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FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES Match 1-2 Overall: 0-0 Head Coach: Dwayne Hultquist (Penn State ‘86) Career Record: 322-199 | 20th season Record at FSU: 322-199 | 20th season 2019 SCHEDULE FLORIDA STATE Overall: 0-0 Home: 0-0 GEORGIA SOUTHERN EAGLES Overall: 0-0 Away: 0-0 Neutral: 0-0 ACC: 0-0 Head Coach: Sander Koning (Clemson ‘06) All-time Series Record: FSU leads 29-6 Date Opponent EST Time/Result Last met in 2017 (FSU won, 7-0) Jan. 10 GA Southern 12:00pm Thursday, January 10 • 12:00 pm ET Jan. 10 Mercer 5:00pm Jan. 12-13 Florida State Spring Invitational All Day MERCER BEARS Jan. 18 South Alabama 4:00 p.m. Overall: 0-0 Jan. 20 Cal (@USTA National Campus, Lake Nona) 11 a.m Head Coach: Eric Hayes Jan. 26-27 ITA Kick-Off Weekend 11:00am All-time Series Record: FSU leads 21-0 Feb. 2 Florida (Lake Nona, FL)2 6:00pm Last met in 2014 (FSU won, 4-0) Feb. 8 Auburn 5:30pm Thursday, January 10 • 5:00 pm ET Feb. 15-18 National Indoors (Chicago, IL) All Day NUMBERS TO NOTE Feb. 22 Clemson* 5:30pm 322 - Dwayne Hultquist is the winningest tennis coach in school history with 322 wins, 176 of them over ranked March 1 at Georgia Tech* 5:00 p.m. opponents. March 3 at Oklahoma (Norman, OK) 2:00 p.m. 65 - Percent of singles wins from the 2018 season return, led by redshirt senior Lucas Poullain who went 30-5 a season March 10 Miami (Lake Nona, FL)* 5:00 p.m. ago. March 15 Boston College* 5:30pm 37 - The Seminoles enter the season with 37 years of coaching experience on the sideline. (Hultquist - 19 (Head Coach), 8 March 17 Notre Dame* 1:00pm (Assistant Coach); DeHeart - 6; Cambier - 4. March 22 at Louisville* 3:30 p.m. 29 - The Seminoles have been ranked for in the ITA rankings for 29 straight weeks dating back to February 4, 2017 March 29 at NC State* 4:00 p.m. 16 - The Seminoles have been to 16 consecutive NCAA Tournaments (11th longest streak in the nation). March 31 at North Carolina* 1:00 p.m. 4 - The Garnet and Gold return four of their top five in singles wins from a season ago. April 5 Virginia* 5:30pm April 7 Virginia Tech* 1:00pm April 7 FAMU 6:00pm April 12 at Wake Forest* 5:00 p.m. April 14 at Duke* 1:00 p.m.
April 17-21 ACC Championships (Cary, NC) All Day May 3-6 NCAA Regional (TBD) All Day May 10-13 Super Regional (TBD) All Day May 16-25 NCAA Final Site (USTA National Campus) All Day PROJECTED DOUBLES LINEUP Pos Rank Player (Yr) Player (Yr) Dual Record vs. Ranked Notes 1ITA Kick-Off Weekend 2College Match Day 3ACCNE *ACC Match 1 Lucas Poualain (R-Sr.) Aziz Dougaz (Sr.) 0-0 0-0 FSU BY THE NUMBERS 2 Alex Knaff (Jr.) Sebastian Arcila (So.) 0-0 0-0 Qualified for fall championships; went 5-2 in the fall Overall 0-0 3 Chase Wood (So.) Richard Thongoana (Fr.) 0-0 0-0 Won Dick Vitale Invite; went 4-0 in the fall Current Streak 0-0 vs. ACC 0-0 PROJECTED SINGLES LINEUP Current Streak 0-0 Pos Player (Yr) Dual Record vs. Ranked Notes At Scott Speicher Tennis Center 0-0 Away Games 0-0 1 Aziz Dougaz (Sr.) 0-0 0-0 Was ranked as high as 408 in the world during fall Neutral Games 0-0 2 Lucas Poullain (R-Sr.) 0-0 0-0 Comes into 2018 after earning the 7th most wins in a season in program history a season ago (30) Last 5 Matches 0-0 3 Juan Martin Jalif (Fr.) 0-0 0-0 37th ranked junior tennis play in the world Last 10 Matches 0-0 VS. Ranked Opponents 0-0 4 Alex Knaff (Jr.) 0-0 0-0 Went 12-3 in dual matches as a sophomore (80%) 5 Richard Thongoana (Fr.) 0-0 0-0 Earned a 5-5 singles record in his first semester on campus 6 Rana-Roop Singh Bhullar (Jr..) 0-0 0-0 Went 5-3 in the fall @FSU_MTennis /FSUMTennis FSU_MTennis 2019 FLORIDA STATE Men’s Tennis 1 HEAD COACH: DWAYNE HULTQUIST 20th season at Florida State | 20th season as a head Coach | 28th overall Career Record: 322-199 (.618) Hometown: State College, Pennsylvania Alma Mater: Penn State Family: wife Angela; daughters Devan (beach volleyball player at FSU), Avery, Addison, Mackenzie; son Blake Entering his 20th season at the helm of the Florida State men’s tennis program, Hultquist has put himself atop the Florida State record books and the Seminoles consistently in the national spotlight. The winningest coach in program history (322-199), Hultquist has led the ‘Noles to 16 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances, one of only 11 programs in the country to reach that mark of postseason longevity.
Under Hultquist’s leadership, Florida State men’s tennis has emerged as one of the top programs in the Atlantic Coast Conference COACHING HISTORY and the country. In 19 seasons under Hultquist, FSU has had three ACC Player of the Year recipients, six All-American honors, the Year School Position ITA Most Improved Player, two national ITA Arthur Ashe Leadership and Sportsmanship Award winners and has finished the season 1992-1999 Texas Assistant Coach ranked in the final ITA poll in all 19 of those season. 2000-2018 Florida State Head Coach In 2018, Hultquist had his best season yet, leading Florida State to its best season in program history with a 28-5 record. 28 wins HEAD COACHING CAREER were the second most in program history but were good enough for the highest winning percentage in Seminoles men’s tennis Year Team Record history. His coaching performance in 2018 earned him ACC Coach of the Year Honors, becoming the first Florida State tennis coach 2000 Florida State 14-10 to earn such honor. 2001 Florida State 10-14 2002 Florida State 12-10 2018 also saw the Seminoles defeat the Florida Gators for the second year in a row, both in front of the largest college tennis 2003 Florida State 15-11 crowd of that season. Florida State also hosted the first and second round of the NCAA Tournament for the fourth time under 2004 Florida State 10-13 Hultquist and the first time since 2009. 2005 Florida State 21-8 2006 Florida State 18-12 2007 Florida State 17-10 In 19 seasons at the helm at FSU, Hultquist has defeated 176 ranked opponents including 36 ranked in the top-25 and 18 ranked in 2008 Florida State 21-7 the top-15. Amongst those ranked wins are two wins over the No. 1 ranked team in the country, a 4-3 win over No. 1 North Carolina 2009 Florida State 21-9 in Tallahassee (2016) and a 4-3 win over No. 1 Wake Forest in Tallahassee (2018). Those two wins over No. 1 ranked teams in three 2010 Florida State 15-10 years makes the Seminoles just one of two school to record such a feat. 2011 Florida State 9-15 2012 Florida State 19-10 Hultquist was in charge for five of the Seminoles nine 20-win season in the program’s 80 years of existence. He has also finished 2013 Florida State 18-11 with 18 wins in 11 of his 19 seasons including each of the last seven. 2014 Florida State 18-12 2015 Florida State 20-11 Hultquist began his tennis career at Penn State where he was a four-year letterman and team captain in 1986. During that 2016 Florida State 18-9 same year, he was an NCAA Tournament qualifier in doubles and earned all-conference honors in both singles and doubles. After 2017 Florida State 18-12 graduating from Penn State, Hultquist turned pro, playing in the United States, Israel and Asia. During his career, Hultquist was 2018 Florida State 28-5 selected to play on national teams that traveled to Korea and China for competition.
Post Season Year Team Round Hultquist is married to the former Angela White. The couple has four daughters, Devan (a Florida State beach volleyball player), 2003 Florida State Second Avery, Addison, and Mackenzie and one son, Blake. 2004 Florida State First 2005 Florida State Elite 8 DWAYNE BY THE NUMBERS 2006 Florida State Second Seminole Consecutive seasons 2007 Florida State Second All-American honors ranked in the final ITA poll, 2008 Florida State Sweet 16 6 under Hultquist. 19 every year at Florida State. 2009 Florida State Sweet 16 2010 Florida State Second 2011 Florida State First 2012 Florida State Second Highest ranking in Players named to ACC 2013 Florida State First school history, achieved Academic Honor Roll 2014 Florida State First 7 during the 2008 season. 42 since 2000. 2015 Florida State Second 2016 Florida State First 2017 Florida State Second 18-win seasons under Wins as Seminole head 2018 Florida State Second Hultquist, including each coach, most at FSU and 11 of the past seven 322 eighth in ACC history.
