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Santa Clara University

2025-26 Men's Tennis Roster

Alexander Watanabe Eriksson

  • Height 5-11
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Stockholm, Sweden
  • High School Stockholm idrottsgymnasium, Korrespondens gymnasiet
  • Previous College UC Santa Barbara

Biography

2x WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll Silver Honors (2023-24, 2024-25)
2025 All-WCC Singles Honorable Mention
2025 CSC Academic All-District


AS A JUNIOR (2024-25): Named All-WCC singles honorable mention and CSC Academic All-District ... finished the season with an overall singles record of 14-15 and a double record of 9-15 ... FALL: Captured the B flight singles championship at the UC Santa Barbara Invitational defeating Baastian Westrate of Cal Poly 6-3, 6-4 for his fourth straight victory over the three day tournament ... posted a 5-4 singles and 4-4 doubles record  ... SPRING: Sported a 9-11 singles record including 1-3 in WCC action and 5-11 double record going 2-2 in league play ... in singles, reached a national ranking of No. 104 after defeating two nationally ranked players - No. 29 Gianluca Brunkow of UC Santa Barbara 2-6, 6-1, 6-4 and No. 62 Azuma Visaya of Hawai'i 6-1, 6-3 in back-to-back matches to be named WCC Singles Player of the Week ... played in all but one match atop the singles lineup going 8-11 ... had a pair of three match win streaks in singles from Feb. 2 - 9 and Feb. 21 - March 2 ... in doubles, went 1-1 on court one, 1-6 on court two and 3-4 on court three.  

AS A SOPHOMORE (2023-24): Transfer transfer from UC Santa Barbara ... had overall records of 14-11 in singles and 6-8 in doubles ... FALL: Posted a 5-3 singles and 4-5 doubles record ... captured the UC Davis Aggies Invitational (Sept. 29 - Oct. 1) Flight B singles championship winning four straight matches including a three-set 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 victory over Brent Brinkman in the finals ... SPRING: Recorded a 9-8 singles and 2-3 double record ... in singles, went 4-5 on court five and 5-3 on court six ... against No. 53 South Florida on the road, came back from a set down to defeat Elijah Cham 1-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 on court five for the 3-all match clincher ... won a season-high three straight matches (Feb. 24-March 26) ... went 2-3 in WCC singles matches ... in doubles, went 0-1 on court two and 2-2 on court three ... won a doubles match each while playing with Sebastian Buxman and Luca Lemaitre.

PRIOR TO SANTA CLARA: Completed his freshman campaign at UC Santa Barbara in 2022-23 ... appeared in two singles and eight doubles matches to help the Gauchos win a share of the Big West regular season championship and win the Big West tournament championship to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

PRIOR TO UC SANTA BARBARA: Attended Stockholm idrottsgymnasium, Korrespondens gymnasiet in Sweden ... won an ITF title in Malmo, Sweden in 2020 ... boys national champion in 2017 and 2018.             .

GET TO KNOW ALEXANDER: Enjoys playing soccer.

RECORD:

Singles      Doubles   
 Overall Dual WCC Overall Dual WCC
2022-23 (UCSB) 2-0 2-0 3-4 3-4
2023-24 14-11 9-8 2-3 6-8 2-3 0-0
2024-25 14-15 9-11 1-3 9-15 5-11 2-2
TOTAL 30-26 20-19 3-6 18-27 10-18 2-2

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Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Sophomore

    5'11"
  • 2024-25Junior

    5'11"
  • 2025-26Senior

    5'11"