2021-22 Men's Tennis Roster

Katalina Enriquez
Isabella Marley
Paige Apkarian
Emma Bissell
Ashley Ray
Paige Apkarian
Paige Apkarian
MJ Holloway
Isabella Marley
Isabella Marley

Sam Riffice

  • Class Senior
  • High School Florida Virtual
  • Hometown Orlando, Fla.
  • Height 6-2

Biography

Career Record 
Year Overall Singles Tournament Singles Dual Singles SEC Singles Overall Doubles Tournament Doubles Dual Doubles SEC Doubles
18-19 26-11 7-4 19-7 10-0 20-6 4-1 16-5 6-3
19-20 16-4 5-1 11-3 3-1 14-3 4-1 10-2 3-0
20-21 32-7 11-3 21-4 10-2 24-10 7-2 17-8 5-4
21-22 25-7 4-1 21-6 12-0 20-9 2-1 18-8 7-3
Totals 99-29 27-9 72-20 35-3 78-28 17-5 61-23 21-10

Career Dual Singles Record By Position
Year #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Overall
2019 -- 10-6 9-1 -- -- -- 19-7
2020 2-1 9-2 -- -- -- -- 11-3
2021 -- 19-4 2-0 -- -- -- 21-4
2022 4-4 17-2 -- -- -- -- 21-6
Totals 6-5 55-14 11-1 -- -- -- 72-20

Career Dual Doubles Record By Position
Year #1 #2 #3 Overall
2019 -- 5-3 11-2 16-5
2020 9-2 -- 1-0 10-2
2021 6-5 7-3 4-0 17-8
2022 18-8 -- -- 18-8
Totals 33-15 12-6 16-2 61-23

COLLEGIATE HONORS
  • 6x ITA All-American (2019 - singles; 2020 - singles, doubles; 2021 - singles; 2022 - singles, doubles) 
    • First Gator in program history to claim four All-American honors in singles
    • Holds the program record for the most All-American honors
  • 2022 ITA Southeast Region and National Arthur Ashe Leadership & Sportsmanship Award recipient 
  • 2022 ITA Southeast Region Rafael Osuna Sportsmanship Award recipient
  • 2022 ITA Southeast Region Senior Player of the Year
  • Four-time ITA Scholar-Athlete (2019-22)
  • 2022 First Team All-SEC
  • 2022 SEC Tournament Champion
  • 2022 SEC Champion
  • 2022 SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year
  • Two-time USTA Collegiate Summer Team Member (2021-22)
  • 2021 NCAA Champion
  • 2021 NCAA Singles Champion
  • 2021 SEC Champion
  • 2021 First Team All-SEC
  • 2021 ITA All-Star Team
  • 2021 CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team
  • 2021 CoSIDA Academic All-District
  • 2021 Community Service Team
  • Three-time SEC Honor Roll selection (2020-22)
  • 2020 ITA National Player to Watch
  • 2020 ITA Southeast Region Player to Watch
  • 2019 ITA Southeast Region Rookie of the Year
  • 2019 SEC Champion
  • 2019 SEC Freshman of the Year
  • 2019 Second-Team All-SEC
  • 2019 SEC All-Freshman Team
  • SEC Freshman of the Week (2/6/19, 3/26/19)
  • 2019 ITA All-American Championships Runner-Up (Singles)
  • Graduated in Spring 2022 with a Political Science degree and an International Relations Certificate 
SENIOR
Spring 2022
  • Finished the season ranked No. 13 in singles and No. 5 in doubles with Ben Shelton
  • Made it to the doubles quarterfinals in the NCAA Individual Championships with Shelton... The duo defeated No. 9 Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi/Matias Soto of Baylor, 6-4, 6-3, in the Round of 32... Then, defeated No. 17 Justin Boulais/James Trotter of Ohio State, 6-2, 3-6, 1-0 (10-6) in the Round of 16.
  • Advanced to his second-straight NCAA Singles Semifinals with wins over No. 9 Cannon Kingsley (OSU), No. 49 Garrett Johns (Duke), No. 29 Ronnie Hohmann (LSU) and No. 39 Inaki Montes de la Torre (UVA)
  • Ranks third on the team with 25 singles wins and first with 21 dual singles wins... Also ranks tied for first with 18 dual doubles victories
  • During SEC play, went a perfect 12-0 in singles at court two and 7-3 in doubles at court one
  • Started the dual season with a ranked win over No. 16 Trey Hilderbrand (UCF), 6-2, 6-3
  • Collected a ranked win against No. 30 Inaki Montes de la Torre (Virginia) in straight-sets, 6-3, 6-2, at the ITA National Team Indoor Championships... Also picked up a ranked doubles victory versus No. 54 Stewart/McCormick (Georgia) at the tournament
  • Compiled a 2-1 overall record in the first week of SEC play... Posted singles wins at court two over Raphael Lambling (SC) and Millen Hurrion (UK) to help the Gators start conference with a 2-0 record
  • Picked up four ranked wins against No. 8 Georgia and No. 1 Tennessee... In doubles with teammate Ben Shelton, the pair defeated No. 55 Tristan McCormick/Hamish Stewart (UGA), 6-2, and No. 16 Emile Hudd/Shunsuke Mitsui (UT), 6-4, which clinched the doubles point for the Gators... Also collected singles wins against No. 40 Philip Henning (UGA) and No. 55 Hudd (UT)
  • Clinched the doubles point with Shelton against No. 35 Hunter Heck/Lucas Horve (Illinois) with a 7-6 (7) win at one doubles... Also collected another ranked victory over No. 62 Olivier Stuart at court two in straight-sets, 6-3, 6-1
  • Collected a ranked singles win against No. 81 Nemanja Malesevic (Mississippi State) in straight-sets, 7-5, 6-4... Also beat the No. 2 doubles team of Lukas Engelhardt and Finn Reynolds (Ole Miss), 6-3, with Shelton at court one
  • Clinched the doubles point at court one with a 6-3 victory against Alex Reco and Nico Rousset (Arkansas)
  • Went 4-0 over the weekend against Alabama and No. 27 Auburn... His two singles wins extended a 12-match win streak
SENIOR
Fall 2021
  • Opened the fall season ranked No. 2 in singles and No. 26 in doubles with Ben Shelton in the ITA Preseason National Rankings

