Riccardo Roberto

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Accolades

Earned a 19-12 overall singles record
Won the first four single tournament matches
Had the best doubles overall mark of 16-14 overall and 11-9 dual in doubles with partner Patrick Kaukovalta
Defeated #97 Joshua Lapadat from University of Kentucky

Started the dual match season as the No. 96 ranked singles player in the country
Clinched the win over No. 45 Vanderbilt (3/8) with a three-set victory over Max Freeman
Finished 15-12 in singles play in 2019-20, including a 3-2 mark over nationally ranked foes
Had a combined 17-9 record in doubles play in 2019-20
Finished with a 3-1 SEC doubles mark with partner Zhe Zhou
Defeated No. 113 Loic Cloes of South Alabama (1/10), No. 81 Boris Kozlov of LSU (10/19)
Finished the fall ranked No. 96 in singles and No. 40 in doubles with partner Alexey Nesterov
Won the Crimson Singles Draw at the Crimson Tide Four-In-The-Fall on Sept. 15
Won the Crimson Doubles Draw at the Crimson Tide Four-In-The-Fall with Alexey Nesterov on Sept. 15
Earned a ranked singles win against No. 25 Tim Sandkaulen of Ole Miss on Sept. 15 at the Crimson Tide Four-In-The-Fall

Finished the season with a 17-9 singles record and an 11-6 mark in dual match play
Tied for second on the team with five SEC singles wins
Started the dual match season by going 8-0 in singles competition
Went 5-0 at the No. 6 spot in singles
Had nine doubles wins, including a 4-4 mark in SEC doubles play and 3-3 with partner Edson Ortiz
Won the Houndstooth Singles Draw in the Crimson Tide Four-In-The-Fall on Sept. 16
Crowned the $15k Charity Steel Open Singles Champion in Birmingham on Aug. 27

Ranked as high as No. 1356 in the ATP Singles Rankings
Competed in Futures tournaments in Italy, Croatia, Egypt, Greece, Tunisia and Turkey
Had significant wins over No. 384 Claudio Fortuna, No. 678 Riccardo Balzerani, No. 945 Ondrej Krstev
Earned a UTR Rating high of 13.55
Competed in several Grade 1 & Grade 2 events in his final year of ITF junior tournaments
Ranked No. 4 in Italian u18 junior rankings
Was a singles finalist at Sanchez-Casal Junior Cup (Barcelona, Spain), Radenska Open (Maribor, Slovenia), ITF East African Circuit (Mombasa, Kenya) before turning pro
Attended Istituto Santo Stefano in Naples, Italy

Born October 1, 1997
Son of Federico Roberto and Barbara Ficini
Has one younger brother Enrico
Considered Tennessee, NC State, Virginia Tech and Florida State, before choosing Alabama
Majoring in business