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John Bernard

Height:
6-0
Weight:
null
Class:
Junior
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

Redshirt Junior (2023-24)

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

At Florida State
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)

Redshirt Freshman (2021-22)

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

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