2 2019 FLORIDA STATE Men’s Tennis SEMINOLES UNDER COACH HULTQUIST Year...... Head Coach...... W-L-T...... Conf. (finish)...... Post-Season...... Final Rank 2000...... Dwayne Hultquist...... 14-10...... ACC (4-4, T-5th)...... N/A...... #46 2001...... Dwayne Hultquist...... 10-14...... ACC (4-4, T-5th)...... N/A...... #59 2002...... Dwayne Hultquist...... 12-10...... ACC (4-4, 5th)...... N/A...... #55 2003...... Dwayne Hultquist...... 15-11...... ACC (6-2, T-2nd)...... NCAA Regionals...... #32 2004...... Dwayne Hultquist...... 10-13...... ACC (3-5, T-6th)...... NCAA Regionals...... #47 2005...... Dwayne Hultquist...... 21-8...... ACC (7-2, 3rd)...... NCAA Quarterfinals...... #13 2006...... Dwayne Hultquist...... 18-12...... ACC (8-3, T-4th)...... NCAA Regionals...... #19 2007...... Dwayne Hultquist...... 17-10...... ACC (6-5, T-5th)...... NCAA Regionals...... #18 2008...... Dwayne Hultquist...... 21-7...... ACC (9-2, 3rd)...... NCAA Round of 16...... #13 2009...... Dwayne Hultquist...... 21-9...... ACC (8-2, 3rd)...... NCAA Round of 16...... #13 2010...... Dwayne Hultquist...... 15-10...... ACC (6-5, 7th)...... NCAA Second Round...... #29 2011...... Dwayne Hultquist...... 9-15...... ACC (4-7, 8th)...... NCAA First Round...... #47 2012...... Dwayne Hultquist...... 19-10...... ACC (7-4, T-4th)...... NCAA Second Round...... #32 2013...... Dwayne Hultquist...... 18-11...... ACC (4-6, T-7th)...... NCAA First Round ...... #37 2014...... Dwayne Hultquist...... 18-12...... ACC (5-6, T-6th)...... NCAA First Round...... #37 2015...... Dwayne Hultquist...... 20-11...... ACC (6-6, T-7th)...... NCAA Second Round...... #31 2016...... Dwayne Hultquist...... 18-9...... ACC (9-3, 3rd) ...... NCAA First Round...... #26 2017...... Dwayne Hultquist...... 18-12...... ACC (6-6, 6th) ...... NCAA Second Round...... #31 2018...... Dwayne Hultquist...... 28-5...... ACC (10-2, 3rd)...... NCAA Second Round...... #13
TOP 15 WINS UNDER HULTQUIST Year...... Opponent...... Opp/FSU...... Location...... Score 2004...... Duke...... 4/41...... Tallahassee, Fla...... W, 4-3 2005...... Kentucky...... 11/18...... NCAA Championships...... W, 4-2 2005...... Illinois...... 5/8...... NCAA Championships...... W, 4-2 2006...... South Carolina...... 10/38...... Tallahassee, Fla...... W, 4-1 2006...... Clemson...... 5/30...... Tallahassee, Fla...... W, 4-3 2006...... North Carolina...... 11/19...... ACC Championship...... W, 4-2 2006...... Duke...... 4/37...... Tallahassee, Fla...... W, 4-3 2007...... Florida ...... 8/15...... Tallahassee, Fla...... W, 4-3 2007...... Duke...... 13/19...... ACC Championships...... W, 4-2 2007...... Wake Forest...... 11/25...... Winston Salem, N.C...... W, 4-3 2008...... Rice...... 11/17...... Huston. Texas...... W, 4-3 2008...... Miami...... 8/17...... Coral Gables, Fla...... W, 5-2 2009...... Pepperdine...... 12/16...... Malibu, Calif...... W, 4-3 2013...... Oklahoma...... 7/28...... Norman, Okla...... W, 4-3 2016...... North Carolina...... 1/51...... Tallahassee, Fla...... W, 4-3 2017...... Florida...... 15/36...... Orlando, Fla...... W, 4-2 2018...... Florida...... 8/22...... Orlando, Fla...... W, 4-3 2018...... Wake Forest...... 1/20...... Tallahassee, Fla...... W, 4-3 DWAYNE BY THE NUMBERS CONT...
Wins over the No. 1 ranked Consecutive postseason team in the past three appearances (11th longest years (one of only two streak in the country). 16 2 teams to do so).
Wins against ranked opponents in his 19 years at Wins against Teams ranked FSU (54.6% of his wins are in the top-15. 176 over ranked opponents). 18
The times Florida State has Wins against teams ranked been on TV the last two in the top-25. 36 12 season.
2019 FLORIDA STATE Men’s Tennis 3 GAME NOTES: WEEK 1 VS. GEORGIA SOUTHERN & MERCER RECORD AT HOME The Noles have been strong at home since the Scott Speicher Memorial Tennis Center was built. ALL-TIME VS. 16 - Seminole wins at home in 2018, the most since Speicher opened in 1994. GEORGIA SOUTHERN OVERALL: 29-6 | HOME: 24-4 | AWAY: 5-1 | NEUTRAL: 1-1 25 - Consecutive seasons without a losing record for the ‘Noles at Speicher since 1994. SHUTOUTS: 11 | LAST: 1/22/17 | WIN STREAK: 15 40 - Consecutive seasons without a losing record at home. MERCER OVERALL: 22-0 | HOME: 12-0 | AWAY: 10-0 | NEUTRAL: 0-0 74 - FSU has gone 265-91 at Speicher, winning over 74 percent of home matches. SHUTOUTS: 11 | LAST: 1/1/2014 | WIN STREAK: 22 HULTQUIST IN THE RECORD BOOKS Holds the Florida State record for wins with 322, 176 of those against ranked opponents TOP OF THE LINEUP LEADING THE NOLES HONORS
2018 A SEASON TO REMEMBER The Seminoles head into 2019 coming off of arguably their best season in program history in which they went 28-5. The Noles hosted their first regional since 2009 and made it to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Coach Hultquist won the first ACC Coach of the Year in tennis in school history. POULLAIN IN THE RECORD BOOKS Lucas comes off of a year in which he won 30 matches, placing him in seventh for most matches won in a season in team history. DOUGAZ REACHES CAREER HIGH Aziz earned a career high ATP ranking of 408 in singles and 455 in doubles in the fall after winning two singles titles and five doubles titles. NOLES PLAYING IN THE PROS Aziz ended the fall as the third highest rated college player on the pro tour behind two players from the defending national champion Wake Forest Demon Decons. NEWCOMERS MAKING AN IMPACT Freshman Richard Thongoana and junior Enzo Le Seguillon had an impressive fall setting up for their first regular season of college tennis. Thongoana went 5-5 in singles making advancing in the Southeast Regional and winning the Dick Vitale Invite doubles championship. Le Seguillon led the team in singles wins in the fall with a 7-3 record. SINGLES NOTES
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A PLETHORA OF COACHING EXPERIENCE Florida State has a combined 18 years of Assistant coach experience and 19 years of head coaching experience on their coaching staff.
- Dwayne Hultquist: 8 years as assistant coach at Texas; in his 20th season as head coach at Florida State. - Ryler DeHeart: 4 years as assistant coach at Alabama; in his 3rd season as the assistant coach at Florida State. - Robin Cambier: Spent the last four season as the assistant coach for the Washington State women’s tennis team.
