Media Guide - North Carolina

The 2008 Tar Heels
TAR HEEL
TENNIS
KYLE
BAKER
Red-Shirt Freshman
Acworth, Ga.
General: Stands 6-0 tall • Returned to action
in the fall after sitting out last spring due to
wrist surgery• Ranked as high as No. 1 in
Georgia in every age group as he advanced
through junior tennis • Born August 10, 1987
in Atlanta. Ga. • Son of Mac and Janet Baker •
Sister Christie, 22, plays tennis at Samford
University • Younger brother Chase, 14, is also
a tennis player.
Fall 2007: Advanced to the final round of qualifying
at the ITA Mideast Region Indoor in
Charlottesville where he lost in three tiebreak
sets to ETSU’s Alex Ahlgren. • Won three
straight matches to capture the B Flight consolation
at the UNC Fall Invitational. • Defeated
Elon’s Kevin Beard at the Duke Indoor
Invitational.
As a Freshman: Granted a medical redshirt
due to wrist surgery • Hoping to bounce back
from fall injury problems • Competed in one fall
tournament, the Napa Valley Challenge • Won
his first match as a Tar Heel against Brandon
Davis of Illinois in straight sets, 6-4, 6-1.
Prep: A five-star blue chip recruit according to
tennisrecruiting.net • Graduated from Harrison
High School in Kennesaw, Ga. in May 2006 •
Remained undefeated on his high school tennis
team posting a record of 55-0 • Finished
his junior career ranked No. 1 in the South and
in the Top 20 in the nation • Won Boys’ 18’s
singles and doubles state championships without
dropping a set •2006 Atlanta Journal Constitution
Player of the Year• 2005 Copper Bowl
Finalist • Ranked as high as top five in the
South in every age group • Played at Kalamazoo
Nationals three times • Represented Georgia
three times in winning Davis Cup Titles •
Won three qualifying rounds at the Eddie Herr
Tournament and won main draw round in the
16s • Coached by Torrey Hawkins, Jason
Parker and Brian Devilliers • An all-star baseball
and basketball player before focusing on
tennis full time.
2008 UNC MEN’S TENNIS • PAGE 4
Off Court with “Shake”
Full Name: Kyle McAllister Baker
Academic Major: Business
Biggest Sports Thrill: Becoming a Tar Heel
People With Greatest Influence On Athletic
Career: My parents
Favorite Book: Winning Ugly
Favorite Magazine: Sports Illustrated
Favorite Food: Seafood
Favorite Movie: Man on Fire
Favorite Website: www.patriots.com
Place I’ve Never Been But Want to Visit:
Australia
Kyle Baker’s Career Record
Season Singles Doubles
Fall 2007 5-4 3-2
Fall 2006 1-1 2-0
Career Totals 6-5 5-2
TAR HEEL
TENNIS
BENJAMIN
CARLOTTI
Senior
Paris, France
General: Stands 5-11 tall • Member of the
Dean’s List • Named All-ACC • has achieved a
career high singles ranking of #33 • Has led
Carolina to a 65-20 overall dual match record
during his first three years on the team, including
a 42-6 overall record in home matches •
Transferred from Ole Miss as a redshirt freshman
in 2004 • Born May 10, 1985 in Paris,
France • Son of Pierre and Michele Carlotti •
Sister, Chloe, 29, was a nationally-ranked tennis
player at Ole Miss.
As a Junior: Faced 22 nationally ranked opponents
• Led Carolina to 4-3 wins over FSU
and Clemson with victories over Clement Reix
and Ytai Abougzir • Clinched UNC’s win at Va.
Tech with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 victory over Albert
Larregola. Advanced to the Semifinals of the
Wilson/ITA Mideast Regional, defeating #15
Arnaud LeCloerec of VCU. Advanced to the
Round of 32 at the All-American Tournament
advancing with three wins in Qualifying • Victory
over No. 64 ranked Roy Sichel of Charlotte,
advanced him to the Main Draw
As a Sophomore: Clinched the 4-3 win over
#11 Virginia in the ACC’s Match of the Year
with a 1-6, 6-3, 7-6(4) victory over Marko Miklo
• Clinched the deciding point against Charlotte
to give head coach Sam Paul his 200th career
win at Carolina • Won UNC’s first point against
Duke over Kiril Dimitrov, ranked No. 111 •
Helped lead the Tar Heels to the NCAA Sweet
16 for the first time since 1993 with a win over
Ryan Young at No. 4 singles • Also defeated
Benjamin Carlotti’s Career Record
Season Singles Doubles
Fall 2007 9-5 3-1
2006-07 22-18 4-0
2005-06 24-9 1-2
2004-05 24-7 5-3
Career Totals 79-39 12-7
Young 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 to propel UNC to a 4-3 victory
over #10 Clemson in March • Clinched the
win over #20 VCU with a 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 victory •
Led UNC to a 4-2 victory at #12 South Carolina
• Was 6-0 in singles at No. 3 and 7-1 at
No. 5
As a Freshman: Opened the fall with 10 consecutive
wins and two tournament titles • defeated
Virginia Tech’s Stephane Rod and
teammates Geoff Boyd and Raian Luchici to
win the USC Fall Invitational • Did not lose a
set in four matches to capture the Groot Memorial
Invitational B Flight • Posted a 10-1
record at No. 5 singles • Overcame a match
point and a 5-3 third set deficit to tie the Miami
match at 3-3 and set up Brad Pomeroy’s
match-clinching victory • Rallied from a set
down to beat Clemson’s Brett Twente to tie the
Clemson match 3-3 • Was nationally ranked
109th in the nation at the conclusion of his
freshman campaign
Prep: Graduated in June 2003 from Lycee Lafontaine
in Paris • Won the French University’s
Tennis Championship in 2003 • Was team captain
for six straight years • Member of a club
team that won the French Championship five
times in a row • Was undefeated in team
matches for six straight years • Also played
dodge ball, table tennis and water polo.
Off Court with “Frenchie”:
Full Name: Benjamin Jean-Francois Carlotti
Academic Major/Minor: Business/AFAM
Post School Ambition: Happiness and success
Hobbies: Reading, all sports
Athlete Most Admired: Roger Federer
Person With Greatest Influence On Athletic
Career: My dad
Favorite Magazine: Business Week
Favorite Movie: Dead Poets Society
Favorite TV Show: Southpark
Entertainment Figure I’d Most Like to
Have Dinner With: Robin Williams