2024)
โข ITA Southwest Regional Player to Watch (2020)
โข 3-time Pac-12 Player of the Week (last Feb. 6, 2024)
โข 3-time ITA Scholar-Athlete (2019-2021)
โข CSC Academic All-District Team member (2024)
โข 2-time Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll member (2020, 2021)
โข 7-time Athletic Director's Honor Roll member (last Spring 2024)
โข Career-high ITA singles ranking: 10 (Feb. 5, 2020)
โข Career-high ITA doubles ranking: 13 (Jan. 13, 2021 w/ Keegan Smith)
2023-24
Utilized additional year of eligibility granted by NCAA due to COVID-19 pandemic โฆ 12-10 singles record (10-8 in dual matches) โฆ 19-5 doubles mark (17-4 in dual matches) โฆ logged team high in dual-match doubles wins โฆ qualified for NCAA Championships singles tournament โฆ finished No. 38 in ITA singles rankings (May 29) and reached season-high No. 22 (April 2) โฆ named ITA Southwest Regional Senior Player of the Year โฆ All-Pac-12 First Team selection โฆ member of CSC Academic All-District Team ... singles decisions came exclusively on Court 1 โฆ majority of completed doubles matches came on Court 3 (12-3); also finished on Court 2 (5-1) โฆ earned Pac-12 Player of the Week award for role in 4-3 win at Oklahoma State (Jan. 30); knocked off No. 18 Tyler Zink 7-5, 6-1 after teaming with Hoogmartens to beat Leighton Allen/Erik Schiessl 6-2 and secure doubles point โฆ with partner Alexander Hoogmartens, won final 11 doubles matches, including 6-4 result over Micah Braswell/Cleeve Harper of Texas in NCAA Championships second round (May 4) โฆ with Hoogmartens, clinched team-high six doubles points, including 7-6(3) all-or-nothing decision over Peter Makk/Niroop Vallabhaneni of USC (April 16) โฆ totaled five wins versus nationally-ranked singles opponents, including 6-4, 6-2 decision over No. 3 Murphy Cassone of Arizona State (March 22) โฆ with partner Jeffrey Fradkin, beat Alex Padro Parra/Yassine Smiej of LMU 6-1 to clinch doubles point (Feb. 7) โฆ defeated No. 28 Edward Winter of Pepperdine 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 (Feb. 18); match ended in 4-3 win โฆ named to Athletic Directorโs Honor Roll for Fall 2023 and Spring 2024.
2020-21
8-4 singles record (all dual matches) โฆ 5-5 doubles mark (all dual matches) โฆ team did not compete during fall โฆ reached season-high No. 22 in Oracle/ITA singles rankings (Jan. 13) โฆ with partner Drew Baird, finished No. 46 in Oracle/ITA doubles rankings (June 2); with partner Keegan Smith, reached season-high No. 13 (Jan. 13) โฆ Second-Team All-Pac-12 honoree โฆ named ITA Scholar-Athlete โฆ earned spot on Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll ... posted majority of singles decisions on Court 2 (6-1); also finished on Court 1 (2-3) โฆ completed doubles matches came on Courts 1 (3-2) and 2 (2-3) โฆ earned Pac-12 Player of the Week award (March 31) after turning in three singles wins, including 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 decision versus No. 3 Alexandre Rotsaert to clinch 4-3 win over Stanford โฆ totaled three wins versus nationally-ranked singles opponents, including 6-2, 6-2 result over No. 91 Emmanuel Coste of No. 49 Oregon (April 2) โฆ with Baird, went 2-0 versus nationally-ranked doubles opponents, including 6-3 win against No. 34 Simon Bratholm/Nick Brookes of Northwestern, 6-3, in first round at NCAA Championships (May 8) โฆ with Baird, clinched two doubles points, including 7-6(6) decision over No. 5 Daniel Cukierman/Riley Smith of No. 15 USC (April 17) โฆ named to Athletic Directorโs Honor Roll for Winter 2021.
2019-2020
13-4 singles record in shortened season (10-3 in dual matches) โฆ 12-4 doubles mark (9-3 in dual matches) โฆ logged team high in dual-match singles wins and (with Keegan Smith) dual-match doubles wins โฆ reached season-high No. 10 in Oracle/ITA singles rankings (Feb. 5) โฆ with partner Keegan Smith, reached season-high No. 24 in Oracle/ITA doubles rankings (Feb. 18) โฆ named ITA Southwest Region Player to Watch ... named ITA Scholar-Athlete ... earned spot on Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll ... singles decisions came exclusively on Court 2 โฆ completed doubles matches came exclusively on Court 1 โฆ went 7-3 versus nationally-ranked singles opponents, including 6-1, 7-5 win versus No. 18 Alexandre Rotsaert of No. 11 Stanford (Feb. 1) โฆ with Smith, went 2-1 versus nationally-ranked doubles opponents, including 6-2 win versus No. 11 Christian Sigsgaard/Siem Woldeab of No. 4 Texas at ITA National Team Indoor Championships (Feb. 14) โฆ with Smith, clinched team-high five doubles points, including 6-4 result over No. 12 Tadas Babelis/Yannai Barkai of No. 10 NC State at ITA National Team Indoor Championships (Feb. 16) โฆ topped No. 43 Jack Davis of Washington, 6-1, 7-5 (Feb. 28) โฆ with Smith, edged Axel Geller/Neel Rajesh of No. 11 Stanford, 7-6(12), to clinch doubles point (Feb. 1) โฆ knocked off No. 49 Jack Molloy of California, 6-3, 6-4 (Jan. 31) โฆ defeated No. 29 Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi of UCF, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, in ITA Kick-Off Weekend championship match (Jan. 26); match ended in 4-3 score โฆ with Smith, beat Mor Bulis/Ryder Jackson of USC, 6-3, to reach doubles final round at Sherwood Collegiate Cup (Jan. 19) โฆ beat No. 9 Bulis of USC, 6-0, 6-3, to reach singles semifinal round at Sherwood Collegiate Cup (Jan. 18) ... named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Winter 2020, Spring 2020.
