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Junior Transfer Graca to Join Owls
7/27/2022 12:19:00 PM | Men's Tennis
BOCA RATON, Fla. – Joao Graca will join the Florida Atlantic University men's tennis team this fall when the Owls return to campus with an eye on surpassing the stellar 2021-22 season that saw FAU finish with a final season ranking of No. 49, an 18-6 dual match record and an ITA 2022 Division I All-Academic Team status, announced Ricardo Gonzalez, FAU's Director of Tennis, on Wednesday.
"I am extremely excited to welcome Joao to the family," said Gonzales. "He is a great fit for our program, and I am ready to get to work with him. He has two years of experience playing many matches for LSU, and he will be immediately ready to continue to compete at the highest level."
Graca, a 6-1 junior from Faro, Portugal and Escola Secundária João de Deus High School, will bring a resume to FAU that includes a No. 6 men's ranking in Portugal. His career high ATP ranking is 1,638 in singles and 1,338 in doubles. He was a 2018 Portuguese Junior Champion and a singles finalist that same year.
Collegiately, Graca tallied a 9-17 overall record in 2021-22 playing for the LSU Tigers and a 7-15 dual match record playing on courts three through six and saw action in just five doubles matches.
As a 2020-21 freshman, he compiled five singles wins and seven wins in doubles play. He opened his collegiate career playing No. 5 and moved to No. 3 by season's end. He and his doubles' partner had two ranked victories on the season, defeating South Carolina's No. 59 as well as the No. 3 duo in the nation. He and his partner reached a high of 83 in the ITA doubles rankings.
"I am extremely excited to welcome Joao to the family," said Gonzales. "He is a great fit for our program, and I am ready to get to work with him. He has two years of experience playing many matches for LSU, and he will be immediately ready to continue to compete at the highest level."
Graca, a 6-1 junior from Faro, Portugal and Escola Secundária João de Deus High School, will bring a resume to FAU that includes a No. 6 men's ranking in Portugal. His career high ATP ranking is 1,638 in singles and 1,338 in doubles. He was a 2018 Portuguese Junior Champion and a singles finalist that same year.
Collegiately, Graca tallied a 9-17 overall record in 2021-22 playing for the LSU Tigers and a 7-15 dual match record playing on courts three through six and saw action in just five doubles matches.
As a 2020-21 freshman, he compiled five singles wins and seven wins in doubles play. He opened his collegiate career playing No. 5 and moved to No. 3 by season's end. He and his doubles' partner had two ranked victories on the season, defeating South Carolina's No. 59 as well as the No. 3 duo in the nation. He and his partner reached a high of 83 in the ITA doubles rankings.
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