2021-22 Men's Tennis Roster
Roster
Patrick Zahraj
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- High School:
- Kurpfalz-Gymnasium Mannheim
UCLA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• 2-time All-Pac-12 honoree (Second Team - 2023, Honorable Mention - 2022)
• 2-time ITA Scholar-Athlete (2019, 2020)
• 3-time Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll selection (2020, 2022, 2023)
• 8-time Athletic Director’s Honor Roll member (last Winter 2023)
• Career-high ITA singles ranking: 56 (Sept. 6, 2022)
• Career-high ITA doubles ranking: 52 (Sept. 7, 2021 w/ Drew Baird)
2022-23
Utilized additional year of eligibility granted by NCAA due to COVID-19 pandemic … 11-10 singles record (9-8 in dual matches) … 13-11 doubles mark (7-9 in dual matches) … with Jeffrey Fradkin, Timothy Li and Aadarsh Tripathi, logged team high in doubles wins … with partner Alexander Hoogmartens, reached season-high No. 58 in ITA doubles rankings (Feb. 8) … All-Pac-12 Second Team honoree … 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) … majority of completed doubles matches came on Court 2 (4-5); also finished on Courts 1 (3-3) and 3 (0-1) … totaled two wins versus nationally-ranked singles opponents, including 6-4, 6-2 result over No. 81 Franco Capalbo of Utah (April 22) … 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) … posted two match-clinching points, including 6-3, 6-3 result over Joshua Charlton of Oregon (April 15) … with partner Stefan Leustian, took down Murphy Cassone/Roi Ginat of Arizona State 7-6(3) to clinch doubles point (April 2) … with partner Giacomo Revelli, knocked off No. 34 Daniel De Jonge/Tim Zeitvogel of Pepperdine, 6-1 (Jan. 21) … with Revelli, posted 7-6(5) winner-take-all result over Karl Collins/Andre Ilagan of Hawai’i to clinch doubles point (Jan. 20) … 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) … 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) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Winter 2023.
2021-22
13-7 singles record (8-5 in dual matches) … 13-11 doubles mark (9-7 in dual matches) … finished No. 92 in ITA singles rankings (June 2) and reached season-high No. 75 (April 20) … with partner Bryce Pereira, reached season-high No. 53 in ITA doubles rankings (March 9) … All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention selection … earned spot on Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll … posted majority of singles decisions on Court 3 (4-2); also finished on Courts 1 (3-1) and 2 (1-2) … majority of completed doubles matches came on Court 1 (5-5); also finished on Court 2 (4-2) … 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) … totaled three wins versus nationally-ranked singles opponents, including 6-4, 6-3 result over No. 27 Andre Ilagan of Hawai’i (April 12) … 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 … with Revelli, knocked off No. 34 Clement Chidekh/Nedim Suko of Washington 6-4 (April 1) … posted two match-clinching points, including 6-4, 6-0 decision over Kai Brady of UC Santa Barbara (Feb. 18) … with Pereira, defeated No. 10 Stefan Dostanic/Bradley Frye of USC 6-1 (March 1) … defeated No. 49 Pietro Fellin of Pepperdine 7-6(6), 6-2 (Feb. 25) … with Revelli, beat Bradley Frye/Peter Makk of USC 6-2, retired to reach doubles final round at ITA Southwest Regional Championships (Oct. 24) … 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) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2021 and Spring 2022.
2020-21
1-2 singles record (all dual matches) … 3-5 doubles mark (all dual matches) … team did not compete during fall … singles decisions came exclusively on Court 6 … majority of completed doubles matches came on Court 2 (2-3); also finished on Court 1 (1-2) … with partner Bryce Pereira, took down Corrado Summaria/Tim Zeitvogel of Pepperdine 6-4 to clinch doubles point (April 21) … defeated Pablo Masjuan of UC Santa Barbara 6-4, 7-6(2) (Feb. 24) … 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) … 9-6 doubles mark (7-4 in dual matches) … named ITA Scholar-Athlete ... earned spot on Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll ... singles decisions came exclusively on Court 5 … majority of completed doubles matches came on Court 3 (6-4); also finished on Court 2 (1-0) … 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) … beat No. 105 Noah Schachter of Texas A&M 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 at Sherwood Collegiate Cup (Jan. 18) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2019, Winter 2020 and Spring 2020.
2018-19
8-6 singles record (6-6 in dual matches) … 15-11 doubles mark (12-10 in dual matches) … Bruins captured Pac-12 regular-season championship … named ITA Scholar-Athlete … posted majority of singles decisions on Court 4 (5-3); also finished on Courts 2 (1-0) and 3 (1-2) … majority of completed doubles matches came on Court 3 (12-8); also finished on Courts 1 (0-1) and 2 (0-1) … posted three match-clinching points, including 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 result over Tim Ruehl of Arizona State (April 19) … posted 7-6(4), 5-7, 7-6(7) winner-take-all decision over Riley Smith of USC (April 5) … with Pereira, topped No. 80 Joseph Rotheram/Alex Soto of UC Santa Barbara 7-6(5) to clinch doubles point (March 14) … 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) … 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) … earned first career singles victory with 7-5, 6-2 result over Kevin Lam of Texas A&M at Sherwood Collegiate Cup (Jan. 19) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Winter 2019 and Spring 2019.
PRIOR TO UCLA
Attended Kurpfalz-Gymnasium und Realschule Mannheim in Mannheim, Germany … competed for club teams TK Agrofert Prostejov (Czech Republic) and TEVC Kronberg (Germany) … as unseeded participant, advanced to Boys’ 16 singles final at 2015 Eddie Herr International in Bradenton, Fla. … defeated top-seeded Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia in Boys’ 14 match at Tennis Austria 2012 Bergheim Europe Junior Tour in Bergheim, Austria … 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 … has one younger sister, Kim … decided to attend UCLA because he had “heard great and positive things about UCLA since [he] was very little,” while an introduction to the campus by coach Marcus Schneider in 2015 also drove him … describes his greatest athletic thrill to date as defeating Miomir Kecmanovic at Tennis Austria 2012 Bergheim Europe Junior Tour … admires Roger Federer and golfer Tiger Woods … hobbies and interests besides tennis include golf and winter sports like ice hockey and alpine skiing … 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 |
