2023-24 Men's Tennis Roster
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Chan, Duncan
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Duncan Chan
- Class:
- Freshman
- Weight:
- null
- Hometown:
- Markham, Ontario
- High School:
- Independent Learning Centre
Bio
CAREER ACCOLADES
NCAA Singles Championships qualifier | ITA Central Sectional Championships singles finalist | Battle in the Bay Classic doubles finalist | Big 12 Player of the Week (April 8, 2025)
Outdoor: Cracked TCU's lineup in all-but-one match ... Produced a 14-7 combined record, including a 7-2 mark in singles play ... Capped his sophomore year 44-23 overall ... Tallied the second-most wins of any Horned Frog ... Was 8-1 overall and 5-1 in doubles during conference play ... Earned the match-clincher in TCU's 4-3 NCAA quarterfinal victory over No. 7 seed Virginia ... Rallied past Jangjun Kim, 7-6 (1_, 1-6, 6-4, on court six ... Fell behind 1-3 with the Horned Frogs down breaks on both unfinished courts in set three ... The heroics marked the third time in his career that he clinched a match on court six with TCU tied 3-3 ... Tabbed Big 12 Player of the Week for April 1-6 ... Produced a 4-0 combined record in TCU's victories vs. Oklahoma State and at Texas Tech ... His efforts helped TCU win the Big 12 regular season championship ... Thrice clinched the doubles point in Big 12 action ... Secured 1-0 leads for the Horned Frogs in wins vs. Oklahoma State, Texas Tech and No. 13 Baylor ... Went 2-0 in singles play at the Big 12 Championship via a pair of straight set victories on court five vs. Oklahoma State and No. 18 UCF ... Picked up his a ranked doubles win in the NCAA Championships semifinals opposite No. 3 Texas ... Downed No. 81 Pierre-Yves Bailly and Sebastian Eriksson via a 6-3 margin.
Indoor: Was the one of only two players to appear in every match for TCU on its way to a fourth consecutive ITA Indoor National Championships final ... Anchored the No. 3 doubles and No. 4 singles positions ... Competed to a 9-6 combined record (4-3 singles, 5-3 doubles) ... Began the season by winning three straight singles matches ... Played the 1-line for the first time in his career in the Horned Frogs' season-opener vs. Abilene Christian ... Secured a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Daniel Morozov ... Picked up victories over Hudson Rivera (Stanford) and Louis Bowden (Baylor) on court four in that span ... Twice clinched the doubles point vs. the Bears alongside Albert Pedrico ... Claimed a thrilling 7-6 (9) tiebreaker over Bowden and Alexandru Chirita before bettering Bowden in singles in a 4-1 nonconference win ... Went 2-0 vs. the Bears for a second time in the opening round of the ITA Indoor National Championships ... First secured the doubles point, this time downing Chirita and Zsombor Velcz, 6-4 ... Helped complete a 4-1 victory with a three-set triumph over Luc Koenig ... Again clinched the doubles point for the Horned Frogs in their 4-0 semifinal takedown of No. 11 Stanford ... One of five Frogs to play both singles and doubles in all four matches at Indoor Nationals ... Has earned six doubles point clinchers on the indoor surface ahead of his junior year.
Fall: Qualified for the NCAA Individual Championships in singles ... Finished as a singles finalist at the ITA Central Sectional Championships ... Achieved his first ITA singles ranking at the conclusion of the fall season ... Tabbed No. 74 ... Also earned an ITA doubles ranking of 58th alongside Lui Maxted ... Collected a team-leading 11 singles victories ... Accumulated a 19-11 combined overall record ... Was initially an alternate at Sectionals ... Defeated teammate Julian Alonso in round one, then bettered Patorn Hanchaikul (Michigan) and Oskar Brostrom Poulsen (Baylor) to punch his ticket to the NCAA Championships ... Also reached the consolation doubles final with Kaj Quirijns ... Began the fall by making a run to the Battle in the Bay Classic doubles final ... Took preseason No. 1 Ozan Baris (Michigan State) to a set three tiebreaker in the second round of singles play before falling 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (3) ... Pocketed a pair of prequalifying singles victories at the ITA All-American Championships, including his first career ranked win at the expense of No. 122 Logan Zapp of North Carolina, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-2 ... Tabbed tournament MVP of the U.S. College Cup Invitational ... Won five matches, including all three of his singles bouts on court one.
