![Christopher Li](/sports/mten/2021-22/photos/Li4964.jpg?max_width=510&max_height=600)
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- Height:
- 5-8
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- Weight:
- 145
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- Year:
- So.
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- Hometown:
- Westford, MA
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- High School:
- Westford Academy
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- Major:
- Human Centered Design
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- College:
- Claremont McKenna
Bio
: Reached No. 53 in his class on TR.net as a 4-Star recruit... best national junior results were R16 of Boys 14 Clays and winning the Deco USTA National L3...only current Stag with a one-handed backhand...2021-2022 made Stags Tennis debut at ITA West Regionals in October where he was 2-1 in singles, defeating seventh seeded Ishaan Kannan of Caltech in the first round and Pomona-Pitzer's Hayden Snyder in the second round, before falling to teammate and doubles partner Ethan Carroll in the quarters...in doubles he and Carroll were 2-2, reaching the semifinals of the back draw...made his dual match debut at No. 6 singles on Jan 21, 2022 at USC, where he lost in straight sets...then won his next twelve matches at Nos. 2-6, with the loss of only two sets in a span of more than 60 days...had a two week stretch during the first half of April where he played No. 1 and No. 2 singles exclusively against some of CMS' toughest opponents...after a loss at APU on April 15, did not lose for the remainder of the season...played mostly at No. 3 doubles with four different partners (Carroll, Hao, Robinson, and Blackman)...finished with overall records of 25-6 in singles and 14-7 in doubles...also led the team with ten match clinches...named to the All-SCIAC 2nd Team and also earned ITA Scholar-Athlete honors for attaining higher than a 3.5 GPA over the course of the academic year.
Personal: Only child of Robert and Tracey...enjoys running, hiking, and anything outdoor which contributes to health and fitness...recent passion is all things food, including cooking and scouting for the best local eats.
Favorite Stag: Greg Pratt (CMC '87) - fellow Stags Tennis Bostonian
Say What?: Obsessed with anything related to Japan
News Mentions
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Stags Place Seven on ITA Scholar-Athlete Team
CLAREMONT, Calif. - Seven members of the CMS men's tennis team earned Scholar-Athlete honors from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, while...
July 14, 2022
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Liu Falls in NCAA Singles Competition as CMS Men's Tennis Season Concludes
ORLANDO, Fla. - Senior Robert Liu tried to bounce back from an illness which forced him to retire in the third set of the NCAA Quarterfinals...
May 27, 2022
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CMS Men's Tennis Comes Up Just Short in NCAA Quarterfinal Round to Tufts
ORLANDO, Fla. - The fifth-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team took a 2-1 lead after doubles, but third-ranked Tufts responded in...
May 23, 2022
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CMS Men's Tennis Shuts Out Pomona-Pitzer for 11th Straight NCAA Regional Win
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team swept doubles and then got straight-set singles wins from Matthew Robinson (6-3,...
May 14, 2022
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CMS Men's Tennis Takes 5-1 Win over Hardin-Simmons, Meets Pomona-Pitzer in Regional Finals
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team opened up NCAA play with a 5-1 win over Hardin-Simmons in the second round on...
May 13, 2022
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CMS Men's Tennis Shuts Out Pomona-Pitzer for 15th Straight SCIAC Title
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's team clicked in doubles to take a 3-0 lead and captured a 5-0 win over Pomona-Pitzer in the...
May 7, 2022
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CMS Men's Tennis Advances to SCIAC Championship Match with 5-1 Win Over Occidental
CLAREMONT, Calif. - Philip Martin and Matthew Robinson won at No. 1 doubles, and then provided the fourth and fifth points at No. 2 and No. 3...
May 6, 2022
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Robert Liu Named SCIAC Athlete of Year, Five Earn All-League Honors
CLAREMONT, Calif - Senior Robert Liu was named the SCIAC Men's Tennis Athlete of the Year, as well as earning the league's Character Award, while...
May 5, 2022
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CMS Men's Tennis Concludes Another Perfect SCIAC Season With Win over Redlands
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team finished undefeated in SCIAC for the 16th year in a row (including 2-0 in a...
April 30, 2022
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CMS Men's Tennis Sweeps Singles to Take 7-2 Win over Pomona-Pitzer, Clinch SCIAC Regular Season Title
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The fifth-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team fell behind 2-1 after doubles, but won all six singles courts in...
