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2018-19 Men's Tennis Roster

Greg Bartram
Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin

William Matheson

  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Auckland, N.Z.
  • Previous School Saint Kentigern College
  • College Columbia College
  • Major Political Science

Biography

  • 2018 & 2019 First Team All-Ivy League (Doubles)
  • 2018 & 2019 NCAA Doubles Championship Qualifier

 
SENIOR (2018-19)
Garnered first team All-Ivy League doubles selection for the second straight season with partner Jack Lin ... Earned a No. 4 national ranking with Lin on Nov. 14 ... Won the Northeast Regional doubles title ... Won the Northeast Regional Doubles title with Matheson and earned the No. 1 overall seed in the 2018 ITA Fall National Championship ... Qualified for the NCAA Doubles Championship with Lin and wrapped up the season with a No. 30 national ranking ... Posted a 9-5 overall record in singles ... Saw singles action in three dual matches, posting a 2-0 record ... Defeated Cornell’s No. 37 Volfson/Soyfer on April 27 with Lin to help clinch the outright Ivy League title ... Defeated Penn State’s No. 45 De La Bassetiere/Nemeth in the second round of the NCAA Tournament with Lin.
 
JUNIOR (2017-18)
Earned first team All-Ivy League doubles honors … Went 10-3 in singles play, while going 21-7 alongside Jack Lin in doubles … Received a No. 83 ranking in the Feb. 7 singles rankings after defeating No. 30 Jan Zielinski (Georgia) at the MLK Invitational ... Earned a trio of singles Ivy victories over players from Princeton, Harvard, and Dartmouth … Alongside Lin, advanced to the ITA Fall National Championship after a victory over Victor Pham and Jackie Tang during the ITA Northeast Regional … Ranked as high as No. 21 in doubles play … Advanced to the NCAA Doubles Tournament, earning a win over No. 3 Arconada/Aguilar from Texas A&M in the opening round … Also defeated No. 29 Cobb/Sendegeya from Texas Tech (Jan. 29) and No. 15 Sandkaulen/Fallert (Ole Miss, Feb. 11) during the season.
 
SOPHOMORE (2016-17)
Went 20-8 in singles play and 5-6 in doubles matches ... Started the fall with wins in his first six matches, and recorded another six match winning streak during the ITA Northeast Regional ... Played in the No. 5 singles slot during the spring, on Columbia's Ivy League Championship squad.
 
FIRST-YEAR (2015-16)
Went 1-1 during his first year competing for the Lions.
 
PERSONAL
A former tennis athlete at Saint Kentigern College in Auckland, New Zealand … Qualified for the Junior Australian Open in 2014 and 2015 … Earned the New Zealand Junior Boy of the Year and Auckland Junior Boy of the Year awards throughout his prep career … Was the No. 1 ranked junior player in New Zealand, and rated as high as No. 129 in the world junior rankings … Born in Hong Kong … The son of Kim Young Sook Matheson and John Matheson ... Majoring in Political Science at Columbia College.
 
CAREER STATS

    SINGLES DOUBLES
Year Overall Dual Tour Ivy Overall Ivy
2015-16 1-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0
2016-17 20-8 7-5 12-3 0-1 5-6 0-0
2017-18 10-3 5-0 5-3 3-0 28-8 5-1
2018-19 9-5 2-0 7-5 1-0 21-15 4-2
Career 40-17 14-5 25-12 4-1 54-29 9-3

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16First Year

  • 2016-17Sophomore

  • 2017-18Junior

    5'10"
  • 2018-19Senior

    5'10"