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2010-2011 Men's Tennis Roster

Dennis Lajola

Dennis Lajola

  • Height:
    5-9
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    `Aiea, O`ahu
  • Prev School:
    Isabella Colleges

Summary

Biography

2010-11 (Senior): Received WAC Player of The Year honors, the first UH honoree in program history…named to the all-WAC first team for the fourth year in a row… named WAC Player of the Week twice during the season…ranked as high as No. 114 in singles during the season…finished the regular-season with an overall record of 13-11 and dual match record of 10-6…had a 5-1 overall record against WAC opponents…defeated four nationally ranked players during the season, including then-No. 64 Arthur Surreaux of New Mexico State and then-No. 97 Andre Dome of then-No. 40 Cal Poly…ended the season on a five match win streak, while playing all matches at the No. 1 position...won seven of his last nine matches…along with partner Jonathan Brooklyn, held a 9-4 record in doubles action, while playing primarily at the No. 2 court…named to the all-WAC second team in doubles.

2009-10 (Junior): Named to the all-WAC first team for the third year in a row…received WAC Player of The Week honors twice during the season…ranked as high as No. 110 in singles during the season…earned a preseason ITA ranking of No. 43…finished the regular-season with an overall record of 14-11 and dual match record of 12-8…had a 4-1 overall record against WAC opponents…played all matches at the No. 1 position...won six of his last eight matches…along with partner Daniel Llarenas, held a 7-5 record in doubles action, while playing primarily at the No. 2 court…earned a preseason No. 49 ranking in doubles with Jeremy Tweedt.

2008-09 (Sophomore):
Earned first-team all-WAC honors for the second straight year...No. 89 in the ITA preseason singles rankings...climbed as high as No. 56 before ending season at No. 69....finished 18-10 overall and 11-7 in dual matches...played all matches at No. 1...recorded a 6-10 record versus ranked opponents... advanced to the semifinals of the ITA West-South Regional Championships (Oct. 17-19), before falling to No. 65 Omar Altmann of Pepperdine...defeated the top-seeded players from four Pac 10 schools—Arizona, California, UCLA and USC...biggest win of the year came against No. 4 Robert Farah of USC in three-set super tie-breaker (Apr. 14)....named WAC Player of the Week for his performance...also earned WAC Player of the Week honors earlier in the season after defeating No. 49 Kalim Stewart of 25th-ranked California (Jan. 15) and leading the Rainbow Warriors to their first dual match win of the season over No. 57 San Diego State, 6-1 (Jan. 17)....helped UH wins its second straight WAC Tournament with a pair of singles and doubles wins over Idaho (Apr. 23) and No. 41 Fresno State (Apr. 25)...named to the all-tournament team...in doubles play, went 11-16 overall and 9-11 in dual matches...went 2-2 against ranked opponents when teaming with Jeff Fitch, including wins over No 37  Mirko Zapletal and Rudolf Siwy of Fresno State in the WAC Tournament semifinals (Apr. 25) and No. 52 Michael Look and Nick Meister of UCLA (May 9) during the NCAA Tournament second round.

2007-08 (Freshman): Selected Western Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year and named to the all-WAC first team...posted a 9-5 overall record and dual match record primarily at the No. 1 position...went 7-5 at No. 1 and a perfect 2-0 at No. 2...during dual match play, wins included those over players from No. 18 Florida State, No. 33 Arkansas, No. 66 UC Irvine, No. 49 Fresno State at the No. 1 court...named the WAC Men's Tennis Player of the Week for the week of Jan. 14-20., which included a win over No. 68 Sam Chang of No. 18 Florida State in straight sets, 7-5, 6-3...went 8-7 overall in doubles play...teamed primarily with Jeff Fitch at the No. 2 position to go 8-4.

Prep:
A 2007 graduate of Isabella Colleges in the Philippines...also recruited by Florida State, Louisville, and UCLA...captured the Oceanic Time Warner Cable Honolulu Futures, a USTA Pro Circuit event, last November...ranked No. 9 in the Boys' Class of 2007 according to tennisrecruiting.net...posted personal-best junior Grand Slam finish, at the 2006 Australian Open advancing to the boys' round of 16 in singles and quarterfinals in doubles...won the boys' 16 doubles title and reached the singles semifinals at the 2005 USTA National Championships in Kalamazoo, Mich...was one of eight boys invited to participate in the 2004 Davis Cup Training Camp held during the Davis Cup first-round match between the U.S. and Austria...captured the boys' 14 doubles title and reached the singles semifinals at the 2003 Easter Bowl...member of the U.S. team that won its second consecutive title at the World Junior Tennis Championships in 2003.

Personal:
Born in the Philippines...major is undecided...has one older sister, Tiffany, and two older brothers Darryl and former Rainbow Warrior and current women's tennis assistant coach Derrick...parents are Dado and Chato Lajola of `Aiea, O`ahu.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2007-2008Freshman

    5'9"
  • 2008-2009Sophomore

    5'9"
  • 2009-2010Junior

    5'9"
  • 2010-2011Senior

    5'9"