2019-20 Men's Tennis Roster
Bar Botzer
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Tel Aviv, Israel
- High School:
- Rotberg High School
• 2019 ITA Singles All-American
• 2019 Second Team All-ACC
• 2018 Third Team All-ACC
• 2018 Academic All-ACC
2019-20 (Junior) (Season shortened due to COVID-19):
Team Captain… Finished the season with an 18-8 overall record... Began the fall season ranked No. 15- the highest ranking of his career… Competed against teammate Rrezi Cungu in the finals of the ITA Carolina Regional Championships where he was the No. 1 overall seed…. He defeated Cungu 6-4, 7-6 (5), earning an automatic bid into the ITA Fall Championships… Advanced to the consolation quarterfinals of the ITA All-American Championships… Defeated Milicevic of Minnesota 6-2, 6-4 in the opening round of the ITA National Fall Championships… Played all of his matches on the top court, finishing the dual match season with an 8-3 record… Was riding a five match win streak before the season was cut short… Posted a 6-4 record in doubles in the third spot.
2018-19 (Sophomore)
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 … 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 … Posted a 20-7 doubles record, with three wins coming against nationally ranked opponents … Ranked as high as 46 in the doubles rankings with partner Petros Chrysochos while also appearing in the rankings with Julian Zlobinsky … Finished the ACC season with a 9-1 mark in doubles play and ended the year winning 11 out of his final 12 matches … He and Chrysochos upset the No. 14 duo of Crawford and Andrade of Florida, 6-2, for their highest ranked win of the year.
2017-18 (Freshman)
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 and finished the year with seven ranked wins, including a win over No. 44 Spencer Furman ... Finished the year 10-1 in ACC competition ... Posted a 26-8 record in doubles, the second-most doubles wins on the year, including six wins against nationally ranked foes ... 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.
High School
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 and has been ranked as high as 482 in the ITF professional singles rankings ... While on the ITF Pro Circuit, Botzer won the 2016 Turkey F27 Futures event ... Also has experience on the national level, representing his native Israel in the Davis Cup on two separate occasions.
