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2021-22 Men's Tennis Roster

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Ivan Thamma

  • Height 6-0
  • Class GS
  • Hometown San Diego, California
  • Highschool Point Loma High
  • Prev School UC Davis
  • Instagram thammabear

Biography

2021-22 (Grad Student at SMU): 18-10 singles record, 10-7 in dual matches. Clinched 4-3 SMU wins over No. 35 San Diego and No. 57 UCF (6-7, 6-4, 6-4 over Will Davies and 5-7, 7-6, 6-1 over JC Roddick)... 16-9 overall, 8-6 dual record with primary doubles partner, Adam Neff. 3-5 with all other partners. Ranked as high as No. 58 with Neff in ITA national doubles rankings. Competed with Neff in ATP Tour debut at the Dallas Open, losing in the first round to Withrow/Querrey 6-7, 6-4, 10-5. In first tournament with an SMU jersey, Thamma went 3-0 in singles (wins over Texas Tech, Rice, Baylor) and 3-0 in doubles (wins over Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Rice) with partner Adam Neff at The Lakes Invite held in Frisco... AAC All-Academic Team.

2020-21 (Sr. at UC Davis): ITA Scholar Athlete... Big West Conference All-Academic team... All-Big West First Team Singles...All-Big West First Team doubles... Big West Men's Tennis Player of the Week (3/17)... won six of 11 singles matches played throughout the 2021 singles season, all at No.1 position... Collected singles victories at Santa Clara (2/18), Nevada (2/25), at Point Loma (3/6), San Francisco (3/12), New Mexico State (3/13) and at UC Riverside (4/23).

2019-20 (Jr. at UC Davis): ITA All-American Doubles qualifier... ITA All-American singles prequalifier... Pre Season ITA Doubles Nationally Ranked... Posted a 12-12 overall, 4-7 dual singles record, competing at No.1... Won back-to-back three set matches over UTSA and Saint Mary's, helping the Aggies open the season undefeated at Marya Welch Tennis Center... Earned UC Davis' first No.1 seed at ITA Northwest Regionals alongside partner David Goulak... Won the Kramer Classic tournament with Goulak for the second consecutive year, defeating teammates Jalili/Swanson in the quarterfinals... Currently No.9 in the UC Davis record book with 57 career doubles wins... Remainder of the spring dual season was canceled on Mar. 12 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. 

2018-19 (So. at UC Davis): Big West second team singles... Big West First Team doubles... ITA All-American Championships Singles Qualifier... Oracle/ITA Doubles Nationally ranked... ITA All-Academic Team... UC Davis Team Captain...

2017-18 (Fr. at UC Davis): Big West Freshman of the Year... Big West 1st Team Singles... Big West First Team Doubles... Big West Athlete of the Week (Feb 21)... Became the second UC Davis men's tennis player in as many years to be named the Big West's top freshman... Posted a 21-12 overall record, 14-9 dual, 7-3 tournament and 4-1 in conference singles play... Led the team with the highest number of overall singles wins... Won eight consecutive singles matches in February and March, including wins over Santa Clara and Hawai'i ...

High School: USTA Boys 16 National Doubles Champions (August 2015) in Kalamazoo, Michigan with partner Bryce Pereira... member of Team Southern California which won USTA Boys Team National Championships in Champagne, Illinois (July 2017) playing #1 doubles and singles... won San Diego CIF section doubles title with teammate Keegan Smith as a freshman for Point Loma High School... qualified to the section semifinals in singles as a sophomore... entered his senior season ranked 26th nationally in boys 18 singles... Highest national ranking acheived in 2014 was 13th... 5-star recruit and ranked 22nd nationally and 8th in California according to TennisRecruiting.Net as of August 25th, 2017... Overall record of 34-14, including 12-3 record against other 5-star ranked recruits...

Personal: Parents are Alex Krewsun and Keo Pravongviengkhan... Father Alex is from Russia, Mother Keo is from Laos... Outside of tennis and school, enjoys surfing, golfing, fishing and hiking... only child... first generation high school graduate and college graduate.... have two dogs back home in San Diego... Would like to pursue sports marketing profession after graduate school... Majored in communications, minor in economics at UC Davis... currently earning his Masters in Management at SMU Cox School of Business.

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