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Derek Drabble
• Getting To Know: Derek Drabble
2008-09 (Junior): Led the team in doubles wins and finished ranked 31st nationally in doubles with Martin Kildahl, the fourth-best final ranking in UW history ... was 22-10 overall in doubles, and was 15-6 overall with Kildahl including 9-3 in dual play (4-3 at No. 1; 5-0 at No. 2) ... reached the Pac-10 Doubles Semifinals with Kildahl, falling to Thacher and Klahn of Stanford ... beat four ranked doubles teams with Kildahl, including two wins over Top-20 Cal tandem Chizever and Zerbini ... beat 27th-ranked Corrie and Damico of Texas, 8-6, in the second round of the NCAA team tournament ... with Kildahl was named as an alternate to the NCAA doubles championships ... also was 8-4 in doubles with Patrik Fischer including a doubles point clinching win over Varella and Vitulli of Georgia ... was 15-14 overall in singles play, including an 11-11 mark in dual matches ... was 7-2 at the No. 5 spot, and 3-9 at No. 4 ... started the year 9-2 overall, including a win over 77th-ranked Shuhei Uzawa of Ohio State at fifth singles ... beat Texas Tech's Christian Rojmar in UW's 4-3 win in NCAA First Round ... eight of 11 dual losses were in three sets ... had a win in each of UW's three Pac-10 dual wins ... lost in Pac-10 main draw first round to USC's Matt Kecki in three sets.
2007-08 (Sophomore): Put together a 14-13 singles record, 12-9 in dual play and was 10-15 overall in doubles ... was 2-0 at No. 3 singles, 8-8 at No. 4, and 2-1 at No. 5 ... big serve resulted in many close matches throughout the year, and he came up with some of the year's biggest wins for UW ... in Washington's win over 10th-ranked Alabama, he fought back from 5-2 down in the third set to defeat Michael Jung, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (2) and give the Huskies a vital third point ... clinched UW's 4-3 win over Pepperdine with a 6-1, 6-7 (3), 6-4 win at No. 4 singles over Johannes de Villiers ... also defeated Arizona's Peter Zimmer in straight sets in UW's only other 4-3 victory ... earned a major road win at Texas A&M, defeating 90th-ranked Chris Chirico, 12-10, in a third-set tiebreak ... competed in the main draw of the Pac-10 Championships but fell in the first round to ASU's Juan Carlos Rebaza ... was 9-13 in dual doubles matches, playing the majority with Andy Kuharszky ... was 1-4 at No. 1 doubles with Kuharszky, and 5-5 at No. 2 ... also went 1-3 at No. 1 doubles with Patrik Fischer, and 1-0 with Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan ... fall season was cut short by an ankle sprain suffered during a match against Stanford's Blake Muller in the second round of ITA NW Regionals.
2006-07 (Freshman): Showed remarkable progress by the end of the season...was 8-2 in singles from April until the end of season and 9-1 in doubles during that same period...started year with a 9-10 singles record before winning eight of last nine matches...won 6-3, 6-0 over Wisconsin's Felipe Bellido in the NCAA Team Championships...lost in the finals of the Pac-10 Invitational singles championship to USC's Jason McNaughton...tied for team lead with 22 doubles wins...was 4-2 at No. 4 in dual matches and 7-5 at No. 5...started dual match season paired with Daniel Chu and was 5-1 overall...switched partners and teamed with Andy Kuharszky at No. 3 and went 10-4 in dual matches, 17-6 overall...pair won Pac-10 Invitational Tournament and finished the season with a nine match win streak...was 3-3 in singles action during the fall, including an appearance in the Round of 32 at the ITA Northwest Regionals...also posted a fall record of 3-2 in doubles, pairing up with Andy Kuharszky...the duo made it to the semifinals of the ITA Northwest Regionals.
Before Washington and Personal Coach Anger on Drabble: Fast Facts One-handed or two-handed backhand?: One-handed.
Best thing about being a Husky: Wearing purple and gold. Representing a school of great tradition and excellence.
Best thing about Seattle: The wonderful people who make Seattle so great.
Best thing about the coaching staff: Their passion, commitment, and love for the sport.
Favorite Husky moment thus far: Playing the National Team Indoors at home in 2008.
Current cell phone ringtone: Chariots of Fire
What movie have you seen more than any other: Braveheart
Best piece of advice you've received during tennis career: Hard work beats talent.
If you could travel anywhere, where would you go: Rome
Favorite game to play at recess in elementary school: Touch rugby
Favorite non-Husky sports team to watch: South African Springboks
Hidden talent: Playing contact sports
The following posters are on my dorm/apartment walls: Braveheart and Gladiator
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