Hamish Stewart Named National Player of the Week Bulldawg Illustrated | April 9, 2022 Hamish Stewart was named National Player of the Week by the International Tennis Association (ITA) and Universal Tennis Rating (UTR) late Thursday, April 7. This is the third year for the ITA and UTR Player of the Week awards that highlight male and female individuals from all five divisions (NCAA Division I, II, III, NAIA and Junior College) with weekly awards during the spring dual-match season. The ITA and UTR Player of the Week honors recognize a collegiate tennis player whose increase in UTR rating during the previous week was representative of his/her level of performance, including notable wins such as clinching matches and upsets. Stewart, increased .15 in is UTR rating to reach 13.67. The graduate on the Georgia men’s tennis team scored SEC Player of the Week honors earlier in the week, coming off of back-to-back 4-0 wins and a match-clinching performance with the Bulldogs. Stewart grabbed a nationally ranked win over No.36 Nikola Slavik of No.43 Ole Miss. He defeated Slavik in dominant fashion, 6-1, 6-2. Georgia went on to blank the Rebels, 4-0 in Oxford, Mississippi. In their next match of the week against No.38 LSU, Stewart and McCormick clinched the doubles point for Georgia in a 6-3 victory over Gabriel Diaz Freire and Kent Hunter. Stewart then kept the momentum going with a 6-4,6-2 win over Vlad Lobak to clinch the 4-0 victory for Georgia. Georgia’s No.1 singles player improved to 23-11 overall, 15-5 in the dual season, 6-3 against conference opponents and 13-7 against nationally-ranked opponents. He has won seven out of his last ten matches and is on a three-match singles win streak. He has the most overall and dual competition wins on the Georgia roster. His efforts this weekend helped Georgia improve to 7-2 against SEC opponents and 15-5 overall. The ITA released new national rankings on Wednesday, April 6 and Stewart earned a career-high singles ranking at No.11. Stewart and McCormick are now ranked at No.40 and Stewart and senior Philip Henning are the No.81ranked doubles pair. The Bulldogs will be back in action on Sunday, April 10 as they travel to Lexington, Kentucky to face the No.12 Kentucky Wildcats at 1 p.m.
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