2022-23 Men's Tennis Roster
Blake Croyder
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Hometown:
- Marietta, Ga.
- High School:
- Johnson Ferry Christian Academy
2022-23 (Graduate Senior): Earned 2023 All-SEC Second Team honors ... Finished career with 104 singles wins, which ties him for the 19th most in program history ... Played court four for the Bulldogs in singles with 13 wins, finished the season 28-15 and was ranked No. 102 ... Also played on courts three and five this season, going a combined 6-2 in those matches ... Played court three in doubles with Britton Johnston, where they were 22-13 together ... Won the singles title at the ITA Southeast Regional over FSU's No. 12 Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc in a 6-1, 1-6, 6-3 decision, clinching a spot in the ITA Fall Nationals event ... Earned his first match-clinching win of the season against Texas A&M's Guido Marson by a 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 score ... Also clinched the team's 4-2 win over No. 20 Florida with a three-set win against Lukas Greif by a 3-6, 7-6(8), 7-6(6) score, clinching the 2023 Southeastern Conference championship ... Finished the fall season ranked No. 21 in singles, his highest career ranking, and No. 55 in doubles with Johnston in the final ITA poll ... Won the Southern Intercollegiate Championships doubles title with Johnston after going 3-0 in the event, highlighted by an 8-2 victory over No. 36 Peter Makk/Lodewijk Weststrate of USC ... Advanced to the quarterfinals of the ITA Southeast Regional doubles draw before falling to No. T-43 Jonah Braswell/Lukas Greif of Florida ... Began fall season ranked No. 117 in singles and climbed 96 spots in the rankings in the final poll ... Defeated No. 76 Weststrate (USC) in singles at the Southern Intercollegiate Championships in straight sets ... Finished fall season with a 9-4 singles record and 5-2 doubles record, going 5-1 when playing with Johnston.
2021-22 (Senior): Won the 2022 ITA Southeast Regional Most Improved Senior Award ... Started out the dual season with a 12-match win-streak in singles ... Clinched match on the road over No. 24 NC State with a 6-2, 7-6(12-10) win over Damien Salvestre … Highest-ranked singles win over Florida’s No. 33 Mattias Siimover, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3…Clinched match against ITA Team Indoor host Washington by defeating Nedium Suko 7-6, 6-1… Was a consistent force at the No. 5 court for the Bulldogs going 23-9 overall and 15-5 dual matches … Was ranked as high as No. 76 in the ITA singles rankings after he entered the season at No. 122 in the preseason rankings ... One of the most dominant Bulldogs tandems with Erik Grevelius, producing team-best records of 19-10 overall, 14-6 in dual matches and 7-3 against conference opponents … The pair’s highest-ranked win was over Wake Forest’s No. 19-ranked Ben Draper and Robert Maciag, 6-4 … The pair reached the quarterfinals of the ITA Southeast Regional Championship … Peaked in the ITA doubles rankings at No. 59 with Grevelius ... Member of SEC Academic Honor Roll.
2020-21 (Junior): Closed out a 1-6, 6-1, 7-6(3) win against Texas Tech’s Reed Collier at the No. 4 spot to send the Bulldogs to the Sweet 16 … Ranked No. 54 in doubles with Billy Rowe ... Went on a seven-match win streak in singles, finishing with an overall dual record of 13-7 … Was 3-1 when playing ranked opponents in singles … Undefeated in doubles with teammate Rowe (3-0) against ranked opponents …Entered the dual campaign ranked No. 20 in doubles in the ITA preseason rankings along with Philip Henning.
2018-19 (Freshman): Named SEC Freshman of the Week after winning three-straight matches without dropping a single set against players from Alabama, Auburn and Kennesaw State ... Finished with 19 singles wins for the season, ranking second-most on the team behind Jan Zielinski’s 28 ... Won eight of his last nine matches of the season ... Finished 8-3 overall in dual matches, including a perfect 3-0 record against SEC opponents while playing at the three and four positions ... Defeated South Carolina’s duo of Jake Beasley and Joseph Brailovsky in the South Carolina Fall Invitational semifinals with Alex Phillips ... He and Phillips defeated their Georgia State opponent by a 8-5 final in the 2018 Georgia Tech Fall Invitational ... Finished 6-3 in doubles matches in the fall ... 10-6 overall record in singles before the team season.
Before Georgia: Ranked 30th nationally and third in the state of Georgia ... A two-time clay court national doubles champion ... Quarterfinalist at the National Championships in Kalamazoo, Michigan, for both singles and doubles in 2016.
Personal: Born April 5, 2000 ... Son of Antoinette Croyder ... Majoring in Housing Management and Policy.
