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2022-23 Men's Tennis Roster

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Gabriel Balestero

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Height 6-1
  • Hometown Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • High School Escola Vera Cruz (Lander)

Biography

Honors and Awards
  • NE10 All-Conference First Team - No. 3 Singles (2022-23)
  • NE10 All-Conference Third Team - No. 1 Doubles (2021-22)
  • CSC Academic All-District (2022-23)
  • NE10 Academic All-Conference (2020-21, 2022-23)
  • ITA Scholar-Athlete (2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22)
  • NE10 Presidents' Award for Academic Excellence (2020-21)
  • NE10 Academic Honor Roll - Academic Excellence (Spring '23)
  • NE10 Academic Honor Roll - Academic Distinction (Fall '19, Spring '20, Fall '20, Spring '21, Fall '21, Spring '22, Fall '22)
  • D2ADA Academic Achievement Award (2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23)

2022-23
  • Produced career-best seasons in singles and doubles, with respective 14-7 and 12-9 records
  • Only two of his fourteen singles victories ever went to a third set all season at No. 3 singles
  • Won seven straight singles contests in straight sets leading into NE10 Tournament
  • Helped cement team's first win vs. SNHU since 2015, with thrilling three-set victory, 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-5)
  • NE10 Player of the Week - 2/13

2021-22
  • Earned first NE10 All-Conference honor, behind 5-2 league record at No. 1 doubles
  • Knocked off Division I opponent in the fall, defeating Fordham's Tom Russwurm, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4, on 10/19
  • Won back-to-back tiebreakers on 3/19 to close out Jackson Moser from Saint Michael's in straight sets, 7-6 (10-8), 7-6 (7-4)

2020-21
  • Tied for the team lead in singles victories (6) in first full season at Adelphi
  • Compiled a 6-3 record as the team's top-singles player
  • Won three consecutive matches that featured a tiebreaker, including a 6-1, 7-6 (7-3) victory over Le Moyne on 3/30
  • Went the distance in a 6-1, 4-6, 10-3 win that kept the Panthers ahead in an eventual 4-3 win at Bentley (4/6)
  • Paired up with Valentin Le Goupil-Maier for a 6-4 top-doubles decision over Le Moyne on 4/13

2019-20
  • Debuted for the Panthers as a No. 1 doubles and No. 2 singles player
  • Picked up his first Adelphi win at the top-singles flight, winning in straight sets via tiebreaker against Saint Michael's (3/6)
  • NE10 Player of the Week - 3/10

At Lander (2017-19)
  • Was a two-year member of the Bearcats, a team ranked in the Top 10 in Division II
  • Posted a 2-1 record in singles play and went 3-0 in doubles as a freshman
  • As a sophomore, he won the doubles title at the South Carolina Men's Collegiate Championships

Personal
  • Son of Gabriel Henrique and Simone
  • Finance major
  • Was a national champion in Brazil prior to playing college tennis 

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Junior

    6'1"
  • 2020-21Senior

    6'1"
  • 2021-22Graduate Student

    6'1"
  • 2022-23Graduate Student

    6'1"