The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2022-23 Men's Tennis Roster
Roster
Siem Woldeab
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- La Mesa, Calif.
- High School:
- Helix
- Major:
- Government
Pronunciation: SEE-em WOHL-deeb
• Selected to the 2023 NCAA Championships draw for singles
• 2023 Second-Team All-Big 12 (singles)
• 2023 Second-Team All-Big 12 (doubles/Pierre-Yves Bailly)
• 2023 Big 12 Individual Co-Champion at No. 3 singles
• Advanced out of singles qualifying to the round of 16 of the 2022 ITA All-American Championships
• Won the Green Draw doubles title (with Eshan Talluri) and reached the singles final at the 2022 Commodore Invitational
• 2022 ITA All-American (doubles with Eliot Spizzirri)
• Selected to the 2022 NCAA Championships draw for doubles as a 5-8 seed (with Eliot Spizzirri)
• 2022 Second-Team All-Big 12 (doubles/Eliot Spizzirri)
• 2022 Big 12 All-Tournament Team (No. 2 doubles)
• 2022 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• 2021 ITA All-American (doubles with Eliot Spizzirri)
• Selected to the 2021 NCAA Championships draw for doubles (with Eliot Spizzirri)
• Unanimous 2021 First-Team All-Big 12 (doubles/Eliot Spizzirri)
• 2021 Second-Team All-Big 12 (singles)
• 2021 Big 12 All-Tournament Team (No. 3 singles)
• 2021 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• 2021 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Second Team
• Flight 1 Doubles Champion of the 2021 Alabama Spring Shootout
• Doubles Champion at the 2020 Big 6 Fall Invite (Eliot Spizzirri)
• Tabbed the 2020 ITA Texas Region Rookie of the Year
• 2019-20 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
• Signed his commitment to compete for The University of Texas Men's Tennis program in November 2018
FALL (2022)
• Began ranked No. 98 in singles and finished No. 13
• Began ranked No. 41 in doubles
• Compiled an 11-2 record in singles and 4-3 in doubles
• Of the 11singles wins, all but one were against top-100 opponents with six against top-75, and two of those versus top-15 foes
• Put together separate winning streaks of six matches and five matches, respectively
• Advanced out of singles qualifying at the ITA All-American Championships to the Round of 16 with five wins against Maxence Bertimon of VCU, 6-0, 6-3; No. 84 Fabien Salle of Louisville, 1-6, 6-1, 6-0; No. 61 Francisco Rocha of MTSU, 6-2, 7-5; No. 11 Brian Cernoch of North Carolina, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1; and No. 74 Joshua Charlton of Oregon, 7-5, 7-5; before falling to No. 40 Max Basing of Stanford
• Played in the ITA All-American Championships with Eshan Talluri and were edged by No. 40 Phillip Jordan and Kai Brady of UCSB, 7-6 (6), 5-7, 1-0 (10)
• Reached the singles final of the Commodore Invitational with wins over No. 97 Marcus McDaniel of Georgia Tech, 4-6, 6-3, 6-0; No. 91 Nate Bonetto of Florida, 6-1, 6-2; and No. 9 Tyler Stice of Auburn, 6-3, 6-1; before falling to No. 37 Toby Samuel of South Carolina, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
• Won the Green Draw doubles title with Eshan Talluri with a 3-0 record at the Commodore Invitational, including one win against Ole Miss and two against Vanderbilt
• Opened the fall with three ranked wins at the Southern Intercollegiate Championships, including No. 93 Teodor Giusca of Georgia, 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-3; No. 41 Peter Makk of USC, 7-6 (6), 6-4; and No. 63 Ryan Goetz of Virginia, 4-6, 6-3, 6-0