Freshman (2023-24)
ITA Texas Regional doubles finalist | ITA National Fall Championships doubles quarterfinalist
Outdoor: Capped his freshman year with a 38-23 combined overall record (11-7 singles, 27-16 doubles) ... Led all Big 12 freshman in doubles wins ... Collected a team-leading five match-clinchers on the outdoor courts, all of which came against Big 12 opponents ... Went 3-1 in doubles action in the NCAA Tournament ... Made his outdoor singles debut on March 10 vs. No. 25 Baylor ... Pocketed his first career match-clincher in a 4-2 TCU win, rallying past Marko Miladinovic, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (4) ... Earned his second match-clincher six days later, willing TCU past No. 44 USC, 4-3, with a 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 triumph over Niroop Vallabhaneni ... Clinched TCU's second of three season victories vs. Baylor on March 22 in the Horned Frogs' conference opener ... Bettered Oskar Brostrom Poulsen, 6-1, 2-6, 6-2, in a 4-1 win ... Polished off a 4-0 TCU takedown of BYU on April 4 with his fourth match-clincher ... Clinched a come-from-behind 4-3 home win on senior day at the expense of No. 31 UCF ... Downed Santiago Giamichelle, 7-6 (9), 6-7 (0), 6-3, on five ... Victory extended to a winner-take-all third set with all remaining courts completed ... Produced a 10-8 outdoor doubles record, playing exclusively with Lui Maxted.
Indoor: Led TCU in doubles victories on its run to the ITA Indoor National Championships final ... Produced a 6-2 doubles record alongside Lui Maxted ... Notched at least one win on all three courts ... Led TCU with three doubles point clinchers ... Staked TCU to the doubles point in victories over Tulsa (Jan. 28), No. 15 Stanford (Feb. 2) and No. 20 Arizona State (Feb. 16) ... Earned his first dual singles victory in TCU's season-opener on Jan. 24 vs. Abilene Christian, defeating Benjamin McDonald, 6-1, 6-4, on court four ... Concluded the indoor season 33rd in the ITA doubles rankings.
Fall: Produced a 15-9 combined overall record across four tournaments ... Tied for the team-lead in doubles victories at 11-6 ... Ascended from No. 38 to No. 15 in the ITA doubles rankings ... One of an NCAA-leading five Horned Frogs to reach the quarterfinals of the ITA National Fall Championships ... Was an ITA Texas Regional doubles finalist ... Partnered with Lui Maxted in both tournaments ... Defeated top overall seed and sixth-ranked Hunter Heck and Karlis Ozolins (Illinois) in the opening round of the ITA National Fall Championships ... Picked up a straight set second round win over Creighton's Alejandro Gandini and Matthew Lanahan ... Fell to eventual national champion Cesar Bouchelaghem and Dzianis Zharyn (Washington) in the quarterfinals ... Won four main draw matches at the ITA Texas Regional to punch his ticket to the grand finale of fall tennis ... Qualified for the ITA Texas Regional singles main draw ... Produced a 3-3 record at the ITA All-American Championships in doubles alongside Maxted ... Was an automatic qualifier on the strength of his preseason ITA No. 38 ranking ... Notched consecutive victories in qualifying to secure a wild card onto the 32-team main draw ... Defeated Alex Bulte and Louis Pourroy of Florida State 7-5, 6-2 ... Also earned a win in the consolation main draw ... Made his TCU debut at the US College Cup Invitational ... Produced a team-best 4-2 combined record ... Downed Baylor's Ethan Muza, 6-1, 4-6, 6-2 to register his first collegiate win ... Picked up doubles victories over pairs from Baylor and Abilene Christian.
