| Adam Baker |
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Senior
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| Hometown:
Nashville, Tenn.
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| High School:
Montgomery Bell Academy
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| Height:
6-5
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2010-11 (Senior): Went 16-17 overall with an 11-13 mark in dual matches ... Named to the All-SEC Second Team after posting a 5-6 record in conference matches ... Combined for a 13-8 record in doubles, including a 3-1 mark with Charlie Jones ... Started the dual season with a 4-1 record in No. 2 singles matches ... Clinched Vanderbilt's win over Santa Clara in the ITA Kick-off Weekend ... Posted a win over 80th-ranked Josh MacTaggart of Indiana ... Paired with Ryan Lipman and defeated the sixth-ranked doubles pair in Georgia's Javier Garrapiz and Hernus Pieters ... Topped ninth-ranked Chris and Marcel Thiemann of Ole Miss with Charlie Jones ... Won final three doubles matches, all over ranked opponents, at the end of the season ... Advanced to the quarterfinal round of the Crimson Tide Invitational ... Fell to Tennessee's Rhyne Williams in the quarterfinals of the USTA/ITA Ohio Valley Regional.
2009-10 (Junior): Finished 15-14 overall and 13-8 in dual play ... Played in all but one dual match ... Played the Nos. 4 and 5 positions ... Finished 5-6 in SEC play ... Selected to SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll ... Started dual season 7-0 ... Lost first three SEC matches before winning five of his next seven ... Clinched four of Vanderbilt's 13 wins ... Clinched wins against Radford, MTSU, Alabama and LSU ... Defeated LSU's Stefan Szacinski, 7-5, 4-6, 6-2, to clinch 4-3 win ... Finished 19-13 in doubles ... Played No. 1 doubles position with Alex Zotov, finishing 13-11 in dual play and 3-8 in the SEC ... Baker and Zotov finished 15-13 overall ... Duo ranked as high as No. 12 in preseason ... Tandem finished season ranked No. 39 ... Duo defeated No. 66 South Carolina duo of Cubas/Campos, 8-6 ... Tandem selected to play in main doubles draw at ITA All-American Tennis Championships ... Teamed with Charlie Jones to defeat the nation's No. 1 duo of Davey Sandgren and J.P. Smith to win the Crimson Tide Invitational ... Baker and Jones were ranked No. 60 to close the season.
2008-09 (Sophomore): Selected to SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll ... Finished 13-19 overall, including 9-13 in dual play ... Posted a 4-7 mark in SEC play ... One of two players (Vijay Paul) to play in every dual match ... Played 20 of 22 matches in the No. 4 slot ... Earned a win in the No. 3 singles slot against LSU's James Cluskey ... Started dual play with a 4-2 record ... Finished 15-19 overall in doubles play ... Teamed with Alex Zotov to form one of the nation's top-ranked doubles duo ... Tandem was ranked as high as 25th and closed the year ranked 32nd ... Advanced to the finals of the ITA Southeast Regional Championships ... Selected as alternates for the NCAA Doubles Championship ... Team finished 15-16 overall and 7-12 in the No. 1 slot in dual play ... Were 12-4 overall at one point during the season ... Defeated three ranked foes ... Twice defeated Kentucky's duo of Agostinelli and Cox when they were ranked No. 15 and then No. 18 ... Topped Michigan's No. 8-ranked duo of Jung and Srocynski ... Defeated Oklahoma State's No. 39 duo of Nedovyesov and Byrnes.
2007-08 (Freshman): Played in every match ... Finished with a 7-10 record in singles play, including a 2-4 record in dual play ... Posted 14-18 record in doubles play, including a 10-14 record in dual play ... First-career win came against Tennessee's William Lang at the Vanderbilt Invitational on Sept. 14, 2007 ... Began dual play with a 2-0 record, posting wins over Samford's Sam Huffman and Northwestern's Juan Gomez ... Finished 2-3 in the No. 6 position and 0-1 in the No. 5 slot ... Teamed with Vijay Paul to finish 10-8 in the No. 3 doubles position.
Prep/Juniors: Ranked 63rd in the nation and 24th in the Southeast by tennisrecruiting.net ... Advanced to the round of 32 at the 2007 National Clay Court Tennis Championships ... Graduated from Montgomery Bell Academy in Nashville ... Coached by Mark Sutton.
Personal: Son of Jack and Kim Baker ... National Merit Commended Scholar ... Has one sister, Sarah, and one brother, Paul ... Lists playing beach volleyball, baseball, basketball and golf as hobbies ... Majoring in economics and history ... Hopes to become a doctor ... Favorite baseball team is the St. Louis Cardinals ... Also recruited by Kentucky, Princeton, Middle Tennessee State and Louisville.
