Upcoming Event: Men's Tennis versus North Florida on January 15, 2026 at 4 p.m.
4 p.m.
%20(1).png&width=36&height=36&type=webp)
Men's Tennis
vs. North Florida
Florida Atlantic University Athletics
2024-25 Men's Tennis Roster
Roster
/ Men's Tennis
/ Men's Tennis
/ Men's Tennis
/ Men's Tennis
/ Men's Tennis
/ Men's Tennis
/ Men's Tennis
/ Men's Tennis
/ Men's Tennis
John Bernard
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Naples, Fla.
- Prev School:
- Florida State
- High School:
- Florida Virtual School
- Birthday:
- 8/14/2001
FAU Career Totals
| Year | Overall Singles | Dual Singles | Overall Doubles | Dual Doubles |
| 2023-24 | 17-5 | 14-3 | 8-6 | 7-5 |
| 2024-25 | 13-16 | 6-11 | 15-8 | 10-7 |
| Total | 30-21 | 20-14 | 23-14 | 17-12 |
At Florida Atlantic
Redshirt Senior (2024-25)
- Built a 7-5 tournament record
- Opened the season at the FAU Invite with a three-set win over Army but dropped matches to Wisconsin and Mercer. Picked up three doubles court victories
- Captured a three-set win on court one versus Miami but dropped his doubles match also on court #1
- He and Mark Havlicek dropped their Clemson doubles match, but he fought back from being down one set to give the Owls their second lead of the match at 3-2, with two courts in progress
- He and Mark Havlicek were victorious versus UNC-Wilmington despite the Owls dropping the point, but singles did not go in his favor
- After missing a match due to illness he and Havlicek capture their doubles contest 6-1 versus UCF and he won his UCF single's match 6-3, 6-3
- Neither UNF match was completed with the match already clinched
- Pushed both single's sets to the max and captured his USF doubles contest
- Bested by UCSB in both singles and doubles play while his Rice single's match was unfinished and he dropped doubles play
- Fell in both matches at UTSA
- Picked up a 6-3, 6-0 win over USA, but was not as successful in doubles action
- He and Lucca Pignaton captured their doubles match and were instrumental in the team earning the doubles point which proved vital in the heated 4-3 win over UPenn, which entered the match with a 14-3 record
- Guided the Owls to a 5-2 win over VCU with a 6-4 doubles win and a 3-6, 7-5, 1-0(10-5) singles victory
- Doubles match versus Georgia State was abandoned with the point going to the Owls but he captured court one in straight sets
- Both matches versus ETSU were abandoned and he was victorious in both doubles and singles play versus Tulane, on Senior Day
- The Owls captured the doubles point versus Liberty prior to his contest being completed and he then fell in three-sets on court one
- He and Lucca Pignaton helped to capture the doubles point at Charlotte which proved pivotal in the Owls' win
- Worked with Lucca Pignaton for a 7-5 win over Memphis but dropped his singles match on court one
- Captured a 6-3 doubles win over UTSA in the AAC Quarterfinals, but dropped a two-set match on court one
- He and Pignaton were victorious on court three, but he dropped court one to Memphis
- Named AAC All-Conference
- Earned ITA Scholar Athlete Honors
- Joined the Owls in the Fall of 2023
- Tallied a 3-2 fall tournament record
- Captured his court for a season opening victory over Georgia Southern
- Was downed in his second match giving the point to Louisiana
- Returned to the court to pick up a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Stetson
- Fell in his first roa match, a three setter with tiebreaker, to William & Marry
- Singles match at No. 3 Virginia was not finished
- Captured his doubles match along side Mark Havlicek versus FGCU by a 6-3 score and shutout his singles opponent 6-0, 6-0
- Doubles play versus Charlotte proved difficult, however he was a 6-4, 6-4 court five victor
- At UCF, he played with Kurt Miller and his singles match ended in the third set
- Worked with his third partner, Simon Myslivec in as many matches and it proved to be a winning combination with a 6-4 win at South Alabama and then split sets on court #5 and had moved into the third when the Owls clinched
- Doubles match ended at 5-5 when point was decided and then he provided the team's third point with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Georgia State
- He and Simon Myslivec defeated UTSA #3 6-4 to help secure the doubles point and he then clinched the match with a 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 win on court #3
- Shutout UNF in doubles play and contributed to a hard-fought point and then clinched the match with a 6-2, 4-1 ret. match on court #4
- Playing in California, he clinched the match for FAU after being down 4-6, 6-1 with No. 46 Oregon serving for match point at 5-3 and the game at 40-15 to win the third set 7-6 (7-4) while in doubles play head and Simon Myslivec fell
- Vs. host UCSB his singles match was not completed with the match being clinched and he fell in doubles play
- Returned home to contribute points in both singles and doubles play earning a tiebreaking win in doubles and a straight-set win in singles, 6-4, 6-4, over East Tennessee
- Split sets versus Liberty and on the match with a 10-3 third set tiebreaker
- Straight set 6-4, 6-1 winner over Brown
- Captured his DePaul match in three 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
- Began a season ending three-match road swing with a 6-2, 6-1 win over USF, then captured his doubles match at Delaware while working with Mark Havlicek at 6-4. His Delaware singles match on court #4 moved to three sets but was not completed
- Fell in both VCU, ranked No. 41 as a team, matches
- Worked with Mark Havlicek to capture #3 doubles vs. Charlotte at the 2024 AAC Championship, but fell on singles court #5 by a 6-3, 6-3 score
HONORS
2021 ACC Academic Honor Roll
2021 Academic Dean’s List Honors (Fall)
2022 ACC Academic Honor Roll
2022 Academic Dean’s List Honors (Spring)
Redshirt Sophomore (2022-23)
- Defeated Facundo Olmedo of NC Central (6-2, 6-2) on court No. 6 in singles play as Florida State defeated NC Central by a 7-0 margin in a non-conference match played in Durham, N.C. for his first win of the spring season (March 12)
- Won two singles matches in the Battle of the Beach and a doubles match with Joshua Dous-Karpenschif
- Earned two singles wins in the ITA Southeast Regional Championship
- Claimed two doubles wins with Bryn Nahrung at the Gamecock Scramble
- Won a singles match at the UCF Invite Hidden Dual
- Finished with a 6-4 singles record, including a perfect 3-0 on court No. 5
- Clinched the team victory against No. 23 Notre Dame with a three-set win
- Earned wins against Boston College, Georgia Southern, Samford, Stetson and Tennessee Tech in straight sets
Freshman (2020-21)
A redshirt season — did not compete in any events
Pre-Collegiate Tennis
- A five-star recruit according to tennis recruiting and ranked fourth in the state of Florida
- Had a career-high ITF Juniors ranking of 340
- Won three ITF G4 doubles titles and one G5 doubles title
- Made it to the semifinals of two G4 singles tournament semifinals
- Earned fourth place at the 2018 Bobby Curtis Junior State Singles Championship
- Winner of the 2020 USTA/UTR Reel Tennis Open
- Born August 14, 2001
- John is the son of John and Leslie Bernard
- Father played tennis at Radford and his mother played tennis at Rutgers
Inside the Owls Burrow 2025-26 Hoops Show #1
Wednesday, December 03
Inside the Owls Burrow 2025-26 #13
Friday, November 07
Inside the Owls Burrow 2025-26 #12
Friday, October 31
Inside the Owls Burrow 2025-26 #11
Thursday, October 23
