Fred Saba
| School: |
Duke University |
| Year: |
Junior |
| Home Town: |
Fort Lauderdale |
| Home State: |
Florida |
| Home Country: |
United States(USA) |
| High School: |
Saviano High Performance Tennis Acad. |
| Height: |
6-2 |
| Weight: |
180 lbs. |
| Birth Date: |
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| Dominant Hand: |
Right |
| Major: |
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| Singles Record: |
6-3 |
| Doubles Record: |
11-2 |
ACC All-Academic Team (2011)
ACC Academic Honor Roll (2011, 2012)
Career: Owns career marks of 56-29 in singles and 44-30 in doubles ... has posted career records of 17-5 in ACC singles play and 10-7 in conference doubles contests ... shares the program record for the most ACC singles victories in a season (10 in 2011-12) ... has won three doubles titles (Duke Fab Four Invite - 2010, 2011; Duke Invitational - 2012) ... has collected nine match-clinching victories in two seasons at Duke.
2011-12 (Sophomore): Finished his sophomore campaign with a singles record of 30-12 and a team-best 10-1 mark in ACC singles play ... the 10 ACC singles wins are tied for the most by a Blue Devil in a season ... also went 24-13 in doubles during the year with a 6-5 ledger in league action ... posted a 19-8 singles mark in dual match play, including a 1-0 record at the No. 2 slot and record of 18-8 from the No. 4 position ... paired with Henrique Cunha for an overall ledger of 9-4 in doubles, including a 6-4 record from the top spot in the lineup in dual match play ... also teamed with David Holland for an 8-4 doubles mark during the spring and a record of 4-3 in ACC doubles contests ... notched two wins over ranked singles opponents while going 5-4 against ranked doubles pairs ... with Cunha, dispatched three ranked doubles opponents including No. 9 Nassim Slilam and Billy Federhofer of Florida at the ITA National Team Indoor Championships ... with Holland, defeated No. 45 Kike Grangeiro and Roberto Maytin of Baylor, 8-4, in the NCAA Tournament Round of 16 ... clinched six Duke victories on the year, including a 4-1 victory over 23rd-ranked LSU that sent the Blue Devils to the NCAA Tournament Round of 16 ... with Holland, secured the doubles point for Duke five times during the spring ... the duo clinched the doubles point in a 4-2 victory over No. 18 North Carolina in the semifinals of the ACC Tournament and against No. 23 LSU in the second round of the NCAA Tournament ... finished the spring ranked No. 21 nationally in doubles with Cunha after being ranked as high as No. 6 during the season ... he and Holland also earned a final ranking of No. 10 in the Carolina region ... ranked No. 19 in the region in singles to close out the year ... posted 10 consecutive victories in ACC singles action at the No. 4 position from March 18 to Apr. 15 ... concluded the fall season with a record of 11-4 in singles and a 3-0 mark in doubles with Cunha ... teamed with Raphael Hemmeler for a 5-3 doubles ledger during the fall ... with Hemmeler, captured a doubles title at the Duke Fab Four Invite, topping Louisville's Sebastian Stiefelmeyer and Andrew Carter, 8-3, in the final ... he and Hemmeler also advanced to the championship match of the qualifying stage at the ITA All-American Championships before falling to David O'Hare and Joe Salisbury of Memphis, 8-6 ... at the ITA Carolina Regional, reached the quarterfinal round in singles before dropping a 6-2, 6-3 decision to teammate and 49th-ranked Chris Mengel ... with Cunha, won the doubles title at the Duke Invitational, going 3-0 in the tournament from the No. 1 position ... earned a spot on the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2010-11 (Freshman): Completed his first season with a 26-17 singles record and a ledger of 20-17 in doubles ... played in 11 ACC singles matches with a 1-0 record at the No. 3 position and a 6-4 mark at the No. 4 spot ... tied for eighth on Duke's all-time list for the most ACC singles wins in a season by a rookie (7) ... went 14-10 overall in the No. 4 singles slot ... won his first career ACC match with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Iain Atkinson of No. 34 Wake Forest ... reached a ranking of No. 90 in singles (Mar. 1) ... defeated three ranked singles opponents during the year, including a 7-6 (7-5), 6-2 victory over No. 74 Bob van Overbeek of 11th-ranked Florida in the quarterfinals of the ITA National Team Indoor Championships ... clinched three Duke victories, including a 7-6 (7-1), 7-5 win over Georgia Tech's Eliot Potvin in league play ... went 2-1 in the postseason, collecting two wins in ACC Tournament action ... teamed with Jared Pinsky for a 14-12 doubles record, playing primarily at the No. 2 and 3 positions in dual matches ... the duo went 6-9 in dual match play with a 1-1 ACC record ... also teamed with Torsten Wietoska for a 5-4 ledger in dual match play, including a mark of 3-1 in conference action ... helped secure the doubles point for Duke four times during the season, including in a 4-0 victory over George Washington in the first round of the NCAA Tournament ... with Wietoska, went 2-1 in NCAA Tournament action to help the Blue Devils advance to the round of 16 ... tallied a 9-6 singles record while going 9-4 in doubles during the fall ... won a doubles title with Pinsky at the Duke Fab Four Invite ... the duo upset second-seeded Andrew Carter and Viktor Maksimcuk of Louisville, 8-5, on its way to the section C doubles title ... won three straight singles matches in pre-qualifying at the ITA All-American Championships to advance to the qualifying stage ... reached the second round in qualifying at the ITA All-Americans ... teamed with Chris Mengel to advance to the second round of the doubles tournament in the qualifying stage at the ITA All-Americans ... with Pinsky, dispatched four doubles pairs before falling to top-ranked teammates Reid Carleton and Henrique Cunha in the semifinals of the ITA Carolina Regional ... earned the No. 15 seed in the singles tournament of the ITA Carolina Regional, advancing to the round of 32 before falling to Wake Forest's Danny Kreyman ... named to the ACC All-Academic Team and the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
Prep: Coached by Nick Saviano at the Saviano High Performance Tennis Academy for five years ... ranked as high as No. 1 in the country by the TennisRPI rankings and as high as No. 2 by TennisRecruiting.net ... won the 2009 USTA B18 Spring National Singles Championship in Mobile, Ala. ... claimed the title at the USTA B18 Winter National Open in Tampa ... earned the doubles title at the 2009 USTA B18 National Clay Court Championships in Delray Beach, Fla. ... two-time Florida Open Champion ... reached the quarterfinals in singles and finals in doubles at the 2009 International Easter Bowl in Palm Desert, Calif.
Personal: Born Frederick Saba on May 6, 1991, in Fort Lauderdale Fla. ... son of Najib and Aline Saba ... plays the piano.
