2024-25 Men's Tennis Roster
Costa, Filipe

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
Bio
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
- 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
- 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
- Redshirted while at Arizona State
- 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
- 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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