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UNIVERSITY OF OREGONUNIVERSITY OF OREGONMEN’S TENNISMEN’S TENNIS

20102010--11 MEDIA GUIDE11 MEDIA GUIDE

Senior Senior Duncan MacDonald-KorthDuncan MacDonald-Korth

FreshmanFreshmanAlex RovelloAlex Rovello

Head CoachHead CoachNils SchyllanderNils Schyllander

8 2010-11 University of Oregon Men’s Tennis

Career Statistics (Through 2010 Fall Tournaments)

Singles Fall Duals No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6 Pac-10 Tournament Total 2009-10 0-0 13-8 0-0 0-0 0-0 4-0 7-4 2-4 1-1 14-9

2010-11 5-4 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 5-4

Career 5-4 13-8 0-0 0-0 0-0 4-0 7-4 2-4 1-1 19-13

Doubles Fall Duals No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 Pac-10 Tournament Total 2009-10 0-0 12-10 0-0 1-0 11-10 0-1 12-11

2010-11 3-3 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 3-3

Career 3-3 12-10 0-0 1-0 11-10 0-1 15-14

2010-11: Fall: Posted a 5-4 record in singles play … won fi rst two singles matches at the Boise State Fall Classic (10/8-10/9) … notched a 3-3

record in doubles play while pairing with Alex Rovello (2-2) and Baptiste Faynot (1-1) … went 2-1 at the PNW Intercollegiates (11/5-11/6).

2009-10: Competed at the No. 4, 5 and 6 spots … posted a 14-9 record in singles play … led UO with a .619 winning percentage and ranked

second on the team with 14 victories … went a perfect 4-0 at the No. 4 position … defeated players on two top-30 teams: Erik Sheldon from No.

21 Boise State (7-6 (7-5), 6-4) and Alex Johnson from No. 30 Arizona (6-2, 6-1) … won eight of his fi rst nine decisions, including six straight from

Feb. 6-Feb. 13 … went 12-11 in doubles play … partnered with Jose’ Izquierdo to post a 10-6 doubles record. Fall: Did not compete.

Before Oregon: Graduated in the top 3-percent of his graduating class at Leunean High School in 2008 … earned individual state titles in 2007

and 2008 and helped his team to a state championship as a senior in 2008 ... also a member of the Australian national schoolboys team … a

national semi-fi nalist in 2009 … played for coach Jared Zeeman individually.

Personal: Born June 14, 1991 in Sydney, Australia … parents are Chris and Catherine Clissold … has one brother, Cormac … major is business.

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2009-10 4-6 3-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 2-0 1-1 8-7


Career 10-15 8-6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 6-6 1-2 19-23


2009-10 2-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 2-4

2010-11 3-2 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 3-2

Career 6-6 1-3 0-0 0-0 1-3 0-2 7-11

2010-11: Fall: Posted a 5-4 record in singles play and a 3-2 doubles record … won fi rst four singles matches to advance to the semifi nals of the

Boise State Fall Classic (10/8-10/10) … doubles partners were Jose’ Izquierdo (2-1) and Duncan MacDonald-Korth (1-1).

2009-10: Finished the year with a singles record of 8-7, including a 4-1 mark in the spring … rallied to defeat Ben Lankenau of No. 5 USC (6-7 (2),

6-2, 6-4) to advance to the round of 16 at the Pac-10 Championships … went 2-4 in doubles play with a season-best 1-1 mark partnering with

Jose’ Izquierdo ... Fall: Posted a singles record of 4-6 and doubles mark of 2-3 in fall play ... partnered with Mitch Somach (0-1), Doug Mayeda (1-1)

and Jose’ Izquierdo (1-1) in doubles play ... went 2-2 in singles at both the ITA Regionals and PNW Intercollegiates.

2008-09: Posted a singles record of 5-6 in his freshman season, playing all matches at No. 6 singles except for one win at No. 5 singles (at USF) ...

went 5-0 in non-conference play, 0-6 in the Pac-10 ... racked up a record of 1-3 in doubles play primarily with Jose’ Izquierdo ... Fall: Compiled a 1-5

record in fall singles play with his lone win coming in the fi rst-round of the Texas Invitational on 10/31/08 ... played doubles in the fall with Duncan

MacDonald-Korth, going 1-1 at the ITA Northern California Regional Championships.

