2020-21 Men's Tennis Roster
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Colas, Alberto
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Alberto Colas
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Zaragoza, Spain
- High School/Previous School:
- CIDEAD Secondary School
Bio
Career
Singles Record: 41-30 // 30-21 dual // 12-13 SEC
Doubles Record: 29-34 // 22-20 dual // 6-13 SEC
Highest Singles Ranking: 92nd (9/7/21)
Highest Doubles Ranking: 47th (1/13/21)
Junior (2021-22)
Singles Record: 14-13 // 9-8 dual // 5-6 SEC
Doubles Record: 11-18 // 7-11 dual // 3-9 SEC
Highest National Singles Ranking: 92nd (9/7/21)
Awards/Honors
SEC Community Service Team (2022)
ITA Scholar Athlete (2022)
FALL:
In doubles, recorded four wins with partner Carles Hernandez … Downed Michigan’s duo of Nick Beaty/ Ryan Fu (6-4) at the MSU Bulldog Invitational … Recorded a 6-3 win over Liberty’s pair of Rafael Marques Da Silva/ Josh Wilson … The duo recorded a couple of wins at the ITA Southern Regional Championship against Southern Miss’ tandem of Pawin Jirapoomdajc/ Pasawee Reansuwong (8-3), as well as Jacksonville State’s duo of Vicente Arbelaez/ Jordi Blanchar (8-3) … In singles, beat Michigan’s Patorn Hanchalkul (6-1, 7-5) at the MSU Bulldog Invitational … Recorded two more wins over Spenser Whitaker of Clemson (6-2, 6-7, 6-1), and Patrick Fletchall of Indiana (6-7(5), 6-3, 7-6(0)) at the Clemson Invite … Beat Jacob Cadonau from Ole Miss with a score of 6-0, 6-2 at the Georgia Tech Invite.
SPRING:
In doubles, spent the majority of the season at the No. 3 position with partner Carles Hernandez … The pair highlighted their season with a 6-4 home win over Georgia’s 42nd -ranked duo of Blake Croyder and Erik Grevelius … Went undefeated at the No. 3 position with partner Bautista Vilicich after downing North Alabama’s duo of Guilherme Diniz and Sam Tolbert (6-0) as well as Jacksonville State’s tandem of Thomas Norwood and Alex Vishnevskij … Clinched three doubles points for the Bulldogs … In singles, spent the majority of the season on courts five and six and accumulated an overall record of 9-8 … Posted a 6-0, 7-6(3) victory over Benjamin Ambrosio to clinch the match against LSU on the road … Won three consecutive matches in late February, downing Florida State’s Alex Bulte (6-4, 6-2), Jackson State’s Agustin Agosto (6-0, 6-0), and Jacksonville State’s Aljaz Kaplja (6-2, 6-2).
Sophomore (2020-21)
Singles Record: 20-14 // 14-10 dual // 4-7 SEC
Doubles Record: 10-14 // 7-7 dual // 2-3 SEC
Highest Singles Ranking: 121st (5/17/21)
Highest Doubles Ranking: 47th (2/5/21)
Awards/Honors
SEC Co-Newcomer of the Week (2/24/21)
ITA Scholar Athlete (2021)
FALL:
In doubles, collected three wins during fall season with partner Gregor Ramskogler ... Downed Arkansas’s duo of Josh Bortnick/ Foster Rogers 8-0 in the LSU Invitational ... Knocked-off Tennessee’s tandem of Gilles Hussey/ Johannus Monday 9-8(2) during the Bulldog Showdown ... Recorded another win against Middle Tennessee State’s duo of Max Rauch/ Francisco Rocha with a score of 7-5 at the Volunteer Showdown … In singles, amassed a 6-4 record during the semester … Beat Arkansas’s Melvin Manual 6-2, 6-7(4), 6-3 in the opening round of the Purple Draw at the LSU Invitational ... Downed LSU’s Ben Koch 6-2, 6-4 ... Went 2-1 overall at the Bulldog Challenge, including a 6-1, 6-2 win over LSU’s Boris Kozlov, and a 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 win over Alabama’s Zhe Zhou … Also recorded two wins at the Volunteer Showdown when downing Middle Tennessee’s Pavel Motl 6-1, 7-6(6) and South Carolina’s Raphael Lambling 6-2, 6-4 ... Ended the fall with back-to-back wins.
