2021-22 Men's Tennis Roster
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Bicknell, Blaise
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Blaise Bicknell
- Class:
- Junior
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-3 / 185
- Hometown:
- Kingston, Jamaica
- High School:
- Laurel Springs High School
Bio
SINGLES SUPERLATIVES
Overall Record: 68-22 (16-6 SEC)
- 2019-20: 19-6 (1-0 SEC)
- 2020-21: 32-0 (10-0 SEC)
- 2021-22: 2-0
- 2022-23: 15-16 (5-6 SEC)
- 2023-24: 0-0 (0-0 SEC)
Record vs. Ranked Opponents (17-11)
- vs. top 10: 1-1
- vs. top 25: 1-3
- vs. top 50: 2-6
DOUBLES SUPERLATIVES
Overall Record: 16-8 (0-1 SEC)
- 2019-20: 5-2
- 2020-21: 5-3
- 2021-22: 0-1
- 2022-23: 6-2 (0-1 SEC)
- 2023-24: 0-0 (0-0 SEC)
Record vs. Ranked Opponents (---)
- vs. top 10: ---
- vs. top 25: ---
RECORD & HONORS
Singles Record: 68-22 (15-16 at UT)Highest Singles Ranking: No. 31
Doubles Record: 16-8 (6-2 at UT)
Highest Doubles Ranking: No. 50
Awards & Honors
2021 All-SEC Second Team
2021 NCAA All-Tournament Team
2021 SEC All-Newcomer Team
2021 SEC All-Tournament Team
2019-20 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
SEC Newcomer of the Week (3/3/21)
2023-24 - GRADUATE STUDENT
Singles Record: 0-0Doubles Record: 0-0
FALL SEASON
- Set to begin his second season on Rocky Top during the 2023 fall season.
SPRING SEASON
- Will begin his second and final dual season with Tennessee in January 2024.
2022-23 - SENIOR
Singles Record: 15-16Doubles Record: 6-2
FALL SEASON
- Picked up his first win as a Vol at the Orlando Shootout, defeating Ezequiel Santalla (Tulsa) 6-3, 6-2. The win also marked his 40th consecutive singles victory, dating back to January 2020.
- Logged a pair of ranked singles wins at the Knoxville Showdown, overcoming tenth-ranked Alex Kotzen of Columbia, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, and No. 61 Francisco Rocha, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4.
SPRING SEASON
- Won the final nine games in a dominant, 6-3, 6-0, win over Wake Forest's (5/7/23) Matthew Thomson in the NCAA second round.
- Convincingly defeated Ole Miss' (4/21/23) Simon Junk, 6-2, 6-2, on court three in the SEC Tournament quarterfinals.
- Assertively rolled past Arkansas' (4/16/23) Alan Sau Franco, 6-4, 6-1, at the No. 3 singles spot in Tennessee's 4-0 sweep.
- Earned his fifth ranked singles win of the dual season, taking down #65 Nikola Slavic of Ole Miss (4/13/23) in straight sets at the No. 2 singles lineup position, 6-3, 6-1.
- In his return to Gainesville, decisively took down Florida's (4/7/23) #102 Jonah Braswell in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3, at the No. 3 spot.
- Defeated a ranked singles foe for the second time in as many matches, overcoming #104 Pierce Rollins of Texas A&M (3/26/23), 6-4, 7-6(6), on court three.
- Logged his second ranked singles win of the spring, rolling past Columbia's (3/24/23) #87 Max Westphal in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4.
- Clinched Tennessee's win over LSU (3/11/23) with a straight-set win over the Tigers' Chen Dong, 7-6(2), 6-4, at No. 3 singles.
- Was victorious in doubles on court three with Angel Diaz, winning 6-4 over Kiefer/von der Schulenburg as Tennessee took the doubles point over fifth-ranked Virginia (2/17/23) at the ITA National Indoor Championship.
- Helped the Vols complete a comeback in the championship match of the ITA Kickoff Weekend, logging his first dual ranked singles win as a Vol with a 6-7(7), 7-6(5), 6-3 triumph over Oklahoma's (1/28/23) #50 Nathan Han on court three.
- Clinched Tennessee's 7-0 sweep of Texas Tech (1/9/23) with a 7-5, 6-1 win over Tyler Stewart at the No. 4 singles position.
- In his first dual-season doubles match at Tennessee, defeated Gloria/Prata of Charlotte (1/8/23), 6-1 alongside Johannus Monday at No. 3 doubles.
- Bageled Charlotte's (1/8/23) Abhimanyu Vannemreddy, 6-0 in his first dual-season set as a Vol en route to a straight-set 6-0, 7-5 win in his court-three debut.
2021-22 - JUNIOR
Singles Record: 2-0Doubles Record: 0-1
BEFORE TENNESSEE
Singles Record: 53-6 (11-0 SEC)Doubles Record: 10-6 (0-0 SEC)
Played for Florida during his freshman and sophomore seasons, recording a singles record of 53-6 in those two years, including a perfect 32-0 mark as a sophomore. He was named to the 2021 All-SEC Second Team, NCAA All-Tournament Team and SEC All-Tournament Team following the 2020-21 season.
PREP/PERSONAL
- Born on November 26, 2001, in Kingston, Jamaica
- Recipient of the C. C. "Doe" Silberman Memorial Scholarship
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