Mario Paccini

2018-19 Men's Tennis Roster

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Becca Kimock

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Class:

Senior
Hometown:

Madrid, Spain
Highschool:

Colegio Cumbre
Ht./Wt.:

6-0 /

Summary
Media
Season
Career
Historical

Honors & Awards
• 2019 First Team All-CAA (Singles)
• 2019 First Team All-CAA (Doubles)
• 2019 CAA Player of the Week (March 26)
• 2018 First Team All-CAA (Singles)
• 2018 First Team All-CAA (Doubles)
• 2018 CAA Player of the Week (March 13)
• 2018 CAA Doubles Team of the Week (March 27)
• 2017-18 Most Valuable Player (Team Award)
• 2017 Second Team All-CAA (Singles)
• 2016 First Team All-CAA (Singles)
• 2016 Second Team All-CAA (Doubles)
• 2015-16 Coaches' Award (Team Award)

Major(s)
Finance

Career Highlights
• Was a four-time All-CAA singles selection, including three-times on the first team (2016, 2018, 2019) and once on the second team (2017).
• Earned All-CAA doubles honors three times, twice on the first team (2018, 2019) and one time on the second team (2016).
• Helped lead Elon to its first CAA Championship in 2019 and first NCAA Championships appearance since 2014.
• Finished his career with 44 singles wins and 43 doubles victories in dual matches.
• Amassed a total of 69 singles and 63 doubles wins during the fall and spring seasons combined over four years with the maroon and gold.
• Was named the team's Most Valuable Player for the 2017-18 season and earned the Coaches' Award as a freshman during the 2015-16 season.

Spring 2019 (Senior)
Earned First Team All-CAA in singles for the third time in his career and collected First Team All-CAA doubles for the second time with Felipe Sarrasague • Helped lead Elon to its first CAA Championship in 2019 and first NCAA Championships appearance since 2014 • Finished the season with a 12-11 in singles and a 12-7 record in doubles overall in the spring • Played primarily at the No. 2 position in singles and the No. 1 spot in doubles action • Posted a season-best four-match win streak in singles play from March 18 until March 25 • Was named the CAA Player of the Week on March 26 for that singles winning streak against Coastal Carolina, USC Upstate, Winthrop and College of Charleston • Defeated Texas A&M-Corpus Christi's Rodrigues Lopes • Defeated William & Mary's Finbar Tallcott in the quarterfinals of the CAA Championships at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center • In doubles, finished out the year winning 10 of his last 11 matches with Sarrasague • Finished with a 10-2 record with Sarrasague, but also paired with Dino Bonetta, Felipe Osses-Konig and Taylor Foote throughout the season.

Fall 2018 (Senior)
Recorded a 7-3 record in singles and a combined 2-2 doubles mark with Felipe Sarrasague and Osses-Konig during the fall season • Finished with a 3-1 record in the main draw at the Charlotte 49ers Fall Invitational • Posted a 3-1 mark at the Elon Fall Invitational main flight with wins against James Madison, Charlotte and Appalachian State • Picked up an opening round win at the ITA Carolina Regionals against Gabriel Cucalon of NC Central before falling to Bo Boyden of North Carolina in the Round of 64 • Paired up with Sarrasague in doubles at the ITA Carolina Regionals • Finished with a 2-0 record at the Charlotte 49ers Fall Invitational, pairing with Osses-Konig to pick up wins against Wofford and UNC Asheville.

Spring 2018 (Junior)
Posted a 12-8 mark to go with a 10-5 doubles record in dual-match action • Earned First Team All-CAA in singles for the second time in his career and earned First Team All-CAA doubles with Neal Port • Played primarily at No. 2 singles, going 10-7 in the spot • Took No. 57 Francisco Cerundolo of South Carolina to three sets, falling in a tiebreaker 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (1) • Also played eventual singles national champion Petros Chrysochos of Wake Forest to a 6-2, 6-2 final when Chrysochos was No. 4 in the nation • Battled UNC Asheville’s Henry Patten, ranked No. 76 in the country, to a tough 6-4, 6-4 decision • In doubles, beat UNC Asheville’s 38th-ranked duo of Patten and Olly Cull 6-2 • Went on a run with Port in which the two lost just once from Jan. 26 to March 28.