High School/Juniors
Achieved a career-high ITF junior ranking of No. 75 on Jan. 9, 2023 ... Possessed a Universal Tennis Rating of 12.19 upon his arrival in Fort Worth ... Ascended to No. 1,051 in the ATP doubles rankings in January 2023 ... Competed in the qualifying draw of the 2022 US Open ... Aslo advanced to the round of 16 of the J1 Salinas and J1 Repentigny in 2022 ... Advanced to the third round of the qualifying draw of the JA Milan that same year ... Crowned the J3 Calgary 2022 Singles and Doubles Championm ... Won the J5 Victoria 2021 Singles title ... Took home the J1 College Park Doubles Championship ... Bagged the M25 Saint-Augustin Doubles title ... Slotted second in the U18 Canadian doubles rankings as a high school senior.
Personal
Originally from Markham, Ontario ... Is a 2023 graduate of Independent Learning Centre in Toronto ... Competed extensively in baseball throughout elementary and middle school but made the decision to transition to tennis full-time at the age of 13 with the goal of becoming a professional tennis player ... Voted Best Male Tennis Player by his high school peers ... Also played volleyball in his youth ... Son of Loy and Cecelia Chan ... Has a sister, Trinity, and a brother, Kendall ... Born July 29.
Career Statistics
SINGLES
DOUBLES
- 2024-25 NCAA Individual Championships singles qualifier
- 2024 ITA Central Sectional Championships singles finalist
- 2023 ITA Texas Regional doubles finalist
- 2023 ITA National Fall Championships doubles quarterfinalist
- Big 12 Player of the Week (April 8, 2025)
NCAA Singles Championships qualifier | ITA Central Sectional Championships singles finalist | Battle in the Bay Classic doubles finalist | Big 12 Player of the Week (April 8, 2025)
Outdoor: Cracked TCU's lineup in all-but-one match ... Produced a 14-7 combined record, including a 7-2 mark in singles play ... Capped his sophomore year 44-23 overall ... Tallied the second-most wins of any Horned Frog ... Was 8-1 overall and 5-1 in doubles during conference play ... Earned the match-clincher in TCU's 4-3 NCAA quarterfinal victory over No. 7 seed Virginia ... Rallied past Jangjun Kim, 7-6 (1_, 1-6, 6-4, on court six ... Fell behind 1-3 with the Horned Frogs down breaks on both unfinished courts in set three ... The heroics marked the third time in his career that he clinched a match on court six with TCU tied 3-3 ... Tabbed Big 12 Player of the Week for April 1-6 ... Produced a 4-0 combined record in TCU's victories vs. Oklahoma State and at Texas Tech ... His efforts helped TCU win the Big 12 regular season championship ... Thrice clinched the doubles point in Big 12 action ... Secured 1-0 leads for the Horned Frogs in wins vs. Oklahoma State, Texas Tech and No. 13 Baylor ... Went 2-0 in singles play at the Big 12 Championship via a pair of straight set victories on court five vs. Oklahoma State and No. 18 UCF ... Picked up his a ranked doubles win in the NCAA Championships semifinals opposite No. 3 Texas ... Downed No. 81 Pierre-Yves Bailly and Sebastian Eriksson via a 6-3 margin.
Indoor: Was the one of only two players to appear in every match for TCU on its way to a fourth consecutive ITA Indoor National Championships final ... Anchored the No. 3 doubles and No. 4 singles positions ... Competed to a 9-6 combined record (4-3 singles, 5-3 doubles) ... Began the season by winning three straight singles matches ... Played the 1-line for the first time in his career in the Horned Frogs' season-opener vs. Abilene Christian ... Secured a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Daniel Morozov ... Picked up victories over Hudson Rivera (Stanford) and Louis Bowden (Baylor) on court four in that span ... Twice clinched the doubles point vs. the Bears alongside Albert Pedrico ... Claimed a thrilling 7-6 (9) tiebreaker over Bowden and Alexandru Chirita before bettering Bowden in singles in a 4-1 nonconference win ... Went 2-0 vs. the Bears for a second time in the opening round of the ITA Indoor National Championships ... First secured the doubles point, this time downing Chirita and Zsombor Velcz, 6-4 ... Helped complete a 4-1 victory with a three-set triumph over Luc Koenig ... Again clinched the doubles point for the Horned Frogs in their 4-0 semifinal takedown of No. 11 Stanford ... One of five Frogs to play both singles and doubles in all four matches at Indoor Nationals ... Has earned six doubles point clinchers on the indoor surface ahead of his junior year.
