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2021-22 Men's Tennis Roster

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Alafia Ayeni

  • Height 6-3
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown San Diego, Calif.
  • Highschool Westview HS

Biography

All-Ivy League First Team, singles (2019) 
Ivy League Rookie of the Year (2018)
All-Ivy League Second Team, singles (2018) 

As a junior (2019-20)

Dual season
• Went 7-1 in singles play, going 6-1 at No. 2 and 1-0 at No. 1.
• Tallied a 4-4 doubles record, playing mostly at No. 1.
• Earned one ranked win, defeating #51 Kareem Allaf of Iowa in three sets, 1-6, 6-4, 6-2.
• In doubles, combined with Vladislav Melnic to defeat #12 Davies/Okonkwo of Iowa, 7-5. 

As a sophomore (2018-19)

Dual season
• Earned All-Ivy League first team recognition in singles after posting a 9-7 record in dual matches, competing exclusively at the No. 1 position.
• Ranked seventh in singles by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association in the Northeast Region for the year.
• Was 3-2 in Ivy League singles matches, including a three-set victory over Dartmouth's Charlie Broom, who was ranked 60th in the country at the time.
• Finished second on the team in doubles victories with a 10-7 record, often competing at the No. 1 position alongside Eero Vasa.
• Was 4-2 in Ivy League doubles play while competing with Lev Kazakov at the No. 2 spot. 
Fall tournaments
• Won Canada F6 Futures event in September.
• Advanced into Round of 16 in singles at Champaign Challenger in November.
• One of eight singles selections to the elite field for the USTA Blizzard Wild Card event in December, finishing 1-2 in pool play with a victory over UCLA's Keegan Smith.

As a freshman (2017-18)

Dual season
• Named Ivy League Rookie of the Year, becoming just third Cornellian to win the honor since its inaugural presentation in 1999.
• Earned All-Ivy League second team recognition in singles after posting a 10-8 record in dual matches.
• Primarily competed at the No. 2 singles position with one victory over nationally ranked opponent, Clemson's Simon Baudry, on Feb. 4.
• Won in three sets to clinch the Big Red's 4-3 upset victory at 42nd-ranked Iowa on March 2.
• Was 3-3 in Ivy League singles play with victories over opponents from Penn, Yale and Brown. 
• Posted a 7-12 record in doubles, playing in all three positions with a number of different partners.

Prior to Cornell

• Ranked the No. 3 recruit in the nation and No. 1 in the Southwest by TennisRecruiting.net.
• Carried a No. 27 International Tennis Federation Junior World Ranking at time of enrollment at Cornell.
• 2017 Easter Bowl Champion.
• Won California state titles while competing with Westview HS in 2015, 2016 and 2017.

Personal

• Olukayode Alafia Ayeni is the son of Anthony Ayeni and Pamela Hinkson Ayeni, and he has one brother and one sister.
• Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Freshman

    6'3" 180 lbs
  • 2018-19Sophomore

    6'3" 180 lbs
  • 2019-20Junior

    6'3" 180 lbs
  • 2020-21Senior

    6'3" 180 lbs
  • 2021-22Senior

    6'3" 0 lbs