2023-24 Men's Tennis Roster

Matt Brown
Matt Brown
Robert Huskey
Robert Huskey

Ali Amiri

  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Irvine, Calif.

Biography

2023-24 (Senior)
• Finished with an 11-6 overall singles record
• Went 7-2 while playing at Nos. 5 and 6 
• Won five in a row from Feb. 25-March 12, dropping just one set during that stretch
• Defeated Villanova’s Thomas Wakefield 6-1, 6-1 to clinch an eventual 7-0 victory on March 5
• Both of his Big West matches went unfinished
• Earned a ranked win in the fall, taking down No. 53 Noah Berry of Cal Poly 2-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4 to advance to the Round of 32 at the ITA Southwest Regional
• Also competed in singles at the ITA All-American Championships
• Named to the Big West Spring All-Academic Team

2022-23 (Junior)
• Went 13-10 overall and 9-7 in dual-match singles
• Helped the Anteaters claim a share of the Big West regular-season title as he went 4-0 in conference play
• Put together an eight-match win streak from March 6 to April 16
• Defeated Kai Brady of No. 38 UC Santa Barbara, 6-4, 6-1, at the end of that stretch
• Also earned straight-set road victories at Cal Poly, Hawai’i and UC Riverside
• Competed in the ITA All-American Championships during the fall, winning his first match in the pre-qualifying round
• Finished with a 3-0 record at the LMU Invitational
• Big West Spring All-Academic selection

2021-22 (Sophomore)
• Closed out the season with eight overall and five dual-match singles wins
• Defeated Paul Barretto of ninth-ranked USC on Jan. 23
• Put together a season-long four-match win streak to close out non-conference play
• Started the stretch with a 6-4, 7-5 victory over Jordan Coutinho of Weber State
• Dispatched Boston University’s Adrian Pawloski, 6-0, 6-2, in his first appearance at No. 3
• Added straight-set wins against Dartmouth and DePaul
• Earned his first victory of the campaign at the Hagedorn Hidden Dual on Oct. 2
• Ranked second on the team with 14 doubles victories, including 10 in dual-match play
• Advanced to the doubles Round of 32 with Rithvik Krishna at the ITA Southwest Regional Championships
• Earned Big West All-Academic honors

2020-21 (Freshman)
• Finished the season with four singles and one doubles victory
• Went 2-0 at the fifth position in the singles lineup
• Delivered the match-clincher in a 4-3 season-opening win at Loyola Marymount on Jan. 31
• Came from behind to defeat the Lions’ Emin Torlic, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
• Also toppled Josh Williams of UC Santa Barbara, 6-1, 6-2, on April 11
• Picked up victories at No. 6 against Portland State and UC San Diego
• Teamed up with Jeremy Merville to upend Simao Telo Alves/Tristan Martins of Hawai’i, 7-5, at No. 3 doubles
• Named to the Big West Spring All-Academic Team

2019-20
• Season canceled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
• Played during the fall and four weeks into the spring campaign
• Finished with seven overall singles wins, including three in dual-match play (Nos. 4-6)
• Defeated Paul Trabitzsch of Sonoma State, 6-1, 6-1, on Feb. 15
• Came back the following day to upend Pacific’s John Horoz Garner in three sets (4-6, 6-4, 6-4) to clinch the 4-3 team victory
• Earned his first collegiate win with a 6-3, 6-1 triumph over Simao Telo Alves of Hawai’i at the ITA Southwest Regional Championships
• Tied for the team lead with nine doubles victories
• Partnered up with Aaron Bailey to win the Flight B doubles championship at the Aztec Fall Invitational
• Advanced to the Round of 16 at the Pacific Coast Doubles Championship with Antoine Barthe

High School
• Four-star recruit
• Reached a high ranking of No. 1 in Southern California 18s USTA
• Finished in the top 40 nationally in both the 16s and 18s division
• Woody Hunt Level 2 18s champion
• Won the prestigious 116th annual Ojai Tennis Tournament
• Finalist of the Henry Talbert Level 1 and JP Yamasaki Level 2 Designated tournaments
• Also reached the finals of the National Level 2 event (16s)
• Earned his diploma through Connections Academy
 
Personal
• Majoring in biological sciences
• Has three siblings
• Aspires to be a professional tennis player after college

CAREER RECORDS AT UCI
Overall Singles: 43-33
Dual-Match Singles: 28-24
Overall Doubles: 30-31
Dual-Match Doubles: 13-21

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

    5'8"
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    5'9"
  • 2021-22Junior

    5'9"
  • 2022-23Junior

    5'9"
  • 2023-24Senior

    5'9"