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Rafael Abdulsalam - Men's Tennis - University of New Mexico Lobos Athletics

Rafael Abdulsalam

Class

So.

EXP

4VL

Hometown

Valencia, Venezuela

*using his super senior year available due to the 2019-20 COVID-19 season

2022-23 (Senior Season)
*Went 4-4 over his final 10 singles matches.
*Had a key win in a 4-3 road win over Radford, winning 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-3).
*Opened the MW season with a 2-0 day, winning over Air Force in both singles and doubles.

2021-22 (Junior Season)
*Went 11-16 in singles and a team-best 14-4 in doubles.
*Played mostly No. 2 singles but did play two matches at No. 1
*Had a 6-1, 6-0 win over Boise State’s Simon Arca Costas to key a 4-0 sweep.
*Won eight of his last nine doubles matches

2020-21 (Sophomore Season)
*Went 7-6 in singles and did not play doubles.
*Best win was a straight set 6-2, 6-3 win over No. 54 Filip Malbasic of Arizona.
*Had a wild match with Denver’s Nicolas Cuesta, with all three sets going to a tiebreaker and Abdulsalam serving for match point when the match was ended.
*Picked up an NCAA Tournament win at No. 4 singles with a 6-3, 6-2 win over No. 100 Noah Schachter

2019-20 (Freshman Season)
*Only played the spring season, going 3-4 in singles.
*Went 1-1 at No. 5 and 2-3 at No. 6 singles
*Best win was a 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 win over Francisco Vittar of No. 18 Texas Tech.

RAFAEL ABDULSALAM CAREER STATISTICS

Singles Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dual Tour Conf
2019-20 3-4 1-1 2-3 3-4 0-0 0-0
2020-21 7-6 0-1 4-3 3-2 7-6 2-1
2021-22 11-16 0-2 7-8 0-1 7-11 4-5 3-2
2022-23 8-13 4-9 1-0 5-9 3-4 2-2
TOTAL 29-39 0-2 11-17 1-2 4-3 4-3 2-3 22-30 7-9 7-5
Doubles Total 1 2 3 Dual Tour Conf
2019-20 0-0
2020-21 0-0
2021-22 14-4 1-0 12-3 13-3 1-1 4-1
2022-23 5-14 0-2 4-8 4-10 1-4 4-10
TOTAL 19-18 1-2 16-11 17-13 2-5 8-11