2022-23 Men's Tennis Roster
Roster
Finn Bass
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 186
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Rock, Cornwall, United Kingdom
- High School:
- Millfield School
Singles Record: 60-30 // 40-23 Dual // 3-5 Big 12
Doubles Record: 72-35 // 49-24 Dual // 4-6 Big 12
Highest National Singles Ranking: 23 (2023)
Highest National Doubles Ranking: 3 (2023)
Awards/Honors
• 2023 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• 2023 ITA Scholar Athlete
• 2022 ITA DI Texas Regional Tournament Singles Champion
• 2022 ITA All-American (Doubles)
• 2022 All-Big 12 First Team (Doubles)
• 2022 Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team - No. 3 Doubles
• 2022 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• 2022 Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll selection (spring)
• 2021 Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll selection (fall)
• 2021 Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team – No. 3 Doubles
• 2021 NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team – No. 3 Doubles
• 2021 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team
• 2019 Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll selection (fall)
2022-23 (Fifth-Year Senior):
Singles Record: 14-13 // 3-10 Dual
Doubles Record: 15-14 // 6-10 Dual
Team captain ... Battled through an injury-filled spring season ... Opened the spring with two wins over Lamar's Max Amling and William & Mary's Joseph Brailovsky .... Defeated Alcorn State's Dakota Fernandez ... Ranked as high as No. 3 in doubles ... Took a doubles win at No. 1 against the No. 9 Florida State team, defeating Smith and Cornut-Chauvinc, 6-3, to assist the Bears in moving on to the ITA Team Championship tournament in Chicago. Took the third-ranked duo of Thomson and Samuel from South Carolina to a tie break, but eventually dropped the match ... Recorded a conference doubles win at No. 44 Oklahoma State, defeating Pini and Garcia, 6-3 ... Closed fall play as doubles semifinalist at the ITA Fall National Championships with Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi and made it to the consolation finals of the ITA All-American Championships in the doubles bracket ... Defeated the then-No. 5 pair of Charlton/Vandecasteele, 6-3, 6-3 in the consolation quarterfinals ... Semifinalist in doubles at the ITA DI Texas Regional Championships in Waco ... Champion of the ITA Regional singles draw, defeating Texas A&M's Pierce Rollins, 6-2, 6-2 at the Hurd Tennis Center ... Stacked three impressive wins against ranked opponents in the fall while ranked 100th in the nation, including a win against conference foe from TCU, Sander Jong.
2021-22 (Fourth-Year Junior):Singles Record: 22-11 // 20-9 Dual
Doubles Record: 25-11 // 17-7 Dual
SPRING: Went 22-11 in singles and 25-44 in doubles on the 2021-22 season ... Member of the 2022 Big 12 Tournament Champion squad ... Won a slew of postseason honors, including ITA All-America, All-Big 12 First Team Doubles, Big 12 All-Tournament Team in No. 3 Doubles ... Won Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll selections both semesters and was placed on the Academic All-Big 12 First Team ... Opened the 2022 spring season with a 7-5, 6-4, win over Stratton Brown from Creighton in January ... Went on a seven-match winning streak throughout January and February, including a win over No. 73 Cleeve Harper from Texas ... Posted a 1-0 record from court one, 5-0 from court three, 9-7 from court four and 5-2 from five ... Made his way No. 114 in singles rankings in April ... Doubles action was played exclusively with Sven Lah at court one, recording a 17-7 record, winning 5-7 against ranked opponents, highlighted by a win over No. 2 Luc Fomba/Jake Fearnley 6-3 in the Big 12 Tournament ... The duo also advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Doubles Draw.
FALL: Went 2-2 on the fall ITA season in singles ... Played in the ITA All-Americans tournament (10/2) ... At the ITA Texas Regionals (10/13) he defeated Kyohei Yamanaka of Texas A&M Corpus Christi 6-4, 6-1 in R64, then Giulio Perego of Texas A&M in R32 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (0-4), but fell to TCU’s Luc Fomba 5-7, 5-7 in the R16 ... In doubles play, he and Sven Lah went 6-3 in the fall, 1-2 in the ITA Fall National Championships ... He and Lah were ranked No. 27 in the ITA Preseason Doubles Rankings (9/7) ... At the ITA All-Americans tournament (10/2) he and Lah defeated the No. 18 team of Maldoner/Vidal (ODU) 7-5, 6-1 in R32, then went 6-3, 6-2 against Cernoch and Kiger (UNC) in the R16 to advance to the quarters where they fell to Ohio State’s Cash and Vocel ... At the ITA Texas Regionals (10/13), he and Lah finished in the quarterfinals after defeating a TAMU-CC squad as well as a Texas Tech duo, defeating both at 8-2; they fell 7-8 (3-0) to Schachter and Abbratt (Texas A&M) ... With Lah at the ITA Fall National Championships (11/4), they defeated Alabama and Wake Forest duos to advance to the quarters where they fell to Vocel and Cash ... Ranked the No. 18 doubles pair by the ITA (12/8).
2020-21 (Third-Year Sophomore):
Singles Record: 15-3 // 8-1 Dual
Doubles Record: 22-7 // 16-4 Dual // 2-1 Big 12
2019-20 (Sophomore):
Singles Record: 9-3 // 9-3 Dual
Doubles Record: 10-3 // 10-3 Dual
Went 9-3 in singles and 10-3 in doubles during first collegiate season…Competed at No. 3 doubles and also in the bottom half of the singles lineup…Went 4-1 at the No. 4 spot, 4-2 at the No. 5 spot and 1-0 at the No. 6 spot…Went 1-0 against nationally ranked opponents, upsetting No. 99 Alex Kotzen of Columbia by a 7-6(2), 6-4 score at the ITA National Team Indoor Championships…Clinched three matches for the Bears, tying the team high…Clinched team wins against Gonzaga, Penn and Grand Canyon…Had a season-best five-match singles win streak to open his career…Won eight of his singles matches in straight sets…Only had one unfinished match…Finished season with third-set tiebreaker loss at Arizona State…In doubles, paired with three different Bears…Teamed up with Adrian Boitan and recorded a 2-1 mark…Went 7-2 with Sebastian Nothhaft…Went 1-0 with Rahul Dhokia…Ended season on a four-match win streak with Nothhaft...Did not compete in any collegiate fall tournaments, sitting out due to amateurism requirements...Earned fall Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll recognition...SACE Academic Champion.
2018-19 (Freshman):
Joined team in January…Did not compete in any matches...Sat out one season to satisfy NCAA amateurism requirements.
Prep/Juniors:
Top-ranked recruit from Great Britain from 12-16...Achieved a career-high ITF junior ranking of 44 while playing in several junior Grand Slams and reaching the Australian Open junior doubles quarterfinals...Has an ATP career-high ranking of 754 and No. 21 in Tennis Europe...Won national titles at the 12U and 14U age groups, including a runner-up finish in the 16U group at age 14...Has represented his country on several occasions, including qualifying with the 18U team for the World Championships in 2016...Has served as a hitting partner with several professional tennis players, including Nick Kyrgios, Milos Raonic, Gaël Monfils, Gilles Simon and was Andy Murray's hitting partner during his run to the 2016 Wimbledon title...Attended Millfield School and participated in tennis, swimming, soccer, cross country and cricket.
Personal:
Given name is Jake Finn Bass but goes by Finn ... Son of Gary Bass and Patricia Richards ... Right-handed player with a double-handed backhand ... Related to ex-pro soccer player Danny Senda ... Majoring in communications.
