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Fall 2008: Named co-captain of the team ... went-9-3 in singles competition ... won six straight matches to become the 2008 ITA (Intercollegiate Tennis Association) Regional Champion (10/21) ... advanced to the doubles semifinals of the ITA Regional Championships with partner Bradley Klahn (10/20) ... defeated two ranked opponents on his way to reaching the Round of 16 at the All-American Championships.
Summer 2008: Named to the USTA (U.S. Tennis Association) Summer Collegiate Team, an elite training program for the top American collegiate tennis players ... advanced to quarterfinals of singles at the F14 Futures tournament held in Sacramento, Calif., in June ... also played doubles with Ted Kelly at the F14 Futures ... competed in the Comerica Bank Challenger in Aptos, Calif. in July ... participated in U.S. Open qualifying. 2007-08: ITA National and West Region Rookie of the Year, and an ITA All-American ... Pac-10 Player and Freshman of the Year ... a first-team All-Pac-10 selection ... awarded Stanford's Block "S" honor for most outstanding male freshman ... finished 30-9 in singles and 9-13 in doubles ... dispatched 19 ranked opponents over the year, including USC's No. 9 Robert Farah ... entered the season No. 111 in the ITA rankings and began the season with a six-match winning streak at the All-American Championships, taking down four opponents ranked higher than him on his way to a quarterfinal appearance, where he lost to the eventual champion No. 4 Travis Helgeson of Georgia (10/6) ... earned a wild-card entry into ITA National Indoor Championships, where he beat No. 65 Dominic Inglot of Virginia (11/1), Pepperdine's No. 31 Bassab Beidas (11/2) and No. 10 Greg Ouellette of Florida (11/2) before losing to eventual champion No. 1 Somdev Devvarmen of Virginia in the semifinals (11/3) ... in first dual match, played at the No. 2 position against Hawai'i, where he defeated No. 50 Sascha Heinemann in straight sets (11/21) ... also played with teammate Matt Bruch in the No. 1 doubles position at Hawaii and defeated No. 48 Heinemann and Andreas Weber ... defeated Arizona State's No. 31 pair of T.J. Bellama and Matt Brooklyn at No. 1 doubles in Pac-10 play (3/8) ... advanced to the semifinals of the NCAA Singles Championship, falling to the eventual national champion, Somdev Devvarmen (5/25) ... highest Intercollegiate Tennis Associaton (ITA) rank achieved was No 2 ... finished the season ranked eighth in the nation. Prior to Stanford: In 2006, a USTA (U.S. Tennis Association) Nationals (Kalamazoo) B18's singles quarterfinalist and doubles champion with Donald Young ... ranked No. 2 in USTA B18's singles and No.1 in Florida ... competed in main draw doubles at the U.S. Open with Donald Young ... reached No. 796 in singles and No. 759 in doubles on ATP Tour ... the 2005 USTA B18's National Clay Court Champion ... advanced to the quarterfinals in both singles and doubles at the 2005 USTA Nationals in Kalamazoo ... Australian Open Juniors doubles semifinalist in 2005 ... U.S. Open juniors B18's doubles champion with Donald Young ... reached a ranking of No. 40 internationally in B18's in singles and No. 4 in doubles ... selected by Patrick McEnroe as a Davis Cup hitting partner for relegation tie in Belgium with Andy Roddick, James Blake, and Bob and Mike Bryan ... received the 2005 Albert Carrington Award (Florida Player of the Year) ... competed in the Junior Australian, French and U.S. Open events ... competed in the men's qualifying event of the U.S. Open ... in 2004, a USTA Nationals (Kalamazoo) B16's singles finalist and also took fourth place in B16's doubles ... ranked second in the nation in B16's. Personal: Son of William and Sylvia Clayton ... father played varsity tennis at Northwestern University ... majoring in psychology ... has three siblings Chris (a senior tennis player at Harvard), Courtney (a freshman tennis player at Stanford), and Mary ... graduated Salutatorian of Edison Prep ... hobbies include hanging out with friends and family, music and concerts, learning guitar, and sport shooting. John Whitlinger & Brandon Coupe Say: "He is a tremendous tennis player and had an outstanding freshman year. He's very capable of winning the NCAA Singles Championship." SINGLES RECORD
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