2020-21 Men's Tennis Roster

Robert Huskey

Mateusz Smolicki

  • Height 6-2
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Warsaw, Poland
  • Prev School USC

Biography

2020-21 (Senior)
• Earned first-team All-Big West honors in singles and second-team recognition in doubles
• Played at Nos. 2-4 in the singles lineup, finishing with a 6-1 overall record and a 5-1 mark in Big West matches
• Made his singles season debut against Portland State, winning 6-2, 6-2 at No. 4
• Won five-straight matches to close out the regular season
• Defeated conference opponents from Hawai’i, UC Riverside, UC Santa Barbara, UC San Diego and UC Davis
• Came from behind to take a hard-fought 6-7, 7-6, 7-6 decision against UCSB’s Pablo Masjuan at the second position
• Went 6-3 in doubles with four of his victories coming at the top of the lineup
• Posted a 3-1 record with Mark Peneff
• Duo upended 58th-ranked Corrado Summaria/Tim Zeitvogel of Pepperdine, 7-5
• Also cruised to a 6-3 victory over the Gauchos’ Stefano Tsorotiotis/Alejandro Vedri in the Big West Tournament
• Named to the Big West Spring All-Academic Team

2019-20 (Junior)
• Tied for second on the team with 10 overall singles victories
• Claimed the consolation titles at the ITA Southwest Regional Championships and Aztec Fall Invitational
• Won five-straight matches in the ITA Southwest Regional back draw
• Capped the tournament with a 7-6 (2), 4-6, 10-7 win over Ethan Prost of Loyola Marymount
• Played in six of the team’s eight dual matches, including five at the top of the lineup
• Defeated James Watt of Saint Mary’s, 6-4, 6-4
• Also outlasted Bucknell’s Marwan Abaza, 7-5, 3-6, 10-7
• Earned six overall doubles wins (3-4 dual)
• All three of his dual-match victories came alongside Mark Peneff at No. 1
• Received ITA Scholar-Athlete and Big West All-Academic honors

2018-19 (Sophomore)
• Earned All-Big West Honorable Mention recognition in singles and doubles
• Finished with a 14-16 overall singles record (12-10 dual)
• His 12 dual-match wins ranked second on the team
• Stepped up his game during conference play where he was 3-1
• Posted a 13-12 overall doubles record (9-10 dual)
• Played primarily at the top of the lineup with Vatsal Bajpai where the duo picked up eight of their nine victories

2017-18 (Freshman at USC)
• Played one year at USC
• Went 8-9 overall in doubles (2-5 dual)
• Did not play singles during the dual-match season

High School
• Attended Sopocka Akademia Tenisowa in Sopot, Poland
• Played four years of club tennis at KS Warszawianka
• Three-time ITF juniors doubles and futures doubles champion
• Won two doubles titles and one mixed title at the Polish championships
• Achieved a high ATP singles ranking of 1885 and doubles ranking of 485

Personal 
• Graduated with a bachelor's degree in international studies in June 2020
• Pursuing a Master of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
• Parents are Agnieszka and Grzegorz

CAREER RECORDS AT UCI
Overall Singles: 30-23
Dual-Match Singles: 20-14
Overall Doubles: 25-24
Dual-Match Doubles: 18-17

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Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Sophomore

    6'2"
  • 2019-20Junior

    6'2"
  • 2020-21Graduate Student

    6'2"