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Duarte Vale

  • Class Senior
  • High School Laurel Springs
  • Hometown Cascais, Portugal
  • Height 6-0

Biography

Career Record 
Year Overall Singles Tournament Singles Dual Singles SEC Singles Overall Doubles Tournament Doubles Dual Doubles SEC Doubles
17-18 18-14 13-3 5-11 2-5 25-16 12-3 13-13 5-5
18-19 22-8 7-7 15-1 9-0 18-12 5-3 13-9 4-5
19-20 27-4 13-2 14-2 4-0 15-5 5-3 10-2 3-0
20-21 26-7 9-1 17-6 10-2 20-15 6-3 14-12 7-5
21-22 19-8 1-2 18-6 9-2 18-9 1-2 17-7 6-2
Totals 112-41 43-15 69-26 34-9 96-57 29-14 67-43 25-17


Career Dual Singles Record By Position

Year #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Overall
2018 -- -- 3-5 0-4 2-2 -- 5-11
2019 -- -- -- 2-0 4-1 9-0 15-1
2020 -- 4-0 10-2 -- -- -- 14-2
2021 17-6 -- -- -- -- -- 17-6
2022 -- 2-1 16-5 -- -- -- 18-6
Totals 17-6 6-1 29-12 2-4 6-3 9-0 69-26


Career Dual Doubles Record By Position

Year #1 #2 #3 Overall
2018 3-3 8-8 2-2 13-13
2019 8-8 -- 5-1 13-9
2020 -- -- 10-2 10-2
2021 8-7 6-5 -- 14-12
2022 -- 3-3 14-4 17-7
Totals 19-18 17-16 31-9 67-43

Collegiate Honors
  • Two-time ITA Scholar-Athlete (2018, 2022)
  • 2022 Second Team All-SEC
  • 2022 SEC All-Tournament Team
  • 2022 SEC Tournament Champion
  • 2022 SEC Champion
  • 2021 NCAA Champion
  • 2021 SEC Champion
  • 2021 First Team All-SEC
  • 2021 CoSIDA Academic All-District
  • Four-time SEC Honor Roll selection (2019-21)
  • 3x ITA All-American (2018 - doubles; 2020 - singles, 2021- singles)
  • 2019 SEC Champion
  • 2019 ITA Southeast Region Singles Champion
  • 2018 SEC First-Year Honor Roll 
  • 2018 ITA All-Academic Team
  • Gradated in December 2021 with a Bachelor’s in Economics and earned a Sport Management Undergraduate Certificate in Spring 2022

SENIOR
Spring 2022
  • Ended the season ranked No. 113 in singles
  • Finished the season with 19 singles wins and 18 doubles victories
  • Ranks tied for second in school history with 208 career overall wins
  • During SEC play, went 9-2 in singles and 6-2 in doubles, both at court three
  • Posted a ranked doubles win with Abedallah Shelbayh against eventual NCAA Doubles Champions, No. 13 Richard Ciamarra and Cleeve Harper of Texas, 6-2
  • Clinched the UCF match with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Alan Rubio at court two
  • Clinched the match for the Gators against Florida State during ITA Kick-Off Weekend, 4-1, with his singles win at court two, which qualified Florida for the ITA National Team Indoors Championships
  • Compiled a 3-1 overall record in the first week of SEC play... Helped Florida win the doubles points against both No. 6 South Carolina and No. 9 Kentucky
  • Helped the Gators win the doubles point against No. 1 Tennessee with a win over Conor Gannon/Mark Wallner with teammate Nate Bonetto, 6-3... Tallied his 100th career singles win and clinched the match against the Vols with a victory over Angel Diaz, 6-7 (3), 6-3. 6-1
  • Is one of five players in program history to reach 200 overall career wins with his doubles and singles victories against Tennessee in the SEC Tournament semifinals
  • Clinched the doubles point with Nate Bonetto against Tennessee in the SEC Tournament semifinals
  • Provided the clinching match for the doubles point with Bonetto against North Carolina in the Sweet 16
  • Defeated the pair of Gianni Ross and Jeffrey von der Schulenburg (Virginia) in doubles, 6-1, in the NCAA Quarterfinals

SENIOR
Fall 2021
  • Opened the fall season ranked No. 4 in singles in the ITA Preseason National Rankings
  • Posted a singles and doubles win at the Crimson Chowderfest tournament
  • Ended the fall ranked tied for No. 39 in doubles with Andrade by the ITA

SENIOR
Spring 2021
  • Captained the program to its first national title with a 4-1 win over Baylor at the USTA National Campus
  • Named an ITA All-American for the third time in his career 
  • Named First Team All-SEC after a strong 10-2 record in singles play in the conference
  • Played at No. 1 singles all season, going 17-6 

