2020-21 Men's Tennis Roster
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Chidekh, Clement
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Clement Chidekh
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Lyon, France
- High School:
- National Institute of Applied Sciences
Bio
» 2021-22 ITA All-American in Singles
» Ranked No. 1 nationally during 2022
» 2021-22 All-Pac-12 First Team
» 2020-21 All-Pac-12 First Team
» 2020-21 ITA Northwest Region Newcomer of the Year
» Ranked No. 1 nationally during 2022
» 2021-22 All-Pac-12 First Team
» 2020-21 All-Pac-12 First Team
» 2020-21 ITA Northwest Region Newcomer of the Year
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SEASON-BY-SEASON HIGHLIGHTS |
2021-22 (Junior)
- Became the ninth All-American in Washington history and the first Husky ever to achieve the No. 1 national singles ranking, as he reached the top spot on Feb. 24
- Turned pro following junior season, finishing with a 42-11 career singles record, a .792 win percentage that is the best in Washington history
- Historic season included reaching the semifinals of both the ITA All-America Championships and the ITA National Fall Championships, the first Husky to make the semis of both tournaments in the same season
- Finished the season ranked No. 14 nationally in singles and was ranked in the top-10 from Dec. 8 until May 4
- Named to the All-Pac-12 First Team for the second time
- Went 17-1 in dual singles matches, all at No. 1 singles, and 28-5 overall for an .848 win percentage, third-best in UW single season history
- Defeated 15 ranked opponents based on the time of the match
- Based on year-end rankings, had wins over No. 5 Stefan Dostanic (USC), No. 8 Gabriel Diallo (Kentucky), No. 10 Hamish Stewart (Georgia), No. 21 JJ Tracy (Ohio State), No. 43 Alexander Hoogmartens (UCLA), No. 52 Edoardo Graziani (Penn), No. 53 Jonas Ziverts (Arizona), No. 70 Gustaf Strom (Arizona), No. 82 Axel Geller (Stanford), No. 83 Tad Maclean (Auburn), No. 90 Andrew Rogers (Pepperdine), No. 92 Patrick Zahraj (UCLA), No. 98 Yuta Kikuchi (Cal), No. 99 Ryan Goetz (Virginia), and three wins over No. 114 Joshua Charlton (Oregon)
- Was a No. 9-16 seed for the NCAA Singles Championships, but suffered an upset first round loss to 45th-ranked Jeffrey von der Schulenberg of Virginia
- Was up 6-0, 6-5 with match point against 30th-ranked Inaki Montes de la Torre of Virginia at No. 1 singles in the ITA National Team Indoor Championships when the dual match was clinched and suspended
- Only losses on the season, based on year-end rankings, came against No. 1 Ben Shelton (Florida) in the ITA All-America Championship semifinals, No. 4 August Holmgren (San Diego) in the ITA National Fall Championship semifinals, No. 11 Arthur Fery (Stanford) in the ITA Northwest Super Regionals final, No. 26 Murphy Cassone (Arizona State) in a third set tiebreaker in his only dual match defeat, and to von der Schulenberg in the NCAA singles tourney
- Led 24th-ranked Daniel de Jonge of Pepperdine, 6-4, 4-3, at No. 1 singles in the NCAA Team Championships first round when the match was suspended
- Went 18-10 overall and 15-8 in dual play in doubles, playing all but two matches with Nedim Suko; also was 1-1 with Jack Davis during the fall
- With Suko, was ranked in five polls, as high as No. 34
- Upset No. 2-ranked Boulais/Trotter of Ohio State at No. 2 doubles, 7-6 (2), at ITA National Team Indoor Championships
- With Suko, won first three doubles matches at the Pac-12 Championships over Oregon, Arizona, and UCLA on UW’s run to the finals
2020-21 (Sophomore)
- An outstanding first season as a Husky, as he earned a spot on the All-Pac-12 First Team, the first Husky to do that in their first season since 2004
- Named the ITA Northwest Region Rookie of the Year, the first Husky to win the honor since 2016
- Finished the season ranked No. 106 in the ITA national rankings, and was as high as No. 73 during the season
- Played all but the first match of the season at No. 1 singles, going 13-6 at No. 1 singles and 1-0 at No. 2
- Had three wins over ranked opponents at the time of the match, the first one a 6-2, 6-4 road win over No. 67 Kody Pearson of Tulsa … also defeated then-No. 30 Joshua Charlton of Oregon, 6-2, 6-3, and then-No. 91 Emmanuel Coste of Oregon, 7-5, 6-2
- A 6-1, 6-4 win over Nathan Ponwith of Arizona State, who ended the year ranked No. 89
- Won 13 of his first 14 singles matches
- In doubles, was 12-6, all with Thibault Cancel, going 1-1 at No. 1 and 11-5 at No. 2 … also played two matches with Alexis Alvarez but neither finished
- Won his first six doubles matches of the season, including big road wins at No. 2 at Arkansas (6-4 vs Alonso/Paya) and at Tulsa (6-5 [4] vs Kamdem/Thelwall-Jones)
- Big win in final match with Cancel, getting a 6-3 win over UCLA’s Pereira/Zahraj as UW won the doubles point over No. 28 Bruins on Apr. 25
- Was No. 8 in the ITA Preseason Freshman/Newcomer Rankings
2019-20 (Freshman)
- Competed at the National Institute of Applied Sciences in Lyon, France.
Personal Notes
Earned first ATP point in September 2019 at the Bagneres De Bigorre ... defeated five players in the French Top 100 ... started playing tennis at the age of three and won a national singles tournament at the age of 13 ... ranked in the Tennis Europe Top 100 ... won the Pont des Generations U16 title in 2017.
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CAREER RECORD |
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Rise and shine. #GoHuskies #collegefootball #sunrise
Saturday, September 27
☔️☔️☔️ #GoHuskies #collegefootball #Seattle
Saturday, September 27
Washington 2, Wisconsin 0 | Huskies Highlights
Saturday, September 27
Charlie finds Zach to finish the game off!
Saturday, September 27
