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2020-21 Men's Tennis Roster
Franco Capalbo
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
Bio
2022-23 (Junior)
2021-22 (Sophomore)
2019-20 Season (Freshman)
Career Doubles Record
- Part of the first ever Pac-12 regular season championship team
- Pac-12 First Team All-Conference
- Ranked second in singles in the ITA Mountain Region
- Finished the season with an 18-7 overall singles record and a 2-4 record in the Pac-12
- 18 singles wins ties for second most on the team
- Started the season with a 17 match unbeaten streak, including six consecutive wins before one went unfinished
- Named Pac-12 Player of the WeekÂ
- Ended the season ranked 98th in the nation
- Teamed with Geronimo Espin Busleiman for a 16-8 doubles record, including a 15-8 mark in No. 2Â doubles
- Ended the season ranked second in doubles in the ITA Mountain Region
2021-22 (Sophomore)
- Named team's most inspirational playerÂ
- Named the top singles player in the ITA Mountain Region
- Teamed with Geronimo Espin Busleiman for a 19-2 doubles record, including a 14-2 mark in No. 1 doubles
- Earned three ranked doubles wins on the season, including back-to-back ranked wins over Stanford and California. Defeated No. 32 Arthur Fery/Alex Geller 6-3, No. 17 Yuta Kikuchi/Carl Emil Overbeck 7-4, and No. 19 Finn Reynolds/Lukas Engelhardt 6-3.Â
- Qualified with doubles partner Geronimo Espin Busleiman for the NCAA Doubles Championships.Â
- Competed in the ITA All-American singles and doubles draws during the fallÂ
- Won the ITA Mountain Regional Singles Championship over James Davis of Denver, 6-2, 6-4
- Won the third-most singles matches (14), all coming on Court one
- All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
- Recorded a team-best winning percentage in singles and doubles
- Posted a 15-6 overall singles record and 12-6 doubles mark
- Won eight straight matches over a month’s time, which included posting a 4-0 conference record on court one in the regular season
- Earned ranked wins over No. 65 Jack Davis of Washington (6-3, 3-6, 7-6), No. 92 Nathan Ponwith of Arizona State (6-3, 7-6) and No. 63 Jonas Ziverts of Arizona (6-3, 7-6)
- Played primarily on court one where he totaled nine singles wins, while remaining six came on court two
- Competed on courts one and two in doubles action and picked up eight wins with Geronimo Busleiman on court one and four victories with Luis Flores on court two
- Won eight of his first 10 doubles matches on court one, highlighted by the nation’s No. 42 ranked duo from Denver
- Ended season with three straight doubles wins over No. 2 duos from San Francisco, BYU and Oregon
- Went 6-1 in Mountain Region doubles play and 11-3 in non-conference action
2019-20 Season (Freshman)
- ITA Mountain Region Rookie of the Year
- Stepped into the No. 1 singles position for Utah in his first season and No. 2 doubles spot
- Recorded an 8-5 overall dual record in singles, which included a 7-3 record at the top singles spot in the shortened season due to COVID-19
- Finished 6-3 against Mountain Region opponents with four of the six wins coming in straight-set victories
- Clinched the 4-3 win for Utah over Loyola Marymount after rallying from down 1-4 in the third set, winning the next five games and win the match (6-7, 6-4, 6-4)
- Beat Jarod King of Tulsa at the No. 2 position 6-1, 7-5
- Downed Denver’s Matt Summers 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 on the road
- Partnered with Wally Thayne in the No. 2 doubles position and finished 4-4 overall in spring play
- Won four consecutive doubles matches to start the season
- Beat duos from Tulsa and East Tennessee State with a score of 6-3
- Picked up region doubles wins against No. 2 duos from Idaho and Montana
- Ranked as high as No. 802 in singles and No. 529 in doubles on the ATP World Tour Rankings
- Won the doubles F2 Futures event in Bolivia in 2018 and was a finalist in five other doubles Futures events
- Ranked as high as No. 15 on the ITF Junior World Rankings and competed in three of the four Grand Slams
- Beat opponents from Australia and Greece at Wimbledon before falling in the third round
- Reached the semifinals in doubles at the French Open
- Won five ITF Junior singles titles and five ITF doubles titles
- No. 1 junior in Argentina in the 14s, 16s and 18s age categories
- Represented Argentina in the Junior Davis Cup in Mexico
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Dual | Overall | |
| 2019-20 | 7-3 | 1-2 | 8-5 | 8-5 | ||||
| 2020-21 | 9-4 | 6-2 | 15-6 | 15-6 | ||||
| 2021-22 | 14-5 | 0-1 | 14-6 | 21-10 | ||||
| 2022-23 | 6-5 | 11-2 | 1-0 | 18-7 | 21-10 | |||
| Totals | 36-17 | 18-7 | 1-0 | 55-24 | 65-31 |
Career Doubles Record
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Dual | Overall | |
| 2019-20 | 4-3 | 0-1 | 4-4 | 4-4 | |
| 2020-21 | 8-4 | 4-2 | 12-6 | 12-6 | |
| 2021-22 | 14-2 | 5-0 | 19-2 | 21-4 | |
| 2022-23Â Â | 1-0 | 15-8 | 16-8 | 16-12 | |
| Totals | 23-6 | 28-13 | 0-1 | 35-12 | 53-26 |
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