JUNIOR
Spring 2020
  • Led with a team-best 27 singles wins, including a 14-2 dual and 4-0 SEC singles record, prior to season's end
    • Was 10-2 at No. 3 singles; tallied four wins over nationally ranked opponents
    • 12 of 14 wins came in straight sets
  • Reached career-high ITA singles ranking of No. 11 on Feb. 5
    • Finished season ranked No. 22 nationally; No. 6 in Southeast region
  • Clinched UF's comeback victory over No. 6 Wake Forest at ITA National Team Indoors on Feb. 16 with a three-set win at No. 3 singles
  • Recorded 15 doubles wins, amassing a 10-2 dual and 3-0 SEC record alongside Josh Goodger
    • Opened season with eight consecutive wins together from Jan. 11 through Feb. 14
    • Finished ranked No. 18 in Southeast region
  • Earned first career ITA All-American singles honor
  • Named to SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll

Fall 2019
  • Opened the fall season ranked No. 52 in singles and No. 21 in doubles with Andy Andrade via Oracle ITA Preseason National Rankings
  • Won the Flight A Doubles title with Blaise Bicknell & Flight A Singles title at the Seahawk Fall Invite
  • Won four straight to win the Black Singles Draw at Southern Intercollegiate Championships ... Went 2-2 with Andy Andrade in doubles
  • Tallied six wins, including four over ranked opponents, to earn the singles title at ITA Southeast Regionals, securing a bid to Oracle ITA National Fall Championships
  • Went 13-0 in singles through the month of October with three consecutive singles titles
  • Competed at Oracle ITA National Fall Championships in Newport Beach, Calif.
  • Ended the fall season ranked No. 17 in singles with a 13-2 record, including a 6-2 mark against ranked opponents, and No. 31 in doubles (alongside Andy Andrade, 2-2) with a 5-3 overall record
SOPHOMORE
Spring 2019
  • Most improved player in dual singles after posting a 5-11 record in 2018 and then amassing a 15-1 record in 2019
  • Was a perfect 9-0 in SEC singles, playing mainly at the No. 5 and 6 spots
  • Ended the season on a 13-match winning streak in singles, which is tied for the longest win streak constructed by an individual player since 1999
  • Clinched four matches, including two in the NCAA Tournament, but highlighted by his thrilling three-set tiebreak victory against Tennessee in the Sweet 16
  • Posted 18 overall doubles wins and 13 in dual season and was 4-1 at No. 3 doubles with Andy Andrade
  • Earned second-straight bid to the NCAA Doubles Championships with McClain Kessler
  • Finished the season ranked No. 95 in singles and No. 39 in doubles (with Kessler)
Fall 2018
  • Won the UVA Orange Doubles Draw Championship with McClain Kessler
  • Paired with Vale at the ITA Regional Championships and the duo advanced to the quarterfinals
  • Advanced to the ITA Regional Championship singles quarterfinals, but earned at-large bid into the ITA National Fall Championships where he played through to the consolation quarterfinals after falling in the first round
 
FRESHMAN
Spring 2018
  • Posted an 18-14 overall singles record and a 25-16 doubles records
  • Advanced to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Individual Championships
  • He and McClain Kessler earned 23 doubles wins as a pair which is tied for the eighth most in a single season at Florida
  • Ended the season ranked No. 22 in doubles with McClain. Had a season-high ranking of No. 5 on Feb. 7
  • Ended the season ranked No. 98 in singles. Had a season-high ranking of 39 on Nov. 15, 2017
Fall 2017
  • Made his collegiate debut at the Gator Ranked +1 Tournament going 4-0 in singles and 3-0 in doubles, winning the title in both events
  • Had an impressive fall season going 8-2 in singles and 9-1 in doubles
  • Teamed with Alfredo Perez at the Gator Ranked +1 tournament
  • Teamed with McClain Kessler at the ITA All-American Championship where the duo upset the No. 1 seed from Wake Forest in the first round. The pair then advanced to the semifinals where the lost to eventual champions, and teammates, Alfredo Perez and Johannes Ingildsen
  • Vale and Kessler earned an at-large bid to the ITA National Fall Championships where they advanced to the quarterfinals
  • In singles Vale advanced to the third round of qualifying at the ITA All-American Championship and the third round of the main draw at the Southeast Regional Championships


Prior to Florida
  • Reached as high as #14 in ITF Rankings
  • ATP Ranking #1245 (career high)
  • Competed in seven Junior Grand Slam events (one Australian Open, two French Opens, two Wimbledon’s and two US Opens)
  • Quarterfinalist at the 2016 ITF Grade 1 USTA International Spring Championships
  • Won doubles with fellow commit, Andy Andrade, at the 2016 ITF Grade 1 Copa Barranquilla
  • Went 6-1 in the 2016 European Summer Cup as the No. 1 player for Portugal to lead them to the final rounds
  • Advanced to the Semifinal round of the Portugal F3 Futures for doubles in March of 2015.
  • Trained at IMG Academy

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Freshman

    5'11" 183 lbs
  • 2018-19Sophomore

    5'11" 179 lbs
  • 2019-20Junior

    6'0" 179 lbs
  • 2020-21Senior

    6'0" 179 lbs
  • 2021-22Senior

    6'0" 179 lbs