2020-21 Men's Tennis
Fernando Fonseca
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 175
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Mogi Mirim, Brazil
- High School:
- Weil Prep School (Ojai, CA)
2022-23 (Redshirt Junior)
Earned Second Team All-Big West honors in doubles ... Had a 7-7 overall doubles record, including 5-3 with Noah Berry at the No. 1 and No. 2 spots ... was also 7-7 in singles playing at the No. 3 and No. 4 spots ... finished the season winning five of his final seven matches ... named College Sports Communicators Academic All-District for his work in the classroom
2021-22 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Earned Honorable Mention All-Big West honors in doubles with Noah Berry after going 13-5 at the No. 3 spot, including 4-2 in Big West play ... also played a few matches with Gary Vardanyan, finishing 2-1 with him ... In singles, went 6-12 while primarily splitting time between the No. 3 and No. 4 spots in the lineup ... also earned Big West All-Academic honors and was named Cal Poly's Male Big West Scholar-Athlete of the Year
2020-21 (Redshirt Freshman)
Led the team in singles wins, finishing with a 14-7 record while splitting between the No. 5 and No. 6 spots in the lineup ... ended the season on a six match winning streak and winning nine of his final 10 matches ... also went 1-1 in doubles with Roman Shenkiryk at the No. 3 spot
2019-20 (Freshman)
Went 5-2 in doubles, the second-most wins on the team during the shortended season while pairing with Gary Vardanyan from primarily the No. 2 position ... In singles, finished 2-7, playing at least one match at the top four positions in the lineup
Prep
A five-star recruit ranked as the No. 66 player in his class by tennisrecruiting.net ... attended Weil Prep School in Ojai, Calif. ... had a good run in the ITA circuit in the summer of 2018, where he qualified for the national summer championship ... also won the Top Gun Tournament, beating a former top-15 ranked ITF player
Personal
Born in Mogi Mirim, Sao Paulo, Brazil ... son of Silmar Fonseca and Regina Zorzetto ... has three sisters ... chose Cal Poly "because I loved the coaches and people. I also really liked the campus and its academics are really strong in the areas I want to study."