JUNIOR
Spring 2021
  • Captained the program to its first national title with a 4-1 win over Baylor at the USTA National Campus
  • Won the 2021 NCAA Singles Tournament at the USTA National Campus
    • No. 6-seeded Riffice defeated No. 2-seeded Daniel Rodrigues of South Carolina by a score of 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 to earn the third singles title in program history.
      • Previously, Mark Merklein (1994) and Jeff Morrison (1999) earned the singles trophy for the Gators.
    • The junior is the ninth player in the 21st century to earn a team and singles national championship in the same season, as UF defeated Baylor last Saturday for the team title.
  • Named First Team All-SEC and to the SEC Community Service Team
  • First player since Alfredo Perez in 2018 to become a four-time All-American.
  • Riffice completed his season with a 32-7 overall record in singles and also downed the No. 1 and No. 2-seeded players in consecutive days for the title.
  • Named a 2021 Division I Men ITA Scholar-Athlete.
  • Made the 2021 ITA All-Star Team.
  • Was the first Gator to receive CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team honors.

SOPHOMORE
Spring 2020
  • Team Captain
  • Recorded an 11-3 dual singles record, primarily from the No. 2 position, and 3-1 SEC singles record
    • Tallied three wins over nationally ranked opponents
  • Held career-high ITA singles ranking of No. 4 through entirety of season
    • Finished ranked No. 5 nationally; No. 1 in Southeast region
  • Clinched three wins for the Gators against Stetson (1/19), Illinois (2/7) and Auburn (3/1)
  • Finished with 14 doubles wins, amassing a 10-2 dual record - primarily alongside Oliver Crawford - and 3-0 SEC record
    • Notched a top five win against Columbia's Jack Lin and Jackie Tang, 6-4, on Feb. 14
    • Reached a career-high ITA doubles ranking of No. 13 on Feb. 5; finished ranked No. 19
    • Ranked No. 3 in Southeast region
  • Collected ITA All-American honors in both singles and doubles
  • Named 2020 ITA National & Southeast Region Player to Watch
  • Named to SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll

Fall 2019
  • Opened fall season ranked No. 10 in singles and No. 49 in doubles with Oliver Crawford via Oracle ITA Preseason National Rankings 
  • Won doubles title at the Texas Tamale Co. Houston Cup with Crawford... Reached quarterfinals of main singles draw
  • Earned five straight ranked wins to reach finals at ITA All-American Championships (fell to No. 4 Yuya Ito of Texas) ... Tallied four wins to win consolation doubles title with Crawford after falling in main draw
    • First ITA All-American National runner-up since 1992 (Daniel Courcol)
  • Finished as doubles finalists at M25 Naples alongside Oliver Crawford
  • Ended the fall season ranked No. 4 in singles with a 5-1 record, including a 4-1 mark over ranked opponents, and No. 14 in doubles (alongside Oliver Crawford) with a 4-1 record
FRESHMAN
Spring 2019
  • Team Captain
  • Posted 26 overall singles wins and a team-high 19 dual wins
  • Was 10-0 in SEC singles play, first Florida rookie since 2007 to go undefeated in their first conference singles season
  • Earned at-large bid into the NCAA Singles Championships and with his upset of No. 2 seed JJ Wolf (Ohio State) advanced further than any freshman in the country
  • Became just the seventh true freshman at Florida to earn All-American status, fifth in singles with his run to the quarterfinals of the singles individual championships
  • Compiled 20 doubles wins and a team-best 16 dual wins
  • Reached and finished the season with a career-high singles ranking of No. 23
Fall 2018
  • Named No. 1 Freshman/Newcomer by ITA for start of 2018-2019 season
  • Won the UVA Orange Doubles Draw Championship with Andy Andrade
  • Despite falling in the first round of main draw at the ITA All-American Championships, he advanced through the consolation bracket to the round of 16 (singles)

Prior to Florida
  • Riffice was a 5-star Blue Chip recruit
  • No. 2 overall recruit in the country but was ranked as high as No. 1
  • No. 1 recruit out of the state of California
  • No. 1 recruit in the Southwest Region
  • Ranked No. 18 by the International Tennis Federation
  • Competed in the Junior Grand Slam Championships at Wimbledon, French Open and the US Open
  • 29-13 overall record with a 10-3 record against other Blue Chip recruits
  • Ranked 756 on ATP World Tour
  • Won the International Orange Bowl 16s
  • Nike Junior International Roehampton ITF Singles Finalist
  • Grade 1 Romania F1 Futures Finalist
  • USA F15 Futures Finalist

Statistics

Season:
2021-22

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Historical Player Information

  • C

    2018-19Freshman

    6'2" 172 lbs
    C
  • C

    2019-20Sophomore

    6'2" 172 lbs
    C

  • 2020-21Junior

    6'2" 172 lbs

  • 2021-22Senior

    6'2" 172 lbs

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