Franco Ribero

Sebastian Abboud

/ Men's Tennis

Isaac Arevalo

/ Men's Tennis

Dimitrios Azoidis

/ Men's Tennis

Reed Collier

/ Men's Tennis

Lorenzo Esquici

/ Men's Tennis

Piotr Pawlak

/ Men's Tennis

/ Men's Tennis

Takeyasu Sekiguchi

/ Men's Tennis

Tyler Stewart

/ Men's Tennis

Olle Wallin

/ Men's Tennis

Franco Ribero

Height:
6-3
Weight:
195
Class:
Fifth Year
Hometown:
Rafaela, Argentina

Career Record

Year	Overall Singles	Tournament Singles	Dual Singles	Big 12 Singles	Overall Doubles	Tournament Doubles	Dual Doubles	Big 12 Doubles
18-19	15-8	--	15-8	1-4	2-4	--	2-4	--
19-20	17-4	7-3	10-1	--	3-3	1-2	2-1	--
20-21	12-11	3-6	9-5	2-2	14-14	5-4	9-10	1-4
21-22	15-15	5-7	10-8	2-3	11-14	6-5	5-9	0-1
22-23	13-10	1-1	12-9	2-2	16-7	1-1	15-6	3-1
Totals	72-48	16-17	56-31	7-11	46-42	13-12	33-30	4-6

Career Dual Singles Record By Position

Year	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Overall
2019	--	--	--	1-0	5-7	9-1	15-8
2020	--	--	2-0	2-0	6-1	--	10-1
2021	--	--	8-4	1-1	--	--	9-5
2022	--	1-0	1-0	4-3	3-3	1-2	10-8
2023	--	9-8	2-1	1-0	--	--	12-9
Totals	--	10-8	13-5	9-4	14-11	10-3	56-31

Career Dual Doubles Record By Position

Year	#1	#2	#3	Overall
2019	--	1-1	1-3	2-4
2020	1-0	--	1-1	2-1
2021	7-9	--	2-1	9-10
2022	0-1	0-1	5-7	5-9
2023	--	13-5	2-1	15-6
Totals	8-10	14-7	11-13	33-30

Career High Rankings:
Singles - N/A
Doubles - 31 (3/24/2021)

HONORS & AWARDS

Big 12 Position Champion at No. 2 Doubles (2023)
Big 12 Player of the Week (April 18, 2023)
CSC Academic All-District Team (2023)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2020-23)
ITA Scholar-Athlete (2019-21, 2023)

FIFTH-YEAR (2022-23):
Spring 2023

Finished the season ranked third on the team with a 13-10 overall record in singles ... Played primarily at court two where he totaled a 9-8 record ... Posted a team-best 16-7 overall doubles record and played primarily at court two where he collected a 13-5 record ... Defeated one nationally ranked opponent in doubles ... Tallied two singles and three doubles wins during Big 12 play ... After going 3-1 at court two in doubles during conference play, he became the Big 12 Position Champion at line two ... Ranked second on the team with three match clinches
Posted his first dual singles win of the season against Charlotte's Abhimanyu Vannemreddy, 6-4, 7-6 (5)
Helped Texas Tech win back-to-back doubles points against Charlotte and Louisiana
Clinched the match for the Red Raiders after defeating Louisiana's Alejo Ferrer Chueca at court three, 6-4, 6-2
Collected four total wins over two days against Tulsa and Wichita State ... Against the Golden Hurricanes, helped Tech win the doubles point with Piotr Pawlak after the pair beat Stefan Hampe and Ezequiel Santalla at court two, 6-3 ... Ribero then went on to win his singles match, also at court two, over Hampe, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 ... Against WSU, he and Pawlak won another doubles point for the Red Raiders after defeating Misha Kvantaliani and Richey King by a 6-3 score ... He followed this up with a 6-1, 6-4 singles victory over Orel Ovil at court two
Went a perfect 4-0 in the doubleheader against both UTRGV and ACU and helped clinch both doubles points ... Picked up a doubles win with Piotr Pawlak at court two over UTRGV duo Borna Devald and Sam Whitehead, 6-4 ... Defeated Karlo Krolo in straight-sets, 6-3, 6-3 to help Tech sweep the Vaqueros ... Later in the day, tallied another doubles win with Pawlak as they beat ACU's Benjamin McDonald and Daniel Morozov, 7-5 ... Collected his fourth win of the afternoon after downing Morozov in two sets, 6-2, 6-4, on court two
Aided the Red Raiders to a championship at the Diablos Tennis Tournament ... Clinched the doubles point against #67 Michigan State with a 6-3 victory at line two against Reed Crocker and Anthony Pero ... Collected a 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-3 win at court two against Max McKennon to clinch the match against Arizona State by a 4-3 score ... Recorded a 6-3 doubles win at court two with Pawlak against Memphis' Harry Rock and Juan Zabala
Helped Texas Tech defeat No. 56 Oregon and win its 11th doubles point of the season with a 6-4 win at court two against Ivailo Keremedchiev and Ray Lo
Collected a singles win at court two over BYU's Mateo Vereau in straight-sets, 7-6 (3), 6-3, to clinch the match for the Red Raiders with a 4-1 victory against the Cougars
Recorded a singles win against Francisco Rocha at court two, 6-1, 6-4, to help Tech defeat No. 24 Middle Tennessee
Record a 6-4 win over No. 12-ranked Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi and Jake Finn Bass at court two to help the Red Raiders win the doubles point over No. 47 Baylor
Helped TTU win the doubles point with Piotr Pawlak over Oklahoma State's Alex Garcia and Francisco Pini, 6-3 … Recorded a ranked singles win over No. 78 Isaac Becroft, 6-1, 6-2, in a sweep over No. 44 Oklahoma State at court two
Helped Tech defeat No. 34 Oklahoma with a doubles clinch against Alex Martinez and Justin Schlageter at court two, 6-2 … Recorded a dual singles win against Jordan Hasson, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4, to give the Red Raiders the lead against the Sooners
Helped secure the doubles point against No. 44 Oklahoma State in the Big 12 Tournament with a court two win over Isaac Becroft and Alex Garcia, 6-4
Picked up a doubles win against No. 37 Louisville in the NCAA First Round with a 6-4 victory over Etienne Donnet and Sergio Hernandez at court two

