2010 Men's Tennis Guide

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FALL 2009: Won four singles matches in the fall … claimed straight sets wins over James Moye of Vanderbilt and Chris Duke of Jacksonville State before falling to Tulane’s Adam Bernstein 7-6, 6-4 at the Crimson Tide Fall Championships … picked up one doubles win with Creighton Blanchard at the Harvard Fall Classic, defeating Brendan Ruddock and Dino Bilankov of Minnesota 8-6 … compiled a 6-2 record with Houssam Yassine, including advancing to the championship of the 2009 Wilson/ITA Southern Regional Championships, falling to Alexander Stamchev and Tim Puetz of Auburn 8-3. 2009 (SOPHOMORE): Played in two singles matches in the spring, recording wins over Samford and Memphis at the No. 6 position ... notched three singles wins and eight doubles victories in the fall ... went on a seven-match winning streak in doubles with Andrew Felsenthal and Michael Jung ... partnered with Jung to win their doubles draw at the Crimson Tide Fall Championship ... ended his singles season with a win at the Seminole Invitational over Florida State’s Michael O’Shea 6-4, 6-4. 2007 (FRESHMAN): Played in one dual match for the Tide against Georgia State and defeated Ross Hopper 6-0, 6-1 from No. 6 singles ... played two singles matches at the SEC Indoor Championships. PREP HIGHLIGHTS: Alabama high school singles champion in class 6A from the No. 1 position in 2007 ... won first high school state singles championship in 2003 ... led high school team to a state championship in 2003 ... ranked in the top 20 in the South for six consecutive years ... held a No. 3 juniors ranking in the South, the highest of his career ... was ranked No. 31 in the nation in juniors.

CAREER STATISTICS Singles Year Overall Dual SEC No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6 2009-10 4-7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2008-09 6-7 2-0 0-0 -- -- -- -- -- 2-0 2007-08 8-3 1-0 0-0 -- -- -- -- -- 1-0 Career 18-17 3-0 0-0 -- -- -- -- -- 3-0

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Doubles Year 2009-10 2008-09 2007-08 Career

PERSONAL INFORMATION: Born July 6, 1989 ... son of Don and Shay Walston ... has one sister, Elizabeth ... majoring in finance.

Overall Dual SEC No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 9-5 -- -- -- -- -10-3 -- -- -- -- -4-5 2-1 -- -- 1-1 1-0 23-13 2-1 -- -- 1-1 1-0

ALABAMA


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