AS A SOPHOMORE (2022)
• Posted an 13-10 overall singles record in the spring, including a 12-9 dual match mark going 1-0 at No. 3, 9-4 at No. 4, 2-4 at No. 5, and 0-1 at No. 6
• Registered an 13-12 overall doubles record in the spring, including a 15-9 mark in dual matches, going 5-1 at No. 1, 10-7 at No. 2, and 0-1 at No. 3
• Reached as high as No. 8 with Eliot Spizzirri in the ITA doubles rankings on May 4, while finishing No. 9
• Ranked as high as No. 85 in the singles rankings on March 23
• Won eight of his last 10 and 10 of his last 13 doubles decisions with Eliot Spizzirri
• Partnered with Eliot Spizzirri to go 3-0 at No. 1 in the NCAA Tournament with wins over Francisco Bascon and Bruno Casino of Idaho (6-3), Ronald Hohmann and Vlad Lobak of No. 34 LSU (6-4), and No. 24 Nino Ehrenschneider and Andrew Fenty of No. 5 Michigan (6-4), clinching the doubles point against both Idaho and LSU
• Recorded NCAA Tournament singles wins at No. 4 against Matteo Masala of Idaho, 6-1, 6-0, and Gabriel Diaz Freire of No. 34 LSU, 7-5, 6-4 in 4-0 sweeps
• Paired with Eliot Spizzirri to go 2-0 at No. 2 in the Big 12 Championship, topping No. 15 Matias Soto and Juampi Mazzuchi of No. 4 Baylor, 6-3, in the semifinals, and No. 85 Alex Garcia and Max Verboven of No. 54 Oklahoma State in the quarterfinals
• Clinched doubles with a 7-6 (6) victory with Eliot Spizzirri against Mandlik and Baptiste Anselmo at No. 2 in a 7-0 sweep at No. 38 Oklahoma
• Clinched doubles with Eliot Spizzirri at No. 1 TCU with a 7-6 (3) victory over No. 11 Sander Jong and Lui Maxted at No. 2
• Defeated Sam Whitehead of UTRGV, 6-1, 6-1, at No. 3 in a 4-0 sweep
• Collected a 7-6 (7), 4-6, 1-0 (8) singles win over Dimitrios Azoidis at No. 4 and a 6-3 doubles victory with Eliot Spizzirri against Azoidis and Ilgiz Valiev at No. 2 in a 7-0 sweep over No. 40 Texas Tech
• Clinched doubles with Eliot Spizzirri against No. 30 Oklahoma with a 7-6 (5) win over Mark Mandlik and Baptiste Anselmo at No. 2, and topped No. 125 Jordan Hasson, 7-6 (5), 6-2 at No. 5
• Was named Big 12 Player of the Week after leading the team to a 2-0 record on a west coast trip with a 5-2 win at No. 21 Pepperdine and a 4-3 comeback victory at No. 9 USC where he went 3-1, including two ranked singles wins
• Partnered with Eliot Spizzirri for a 6-0 shutout of Daniel De Jonge and Eric Hadigian of Pepperdine at No. 2, and followed with a 6-4, 6-1 win over No. 48 Andrew Rogers at No. 4, before recording a 1-6, 6-1, 7-6 (6) win over No. 116 Bradley Frye of USC at No. 4
• Earned a 6-4, 6-4 win over Guido Marson at No. 4 in a 4-3 win at No. 28 Texas A&M
• Paired with Pierre-Yves Bailly for a 6-2 win over No. 44 Mattias Siimar and Andy Andrade in a 4-3 win over No. 5 Florida at ITA Indoors
• Downed JC Roddick, 6-1, 5-7, 6-1, at No. 5 in a 4-0 sweep of UCF
• Provided a 6-1, 6-1 win over Adam Oscislawski at No. 4 in a 7-0 sweep against Rice
• Clinched doubles with Pierre-Yves Bailly against Oregon with a 6-4 win over Ivailo Keremedchiev and Jesper Klov-Nilsson at No. 2 at the ITA Kickoff
• Clinched doubles versus Columbia with Pierre-Yves Bailly with a 6-1 victory over Alex Kotzen and Roko Horvat at No. 2, and followed with a 6-1, 6-2 win against Horvat at No. 4 in a 4-0 sweep