Fall 2022

Tallied a singles and doubles win in the fall
Made it to the doubles Round of 32 at the ITA Texas Regionals with Isaac Arevalo as the duo beat TAMU-Corpus Christi's Nathan Schwartz and Pascal Lorieul, 8-7 (4)
Advanced to the singles Round of 32 at the same tournament with a victory over UTSA's Tomas Pinho, 0-6, 6-4, 6-1
Reached the singles semifinals of the Racquet Club Prize Money Invitational with a win over No. 19 Noah Schachter (Texas A&M)
Was a doubles quarterfinalist at both the West Texas Pro Tennis Open and the Fayetteville 15k
Made it to the doubles finals of the Albuquerque 15k
Advanced out of the singles qualifying draw at the Norman 15k and was a doubles semifinalist at the same tournament

SENIOR (2021-22):

Opened the season with three wins including a three-set victory in Tech’s road win at SMU (Jan. 13)
Snapped a four-match winless streak with a victory over Louisiana (Feb. 11)
Capped a stretch of four victories in five matches when he downed Mattia Ros of Denver in straight sets (Feb. 26)
Clinched Tech’s crucial victory over Oklahoma winning the third and decisive set in a tiebreaker on Apr. 8
Recorded his lone ranked win of the year when he downed No. 78 Tadeas Paroulek in a super tiebreaker on Apr. 16.

JUNIOR (2020-21)

Continuing an already stellar career, the junior collected 18 wins in the spring
Climbed as high as No. 48 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) rankings with his partner Parker Wynn
Won six of his first seven dual matches doing most of his damage on the No. 1 court
Won 6-4 against No. 30 Tulane (March 7)
Took down the No. 10 ranked duo in Siem Waldeab/ Eliot Spizzirri 6-4 (April 18)
Collected four wins in his first five matches in singles play
Bested Wichita State’s Orel Ovil 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 (Feb. 21)
Recorded a victory against No. 3 Baylor in three sets 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 (April 10)

SOPHOMORE (2019-20)

Followed a stellar freshman campaign with a team-leading 16 singles victories in his shortened sophomore season, including a team-best 9-1 mark in dual match play, playing primarily at the No. 5 spot
Began the year with a quarterfinal berth in Midland following a pair of wins
Won his first match in the qualifying stage of the ITA All-American Championships
Reached the semifinals of the ITA Texas Regionals in Waco, where he fell to teammate Reed Collier
Began the dual match season with a win at Iowa in three sets (Jan. 16)
Took down Riley Tran of Abilene Christian in Lubbock (Jan. 20)
Won a match against Tulane in Starkville by a margin of 6-3, 6-3 before providing a key victory in an upset bid of No. 20 Mississippi State at 6-4, 7-5 (Feb. 9)
Recorded his fifth-straight win against Mississippi Valley State (Feb. 9) before extending his winning streak by defeating his opponents from No. 48 Alabama and No. 27 Middle Tennessee at the Blue Gray National Tennis Classic in Montgomery
Notched his eighth win against New Mexico State at 6-2, 6-3 (Feb. 28) and the ninth versus New Mexico (March 1) in Lubbock
Also notched a dual match doubles victory with partner Connor Johnson against UT Rio Grande Valley.

FRESHMAN (2018-19)

Ribero turned in one of the most impressive seasons by a Red Raider freshman in program history, notching a 15-8 singles record in the spring, playing primarily at the fifth and sixth positions
Began his career by rattling off seven-consecutive victories
Recorded a win in his first collegiate appearance, as he took down Scott Plutt of Bryant University in the home opener (Jan. 11)
Followed with another victory against Stefan Hampe of Tulsa on the same day
Defeated Alex Vedri of No. 14 Texas A&M in Dallas by a score of 7-6(6), 2-6, 6-3 (Feb. 1)
Secured the first match-clinching victory of his career against Akos Kotorman of No. 19 Tulane in straight sets at a 6-4, 6-4 clip (Feb. 10)
Took matches against Rice and No. 38 Arizona, both at the anchor position (Feb. 22)
Following his first loss of his career, bounced back with a pair of home wins against Iowa and Nebraska (March 3)
Put together a five-match winning streak to round out the non-conference slate
Defeated opponents from three-consecutive ranked teams in No. 45 Northwestern, No. 33 UCF and No. 45 Dartmouth on the road (March 10, March 14, March 22)
At the No. 5 slot, defeated Rithvik Bollipalli and Conrad Russell of Utah State and Rice, respectively, both in straight sets (March 22-23)
Picked up his lone conference win at home against Jochen Bertsch of Oklahoma in straight sets, at 6-2, 6-0 (April 7)
Picked up a doubles win with playing partner Ilgiz Valiev at home against New Mexico by a count of 6-4 (Jan. 20).

PRIOR TO TEXAS TECH

Recorded 4 ATP points in singles play
Reached the futures semifinal in doubles twice
Recently ranked as high as 1,384 in the world in singles ... Also reached 1,428 in doubles in 2017 ... Has notched a 20-12 record in singles play on hard surfaces throughout his career.

PERSONAL