4 2019 FLORIDA STATE Men’s Tennis SEMINOLES IN THE RANKINGS ITA TOP 25 POLL • The Seminoles are ranked No. 20 in the ITA Poll and have been ranked for 29 straight weeks. January 9, 2019 • Individually there is one ranked singles players for the Seminoles, No. 84 Rana-Roop Singh No. School (First-Place Votes) Previous Rk Bhullar 1 Wake Forest (11)* 1 2 Ohio State (1) 2 3 Mississippi State 5 Florida State has now spent the last 26 weeks ranked in the ITA poll. The streak began on Feb. 4 Florida* 10 24, 2017 when the Seminoles were ranked 37th. The Noles were ranked as high as No. 9 during 5 USC 11 this streak 6 North Carolina* 6 7 UCLA 3 6 ITA TOP-25 TEAMS ON THE DOCKET: The Seminoles will play six matches against teams that 8 Texas 12 are currently in the ITA Top-25. 9 Texas A&M 4 10 Stanford 7 Coach Hultquist has guided the Noles to a school record 322 wins since 2000, with 176 wins against 11 Baylor 17 Ranked opponents, 36 of those wins against teams in the Top-25 and 18 against teams in the Top-15. 12 Georgia 20 13 Oklahoma* 16 14 TCU 9 HULTQUIST DEVELOPS FSU INTO A MAJOR FORCE: Entering his 20th year at Florida State, head 15 Columbia 15 coach Dwayne Hultquist has established a program of consistent winning. Hultquist enters 2019 16 Illinois 8 with a young but deep team that has high hope to advance far this post season. The Seminoles 17 Virginia* 41 plan on extending their streak of 16 straight seasons of making it to the NCAA Tournament. 18 Notre Dame* 26 19 Tennessee 18 20 Florida State 13 21 Oklahoma State 19 RECORD WHEN 22 Alabama 34 Winning the doubles point:...... 0-0 23 Michigan 14 Losing the doubles point:...... 0-0 24 Arizona State 38 25 South Carolina 23 Playing at home: ...... 0-0 Playing on the road...... 0-0 * 2019 Opponent Playing at a neutral site:...... 0-0 ALL-TIME RECORDS vs. 2019 OPPONENTS Playing a non-conference opponent:...... 0-0 Playing an ACC opponent:...... 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE Matches decided by one point:...... 0-0 Team FSU W-L Last Meeting Georgia Southern 29-6 FSU, 7-0 (Jan. 22, 2017) Against ranked opponent:...... 0-0 Mercer 22-0 FSU, 4-0 (Jan. 11, 2014) In January:...... 0-0 South Alabama 19-6 FSU, 4-3 (Jan. 14, 2017) In February:...... 0-0 Texas Tech 3-1 FSU, 6-1 (Jan. 8, 2018) Tulane 5-1-1 FSU, 9-0 (Mar. 25, 1990) In March:...... 0-0 Tennessee 1-3 Tenn, 8-1 (Mar. 22, 1976) In April:...... 0-0 Auburn 15-10 FSU, 4-1 (May. 9, 2009) In May:...... 0-0 Florida 22-57-1 FSU, 4-3 (Feb. 3, 2018) Oklahoma 2-5 Okla, 4-0 (Apr. 3, 2016) Abiline Christian -- -- Florida A&M 13-0 FSU, 4-0 (Feb. 10, 2018) LAST TIME IT HAPPENED Won at Home:...... 5/11/18 vs. Alabama State, 4-0 ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE Won on the Road:...... 4/15/18 at #28 Notre Dame, 4-3 Team FSU W-L Last Meeting Won at Neutral Site:...... 4/27/18 vs. #29 Duke, 4-1 Boston College 15-0 FSU, 6-1 (April 12, 2018) Clemson 23-29 FSU, 5-2 (Mar 2, 2018) Lost at Home:...... 5/12/18 vs. Alabama, 4-2 Duke 14-30 FSU, 4-1 (Apr. 27, 2018) Lost at Neutral Site:...... 4/28/18 vs. #6 North Carolina, 4-0 Georgia Tech 36-30 FSU, 5-2 (Mar. 18, 2018) Lost on the Road:...... 4/6/17 at Virginia Tech, 4-3 Louisville 6-0 FSU, 5-2 (Mar. 30, 2018) Miami 19-50 FSU, 4-0 (Mar. 9, 2018) Earned a Shutout:...... 5/11/18 vs. Alabama State, 4-0 North Carolina 12-35 UNC, 4-0 (April 28, 2018) Won the Doubles Point:...... 5/11/18 vs. Alabama State NC State 26-3 FSU, 4-0 (Mar 23, 2018) Swept the Doubles Point:...... 5/11/18 vs. Alabama State Notre Dame 6-10 FSU, 4-3 (April 15, 2018) Virginia 14-27 FSU, 5-2 (April 8, 2018) Lost the Doubles Point:...... 5/12/18 vs. Alabama Virginia Tech 9-8 VT, 4-3 (April 6, 2018) Recorded back-to-back shutouts:...... 4-0 vs. Miami (3/9/18) & 4-0 at Pepperdine (3/12/18) Wake Forest 22-14 FSU, 4-3 (Mar. 25, 2018) Held a 5-match win streak...... 2/3/18 - 4/30/18 (13 Matches) Held a 10-match win streak...... 2/3/18 - 4/30/18 (13 Matches) 2019 FLORIDA STATE Men’s Tennis 5 ROSTER ALPHABETICAL NAME YEAR HGT HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL Sebastian Arcila...... SO...... 5-11...... Fernandina Beach, Fla./Ogburn Online School Rana-Roop Singh Bhullar...... JR...... 6-1...... Oslo, Norway/NTG Baerum Aziz Dougaz...... SR...... 6-2...... La Marsa, Tunisia/Lycée Gustave Flaubert Enzo Le Seguillon...... JR...... 6-3...... Le Lavandou, France/Cned Rennes Bryn Nahrung...... FR...... 6-4...... Brookfield, Queensland, Australia/Brisbane Boys’ College Lucas Poullain...... R-SR...... 5-8...... Nantes, France/SNUC/University of Nantes (France) Alex Knaff...... JR...... 6-5...... Luxembourg, Luxembourg/Sportlycee Luxembourg Juan Martin Jalif “Juni”...... Fr...... 6-0...... Salta, Argentina Richard Thongoana...... FR...... 5-11...... Johannesburg, South Africa/St Stithans College Chase Wood...... SO...... 5-11...... Knoxville, Tenn./Ogburn Online School
SEMINOLES BY CLASS YEAR HGT HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL Seniors: Lucas Poullain...... R-SR...... 5-8...... Nantes, France/SNUC/University of Nantes (France) Aziz Dougaz...... SR...... 6-2...... La Marsa, Tunisia/Lycée Gustave Flaubert Juniors Rana-Roop Singh Bhullar...... JR...... 6-1...... Oslo, Norway/NTG Baerum Alex Knaff...... JR...... 6-5...... Luxembourg, Luxembourg/Sportlycee Luxembourg Enzo Le Seguillon...... JR...... 6-3...... Le Lavandou, France/Cned Rennes Sophomores: Chase Wood...... SO...... 5-11...... Knoxville, Tenn./ Ogburn Online School Sebastian Arcila...... SO...... 5-11...... Fernandina Beach, Fla./Ogburn Online School Freshmen: Richard Thongoana...... FR...... 5-11...... Johannesburg, South Africa/St Stithans College Bryn Nahrung...... FR...... 6-4...... Brookfield, Queensland, Australia/Brisbane Boys’ College Juan Martin Jalif “Juni”...... Fr...... 6-0...... Salta, Argentina PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Lucas POULLAIN...... Pool-E-an Aziz DOUGAZ...... Do-gaz BRYN NAHRUNG...... Br-in Na-rung Richard THONGOANA...... Thon-go-na Enzo LE SEGUILLON...... Lay See-guan COACHING STAFF Head Coach: ...... Dwayne Hultquist (20th Season) Associate Coach:...... Ryler DeHeart (3rd Season) Volunteer Assistant Coach: ...... Robin Cambier (1st Season)
6 2019 FLORIDA STATE Men’s Tennis Lineups/Match Clinchers Singles Doubles Opponent Court 1 Court 2 Court 3 Court 4 Court 5 Court 6 Court 1 Court 2 Court 3 Ga. Southern Mercer
Rankings SINGLES RANKINGS DOUBLES RANKINGS Week Team of ITA USTA DOUGAZ POULLAIN KNAFF BHULLAR DOUGAZ/POULLAIN POULLAIN/ POULLAIN KNAFF/ POULLAIN Sept. 11 -- -- 15 18 89 ------Nov. 14 ------84 ------Jan. 9 ------84 ------Jan. 16 Jan. 23 Jan. 30 Feb. 6 Feb. 13 Feb. 19 Feb. 26 Mar. 5 Mar. 12 Mar. 19 Mar. 26 Apr. 2 Apr. 9 Apr. 16 Apr. 23 May. 2 2019 FLORIDA STATE Men’s Tennis 7 School Records CAREER SINGLES WINS CAREER DOUBLES WINS SINGLE SEASON 20-MATCH WIN CLUB 1. Joey Rive 1982-85 120 1. Joey Rive 1982-85 102 2. Maciek Sykut 2005-09 93 2. Chris Westerhof 2002-06 94 1963 Lex Wood 22-1 3. Jason White 1992-96 92 3. Jeff Horine 1983-86 92 1982 Marco Abilhoa 26-13 Clint Bowles 2008-11 92 4. Benjamin Lock 2011-16 90 Robert Burgess 22-6 Jeff Horine 1983-86 92 5. Scott Blessing 1982-85 85 Hernan Luque 26-11 6. Benjamin Lock 2011-16 90 6. Marco Nunez 2013-16 83 1983 Scott Blessing 26-12 7. Yvo Niks 1995-99 89 Jose Gracia 2013-18 83 Jeff Horine 26-13 8. Scott Blessing 1982-85 86 8. Maciek Sykut 2005-09 82 Joey Rive 33-5 9. Michael Ingham 1996-00 85 9. Jason White 1992-96 80 John McLean 22-16 10. Sam Chang 2004-08 84 10. Anderson Reed 2010-13 78 Hernan Luque 27-15 Jean-Yves Aubone 2007-10 78 1984 Scott Blessing 27-14 Joey Rive 34-2 Geoff Roper 30-10 1985 Scott Blessing 26-9 Jeff Horine 22-7 SEASON SINGLES WINS SEASON DOUBLES WINS Joey Rive 35-7 Alex Rucker 26-9 1. Paul Haarhuis 1988 37 1. Joey Rive/Geoff Roper 1985 32 1987 Paul Haarhuis 35-5 2. Stephen Noteboom 1991 36 2. Jean-Yves Aubone/Clint Bowles 2008 28 1988 Paul Haarhuis 37-5 3. Paul Haarhuis 1987 35 Hernan Luque/Joey