2019-20 Men's Tennis Roster
Goncalo Ferreira
- Class:
- Freshman
- Height:
- 5-8
- Weight:
- 163
- Prev School:
- Escola Secundária D. Maria II
- Hometown:
- Barcelos, Portugal
2021-22 (So.)
• Honored as ITA Scholar-Athlete for the first time
• Garnered inclusion on ASUN Academic Honor Roll for third consecutive year
• Recorded 15 singles wins on the season, 13 in the fall and two in the spring
• Finished second on the squad with 13 fall singles triumphs, posting a 13-3 record
• Claimed his first collegiate tournament title, the C Singles Flight championship at the Duke James Bonk Invite (Sept. 18), posting a 3-0 mark over a two-day span
• Held singles winning streaks of four matches or greater three times during fall competition
• Tallied nine doubles wins on the year, six in tournament play and three in dual competition
• Posted 6-3 doubles mark in fall play, won last five doubles matches
• Went 3-0 with Josh Wilson as his partner at the Liberty Spring Hidden Dual, Jan. 14-15
Spring 2021 (Fr.)
• Garnered inclusion on ASUN Academic Honor Roll
• Totaled nine singles victories during the spring season
• Went a perfect 6-0 in ASUN singles matches
• Posted 3-1 mark in No. 6 slot and 4-3 record in No. 5 slot in the lineup
• Won five of his final six singles matches, including a two-set victory (6-3, 7-5) over No. 41 Duke’s Samuel Rubell at No. 6 singles, March 31
• Claimed five doubles victories on the season, four with Josh Wilson and one with Thando Longwe-Smit
• Won all four doubles matches with Wilson in the No. 1 slot, including back-to-back ranked wins over Old Dominion’s No. 25 Luca Maldoner and Nicola Vidal (6-3 score on Feb. 1) and Georgia State’s No. 30 Andrei Duarte and Robert Grinvalds (7-5 score on Feb. 5)
*Note: Liberty did not compete in a fall 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2019-20 (Fr.)
• Garnered inclusion on ASUN Academic Honor Roll
• Totaled 14 singles victories on the year, winning seven times in the spring and seven in the fall
• Posted 7-6 spring singles mark, including a 6-6 record in the No. 4 position and 1-0 mark in the No. 1 position
• Earned notable wins over opponents from No. 22 UCLA, Penn State, Virginia Tech and Elon
• Provided match-clinching fourth point with his three-set win (4-6, 6-4, 6-3) over Penn State’s Gabriel Nemeth on Feb. 21, giving Liberty a 5-2 road win over the Nittany Lions in what was the team’s first win in program history over a Big Ten school
• Picked up straight-sets win (7-6 (5), 6-4) over Virginia Tech’s Matthis Ross is the Flames’ 4-3 win over the Hokies, Feb. 9 on the road
• Competed at prestigious ITA All-American Championships (Oct. 5), Naples 25k ITF Futures (Oct. 27-29) and Malibu 25k ITF Futures (Nov. 4) in the fall
• Tied for the team doubles victories on the squad with 14 on the year and posted the best doubles winning percentage (.667, 14-7 record) of any Flames player
• Collected five spring doubles victories and nine fall doubles triumphs
• Posted 11 doubles wins on the season with partner Josh Wilson, the most of any Liberty duo
• Went 6-0 in fall doubles competition and collected five wins in the spring with Wilson
• Posted 3-2 No. 1 doubles mark and 2-3 No. 2 doubles mark alongside Wilson
• Earned ranked doubles win with Wilson, a 7-5 triumph over Penn State’s 46th-ranked duo of Christos Antonopoulos and Christian Lakoseljac on Feb. 21
• Claimed Red doubles flight title with Wilson on Sept. 15 at the Liberty University Invitational, going 3-0 in the process
• Closed fall campaign with 3-0 doubles weekend with Wilson at Flames Invitational (Nov. 8-10)
*Note: Remainder of the season was cancelled on March 13, 2020 due to health concerns related to the COVID-19 virus
Prep
• Graduate of Escola Secundària D. Maria II
• Reached a No. 4 men’s ranking in Portugal in 2018 at the U18 level
• Won four national tournaments in his home country, including a U18 doubles national championship
• Best ATP ranking has been No. 1975 in singles and No. 1592 in doubles
Personal
• Son of José Carlos Goncalves Ferreira and Maria Helena Pereira Fernandes
• Majoring in criminal justice
• Birthday is Nov. 11
