The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2021-22 Men's Tennis Roster
Roster
Richard Ciamarra
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Southington, Conn.
- High School:
- Xavier
- Major:
- Master's in Strategic Communications
• 2022 NCAA Doubles National Champion (with Cleeve Harper)
• 2022 ITA All-American (doubles with Cleeve Harper)
• 2022 First-Team All-Big 12 (doubles with Cleeve Harper)
• 2022 Big 12 Individual Champion at No. 1 doubles (with Cleeve Harper)
• Joined the Texas program in the fall of 2021 as a graduate transfer from Notre Dame
• Earned his bachelor's degree from Notre Dame with a degree in finance from the Mendoza College of Business
• 2021 Second-Team All-ACC
• 2020 ITA All-American (singles)
• 2020 ITA Midwest Region Player to Watch
• 2019 Third-Team All-ACC
• 2019 All-ACC Academic Team
• 2018 Third-Team All-ACC
AS A SENIOR (2022)
• Recorded a 15-9 overall singles record in the spring with a 13-9 dual match record, including 2-2 at No. 2, 7-4 at No. 3 and 4-3 at No. 4
• Won his first seven dual match decisions as a Longhorn
• Complied a 19-9 overall doubles record in the spring with a 12-9 dual match mark, including 8-5 at No. 1, 2-4 at No. 2 and 2-0 at No. 3
• Partnered with Cleeve Harper to win the NCAA Doubles National Championship
• Lost only one set in five matches during the NCAA doubles tournament, with the lone loss being 7-5 in the first set of the title match
• Defeated No. 2 Matej Vocel and Robert Cash of Ohio State, 5-7, 6-4, 1-0 (7) in the final
• Downed No. 37 Philip Henning and Trent Bryde of Georgia in the first round, 7-6 (4), 6-3; No. 32 Justin Barki and Ryan Seggerman of Princeton in the second round, 6-3, 6-4; No. 5 Sam Riffice and Ben Shelton of Florida in the quarterfinals, 7-5, 6-2; and Charles Bertimon and Maxence Bertimon of VCU in the semifinals, 6-4, 6-3
• Reached as high as No. 3 in the ITA doubles rankings on April 6, 13 and 20 with a final ranking of No. 4
• Reached as high as No. 32 in the ITA singles rankings on March 9 and finished No. 86
• Topped No. 70 Jacob Bickersteth, 6-1, 6-4, at No. 4 against No. 5 Michigan in the NCAA Tournament Round of 16
• Helped Texas to a quarterfinals win against No. 54 Oklahoma State in the Big 12 Championship with a 6-0, 6-1 victory over Max Verboven at No. 3
• Downed the No. 45 pair of Sebastian Nothhaft and Tyler Zink in clinching the doubles point with Cleeve Harper at No. 1 in a 5-2 at No. 52 Oklahoma State
• Part of a 7-0 sweep at No. 38 Oklahoma with a 6-1, 6-2 singles win over Jordan Hasson at No. 4, and a 6-4 doubles victory with Cleeve Harper over No. 79 Welsh Hotard and Alex Martinez
• Topped the No. 2 duo of Luc Fomba and Jake Fearnley of No. 1 TCU, 6-4, with Cleeve Harper to help win the doubles point
• Defeated No. 46 Welsh Hotard and Alex Martinez, 6-4, with Cleeve Harper at No. 1 versus No. 30 Oklahoma
• Contributed a 6-3, 6-2 singles win over Wojtek Marek at No. 2 to a 4-3 victory at No. 9 USC
• Moved up to No. 2 for the first time as a Longhorn and clinched a 4-3 victory at No. 28 Texas A&M with a 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 win over No. 98 Raphael Perot
• Registered a 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2 win at No. 3 over No. 79 Philip Henning at No. 15 Georgia
• Paired with Eliot Spizzirri and clinched doubles against No. 6 Wake Forest with a 6-3 win over No. 19 Ben Draper and Robert Maciag at No. 3
• Won in both singles and doubles to help Texas to a 4-3 win over No. 5 Florida at ITA Indoors, downing Duarte Vale, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, at No. 3, and partnering with Cleeve Harper for a 6-4 win over Sam Riffice and Ben Shelton at No. 1 to clinch doubles
• Partnered with Eliot Spizzirri at No. 3 to defeat JC Roddick and Kento Yamada of UCF in a 4-0 sweep
• Combined with Cleeve Harper for a 6-3 win over Sumit Sarkar and Haoyuan Huang of Rice at No. 1, and followed with a 6-2, 6-7 (4), 1-0 (7) win over Emir Sendogan at No. 3 in a 7-0 sweep
• Topped No. 48 Sven Lah at No. 2 Baylor, 6-4, 6-4, and was two points from a win with Cleeve Harper against No. 18 Lah and Finn Bass in doubles, 6-6 (5-2)
