Robert Gallman

Robert Gallman

  • Height:
    5-11
  • Weight:
    167
  • Year:
    Junior
  • Hometown:
    Dallas, Texas
  • High School:
    Pendleton High School
  • Previous College:
    Texas Christian
  • College:
    TR

AS A JUNIOR IN 2006-07: Missed the fall season with a sports hernia injury ... named All-WCC Doubles honorable mention with Blane Shields ... posted 18-9 record in doubles and a 16-8 mark in duals ... went 12-12 in singles (11-10 in duals) ... Doubles: played with Brian Brogan and Blane Shields, going 8-6 and 10-3 respectively ... at the Aztec Invitational, earned his first spring doubles win with Brogan over Arizona State's Souza and Marsh, 8-2 ... played 11 dual matches with Brogan from Jan. 20-Feb. 17 ... lost first dual match Brogan on Jan. 20 vs. UC Santa Cruz's Pybas and Ortiz 8-4, but came back to win two straight Jan. 20 vs. UC Davis' McMakin and Reiser 8-4 and Jan. 28 vs. Werbeck and Robertson of Boise State 8-6 ... had three-match win streak with Brogan from Feb. 14-17, beating teams from Hawaii, Gonzaga and Oregon ... won first six dual matches with Shields, starting with an 8-5 win over Strom and Yemm of Portland on Mar. 2 ... also beat Kusnierz and Christner of Saint Mary's, Hart and Mitch of USF, Brous and Heggie of Cornell, Dybala and McDonald of Montana State and Hand and Sanchez of BYU during the streak ... lost two straight matches to Harvard and Stanford, falling 8-7 (5) to 8-6 to Denenberg and Valkin of Harvard and 8-6 to Morrissey and White of Stanford on Mar. 31 and Apr. 4 ... won four out of final five doubles matches with Shields, including an 8-6 win over Platonov and Sion of Saint Mary's at WCC Championships in Apr. 22 ... Singles: played No. 3, 4 and 5 in lineup ... lost first two singles matches of SCU career at Aztec Invitational on Jan. 13, before earning his first Bronco singles win over Murilo Souza of Arizona State 6-3, 6-3 on Jan. 14 ... at the No. 4 singles position defeated Boise State's Brent Werbeck on Jan. 28, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 (5); one of only two Broncos to win their singles matches that day ... at UC Irvine on Feb. 4, beat Mustafa Ulukan 6-2, 6-1 and followed that with win over Nick Hegarty of Arizona State on Feb. 9 ... won three straight between Mar. 8-27, beating USF's Asaf Cohen 6-4, 7-6 (5), Montana State's Anton Leonenko 6-4, 6-4 and BYU's Cale Planck 6-3, 6-4 ... clinched final regular season match vs. Sac. State on Apr. 15, beating Ramon Perez 6-3, 7-5, coming back from a 2-5 deficit in the second set ... defeated Matt Phillips of Loyola Marymount 6-3, 6-1 in WCC quarterfinals on Apr. 21 ... lost final match of the year to Ryo Sekiguchi of San Diego 6-2, 6-1 on Apr. 21 at WCC Championships.

AS A JUNIOR AT TCU IN 2005-06: Competed in four matches during the fall season ... posted an impressive 6-0, 6-0 victory over David Herrera of Prairie View A&M at the ITA Regionals in College Station, Texas (Oct. 20-23) ... TCU Scholar Athlete ... ITA Academic All-American.

AS A SOPHOMORE AT TCU IN 2004-05: Battled injuries throughout the 2004-05 season ... competed in only two matches during the spring season ... during the fall, he only competed in the Wilson/ITA South Central Regional Championships in Austin, Texas, over Oct. 22-25 ... defeated Teddy Diblasi from Texas Tech in the first round by 6-1, 6-4 scores ... fell to Texas A&M's Zack Malmgren in the second round in straight sets, 6-4, 6-0 ... played one doubles match at the regional with Jacob Martin, falling 9-7 to Rodrigo Gabriel and Hooney Shin from Rice in the opening round of play ... ITA Academic All-American ... TCU Scholar Athlete ... Conference USA All-Academic Team.

