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Graca, Joao
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Joao Graca
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 170
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Faro, Portugal
- Prev School:
- LSU
- High School:
- Escola Secundoria Joao de Deus
- Birthday:
- 12/10/2000
Bio
FAU Career Totals
| Year | Overall Singles | Dual Singles | Overall Doubles | Dual Doubles |
| 2022-23 | 12-10 | 10-7 | 7-5 | 7-5 |
| 2023-24 | 7-4 | 6-3 | 7-5 | 5-4 |
| Total | 19-14 | 16-10 | 14-10 | 12-9 |
At FAU
Senior (2023-24)
- Tallied a 1-1 fall tournament record
- Season opening doubles match was not completed and he fell on court three to Georgia Southern
- Did not get to complete his doubles match versus Louisiana, but captured his first point of the season with a 6-4, 7-6 (7-3)
- Doubles match did not come into play and he breezed through singles action with a 6-3, 6-0 win over Stetson
- Earned a singles victory in the team's first road match but fell to William & Mary in doubles play
- Took his singles match versus Pennsylvania to three sets but fell 2-6, 6-0, 6-4 and had a similar fate in doubles action
- Versus No. 3 Virginia, was forced to withdraw in doubles play and did not play singles
- Returned to play after recovering from a broken bone to capture doubles court #3 over Liberty by a 6-2 score
- Saw singles action versus Brown and walked away with a 75, 6-4 court #4 victory
- He and Simon Myslivec captured court #3 with a 6-1 win over DePaul and he captured court #4 singles with a 6-1, 6-2 score
- Duo of Graca and Simon Myslivec easily won their doubles match at USF, but Graca fell 6-4, 6-3 in singles play
- Same duo captured Delaware court #2 by a 7-5 score
- Wrapped up the three-match road swing at VCU, ranked No. 41 nationally, with a loss in doubles play and an unfinished 7-6(7-2) 3-5 match
- Was victorious in both AAC Championship matches with a 6-0 doubles win and a 6-5, 7-5 win on singles court #3
- Joined the Owls in the Fall of 2022
- In the season opening Fall ITA Southeastern Fall Tournament, he defeated Georgia State in the Round of 64 and fell to Georgia Tech in the Round of 32
- Bedford Cup play, also at FSU, saw him fall in the opening match to FSU, down Troy 6-3, 6-1 and fall to Stetson in three, while splitting doubles action with Finn Stodder by downing FSU and falling to FGCU
- Doubles play was not needed for the Owls' to secure the point and he fell on court four to FSU 7-5, 6-2, a player ranked No. 24 nationally
- At the 2023 ITA Kickoff Weekend event, host by Texas, he played two singles contests falling in the first to Arizona and then forcing his Cal opponent to seven before he captured both sets 7-5, 7-5
- Victorious in singles play versus Mercer and picked up two more wins, on the same day versus Stetson
- Singles match at Miami was not completed and he then fell to Clemson in straight sets
- Teamed with Filip Krolo to capture court two doubles and was a 6-3, 6-2 winner on Vanderbilt's court four
- Worked with Krolo once more but fell on doubles court two and then captured the first set on singles court two before dropping the next two versus UTSA
- He and Krolo won their court two doubles match in a tiebreaker and then he fell in three sets to Wichita State, also on court two
- Captured court two doubles and court four singles versus UCF making him apart of both points earned by FAU in the match
- Teamed with Krolo to win doubles court two and then make quick work on singles court four with a 6-3, 6-3 win over UNC Wilmington
- Versus Kennesaw State his double match was not completed and he won in straight sets on singles court four
- Fell to South Alabama in doubles play
- Worked with Alberto Colas for a 6-3 doubles court two win and was a winning on court four against Georgia State
- Fell, while working with Filip Krolo on court two, to USF and then earned a 6-4, 6-2 win on court two
- Doubles match versus Brown was not finished
- Worked with Filip Krolo to help capture the quarterfinals doubles point with a 7-6 (7-2) victory
- He and Krolo fell to UTSA in the semi finals and he suffered a three-set loss on court four singles in C-USA semifinals
- Finished his sophomore campaign with a record of 9-17 overall and 7-15 in dual match play
- Primarily worked on court No. 3 (4-1), No. 4 (0-7), No. 5 (2-6), and No. 6 (1-1)
- Doubles play saw him post a 2-3 record overall and a 0-1 record in dual match play
- Compiled five wins in singles and seven wins in doubles in his freshman campaign
- Started the season as the Tigers No. 5
- Was the Tigers No. 3 by the end of the season
- Won his first three matches in an LSU uniform
- In doubles, Graca and his partner, Joey Thomas, had two ranked victories on the season, defeating South Carolina’s No. 59 Raphael Lambling & Phillip Jordan (6-2), as well as the No. 3 duo in the nation, No. 5 Tennessee’s Pat Harper & Adam Walton … Reached a high of 83 in the ITA Doubles rankings
PRIOR TO LSU
- Was ranked No. 6 in Portuguese men’s rankings
- Career high ATP ranking of 1638 in singles and 1338 in doubles
- Finalist in singles and doubles champion in the 2018 Portuguese Junior Championships.
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