The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2015-16 Men's Tennis Roster
Roster
Leonardo Telles
- Hometown:
- Sao Paulo, Brazil
- High School:
- Colégio Dimensão
- Class:
- Freshman
- Height:
- 6-0
- Major:
- Finance
Pronunciation: lay-oh-NAR-doh TELL-es
• 2019 Big 12 Individual Co-Champion at No. 3 Singles
• 2019 Academic All-Big 12 (first team)
• Competed with Rodrigo Banzer in the first round in the doubles draw at the 2018 NCAA Championships
• 2017 Academic All-Big 12 (first team)
AS A SENIOR (2018-19)
• Clinched the NCAA Championship semifinals 4-2 victory over No. 4 Florida with a 6-4, 7-5 win at third singles over No. 113 Johannes Ingildsen
• Paired with Colin Markes to clinch the doubles point against No. 22 Bertus Kruger and Reese Stalder, 6-3, in the NCAA Championship quarterfinals 4-1 win over No. 9 TCU
• Partnered with Colin Markes for a 7-5 win at second doubles over Jake Van Emburgh and Ferran Calvo in a 5-2 victory at No. 21 Oklahoma
• Clinched a 4-3 win at No. 26 Oklahoma State with a 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 victory over Mathieu Scaglia at third singles
• Completed a 6-3, 7-5 victory over Reese Sta;der at third singles in a 6-1 win at No. 10 TCU
• Registered a 7-6 (5), 6-1 win over Ilgiz Valiev at third singles and paired with Colin Markes for a 6-3 victory over Jackson Cobb and Tommy Mylnikov in a 7-0 sweep of No. 29 Texas Tech
• Was leading No. 28 Laurens Verboven of No. 15 USC, 6-4, 4-4, at third singles when the match went unfinished
• Downed No. 91 Adam Ambrozy, 6-2, 6-4, at third singles and paired with Colin Markes for a 6-2 win over Ambrozy and Austen Huang at second doubles in a 6-1 win over No. 12 Columbia
• Clinched both the doubles point and overall match in a 4-1 win over No. 1 Ohio State by pairing with Colin Markes in second doubles for a 7-6 (4) victory over Alex Kobelt and James Trotter, which was the first doubles point won against the Buckeyes all season, and also downing No. 69 Martin Joyce, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
• Again recovered for a 6-7 (5), 6-3, 1-0 (2) victory against Tadas Babelis in a 6-0 sweep of No. 35 NC State
• Came back for a 5-7, 6-1, 7-5 win over Trent Bryde in third singles in a 4-2 victory at Georgia
• Played second singles and defeated Sebastian Mortier, 6-0, 6-3, and paired with Colin Markes for a 6-1 win over Mortier and Gabriel Evans in first doubles in a 7-0 sweep over Incarnate Word
• Paired with Colin Markes for a 7-5 win over Laurens Verboven and Jack Jaede in Texas' 4-0 sweep of No. 5 USC
• Clinched Texas' 4-3 win over No. 14 Illinois at ITA Indoors with a victory over No. 30 Zeke Clark, 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (5) in third singles while also pairing with Colin Markes to clinch the doubles point, 6-4, over Keenan May and Aleks Kovacevic
• Collected a third singles win over Jarod Hing (6-4, 4-6, 7-6 [5]) and partnered with Colin Markes in a 6-3 doubles win over Kody Pearson and Daniel Siddall in a 6-1 victory at Tulsa
• Earned a third singles win over No. 55 Brian Cernoch and paired with Colin Markes to defeat Blaine Boyden and Simon Soendergaard (6-2) in a 5-2 victory over No. 6 North Carolina
• Paired with Collin Markes for a 6-3 win in second doubles as part of a 4-0 victory against Washington
• Defeated Tomas Vaise (6-4, 6-2) in singles and paired with Colin Markes for a doubles win over Vaise and Avery Pennywell (6-1) in Texas' 6-1 win over SMU
