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2017-18 Men's Tennis Roster

Taiyo Hamanaka

  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Eastchester, N.Y.
  • Previous School Eastchester
  • College Columbia College
  • Major Economics

Biography

2017-18: Posted a 2-4 mark in singles play during the fall, while going 2-1 in doubles action.

2016-17: Posted a 1-3 record in singles play during the fall.

2015-16: Did not compete.

Fall 2014: In his collegiate debut, posted a 3-1 singles record in the Whitman Draw at the Ivy Plus Invitational … Downed Penn's Gabriel Rapoport, 6-1, 7-6(5), at the Princeton Invitational.

Before Columbia: Four-time captain at Eastchester … All-America as a senior … Three-time all-state selection and four-time all-section choice … Westchester Player of the Year and NYSPHSAA state finalist as a senior … Ranked as a five-star recruit by TennisRecruiting.net … Ranked as the fourth-best player in New York, 10th in the Middle Atlantic region and 61st nationally … In the USTA rankings, he ranked as the No. 4 player in the Eastern region and 89th in the country … AP Scholar … Cornell University Book Award winner … Member of the National Honor Society and the NY State Math and Science Honor Societies. 

Personal: Economics major at Columbia … AP Scholar … Cornell University Book Award winner … Member of the National Honor Society … Member of the NY State Math and Science Honor Societies … Parents are Masumo and Michiaki.

      SINGLES DOUBLES
Year Overall Dual Tour Ivy Overall Ivy
2014-15 4-1 0-0 4-1 0-0 0-3 0-0
2015-16 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2016-17 1-3 0-0 1-3 0-0 0-0 0-0
2017-18 2-4 0-0 2-4 0-0 2-1 0-0
Career 7-8 0-0 7-8 0-0 2-4 0-0

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15First Year

  • 2015-16Sophomore

  • 2016-17Junior

  • 2017-18Senior

    5'10"