SPRING:
Split a majority of his playing time between the No. 3-4 position … Bumped up to the No.2 spot on two occasions, winning both … In doubles, played with Carles Hernandez (1-0), Giovanni Oradini (2-5), and Gregor Ramskogler (4-2) during the season ... Clinched two doubles points with Ramskogler ... In his debut at the No. 1 position in doubles, secured a 6-1 win over Jackson State’s duo of Richy Gamo/ Francisco Vargas with partner Oradini ... In singles, started the dual-match season on a nine-match winning streak ... This extended his dual-match winning streak, carried over from spring 2020 to a career-best 12 wins ... The streak includes three dual-match clinching wins over Tulane’s Billy Suarez (7-5, 7-5 on Jan. 31), Jackson State’s Francisco Vargas (6-2, 6-0 on Feb. 7), and South Alabama’s Sebastian Collard (3-6, 6-2, 6-1 on Feb. 13) ... Collected four SEC dual-match victories with wins over LSU’s Tom Pisane, Alabama’s Gabriel Diaz Freire, Auburn’s Jan Galka, and Vanderbilt’s Marcus Ferriera ... Entered the NCAA Team Championships with a season-best singles ranking of No. 121.
Freshman (2019-20)
Singles Record: 7-3 // 7-3 dual // 3-0 SEC
Doubles Record: 8-2 // 8-2 dual // 1-1 SEC
Highest Doubles Ranking: 75th (3/3/20)
Awards/Honors
SEC Freshman of the Week (3/11/20)
ITA Scholar Athlete (2020)
FALL:
Did not compete
SPRING:
Joined the team at the beginning of the season … Opened the season at the No. 3 position but primarily played at the No. 5 position ... In doubles, spent most of the season at the No. 3 position with Gregor Ramskogler (8-2) ... Clinched three doubles points for the Bulldogs … Went on a five-match winning-streak in doubles, which included his first SEC doubles dual-match victory over Arkansas’s duo of Josh Dominguez Alonso/ Melvin Manual … In singles, amassed a dual-match record of 7-3 … Collected his first ranked victory with a 6-2, 6-0 win over Oklahoma’s 116th-ranked Jochen Bertsch during the ITA Kick-Off weekend … Clinched the contest against Miami for the Bulldogs with a 6-0, 1-6, 6-3 win over Franco Ribero … Went on a three-match winning streak, including a clincher against Arkansas’s Melvin Manual, before the season got canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Personal
Native of Zaragoza, Spain ... Born on May 19, 2000.
Singles Record: 41-30 // 30-21 dual // 12-13 SEC
Doubles Record: 29-34 // 22-20 dual // 6-13 SEC
Highest Singles Ranking: 92nd (9/7/21)
Highest Doubles Ranking: 47th (1/13/21)
Awards/Honors
SEC Freshman of the Week (3/11/20)
ITA Scholar Athlete (2020)
SEC Co-Newcomer of the Week (2/24/21)
ITA Scholar Athlete (2021)
SEC Community Service Team (2022)
ITA Scholar Athlete (2022)
Junior (2021-22)
Singles Record: 14-13 // 9-8 dual // 5-6 SEC
Doubles Record: 11-18 // 7-11 dual // 3-9 SEC
Highest National Singles Ranking: 92nd (9/7/21)
Awards/Honors
SEC Community Service Team (2022)
ITA Scholar Athlete (2022)
FALL:
In doubles, recorded four wins with partner Carles Hernandez … Downed Michigan’s duo of Nick Beaty/ Ryan Fu (6-4) at the MSU Bulldog Invitational … Recorded a 6-3 win over Liberty’s pair of Rafael Marques Da Silva/ Josh Wilson … The duo recorded a couple of wins at the ITA Southern Regional Championship against Southern Miss’ tandem of Pawin Jirapoomdajc/ Pasawee Reansuwong (8-3), as well as Jacksonville State’s duo of Vicente Arbelaez/ Jordi Blanchar (8-3) … In singles, beat Michigan’s Patorn Hanchalkul (6-1, 7-5) at the MSU Bulldog Invitational … Recorded two more wins over Spenser Whitaker of Clemson (6-2, 6-7, 6-1), and Patrick Fletchall of Indiana (6-7(5), 6-3, 7-6(0)) at the Clemson Invite … Beat Jacob Cadonau from Ole Miss with a score of 6-0, 6-2 at the Georgia Tech Invite.