2018-19
20-7 singles record (17-5 in dual matches) โฆ 12-12 doubles mark (9-12 in dual matches) โฆ logged team high in dual-match singles wins โฆ Bruins captured Pac-12 regular-season championship โฆ qualified for NCAA Championships singles tournament as alternate โฆ finished No. 100 in Oracle/ITA singles rankings (May 29) and reached season-high No. 35 (March 19) โฆ with partner Maxime Cressy, reached season-high No. 69T in Oracle/ITA doubles rankings (May 1) โฆ Second-Team All-Pac-12 honoree โฆ named ITA Scholar-Athlete โฆ posted majority of singles decisions on Court 3 (14-3); also finished on Courts 1 (1-0) and 2 (2-2) โฆ majority of completed doubles matches came on Court 2 (8-12); also finished on Court 3 (1-0) ... earned Pac-12 Player of the Week nod (April 16) after posting unbeaten singles (2-0) and doubles (2-0) records while team went 3-0 โฆ totaled four wins versus nationally-ranked singles opponents, including 6-2, 6-3 decision over No. 23 Laurens Verboven of No. 24 USC (Feb. 23) โฆ posted two match-clinching points, including 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 decision over Jack Molloy of California (Feb. 8) โฆ with partner Connor Rapp, clinched three doubles points, including 6-1 result over Valentin Lang/Jakub Novak of Grand Canyon in NCAA Championships first round (May 3); also secured one doubles point with partner Keegan Smith โฆ knocked off No. 30 Zeke Clark of No. 14 Illinois, 6-4, 7-5 (Feb. 13) โฆ won 11 of 12 singles decisions from Feb. 23-April 25 โฆ with Cressy, defeated Axel Geller/Alexandre Rotsaert of Stanford, 6-2, to secure Sherwood Collegiate Cup doubles title (Jan. 20) โฆ earned first-career singles victory with 6-3, 6-0 result over Kento Perera of Stanford to reach singles round of 16 at Sherwood Collegiate Cup (Jan. 18) โฆ named to Athletic Directorโs Honor Roll for Winter 2019, Spring 2019.
PRIOR TO UCLA
Graduated from Laurel Springs School โฆ also took classes through Connections Academy โฆ Blue-Chip recruit according to TennisRecruiting.net; reached high of No. 2 in 2016 and 2017 โฆ earned berths in 2018 French Open, Wimbledon and US Open junior tournaments โฆ has earned number of Futures titles โฆ captured his first ITF Grade 1 title on singles side of 2018 Pan American Championships in Charlotte, N.C. โฆ won Boysโ 18 doubles title at 2018 Easter Bowl in Indian Wells, Calif. โฆ reached doubles final at 2018 Boysโ 18 National Championships in Kalamazoo, Mich. โฆ helped United States to runner-up showing at 2017 Junior Davis Cup in Budapest, Hungary โฆ advanced to Boysโ 18 singles quarterfinal round at 2017 Orange Bowl International Tennis Championships in Plantation, Fla. โฆ posted runner-up finish in doubles play at 2016 Eddie Herr International Championships in Bradenton, Fla. โฆ won Boysโ 14 singles title at USTA National Winter Championships (Tucson, Ariz.) in 2015 โฆ collected Boysโ 14 doubles championship at 2015 Easter Bowl in Indian Wells, Calif.
PERSONAL
Son of Rajesh and Meena โฆ has one sister, Shyamlee โฆ decided to attend UCLA because he thought it was the best fit for him โฆ describes his greatest athletic thrills to date as notching clinching wins at 2017 Junior Davis Cup โฆ admires Rafael Nadal and former basketball player Kobe Bryant โฆ hobbies and interests include video games, Netflix, basketball and hanging with friends โฆ one of number of cousins to attend UCLA ... political science major.
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| CAREER SINGLES RECORD | CAREER DOUBLES RECORD | |||||
| YEAR | DUAL | TOUR | OVERALL | DUAL | TOUR | OVERALL |
| 2018-19 | 17-5 | 3-2 | 20-7 | 9-12 | 3-0 | 12-12 |
| 2019-20 | 10-3 | 3-1 | 13-4 | 9-3 | 3-1 | 12-4 |
| 2020-21 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 8-4 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 5-5 |
| 2023-24 | 10-8 | 2-2 | 12-10 | 17-4 | 2-1 | 19-5 |
| TOTALS | 45-20 | 8-5 | 53-25 | 40-24 | 8-2 | 48-26 |
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