DRABBLE'S CAREER RECORD
| YEAR |
SINGLES (dual/overall) |
DOUBLES (dual/overall) |
| 2006-07 | 11-7/16-11 | 15-6/22-7 |
| 2007-08 | 12-9/14-13 | 9-13/10-15 |
| 2008-09 | 11-11/15-14 | 17-7/22-10 |
| 2009-10 | 9-11/17-15 | 14-8/17-11 |
| Career | 43-38/62-53 | 55-34/71-43 |
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• Getting To Know: Derek Drabble
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2008-09 (Junior): Led the team in doubles wins and finished ranked 31st nationally in doubles with Martin Kildahl, the fourth-best final ranking in UW history ... was 22-10 overall in doubles, and was 15-6 overall with Kildahl including 9-3 in dual play (4-3 at No. 1; 5-0 at No. 2) ... reached the Pac-10 Doubles Semifinals with Kildahl, falling to Thacher and Klahn of Stanford ... beat four ranked doubles teams with Kildahl, including two wins over Top-20 Cal tandem Chizever and Zerbini ... beat 27th-ranked Corrie and Damico of Texas, 8-6, in the second round of the NCAA team tournament ... with Kildahl was named as an alternate to the NCAA doubles championships ... also was 8-4 in doubles with Patrik Fischer including a doubles point clinching win over Varella and Vitulli of Georgia ... was 15-14 overall in singles play, including an 11-11 mark in dual matches ... was 7-2 at the No. 5 spot, and 3-9 at No. 4 ... started the year 9-2 overall, including a win over 77th-ranked Shuhei Uzawa of Ohio State at fifth singles ... beat Texas Tech's Christian Rojmar in UW's 4-3 win in NCAA First Round ... eight of 11 dual losses were in three sets ... had a win in each of UW's three Pac-10 dual wins ... lost in Pac-10 main draw first round to USC's Matt Kecki in three sets.
2007-08 (Sophomore): Put together a 14-13 singles record, 12-9 in dual play and was 10-15 overall in doubles ... was 2-0 at No. 3 singles, 8-8 at No. 4, and 2-1 at No. 5 ... big serve resulted in many close matches throughout the year, and he came up with some of the year's biggest wins for UW ... in Washington's win over 10th-ranked Alabama, he fought back from 5-2 down in the third set to defeat Michael Jung, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (2) and give the Huskies a vital third point ... clinched UW's 4-3 win over Pepperdine with a 6-1, 6-7 (3), 6-4 win at No. 4 singles over Johannes de Villiers ... also defeated Arizona's Peter Zimmer in straight sets in UW's only other 4-3 victory ... earned a major road win at Texas A&M, defeating 90th-ranked Chris Chirico, 12-10, in a third-set tiebreak ... competed in the main draw of the Pac-10 Championships but fell in the first round to ASU's Juan Carlos Rebaza ... was 9-13 in dual doubles matches, playing the majority with Andy Kuharszky ... was 1-4 at No. 1 doubles with Kuharszky, and 5-5 at No. 2 ... also went 1-3 at No. 1 doubles with Patrik Fischer, and 1-0 with Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan ... fall season was cut short by an ankle sprain suffered during a match against Stanford's Blake Muller in the second round of ITA NW Regionals.
2006-07 (Freshman): Showed remarkable progress by the end of the season...was 8-2 in singles from April until the end of season and 9-1 in doubles during that same period...started year with a 9-10 singles record before winning eight of last nine matches...won 6-3, 6-0 over Wisconsin's Felipe Bellido in the NCAA Team Championships...lost in the finals of the Pac-10 Invitational singles championship to USC's Jason McNaughton...tied for team lead with 22 doubles wins...was 4-2 at No. 4 in dual matches and 7-5 at No. 5...started dual match season paired with Daniel Chu and was 5-1 overall...switched partners and teamed with Andy Kuharszky at No. 3 and went 10-4 in dual matches, 17-6 overall...pair won Pac-10 Invitational Tournament and finished the season with a nine match win streak...was 3-3 in singles action during the fall, including an appearance in the Round of 32 at the ITA Northwest Regionals...also posted a fall record of 3-2 in doubles, pairing up with Andy Kuharszky...the duo made it to the semifinals of the ITA Northwest Regionals.
Before Washington and Personal
Derek G. Drabble...Attended Alma Mater High School where he competed in rugby as well as tennis...was coached by Charles Wheeler...obtained an ITF ranking of 144...native of Johannesburg, South Africa...parents are Gerda and Derek...father is a mechanical engineer, his mother a housewife...has a brother, Joshua (2), and a sister, Melissa (15)...intends on majoring in business finance...enjoys playing rugby.
Coach Anger on Drabble:
"Derek is now starting to truly believe he can excel, rather than just hearing me say it. I'm certainly hoping that is going to carry over to where he gets a greater and greater share of close matches."
Fast Facts
Nickname that my teammates call me: Drabs
One-handed or two-handed backhand?: One-handed.
Best thing about being a Husky: Wearing purple and gold. Representing a school of great tradition and excellence.
Best thing about Seattle: The wonderful people who make Seattle so great.
Best thing about the coaching staff: Their passion, commitment, and love for the sport.
Favorite Husky moment thus far: Playing the National Team Indoors at home in 2008.
Current cell phone ringtone: Chariots of Fire
What movie have you seen more than any other: Braveheart
Best piece of advice you've received during tennis career: Hard work beats talent.
If you could travel anywhere, where would you go: Rome
Favorite game to play at recess in elementary school: Touch rugby
Favorite non-Husky sports team to watch: South African Springboks
Hidden talent: Playing contact sports
The following posters are on my dorm/apartment walls: Braveheart and Gladiator
