2023-24 Men's Tennis Roster

Matt Brown

Enrique Luque Rico

  • Height 5-7
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Cordoba, Spain
  • Prev School Pepperdine

Biography

2023-24 (Senior)
• Earned first-team All-Big West honors in singles for the second year in a row
• Finished with a 16-8 overall record
• Went 11-6 at No. 1 singles during the dual-match season
• Upset No. 72 Pablo Masjuan 6-2, 6-1 in a 4-1 victory over UC Santa Barbara in the Big West championship match
• Defeated Cal Poly’s top singles player, Noah Berry, in straight sets in a semifinal win
• Rallied for a 7-5, 3-6, 7-5 victory over Berry to clinch a 4-3 triumph over the Mustangs during the regular season
• Advanced to the qualifying singles draw at the ITA All-American Championships in the fall
• Took down opponents from Indiana, Oklahoma, Georgia Southern and Vanderbilt
• Came in at No. 123 in the final ITA Singles Rankings
• Named to the Big West Spring All-Academic Team

2022-23 (Junior)
• First-team All-Big West selection in singles
• Finished the season with 14 overall victories and a 10-6 record in dual-match play
• Went 8-3 at the top of the lineup
• Defeated 83rd-ranked Noah Berry of Cal Poly, 6-4, 6-1
• Also led Pepperdine’s No. 124 Tim Zeitvogel, 6-4, 3-3, when the match was abandoned
• Put together a seven-match win streak from Feb. 19-March 28
• Earned an impressive 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 non-conference win over UCLA’s Giacomo Revelli
• Advanced to the Round of 32 in both singles and doubles at the ITA Southwest Regional Championships during the fall
• Took down Utah’s Jayson Blando, 6-3, 6-2, at the LMU Invitational

2021-22 (Sophomore at Pepperdine)
• Earned All-West Coast Conference honorable mention recognition in both singles and doubles
• Finished the campaign with a 20-5 overall singles record
• Went 10-2 at Nos. 4-6 during the dual-match season
• Took down Alex Stater of 19th-ranked San Diego to bring the Waves even at 3-3 in the WCC title match
• Defeated Han-Chih Lin in straight sets to help Pepperdine to a 4-0 win over No. 40 Washington in the first round of the NCAA Tournament
• Posted a 12-9 record in doubles
• Advanced to the Round of 16 in both singles and doubles at the 2021 ITA Southwest Regional Championships
• Named to the WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll and the WCC All-Academic Team
 
2020-21 (Redshirt at Pepperdine)
• Did not play
 
2019-20 (at Pepperdine)
• Went 6-2 in dual-match singles and 4-3 in doubles before the season was canceled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
• Also finished with a 4-3 singles record during the fall season
• Named to the WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll and WCC All-Academic Team
 
2018-19 (Freshman at Pepperdine)
• Second-team All-West Coast Conference singles selection
• Tied for the team high in singles wins with a 17-10 record
• Went 10-5 at the No. 2 position
• Clinched a 4-3 upset over 38th-ranked BYU with a 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 victory over Mateo Vereau Melendez
• Finished with 12 doubles victories
• Named to the WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll
 
High School
• Graduated from American International School of Mallorca in 2018
• Valedictorian of his high school class
• Reached the final four of the Spanish Championship twice
• Advanced to the quarterfinals of the Spain F13 Futures in June 2018
• Won his first ATP point at 17 years old
• Five-time regional champion in Spain
 
Personal
• Graduated from Pepperdine in 2022
• Completed the Accelerated Certificate Program in International Finance and Data Analytics in his first year at UC Irvine
• Will start the Master of Finance program in Fall 2023

CAREER RECORDS AT UCI
Overall Singles: 30-19
Dual-Match Singles: 21-12
Overall Doubles: 6-16
Dual-Match Doubles: 3-9

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Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Senior

    5'7"
  • 2023-24Graduate Student

    5'7"