SPRING:
In doubles, spent the majority of the season at the No. 3 position with partner Carles Hernandez … The pair highlighted their season with a 6-4 home win over Georgia’s 42nd -ranked duo of Blake Croyder and Erik Grevelius … Went undefeated at the No. 3 position with partner Bautista Vilicich after downing North Alabama’s duo of Guilherme Diniz and Sam Tolbert (6-0) as well as Jacksonville State’s tandem of Thomas Norwood and Alex Vishnevskij … Clinched three doubles points for the Bulldogs … In singles, spent the majority of the season on courts five and six and accumulated an overall record of 9-8 … Posted a 6-0, 7-6(3) victory over Benjamin Ambrosio to clinch the match against LSU on the road … Won three consecutive matches in late February, downing Florida State’s Alex Bulte (6-4, 6-2), Jackson State’s Agustin Agosto (6-0, 6-0), and Jacksonville State’s Aljaz Kaplja (6-2, 6-2).
Sophomore (2020-21)
Singles Record: 20-14 // 14-10 dual // 4-7 SEC
Doubles Record: 10-14 // 7-7 dual // 2-3 SEC
Highest Singles Ranking: 121st (5/17/21)
Highest Doubles Ranking: 47th (2/5/21)
Awards/Honors
SEC Co-Newcomer of the Week (2/24/21)
ITA Scholar Athlete (2021)
FALL:
In doubles, collected three wins during fall season with partner Gregor Ramskogler ... Downed Arkansas’s duo of Josh Bortnick/ Foster Rogers 8-0 in the LSU Invitational ... Knocked-off Tennessee’s tandem of Gilles Hussey/ Johannus Monday 9-8(2) during the Bulldog Showdown ... Recorded another win against Middle Tennessee State’s duo of Max Rauch/ Francisco Rocha with a score of 7-5 at the Volunteer Showdown … In singles, amassed a 6-4 record during the semester … Beat Arkansas’s Melvin Manual 6-2, 6-7(4), 6-3 in the opening round of the Purple Draw at the LSU Invitational ... Downed LSU’s Ben Koch 6-2, 6-4 ... Went 2-1 overall at the Bulldog Challenge, including a 6-1, 6-2 win over LSU’s Boris Kozlov, and a 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 win over Alabama’s Zhe Zhou … Also recorded two wins at the Volunteer Showdown when downing Middle Tennessee’s Pavel Motl 6-1, 7-6(6) and South Carolina’s Raphael Lambling 6-2, 6-4 ... Ended the fall with back-to-back wins.
SPRING:
Split a majority of his playing time between the No. 3-4 position … Bumped up to the No.2 spot on two occasions, winning both … In doubles, played with Carles Hernandez (1-0), Giovanni Oradini (2-5), and Gregor Ramskogler (4-2) during the season ... Clinched two doubles points with Ramskogler ... In his debut at the No. 1 position in doubles, secured a 6-1 win over Jackson State’s duo of Richy Gamo/ Francisco Vargas with partner Oradini ... In singles, started the dual-match season on a nine-match winning streak ... This extended his dual-match winning streak, carried over from spring 2020 to a career-best 12 wins ... The streak includes three dual-match clinching wins over Tulane’s Billy Suarez (7-5, 7-5 on Jan. 31), Jackson State’s Francisco Vargas (6-2, 6-0 on Feb. 7), and South Alabama’s Sebastian Collard (3-6, 6-2, 6-1 on Feb. 13) ... Collected four SEC dual-match victories with wins over LSU’s Tom Pisane, Alabama’s Gabriel Diaz Freire, Auburn’s Jan Galka, and Vanderbilt’s Marcus Ferriera ... Entered the NCAA Team Championships with a season-best singles ranking of No. 121.
Freshman (2019-20)
Singles Record: 7-3 // 7-3 dual // 3-0 SEC
Doubles Record: 8-2 // 8-2 dual // 1-1 SEC
Highest Doubles Ranking: 75th (3/3/20)
Awards/Honors
SEC Freshman of the Week (3/11/20)
ITA Scholar Athlete (2020)
FALL:
Did not compete
SPRING:
Joined the team at the beginning of the season … Opened the season at the No. 3 position but primarily played at the No. 5 position ... In doubles, spent most of the season at the No. 3 position with Gregor Ramskogler (8-2) ... Clinched three doubles points for the Bulldogs … Went on a five-match winning-streak in doubles, which included his first SEC doubles dual-match victory over Arkansas’s duo of Josh Dominguez Alonso/ Melvin Manual … In singles, amassed a dual-match record of 7-3 … Collected his first ranked victory with a 6-2, 6-0 win over Oklahoma’s 116th-ranked Jochen Bertsch during the ITA Kick-Off weekend … Clinched the contest against Miami for the Bulldogs with a 6-0, 1-6, 6-3 win over Franco Ribero … Went on a three-match winning streak, including a clincher against Arkansas’s Melvin Manual, before the season got canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Personal
Native of Zaragoza, Spain ... Born on May 19, 2000.
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