2007 Men's Tennis Roster

Edson Abrao

  • Position Player
  • Ht./Wt. 6-1 / 0
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Maringa, Brazil

Biography

2007-08: Finished the season with a 19-6 overall record in singles action, going 2-0 at No. 1 singles, 2-2 at No. 2 singles, and 15-4 at No. 3 singles ... Finished the season with a 17-6 record at No. 1 doubles with Rain Roigas ... Named Sun Belt Player of the Week on March 19 ... Finished the spring season with a five-match winning streak ...  Began the spring season ranked 10th in singles in the Central region ... Was ranked eighth as in doubles in the Central Region with Rain Roigas ... In singles, his longest winning streak was nine matches, while in doubles, longest winning streak with Roigas was seven matches...Named to the Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List for academic excellence.

2006-07:  Finished the season 14-9 overall in singles action going 3-0 at No. 1, 4-2 at No. 2, and 7-7 at No. 3...Received All-Sun Belt Conference in doubles with Rain Roigas with the team leading the Trojans in doubles victories with a 14-5 record going 2-1 at No. 1 and 12-4 at No.2...Finished the season with a win and was ranked as high as No. 44 in the nation during the season...In singles action, longest winning streak was at five, while in doubles, longest winning streak with Roigas was at eight...Also went 1-1 with Igor Nikitin in doubles...Named to the Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll for academic excellence.

2005-06:  Second on the team in victories with an 18-2 record going 1-0 at No. 2, 5-0 at No. 3, 8-2 at No. 4, and 4-0 at No. 5...Helped led his team to a 19-8 overall record starting the season on a seven match winning streak in singles...Went 6-1 over his last seven matches...Against #44 Southern Methodist won singles match 6-3, 7-6...Against #59 Nebraska, won singles match 6-0, 6-3...At Sun Belt Conference tournament won singles match 6-2, 6-2 against #63 Denver...In doubles, recorded a 12-9 overall recorded...Teamed with Eduardo Autran for a 7-6 record going 6-5 at No. 1 and 1-1 at No. 2 and recording the second most victories in doubles for the team...Team with Dinko Halachev going 1-1 at No. 2...Recorded a 3-1 record with Rain Roigas going 2-0 at No. 2 and 1-1 at No. 3...Recorded highest doubles match winning streak at three.

2004-05:  Finished 7-11 in singles matches for the 2005 season...At the No. 3 position, he finished 3-3...At the No. 4 position, he finished 4-7...At the No. 5 position, he finished 0-1...Finished 7-13 in doubles action recording a 6-12 record with Eduardo Autran, 0-1 record with Dinko Halachev, and 1-0 record with Tim Walter...Helped team defeated Hendrix 7-0 winning in doubles action 8-3...Helped team to a 4-0 win over St. Louis winning his singles match 6-2, 6-1.

Pre-UALR:  Won several Brazilian junior titles...Finished 2004 ranked among the top-5 juniors in Brazil...Won the Brasilia-DF tournament, one of the highest caliber tournaments in Brazil...Won four national titles in 2004, his last year as a junior.

Personal:  Born July 29, 1984 in Maringa-Parana, Brazil...Parents are Edson and Sueli Abrao...Has one brother, Caio...Majoring in Business.

Historical Player Information

  • 2005Sophomore

    Player
    6'1"
  • 2006Junior

    Player
    6'1"
  • 2007Senior

    Player
    6'1"