• Partnered with Eliot Spizzirri for a 6-2 victory at No. 1 over Ben Shelton and Sam Riffice of No. 1 Florida
• Opened dual match play against UTSA with a 6-3 win with Eliot Spizzirri at No. 1 against Joao Ceolin and Tiago Torres, and a 7-5, 6-1 victory over Torres at No. 4
• Earned a singles and doubles win against Georgia at the Miami Spring Invite, defeating Tristan McCormick, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4), and pairing with Pierre-Yves Bailly to down Trent Bryde and Britton Johnston, 6-3
FALL (2021)
• Registered 3-4 records in both singles and doubles
• Paired with Eliot Spizzirri to reach the quarterfinals of the ITA All-American Championships with wins over Eban Straker-Meads and Facundo Tumosa of Norther Arizona, 7-6 (4), 6-3, and Daniel Milavsky and Brian Shi of Harvard, 6-2, 7-6 (6)
• Topped Savan Chhabra of Abilene Christian, 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-4 at the ITA Texas Regionals
• Notched a win in singles qualifying of the ITA All-American Championships with a 6-2, 6-0 decision over Oscar Pinto Sansano of Arkansas
• Opened the season with a 6-3, 6-3 win over No. 12 Trent Bryde of Georgia at the Southern Intercollegiates, while also pairing with Nevin Arimilli for a doubles win over JJ Tracy and Matej Vocel of Ohio State
AS A FRESHMAN/ADDITIONAL (2021)
• Rated No. 82 in the final ITA singles rankings with a high of No. 57, along with being rated a season-high No. 7 in doubles with Eliot Spizzirri
• Finished 10-10 in singles, including 6-4 at No. 3, and 14-10 in doubles in dual match play
• Overall was 15-15 in singles and 26-12 in doubles in 2020-21
• Missed five singles matches during dual match play due to injury
• Played No. 1 singles for the first nine matches of the season
• Came up just short with Eliot Spizzirri in a third-set superbreaker in the opening round of the NCAA Doubles Championship, 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 (8) against No. 24 Rithvik Bollipalli and Jakub Wojcik of South Florida, who they had defeated earlier in the year
• Had a 5-5 unfinished doubles match with Eliot Spizzirri against No. 16 Duarte Vale and Johannes Ingildsen of No. 2 Florida in the NCAA Semifinals
• Paired with Eliot Spizzirri to clinch the doubles point in a 4-3 win over No. 12 USC in the NCAA Quarterfinals by topping No. 10 Daniel Cukierman and Riley Smith, 7-6 (4)
• Took a straight sets win over Nick Brookes, 6-4, 7-5, at No. 3 in a 4-0 sweep of Northwestern in the second round of the NCAA Tournament
• Combined with Eliot Spizzirri for a 6-3 doubles win over Eban Straker-Meads and Facundo Tumosa in a 4-0 sweep of Northern Arizona in the first round of the NCAA Tournament
• Defeated Henrik Korsgaard for the second time in the season, 6-4, 6-1, at No. 3 in a 4-1 win over No. 18 Oklahoma State in the Big 12 Championship semifinals
• Clinched the overall 4-1 victory at No. 21 Texas Tech with a 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 win over Ilgiz Valiev at No. 2
• Part of a 5-2 win at No. 2 Baylor with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Nick Stachowiak at No. 3, and a third win with Eliot Spizzirri over No. 19 Sven Lah and Constantin, 6-3, at No. 1
• Against No. 18 Oklahoma State, helped lead the Longhorns to a 4-3 victory by defeating Henrik Korsgaard in straight sets, 7-5, 6-1, at No. 3, and partnering with Eliot Spizzirri for a 6-2 win over Vocel and Emile Hudd for the second time in the season