Rive 1983 28 1989 Greg Gusky 26-8 Joey Rive 1985 35 Scott Blessing/Jeff Horine 1984 28 1990 Stephen Noteboom 22-10 5. Joey Rive 1984 34 5. Jeff Groslimond/Chris Westerhof 2005 27 Scott Shields 22-9 6. Joey Rive 1983 33 6. Jeff Groslimond/Chris Westerhof 2004 26 1991 Stephen Noteboom 36-8 7. Geoff Roper 1984 30 Marco Abilhoa/Geoff Roper 1984 26 Neil Krefsky 20-10 Lucas Poullain 2018 30 8. Antonio Prieto/Jason White 1995 25 1995 Jason White 20-3 9. Mat Cloer 2003 29 Paul Haarhuis/Henner Lenhardt 1987 25 Antonio Prieto 26-9 Sam Chang 2006 29 Ken McKenzie/Brian Stanton 1994 25 1996 Jason White 27-14 1997 Michael Ingham 26-7 Yvo Niks 1998 29 1998 Yvo Niks 29-7 2002 Romain Jurd 28-11 2003 Mat Cloer 29-12 SEASON SINGLES SEASON DOUBLES 2004 Mat Cloer 21-13 2005 Chris Westerhof 23-12 WIN PERCENTAGE WIN PERCENTAGE Jeff Groslimond 22-10 2006 Sam Chang 29-16 1. Lex Wood 1963 .956 (22-1) 1. Marco Abilhoa 1984 .867 (26-4) Maciek Sykut 25-13 2. Joey Rive 1984 .944 (34-2) 2. Jason White 1995 .862 (25-4) 2007 Chris Cloer 24-10 3. Richard Legendre 1971 .900 (18-2) 3. Jeff Horine 1984 .848 (28-5) 2008 Jean-Yves Aubone 21-9 4. Paul Haarhuis 1988 .881 (37-5) 4. Joey Rive 1985 .846 (33-6) Clint Bowles 27-16 5. Paul Haarhuis 1987 .875 (35-5) Geoff Roper 1985 .846 (33-6) Sam Chang 23-15 6. Joey Rive 1983 .868 (33-5) 6. Geoff Roper 1984 .838 (31-6) Chris Cloer 22-16 7. Don Caton 1963 .864 (19-3) 7. Antonio Prieto 1994 .833 (25-5) Brad Mixson 22-12 Maciek Sykut 21-14 8. Lucas Poullain 2018 .857 (30-5) 8. Scott Blessing 1985 .828 (24-5) 2009 Clint Bowles 25-19 9. Ray Bellamy 1960 .850 (17-3) 9. Lex Wood 1963 .826 (19-4) Chris Cloer 20-14 Paul Bennett 1963 .850 (17-3) 10. Scott Blessing 1984 .821 (32-7) Maciek Sykut 28-13 2010 Jean-Yves Aubone 21-12 Minimum 20 matches played Minimum 20 matches played Clint Bowles 26-12 Vahid Mirzadeh 25-9 2011 Vahid Mirzadeh 22-11 2012 Andres Bucaro 27-9 CAREER OVERALL Jason Zafiros 23-12 2013 Dominic Cotrone 27-15 WINS Michael Rinaldi 23-10 Anderson Reed 21-14 1. Joey Rive 1982-85 222 (120, 102) Benjamin Lock 21-15 2. Jeff Horine 1983-86 184 (92, 92) 2014 Cristian G. Mendez 27-8 3. Benjamin Lock 2011-16 180 (90, 90) Grayson Goldin 23-10 3. Maciek Sykut 2005-09 175 (93, 82) Dominic Cotrone 20-15 4. Jason White 1992-96 172 (92, 80) 2015 Cristian G. Mendez 22-14 5. Scott Blessing 1982-85 171 (86, 85) Benjamin Lock 20-12 6. Jose Gracia 2013-18 163 (83, 80) 2016 Benjamin Lock 25-14 7. Yvo Niks 1995-99 162 (89, 73) Michael Rinaldi 21-18 Chris Westerhof 2002-06 162 (68, 94) Jose Gracia 21-9 9. Clint Bowles 2008-11 161 (92, 69) 2017 Lucas Poullain 23-7 10. Jean-Yves Aubone 2006-10 160 (82, 78) Guy Iradukunda 21-17 2018 Chase Wood 20-9 Guy Iradukunda 25-11 Lucas Poullain 30-5 8 2019 FLORIDA STATE Men’s Tennis against Louisville…went 2-0 on the Noles trip to Virginia, taking down Virginia Tech’s No. 3 player 6-4, 6-2 (Apr. 6) -and Virginia No. 3 player 7-5, 7-5 (Apr. 8)…defeated Boston College (Apr. 13) on court two R-SENIOR to improve to 7-0 on that court this season…helped defeat No. 28 Notre Dame 4-3 with a straight-set win on court three (Apr. 15)…shutout Duke’s No. 104 Catalin Mateas, 6-0, 6-0, on court three in the ACC LUCAS POULLAIN Tournament quarterfinals (Apr. 27)…defeated 49th ranked Oliver Crawford for the second time this season with a 6-1, 6-1 win in the NCAA Singles Championship. 5’8” • Nantes, France SNUC/University of Nantes Fall 2017: Finished off his fall season with a 5-3 singles record and a 4-2 doubles record with partner Jose Gracia…went 3-1 in singles against nationally ranked opponents including a 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 win over No. 48 Robert Kelly of North Carolina, a 6-3, 6-7, 6-4 win over No. 80 Dan Little of Utah and a 6-3, 6-4 • 2017 World University Games (France) win over No. 11 Brandon Holt of USC…made it to the round of 16 at the ITA All-American tournament • 2015 French National University champion where he earned two of his ranked singles wins…after losing in the first round of doubles at ITA All- • Bronze Medalist, 2015 World University Games Americans, Poullain and Gracia came back and won three straight matches including wins over No. 20 • All-ACC Third team (2017) Spencer Papa and Jake van Emburgh of Oklahoma and No. 29 Christopher Kougouch and Parker Wynn • All-ACC Academic team (2017) of Louisville to win the All-American consolation bracket and qualify for the ITA Fall Championships… • ACC Co-Player of the Week (Feb. 27, 2018) went 1-1 at the ITA Southeast regional at Georgia Tech…went 2-1 and made it to the round of 16 at • ACC Player of the Week (Mar. 27, 2018) the ITA Fall Championships in Indian Wells where he beat No. 11 Brandon Holt…made it to the round • All-ACC Second Team (2018) of 16 in doubles as well with a 7-5, 6-1 win over Benjamin Hannestad and Tim Ruehl of Arizona State. • NCAA Singles Championship (2018) Spring 2017: Emerged as a consistent force in the middle of the lineup, leading the team in singles Fall 2018: Played in one tournament, the ITA All-American Championships…went 1-1 in singles with victories (21), doubles victories (18), and overall wins (39) at the number three court…named to both matches against ranked opponents…defeated 30th ranked August Holmgren of San Diego in a the All-ACC third team following the season…also named to All-ACC Academic team while pursuing come from behind three set victory…earned 18 pro singles wins in the fall through qualifying and main master’s degree in International Affairs…team captain…reached first career ITA singles ranking of draws of various Futures…qualified for six singles main draws, advancing in four of them. No. 94 in the final week of the regular season…with Jose Gracia, finished the season ranked No. 49 in doubles play…won nine of 11 singles matches to open the season while posting 21-6 overall record… Spring 2018: Was a part of the Seminole Tribal Council leadership group during the season… had one at No. 1 Wake Forest, defeated No. 14 Skander Mansouri 6-3, 6-2 for first career ITA-ranked singles of the best seasons in school history with a 24-1 singles record and a career-high singles ranking of victory…won nine of 11 matches to conclude the year, including a 6-4, 6-4 defeat of TCU’s No. 83 No. 24, finished the season ranked 39…in doubles Poullain went 11-12 and achieved another career Guillermo Nunez in the second round of the NCAA Championship…posted 16-9 record in doubles with high as he was ranked as high as No. 8…his total season singles record (30-5) places him tied for Gracia and an 18-10 record overall…steady force at the No. 2 doubles court helped lead the Seminoles seventh in school history in single-season singles wins and eighth in singles season singles winning to 21 doubles points on the year…defeated No. 15 Luca Corinteli/Carl Soderlund of No. 2 Virginia, the percentage (.857)… Poullain was named to the All-ACC second team for his stellar performance this second-highest doubles victory of the season for the Noles Championships while dealing with injury season and won ACC Player of the Week Honors twice… he was selected to NCAA Singles Championship throughout the fall. and was eliminated in the second round… Poullain won 10 of his 24 dual matches against ranked teams and went 2-0 against ranked singles opponents… In the first weekend of the season went 3-0 in both Fall 2016: Joined the team in September as a graduate transfer from Nantes, France…showed well singles in doubles…clinched the match against the Hawai’i on January 6…defeated Connor Curry of with a 2-1 singles record in the ITA Southeast Regional. Texas Tech on court two in straight sets, 6-3, 6-1 and with partner Jose Gracia, defeated Texas Tech’s No. 1 doubles and No. 29 ranked doubles team of Jackson Cobb and Alex Sendegeya 7-5 to clinch the Before FSU: Graduate of the University of Nantes in France will have two years of eligibility at Florida doubles point against No. 24 Texas Tech in a 6-1 victory (Jan. 