2010-11 Men's Tennis Roster
Roster
Martin Kildahl
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Oslo, Norway
- High School:
- Wang Athletics
KILDAHL'S CAREER RECORD
| YEAR | SINGLES (dual • overall) | DOUBLES (dual • overall) |
| 2007-08 | 6-1 • 8-6 | 14-10 • 21-14 |
| 2008-09 | 15-8 • 18-10 | 14-9 • 20-12 |
| 2009-10 | 12-9 • 13-10 | 15-8 • 16-9 |
| 2010-11 | 17-9 • 21-13 | 14-8 • 19-10 |
| Career | 50-27 • 60-39 | 57-35 • 76-45 |
• Getting To Know: Martin Kildahl |
» 2008-09 All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention
» Three-Time Pac-10 All-Academic Second Team
2010-11 (Senior): Capped off a great career, earning career-high national rankings in both singles and doubles during the season ... ranked as high as 71st in singles for two rankings periods, and ranked as high as 33rd in doubles with Tobi Obenaus ... finished his career fifth on the UW doubles wins list with 76 victories ... was third on the team with 21 singles wins, going 21-13 and 17-9 in dual play ... played primarily No. 3 singles, going 14-9 there, 1-0 at No. 2 singles, and 2-0 at No. 4 singles ... won his first seven dual matches, highlighted by a three set win over Nebraska's Tom Blackwell in UW's 4-3 win, and a 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 win on the road over Michigan's Justin Rossi ... biggest upset of his career came in UW's dual against No. 1 Virginia, where he came back to defeat 13th-ranked Sanam Singh, 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 ... strung another six-match win streak together from Feb. 27 to Mar. 25, with wins against USF, St. Mary's, Eastern Washington, Santa Clara, and Arizona ... in UW's NCAA First Round win over Cal Poly, registered a 6-4, 6-2 win at third singles over Brian McPhee ... fell in the Pac-10 Championships first round to Oregon's Robin Cambier ... played every doubles match with Obenaus, going 19-10 overall and 14-8 in dual play, mostly as UW's No. 2 doubles team ... started the season 18-3 in doubles before struggling down the stretch ... won the PNW Intercollegiate title, upsetting 25th-ranked teammates McMorrow and Nedunchezhiyan in the final, 9-8 ... an 8-5 win at second doubles against Texas A&M's Ore and Grigorov as UW took the doubles point and went on to the upset win ... fell in the first round of the Pac-10 Championships to UCLA's Inbar and Hardie ... named to the Pac-10 All-Academic Second Team.
2009-10 (Junior): Came on very strong late in the season after offseason foot surgery kept him out of the fall ... named to the Pac-10 All-Academic Second Team ... went 13-10 overall in singles play and 12-9 in dual matches ... went 4-2 in Pac-10 dual singles matches, winning four-straight down the stretch ... swept his road dual matches in the Bay Area, defeating Denis Lin of Stanford, 3-6, 7-5 (13-11) and then 116th-ranked Jonathan Dahan of California, 6-7, 6-2, 6-4, both at No. 4 singles ... also downed Jason Zafiros of Arizona, 6-4, 6-3, at fourth singles ... a 6-3, 7-5 winner over Ric Mortera of Oregon in the regular season finale ... made the Pac-10 Championships round of 16 after a three-set win over Matt Kecki of USC ... posted a key comeback win over Antonio Lastre of Mississippi State, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in UW's 5-2 win ... was 16-9 in doubles matches, playing all but one match with Derek Drabble ... he and Drabble were ranked 11th in the fall preseason but were unable to compete until spring due to his foot injury ... upset 32nd-ranked Zivkovic and Schleining of Portland in their third match, 8-6, at No. 1 doubles ... clinched doubles point vs. Mississippi State with a 9-8 (2) win over Sanchez and Lastre ... won five straight doubles matches with Drabble from Feb. 27 to March 23 ... 8-1 winners over Embry and Hazi of Arizona at second doubles ... also won doubles matches over California and Oregon, and made the Pac-10 quarterfinals after an 8-2 win over Brigham and Seguso of UCLA ... battled second-ranked Klahn and Thacher of Stanford to the finish in the quarters, falling 8-6 ... won their No. 2 doubles match in the NCAA Team Championships first round, defeating Rice's Tachibana and Rosa, 8-4.
2008-09 (Sophomore): One of the most improved players in the conference, stepped up to No. 3 singles for the majority of the season, and went 14-5 in that spot, earning All-Pac-10 honorable mention ... was 18-10 overall in singles play and was 20-12 in doubles action ... second on the team in dual wins with 15 ... finished the year as half of UW's top doubles tandem along with Derek Drabble, as the two ended the year ranked 31st, the fourth-best finish in UW history ... made the Pac-10 doubles semifinals with Kildahl, falling to Stanford's Thacher and Klahn ... chosen as an alternate to NCAA doubles tourney with Drabble ... he and Drabble defeated four ranked doubles teams, including two wins over Top-20 Cal tandem Chizever and Zerbini ... provided the first win for UW in its comeback 4-3 win over Texas Tech in the NCAA First Round ... earned first win over a ranked opponent with a 7-5, 6-4 win over Fresno State's 112th-ranked Rikus de Villiers ... won both singles matches in Great Northwest Shootout vs. Oklahoma and Boise State ... had a win in each of UW's three Pac-10 dual wins ... teamed with Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan to go 5-6 at No. 1 doubles ... named to the Pac-10 All-Academic Second Team.
2007-08 (Freshman): One of Washington's top doubles players during first season, and his singles play steadily improved until he cracked the lineup in March ... went 8-6 in singles play, and 21-14 in doubles matches, leading the team in doubles wins ... went 6-1 in dual play, all at No. 6 singles ... won his first six dual singles matches, and his only dual loss came in the NCAA Tournament against Wisconsin's Felipe Bellido ... went 3-0 in Pac-10 dual matches, defeating Nate Cochrane (Arizona), Ken Nakahara (Cal), and Mike Myrhed (Oregon) ... played doubles with six different teammates during the year, but had the most success with fellow freshman Tobi Obenaus ... he and Obenaus comprised UW's No. 3 doubles team for much of the season, going 11-5 at No. 3 and 13-6 overall ... the pair won nine-straight dual matches from Feb. 16 until Mar. 25, defeating duos from Alabama, Illinois, and Pepperdine among others ... with Obenaus, reached the semifinals of the Pac-10 Invitational, losing to a USC pair ... started slowly in the fall, but made the quarterfinals of Flight C in the Chandler Cup in the final fall tourney.
Before Washington and Personal:
Born in Oslo, Norway ... mother Vigdis, and father Sverre ... has a younger sister, Marie, and younger brother, Mats ... won 11 Norwegian junior championships and one senior championship ... ranked No. 250 in the ITF junior rankings in 2005 ... was the No. 1 ranked Norwegian junior and fifth-ranked senior ... placed second in a European junior doubles championship ... also played soccer in high school.