Fall: Qualified for the NCAA Individual Championships in singles ... Finished as a singles finalist at the ITA Central Sectional Championships ... Achieved his first ITA singles ranking at the conclusion of the fall season ... Tabbed No. 74 ... Also earned an ITA doubles ranking of 58th alongside Lui Maxted ... Collected a team-leading 11 singles victories ... Accumulated a 19-11 combined overall record ... Was initially an alternate at Sectionals ... Defeated teammate Julian Alonso in round one, then bettered Patorn Hanchaikul (Michigan) and Oskar Brostrom Poulsen (Baylor) to punch his ticket to the NCAA Championships ... Also reached the consolation doubles final with Kaj Quirijns ... Began the fall by making a run to the Battle in the Bay Classic doubles final ... Took preseason No. 1 Ozan Baris (Michigan State) to a set three tiebreaker in the second round of singles play before falling 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (3) ... Pocketed a pair of prequalifying singles victories at the ITA All-American Championships, including his first career ranked win at the expense of No. 122 Logan Zapp of North Carolina, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-2 ... Tabbed tournament MVP of the U.S. College Cup Invitational ... Won five matches, including all three of his singles bouts on court one.
Freshman (2023-24)
ITA Texas Regional doubles finalist | ITA National Fall Championships doubles quarterfinalist
Outdoor: Capped his freshman year with a 38-23 combined overall record (11-7 singles, 27-16 doubles) ... Led all Big 12 freshman in doubles wins ... Collected a team-leading five match-clinchers on the outdoor courts, all of which came against Big 12 opponents ... Went 3-1 in doubles action in the NCAA Tournament ... Made his outdoor singles debut on March 10 vs. No. 25 Baylor ... Pocketed his first career match-clincher in a 4-2 TCU win, rallying past Marko Miladinovic, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (4) ... Earned his second match-clincher six days later, willing TCU past No. 44 USC, 4-3, with a 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 triumph over Niroop Vallabhaneni ... Clinched TCU's second of three season victories vs. Baylor on March 22 in the Horned Frogs' conference opener ... Bettered Oskar Brostrom Poulsen, 6-1, 2-6, 6-2, in a 4-1 win ... Polished off a 4-0 TCU takedown of BYU on April 4 with his fourth match-clincher ... Clinched a come-from-behind 4-3 home win on senior day at the expense of No. 31 UCF ... Downed Santiago Giamichelle, 7-6 (9), 6-7 (0), 6-3, on five ... Victory extended to a winner-take-all third set with all remaining courts completed ... Produced a 10-8 outdoor doubles record, playing exclusively with Lui Maxted.
Indoor: Led TCU in doubles victories on its run to the ITA Indoor National Championships final ... Produced a 6-2 doubles record alongside Lui Maxted ... Notched at least one win on all three courts ... Led TCU with three doubles point clinchers ... Staked TCU to the doubles point in victories over Tulsa (Jan. 28), No. 15 Stanford (Feb. 2) and No. 20 Arizona State (Feb. 16) ... Earned his first dual singles victory in TCU's season-opener on Jan. 24 vs. Abilene Christian, defeating Benjamin McDonald, 6-1, 6-4, on court four ... Concluded the indoor season 33rd in the ITA doubles rankings.
