2022-23 Men's Tennis Roster
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Axel Nefve
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Laurel Springs
- Prev School:
- Notre Dame
- Hometown:
- Delray Beach, Fla.
- Height:
- 6-4
Career Record
Career Dual Singles Record By Position
Career Dual Doubles Record By Position
HONORS
GRADUATE STUDENT
Spring 2023
Prior to Florida
| Year | Overall Singles | Tournament Singles | Dual Singles | SEC Singles | Overall Doubles | Tournament Doubles | Dual Doubles | SEC Doubles |
| 18-19 (Notre Dame) | 23-16 | 10-4 | 13-12 | 4-6 (ACC) | 11-10 | 4-1 | 7-9 | 2-5 (ACC) |
| 19-20 (Notre Dame) | 16-8 | 10-4 | 6-4 | 3-0 (ACC) | 13-3 | 5-2 | 8-1 | 3-0 (ACC) |
| 20-21 (Notre Dame) | 19-5 | 1-1 | 18-4 | 11-1 (ACC) | 15-8 | 1-1 | 14-7 | 8-3 (ACC) |
| 21-22 (Notre Dame) | 14-8 | 3-2 | 11-6 | 5-3 (ACC) | 8-7 | 0-1 | 8-6 | 3-3 (ACC) |
| 22-23 | 23-16 | 10-3 | 13-13 | 7-5 | 20-12 | 5-4 | 15-8 | 8-3 |
| Totals | 95-53 | 34-14 | 61-39 | 7-5 | 63-40 | 15-9 | 52-31 | 8-3 |
Career Dual Singles Record By Position
| Year | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Overall |
| 2019 (Notre Dame) | 7-6 | 3-0 | 1-5 | 2-1 | -- | -- | 13-12 |
| 2020 (Notre Dame) | -- | 5-4 | 1-0 | -- | -- | -- | 6-4 |
| 2021 (Notre Dame) | 13-3 | 5-1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 18-4 |
| 2022 (Notre Dame) | 11-6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 11-6 |
| 2023 | 13-13 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 13-13 |
| Totals | 44-28 | 13-5 | 2-5 | 2-1 | -- | -- | 61-39 |
Career Dual Doubles Record By Position
| Year | #1 | #2 | #3 | Overall |
| 2019 (Notre Dame) | 4-4 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 7-9 |
| 2020 (Notre Dame) | 8-1 | -- | -- | 8-1 |
| 2021 (Notre Dame) | 14-7 | -- | -- | 14-7 |
| 2022 (Notre Dame) | 7-6 | 1-0 | -- | 8-6 |
| 2023 | 14-8 | -- | 1-0 | 15-8 |
| Totals | 47-26 | 4-4 | 1-1 | 52-31 |
HONORS
- 2023 ITA All-America for singles and doubles
- 2023 First Team All-SEC
- 2023 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
- 2022 All-ACC First Team
- 2021 All-ACC First Team
- 2021 All-ACC Academic Team
- 2019 All-ACC Second Team
- Three-time ACC Player of the Week (March 8, 2022; April 13 & 20, 2021)
- Two-time ACC Doubles Team of the Week (Feb. 8, 2022; April 13, 2021)
GRADUATE STUDENT
Spring 2023
- Earned ITA All-America honors in both singles and doubles
- Reached the round of 16 in the NCAA Singles Championship for the first time in three trips to the tournament, toppling Florida State's No. 7 Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc and Arizona's No. 40 Jonas Ziverts
- Advanced to the round of 16 in the NCAA Doubles Championship after downing USC's No. 13 Stefan Dostanic/Bradley Frye in the first round
- Exclusively played at the top doubles and singles spot in SEC play
- Led Florida with seven ranked-victories in singles, two against top-25 opponents and nine ranked-victories in doubles, five against top-25 pairs
- Avenged his loss to Kentucky's Liam Draxl at the 2021 NCAA Singles Tournament and the 2022 ITA Indoor Championships, beating No. 20 Draxl 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 on Senior Night
- Became the first player in the country in almost three months to beat Tennessee's No. 2 Johannus Monday, winning 7-5, 6-3
- Peaked at No. 32 in singles and No. 4 in doubles by the ITA
- Ended the fall season ranked No. 37 in doubles with Bonetto in the ITA Final Fall Rankings
- Opened the fall season ranked No. 34 in singles in the ITA Preseason National Rankings
- Went 3-1 in singles play to open the fall season at the Commodore Invitational
- Notched first ranked singles victory of the season in the round of 64 against No. 19 Noah Schachter (Texas A&M), 6-4, 6-3 at the ITA All-American Championships... Picked up a ranked victory against the No. 36 doubles team in the country with teammate Will Grant
- Finished 4-0 in singles and also went 3-0 in doubles with teammate Nate Bonetto at the Gator Fall Invite
Prior to Florida
- Graduate Transfer (Notre Dame)
- Ended the 2022 season ranked No. 55 in singles
- Career-High ITA Singles Ranking of No. 25 and Doubles Ranking of No. 19
- Three NCAA Tournament Team Appearances
- Two-time Singles Qualifier (2021-22) and One-Time Doubles Qualifier (2021) in the NCAA Individual Championships
- Rated a 13.56 on the UTR scale
- Career-High ATP Singles Ranking of 1216
- Doubles Semifinalist at M25 Wichita
One-on-One with Coach Steinberg 3-7-24
Thursday, March 07
Bryan Shelton Postmatch 2-2-23
Saturday, February 04
Jonah Braswell Postmatch 2-2-23
Saturday, February 04
NCAA: Men's Tennis Postmatch 5-13-22
Friday, May 13
