Camilo Ponce

2021-22 Men's Tennis Roster

Emma Gellman

Liam OConnor

Chris Baird

Emma Gellman

Becca Kimock

Class:

Senior
Hometown:

Quito, Ecuador
Ht./Wt.:

5-11 /

Summary
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Season
Career
Historical

Career Highlights & Awards
• 2021 CAA Doubles Team of the Week (April 28)
• 2021 CAA Doubles Team of the Week (March 31)
• 2021 CAA Player of the Week (March 10)
• 2019 All-CAA Second Team (Doubles)
• 2019 Courage Award (Team Award)
• Helped lead Elon to its first CAA Championship in 2019 and first NCAA Championships appearance since 2014.
• Won the championship-clinching match at the No. 5 position at the 2019 CAA Championships.

Personal
Full name is Camilo Jose Ponce Serrano...Born Dec. 21, 1998...Son of Belen Serrano and Victor Ponce...Has three sisters – Micaela, Valentina and Sofia...Majoring in sport management.

Spring 2022 (Senior)
Competed primarily in the No. 4 position...Finished the year with a 10-9 overall record... Won six of his final nine matches to end the season... Picked up key victories over Longwood, Campbell, Clemson, Davidson, James Madison, Radford and Charleston...Posted a 5-7 mark in doubles play, competing primarily with Kyle Frankel... Earned decisions against Longwood, North Carolina A&T, Davidson, Norfolk State and Charleston...Moved into the top-10 all-time for singles wins with 54... Ranks in the top-10 all-time for doubles wins with 46.

Spring 2021 (Senior)
Posted a 14-5 record in doubles ... Won his last nine matches of the season in the No. 2 position alongside Kyle Frankel, delivering victories against William & Mary, East Tennessee State, Charlotte and VCU ... Teamed up with Nicholas Campbell to defeat William & Mary's Daniel Pellerito and Finbar Talcott on March 7 (6-2) and Furman's Emil Westling and Drew Singerman on March 5 (7-6(1)) in the No. 3 spot ... Registered a 6-2 victory against N.C. A&T with Maxwell Zucker on the No. 2 spot on Feb. 6 ... Earned his first doubles of the win of the season with Campbell on Jan. 24 when it recorded a 6-2 win against Davidson ... Finished the season with a 12-6 singles record ... Earned seven consecutive wins against William & Mary, Furman. Kennesaw State, Wofford, Gardner-Webb, N.C. A&T and Davidson ... Won four of his last five matches, including a 6-2, 6-0 victory over Drexel's Hugo Brungs in the No. 4 position in the Colonial Athletic Association Championship Quarterfinals.

Spring 2020 (Junior)
Posted a 6-7 record in singles action, competing in the No. 3 and 4 spots...Earned three-consecutive wins at the No. 4 spot against Longwood, Campbell, and North Carolina A&T...Defeated opponents from Charleston, Richmond, and Navy to end the season on a three-match win streak...Also went 5-5 in doubles, including a 5-2 record at the No. 2 spot alongside Sam Dively and 0-3 record at the No. 1 spot with Kyle Frankel...Went 3-1 in the month of February, including victories over N.C. Central, Longwood, and NC A&T...Posted a pair of wins against Charleston and Richmond.

Fall 2019 (Junior)
Finished the season with an 8-5 record in doubles play, teaming up with Dino Bonetta, Kyle Frankel, and Sam Dively...Recorded a five-match win streak, earning victories against UNCG, Davidson, North Carolina Central, Wake Forest, UNCW...Won a 7-5 matchup with Kyle Frankel against Charlotte at the Duke James Bonk Invitational...Went 2-1 with Bonetta at the Liberty invitational...Also posted a 6-5 record in singles action...Defeated Coastal Carolina's Gonzalo Achondo 7-5, 6-3 in the final matchup of the ITA Carolina Regionals...Posted a 6-7(5), 6-1, 1-0(3) win over North Carolina A&T's Vasil Ivanov at the Spartan Fall Invitational (10/12)...Recorded a pair of wins at the Duke James Bonk Invitational, including a 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 victory over William & Mary's Sebastian Quiros (9/20)...Earned a 2-1 record in the Red Singles flight at the Liberty Invitational, earning wins over Kennesaw State and Liberty.

Spring 2019 (Sophomore)
Named to the All-CAA Second Team for doubles with Kyle Frankel...Helped lead Elon to its first CAA Championship in 2019 and first NCAA Championships appearance since 2014...Won the match-clinching contest 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 against UNCW's Leo Sprovieri at the No. 5 position to guide Elon to it's come-from-behind win in the CAA Championship match...Posted a 14-4 record in singles and had a 12-5 record in doubles action...Played primarily at the No. 5 singles spot and competed at the No. 2 doubles position all season with Frankel...Finished the season on a six-match winning streak in completed singles contests...Also had a four-match winning streak in singles from March 2-10...Finished the year with a 5-1 singles record against CAA opponents...Recorded a 12-5 doubles record with Frankel at the No. 2 position...Put together a five-match winning streak from April 6-20 with Frankel, until the streak was snapped in the NCAA Championships against No. 18-Georgia...Was given the Courage Award by the team at the Elon Athletics Banquet.

Fall 2018 (Sophomore)
Finished the fall with a 2-4 singles mark with a 2-2 mark in doubles action...Paired with Taylor Foote and Kyle Frankel in doubles matches...Claimed a singles win in the top flights of both the Elon Fall Invitational at the Charlotte 49ers Fall Invitational...Picked up singles wins against Appalachian State and Gardner-Webb...Won one doubles match with Foote at the ITA Carolina Regionals and with Frankel at the Charlotte 49ers Fall Invitational.

Spring 2018 (Freshman)
Posted a 12-8 singles record to go with a 9-10 doubles mark in his first dual-match season...Played 10 of his 20 matches at No. 5, going 5-5 there on the year while also picking up four wins at No. 4...Won a season-high four matches in a row on two occasions, putting together an 8-1 run from Feb. 25 to April 6...Put together a strong fight against 88th-ranked Bar Botzer of Wake Forest, falling 4-6, 2-6...Named to the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll.

Fall 2017 (Freshman)
Earned a 7-3 singles mark with a 4-7 mark in doubles action ... Won all three singles matches at the Spartan Fall Invitational against opponents from UNC Asheville, UNCG and Furman ... Also picked up two victories in the consolation bracket of the Flight B singles at the Seahawk Fall Invitational against opponents from Appalachian State and Longwood.

Prior to Elon
Ranked No. 1 in the country for his age group from ages 12 to 18...Played an ATP 250 level tournament in 2017, the Ecuador Open...Came to Elon with a Universal Tennis Ranking (UTR) of 13.2...Climbed as high as No. 2 in the Confederacion Sudamericana de Tennis (COSAT) rankings in January 2014 and ranked No. 276 in the ITF rankings...Reached seven ITF finals from 2015 to 2017, including multiple events in both singles and doubles.

Career Stats (Spring Seasons Only)

Year (Match-By-Match Link- Spring Only)	Doubles	Singles
2022	5-7	10-9
2021	14-5	12-6
2020	6-6	6-7
2019	12-5	14-3
2018	9-10	12-8
Overall	46-33 (.612)	54-33 (.647)