University of Miami Athletics

Francisco Bastias

Height

5-7

Class

Sophomore

Hometown

Mendoza, Argentina

Francisco Bastias - Men's Tennis - University of Miami Athletics

As a Freshman (2018-19): Third Team All-ACC; ACC Player of the Week (2/26); ACC Doubles Team of the Week (3/19)
Finished with overall records of 18-12 in singles and 21-8 in doubles … Went 11-8 in spring singles competition, including 4-4 in ACC action, playing at the No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 positions in dual matches … Posted a 2-1 mark in the Miami Spring Invite, downing Wisconsin’s Leonard Soha (6-0, 6-4) and Ole Miss’ Jan Soren Hain (6-2, 6-2) in straight sets … Opened dual match play with a perfect 5-0 singles mark, extending his winning streak to six … Topped Tim Gennes of Stetson and Ian Sturgill of Liberty in straight sets at the No. 4 position … Dating from Jan. 13-Feb. 1, secured 14 consecutive sets through eight matches, with two sets remaining unfinished, with six matches ending in straight-set triumphs … Bested third ranked Mississippi State’s Strahinja Rakic, 6-3, 6-4, playing No. 3 singles … Helped the Hurricanes open conference action a perfect 2-0 for the first time since 2011, topping Georgia Tech’s Phillip Gresk, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, and Clemson’s Teodor Giusca, 6-1, 6-1 … Earned ACC Player of the Week accolades following the pair of conference triumphs… Clinched the match against No. 11 Notre Dame, defeating Tristan McCormick, 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (8-6) … In a decisive match against Duke, topped Spencer Furman, 6-4, 6-4, in the team’s 4-3 victory …   Went 17-4 in spring doubles play, pairing with two different teammates … Partnered with Bojan Jankulovski for an 8-4 win over Mississippi’s Simon Junk/Jan Soren Hain in the Miami Spring Invite for his first spring doubles triumph as a Hurricane … Capped the Miami spring invite with a 2-1 mark alongside Jankulovski … Pairing with Jankulovski, logged his first dual match doubles win by blanking Stetson’s Coilin MacNamara/Louis Gorregues, 6-0, before besting Liberty’s William Barker/Vince Salas, 6-4 … Partnered with Franco Aubone for the first time on Feb. 8, as the duo opened a nine-match winning streak topping Iowa’s Piotr Smietana/Joe Tyler, 6-3 … Over a stretch of 14 team matches, the tandem went 12-1, with a lone unfinished match against Utah, with the freshman leading 5-4 … Overall, with a pair of wins with Jankulovski, personally road an 11-match winning streak from Jan. 18-March 17, while going 14-1 over a 15 match stretch … Capped the 2019 spring season with a 6-3 victory over Clemson’s Mike Agee/Simon Baudry at the ACC Championship … Totaled an 7-4 singles record and 4-4 doubles mark in the fall … Collected his first win at Miami at the Gamecock Fall Invitational, defeating SMU’s Tomas Vaise, 6-2, 6-2 … Road a three match winning streak through the Gamecock Fall Invite, winning the back draw title against East Tennesee State’s Sergi Fontcuberta … Reached the title match at the Longhorn Invitational, winning four straight matches … Teamed up with Jankulovski and reached the semfinals of the ITA Southeast Ragional Championships Presented by Oracle, opening with a triumph over Giles Hussey/Jack MacFarlane of Georgia State, 8-7 (10-5) … In the Round of 16, topped Florida State’s Chase Wood/Rana-Roop Singh, 8-6 … Defeated UCF’s Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi/Trey Holderbrand, 8-4 … Came up short against No. 24 Johannes Ingildsen/Brian Berdusco of Florida, 2-6, 1-6.