| Brett Ross |
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2004-05 (Junior)
Led the Deacons with 24 singles wins, posting a 24-12 record... went 18-15 in doubles... posted a 15-7 dual record, including an 8-2 mark in the ACC... ranked as high as 68th in the preseason... joined Andrew Hamar, Todd Paul and Derrick Spice to become the first Wake Forest quartet to be nationally-ranked in the same season... typically held down the No. 4 singles position, going 10-4 in that spot... posted a 4-2 record at No. 3 and a 1-1 record at No. 2... paired with Spice to form the Deacons' top double team... ended the season with a 13-9 record and as the 41st-ranked pair nationally... teamed with Spice to go 3-1 against ACC competition... he and Spice won the Crimson Tide Fall Tournament Flight A doubles bracket, defeating teams from Notre Dame, Troy, Virginia and Georgia Tech en route to the title... posted three wins against nationally-ranked opponents including #100 John Hoyes of Miami, #111 Ricardo Soriano of Tulsa and #122 Treat Huey of Virginia... won 14 of 16 dual matches between Feb. 11 and April 16... picked up ACC wins against Miami, Maryland, Florida State, Clemson, Georgia Tech, North Carolina, Virginia Tech and Duke... advanced to the finals of the consolation bracket in Flight A at the Crimson Tide Fall Invitational... lost to Harvard's Martin Wetzel in a super-breaker... won three qualifying matches and two main draw matches to advance to the round of 32 at the ITA All-American championships, before falling to Harvard's Jonathan Chu... reached the quarterfinals of the ITA Mideast Regional in singles... won at No. 1 doubles with Spice against Clemson in the ACC Tournament... earned ACC victories with Spice against Georgia Tech, UNC and Duke... picked up his first career ATP point at the Great Barrier Reef $10,000 Futures Tournament in Joplin, Mo., in July... cruised through three singles matches in the qualifying rounds and upended Kyle Doppelt, 7-5, 6-2, in the main draw Tuesday
2003-04 (Sophomore)
Finished the season with a 24-12 overall singles mark and 26-14 doubles record... ranked second on the team with 14 dual match singles victories... teamed with Spice for 23 doubles victories, the sixth-best single season mark ever at Wake Forest... helped team earn the doubles point against #29 Mississippi State in the NCAA Tournament first round, then picked up team's lone singles victory against the Bulldogs... teamed up with Spice at No. 1 doubles and edged #66 Clemson's 32nd-ranked pairing of Thompson/Jenkins, 9-8... cruised to singles and doubles victories in Deacs' 6-1 win over #30 Miami... helped team upset #25 Florida State with a three-set, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 win over Jeff Groslimond at No. 4... swept both singles and doubles matches against Maryland... won four straight singles matches between Feb. 29 and Mar. 17... won his first conference match of the season against #55 Georgia Tech's Zachary Rath at No. 5... defeated ETSU's Moises Serrano in straight sets... won both singles and doubles matches in Wake Forest's tough 4-3 loss to #12 Virginia Commonwealth... pulled out a three-set victory against #41 William & Mary's Geoff Russell at No. 4... defeated #58 Michigan State's Eric Simonton, 6-1, 6-3 at No. 4 singles and teamed up with Spice for a victory at No. 1 doubles against the Spartans... advanced to the championship doubles match of the ACC Indoors with Spice... had a 9-4 singles record to go along with an 11-4 doubles mark in the fall... started the season by winning six straight matches to win the Division II singles title at the Southern Intercollegiate Championships... advanced to the semifinals of the South Carolina Invitational... runners up at the Southern Intercollegiate Championships with Spice after winning their first four matches... dropped just seven games in four matches on the way to winning the doubles championship at the South Carolina Invitational.
2002-03 (Freshman)
Made immediate impact for Deacons in first year... tallied 30 singles victories on the season and 21 doubles wins... led team with 6-2 ACC doubles mark... won the deciding match of first two wins of the season and partnered with Derrick Spice for doubles victories as well... won at singles and doubles in 7-0 pounding of #50 Michigan Feb. 9... teamed with David Berè to take out Minnesota's Wettengel/Zharinov and then rallied to beat Avery Ticer in singles... went on a seven-match win streak, in singles and doubles, beginning at Arizona State Mar. 12 and going through the 4-2 win over #41 North Carolina that included singles victories over Virginia's Darrin Cohen, Duke's Yorke Allen, Georgia Tech's Marko Rajevac, Geoff Boyd from UNC and doubles wins over Gonyer/Nolen from Virginia, Walter/Zimmermann from Duke, #19 Anderson/Schnugg from Georgia Tech and Meniane/Archer from North Carolina... made quick work of Ben Brier in the 4-3 first round win over #46 Brown in the NCAA Tournament... fought past Cameron Fenner from Texas A&M and Oregon's Junaid Hossain in singles play and picked up a doubles win with Spice over DeHeart/Martin from Illinois in Hawaii... went 3-1 in both singles and doubles at ACC Indoors, beating Rajevac from Georgia Tech, Duke's Peter Shults and Nolen from Virginia before falling to teammate and eventual tournament champion David Loewenthal in the singles quarterfinal and advanced to the semifinals of the doubles draw with Spice, beating Amritraj/Shults from Duke plus Georgia Tech's Menano/Rajevac... put together a 13-5 singles record in first fall of collegiate career and went 5-4 in doubles play... started fall with seven straight singles victories... won his singles flight at Virginia Invitational with five consecutive wins, including a straight set victory over teammate Andrew Simpson in the finals... advanced to the finals of the top doubles flight at the Virginia Invitational with Spice, including an 8-5 win over Virginia's Duquette/Cohen... singles finalist at the Southeastern Collegiate Invitational, picking up three straight set wins in a row.
Background
Earned three varsity letters at Centennial High in Roswell, Ga., playing tennis for coach Chris Decker... led the Knights to four state championships... quarterfinalist at the Junior-16s Clay Court Championships in Rockville, Md.... doubles finalist at the Junior 18s Supernational Hard & Clay Courts... split a pair in doubles to advance to the second round of the Junior U.S. Open in the summer of 2002... chose Wake Forest over Virginia and Pepperdine... born March 13, 1984 in Atlanta, Ga.... parents are Rhonda and Richard Ross... has one brother, Travis... picked Wake Forest because of the small size, great academics and a top 25 tennis program... enjoys playing basketball... a Dean's List student.
Career Record
Singles Doubles
2002-03 30-14 21-17
2003-04 24-12 26-14
2004-05 24-12 18-15
Fall 05 5-2 3-4
Career 83-40 68-50