Before Oregon: Played high school tennis at American Heritage in Boca Del Ray, Fla. under head coach Bryan Schliff er ... won a Florida state title

in 2007 and advanced to the regional fi nals in 2008.

Personal: Born December 15, 1989 in Tokyo, Japan ... parents are Yoshio and Mayumi Higuchi ... has one sister, Yu ... major is undecided.

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2009-10 2-6 1-8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-5 1-1 0-1 3-15


Career 7-10 13-20 0-0 0-0 2-1 9-13 1-5 1-1 0-2 20-32


2009-10 3-3 11-7 0-0 1-1 10-6 0-1 14-11

2010-11 3-2 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 3-2

Career 6-5 16-20 0-0 2-1 14-19 0-2 22-27

2010-11: Fall: Led team with a 4-2 record in doubles play while also going 3-2 in singles … went 2-1 while partnered with Doug Mayeda at the

Boise State Fall Classic (10/8-10/9) … went 2-1 with partner Sho Higuchi at the ITA Northwest Regional Championships (10/16-10/17) … won

fi rst two singles matches at the Boise State Fall Classic (10/8-10/9).

2009-10: Went 14-11 in doubles play, winning his fi rst nine decisions of the spring … paired with Aaron Clissold for a season-best 10-6 doubles

record … competed out of the No. 4, 5 and 6 positions in singles play, going 3-15 … defeated Weber State’s Ben Rode (6-1, 6-1) in singles play in

the season opener. ... Fall: Posted a singles record of 2-6 and doubles mark of 3-3 in fall play ... partnered with Nico Bjerke (2-2) and Sho Higuchi

(1-1) ... went 2-2 in singles play at the ITA Regionals.

2008-09: Played primarily at the No. 4 singles position for the Ducks in his freshman season, compiling a 12-12 duals record ... lost his opening

round match of the Pac-10 Singles Championships to Stanford’s #18 ranked Alex Clayton in tight fashion, 6-4, 7-6 (3) ... bounced around in doubles

play, teaming with fi ve diff erent Ducks to compile an overall mark of 5-14 at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles ... best record came with fellow freshman

Ayrton Wibowo, going 4-4 ... Fall: Did not arrive in Eugene until January and did not compete with the team in the fall.

Before Oregon: One of the top juniors in Spain ... advanced to the quarterfi nals in both singles and doubles in the 2008 Spanish Nationals ... has

accumulated several top 100 Spanish singles and doubles wins ... played in fi rst tennis tournament at age 12 ... has worked with current coach,

Victor Recio, for the last three years.

Personal: Born in Madrid to Mercedes Cuerda and Jose Luis Izquierdo ... both parents are architects in Madrid ... goes by nickname, Pepe’ ... has one

brother, Pedro (14) and two sisters, Ana (17) and Maria (6).

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2008-09 3-3 8-12 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 4-6 4-6 1-1 12-16

2009-10 2-5 8-9 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-3 6-6 1-1 11-15


Career 10-12 19-21 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 7-9 12-12 2-3 31-36


2008-09 1-1 7-13 0-0 5-10 2-3 0-1 8-14

2009-10 3-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 3-4

2010-11 3-3 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 3-3

Career 7-7 10-13 0-0 5-10 5-3 0-3 17-22

2010-11: Fall: Posted a 3-3 doubles record and a 3-4 mark in singles play … doubles partners were Douglas Mayeda (2-2) and Sho Higuchi (1-1) … singles victories were over Montana’s Pawel Turzanski (6-3, 6-3) at the Boise State Fall Classic, Portland State’s Mitch Somach (7-5, 7-5) at the ITA Northwest Regional Championships and Eastern Washington’s Luis Altimires (6-3, 6-2) at the PNW Intercollegiates.