Fall 2017 (Junior)
Posted a record of 5-5 in singles with a combined 4-4 doubles mark with Felipe Sarrasague and Kyle Frankel • Reached the semifinals of the A1 singles draw at the Duke James Bonk Invite with wins over Payton Holden of Princeton and Alan Gadjiev of Wake Forest • Also reached the semifinals of the Elon Invitational Maroon singles draw by beating James Madison’s Damon Roberts and Clemson’s Carlos Kalaidis • Finished third in the Elon Invitational Gold draw with Frankel.

Spring 2017 (Sophomore)
Went 6-6 in singles play and 7-5 in doubles action • Missed 10 matches throughout the middle of the season due to injury • Went 5-5 at No. 2 singles and 1-1 at No. 3 • Posted a 6-5 record at No. 1 doubles and went 1-0 at No. 3 • Earned three consecutive singles wins to close the regular season against Shaw, East Carolina and UNCG • Fought through two battles in the CAA Tournament with both matches going unfinished against Hofstra and William & Mary • Took Robert Levine of Duke three sets, but fell 4-6, 6-2, 3-6 • Defeated Christian Cargill of William & Mary during the regular season by the score of 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 • Went on a seven-match unbeaten streak during the season in doubles • Was named a Second Team All-CAA Singles honoree at season’s end.

Fall 2016 (Sophomore)
Earned a 6-5 singles mark with a 7-5 doubles record throughout the fall slate • Highlighted his fall with a 6-2, 6-2 win over No. 58 Christian Langmo of Miami at the Southern Intercollegiate • Won the Blue Singles consolation bracket of the Duke James Bonk Invite, beating Maxime Hinnisdaels of Auburn in three sets by the score of 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-3 • In doubles, paired with Felipe Sarrasague to reach the Round of 32 at the Southern Intercollegiate, beating a duo from Virginia Tech in the Round of 64…Went to the Round of 16 at the ITA Carolina Regionals with Sarrasague • Reached the finals of the Wolfpack Invitational Red Doubles draw with Neal Port but fell to a duo from Duke.

Spring 2016 (Freshman)
Was named to the All-CAA First Team in singles and All-CAA Second Team in doubles • Posted a 13-9 record in singles play at the No. 1 and No. 2 positions • Went 6-1 overall at the No. 2 position • Finished the season with a 14-4 record in doubles action, playing primarily with Rob Lindgren • Posted a 12-3 doubles mark with Lindgren in doubles action • Also played doubles with Neal Port, Salvador Mijares, and Taylor Foote • Earned Elon's lone point against No. 13 Duke with a 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 victory over T.J. Pura at No. 2 singles • Tested defending National Champion and No. 11-ranked Ryan Shane of Virginia and having match point in a narrow 7-6, 5-7, 1-6 defeat in an Elon loss to No. 1 Virginia • Earned First Team All-CAA Singles and Second Team All-CAA Doubles after the season.

Fall 2015 (Freshman)
Finished with 8-4 records in both singles and doubles play during the fall season • Made it to the round of 32 at the ITA Carolina Regionals with wins against Cameron Green of Furman and Nikita Zaverkov of Gardner-Webb • Went 2-2 in singles play at the Duke James Bonk Invite • Went 2-1 in singles action at the ECU Shootout • Went 2-1 in doubles play at the Elon Invitational with Lindgren.

Before Elon
Was ranked 180th nationally in Spain for his class • Earned a point during ATP Tennis competition.

Personal
Born April 18, 1997 • Son of Carlos and Nieves Paccini.