2018-19 Men's Tennis Roster
Biography
- 2018 & 2019 Ivy League Player of the Year
- 2017, 2018 & 2019 First Team All-Ivy League (Singles)
- 2017 First Team All-Ivy League (Doubles)
- 2019 Second Team All-Ivy League (Doubles)
- 2019 ITA Northeast Senior Player of the Year
- 2017, 2018 & 2019 NCAA Singles Championship Qualifier
- 2019 Male Connie S. Maniatty Award Winne
- 2018 & 2019 Academic All-Ivy League
SENIOR (2018-19)
Honored as Ivy League Player of the Year for the second-consecutive season, becoming the first player in program history to accomplish the feat in back-to-back years ... Earned a win in the NCAA Singles Tournament, defeating Georgia Tech’s No. 27 Carlos Divar in straight sets ... Opened up his season with a win over Georgia’s No. 15 Emil Reinberg at the MLK Invitational on Jan. 21 ... Helped the Lions knock off No. 9 Baylor at ITA National Team Indoor Championship, defeating Matias Soto at No. 2 singles ... Led Columbia to its sixth-straight Ivy League title, going undefeated (7-0) at No. 1 singles in conference play ... First team All-Ivy singles selection ... Second team All-Ivy League doubles honoree ... Went 7-4 overall against ranked foes in singles action ... Recorded an impressive 18-2 mark with Rian Pandole at No. 2 doubles in the dual season, boasting a nine-match win streak in the middle of the season ... Debuted at No. 14 in the preseason ITA singles rankings on Sept. 11, but missed the fall season recovering from injury ... Finished the season ranked No. 34 in the Oracle/ITA Division I Men’s National Singles Rankings ... Named the ITA Northeast Region Senior Player of the Year ... Awarded Columbia's Male Connie S. Maniatty Award at the 2019 Varsity C Celebration.Â
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JUNIOR (2017-18)
Named the Ivy League Player of the Year and a first team All-Ivy Singles player during his junior campaign … Advanced to the NCAA Singles Tournament … Ranked as high as No. 7 in both singles and doubles action … Posted a 25-11 record in singles play, while going 16-10 with Jackie Tang in doubles … In his second tournament of the fall, claimed a runner-up finish at the Oracle ITA Masters, including victories over No. 76 Felipe Sarrasague (Elon) and the eventual NCAA Singles champion No. 3 Petros Chrysochos (Wake Forest) … Won the ITA Northeast Regional while not dropping a set along the way and topping No. 109 David Volfson (Cornell) in the finale … Advanced to the ITA Fall National Championship, where he won his opening match over No. 97 Sameer Kumar (Stanford) … Defeated a total of 11 ranked singles players … Opened the spring with a win over No. 25 Emil Reinberg (Georgia) … Knocked off Gustav Hansson from Ole Miss twice in the spring, including when he was ranked No. 20 … Won two matches at the ITA Team Indoor Nationals over No. 64 Bjoern Petersen (Baylor) and No. 88 Julian Cash (Oklahoma State) … Defeated No. 48 Jordi Arconada (Texas A&M) in the first round of the NCAA Singles Tournament … Advanced to the ITA Northeast Regional Final in doubles with Jackie Tang, falling to William Matheson and Jack Lin, but then picking up a Wild Card to the ITA Fall National Championship … Earned doubles victories over No. 33 Curry Kapshuk (Texas Tech), No. 21 Babic Kraljevic (Ole Miss), and No. 67 Lord/Soderlund (Virginia) with Tang.
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SOPHOMORE (2016-17)
Qualified for the NCAA Singles Championship while earning first team All-Ivy League honors ... Went 23-12 in singles play, with a season best ITA ranking of No. 41 ... Won seven of his first eight matches, including a pair of wins over ranked opponents at the Crimson Tide Four-In-The-Fall ... Earned a pair of victories at the ECAC Championship, when Columbia posted a title ... Went 5-1 in Ivy League play, helping the Lions to their fourth consecutive conference crown ... Defeated Purdue's Ricky Medinilla as Columbia topped Purdue at the NCAA Regionals ... Posted a 24-11 overall record in doubles play, while going 21-8 paired with brother, Richard Pham ‘17CC ... Collected first team All-Ivy League doubles honors ... Ranked as high as No. 8 in the spring season ... Defeated three ranked opponents ... Won a pair of matches at the USTA/ITA National Indoor Championships ... Helped Columbia to an ECAC Championship with a pair of doubles wins ... Went 4-2 against Ivy League competition.Â
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FIRST-YEAR (2015-16)
Posted a 19-10 record during his first season, including a 10-8 record playing out of the No. 2 singles spot for the Lions … Earned second team All-Ivy League honors, going 2-1 in such matches … Won four of five matches during the USTA/ITA Northeast Regional Championship in October ... Went 3-1 overall playing with Shawn Hadavi in doubles play during Ivy League matches.Â
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PERSONAL
A blue-chip recruit, ranked as high as No. 11 in the class of 2015 by tennisrecruiting.net … A two-time high school All-American … Earned a title at the U.S. Open Sectional Playoff in 2015 … Won a doubles title at the USTA Winter National Championships … Born in Veijle, Denmark, the son of Thao Nguyen and Tim Pham … Older brother, Richard, also played tennis for the Lions from 2013-17.Â
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CAREER STATS
 |
    SINGLES |
DOUBLES |
Year |
Overall |
Dual |
Tour |
Ivy |
Overall |
Ivy |
2015-16 |
19-10 |
10-8 |
9-2 |
2-1 |
3-1 |
3-1 |
2016-17 |
23-12 |
13-7 |
10-5 |
5-1 |
24-11 |
4-2 |
2017-18 |
25-11 |
12-7 |
13-4 |
0-1 |
17-10 |
0-1 |
2018-19 |
18-5 |
16-4 |
2-1 |
7-0 |
19-2 |
6-1 |
Career |
85-38 |
51-26 |
34-12 |
14-3 |
53-22 |
13-5 |
Statistics
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