2009-10: Earned Pac-10 All-Academic fi rst-team honors … fi nished the year with a 10-16 singles record after going 8-11 during the spring, competing out of the No. 5 and 6 positions … won fi ve of his fi rst six decisions in the spring … defeated No. 30 Arizona’s Frank Chen (5-7, 6-0, 6-1) to advance to the round of 16 at the Pac-10 Championships … partnered with Jose’ Izquierdo for lone doubles match of the spring at the Pac-10 Championships round of 16 … Fall: Posted a singles record of 2-5 and doubles mark of 3-3 in fall play ... partnered with Ric Mortera (3-2) and Doug Mayeda (0-1) in doubles play ... both singles wins came against Pac-10 opponents as he defeated Cal’s Bijan Hejazi at the Fresno State Bulldog Classic and knocked off Washington’s Nick Tchernikov at the PNW Intercollegiates in Seattle, Wash.

2008-09: An Academic All-Pac-10 First-Team selection following his sophomore season ... competed at No. 5 and No. 6 singles for Oregon, compiling an equal 4-6 record at each position (8-12 overall) ... advanced to the second round of the Pac-10 Singles Championships after defeating Washington’s Skyler Tateishi in the opening round 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 ... played with fi ve diff erent doubles partners over the course of the season, posting a 7-13 overall mark ... best team was with Mike Myrhed where they went 3-1 on the season in duals play ... Fall: Went 3-3 in fall singles play ... played just two fall doubles matches, teaming with Sho Higuchi to go 1-1 at the ITA Northern California Regional Championships.

2007-08: Had limited action in his freshman season, fi nishing the year 3-1 in singles and 3-1 in doubles ... his singles victories came against Weber State (No. 6), Northern Arizona (No. 6) and Portland State (No. 5) ... in doubles action, teamed with Stephen Wiechert for wins at the No. 3 spot versus Weber State and Idaho, and also partnered at No. 3 with fellow freshman, Doug Mayeda, in a win against Portland State ... Fall: Joined the Oregon squad in the winter and did not compete in the fall.

Before Oregon: A 2006 graduate of Everglades High School in Miami, Fla ... received the top performer and coach’s award on his team ... also won the 2007 Intercollegiate Tennis Association regional in Wichita, Kan. ... came back from 2-4 defi cit in third-set tiebreaker in the regional championship to clinch a state championship berth ... fi nished his senior season 13-2 in singles action ... was named to the honor roll his last four semesters of high school.

Personal: Born Jan. 13, 1988 ... parents are James and Anne MacDonald-Korth ... has two older sisters; Holly and Emily ... majoring in Cultural Anthropology ... married to former Duck basketball player Rita Kollo.

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2008-09 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

2009-10 5-4 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-1 6-5


Career 12-10 2-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-1 0-1 14-12


2008-09 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

2009-10 2-3 5-4 1-0 0-0 4-4 0-1 7-8

2010-11 4-3 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 4-3

Career 8-6 6-4 1-0 0-0 5-4 0-2 14-12

2010-11: Fall: One of three players to post a winning record in both singles (4-2) and doubles play (4-3) … went 3-1 to advance to the

quarterfi nals of his singles fl ight at the Boise State Fall Classic (10/8-10/9) … also went 2-1 while partnering with Jose’ Izquierdo at the Boise State

Fall Classic … teamed with Duncan MacDonald-Korth (2-2) the rest of the fall.

2009-10: Posted a 7-8 record in doubles play, including a 5-5 mark in the spring … paired with four diff erent partners to win his fi rst four

decisions … teamed mostly with Aaron Clissold, with the duo going 2-5 … went 1-1 in singles play in the spring to fi nish the year 6-5 … singles

win came against Seattle’s Zach Williams (6-2, 6-0) ... Fall: Posted a 5-4 singles record and 2-3 doubles mark in fall play ... went .500 or better in

singles play at each fall tournament, going 2-1 at the Fresno State Bulldog Classic, 2-2 at the ITA Regionals and 1-1 at the PNW Intercollegiates ...

partnered with Duncan MacDonald-Korth (1-2) and Sho Higuchi (1-1) in doubles play.

2008-09: Redshirted.

2007-08: An injury limited his freshman season ... fi nished the year 1-1 in singles action with his victory against Portland State at the No. 6 spot ...

in doubles action, played in one dual, teaming with fellow freshman Duncan MacDonald-Korth for an 8-0 victory over a team from Portland State

at the No. 3 spot ... during the fall fi nished 2-0 in doubles play, including a 2-0 record with Stephen Wiechert at the UNF Fall Invitational (Oct.12)

... also went 3-3 in singles action, logging two consecutive victories at the UNF Invitational, defeating Troy’s Edwin Van Aerts, 7-5, 6-2 and Andres

Monje (UNF).

