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2022-23 Men's Tennis Roster

Kyle Gurganious
Hunter Martin
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Zach Smith

  • Height 6-4
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown New Orleans, La.
  • Highschool Lusher Charter

Biography

2022-23: Posted 3-2 singles record and 4-3 doubles record (with three different playing partners) during the fall … Competed in one doubles match and no singles matches for the Quakers during the spring.

2021-22: 4-2 in the fall … 6-2 in dual match singles play, adding five doubles victories with three different partners … Won season-opening match against Buffalo in straight sets (1/14) … Won three straight doubles matches with Aditya Gupta against Buffalo, Temple (1/26), and Navy (2/5) … Reeled off consecutive three-set wins against Navy and Wisconsin (2/13) … Posted a 6-0, 6-0 win at ECAC Indoor Championships against Brown (2/19) … Picked up straight-set singles win and teamed with Baylor Sai for doubles victory against Boston University (2/25) … Picked up three-set singles win and teamed with Jason Hildebrandt for doubles win over Georgetown (3/27).

2020-21: Fall season was canceled due to Covid-19 pandemic, spring season was limited due to Ivy League restrictions related to Covid-19 pandemic ... Went a team-best 6-0 in singles and 5-1 at No. 1 doubles with partner Jason Hildebrandt ... Played No. 1 singles in the return match with Villanova and defeated Alex Kim in straight sets (4/18) ... Also won in straight sets at No. 3 singles against Sam Sauter of Saint Joseph's (4/22), Delaware's Liam Hedlund (4/17), Drexel's Gustav Wogen (4/10), and Villanova's Eitan Kromchenko (4/9) ... Needed three sets to beat Temple's Eric Biscoveanu in the season opener (4/4) ... His only loss in doubles came in a tiebreaker against Delaware, 7-6.

2019-20: Went 8-2 in singles and 4-2 in doubles during fall action, competing at the Temple Invitational, the ITA Northeast Regional, and the William & Mary Invitational … Won first collegiate match against Bucknell (9/20) … Played way into the main draw of the ITA Northeast Regional with two qualifying wins and a Round of 128 victory over Kushaan Nath of Binghamton (10/17) … Turned in a 2-1 showing in both singles and doubles at the William & Mary Invitational … Went 2-1 in spring singles and 3-4 in doubles, playing at No. 6 in the lineup (singles) and all three positions in doubles… Rolled past Navy 6-0, 6-1 for the team’s first singles win against the Midshipmen (1/24) … Tallied a doubles win with Kevin Zhu against Michigan State (1/31) … Won in straight sets in a team win against Drexel (2/1) … Won an ECAC Tournament doubles match with Edoardo Graziani against Princeton (2/14) … Recorded a doubles win with Dmitry Shatalin against Temple (2/26) … All 2020 Ivy League spring sports were canceled on Wednesday, March 11 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19.

High School: Ranked No. 1 in Louisiana, No. 6 in the Gulf States, and No. 45 nationally in his class in the HEAD Recruiting Lists ... Helped Lusher Charter to three Louisiana High School Athletic Association (LHSAA) regional championships (2016-18) and second place in the state twice (2016, 2018) ... Five-time individual regional champion and four-time LHSAA Division III individual state champion ... 2019 Athlete of the Year.

Personal: Son of Birgill and Jeffrey Smith ... Father played college tennis at Tulane University ... Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.
 

Zach Smith Career (Singles)

1

2

3

4

5

6

Ivy

Fall

Spring

Over

2019-20

2-1

8-2

2-1

10-3

2020-21

1-0

5-0

6-0

6-0

2021-22

2-1

2-2

1-0

4-2

5-3

9-5

2022-23

Career

1-0

5-0

2-1

2-2

3-1

12-4

13-4

25-8

 

Zach Smith Career (Doubles)

1

2

3

Ivy

Fall

Spring

Over

2019-20

0-1

3-1

0-2

4-2

3-4

7-6

2020-21

5-1

5-1

5-1

2021-22

2-1

3-4

5-5

5-5

2022-23

Career

5-2

5-2

3-6

4-2

13-10

17-12

Statistics

Season Statistics

Season Statistics

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Career Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

    6'4"
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    6'4"
  • 2021-22Junior

    6'4"
  • 2022-23Senior

    6'4"