8)…helped lead the Seminoles to a Florida State…top-ranked recruit from France in the 2016 class…achieved a career-best ATP ranking of 1298 State Spring Invitational championship with a 2-0 singles record…shut out Jamie Fraser of Louisiana in singles, 911 in doubles, won singles in French National University Championship in 2015…bronze 6-0, 6-0 and beat Jack MacFarlane of Georgia State in straight sets 6-1, 6-1…gave the Seminoles a 3-1 medalist at World University Games 2015 in South Korea. lead in the match against East Tennessee State with a 6-3, 6-4 win on court two…earned one of three singles wins in Florida State’s first match-up of the ITA Kickoff Weekend against Purdue (Jan. 27) with Personal: Avid soccer fan whose favorite team is FC Barcelona…pursuing a graduate degree in Sport a 6-1, 6-2 win on court three… started a 17 match win streak when he clinched the match against No. Management…aspires to play professionally on the ATP tour…son of Michel and Carolina Poullain… 8 Florida (Feb. 3) during the College MatchDay event hosted at the USTA National Center in Lake Nona, born December 5, 1995. Fla. live on the tennis channel…defeated Florida’s Oliver Crawford 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5)…won both his doubles (court 1) and singles (court 2) match against Liberty (Feb. 24)…was the first to finish against No. 50 Clemson (March 5)on court three, winning 6-3, 6-1…helped defeat in-state rival Miami with a 6-3, 6-2 win on court three, also won his doubles match 6-2 on court two (Mar. 9)…defeated Pepperdine’s Lautaro Pane 6-3, 6-4 on court two (Mar. 12)…gave Florida State a 3-1 lead against Drake (Mar. 16) after winning 6-3, 7-6 on court three…finished off the match give the Seminoles a 5-2 win against Georgia Tech (Mar. 18) with a three-set win on court three…was the first to finish against No. 23 NC State in a 4-0 win (Mar. 23)…took down No. 30 Skander Mandouri of No. 1 Wake Forest on court three 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 to tie the match at three as the Seminoles took down the No. 1 team in the nation (Mar. 25)…earned his 17th win of the season with a three set win over Nicolas Rouanet of No. 28 Louisville (Mar. 29)… earned first doubles win of the season with partner Terrell Whitehurst to clinch the doubles point
CAREER STATS Singles Year Overall Tour Spring Dual ACC Ct. 1 Ct. 2 Ct. 3 Ct. 4 Ct. 5 Ct. 6 vs. Ranked 2016-17 23-7 2-1 21-6 9-3 -- 7-1 13-5 1-0 -- -- 2-2 2017-18 30-5 6-4 24-1 10-0 -- 7-0 17-1 ------6-2 2018-19 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 ------1-1 TOTALS 54-13 9-6 45-7 19-3 -- 14-1 30-6 1-0 -- -- 9-5
Doubles Year Overall Tour Spring Dual ACC Ct. 1 Ct. 2 Ct. 3 vs. Ranked 2016-17 18-10 0-0 18-10 9-3 3-3 13-7 2-0 1-3 2017-18 15-14 4-2 11-12 5-5 4-5 5-5 2-2 4-6 2018-19 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 ------TOTALS 33-24 4-2 29-22 14-8 7-8 18-12 4-2 5-9 2019 FLORIDA STATE Men’s Tennis 9 his native Tunisia in Davis Cup play against Chrysochos’ Cyrus the week before…defeated NC State’s No. 109 Alexis Galarneau in three sets…on court one doubles with Guy Iradukunda, began the season SENIOR with 11 straight victories while leading the team to 10 straight doubles points to open the year…the Seminoles earned 21 total doubles points on the year behind Iradukunda and Dougaz, who led the AZIZ DOUGAZ way with three nationally-ranked doubles victories: No. 48 Carlos Benito/Carlos Divar of Georgia Tech, Clemson’s No. 37 Sam Edwards/Daffra Sanon in the ACC Championship, and over No. 6 Mike Redlicki/ 6’2” • La Marsa, Tunisia Jose Salazar to key the victory over Arkansas in the first round of the NCAA Championship…ranked Lycée Gustave Flaubert career-best No. 58 in the final ITA doubles rankings.
Fall 2016: Went 3-2 in singles and 2-1 for the fall season…defeated No. 85 Thibault Forget of USC • All-ACC First Team (2017 & 2018) at the 2017 Saint Francis Health System ITA All-American Championships in Tulsa, Okla...defeated • ACC Player of the Week (March 10, 2017) Maxx Lipman of Florida and Andrew Li of Georgia Tech in the ITA Southeast Regional Championships… • NCAA Singles Championship (2017 & 2018) downed pairs from Miami and Florida Atlantic to reach the quarterfinals of the doubles bracket along • 2017-18 Davis Cup (Tunisia) with Guy Iradukunda…also with Iradukunda, reached the doubles final of the Tallahassee Futures in • ITA Player to Watch (Southeast) (2018) December.
Fall 2018: Did not participate in collegiate competition…earned a 26-11 singles record and an 11-7 2015-16: Joined the team in January 2016 and immediately contributed for the Seminoles...went 18-9 doubles records in pro tournaments since the end of the 2018 season…earned one pro doubles title in singles action (15-9 in dual play) and 20-6 in doubles action (17-6 dual)...was 12-8 on Court 4 with and two pro singles titles…earned a career-high ATP ranking of 481 in the world. a pair of ranked wins against No. 74 Jack Murray of UNC (6-1, 7-6 [4]) and No. 59 Edoardo Tessaro of Virginia Tech (6-3, 3-6, 7-6 [8])...won the first eight singles matches of his career, including five Spring 2018: Went 19-6 in singles with six ranked wins as a mainstay at the No. 1 position… straight dual matches to open the year...finished with a 7-5 ACC record...won nine straight doubles achieved a 12-10 record in doubles with two ranked wins… earned first team All-ACC honors for the matches to open the year and went 19-6 with Michael Rinaldi...beat No. 30 Murray and Brayden second straight season…was named ITA Southeast Region Player to Watch… earned a spot in the Schnur of UNC...ranked as high as No. 59 on the season...beat doubles teams from Va. Tech and Baylor NCAA Singles Championship and finished with a career-high ranking of No. 30…in the first weekend in the ACC and NCAA Tournaments, respectively. of the season went 3-0 in singles and 2-0 in doubles…clinched the match against the No. 24 Texas Tech on January 8…Alex Sendegeya of Texas Tech on court one in three sets, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1…went 3-0 High School: Boys 18 African champion...career-high 929 ATP rank in singles and 878 doubles... in singles and 2-0 in doubles in the Florida State Spring Invitational to help lead the Seminoles to won the 2014 Morocco F3 doubles championship for first Futures win...reached the finals of two a championship…went 2-0 against East Tennessee and Florida Gulf Coast (Jan. 20) with a 6-3, 6-1 other Future events...eight singles and doubles wins in the ITF Junior ranks...career-high rank of No. win on court two against FGCU and a 6-3, 6-3 win on court one against ETSU…won his first match 46...played in the Junior Wimbledon and Australian and French Opens...played Davis Cup for Tunisia, of ITA Kickoff Weekend with a 6-2, 6-4 win on court one against Purdue (Jan. 27)…clinched the winning four matches in 2015 against Ghana, Namibia, and Algeria. match against No. 50 Clemson (Mar. 5) with a 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 comeback win on court two…was the first to finish at Pepperdine (Mar. 12) with a 6-3, 6-2 win on court one…Gave the Seminoles a 5-1 Personal: Born March 26, 1997...parents are Ahmed and Mona Dougaz...started playing tennis lead against Drake (Mar. 16) after winning tiebreakers in both of his two sets…earned his first win because his dad plays...has lived in three countries before coming to America (France, Tunisia, and of the season against a nationally ranked opponent with a 6-2, 6-1 win against No. 53 Carlos Divar Morocco) and visited 25 countries...majoring in business. of Georgia Tech on court one (Mar. 18)…took down No. 24 Alexis Galarneau of NC State on court one and defeated their No. 63 ranked doubles pair of Michael Ogden/Alexis Galarneau 6-4 en route to taking down No. 23 NC State 4-0 (Mar. 23)…earned his third ranked singles win of the season with a 6-0, 3-6, 6-1 win over No. 98 Parker Wynn of Louisville (Mar. 29)…earned his fourth ranked win with a 7-5, 7-6 win over No. 36 Alex Lebedev of Notre Dame (Apr. 15)…earned his fifth ranked win of the season with a win over No. 11 Nicolas Alverez in straight sets, 7-6, 7-5 (Apr. 22)…defeated Duke’s No. 17 Nicolas Alvarez for the second time in a week, 7-6, 6-1 (Apr. 27)… won his match in the first round of the NCAA Tournament with a 6-0, 6-1 win on court one against Alabama State (May 11)…
