JUNIOR 2007-08: Posted a 8-14 singles record... advanced to the quarterfinals at the Fresno State BulldogClassic in Fall 2007 ... advanced to the Round of 32 at the ITANorthwest Regionals ... posted a 3-2 fall record ... playedprimarily at the No. 2 singles position ... had a 4-12 dual singlesrecord ... went 9-11 in doubles, seeing time at the No. 1 and No. 2positions ... at the No. 1 spot with partner Jay Wong posted a 5-7overall record.
AS A JUNIOR IN 2007-08:Singles: posted a 3-2 record in the fall,defeating Ronan Conlon of Sacramento State 6-2, 6-2 and AlexRosiniski of the University of Washington, 6-3, 6-3 to reach thesemifinals at the Bulldog Classic and beating Nevada's BenjaminDavid 3-6, 7-6, 7-5 at the ITA Regionals.
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2006-07: Posted 9-3 singlesrecord (1-0 in duals) and a 5-5 doubles record (1-2 in duals) ...Doubles: went 4-3 in the fall with AnealVallurupalli at Bronco Classic, Bulldog Classic and ITA Regionals... reached Bulldog Classic semifinals with wins over Amaroli andElefant of UC Davis, 8-1 and Ching and Chu of Washington, 8-6 ...won first round match at ITA Regionals, beating Dojcak and Womackof Gonzaga 8-4 ... lost first dual match with Steven Benvenuto, 8-7(3) vs. Gonzaga on Feb. 16 at No. 3 ... fell 9-8 (1) to Goldsteinand Nichols of Cornell on Mar. 23 with Jay Wong ... won final dualmatch alongside Jan Macek at No. 2, defeating Montana State's Kovasand Vuckovic 8-2 ... Singles: reachedquarterfinals of Bronco Classic Flight "C", beating Greg Jackson ofFresno State 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 and Ramesh Thondapu of UC San Diego 6-3,3-6, 6-4 on Oct. 6 and 7 ... won two consolation matches at theBulldog Classic over Tyler Lee of UC Davis 6-3, 6-3 and Ramon Perezof Sac. State 6-2, 6-7 (4), 1-0 (8) ... won three consolationbracket matches at ITA Regionals on Oct. 21 and 22, beating DanielElefant of UC Davis 7-6 (1), 3-6, 1-0 (8), Vaclav Burger of Cal6-4, 5-7, 1-0 (6) and Tyler Lee of UC Davis 4-6, 6-1, 1-0 (8) ...won only dual match of the year on Apr. 5 vs. San Francisco,defeating Mitch Del Rosario 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7-5) at No. 6.
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2005-06: Posted an overallsingles record of 5-5, playing a match a piece at the No. 5 and 6positions... advanced to the Round of 32 at the Wilson/ITANorthwest Regional Championships... reached the Round of 16 at theSanta Clara Bronco Classic... paired with Tommy Hicks to go 1-1 atthe No. 3 spot during the dual season... compiled an overalldoubles mark of 3-3... advanced to the semifinals of the SantaClara Bronco Classic with Brian Brogan.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2005 graduate of Lowell HighSchool in San Francisco, Calif...played for coach TerranceDoherty...also played basketball...a High School All-American intennis...ranked as high as No. 2 in NCTA Boys 18'srankings...achieved Top-100 national ranking in Boys 16's and18's...represented the Northern California Tennis Association atthe USTA Zonal, Intersectional, and Junior Davis Cupchampionships...was the first four-time All-City winner in SanFrancisco...four-year team MVP...lead his team to four consecutiveAAA championships...earned two sportsmanship awards.
PERSONAL: Parents are Gary Wong and RuiHirakawa-Wong...has one sibling, Michi, who ran cross country andtrack and field at the University of Arizona...enjoys music...hopesto have a career as a dentist.
Hirakawa-Wong's Career Statistics
Year | SinglesDual | SinglesOverall | DoublesDual | DoublesOverall |
2007 | 1-0 | 9-3 | 1-2 | 5-5 |
2006 | 1-1 | 5-5 | 1-1 | 3-3 |
Career | 2-1 | 14-8 | 2-3 | 8-8 |