2012-13 Men's Tennis Roster
Mark, Chris

Chris Mark
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 140
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Union City, Calif.
- High School:
- Fremont Christian
Bio
2012-13: Teamed with Kevin Moore to earn All-SoCon Second Team honors at No. 1 doubles ... concluded senior season with an 8-10 singles record and 9-10 in doubles play ... played mainly at No. 3 and 4 singles spots, while seeing action at the top doubles spot in 14 of the 19 matches ... registered an even 5-5 singles SoCon record and 4-6 in doubles ... the nine doubles wins were tops on the team, while the eight singles victories were second-best ... had a five-match win streak with Moore in doubles ... Fall 2012, teamed with Kevin Moore at No. 2 doubles to capture the doubles title at the Jim Causey Invite with a pair of 8-6 wins vs. Campbell and Appalachian State ... reached the consolation finals in the B doubles draw with Moore at the Wake Forest Invite after two 8-4 wins ... competed at the ITA Regionals with Moore, falling in a very close 9-8 contest to a pair from Duke ... registered a singles win, a three-setter (6-3, 1-6, 6-3) vs. Boston College at the UNC Wilmington Invite.
2011-12: Saw action between the No. 1 and 3 singles positions during junior campaign ... went 5-15 overall in singles, with a 2-8 mark in league matches ... three of those wins came at No. 3 ... led Davidson with a 12-9 doubles record and went 4-6 in SoCon matches ... earned 10 of those 12 wins with partner Connor Evins ... scored a 6-1, 6-0 victory against Wingate's nationally ranked player at No. 1 ... netted back-to-back singles wins against The Citadel (6-3, 6-3) and Winthrop (6-0, 6-4) at home ... four of last five singles matches went to a third set ... he played seven three-setters in all ... rattled off a team-best seven-match win streak in doubles with Evins ... six of the seven wins came at No. 3 doubles ... during the Fall season, had an excellent run at the Southern Intercollegiate Championships by reaching the quarterfinals of the Division II singles bracket ... teamed with Kevin Moore to earn the Flight 2 doubles title at the Jeff Frank Invitational ... also teamed up with Moore at the ITA regionals and earned an 8-4 win to reach the round of 32.
2010-11: The Wildcats' main No. 2 singles player as a sophomore, finished second on the squad with 10 wins .... was 7-11 at No. 2 slot, 10-15 overall ... went perfect 2-0 at No. 3, getting a three-set win over UNC Asheville and a two-set SoCon win vs. Wofford ... had a season-best four-match win streak, all coming vs. SoCon-foes ... went 3-1 in three-set matches, including scoring a 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 win over Elon ... registered a career-best 12 doubles wins, nine of them coming with partner Kevin Moore at No. 3 (9-8) ... the duo had a 5-2 league mark ... also scored doubles wins with Walker Lyons and Joe Schafer ... had a 2-1 mark with Schafer at No. 1, with wins coming against Lee-McRae and UNC Asheville ... closed out the season with three straight doubles wins with Moore, scoring victories at Fruman, vs. Wofford and vs. College of Charleston ... the last two came at the SoCon Tournament ... teamed with Lyons to earn an 8-6 win vs. No. 73 Harvard ... started the Fall of 2010 season with a fifth-place finish in singles action at the UVa Fall Classic ... led Davidson with 22 points after three straight-set singles wins and a doubles win ... closed out Fall season with a spot in round of 64 at the ITA Regionals.
2009-10: Worked way in rotation during freshman season, seeing action in 21 singles and doubles matches ... went 12-9 in singles, 7-2 at No. 4 spot ... won first five collegiate singles matches and 10 of first 11 overall ... scored a 4-6 record vs. SoCon ... had fourth-best winning percentage in the league at No. 4 singles (.778) ... earned a 9-12 record in doubles action, getting three of them against the league ... went 2-0 at No. 2 doubles ... had a four-match win streak early in the season ... in first collegiate Fall event, picked up a third place finish in the ‘C’ singles bracket at Va. Fall Classic ... opened classic with a 6-1, 6-2 win over a player from Colorado and then took home a 7-6, 6-1 triumph over a player from Radford, before closing with a three-set win ... teamed with other two incoming freshmen to go a perfect 6-0 at the Jeff Frank Invitational ... scored wins over Winthrop and Furman at the Invite ... also went 2-0 in singles play at the Jim Causey Invite ... finished first fall season with a win at the Carolina Regional to reach the round of 64 in singles play.
Beyond the Baseline: A five-star recruit according to tennisrecruiting.com and ranked as high as 41st in the nation ... ranked as high as 60th in USTA Boys 18 ... ranked first in USTA Boys 18 singles and doubles (NORCAL) ... picked up two tournament titles as a junior prepster: the Modesto Junior Championship and the Spare Time Memorial Excellence ... a California Scholarship Federation (CSF) lifetime member and maintained a 3.7 GPA during prep career at Fremont Christian ... finished ranked in top-10 percent of graduating class.