Fall 2017: Did not participate in play during the fall season
Spring 2017: Led the Seminoles at the top of the lineup for nearly the entire season…named to the All-ACC first team after leading Florida State with five wins over nationally-ranked opponents on the year…ended the season at a career-best No. 38 in the nation after reaching the first round of the NCAA Singles Championship…after a season-opening loss, reeled off four straight victories to open the year…first ITA-ranked win of the season came in the Seminoles’ upset win over No. 15 Florida at the USTA National Campus, defeating No. 10 Alfredo Perez 6-4, 6-3 to spring the 4-2 win over the Gators…named ACC Player of the Week after the victory, which launched a five-match unbeaten streak…defeated No. 67 Piotr Lomacki of Miami and No. 63 Korey Lovett of UCF during that stretch… at No. 1 Wake Forest, defeated No. 2 Petros Chrysochos 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 in three sets after representing
CAREER STATS Singles Year Overall Fall Spring Dual ACC Ct. 1 Ct. 2 Ct. 3 Ct. 4 Ct. 5 Ct. 6 vs. Ranked 2015-16 18-9 3-0 15-9 7-5 -- 1-0 2-1 12-8 0-0 0-0 2-2 2016-17 14-11 3-2 11-9 4-3 9-7 2-2 ------5-9 2017-18 19-6 0-0 19-6 6-4 14-5 5-1 ------6-6 TOTALS 51-26 6-2 45-24 17-12 23-12 8-3 2-1 12-8 0-0 0-0 13-17
Doubles Year Overall Fall Spring Dual ACC Ct. 1 Ct. 2 Ct. 3 vs. Ranked 2015-16 20-6 3-0 17-6 7-3 1-0 10-5 6-1 1-4 2016-17 15-7 2-1 13-6 2-3 12-6 -- 1-0 3-3 2017-18 12-10 0-0 12-10 2-7 7-7 5-3 -- 2-4 TOTALS 47-23 5-1 42-22 11-13 20-13 15-8 7-1 6-11 10 2019 FLORIDA STATE Men’s Tennis match each with Terrance Whitehurst and Jake Albo…On February 11, played court one doubles with Guy Iradukunda, winning both matches of a doubleheader against George Washington and College JUNIOR of Charleston. Fall 2016: Enrolled for the fall semester and competed in the Las Palmas Invitational, Georgia Tech ALEX KNAFF Invitational, Bedford Cup, and ITA Southeast Regional Championship…posted a 4-6 singles record and a 5-4 record in doubles, including singles wins over Georgia and Georgia Tech…went 3-0 in 6’5” • Luxembourg, Luxembourg doubles at the Las Palmas Invitational in Puerto Rico along with Guy Iradukunda. Sportlycee Luxembourg Before FSU: Has played in the Davis Cup three consecutive years representing his native Luxembourg… holds a career-best ITF ranking of 400…won the Nature Element ITF Luxembourg Junior Open in 2015… • ACC Doubles Team of the Week w/ Guy Iradukunda- Feb. 13, 2017 rated as high as a top 100 recruit by tennisrecruiting.net. • 2017-18 Davis Cup (Luxembourg) Personal: Started playing tennis at the age of five at his father’s club…from Luxembourg but has Fall 2018: Earned a 4-2 singles record and a 5-2 doubles record, all with partner Sebastian Arcila… lived in New York, New York and in France…has traveled to five different continents…son of Carine and went 2-1 in the ITA All-American qualifying draw…went 2-1 at the ITA Southeast Regional…made Francois Knaff…has a younger brother, Michel…majoring in physics…born November 26, 1997. it to the finals of the doubles draw at the Southeast Regional, good enough to qualify for Fall Championships…went 1-1 in doubles at Fall Championships with Arcila.
Spring 2018: Was a mainstay on courts four and five in singles, achieving a 12-3 record… went 10-5 in doubles, playing on all three courts… had a career-high ranking of 59 in singles to start the spring… was ranked as high as 17th in doubles with partner Guy Iradukunda… won his first match of the fall against No. 8 Florida on court four with a 1-6, 6-4, 6-2 win during the College MatchDay event hosted at the USTA National Center in Lake Nona, Fla. live on the tennis channel (Feb. 3)…defeated Matt Henson of The Citadel on court two 6-2, 6-0 and went 2-0 in doubles during the doubleheader against The Citadel and Florida A&M (Feb. 10)…won both of his doubles matches against New Orleans and Liberty (Feb. 24) in his first doubles matches with partner Sebastian Arcila…defeated No. 50 Clemson’s No. 5 player in three sets in the first ACC match of the season (Mar. 5)…clinched his first match of the season on court five against Miami (Mar. 9) with a 6-2, 6-4 win on court five…clinched the match against Drake with a three-set win on court five (Mar. 16)…helped the Seminoles clinch two ranked matches in the same weekend with a win on court five against No. 23 NC State (Mar. 23) and another win on court five against No. 1 Wake Forest (Mar. 25)…earned his eighth win of the season and second on court four with a three set win over No. 38 Louisville (Mar. 29)…defeated Boston College on court four 6-0, 6-0 (Apr. 13)…earned the Seminoles first point against No. 28 Notre Dame on court five with a 6-3, 6-4 win (Apr. 15)…handed North Carolina’s Blaine Boyden his first loss of the season on court five with a 6-2, 6-2 win (Apr. 20)…gave the Seminoles a 2-1 lead against Duke in the ACC quarterfinals with a 6-0, 6-1 win on court five (Apr. 27)…
Fall 2017: Earned a 7-5 singles record and a 4-2 doubles record in the fall…earned one win over a ranked opponent with a 4-6, 7-6, 6-2 win over Florida’s McClain Kessler (No. 88)…went 2-1 at the Bedford Cup hosted by Florida State including two straight set victories over Enrique Paya of North Florida and Adriano Soriano of Miami…made it to the semifinals of the ITA Southeast regional at Georgia Tech…defeated Lasse Nyscgeites of North Florida 7-6, 6-3 in round one, took down McClain Kessler of Florida in the second round, beat Fermin Calvo 6-1, 6-0 in the round of 16 and defeated Grayson Goldin of South Florida 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the quarterfinals…made it to the doubles quarterfinals with partner Guy Iradukunda at the Southeast Regional…qualified for the ITA Fall Championships and won one match…
Spring 2017: Gained valuable experience in first spring season, especially late in the postseason… recorded a 5-5 singles record and a perfect 4-0 doubles record in freshman spring season… stepped into the lineup at courts four through six throughout the year…earned wins over Louisiana, Georgia Southern, NC State, Clemson, and against No. 36 Arkansas in the first round of the NCAA Championship…clinched ACC Championship victory over Clemson…defeated Arkansas’ Johan den Toom 6-3, 6-4 in straight sets on court five to lead the Seminoles to victory…in April, traveled to join his native country of Luxembourg in Davis Cup play…won a deciding doubles match in three sets to defeat Macedonia and ensure that Luxembourg would advance to Group II play…in doubles, won one
CAREER STATS Singles Year Overall Fall Spring Dual ACC Ct. 1 Ct. 2 Ct. 3 Ct. 4 Ct. 5 Ct. 6 vs. Ranked 2016-17 9-11 4-6 5-5 1-3 ------0-1 4-1 1-3 0-0 2017-18 19-8 7-5 12-3 8-1 -- 1-0 -- 3-0 8-3 -- 1-2 2018-19 4-2 4-2 0-0 0-0 ------0-0 TOTALS 32-21 15-13 17-8 9-4 -- 1-0 -- 3-1 12-4 1-3 1-2
Doubles Year Overall Fall Spring Dual ACC Ct. 1 Ct. 2 Ct. 3 vs. Ranked 2016-17 9-4 5-4 4-0 0-0 2-0 -- 2-0 1-3 2017-18 14-7 4-2 10-5 3-2 2-4 7-1 1-0 2-2 2018-19 5-2 5-2 0-0 0-0 ------0-2 TOTALS 28-13 14-8 14-5 3-2 4-4 7-1 3-0 3-7 2019 FLORIDA STATE Men’s Tennis 11 JUNIOR RANA ROOP SINGH BHULLAR 6’1” • Oslo, Norway NTG Baerum
Fall 2018: Finished the fall with a 5-3 singles record and a 2-1 doubles record…ended the fall ranked No. 84 in the final ITA fall rankings…went 2-1 in the ITA All-American pre-qualifying draw…advanced to the final of the ITA Southeast Regional back draw finishing with a 3-2 record…made it to the round of 16 in doubles at the Southeast Regional with partner Chase Wood.