High School: A 2007 graduate of Cherry Creek High School in Englewood, Colo ... played two years of tennis at the No. 1 position for head coach

Kirk Price ... during his high school career was named an All-American, and also MVP for the Bruins...in both 2005 and 2006, Cherry Creek won the

state title ... during his junior season won the 5A state title, dropping 15 games over a a four-match span.

Personal: Born July 15, 1988 ... parents are Douglas V. and Marty Mayeda ... has one older sister, Teri (22) ... majoring in business and goal is to

obtain his M.B.A.

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2010-11: Fall: Went a team-best 8-2 in singles play … won a singles title at the Boise State Fall Classic (10/8-10/10) … won his fi rst six singles

matches, all in straight sets … went 2-1 at the PNW Intercollegiates (11/5-11/7)… posted a 3-4 mark in doubles play pairing with Baptiste

Faynot (2-3) and Alex Rovello (1-1).

High School: Second-ranked player in Belgium … claimed seven ITF doubles titles in his career … ranked in the top 300 of all players in the

world by the ITF.

Personal: Full name is Robin Cambier … born July 6, 1992 in Brussels, Belgium … parents are Arun Cambier and Sandra LeClere … plans to

major in business.

2010-11: Fall: Went 6-4 in singles play during fi rst fall campaign … posted six singles victories in eight outings from Oct. 8-Nov. 5 … went 2-1

at both the Boise State Fall Classic (10/8-10/9) and the PNW Intercollegiates (11/5-11/6) … posted a 3-4 record in doubles play while partnering

with Robin Cambier (2-3) and Aaron Clissold (1-1).

High School: Achieved a No. 7 national ranking in France in the under 15 division … helped lead SNUC tennis club team to Nationale 2 title in

France … won two Champagne Ardennes titles (13-14 and 15-16 divisions) and also claimed the Pays de la Loire tournament in the 17-18 division

… posted a 15-8 singles record in 2009-10, 30-20 in 2008-09 and 80-20 in 2007-08.

Personal: Full name is Baptiste Faynot … born July 18, 1989 in Reims, France … parents are Odile and Rene Faynot … majoring in business.

High School: Named all-conference on three occasions … ranked as high as 200th in the USTA … lettered four times in tennis.

Personal: Full name is Samuel Walker Bush … born June 29, 1992 in Washington D.C. … parents are Graeme Bush and Wendy Rudolph.

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2010-11: Fall: Finished tied for second on the team with a 6-4 singles record … also went 3-3 in doubles play while partnering with Aaron

Clissold (2-2) and Robin Cambier (1-1) … went 3-1 to advance to the singles semifi nals at the PNW Intercollegiates (11/5-11/6) … advanced to

the round of 32 at the ITA Northwest Regional Championships (10/15-10/16)

High School: First player in Oregon to win four consecutive state singles titles … fi nished high school career with a perfect 50-0 singles record

and a 65-2 overall record in the Pacifi c Northwest … rose as high as 24th in the national rankings and fi rst in the Pacifi c Northwest … won two

Pacifi c Cup titles … enters collegiate career as the No. 3 player in the Pacifi c Northwest … posted a 65-match winning streak in the under 18

division in 2009 … ranked as the No. 15 recruit on tennisrecruiting.net.

Personal: Full name is Alex James Rovello … born June 25, 1991 in Portland, Ore. … parents are Jim and Geri Rovello … plans to major in

business … chose Oregon over Washington, Penn State, Boise State, New Mexico, San Diego, Santa Clara and Northwestern.

2010-11: Fall: Did not compete during fall play.

High School: Earned two varsity letters in tennis … voted team MVP on two occasions … won two sectional doubles titles and the 2008 state

doubles title … earned a No. 1 Pacifi c Northwest ranking in doubles and rose as high as No. 5 in singles.

Personal: Full name is Michael Schaeff er … born April 6, 1992 in Bellevue, Wash. … parents are Gordon and Saskia Schaeff er … chose Oregon

over Washington-Furman.

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