2018-19 Men's Tennis Roster
Alvaro Verdu
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Elda, Spain
- High School:
- San Alberto Magno
2018-19
First Team All-BIG EAST
BIG EAST Player of the Week
2017-18
BIG EAST Player of the Year
All-BIG EAST First Team
2016-17
All-BIG EAST
2015-16
All-BIG EAST
Senior (2018-19): All-BIG EAST First Team selection … BIG EAST Player of the Week honoree … Concluded season with 14 dual victories, third-most on the team … Played all but one dual match at No. 1 singles … Second on the roster with 18 total doubles wins … Teamed up with Brett Meyers for 12-2 mark at No. 1 doubles and was 15-4 at that position overall … Earned fourth letter.
Junior (2017-18): Named BIG EAST Player of the Year and was also tabbed First Team All-BIG EAST … All of his dual action came at the No. 1 position … Clinched title-winning point at the BIG EAST tourney vs. DePaul … Posted 13-8 record at No. 1 doubles, with all but one of those matches coming with Brett Meyers … Earned third letter.
Sophomore (2016-17): All-BIG EAST Conference selection … Posted nine victories at No. 1 singles … Earned 12 overall singles decisions … Teamed up with Nick Dykema to post 8-4 doubles record, all at No. 1 spot … Earned second letter.
Freshman (2015-16): All-BIG EAST First Team selection … Led the team with 17 overall singles victories, including a squad-best 14 in dual action … Was an impressive 14-3 at No. 2 singles … Concluded the season with nine-match winning streak … Saw doubles action at the No. 1 and 2 spots … Was undefeated against BIG EAST competition during the regular season and conference tournament … Accounted for nine doubles wins during the dual campaign.
High School: Previously played at San Alberto Magno in Spain ... Won the U12 European Championship in 2009 ... Was a finalist in the Spanish Championship ... Has represented the Spanish team on three separate occasions (U12, U14, U16) ... Crowned the ITF U16 champion in Greece in 2012 ... Has won two of the biggest tennis tours in Spain, the Nike Junior Tour and the Marca Jovenes Promesas in 2009 and 2012 respectively ... Winner of the Spanish Team Championships three different times (2009, 2010, 2011).
Personal: Born March 4, 1997 in Elda, Spain ... Son of Juan Verdu and Rosa Ruiz ... Has one sibling, Nerea ... Majoring in economics.
Verdu's Career Results
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Fall | Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | Fall | Total |
| 15-16 | 0-2 | 14-3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3-6 | 17-11 | 7-6 | 2-4 | -- | 5-6 | 14-16 |
| 16-17 | 9-11 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3-4 | 12-15 | 11-4 | 0-1 | -- | 2-2 | 13-7 |
| 17-18 | 11-8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3-4 | 14-12 | 13-8 | -- | -- | 0-4 | 13-12 |
| 18-19 | 13-8 | 1-0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0-7 | 14-15 | 15-4 | -- | -- | 3-4 | 18-8 |
| Career | 33-29 | 15-3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 9-21 | 57-53 | 46-22 | 2-5 | -- | 10-16 | 58-43 |
