Second Team All-SEC (2024)
SEC All-Freshman (2023)
SEC Freshman of the Week (3/29/23)
ITA Scholar Athlete (2023)
First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll (2023)
As a Sophomore
Spring 2024: Named second team All-SEC ... Led team with a 28-10 overall singles record, 22-4 in dual matches and 10-1 in SEC matches … Recorded a 16-16 overall doubles record, 12-12 in dual matches and 3-7 in SEC matches ... played primarily at No. 2 doubles … Provided key singles victories in the Tigers' top-25 wins over No. 25 Florida, No. 16 South Carolina and No. 11 Texas A&M ... Clinched the team victory over LSU by defeating Rudy Ceccon 7-5, 7-5
Fall 2023: Recorded a 6-6 singles record and 4-4 doubles record ... Reached singles main draw round of 16 at the ITA Southern Regional Championships ... Earned ranked singles victory over No. 106 Anuj Watane of North Carolina 6-4, 6-2 ... Won respective doubles flight at the Wake Forest Invitational alongside partner Will Nolan
As a Freshman
Spring 2023: Joined team in January of 2023 ... Named to SEC All-Freshman team ... Received SEC Freshman of the Week honors on March 29 ... Posted a 14-7 overall singles record playing primarily at No. 6 ... Held a team-best 8-3 singles record against conference opponents ... Went 14-9 in doubles, mostly playing at No. 2 alongside partner Jan Galka
Prior to Auburn:
Highest Juniors national ranking of #3 in England ... Winner of multiple junior National Tour events in England ... U16 National Juniors Singles Champion in 2019 ... Winner of multiple junior doubles ITF titles ... Qualified for Junior Wimbledon in 2021
Personal:
Parents are Joanne and Chris Blaydes ... has a brother, Freddy ... hometown is Windermere, England
Blaydes' Career Stats | |||||||||||||||||||
SINGLES | DOUBLES | ||||||||||||||||||
Year | Overall | Dual | SEC | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4 | No. 5 | No. 6 | Overall | Dual | SEC | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | ||||
2022-23 | 14-7 | 14-7 | 8-3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2-1 | 12-6 | 14-9 | 14-9 | 5-4 | 1-0 | 12-9 | 1-0 | ||||
2023-24 | 28-10 | 22-4 | 10-1 | -- | 1-0 | 5-1 | 8-1 | 6-2 | 2-0 | 16-16 | 12-12 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 7-7 | 4-3 | ||||
Career | 42-17 | 36-11 | 18-3 | -- | 1-0 | 5-1 | 8-1 | 8-3 | 14-6 | 30-25 | 26-21 | 8-11 | 2-2 | 19-16 | 5-3 |