• Clinched doubles with Eliot Spizzirri in a 5-2 victory against No. 21 Oklahoma with a 6-3 win against No. 28 Nathan Han and Alex Martinez at No. 1
• Began Big 12 play with a 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 win over No. 47 Sander Jong of No. 8 TCU
• Helped lead Texas to a 4-3 victory over No. 6 Texas A&M with a 6-1, 7-5 win over No. 77 Noah Schachter at No. 3 and a 7-5 win with Eliot Spizzirri over No. 8 Juan Carlos Aguilar and Bjorn Thomson at No. 1
• Grabbed a top-15 win with Eliot Spizzirri in a 7-5 victory over No. 14 Rithvik Bollipalli and Jakub Wojcik at No. 1 to clinch doubles against No. 29 South Florida
• Clinched doubles with Eliot Spizzirri in a 4-3 win over No. 15 Arizona with a 7-5 victory over Jonas Ziverts and Jett Middleton at No. 1
• Collected a top-five doubles win with Eliot Spizzirri with a 6-2 victory over Emile Hudd and Matej Vocel at No. 1 in a 4-1 win over No. 26 Oklahoma State
• Clinched doubles with Eliot Spizzirri in a 4-3 win at Tulane by defeating Hamish Stewart and Ewan Moore, 6-2 at No. 1
• Led No. 24 Adam Walton of Tennessee, 4-6, 7-5, 3-1, at No. 1 before going unfinished at ITA National Indoors
• Pushed the No. 1 duo of Riley Smith and Daniel Cukierman of No. 1 to a tiebreaker before falling just short at ITA National Indoors
• With Eliot Spizzirri, defeated No. 10 Sven Lah and Constantin Frantzen of No. 4 Baylor for the second time in two weeks, 6-4, at No. 1 at ITA National Indoors
• Partnered with Eliot Spizzirri to clinch doubles against No. 6 Baylor with a win over No. 10 Sven Lah and Constantin Frantzen at No. 1
• Topped No. 12 Duarte Vale of No. 9 Florida, 7-5, 7-5, as part of a 4-3 win for Texas
• Paired with Eliot Spizzirri for a 6-4 win over Josh Wilson and Goncalo Ferreira of Liberty
• Defeated Caleb Chakravarthi, 6-1, 6-4, at No. 1, and paired with Eliot Spizzirri to clinch doubles against SMU, 6-2, over Tomas Vaise and Juan Jose Bianchi at No. 1
• Opened dual match play with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Alejandro Sanchez Gonzalez of Louisiana at No. 1
• Flight 1 Doubles Champion partnered with Eliot Spizzirri of the Alabama Spring Shootout after going 4-0
• Was also 2-1 in singles at the Alabama Spring Shootout with wins over Patrick Kaukovalta and Zhe Zhou
FALL (2020)
• Registered and 8-1 record in doubles and 3-4 in singles in the fall
• Won the championship of the Big 6 Fall Invite in doubles with a 3-0 record with Eliot Spizzirri, including wins against Etienne Donnet and Emile Hudd of Oklahoma State, Luc Fomba and Max Kurzban of TCU and Dimitrios Azoidis and Reed Collier of Texas Tech
• Reached the quarterfinals of the ITA Texas Regionals in singles with a 6-2, 7-5 win over Kyohei Yamanaka of Texas A&M-CC and a 6-0, 7-5 win over Ivailo Keremedchiev before falling to Matias Soto of Baylor
• Went 2-1 in doubles at the ITA Texas Regionals, including an 8-6 win with Payton Holden against Luc Fomba and Max Kurzban of TCU
• Posted a 3-0 doubles mark with wins against Oklahoma and TCU with Payton Holden and another against Oklahoma with Eshan Talluri, while defeating Nathan Han of Oklahoma, 6-3, 6-2, in singles at the TCU Fall Invite
AS A FRESHMAN (2020)
• Finished the shortened dual match season with an 11-3 singles record and 3-2 doubles mark
