Blake Bayldon

Photo by: Boise State University

Photo by: Boise State University

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Dural, NSW, Australia
High School:
Pacific Hills Christian HS
Height:
6-1
Prev School:
Barry Univ.

HONORS & AWARDS

All-Mountain West in Doubles (2020)
*ITA NCAA Division II Doubles All-American (2019)
*All-Sunshine State Conference First Team Doubles (2019)
*Two-Time SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll (2018, 2019)

* = from previous school

2019-20 | JUNIOR SEASON

Transferred to Boise State from Barry University (Fla.) for the 2019-20 season.
HONORS: All-Mountain West Doubles with partner Simon Arca Costas.
OVERALL: Went 15-13 in singles on the year…owned a team-best 22-5 doubles record on the season.
FALL SINGLES: Went 8-4 in singles … had impressive outing at the Oregon Duck Invitational (Nov. 1-3) taking home the singles B flight championship against Portland's Nicklas Oberg (6-4, 6-4).
FALL DOUBLES: With a combined 11-2 record Bayldon was able to take home two separate tournament championships with two different partners. Beginning the fall season with a 4-0 sweep at the Dar Walters Fall Classic (Sept. 20-22) alongside teammate Kyryll Kryvchun this included a victory over teammate pairs of Wyatt DeMulling and Simon Arca Costas in the championship. At the ITA Mountain Region Championships Bayldon and Kryvchun advanced to the round of 16 defeating Utah States Dan Bushamuka and Christian Holmes (8-1) after their BYE in the first round. Bayldon also collected a title at the Oregon Duck Invitational (Nov. 1-3) defeating Pacific's Philip Hjorth and Ross Watson with partner Arca Costas.
SPRING SINGLES: Posted a 7-6 spring singles record…split time at the No. 2, 3, and 4 positions…won four of his first five matches of the spring…five of his seven wins came in straight-sets.
SPRING DOUBLES: He and partner Simon Arca Costas entered the spring season ranked No. 50 nationally…went 8-3 as the Broncos’ No. 1 doubles option with Arca Costas…held the team’s best spring doubles record along with Arca Costas ... remainder of season canceled March 12 due to coronavirus pandemic.

2018-19 | SOPHOMORE AT BARRY

HONORS: ITA Doubles All-American ... All-SSC First Team Doubles ... Dean’s List in fall and spring ... SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll in spring.
SINGLES: Played for Barry University where he went 10-0 in singles ... 2-0 at No. 2 position, 1-0 at No. 4, 2-0 at No. 5 and 5-0 at No. 6 ... beat 54th ranked Jacobo Nieto of St. Thomas University 6-1, 6-0 ... defeated Southern Arkansas’ Aleksandr Pokusaev 6-2, 6-4 in NCAA quarterfinals.
DOUBLES: Tallied a 15-6 record in doubles with three different partners all at flight one doubles ... went 11-5 with Pierre Montrieul ... was 3-1 with Filip Zupancic and 1-0 with Carlos Gomez ... beat Southern Arkansas’ Stuart Rehfuss & Aleksandr Pokusaev 6-1 in NCAA quarterfinals.

2017-18 | FRESHMAN AT BARRY

HONORS: Dean’s List in spring ... SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll in spring.
SINGLES: Recorded a 13-3 mark in singles ... was 6-2 at No. 5 position and 4-1 at No. 6 ... ended season with four straight victories ... went 1-0 versus ranked opponents ... beat 72nd-ranked Jorge Vargas of Columbus State, 6-4, 7-6 (7-5) in NCAA Championship ... defeated Indianapolis’ Christoph Drechsler 6-4, 6-2 in NCAA semifinals ... beat Concordia (N.Y.) Axel Oljons 6-2, 6-1 in NCAA quarterfinals ... downed Benedict’s Armando Flores 6-1, 6-0 in NCAA South Region semifinals ... put away Flagler’s Hermann Gertmann 6-4, 7-5 for first college singles victory (Feb. 10).
DOUBLES: Went 19-7 in doubles with five different partners ... 19 pairs victories second on team ... 12-2 with Pierre Montrieul in doubles (10-2 at No. 2 position) ... beat Columbus State’s KP Pannu and Matei Avram 8-6 in NCAA Championship ... defeated Concordia’s William Nilsson and Oljons 8-3 in NCAA quarterfinals ... downed St. Edward’s Davor Ivkovic and Chase Morehouse 8-1 in NCAA Round of 16 ... beat Saint Leo’s Francisco Aparicio and Aurel Ciocanu 8-3 in Sunshine State Conference Championship ... dispatched Lynn’s Jean-Baptiste Mateo and Jose Porfirio 9-8 (7-5) in SSC semifinals ... beat Florida Southern’s Derek Bell and Tim Becker 8-5 in SSC quarterfinals ... with Matias Larregina, beat West Florida’s Alfonso Castellano and Nicolas Springer 8-2 in NCAA South Region Championship ... beat Benedict’s Julius Mutetwa and Taj Ballantyne 8-2 in NCAA South Region semifinals.

JUNIOR TENNIS

Bayldon is a native of Dural, New South Wales, Australia ... graduated from Pacific Hills Christian High in 2016 ... captain of NSW Team at Australian Championships, team won 2016 Australian Nationals ... selected onto Australian National Team ... Men’s Victorian Grasscourt singles and doubles champion ... ranked No. 81 in Australia ... voted Sports Person of the Year in 2016 and 2018 in Australia ... also played soccer, volleyball, touch football and basketball.