2018-19 Men's Tennis Roster
Alan Gadjiev
- Height:
- 6-6
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Tashkent, Uzbekistan
- High School:
- ES International School
2018-19 (Redshirt Junior)
Doubles specialist who finished with a team-leading 22 doubles wins … Named to the All-Tournament team for doubles alongside Borna Gojo at the NCAA Championship … Nationally ranked with two different partners, as high as No. 29 with Borna Gojo and as high as No. 54 with Julian Zlobinsky … Collected his highest-ranked win of his career in the NCAA Championship match, upsetting the fifth-ranked duo of Scott/Sigsgaard … Also defeated the No. 13 duo of Blumberg/Boyden of Virginia in the semifinals … Added a 6-1 win over the No. 73 duo of McClain and Vale of Florida … Finished 3-4 in singles … Collected a pair of wins in the dual season, including an ACC victory over Conor Mullins of Boston College.
2017-18 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Finished the year 13-13 overall, collecting 6 wins in the dual match season and four against ACC opponents ... Split time at the No. 4, 5 and 6 singles positions ... Had a four-match winning streak from March 16-23, collecting wins against Virginia Tech, No. 11 USC, #18 Duke and Miami ... Finished the year 15-10 in doubles competition, with seven wins coming against ACC opponents, playing primarily No. 3 doubles.
2016-17 (Redshirt Freshman)
Posted a 24-6 singles record and a 17-10 doubles record ... Played primarily at the No. 6 singles spot and finished 17-9 in dual matches ... In doubles play, competed primarily at the No. 2 doubles spot with partner Borna Gojo ... Defeated No. 125 Gabor Csonka in his first collegiate match during the fall season ... Also topped No. 73 Carlos Benito during the fall campaign ... In the ACC Championship finals, defeated No. 95 Henrik Wiersholm of Virginia in straight sets ... Defeated the No. 27 doubles team of Scott and Ito of Texas.
2015-16 (Freshman)
Redshirted and did not compete in the 2015-16 season.
Background
Came to Wake Forest as an international recruit from Tashkent, Uzbekistan ... Attended ES-International School in Barcelona, Spain ... Won three doubles titles on the ITF Junior circuit ... Reached a career-high of No. 345 in the juniors rankings.
Personal
Born on Feb. 16, 1996 ... Son of Zaira Vanieva and Ali Gadjiev ... Has previously played with Ramkumar Ramanathan, who is ranked in the top 300 in the ATP singles rankings ... Also received offers to play at Michigan and Georgia State.
