David Hough Season 2016-17

2017-18 Season (As A Sophomore)
     Singles – Posted an 8-9 record, including a 6-5 mark during the fall tournament schedule ... Opened the year with a pair of victories in consolation play at the Arizona Wildcat Invitational, storming past Enzo Douillac of Arizona Christian, 6-0, 6-1, before toppling Chris Steele of Northern Arizona, 6-4, 6-4 ... Pocketed two additional wins in consolation action at the Aztec Invitational, where he skated past Justin Zhang of UC San Diego, 6-2, 6-2, before pulling away for a straight-set triumph over Liberty’s Diego Castano, 7-6(3), 6-2 ... Also claimed a pair of decisions at the LMU Invite, rallying past Nicholas Borchenko of host Loyola Marymount in three sets, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, before pinning a 6-3, 6-2 defeat on Nevada’s Jonathan Aremon ... Tallied the Aztecs’ lone point in a dual match at No. 14 Mississippi State with a 6-4, 6-4 victory in the No. 6 position over the Bulldogs’ Hunter Harrison, 6-4, 6-4 ... Knocked off Rice’s Ashton Duke in the fifth slot at the San Diego Spring Classic for his final win of the year, 6-0, 6-2.
     Doubles – Joined forces with five different teammates during the season ... Opened the year at the Arizona Wildcat Invitational, where he played alongside Nicholas Mitchell for three matches, highlighted by a quarterfinal win over Grand Canyon’s Gregoire Balenci/Valentin Lang, 6-4 ... Combined with Jan Kirchhoff for three victories at the Aztec Invitational ... SDSU duo opened with a pair of wins in the Flight 1 main draw, edging UCSD’s Eric Tseng/Justin Zhang in the round of 16, 6-4, followed by an identical decision over Grand Canyon’s Lorenzo Fucile/Mathieu Rajaonah in the quarterfinals ... Tandem suffered a 6-3 setback to UCLA’s Austin Rapp/Ben Goldberg, but rebounded with a 7-6(5) thriller over San Diego’s Alexandros Araouzos/August Holmgren in consolation play ... Teamed with Kirchhoff again for one engagement at the ITA Southwest Regional Championship before pairing with Joel Popov in a narrow 8-7 defeat to Loyola Marymount’s Gabriel Diaz Freire/Lucas Moreno ... Played with Arnaud Restifo for the final six matches of the year in the No. 3 position, including a 6-4 victory over New Mexico’s Ricky Hernandez-Tong/Stepan Holis during the regular season ... Also combined with Rafael Gonzalez Almazan for a pair of road duals at No. 14 Mississippi State and Alabama.  
 
2016-17 Season (As A Freshman)
     Singles – Went 7-10 in his first year on The Mesa, including a 5-6 ledger during the fall ... Recorded first victory in an Aztec uniform with a 6-3, 6-4 decision over Northern Arizona’s Tim Handel at the Arizona Wildcat Invitational ... Knocked off USD’s Pratt Keerasuntonpong by a 6-4, 6-2 tally in consolation play at the Aztec Invitational ... Reached the consolation semifinals at the ITA Southwest Regional Championships ... Began his run at the aforementioned tournament with a straight-set triumph over Grand Canyon’s Luiz Leonardo Andreolli, 6-2, 7-6(2), followed by a 7-6(1), 6-3 victory over UCLA’s Reed Shumway ... Advanced in the bracket after dealing Cal Poly’s Dan Cardiff a 7-5, 6-1 defeat before falling to another GCU competitor Francois Musitelli in the semifinals, 6-0, 7-5 ... Provided the clinching point in his first-ever dual match, upending Christopher Cajigan of Hawai by a 6-0, 6-4 count to help SDSU defeat the Rainbow Warriors in the spring opener ... Was also victorious in his Mountain West debut with a 6-4, 6-3 decision over Boise State’s Ryland McDermott.
     Doubles – Recorded a 7-8 mark as part of three duos ... Paired with Marko Goles-Babic to post a 3-2 record in the No. 3 slot during the spring schedule ... Aztec tandem secured the doubles point in SDSU’s road victory at New Mexico with a 6-3 decision over Sean Baklini/Jorge Escutia ... Combo also contributed to the Scarlet and Black’s home win over UNLV with a nail-biter over Alexandr Cozbinov/Richard Solberg, 7-6(5) and secured the doubles point in the Mountain West semifinals vs. 45th-ranked Utah State with a 7-5 shaving of Jaime Barajas/Andrew Nakajima before the Aggies rallied in singles competition ... Collected two wins teaming with Joel Popov, including a 6-2 conquest of Spencer Travalino/Fabian Woehrl in the Aztecs’ win at Hawai’i to open dual-match play ... Pairing also knocked off Northern Arizona’s Felix Schumann/Ruben Montano in a consolation match at the season-opening Arizona Wildcat Invitational ... Joined forces with Raul de la Torre to capture the Flight 2 consolation crown at the Aztec Invitational, where the duo dispatched UC San Diego’s Richard Han/Edvin Larsson in the semifinals and the mixed pairing of UC Irvine’s Moritz Geis and Grand Canyon’s Mathieu Ouanian in the title match, both by 8-3 tallies.
 
Prior to College
Highly successful junior competitor in his native Australia … Emerged victorious at the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club 21U Championships and the 2015 Maffra Easter Open Tournament … Claimed six doubles titles and three singles championships at Open Age Australian Money Tournaments … Also won over a dozen 14U and 16U Australian Rankings singles tournaments ... Captured the doubles final and finished third in singles at the 16U nationals ... Collected two crowns apiece in singles and doubles in 16U state championships ... Was a two-year member of the Victorian Pizzey Cup team, serving as his squad’s captain in 2015 … Additionally earned a spot on the Country All-Stars Premier League Team ... Two-time All-Australian Merit Team selection.
 
Personal
Son of Wayne and Theresa Hough … Has two brothers Justin and Damien … Enjoys playing Ultimate Frisbee and listening to music … Majoring in business management at SDSU.