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2010-11 Tennis-M Roster

Kazuya Komada

Kazuya Komada

  • Height:
    5-9
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Osaka, Japan
  • High School:
    Kwansei Gakuin

Summary

Biography

2010-11

  • Team captain
  • First Team All-MAC for third consecutive season
  • Recipient of the Jack Vredevelt Sportsmanship Award, given annually by the MAC to one senior athlete
  • Finished 14th on WMU's career wins list wit 175 career victories
  • Finished the season with an 18-12 singles record playing primarily in the No. 2 position, including 4-1 against MAC opponents
  • Closed the season on a four-match win streak in singles play
  • Defeated Ball State's Zane Smith 6-0, 6-1 in the semifinal round of the 2011 MAC Men's Tennis championships
  • Finished doubles play with a record of 19-11, including a 4-1 record against MAC opponents in the regular season
  • Teamed with Michael Calderone to post an 8-3 record in doubles play, including a 6-3 record at the No. 1 position that featured a win over Ball State's Dalton Albertin and Cliff Morrison in the 011 MAC Men's Tennis championships semifinals
  • Earned three victories before falling in the semifinals of Flight A Singles at the Purdue Fall Invitational (9/17-19)
  • Won both of his matches with Michael Calderone to win Flight A Doubles at the Wildcat Invitational (10/15-17)

2009-10

  • First Team All-MAC, Academic All-MAC, ITA Scholar-Athlete
  • MAC Tournament MVP after going 2-0 at No. 2 singles and 2-0 at No. 2 doubles to lead WMU to NCAA Tournament
  • Western Michigan MVP
  • Went 2-1 against nationally-ranked doubles teams with Zeyad Montasser after defeating No. 35 David Bendheim/Calin Paar of Nebraska 8-6 and No. 55 Filip Miljevic and Alexander Pelaez of Illinois State 8-6
  • Led the team with 19 dual singles wins at No. 1 (6-5), No. 2 (12-3) and No. 3 (1-0)
  • Went 2-3 against nationally-ranked singles opponents with wins over No. 65 Anton Bobytskyi of Oklahoma State 6-1, 6-2 and No. 121 Tobias Wernet of Minnesota 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
  • Second on the team with 28 overall doubles wins, including 4-6 at No. 1 and 13-4 at No. 2
  • MAC Player of the Week (2/24) after earning victories against nationally-ranked Iowa and Nebraska
  • MAC Player of the Week (3/31) after going 5-1 against No. 39 Minnesota, UIC and Atlantic 10 champion Xavier
  • MAC Male Scholar Athlete of the Week (5/6) after being named MAC Tournament MVP
  • Won doubles flight of Vredevelt Invitational in the fall with Montasser and lost in the doubles final of the IU Invitational with Michael Calderone
  • Lost in singles flight final of the Vredevelt Invitational
  • Earned third letter

2008-09

  • First Team All-MAC, Academic All-MAC, ITA Scholar-Athlete, All-MAC Tournament Team
  • WMU Hap Sorensen Coach’s Award
  • Went 5-0 in MAC singles at No. 2-3 and 2-0 in the MAC Tournament
  • Went 4-1 in MAC doubles at No. 1 and 1-0 in the MAC Tournament
  • Overall, went 7-2 at No. 2 and 11-4 at No. 3 singles
  • Compiled 9-4 overall record at No. 1 doubles
  • MAC Player of the Week (2/18) after earning five wins against Michigan State, Illinois State and Iowa
  • MAC Player of the Week (3/4) after going 3-1 vs. No. 48 Minnesota and No. 45 East Tennessee State
  • MAC Player of the Week (3/25) after winning at No. 1 doubles and No. 2 singles at Chicago State
  • Defeated No. 38 Ben Hartman/Austin Doerner of DePaul and No. 71 Johnny Parkes/Miles Bugby of New Mexico with Michael Calderone
  • Earned second letter

2007-08

  • Second Team All-MAC
  • MAC Player of the Week (2/27) after going 5-1 against No. 67 Michigan State, No. 68 Iowa and Cornell, including a win over the No. 25 player in the Midwest, Reinoud Haal of Iowa (3-6, 7-5, 7-6)
  • One of only two players (Michael Calderone) to win 20 or more doubles matches (21-5)
  • Teamed with Calderone to defeat Chris Madden and George Navas of Michigan, 9-8 (3), at three doubles in the NCAA Tournament to clinch the first NCAA Tournament point in WMU history
  • Finished the year on a 10-match winning streak with Calderone
  • Earned first letter

High School

  • Ranked No. 19 in Japan in Boys 18s
  • Won the 2006 Ann Arbor Junior Open by beating five straight seeded players, including 2006 Michigan Division I No. 1 singles state champion Andy Gauthier
  • Played No. 1 singles in high school in 2004 and 2005 and No. 2 singles in 2003
  • Top 16 in Boys 18 singles at 2005 All Japan Junior Indoors, Top 32 in Boys 18 singles and Top 16 in Boys 18 doubles at 2005 All Japan Juniors
  • Top 32 in singles at 2004 All Japan High School Tennis Championships and top 32 in doubles at 2005 All Japan High School Tennis Championships
  • Competed in 2004 ITF World Super Junior Tennis Championship

Personal

  • Majoring in marketing with 3.64 GPA
  • Son of Masahisa and Yumi Komada
  • Has an older brother, Takuya
  • Born Feb. 22, 1988

 

Komada's Career Statistics (as of 3/9/11)

Year Singles Doubles Overall
2007-08 24-19 30-10 54-29
2008-09 18-7 15-13 33-20
2009-10 23-15 28-14 51-29
2010-11 12-9 10-9 22-18
Overall 77-50 83-46 160-96

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Historical Player Information

  • 2007-08Freshman

    5'9"
  • 2008-09Sophomore

    5'9"
  • 2009-10Junior

    5'9"
  • 2010-11Senior

    5'9"