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2024-25 Men's Tennis Roster

Derek Hsieh

  • Year Graduate Student
  • Hometown Edison, N.J.
  • High School J.P. Stevens
  • Major Computer Science (Master's)

Biography

Career Record:

* Singles - 81-26
* Doubles - 85-43

Awards:

* 4-time ITA All-American (Singles in 2023 and 2024 / Doubles in 2022 and 2025)
* 3-time National Qualifier (Singles in 2023 and 2024 / Doubles in 2022)
* 3-time UAA President's Council Scholar-Athlete in 2021-22, 2022-23, and 2023-24
* 5-time All-UAA (1st-Team in Singles in 2022, 2023, and 2024 / 1st-Team in Doubles in 2022 and 2023)
* 2-time CSC Academic All-District in 2023 and 2024
* 4-time Academic All-UAA in 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025
* 2-time UAA Player of the Week

All-Americans (4):

* 2025 - Doubles - ITA Central Region Champion
* 2024 - Singles - NCAA Semifinals
* 2023 - Singles - Top-20 Player
* 2022 - Doubles - NCAA Quarterfinals

Individual Championship Appearances:

* 2024 - Singles - Semifinals
    - R32 - W, 6-7, 6-2, 6-4 vs. Matthew Michibata (TCNJ)
    - R16 - W, 7-6, 6-1 vs. Boren Zheng (NYU)
    - QF - W, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 vs. Joshua Bode (Concordia-TX)
    - SF - L, 1-6, 4-6 vs. Kael Shah (Denison)
* 2023 - Singles - Round of 32
    - R32 - L, 4-6, 1-6 vs. Johns Hopkins
* 2023 - Doubles - Round of 16
    - R16 - L, 2-6, 6-1, 5-7 vs. Johns Hopkins
* 2022 - Doubles - Quarterfinals
    - R16 - W, 7-6(7-4), 6-4 vs. Comadena/Kelly (Pomona-Pitzer)
    - QF - L, 3-6, 6-7(2-7) vs. Ramireddy/Li (WashU)

ITA Cup Appearances (1):

* 2024 - Doubles - Semifinals
    - R16 - W, 6-4, 6-1 vs. Kersten/Mendez (Trinity (TX)
    - QF - W, 3-6, 6-2, 1-0(12-10) vs. Billson/Giorgio (UW-Whitewater)
    - SF - L, 2-6, 6-7(8-10) vs. Ganchev/Maes (Tufts)

ITA Central Region Appearances:

* 2024 - Singles - Round of 32
* 2024 - Doubles - ITA Regional Champion
* 2023 - Singles - Quarterfinals
* 2023 - Doubles - Semifinals
* 2022 - Singles - Semifinals
* 2022 - Doubles - Round of 16
* 2021 - Singles - Quarterfinals
* 2021 - Doubles - Semifinals

Team Championships:

* Member of the 2022 and 2024 National Championship Teams
* Member of the 2022 and 2024 UAA Championship Teams

2024-25:

* Finished the season with a 14-9 singles record and 25-9 doubles record as a graduate student
* Added a 2-1 doubles record against nationally-ranked opponents
* Won 6 consecutive singles matches and 8 consecutive doubles matches on the season
* Picked up two top-15 doubles wins over the #9 team from Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and the #15 team from Denison

2023-24:

* Finished the season with a 29-2 singles record and 21-13 doubles record as a senior
* Added a 7-0 singles record against nationally-ranked opponents
* Added a 4-2 doubles record against nationally-ranked opponents
* Won 26 consecutive singles matches from October 1 to May 27
* Only losses came in ITA Regional Quarterfinal and National Semifinals to Kael Shah from Denison
* Tallied a perfect 6-0 singles record in his eight postseason team matches
* Won 10 consecutive doubles matches in April and May with two wins over the top-10 teams in the country

2022-23:

* Finished the season with a 16-11 singles record and 14-13 doubles record as a junior
* Won 6-straight singles and doubles matches in January and February

2021-22:

* Finished the season with a 20-3 singles record and 23-8 doubles record as a sophomore
* Earned All-Tournament Team honors in the Toledo Invite

2020-21:

* Finished the season with a 2-1 singles record and 2-0 doubles record as a freshman

High School:

* Played two years of tennis high school and four years of national tournaments
* 24-5 record as a freshman
* Round of 32 at State Championship
* Finals during Sectional Championship
* All Red/White Division
* Player of the Day at B18 National Championship
* Gold, Silver, and Bronze ball at various national championships
* AB Honor roll

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Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

  • 2021-22Sophomore

  • 2022-23Junior

  • 2023-24Senior

  • 2024-25Graduate Student