AS A FRESHMAN AT TCU IN 2003-04: One of Texas' best recruits, Gallman showed much promise for TCU during the fall and spring ... went 8-8 in singles and was 3-1 in dual matches ... was 1-0 at five singles and 2-1 at the No. 6 position ... notched a 4-6 slate in doubles, playing primarily with Andrew Ulrich ... lost his first collegiate match with Marcus Digliodo of Colorado, 7-6, 6-4, at the Baylor Intercollegiate Sept. 26 ... three straight victories followed from there ... the first was over Joe O'Findo of Texas-San Antonio, 7-5, 6-3, in the first round of consolation action the same day ... Tas Tobias from Texas fell to Gallman next, 6-4, 6-2 ... was tested by Garrett Snyder, another Longhorn, in the consolation round of 16, but pulled the three-set match out by scores of 7-6, 4-6, 6-4 ... the nation's No. 17-tabbed player, Baylor's Benjamin Becker, ended his stay in Waco, 6-1, 7-6(5) ... went down 6-0, 7-5 to UAB's Kristijan Mitovski in the first round of the Icy Hot/ITA All-American Championships in Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct. 3 ... notched a victory in his next outing versus Blessing Bvunzawabaya from Prairie View A&M, 6-1, 6-1, at the ITA South Central Regional Championships in Fort Worth, Texas ... suffered a 6-1, 1-6, 6-3 setback at the hands of Texas Tech's Esat Tarik ... got another mark in the win column in the first round of consolation action, downing Armando Martinez from Texas-Pan American by a dominant 6-0, 6-0 count ... dropped a 10-3 third-set super tiebreaker to lose to Shawn Ellison of Louisiana-Lafayette ... struggled in his final two match-ups of the season with Jason Hazley and Marvin Rolle of LSU and Texas A&M at the A&M Invitational over Nov. 7-9 in College Station, Texas ... dropped by Hazley, 6-1, 6-0, and Rolle by a 6-4, 6-2 score ... made his first appearance in a dual match Feb. 11 when TCU hosted Texas-Arlington indoors ... had little trouble downing Petri van Rensburg in straight sets, 6-1, 6-1, at No. 6 singles ... registered a key victory at six singles versus Jarrod Owen from No. 36 Florida State on Feb. 22, defeating him 6-2, 6-3 in TCU's 4-3 triumph ... made his first appearance in doubles in a dual match situation March 17 when No. 31 Miami came to Fort Worth ... ITA Academic All-American and Conference USA All-Academic Team.

HIGH SCHOOL: Helped St. Stephen's Episcopal School win the SPC Championship his freshman year before attending Pendleton High School in Florida ... 2003 graduate of Pendleton School in Bradenton, Fla. ... picked up a Bronze Ball at the National Claycourts as a junior ... played for Texas' Junior Davis Cup team ... was ranked in the top 30 in the U.S. 14s, the top 60 in the 16s and the top 50 for the 18s ... held the No. 1 rating for the Texas 18s in 2002 ... competed in over 30 international tournaments ... also took part in 30-plus national tourneys ... participated in fundraisers for cancer patients ... served as a tutor for Spanish students.

PERSONAL: Born in Reno, Nevada ... parents are Bob and Laura Gallman ... father and uncle both played football in college ... enjoys listening to music and spending time at the beach ... enthusiast of all sports ... majoring in communication ... would like to work in sports industry after graduation ... hopes to get MBA in the future ... member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars and Golden Key International Honors Society.

 

Gallman's Career Statistics

 

Year Singles Dual Singles Overall Doubles Dual Doubles Overall
2007 11-10 12-12 16-8-0 18-9
Career 11-10 12-12 16-8 18-9