• Secured wins in all four segments of a doubleheader sweep with singles wins at No. 4 over Connor Di Marco of Tulsa (6-4, 7-5) and Karol Pauch of Rice (1-6, 6-4, 6-3), and 6-1 doubles wins at No. 2, first with Christian Sigsgaard over Juan Pablo Cenoz and Stefan Hampe of Tulsa, and then with Eliot Spizzirri over Paluch and Cambell Salmon of Rice
• Recorded a 6-3, 6-4 win at No. 3 singles against Luis Erlenbusch in a 5-2 win over No. 43 Tulane
• Took a 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 win at No. 3 singles over Yannai Barkai at No. 9 NC State
• Registered a 6-4, 6-3 singles win over Neel Rajesh at No. 4 as part of a 4-0 sweep of No. 8 Stanford
• Played No. 2 singles for the first time and posted a 6-0, 6-2 sin over William Gleason in a 6-1 win over Nebraska
• Captured a 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 win over No. 79 Tyler Zink at No. 3 singles in a 4-3 victory over No. 18 Georgia
• Downed Sebastian Arcicla, 6-3, 6-3, at No. 3 singles in a 4-0 sweep of No. 21 Florida State
• Defeated Carles Sarrio, 6-4, 6-2, at No. 3 singles in a 6-1 win at SMU after pairing with Eliot Spizzirri in a 6-3 win over Sarrio and Juan Jose Bianchi
• Recovered from a 5-0 first-set deficit to win 11 straight games and 12-of-13 in downing No. 17 Duarte Vale, 7-5, 6-1, at No. 3 singles, securing the team's first point in its 5-2 win at No. 1 Florida
• Compiled a 4-2 record with two singles and two doubles wins at the Miami Invitational
FALL (2019)
• Registered an 8-6 singles record and 8-1 doubles mark in the fall
• Downed No. 70 Lukas Greif, 6-2, 6-2, in the singles consolation round of the ITA Fall Nationals
• Reached the singles quarterfinals of the ITA Texas Regionals, including a win over No. 86 Luc Fomba of TCU, while paring with Eshan Talluri for one doubles win
• Won the doubles title with Christian Sigsgaard at the Southern Intercollegiate Championships with a 4-0 record, including wins over No. 41 Robert Loeb and Alex Diaz of Georgia, No. 21 Andy Andrade and Duarte Vale of Florida, No. 4 Johannes Ingildsen and Brian Berdusco of Florida, and Benjamin Hannestad and Franco Aubone of Miami
• Captured both the singles and doubles titles of the Garnet East Draw of the Gamecock Fall Invitational, with a 4-0 record in singles with wins over No. 38 Jonas Ziverts of Arizona, No. 37 Carles Sarrio Tamarit of SMU, and No. 4 Yuya Ito. He and Ito also combined for a 3-0 doubles record, including against No. 27 Daniel Rodrigues and Raphael Lambling of South Carolina
BEFORE TEXAS
• Reached the singles round of 16 and doubles round of 32 at the 2019 18s USTA Nationals in Kalamazoo, Mich.
• Won the 2018 Zimmerman/Johnson USTA National Tournament in Stanford, Calif.
• Partnered with Eshan Talluri to win both the singles and doubles titles at the 2018 USTA Southern California Sectionals in Fountain Valley
• Won the 2018 Newport Beach Bowl ITF Tournament and reached the finals of the Darling TC 18s USTA National L2 against Jacob Bullard
• Won the 2017 International Spring Championships 16s
• Claimed a Bronze Ball in singles and a Silver Ball in doubles at the 2017 16s USTA National Hard Courts in Kalamazoo, Mich.
RANKINGS
High Universal Tennis Rating: 13.69
High TennisRecruiting.net Ranking: 2
Career high ITF Junior Ranking: 205
Highest Collegiate Ranking (ITA Singles/Doubles): N/A
Highest Pro Ranking (ATP Singles/Doubles): N/A/1950