Fall: Produced a 15-9 combined overall record across four tournaments ... Tied for the team-lead in doubles victories at 11-6 ... Ascended from No. 38 to No. 15 in the ITA doubles rankings ... One of an NCAA-leading five Horned Frogs to reach the quarterfinals of the ITA National Fall Championships ... Was an ITA Texas Regional doubles finalist ... Partnered with Lui Maxted in both tournaments ... Defeated top overall seed and sixth-ranked Hunter Heck and Karlis Ozolins (Illinois) in the opening round of the ITA National Fall Championships ... Picked up a straight set second round win over Creighton's Alejandro Gandini and Matthew Lanahan ... Fell to eventual national champion Cesar Bouchelaghem and Dzianis Zharyn (Washington) in the quarterfinals ... Won four main draw matches at the ITA Texas Regional to punch his ticket to the grand finale of fall tennis ... Qualified for the ITA Texas Regional singles main draw ... Produced a 3-3 record at the ITA All-American Championships in doubles alongside Maxted ... Was an automatic qualifier on the strength of his preseason ITA No. 38 ranking ... Notched consecutive victories in qualifying to secure a wild card onto the 32-team main draw ... Defeated Alex Bulte and Louis Pourroy of Florida State 7-5, 6-2 ... Also earned a win in the consolation main draw ... Made his TCU debut at the US College Cup Invitational ... Produced a team-best 4-2 combined record ... Downed Baylor's Ethan Muza, 6-1, 4-6, 6-2 to register his first collegiate win ... Picked up doubles victories over pairs from Baylor and Abilene Christian.
High School/Juniors
Achieved a career-high ITF junior ranking of No. 75 on Jan. 9, 2023 ... Possessed a Universal Tennis Rating of 12.19 upon his arrival in Fort Worth ... Ascended to No. 1,051 in the ATP doubles rankings in January 2023 ... Competed in the qualifying draw of the 2022 US Open ... Aslo advanced to the round of 16 of the J1 Salinas and J1 Repentigny in 2022 ... Advanced to the third round of the qualifying draw of the JA Milan that same year ... Crowned the J3 Calgary 2022 Singles and Doubles Championm ... Won the J5 Victoria 2021 Singles title ... Took home the J1 College Park Doubles Championship ... Bagged the M25 Saint-Augustin Doubles title ... Slotted second in the U18 Canadian doubles rankings as a high school senior.
Personal
Originally from Markham, Ontario ... Is a 2023 graduate of Independent Learning Centre in Toronto ... Competed extensively in baseball throughout elementary and middle school but made the decision to transition to tennis full-time at the age of 13 with the goal of becoming a professional tennis player ... Voted Best Male Tennis Player by his high school peers ... Also played volleyball in his youth ... Son of Loy and Cecelia Chan ... Has a sister, Trinity, and a brother, Kendall ... Born July 29.
Career Statistics
SINGLES
Season |
Overall | Tourn. | Dual | Conf. | vs. Nat'l | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 |
| 2023-24 | 11-7 | 4-3 | 7-4 | 3-3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1-0 | 3-3 | 3-1 |
| 2024-25 | 22-9 | 11-4 | 11-5 | 3-0 | 2-3 | 1-0 | -- | 1-0 | 3-3 | 3-1 | 3-1 |
| Career | 33-16 | 15-7 | 18-9 | 6-3 | 2-3 | 1-0 | -- | 1-0 | 4-3 | 6-4 | 6-2 |
DOUBLES
Season |
Overall | Tourn. | Dual | Conf. | vs. Nat'l | #1 | #2 | #3 |
| 2023-24 | 27-16 | 11-6 | 16-10 | 3-4 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 9-5 | 6-3 |
| 2024-25 | 22-14 | 7-6 | 15-8 | 5-1 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 6-0 | 7-7 |
| Career | 49-30 | 18-12 | 31-18 | 8-5 | 3-6 | 3-3 | 15-5 | 13-10 |
The Roditi Rule
Friday, March 07
#TCU National Champions Day in DC #gofrogs
Wednesday, July 24
Jake Fearnley Talking about his time with TCU Men's Tennis
Tuesday, June 25
TCU Wins NCAA D1 Men's Tennis Championship
Saturday, May 25
