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National Champion Quinn Highlights Final ITA Rankings
May 31, 2023 | Men's Tennis
ATHENS, Ga. – Georgia men's tennis redshirt freshman Ethan Quinn was the highest-ranked singles player on the team in the final Intercollegiate Tennis Association player rankings, coming in at No. 2, the ITA announced on Wednesday morning. This marks the 20thtime since 1984 that a Georgia player has finished the season within the top 10 of the singles rankings.
Joining Quinn in the singles rankings is No. 24 Philip Henning, No. 95 Trent Bryde and No. 102 Blake Croyder. Quinn and Bryde close the season as the third-best doubles tandem in the nation, the career-high ranking in doubles for both athletes.
Georgia is the only Southeastern Conference school to have a singles player and doubles team in the top five of both rankings. The Bulldogs are tied with South Carolina and Texas A&M for the school with the most athletes in the singles rankings, with all programs boasting four players in the top 125.
No. 2 Quinn, a native of Fresno, Calif., finished his first collegiate season as the NCAA Singles National Champion, winning the program's fifth individual national title. The second seed in the 64-person field, he defeated TCU's Luc Fomba, UNC's Ryan Seggerman, Stanford's No. 9-16 Nishesh Basavareddy, Michigan's Andrew Fenty, Virginia's No. 9-16 Chris Rodesch and Michigan's No. 8 Ondrej Styler to mark his place in history.
The SEC Freshman of the Year finished the season winning 17 consecutive singles matches with a 34-10 record overall, including a 26-7 mark against ranked opponents. Quinn became the fourth freshman to win the singles championship in history and also won the ITA All-American Championships singles title in the fall.
Henning ends his collegiate career as the No. 21 ranked singles player. The team's choice for No. 2 in singles, Henning amassed a 17-7 record from the court in the dual match season and has the second-most ranked wins on the team with 14. The Bloemfontein, South Africa native earned All-SEC First Team honors after finishing the conference slate as the only player to go undefeated with a minimum of two matches. The redshirt senior finished with 89 total doubles wins, which ties for the 15th-most in Georgia history with Javier Garrapiz. Henning also finished with 191 combined wins, placing him tied for 17th on the list with Croyder.
Bryde's final ranking of No. 95 is the highest the Suwanee native has appeared in the singles poll since Feb. 8. The redshirt senior's illustrious career as a Bulldog saw him win 151 combined matches, earn ITA All-America status five times and was named to the All-SEC First Team this season. Bryde finished the year with a 22-12 primarily playing on court three, where he went 10-4 during the regular season.
After a successful career at Georgia, No. 102 Croyder ends his time as a Bulldog within the top 20 for the most singles (104, t-19th), doubles (88, t-17th) and combined wins (191, t-17th)in program history. Croyder, who grew up in Marietta, played the majority of his career on court four in singles, where he finished with a 30-11 career record, including 13-6 this past season. The redshirt senior went 28-15 during his final collegiate season, highlighted by winning the singles draw of the ITA Southeast Regional and a spot on the All-SEC Second Team.
No. 3 Bryde and Quinn helped the team find immense success in doubles late in the season, finishing dual match play on a seven-match win streak and earning the doubles point in the team's final eight matches. The pair finished the spring with a 22-15 record, going 18-9 from court one with 13 wins against ranked opponents. Bryde and Quinn earned the No. 4 seed in the NCAA Doubles Championship tournament.
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Joining Quinn in the singles rankings is No. 24 Philip Henning, No. 95 Trent Bryde and No. 102 Blake Croyder. Quinn and Bryde close the season as the third-best doubles tandem in the nation, the career-high ranking in doubles for both athletes.
Georgia is the only Southeastern Conference school to have a singles player and doubles team in the top five of both rankings. The Bulldogs are tied with South Carolina and Texas A&M for the school with the most athletes in the singles rankings, with all programs boasting four players in the top 125.
No. 2 Quinn, a native of Fresno, Calif., finished his first collegiate season as the NCAA Singles National Champion, winning the program's fifth individual national title. The second seed in the 64-person field, he defeated TCU's Luc Fomba, UNC's Ryan Seggerman, Stanford's No. 9-16 Nishesh Basavareddy, Michigan's Andrew Fenty, Virginia's No. 9-16 Chris Rodesch and Michigan's No. 8 Ondrej Styler to mark his place in history.
The SEC Freshman of the Year finished the season winning 17 consecutive singles matches with a 34-10 record overall, including a 26-7 mark against ranked opponents. Quinn became the fourth freshman to win the singles championship in history and also won the ITA All-American Championships singles title in the fall.
Henning ends his collegiate career as the No. 21 ranked singles player. The team's choice for No. 2 in singles, Henning amassed a 17-7 record from the court in the dual match season and has the second-most ranked wins on the team with 14. The Bloemfontein, South Africa native earned All-SEC First Team honors after finishing the conference slate as the only player to go undefeated with a minimum of two matches. The redshirt senior finished with 89 total doubles wins, which ties for the 15th-most in Georgia history with Javier Garrapiz. Henning also finished with 191 combined wins, placing him tied for 17th on the list with Croyder.
Bryde's final ranking of No. 95 is the highest the Suwanee native has appeared in the singles poll since Feb. 8. The redshirt senior's illustrious career as a Bulldog saw him win 151 combined matches, earn ITA All-America status five times and was named to the All-SEC First Team this season. Bryde finished the year with a 22-12 primarily playing on court three, where he went 10-4 during the regular season.
After a successful career at Georgia, No. 102 Croyder ends his time as a Bulldog within the top 20 for the most singles (104, t-19th), doubles (88, t-17th) and combined wins (191, t-17th)in program history. Croyder, who grew up in Marietta, played the majority of his career on court four in singles, where he finished with a 30-11 career record, including 13-6 this past season. The redshirt senior went 28-15 during his final collegiate season, highlighted by winning the singles draw of the ITA Southeast Regional and a spot on the All-SEC Second Team.
No. 3 Bryde and Quinn helped the team find immense success in doubles late in the season, finishing dual match play on a seven-match win streak and earning the doubles point in the team's final eight matches. The pair finished the spring with a 22-15 record, going 18-9 from court one with 13 wins against ranked opponents. Bryde and Quinn earned the No. 4 seed in the NCAA Doubles Championship tournament.
Keep up with all the latest news and information on the Bulldogs by following UGA Men's Tennis on social media on Twitter and Instagram @UGATennis, on Facebook @UGAMensTennis, and online at GeorgiaDogs.com.
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