Bar Botzer
6'1''
Height
Graduate Student
Class
Tel Aviv, Israel
Hometown
Rotberg High School
High School
Wake Forest
Previous School
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2022-23
- Ranked No. 10 in the preseason doubles rankings, partnering with Chris Rodesch
- Ranked No. 112 in the preseason singles rankings
- ACC Doubles Team of the Week (with Chris Rodesch) after downing the third-ranked doubles team of Finn Bass and Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi in a tiebreaker, 8-6, to clinch the doubles point against Baylor (1/24)
2021-22 at Virginia – NCAA TEAM CHAMPIONS
- Named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team at No. 6 Singles and No. 1 Doubles
- Won the clinching match in the NCAA Semifinal against Tennessee, downing Martim Parat 7-5, 6-2 (5/21)
- Won the clinching match in the Charlottesville Super Regional against Casey Hoole of South Carolina (5/13)
- Went 21-9 in singles and had an identical record in doubles
- Picked up the 100th singles win of his career at the ITA Atlantic Super Regional against Luca Maldoner of Old Dominion (10/25)
- Ranked No. 93 in the preseason singles rankings
- Ranked No. 27 in the final ITA Doubles rankings with Chris Rodesch
- Won three matches at the ITA Atlantic Regional in singles to advance to the Super Regional (10/16)
- With the Cavaliers’ victory against North Carolina, has won an ACC title with two different schools (two with Wake Forest and one with UVA)
- With the Cavaliers’ victory against Kentucky, has won an NCAA title with two different schools (2017 Wake Forest, 2022 UVA)
- ACC Academic Honor Roll
- VaSID All-State First Team in Doubles
- Will return for his fifth-year in 2022-23
Career Honors (at Wake Forest)
- 2021 ACC Weaver-James-Corrigan Postgraduate Scholarship Award
- 2019 ITA Singles All-American
- 2019 Second Team All-ACC
- 2018 Third Team All-ACC
- 2018 Academic All-ACC
- Member of the 2018 NCAA National Championship team
2020-21
- Opted out of playing
2019-20 at Wake Forest
- Finished the season with an 18-8 overall record in singles
- Played all of his matches on the top court, finishing the dual match season with an 8-3 record
- Posted a 6-4 record in doubles in the third spot.
- Reached a career-high No. 15 ITA singles ranking
- ITA Carolina Regional Singles Champion where he was the No. 1 overall seed
- Riding a five-match win streak before the season was cut short
- Team captain
2018-19 at Wake Forest
- Became the ninth player in program history to garner All-America honors in singles, as he advanced to the Round of 16 at the NCAA Singles Championship before withdrawing due to injury
- Ranks second in school history for singles wins in a year after posting a 40-6 singles record
- Second Team All-ACC
- Named to the All-Tournament Team at the NCAA Championship and the ITA National Team Indoor Championship
- Won the clinching match at the ACC Championship
- Ranked as high No. 21 nationally in the singles rankings during the season
- Finished ACC play 9-1 and the dual match season 25-2, competing primarily at the No. 3 position
- Posted a 20-7 doubles record, going 9-1 in the ACC, ranking as high as No. 46
- Ended the year on a 13-match winning streak
- Defeated a team-leading 15 ranked opponents, with his last five four wins all coming against ranked players
- Reached the Round of 16 at the ITA All-American Championship where he picked up this highest-ranked win of his career, a 6-0, 6-7(0), 6-3 win over then-No. 3 Maren Osama of Alabama
2017-18 at Wake Forest – NCAA TEAM CHAMPIONS
- Finished the season second in the team in singles wins with a 36-7 record
- Won the clinching match for the team’s first-ever NCAA Championship
- Played primarily at the No. 4 singles position
- Finished the year 10-1 in ACC competition
- Posted a 26-8 record in doubles
- Ranked as high as No. 88 in singles and No. 28 in doubles with partner Petros Chrysochos
- Qualified for the NCAA Doubles Championship with Chrysochos
Background
- Climbed as high as No. 28 in the ITF junior rankings and reaching a career-best ranking of 482nd in the ATP World Rankings
- Won 123 career matches, singles and doubles combined, on the ITF Pro Circuit
- 2016 Turkey F27 Futures event
- Member of Israel’s Davis Cup team
- Earned his bachelor’s degree in finance in December 2020 from Wake Forest with a 3.9 GPA
- Enrolled in a two-year Business Administration master’s program at the Darden School of Business
- 2022-23 Cameron M. Corse Endowed Tennis Scholarship
CAREER STATS
Singles | Doubles | ||||||
Year | Overall | Dual | ACC | – | Overall | Dual | ACC |
2017-18 | 36-7 | 25-3 | 10-1 | 26-8 | 23-4 | 9-2 | |
2018-19 | 40-6 | 25-2 | 7-1 | 20-7 | 18-6 | 7-1 | |
2019-20 | 18-8 | 8-3 | 1-0 | 6-5 | 1-0 | ||
2021-22 | 21-9 | 12-7 | 3-1 | 21-9 | 14-7 | 2-2 | |
Career | 115-30 | 70-15 | 21-3 | 61-22 | 19-5 |