Wayne Montgomery

Height:
5-10
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Somerset West, South Africa
High School:
Paul Roos Gimnasium

2017-18 (SENIOR)
Four-time All-SEC selection … Georgia’s highest ranked singles player at #36 at the end of the regular season … the Bulldogs’ senior captain … 27-18 overall singles record this season with five wins against ranked opponents … two singles win shy of ranking in the top-10 of the Bulldog record book in career singles wins and also ranks in the top-20 in Georgia history in career combined singles and doubles victories … has played all of his matches this year at the top two singles spots for the Bulldogs … his 27 total wins is second-best on the team behind Jan Zielinski … posted a second-best record of 16-6 alongside Walker Duncan on the second doubles court...has two wins against ranked opponents in doubles … Fall highlights: 14-6 singles mark in the fall, including three wins over ranked opponents ... won the Battle of the Bay Tournament in San Francisco...teamed up with Walker Duncan in doubles, went 5-4...highest-ranked Bulldog at No. 12 in the Oracle/ITA Rankings at the end of the fall … won seven-straight matches to begin dual-match play this past spring.

2016-17 (JUNIOR)
First Team All-SEC for the third time in three seasons…Georgia’s highest nationally ranked player at No. 35 in the final Oracle-ITA Rankings…received a bid to play in the individual portion of the NCAA Championships… ranked No. 16 in the preseason Oracle-ITA Rankings | Singles: held the third-most singles wins on the team with a 31-17 overall record…led the team with 13 wins against ranked opponents…went 2-1 at the NCAA Championships in the team competition…clinched the NCAA Championship Round of 16 match over then-ranked No. 4 USC, defeating Nick Crystal in the second set tiebreaker to force the match into a third set and send Georgia to the quarterfinals…started 3-0 on the first singles court against three ranked opponents, including then-No. 11 Gage Brymer of UCLA…went 10-3 at No. 2 singles on the season | Doubles: teamed with Walker Duncan for No. 3 doubles…the duo collected a 20-4 record overall and a 15-2 record on the third court | Fall Highlights: 13-4 singles record…made the ITA Southeast Regional Finals…knocked off NCAA singles champion and then-No. 4 Thai Son Kwiatowski…finished the fall season with a 11-3 doubles record.

2015-16 (SOPHOMORE)
First-Team All-SEC … 2016 NCAA All-Tournament Team at the No. 2 singles spot … SEC All-Tournament Team … ranked No. 31 in singles in the final Oracle/ITA Rankings … went unbeaten in singles in the team portion of the NCAA Tournament, going 3-0 with wins over #41 Nick Crystal of USC and #25 Axel Alvarez Llamas of Oklahoma … finished the season with 27-14 singles record, including 12 wins over ranked opponents and three match clinchers … won eight of his last nine singles matches … was 13-7 at the No. 2 singles court … paired with freshman Emil Reinberg at the No. 3 doubles court … went 16-12 in doubles, including a 6-2 record against SEC opponents … received a bid to play in the individual portion of the NCAA Championships … went 1-1 in NCAA Individuals Championships … ranked preseason No. 16 .... earned Singles Champion honors at the MLK Invitational after going 3-0 in singles matches and 3-0 in doubles on the weekend … defeated No. 6 Christopher Eubanks of Georgia Tech during the ITA Kickoff Weekend ... picked up two wins in doubles at the ITA Indoor Championships … named SEC player of the Week on March 23 ... downed No. 45 Shane Vinsant 6-4, 6-3 in UGA’s win against No. 10 Texas A&M ... came back in dramatic fashion to beat Florida’s No. 109 Alfredo Perez 2-6, 7-5, 6-3 ... picked up a pair of ranked wins in singles against Ole Miss’ No. 51 Stefan Lindmark and Mississippi State’s No. 60 Rishab Agarwal in Georgia’s first two wins in the SEC tournament … Fall Highlights: Defeated Oklahoma’s No. 1-ranked Axel Alvarez in the Oracle/ITA Masters ... became first outright repeat winner of the Southern Intercollegiate Championships since John Isner in 2004 and 2005 … went 8-3 overall during the fall season … made it to the quarterfinal round of the USTA/ITA Southeast Regional Championship in doubles … finished the fall season with a 4-4 doubles record
2014-15 (FRESHMAN)
SEC Freshman of the Year (Georgia's first since John Isner in 2004) ... final ranking of No. 26 - Georgia's highest-ranked player ... First Team All-SEC ... SEC All-Freshman ... Three-time SEC Freshman of the Week, including back-to-back weeks in February ... earned at-large bid to NCAA Singles Championship ... led team with 32 singles wins and was second with a combined 51 singles and doubles wins ... 32-8 singles record ... 14-4 in dual matches ... 6-1 SEC record ... 12 wins vs. ranked opponents ... 8-0 at No. 2 singles; five wins at No. 1 ... played 17 matches at No. 1, 10 matches at No. 2, one match at No. 3 ... three match clinchers, including vs. No. 27 Florida State, No. 5 Illinois in the ITA National Indoor Championships and at Alabama ... 19-12 doubles record ... won nine matches at No. 3 doubles and three matches at No. 2 doubles ... 8-3 with doubles partner Nathan Pasha ... 26 combined singles and doubles dual match wins ... 51-20 combined singles and doubles record ... recipient of the Leighton Ballew Men's Tennis Scholarship. Fall Highlights: Led the team with an 18-3 singles record to go along with a 7-4 doubles record ... six wins over ranked opponents in the fall ... won the Southern Intercollegiate Championships, and defeated Oklahoma's No. 3-ranked Axel Alvarez in the semifinals ... won Cajun Classic to earn titles at his first two collegiate tournaments ... reached quarterfinals of ITA Southeast Regional Championships and advanced to semifinals in doubles.

BEFORE GEORGIA
Defeated Vanderbilt's Gonzalez Austin to win the Tennessee Valley Open Championships in June 2014 ... Won multiple South African and African Junior titles in singles and doubles and represented South Africa internationally in team and individual events ... Member of the ITF junior touring teams each year since the age of 13 ... Participated at the Junior Davis Cup in Mexico in 2010 and 2011 ... Reached a career high ITF U-18 world ranking of No. 7 in 2013 ... Won ITF junior circuit tournaments in Gaberone, Port Elizabeth, East London, Montreal (doubles), Potchefstroom (singles and doubles), Traralgon (doubles), and Maryland (singles and doubles) ... Reached the quarterfinals at the U.S. Open and the Australian Open as well as the doubles semifinals at Wimbledon.

PERSONAL
Native of Somerset West, South Africa ... Major: Risk management and insurance ... Recipient of the Leighton Ballew Men's Tennis Scholarship.