Spring 2018: Was 10-3 in singles with most of his matches played on courts five and six…was 1-1 in doubles… went 2-0 in singles during the opening weekend of the season in Hawai’i…earned the Seminoles first point on court six in a 4-1 win over East Tennessee State (Jan. 20)…went 2-0 against The Citadel and Florida A&M in a weekend doubleheader (Feb. 10)…earned his first career victory at the No. 3 position with a 6-1, 6-1 win against FAMU…went 2-0 in singles against New Orleans (court 3) and Liberty (court 5) (Feb. 25)…garnered his eighth win of the season and first clinch with a 7-5, 6-3 win on court six against No. 38 Louisville (Mar. 29)…gave Florida State a 3-0 lead against No. 42 Virginia with a 5-2 win on court six (Apr. 8)…defeated Boston College on court six 3-6, 6-1, 10-8 (Apr. 13)…
Fall 2017: Gathered a 5-4 singles record and a 0-1 doubles record during the fall…went 4-0 at ITA All-American pre-qualifying to make it to qualifying, where he lost his first match…won one match at the ITA Southeast regional at Georgia Tech. Spring 2017: Began first fall in Tallahassee an impressive 7-0 on court six singles…did not suffer a loss until February 26 vs. Texas A&M…worked his way up to the play at the four and five spot in the lineup…finished the year with a 12-7 record, 10-1 on court six…with the match tied 2-2 against archrival Florida at the USTA National Campus, defeated UF’s Jordan Belga in three sets to give the Seminoles a 3-2 lead and spark the 4-2 upset win…was often one of the first off the court, also winning pivotal matches against No. 20 Mississippi State, No. 40 Pepperdine, No. 67 Miami, and Clemson…defeated Arkansas’ Juan Marino 6-2, 6-0 in the NCAA First Round victory.
Fall 2016: Enrolled for the freshman season in the fall, posting a 6-7 singles record and a 3-4 record in doubles…competed in the Puerto Rico Invitational, Georgia Tech Invitational, Bedford Cup, and won two matches in the ITA Southeast Regional Championship.
Before FSU: Norway’s No. 2 recruit and fifth-ranked player overall in Norway…a three-time national doubles champion and a two-time national singles runner-up…holds a personal best ITF ranking of 241…winner of the ITF G4 in Chennai, India…won 24 total junior championships and six men’s titles in Norway…trained with the Norwegian Federation with the country’s best up-and-coming players.
Personal: Started playing tennis at eight years old…has played internationally in 17 countries…also an avid soccer fan, cheers for Chelsea FC…son of Nirbhai Singh Bhullar (father) and Simranjit Kaur Bhullar (mother)…has three older siblings: Rana-Jai, Nimarta, and Jasreena…majoring in business… born December 25, 1997.
CAREER STATS Singles Year Overall Fall Spring Dual ACC Ct. 1 Ct. 2 Ct. 3 Ct. 4 Ct. 5 Ct. 6 vs. Ranked 2016-17 18-14 6-7 12-7 3-5 ------1-1 1-5 10-1 0-2 2017-18 15-7 5-4 10-3 3-1 -- -- 2-0 -- 2-0 6-3 0-1 2018-19 5-3 5-3 0-0 0-0 ------0-0 TOTALS 38-24 16-14 22-10 6-6 -- -- 2-0 1-1 3-5 16-4 0-3
Doubles Year Overall Fall Spring Dual ACC Ct. 1 Ct. 2 Ct. 3 vs. Ranked 2016-17 3-4 3-4 0-0 0-0 ------0-0 2017-18 1-1 0-1 1-0 0-0 -- -- 1-0 0-0 2018-19 2-1 2-1 0-0 0-0 ------0-0 TOTALS 6-6 5-6 1-0 0-0 -- -- 1-0 -- 12 2019 FLORIDA STATE Men’s Tennis SOPHOMORE CHASE WOOD 5’11” • Knoxville, Tenn. Ogburn Online School
Fall 2018: Ended the fall with a 3-4 singles record and a 6-1 doubles record…went 1-1 in the ITA All- American pre-qualifying draw…finished the ITA Southeast Regional with a 1-1 record making it to the round of 32…went 2-1 in doubles at the Southeast Regional with partner Rana-Roop Singh Bhullar…won the doubles draw at the Dick Vitale Collegiate Clay Court Invitational with partner Richard Thongoana.
Spring 2018: Was a mainstay in the lineup on courts five and six as a freshman… went 13-4 in singles and led the team in match-clinching wins with six, including the biggest one of the season over eventual National Champions, Wake Forest…won seven in a row during the middle of the season with four of the matches against ranked teams…went 3-0 in singles during the opening week in Hawai’i… clinched the match in the Seminoles opening match of the season against Hawai’i (Jan. 5)…defeated Fabian Woehrl on court five 6-3, 7-5…earned the second match-clinching win of his career against East Tennessee State (Jan. 20) on court five with a 6-1, 6-2 win in a 4-1 victory over ETSU…earned his first two doubles dual wins and his first win at the No. 3 position in the weekend doubleheader against The Citadel and Florida A&M (Feb. 10); clinched his third match against The Citadel…won his doubles match with partner Rana-Roop Singh Bhullar 6-1 against New Orleans (Feb. 25)…gave Florida State a 2-1 lead against No. 50 Clemson after a 6-2, 6-2 win on court six (March 5)…was the first to finish against Drake (Mar. 16) after dominating his opponent 6-2, 6-2 on court two…clinched his fourth match of the season against Georgia Tech (Mar. 18) with a 6-3, 6-3 win on court six…clinched the biggest match of the season on court six against No. 1 Wake Forest with a 6-7 (3-7), 6-4, 6-4 win to seal the Seminoles second-ever win over a No. 1 team (Mar. 25)…won his sixth straight match and fourth win on court five with a straight-set win over No. 38 Louisville (Mar. 29)…gave FSU a 2-0 lead with an easy 6-2, 6-0 win on court five against No. 42 Virginia (Apr. 8)…clinched his sixth match of the season on court six with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Duke’s Sean Sculley (Apr. 22)…
Fall 2017: Earned an impressive 7-4 singles record and 5-2 doubles record with a singles and doubles title in his first semester on campus…made it to the consolation singles finals at the Alabama Four- In-The-Fall and ended with a 2-2 record…won his first doubles title at the Alabama Four-In-The-Fall with partner Jose Gracia…the pairing went 3-0 with an 8-1 win over Stuckey and Schupp of Tulsa, and an 8-6 win over Calvo and Davis of Oklahoma and an 8-0 win in the finals against Jan Pallares and Turner Voges of Memphis…went 5-0 in the Bedford Cup and became just the third Seminole to win the Bedford Cup singles title…defeated Makjail Sokolovskiy of Central Florida 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 in the finals…won one match at the ITA Southeast regional.
Before FSU: Won a national open in tennis in every age division… was ranked as high as No. 7 in the country…was the top ranked player from the state of Texas and the Gulf Region according to Tennisrecruiting.net…holds a career high ranking of No. 2 in the IMG Tennis RPI.
Personal: Multi-sport athlete growing up who played basketball and baseball along with tennis… comes from a family of athletes… dad Donnie played tennis for the University of Arkansas, mom Shari played tennis for the University of Tennessee, brother Nick played tennis for the University of Georgia and brother Matt plays baseball for Navarro Junior College…plans on studying business while at Florida State…aspires to be a pro tennis player after college…born October 30, 1998.
CAREER STATS Singles Year Overall Fall Spring Dual ACC Ct. 1 Ct. 2 Ct. 3 Ct. 4 Ct. 5 Ct. 6 vs. Ranked 2017-18 20-8 7-4 13-4 7-2 -- -- 1-0 1-0 6-2 5-2 0-1 2018-19 3-4 3-4 0-0 0-0 ------0-0 TOTALS 20-12 10-8 13-4 7-2 -- -- 1-0 1-0 6-2 5-2 0-1
Doubles Year Overall Fall Spring Dual ACC Ct. 1 Ct. 2 Ct. 3 vs. Ranked 2017-18 9-3 5-2 4-1 1-1 -- -- 4-1 0-0 2018-19 6-1 6-1 0-0 0-0 ------0-0 TOTALS 15-4 11-3 4-1 1-1 -- -- 4-1 0-0 2019 FLORIDA STATE Men’s Tennis 13 …was the No. 13 ranked player in the 2017 recruiting class. SOPHOMORE Personal: Started playing tennis at six years old…was a multi-sport athlete, playing SEBASTIAN ARCILA tennis, basketball, soccer and volleyball…son of Anny Falgas, Sergio Arcila…has one sister, Daniella…born June 26, 1998 5’11” • Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico Ogburn Online School
• 2018 Davis Cup (Puerto Rico)
Fall 2018: Completed the fall with a 3-3 singles record and a team-high seven doubles wins…went 3-1 in singles and 2-2 in doubles at the Bedford Cup…made it to the finals of the ITA Southeast Regional with partner Alex Knaff after winning four straight doubles matches…went 1-1 in doubles with Knaff at the ITA Fall Championships.
