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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

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

Junior (2022-23)

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

As a Sophomore (2021-22)

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

As a Freshman (2020-21)

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.