Matthew Lord

2020-21

• Appeared in four matches, going 3-1 in doubles
• Finished his career with a 38-34 record in singles and 48-29 in doubles
• ITA Scholar-Athlete
• ACC Academic Honor Roll

2019-20

• VaSID All-State in doubles
• Went 8-7 in singles including a 6-5 record in dual matches
• Posted a 10-2 record in doubles in dual matches, including going 6-2 on Court 1
• Ranked as high as No. 35 in doubles with partner Carl Söderlund
• Made his ATP Challenger debut at the Charlottesville Challenger, playing in the doubles main draw, partnering with Ryan Goetz. The duo were edged in the first round 7-6 (6), 7-5, by former Cavalier JC Aragone (10/31)

2018-19

• Finished the year with a 14-9 record in doubles
• Advanced to the second round of qualifying in doubles at the Saint Francis Health System ITA All-American (Oct. 3)
• Advanced to the Round of 16 in doubles at the ITA Atlantic Regional (Oct. 20)
• Played in 11 singles matches in the fall

2017-18

• Finished the season with a 24-13 record in singles and 18-14 in doubles
• Went 8-2 in conference doubles matches
• Went 4-0 in prequalifying at the Saint Francis ITA All-American Championship to earn a spot in the qualifying tournament. Won his first round match in qualifying before falling in the second round (Oct. 3)
• Was the runner-up at the ITA Atlantic Regional doubles championship, partnering with Aswin Lizen (Oct. 23)
• Went 8-3 in singles in the fall
• Had a seven-match win streak in the spring from March 4-30, culminating with a 6-4, 6-2 victory at No. 4 singles against Duke’s Spencer Furman
• Named the ACC Doubles Team of the Week (4/17) alongside Carl Söderlund after winning a pair of matches on the top court against a pair of ranked opponents, including a 6-1 victory over the No. 17 team of Ian Dempster and Skander Mansouri of Wake Forest

BACKGROUND

• Finished his high school career at Kingswood Oxford with a 109-3 record
• Was ranked as high as the No. 6 recruit in the country by tennisrecruiting.net

PERSONAL

• 2020-21 John H. Mulholland Men’s Tennis Scholarship recipient
• Father is Alman Lord, stepmother is Jackie Lord
• Both of his older sisters, Dayna and Melissa Lord, played collegiate tennis. His oldest sister, Dayna, played No. 1 singles at Brown, and ended her career with the best overall record in the program’s history. Melissa won NCAA team titles with Stanford her freshman year and senior years
• Anthropology major

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