• Paired with Cleeve Harper for a 6-0 shutout of Max Westphal and Theo Winegar of Columbia at No. 1 in a 4-0 sweep at the ITA Kickoff
• Tabbed Big 12 Player of the Week after going 4-0 on a road trip to No. 14 Arizona and Arizona State where he defeated No. 53 Herman Hoeyeraal of Arizona, 2-6, 7-6 (2), 1-0 (6) at No. 4, and Max McKennon of Arizona State, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 at No. 3, while capturing a pair of doubles matches with Cleeve Harper, 6-1 over Hoeyeraal and Jonas Ziverts at No. 1, and 6-3 over Murphy Cassone and Jacob Bullard at No. 2
• Defeated No. 107 Andy Andrade of No. 1 Florida, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1, at No. 4
• Made his Longhorns dual match debut against UTSA with a 3-6, 6-3, 1-0 (9) win over Sebastian Rodriguez at No. 3, and a 6-2 doubles victory with Cleeve Harper over Rodriguez and Danijal Muminovic
• Opened spring with a pair of doubles wins with Cleeve Harper at the Miami Spring Invite, 6-3 over Blake Croyder and Erik Grevelius of Georgia, and 6-2 over No. 22 Trey Hilderbrand and Bogdan Pavel of UCF, while also downing Lleyton Cronje of UCF, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in singles
FALL (2021)
• Recorded a 4-3 record in singles and an 8-4 mark in doubles
• Partnered with Cleeve Harper to reach the doubles final at the ITA Texas Regionals with four wins before falling just short of the title in a third-set superbreaker, 6-1, 4-6, 1-0 (8), to Lui Maxted and Pedro Vives of TCU
• Advanced to the round of 16 in singles at the Texas Regionals with wins over Huntley Allen of SMU and Miguel Cabrera of UT Arlington
• Began the ITA All-American Championships in the doubles qualifying round of 64 with Cleeve Harper and gathered two wins over Hunter Harrison and Avery Zavala of Arkansas (6-3, 6-3) and Yuta Kikuchi and Carl Emil Overbeck of Cal (7-6 [4], 6-3) before falling in the round of 16, but then picking up a main draw exemption and topping the No. 3 duo Trey Hilderbrand and Bogdan Pavel of UCF (7-6 [5], 3-6, 1-0 [8]) in the round of 32
• Also notched a 6-3, 6-3 win over Edoardo Graziani of Penn in singles qualifying consolation at the ITA All-Americans
• Won both his first singles match and first doubles match as a Longhorn with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Samuel Rubell of USC, and an 8-5 victory with Micah Braswell over Rubell and Paul Barretto at the Battle in the Bay Classic
BEFORE TEXAS
AS A JUNIOR/ADDITIONAL (2021)
• Finished No. 87 in the ITA singles rankings with a high ranking of No. 6
• Posted a 15-7 singles record
• Also ranked No. 57 in doubles with Axel Nefve and as high as No. 28 on March 24
• Additionally ranked No. 61 with Matt Gamble also on March 24
• Registered a 15-5 mark with three different partners in dual matches after Notre Dame did not compete in fall play
FALL (2020)
• Notre Dame did not play in the fall due to the pandemic
AS A JUNIOR (2020)
• One of 20 players named an ITA All-American in singles
• Chosen the ITA Midwest Region Player to Watch
• Season was cut short by the pandemic
• No. 8 in the final singles rankings
• Went 20-8 in singles, including 12 wins against ranked opponents
• Rated No. 44 in the final doubles rankings with partner Tristan McCormick and as high as No. 28 on February 18
FALL (2019)
• Reached a high singles ranking of No. 5 nationally
• Finalist at the Milwaukee Tennis Classic
• Consolation finalist in singles and a doubles quarterfinalist in doubles at the ITA All-American Championships
• Semifinalist at the ITA Fall National Championships
AS A SOPHOMORE (2019)
• Registered a 14-14 mark in singles
• Partnered with Tristan McCormick to rise as high as No. 9 in the doubles rankings on February 6
• Earned a 17-8 overall record and a bid to the NCAA Doubles Championship
FALL (2018)
• Won the doubles title at the ITA Midwest Regionals
AS A FRESHMAN (2018)
• Tallied a 24-16 mark in singles play, including 20-9 duals in dual matches
• Notched a 24-15 doubles mark, including 16-12 dual matches
BEFORE NOTRE DAME
• A top-15 blue-chip recruit by TennisRecruiting.net
• Reached a No. 1 junior ranking by the USTA