April 17, 2022
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CMS Men's Tennis Defeats Occidental, Falls to APU in Friday Road Split
CLAREMONT, Calif. – The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men’s tennis team split a pair of road matches on Friday, improving to 5-0 in SCIAC...
April 15, 2022
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CMS Men's Tennis Defeats Chapman, Falls to UC Riverside to Complete Busy Weekend
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team ended a four-match, thirty-six hour series of duals with an 8-1 win over Chapman...
April 10, 2022
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CMS Men's Tennis Splits Day's Action, Stays Unbeaten in SCIAC with Win over Whittier
WHITTIER, Calif. – The fifth-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men’s tennis team bounced back from a narrow 4-3 loss to Biola to start the...
April 8, 2022
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CMS Men's Tennis Earns Road Wins over Cal Lutheran, Westmont
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team played two road matches in two different towns and came away with a pair of wins,...
April 2, 2022
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CMS Men's Tennis Dominates No. 22 Caltech for 9-0 Win in SCIAC Opener
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The third-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Tennis team earned straight-set wins on all six singles lines as it captured a 9-0 win over...
April 1, 2022
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CMS Men's Tennis Gets Back on Winning Track, Defeats Williams and George Fox
CLAREMONT, Calif. - A day after dropping a tight 5-4 decision to Middlebury, the third-ranked CMS men's tennis team bounced back with a pair of...
March 27, 2022
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CMS Men's Tennis Edged by Middlebury in Top-10 Battle
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The third-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team fell into a 2-1 hole after doubles, with both losses in tiebreakers,...
March 26, 2022
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CMS Men's Tennis Outlasts Trinity for Stag-Hen Championship
CLAREMONT, Calif. - A day after rallying from a 3-0 deficit for a 5-4 win over WashU in the semifinals, the fourth-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps...
March 19, 2022
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Down 3-0, CMS Men's Tennis Comes Back To Beat WashU to Advance to Stag-Hen Finals
CLAREMONT, Calif. - After falling into a 3-0 hole after doubles, the No. 4 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team had a gritty comeback in...
March 18, 2022
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CMS Men's Tennis Earns Pair of Home Wins over Whitman, Sewanee
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The fourth-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team shut out Whitman in an 11 a.m. match, and then came back in the...
March 15, 2022
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CMS Men's Tennis Takes Down Villanova 6-1
LA JOLLA, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team swept doubles and then won four of six singles matches in straight sets as it...
March 5, 2022
CMS Men's Tennis Closes Out ITA Indoors with 5-1 Win over Brandeis
CLEVELAND, Ohio - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team closed out the ITA D3 National Team Indoors with a 5-1 win over Brandeis in the...
February 27, 2022
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CMS Men's Tennis Knocks off Emory 7-2 in 2019 Title Rematch
MAYFIELD, Ohio - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team bounced back from a 5-4 defeat to Chicago on the first day of the ITA Indoor...
February 26, 2022
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CMS Men's Tennis Drops Narrow 5-4 Decision to Chicago at ITA Indoor Nationals
MAYFIELD, Ohio - Christopher Li and Matthew Robinson won at No. 3 doubles and added singles wins at No. 5 and No.6, respectively, but it wasn't...
February 25, 2022
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CMS Men's Tennis Adds Two More Wins, Defeats Point Loma and UC Santa Cruz
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team won twice on Friday, taking down Division II Point Loma Nazarene 6-1 in the...
February 18, 2022
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CMS Men's Tennis Sweeps First Home Duals of 2021-22 Season
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team had its first home duals since March of 2020 and came away with a 6-1 win over...
February 12, 2022
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Ted Ducey Alumni Match Features Seven Decades of Stags Tennis
CLAREMONT, Calif. - Twenty-nine Stags Tennis alums, spanning from 1965 to 2020, returned to the Biszantz Family Tennis Center on Saturday for an...
February 5, 2022
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CMS Men’s Tennis Falls to Top-10 USC in Season-Opening Dual Match
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Philip Martin and Nathan Arimilli had a strong performance at No. 1 doubles, holding a 5-4 lead with a chance to break...
January 21, 2022
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CMS Men's Tennis Sends Seven Through to Saturday's ITA Singles Quarterfinals
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team had seven players win two singles matches on the first day of the ITA West...
October 2, 2021