2017-18 Men's Tennis Roster
Roster
Taiyo Hamanaka
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Eastchester, N.Y.
- Previous School:
- Eastchester
- College:
- Columbia College
- Major:
- Economics
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 |
