Gianluca Ballotta Season 2024-25

UCLA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• 3-time ITA Scholar-Athlete (2026, 2025, 2023)
• 2-time CSC Academic All-District Team member (2025, 2024)
• 2-time Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll member (2026, 2025)
• 10-time Athletic Director's Honor Roll member (last Spring 2026)
• Career-high ITA singles ranking: 121 (Nov. 15, 2023)

2025-26
6-7 singles record (2-2 in dual matches) … 13-6 doubles mark (13-3 in dual matches) … with partner Emon van Loben Sels, finished season-high No. 80 in ITA doubles rankings (May 20) … named ITA Scholar-Athlete … earned spot on Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll ... posted majority of singles decisions on Court 6 (1-1); also finished on Courts 4 (0-1) and 5 (1-0) … majority of completed doubles matches came on Court 3 (7-2); also finished on Court 2 (6-1) … clinched team-high four doubles points with van Loben Sels, including 6-4 result over Connor Church/Branko Djuric of USC (March 13) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2025, Winter 2026 and Spring 2026.

2024-25
5-5 singles record (3-2 in dual matches) … 15-9 doubles mark (14-8 in dual matches) … Bruins captured Big Ten Conference Tournament championship in first season as member … named ITA Scholar-Athlete ... member of CSC Academic All-District Team … earned spot on Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll ... posted majority of singles decisions on Court 6 (1-2); also finished on Court 2 (2-0) … doubles decisions came exclusively on Court 3 … with partner Emon van Loben Sels, beat No. 81 Pierre-Yves Bailly/Sebastian Eriksson of Texas 7-5 in NCAA Championships quarterfinal round (May 16) … clinched team-high six doubles points with van Loben Sels, including 6-4 result over Alexander Bernard/Bryce Nakashima of Ohio State in Big Ten Tournament championship match (April 27) … beat Alex Cairo 6-3, 6-2 to clinch win against Michigan (April 11) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2024, Winter 2025 and Spring 2025.

2023-24
9-9 singles record (6-7 in dual matches) … 0-2 doubles mark … reached season-high No. 121 in ITA singles rankings (Nov. 15) … member of CSC Academic All-District Team ... posted majority of singles decisions on Courts 4 (2-4) and 5 (3-3); also finished on Court 6 (1-0) … posted two match-clinching points, including 6-4, 6-4 winner-take-all decision over Chen Dong of LSU in NCAA Championships first round (May 3) … beat Samuel Rubell 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 to clinch win against USC (April 16) … totaled two wins versus nationally-ranked singles opponents, including 6-4, 3-6, 1-0(6) result over No. 93 Luke Casper of Texas A&M (Jan. 17) … defeated No. 50 Gustaf Strom of Arizona 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 to reach singles fourth round at ITA Southwest Regional Championships (Oct. 20) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2023 and Winter 2024.

2022-23
10-4 singles record (9-3 in dual matches) … 2-4 doubles mark (all dual matches) … named ITA Scholar-Athlete ... posted majority of singles decisions on Court 5 (7-2); also finished on Courts 4 (0-1) and 6 (2-0) … majority of completed doubles matches came on Court 2 (2-3); also finished on Court 3 (0-1) … with partner Patrick Zahraj, posted 6-4 winner-take-all result over Franco Capalbo/Geronimo Espin Busleiman of Utah (April 22) … posted team-high-tying three match-clinching points, including 7-6(3), 7-5 decision over Aidan Reilly of Yale (March 13); match ended in 4-3 score … in first career dual-match singles appearance, beat Fabian Gusic 6-2, 6-4 to clinch win versus Portland (Feb. 4) … earned first career singles victory with 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 decision over Rahul Dhokia of Texas A&M at Sherwood Collegiate Cup (Jan. 17) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Winter 2023 and Spring 2023.

PRIOR TO UCLA
Graduated from Florida Virtual School … career-high ITF junior ranking: 42 … qualified for singles and doubles draws at 2022 US Open Junior Championships … advanced to singles and doubles (with partner Nicolas Villalon Valdes) semifinal rounds at ITF J2 Bruchkoebel event in 2022 … made singles semifinal round and doubles (with partner Juan Carlos Prado Angelo) quarterfinal round at ITF J2 Bogota event in 2022 … won singles crown at ITF J2 Gladbeck event in 2022 … captured singles title at ITF J3 Lima event in 2022 … earned singles titles at ITF J4 Lima events in 2021 and 2022; with partner Christopher Li, won doubles championship in 2021 … reached singles and doubles (with partner Enrique Pena) semifinal rounds at ITF JB1 Lima event in 2022 … advanced to singles round of 16 and doubles quarterfinal (with partner Luis Carlos Alvarez Valdes) round at 2022 Brasil Juniors Cup in Porto Alegre, Brazil … with partner Leanid Boika, advanced to doubles semifinal round at 2021 Eddie Herr International Championships in Bradenton, Fla.

PERSONAL
Son of Marco and Ursula (Fernandez) … decided to attend UCLA because it was always one of his goals “with tennis and in life” … admires Rafael Nadal … hobbies and interests include surfing, anime and music … speaks four languages (English, German, Italian and Spanish) … economics major.