Gianni Ross

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2021-22 – NCAA CHAMPIONS

• Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Championship
• All-ACC Third Team, his first All-Conference honor
• Named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team for No. 5 Singles and No. 3 Doubles
• Won the clinching match of Virginia’s NCAA Championship match against Kentucky, defeating No. 113 Joshua Lapadat 6-4, 6-4 (5/22)
• Went 24-2 in singles, including ending his career on a 12-match win streak that included going 6-0 in singles in the NCAA Championship and 2-0 in the ACC tournament
• Finished the year ranked No. 125 in singles
• Finished his career with an 88-31 record in singles
• In the final two seasons of his career, he was a combined 16-1 in singles in regular-season ACC matches, 4-0 in the ACC Championship and 9-0 in NCAA tournament singles matches
• Named the ACC Doubles Team of the Week, partnering with William Woodall, after picking up wins against Notre Dame and Louisville (3/15)
• Advanced through qualifying to earn a spot in the main draw of the ITF World Tennis Tour 15K in Fayetteville. He battled 2019 NCAA Singles Champion Paul Jubb in the opening round through three sets (9/20)
• Competed in qualifying at the Charlottesville Challenger (10/30)
• ITA Scholar-Athlete
• VaSID All-State Second Team in singles
• ACC Academic Honor Roll

Summer 2021

• Competed in qualifying for six ITF World Tennis Tour events in Florida, Luxembourg, Spain, Denmark and Poland

2020-21 Season

• Ranked No. 78 in the first updated ITA singles rankings of the season (3/23)
• Ended his season on a 10-match win streak, including going 2-0 in the ACC Championship and 3-0 in the NCAA Championship. His last loss in singles came on Valentines Day at the last day of ITA Indoors
• Finished the season with a 14-3 record in singles including a perfect 5-0 mark in the ACC
• ITA Scholar-Athlete
• ACC Academic Honor Roll
• Will return in 2021-22 for a fifth year

2019-20 Season

• VaSID First Team All-State in singles
• Went 15-6 at singles
• Was 6-4 in dual matches, including a 1-1 record on court one
• Advanced to the semifinals of the ITA Atlantic Regional (10/22)
• Ranked as high as No. 68 in singles (11/13)
• Made his ATP Challenger debut at the Charlottesville Challenger, earning a bye into the second round where he fell 7-6 (4), 6-1 to Liam Caruana (10/31)
• ACC Academic Honor Roll

2018-19 Season

• All-ACC Academic Team
• Clinched the victory for the Cavaliers in both their first and second round NCAA matches
• Had a team-best 21 singles victories, posting a 21-11 record, including a 14-7 mark in dual matches. Went 7-1 in conference play
• Also tallies 20 wins in doubles, going 20-10 with a 14-9 record in dual matches
• Was ranked No. 111 in singles in the preseason rankings, finishing the fall ranked No. 38; was ranked as high as No. 68 in the spring
• Won the A1 doubles flight at the Wake Forest Fall Invitational, partnering with William Woodall, to cap off the fall season (Nov. 11)
• ACC Academic Honor Roll
• ITA All-Academic Scholar-Athlete

2017-18 Season

• 2018 ITA Atlantic Region Rookie of the Year
• 2018 VaSID State Rookie of the Year
• VaSID All-State First Team in doubles
• Joined the team in the Spring of 2018 after signing an NLI in the fall of 2017, enrolling the University for the spring semester
• Finished the year with a 14-9 record in singles, with winning records at one (2-1), two (7-5) and three (5-3) singles
• Spent two weeks ranked No. 120 in singles
• Ranked as high as No. 20 in doubles when partnering with Aswin Lizen
• Joined the team in the Spring of 2018 after signing an NLI in the fall of 2017, enrolling the University for the spring semester
• Named the ACC Doubles Team of the Week alongside Aswin Lizen after picking up a pair of wins over ranked opponents, topping No. 11 Carlos Divar and Michael Kay of Georgia Tech, 6-1, and the No. 22 duo of Simon Baudry and Alex Favrot from Clemson, 6-2 (3/27)

BACKGROUND

• Ranked as the No. 2 recruit in the 2017 class and reached a career-high junior world ranking of 13 in March of this year
• Played at the 2017 Junior French Open, Junior Wimbledon and Junior US Open, advancing to the quarterfinals in singles and semifinals in doubles at Roland Garros
• Competed at the US Open Junior Championships in 2014-16 and played doubles in the finals of the 2014 Junior Davis Cup for Team USA in San Luis Potosi, Mexico
• Advanced through qualifying to earn a spot in the singles main draw of five Futures tournaments, including advancing to the semifinals at the Eagle Landing Tennis Classic Futures tournament in Orange Park, Fla.

PERSONAL

• Psychology major

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