Career Year-by-Year Records
2010: 12-9 (4-6 SoCon) Singles (#2-4), 9-12 (3-7 SoCon) Doubles (#2,3)
2011: 10-15 (6-4 SoCon) Singles (#1-3), 12-12 (5-4 SoCon) Doubles (#1-3)
2012: 5-15 (2-8 SoCon) Singles (#1-3), 12-9 (4-6 SoCon) Doubles (#2,3)
2013: 8-10 (5-5 SoCon) Singles (#3,4), 9-10 (4-6 SoCon) Doubles (#1,2)
Overall Record: 35-49 (17-23 SoCon) Singles, 42-43 (16-23 SoCon) Doubles
2011-12: Saw action between the No. 1 and 3 singles positions during junior campaign ... went 5-15 overall in singles, with a 2-8 mark in league matches ... three of those wins came at No. 3 ... led Davidson with a 12-9 doubles record and went 4-6 in SoCon matches ... earned 10 of those 12 wins with partner Connor Evins ... scored a 6-1, 6-0 victory against Wingate's nationally ranked player at No. 1 ... netted back-to-back singles wins against The Citadel (6-3, 6-3) and Winthrop (6-0, 6-4) at home ... four of last five singles matches went to a third set ... he played seven three-setters in all ... rattled off a team-best seven-match win streak in doubles with Evins ... six of the seven wins came at No. 3 doubles ... during the Fall season, had an excellent run at the Southern Intercollegiate Championships by reaching the quarterfinals of the Division II singles bracket ... teamed with Kevin Moore to earn the Flight 2 doubles title at the Jeff Frank Invitational ... also teamed up with Moore at the ITA regionals and earned an 8-4 win to reach the round of 32.
2010-11: The Wildcats' main No. 2 singles player as a sophomore, finished second on the squad with 10 wins .... was 7-11 at No. 2 slot, 10-15 overall ... went perfect 2-0 at No. 3, getting a three-set win over UNC Asheville and a two-set SoCon win vs. Wofford ... had a season-best four-match win streak, all coming vs. SoCon-foes ... went 3-1 in three-set matches, including scoring a 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 win over Elon ... registered a career-best 12 doubles wins, nine of them coming with partner Kevin Moore at No. 3 (9-8) ... the duo had a 5-2 league mark ... also scored doubles wins with Walker Lyons and Joe Schafer ... had a 2-1 mark with Schafer at No. 1, with wins coming against Lee-McRae and UNC Asheville ... closed out the season with three straight doubles wins with Moore, scoring victories at Fruman, vs. Wofford and vs. College of Charleston ... the last two came at the SoCon Tournament ... teamed with Lyons to earn an 8-6 win vs. No. 73 Harvard ... started the Fall of 2010 season with a fifth-place finish in singles action at the UVa Fall Classic ... led Davidson with 22 points after three straight-set singles wins and a doubles win ... closed out Fall season with a spot in round of 64 at the ITA Regionals.
2009-10: Worked way in rotation during freshman season, seeing action in 21 singles and doubles matches ... went 12-9 in singles, 7-2 at No. 4 spot ... won first five collegiate singles matches and 10 of first 11 overall ... scored a 4-6 record vs. SoCon ... had fourth-best winning percentage in the league at No. 4 singles (.778) ... earned a 9-12 record in doubles action, getting three of them against the league ... went 2-0 at No. 2 doubles ... had a four-match win streak early in the season ... in first collegiate Fall event, picked up a third place finish in the ‘C’ singles bracket at Va. Fall Classic ... opened classic with a 6-1, 6-2 win over a player from Colorado and then took home a 7-6, 6-1 triumph over a player from Radford, before closing with a three-set win ... teamed with other two incoming freshmen to go a perfect 6-0 at the Jeff Frank Invitational ... scored wins over Winthrop and Furman at the Invite ... also went 2-0 in singles play at the Jim Causey Invite ... finished first fall season with a win at the Carolina Regional to reach the round of 64 in singles play.
Beyond the Baseline: A five-star recruit according to tennisrecruiting.com and ranked as high as 41st in the nation ... ranked as high as 60th in USTA Boys 18 ... ranked first in USTA Boys 18 singles and doubles (NORCAL) ... picked up two tournament titles as a junior prepster: the Modesto Junior Championship and the Spare Time Memorial Excellence ... a California Scholarship Federation (CSF) lifetime member and maintained a 3.7 GPA during prep career at Fremont Christian ... finished ranked in top-10 percent of graduating class.
Career Year-by-Year Records
2010: 12-9 (4-6 SoCon) Singles (#2-4), 9-12 (3-7 SoCon) Doubles (#2,3)
2011: 10-15 (6-4 SoCon) Singles (#1-3), 12-12 (5-4 SoCon) Doubles (#1-3)
2012: 5-15 (2-8 SoCon) Singles (#1-3), 12-9 (4-6 SoCon) Doubles (#2,3)
2013: 8-10 (5-5 SoCon) Singles (#3,4), 9-10 (4-6 SoCon) Doubles (#1,2)
Overall Record: 35-49 (17-23 SoCon) Singles, 42-43 (16-23 SoCon) Doubles
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