• Helped Texas to a 7-0 win over Ole Miss by defeating Fabian Fallert in singles (6-1, 7-6 [6]) and pairing with Colin Marks for a 6-2 win in doubles
• Posted two singles wins at the Miami Invitational against Time Sandkaulen of Ole Miss (5-7, 6-4, 6-1) and Dane Dunlap of Miami (6-7 [6], 6-4, 7-6 [5])
• Paired with Colin Markes for three doubles wins at the Miami Invitational against Wisconsin (8-2), Ole Miss (8-6) and Miami (8-5)
FALL (2018)
• Won the singles title at the John Breaux Cajun Tennis Classic
• Won one singles and two doubles (with Rodrigo Banzer) qualifying matches at the ITA All-American Championships
AS A JUNIOR (2017-18)
• Played primarily in the No. 4 spot, compiling a 9-3 record there and 10-7 overall
• Defeated Sergiu Bucusr (6-1, 7-6 [9-7]) in the 6-1 Texas win over Utah State at the ITA Kick-Off Weekend Event
• Clinched a win against Pedro Alonso (6-4, 6-3) with a Texas 6-1 win over Arkansas
• Defeated NC State's Simon Soendergaard (7-6 [7-5], 6-4)
• Topped Noah Makarome (6-1, 6-2) of Penn
• Helped defeat Rice 7-0 with his victory over Jacob Eskeland (6-4, 6-2)
• Posted a win against Tulsa’s Lucca Baptista (6-1, 6-2) in the Longhorns' 7-0 sweep
• Defeated TCU’s Alastair Gray (3-6, 6-4, 6-2)
• Helped defeat Oklahoma State 4-0 with his victory over Jurence Mendoza (6-2, 6-3)
• Posted a win against Baylor’s Sven Lah (6-3, 6-4) in the Longhorns' 4-0 victory
AS A SOPHOMORE (2016-17)
• Knocked off Baylor’s Will Little (6-1, 6-4) in Texas' 4-1 win over the Bears in the round of 16 at the NCAA Championships
• Posted a thrilling three-set win over Tulane's Tyler Schick (7-5, 1-6, 7-6 [3]) in UT's 4-3 win over the Green Wave in the second round of the NCAA Championships
• Defeated Oklahoma State’s 69th-ranked Lukas Finzelberg (7-5, 6-1) in UT's 4-2 road loss to the Cowboys
• Posted a win over Oklahoma’s Adrian Oetzbach (6-3, 6-4) in the Longhorns' 4-3 road win over the Sooners
• Knocked off Columbia’s Adam Ambrozy (6-1, 6-2) helping Texas get the 4-1 win
• Defeated Ohio State’s Martin Joyce (4-6, 6-2, 7-6 [5]) to help the Horns lock up a 4-3 win over the second-ranked Buckeyes
• Clinched Texas' 4-3 win at California with his come-from-behind win over the Golden Bears' J.T. Nishimura (6-7[6], 7-5, 6-2)
• Defeated Wake Forest's Dennis Uspensky (6-2, 2-6, 6-3) at the ITA National Team Indoor Championships
• Knocked of Florida’s McClain Kessler (6-3, 6-3) in UT's 4-2 win over the Gators at the ITA National Team Indoor Championships
• Defeated Virginia Tech’s Jason Kros (7-6 [5], 6-2) at fifth singles in UT’s 4-3 win over the Hokies
• Defeated Oscar Mesquida (6-0, 6-3) in UT’s 5-2 win at No. 19 Arkansas
• Upset Tulsa’s Daniel Santos (6-0, 6-1) in the Horns’ 4-3 loss to the Golden Hurricane
• Helped Texas to a 7-0 win over Abilene Christian after defeating Hunter Holman (6-2, 6-3)
• Defeated Texas Tech’s Nikolas Moceanu (6-1, 6-2) at the ITA Texas Regional Championship
• Notched a win against South Florida’s Justin Roberts (6-2, 7-6 [6]) at the ITA All-American Championships
• Knocked off LSU’s #49 Justin Butsch (6-4, 6-2) and Louisiana’s Vlad Kramarov (5-7, 6-3, 6-2) and Jamie Fraser (6-3, 6-1) at the Cajun Tennis Classic
BEFORE TEXAS
• Ranked as high as No. 1036 in the ATP world singles rankings
• Advanced to the singles semifinals at an ATP Futures events in his native Brazil in 2014 and 2016
PERSONAL
Born Nov. 14, 1995 in Sao Paulo, Brazil ... Marco Telles and Marina Civita ... has one sister Sophia Civita-Telles ... major is finance.
