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A strong leader and competitor for the Bears … should step into a leadership role as captain of the team and compete for one of the top three spots in the Bears singles lineup as well as balance off the Bears in doubles … expected to team up with sophomore John Paul Fruttero to form Cal's No. 2 doubles team … ended the fall ranked No. 41 in singles by the ITA …
2000-01: Started off the fall campaign strong by reaching the finals in both singles and doubles of the ITA Regional Championships … advanced to the championship in singles as the No. 13 seed by defeating Washington's Jeremy Berman 7-6(4), 4-6, 7-6(4), Fresno State's Nick Fustar 6-3, 6-2, and teammate John Paul Fruttero 6-2, 7-6(5), before losing in the championship to No 1 seed K.J. Hippensteel of Stanford 6-4, 6-1 … advanced to the quarterfinals of the Fresno State Bulldog Classic by defeating Alex Krohn of Fresno St. 6-2, 6-4, and Sherif Zaher of Sacramento State 6-2, 0-6, 6-3 before retiring to Ari Strasberg of Washington with a sore knee … finished the fall season 8-2 in singles … in doubles, advanced with partner Scott Kintz to the final of the ITA Regional Championships by defeating Stanford's No. 6 seeded tandem of Ali Ansari and Scotty Scott before losing to No. 3 seed Scott Lipsky and David Martin of Stanford 8-4 in the championship … ended the fall ranked No. 36 with Kintz by the ITA …
1999-2000: Missed eight matches due to shoulder surgery … returned on April 4 against Sac State and defeated Benny Andersson 6-7, 6-3, 6-3…finished the season with a 5-4 overall record after going 2-3 in dual match play at the No. 3 and No. 6 spots …
1998-99: Compiled a 13-14 overall record, going 10-10 in dual matches and was a stellar 8-2 at No. 2 singles ... caught fire from mid-February to early April when he amassed nine victories with only two losses, including wins over such ranked opponents as Northwestern's Doug Bohaboy, Utah's Ben Coates and UCLA's Jason Cook ... advanced to the second round of the Pac-10 championships by defeating Arizona's Pascal Salasca before losing to Washington's Robert Kendrick ... teamed with Chris Santoso to form the Bears No. 1 doubles team ... the duo posted a 10-10 record, including a win over then 5th-ranked Ryan Wolters and K.J. Hippensteel of Stanford, 9-7, in a Feb. 27 dual match ... also defeated Mauck and Pollak of SMU, Drew and Kendrick of Washington, and Gullet and Hui of Pepperdine during the dual match season ... at the Pac-10 doubles championship, defeated Hammond and Was of Arizona State, 6-4, 6-2 in the first round before upsetting the 10th-ranked tandem of Kendrick and Drew, 8-5, to advance to the semifinals ... the pair was ranked as high as No. 22 in the country at one point …
1997-98: Had a huge impact on the Cal team during his first year of collegiate competition, winning 20 matches ... earned a starting spot soon after displaying his skills during the fall ... won six straight matches and fell just one win short of advancing all the way from the pre-qualification bracket into the main draw at the All-American Tournament ... victories at the All-American included a 0-6, 6-2, 6-4 win over UCLA's Jason Cook and a 7-6, 1-6, 6-4 victory against Texas A&M's Dumitru Caradima ... appeared in 18 of Cal's 21 dual matches, mostly in the No. 4 position, where he registered a 5-4 record ... posted two crucial wins during the Region V championship for Cal ... defeated Kansas' Kenny Powell in the Bears 4-3 second round comeback win over the Jayhawks ... produced NCAA Region V championship-clinching victory with win over Oklahoma State's Chris Bates, sending the Bears on to Athens ... saw limited doubles action on the season but did team with fellow freshman Scott Kintz to record a 6-8 overall mark (5-7 dual) ... the tandem's key dual match victories included an 8-6 win over Dani and Was of Arizona State as well as an 8-6 win over Allegre and Cook of UCLA.
PREVIOUS/PERSONAL: Played in the Junior Wimbledon tournament during spring of 1997, reaching the semifinals in doubles and the third round of singles play ... ranked as the No. 1 English high school tennis player in 1997 ... selected as captain of the Great Britain Schools team the same year ... also captained his high school team at the Repton School in both 1996 and '97, leading Repton to back-to-back national championships ... never lost a match during the national championship tournaments ... was a member of England's Junior National Team ... full name is Adrian John Barnes ... goes by "A.J." ... major is rhetoric ... enjoys reading and all sports ... has three sisters, Helen, who attends Oxford University in England, Ruth and Alice ... parents are Dr. Richard Barnes and Patricia Barnes of Cambridge, England ... selected Cal over offers from Northwestern, Miami (Fla.) and Mississippi State ... was once presented to the Queen of England during a sports reception at Buckingham Palace ... born March 31, 1979, in Cambridge.
BARNES' Career Record
Year Singles Doubles
1997-98 20-9 6-9
1998-99 13-14 11-11
1999-00 5-4 1-3
Fall '00 8-2 4-2
Totals 46-29 22-25