Spring 2018: Season was cut short by injury… was a perfect 5-0 in singles play with all five matches on courts five and six… undefeated in doubles (4-0) as well with matches played on courts two and three… played in his first collegiate match against Hawai’i at the No. 6 position…defeated Tristan Martin 6-3, 6-4…defeated Lebelo Alex Mosehle of Florida A&M Feb. 10) 6-3, 6-0 on court five…earned his first two career doubles dual wins with partner Chase Wood in the weekend doubleheader against The Citadel and FAMU (Feb. 10)…went 2-0 in both singles and doubles against New Orleans and Liberty; was the first one to finish in singles of both matches with a 6-1, 6-2 win against UNO on court five and a 6-1, 6-0 win against LU on court six (Feb. 24)…clinched his first match of the season at Pepperdine with a 6-4, 6-1 win on court six (mar. 12)…
Before FSU: Played as the number one player for his home country of Puerto Rico in the Davis Cup…competed in the Junior US Open…ranked in the Top-100 in the world (ITF Juniors)
CAREER STATS Singles Year Overall Fall Spring Dual ACC Ct. 1 Ct. 2 Ct. 3 Ct. 4 Ct. 5 Ct. 6 vs. Ranked 2017-18 5-0 0-0 5-0 0-0 ------2-0 3-0 0-0 2018-19 3-3 3-3 0-0 0-0 ------0-1 TOTALS 8-3 3-3 5-0 0-0 ------2-0 3-0 0-1
Doubles Year Overall Fall Spring Dual ACC Ct. 1 Ct. 2 Ct. 3 vs. Ranked 2017-18 4-0 0-0 4-0 0-0 -- 1-0 3-0 0-0 2018-19 7-4 7-4 0-0 0-0 ------0-2 TOTALS 11-4 7-4 4-0 0-0 -- 1-0 3-0 0-2
U18 Doubles State Champion (2015-16)… #17 Ranked Player in the country for 2000… #5 FRESHMAN Ranked Player in Queensland for 2000… #1150 ITF Junior World Ranking… Doubles win over BRYN NAHRUNG ATP #124 in doubles Personal: Bryn Nahrung was born on July 19, 2000... ran track and was a swimmer and 6’4” • Brookfield, Queensland, Australia Brisbane Boys’ College played rugby, cricket and basketball growing up…son of Boyce and Mandy Nahrung... majoring in finance
Fall 2018: Capped off the fall with a 4-8 singles record and a 1-3 doubles record…went 3-1 in singles at the Bedford Cup.
Before FSU: Was the 2017 Australian Schools National Champion… was a three time Queensland Schools State Champion (2015-17)… two time GPS Conference Champion and Captain of the Year (2016-17)… 2016 Queensland U18 Singles State Finalist… 2x Queensland
CAREER STATS Singles Year Overall Fall Spring Dual ACC Ct. 1 Ct. 2 Ct. 3 Ct. 4 Ct. 5 Ct. 6 vs. Ranked 2018-19 4-8 4-8 0-0 0-0 ------0-0 TOTALS 4-8 4-8 0-0 0-0 ------0-0
Doubles Year Overall Fall Spring Dual ACC Ct. 1 Ct. 2 Ct. 3 vs. Ranked 2018-19 1-4 1-4 0-0 0-0 ------0-0 TOTALS 1-4 1-4 0-0 0-0 ------0-0 14 2019 FLORIDA STATE Men’s Tennis FRESHMAN RICHARD THONGOANA 5’11” • Johannesburg, South Africa St Stithians College
Fall 2018: Capped off his first semester of collegiate tennis with a 5-5 singles record and a 6-3 doubles record…went 2-2 in singles and doubles at the Bedford Cup…made it to the round of 16 at the ITA Southeast Regional, defeating Francisco Bastias of Miami and Phillip Gresk of Georgia Tech…won the Dick Vitale Collegiate Clay Court Invitational Doubles bracket with partner Chase Wood.
Before FSU: Was the number one u18 tennis player in the continent of Africa from 2016-17… earned a top-80 ITF ranking in the world rankings in 2017…four-time national champion in South Africa…2017 vice-captain of his high school tennis team...came into Florida State with two ATP points and a career-high world ranking of 1441.
Personal: Richard Thongoana was born on July 20, 2000…along with tennis he also was a swimmer as a child…aspires to be a tennis professional after college…son of Richard and Mary Thongoana…majoring in Exercise Physiology.
CAREER STATS Singles Year Overall Fall Spring Dual ACC Ct. 1 Ct. 2 Ct. 3 Ct. 4 Ct. 5 Ct. 6 vs. Ranked 2018-19 5-5 5-5 0-0 0-0 ------0-1 TOTALS 5-5 5-5 0-0 0-0 ------0-1
Doubles Year Overall Fall Spring Dual ACC Ct. 1 Ct. 2 Ct. 3 vs. Ranked 2018-19 6-3 6-3 0-0 0-0 ------0-0 TOTALS 6-3 6-3 0-0 0-0 ------0-0
Fall 2018: Led the team with 7 singles wins in the fall…went 2-1 at the Bedford Cup and 1-1 at the ITA Southeast Regional…earned the back draw championship at the Dick Vitale JUNIOR Colligate Clay Court Invitational…lost his first match but came back to win four in a row including a 6-0, 6-3 win in the finals against Emilie Hudd of Oklahoma State. ENZO LE SEGUILLON
Before FSU: Made the quarterfinals of the 2017 French University Games…2018 regional 6’3” • Le Lavandou, France Cned Rennes university champion for the region of Alpes cote d’Azur Tennis.
Personal: Enzo Le Seguillon was born on June 26, 1998...he has been playing tennis since the age of four…he like to wakeboard, play guitar and ski…son of Lamamet and Christime Le Seguillon... majoring in Social Science.
CAREER STATS Singles Year Overall Fall Spring Dual ACC Ct. 1 Ct. 2 Ct. 3 Ct. 4 Ct. 5 Ct. 6 vs. Ranked 2018-19 7-3 7-3 0-0 0-0 ------0-0 TOTALS 7-3 7-3 0-0 0-0 ------0-0
Doubles Year Overall Fall Spring Dual ACC Ct. 1 Ct. 2 Ct. 3 vs. Ranked 2018-19 1-3 1-3 0-0 0-0 ------0-0 TOTALS 1-3 1-3 0-0 0-0 ------0-0 2019 FLORIDA STATE Men’s Tennis 15 FRESHMAN JUAN MARTIN JALIF 6’0” • Salta Argentina SEADEA
Before FSU: Had a career-high juniors ranking of No. 37 in the world and earned a career-high ranking of 1,639 on the pro tour…was the number one 16U player in South American in 2015 and the best junior tennis player in Argentina in 2016…was also named Best Sportsman of the Year from 2014-17 in Salta, Argentina.
Personal: Juan Martin Jalif was born on January 17, 1999...chose to play tennis over soccer as a child…father was a professional soccer player in Argentina…son of Martin Jalif and Silvia Guaymas... majoring in economics.
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2019 FLORIDA STATE Men’s Tennis 17 Aziz Dougaz
18 2019 FLORIDA STATE Men’s Tennis Lucas Poullain
2019 FLORIDA STATE Men’s Tennis 19 Alex Knaff
20 2019 FLORIDA STATE Men’s Tennis Rana Bhullar
2019 FLORIDA STATE Men’s Tennis 21 Chase WOOD
22 2019 FLORIDA STATE Men’s Tennis SEBASTIAN ARCILA
2019 FLORIDA STATE Men’s Tennis 23 BRYN NAHRUNG
24 2019 FLORIDA STATE Men’s Tennis RICHARD THONGOANA
2019 FLORIDA STATE Men’s Tennis 25 ENZO LE SEGUILLON
26 2019 FLORIDA STATE Men’s Tennis Juan Martin Jalif
2019 FLORIDA STATE Men’s Tennis 27 PHOTO ROSTER
Lucas Poullain Aziz Dougaz Alex Knaff Rana-Roop Singh Bhullar R-SR SR JR JR Nantes, France La Marsa, Tunisia Luxembourg, Luxembourg Oslo, Norway
Chase Wood Sebatian Arcila Richard Thongoana SO SO FR Knoxville, Tenn. Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico Johannesburg, South Africa
Bryn Nahrung Enzo Le Seguillon Juan Martin Jalif FR JR FR Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Le Lavandou, France Salta, Argentina
Dwayne Hultquist Ryler Deheart Robin Cambier Scott Mottice Head Coach Associate Coach Volunteer Assistant Coach Director of Operations 20th Season Second Season First Season Third Season
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