St. John's University Athletics
2022-23 Men's Tennis Roster
Vila Antuna, Axel
Men's Tennis NCAA Selection Show
Tuesday, April 30
Axel Vila Antuna
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Valencia, Spain
- High School:
- CEED Valencia
- Prev School:
- Lamar
Bio
As a Senior (2022-23): Notched an 8-4 doubles record playing all but one match with Diogo Marques... Paired with Marques to win BIG EAST Doubles Team of the Week on Jan. 30 after their first win of the season together against Cornell... He and Marques was as high as No. 54 in the ITA Doubles Rankings in the spring season... Finished 3-4 in singles play... Was 3-0 in doubles play in the BIG EAST Championships with Marques... Reached semifinals of ITA Super Regionals in Doubles play to end the fall season... Teamed up with Marques the duo won a pair of matches on the campus of Harvard before falling to the No. 21 ranked duo in the country in the semifinals.
As a Junior (2021-22): All-BIG EAST First Team selection... Named back-to-back BIG EAST Singles Player of the Week (Feb. 9 & 16) ... Four-time BIG EAST Doubles Team of the Week honoree with Ignacio Garcia, including three consecutively... Registered a 7-6 singles record, exclusively at the no. 1 spot... Compiled a team-best 15-3 doubles record... Ranked no. 54 in doubles and 97 in singles in the final fall ITA rankings on Dec. 8.
At Lamar: 2021 Southland Conference Player of the Year... 2021 First-Team All-Conference in singles and doubles... Two-time Southland Conference Player of the Week selection... Posted a undefeated 5-0 record in conference singles match-ups... Featured mainly at the No. 1 singles and doubles positions for the Cardinals... 2021 All-Academic Team selection.
Personal: Son of Rita Antuna Cervera... Plans to major in finance at St. John's.
As a Junior (2021-22): All-BIG EAST First Team selection... Named back-to-back BIG EAST Singles Player of the Week (Feb. 9 & 16) ... Four-time BIG EAST Doubles Team of the Week honoree with Ignacio Garcia, including three consecutively... Registered a 7-6 singles record, exclusively at the no. 1 spot... Compiled a team-best 15-3 doubles record... Ranked no. 54 in doubles and 97 in singles in the final fall ITA rankings on Dec. 8.
At Lamar: 2021 Southland Conference Player of the Year... 2021 First-Team All-Conference in singles and doubles... Two-time Southland Conference Player of the Week selection... Posted a undefeated 5-0 record in conference singles match-ups... Featured mainly at the No. 1 singles and doubles positions for the Cardinals... 2021 All-Academic Team selection.
Personal: Son of Rita Antuna Cervera... Plans to major in finance at St. John's.