2024-25 Men's Tennis Roster

Filipe Costa with the team prior to the start of the match against South Carolina State.
Photo by: Tony Walsh/UGAAA
Filipe Costa retuning a shot during the team's match against The Citadel.
Photo by: Conor Dillon/UGAAA
Filipe Costa during the team's match against Georgia State on March 10, 2024.
Filipe Costa during day one of the Southern Intercollegiate Championships on Sept. 29, 2023.
Photo by: Kari Hodges/UGAAA
Filipe Costa during warmups at the Southern Intercollegiate Championships.
Georgia tennis players Filipe Costa and Teodor Giusca during the Southern Intercollegiate Championships against Texas at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex in Athens, Ga., on Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. (Photo by Kayla Renie)
Photo by: Kayla Renie/UGAAA
Filipe Costa at the Southern Intercollegiate Championships preparing for the team's bout against Texas.
Filipe Costa at the Southern Intercollegiate Championships preparing for the team's bout against Texas.
Georgia tennis players Filipe Costa and Teodor Giusca during the Southern Intercollegiate Championships against Texas at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex in Athens, Ga., on Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. (Photo by Kayla Renie)
Photo by: Kayla Renie/UGAAA
Filipe Costa

Filipe Costa

  • Height:
    6-3
  • Weight:
    175
  • Class:
    Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown:
    São Paulo, Brazil
  • High School:
    Milton High School
  • Exchange Profile:
    Pitch an NIL Deal
2023-24 (Redshirt Junior)
  • Made his SEC season debut on court six against No. 36 Arkansas; 3-1 mark in singles this spring.
  • Perfect 3-0 in singles play at the UTR Sports College Circuit hosted by Georgia Gwinnett College; semifinals and finals abandoned due to weather
  • Went 1-1 in singles play during the ITA Southeast Regional
  • Went 1-1 in singles play during the 2024 ITA All-American Championships
  • Recorded a 2-1 record in doubles action with Cyrus Mahjoob during the 56th annual Southern Intercollegiate Championships
2023-24 (Redshirt Sophomore)
  • Member of the 2024 SEC Community Service Team
  • Earned first match clinching win against No. 59 Ole Miss, beating Olle Noltorp by a 6-0, 6-3 score
  • Clinched first doubles point against Southern Mississippi with Cyrus Mahjoob on court two
  • Finished 2-0 in the silver draw at the 55th annual Southern Intercollegiate Championships, winning both matches in straight sets
  • Defeated Luca Hotze at the ITA Southeast Regional consolation draw 
2022-23 (Redshirt Freshman)
  • Member of the 2023 SEC Community Service Team
  • Played in three doubles and singles matches in the fall season
  • Picked up win against Carter Bradford (FGCU) at the ITA Southeast Regional Round Robin pool in straight sets by a 6-3, 6-3 score
  • Made his Bulldog debut in doubles at the Southern Intercollegiate Championships with Teodor Giusca
  • Finished the fall 1-2 in singles, 0-3 in doubles
  • 2023 First Year SEC Honor Roll recipient 
2021-22 (Freshman)
  • Redshirted while at Arizona State
Before Georgia
  • A four-star recruit with 100 wins during his junior career
  • Ranked in the TRN Tennis RPI top-25
  • Former blue chip recruit ranked as high as No. 4 in his class nationally and No. 1 in the state of Georgia, according to tennisrecruiting.net
  • Also spent some time in England where he reach as high as No. 7 in the LTA junior rankings
  • Finalist for both singles and doubles on the Tennis Europe circuit and a multiple time champion at USTA events
Personal
  • Born Aug. 4, 2002 in São Paulo, Brazil
  • Son of Frederico and Eliane Costa
  • Double majoring in Finance and Real Estate and also recieveing a double certificate in Entrepreneurship and Law
  • Owner of the @CostaTennisAcademy social media account, a platform for tennis players to improve their game, which has over 22k followers on Instagram and over 16k on Tik Tok
  • Listed go-to pre-match song as “Ramen & OJ” by Joyner Lucas and Lil Baby
  • When asked why he choose to attend Georgia, Costa responded, “When you find a culture of excellence, where everyone loves where they are, fights for more than just themselves, and has a sense of pride for the team they’re a part of… there’s no better place to be.”


Singles
Year Overall Dual SEC No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6 Ranked
2022-23 2-2 - - - - - - - - -
2023-24 9-4 5-1 2-1 - - 1-0 - 2-0 2-1 -
2024-25 5-6 3-1 - - - 0-1 1-0 - 2-0 -
Career 16-12 8-2 2-1 - - 1-1 1-0 2-0 4-1 -
 
Doubles
Year Overall Dual SEC No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 Ranked
2022-23 0-3 - - - - - -
2023-24 6-10 2-2 0-0 - 2-1 0-1 -
2024-25 2-3 - - - - - -
Career 8-16 2-2 0-0 - 2-1 0-1 -
 
Miscellaneous
Stat Overall
Career-high singles ranking -
Career-high doubles ranking -
Highest ranked singles win -
Highest ranked doubles win -
Career match-clinching wins One (Last: No. 59 Ole Miss, 04/15/24)
Career point-clinching wins One (Last: Southern Mississippi, 04/15/24)
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