Natan Rodrigues

April 16, 2025: 2025 ACC Men's Tennis Championship at Cary Tennis Park in Cary, North Carolina. (Scott Kinser)

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Photo by: Nicole Finch | Louisville Athletics

Photo by: Nicole Finch | Louisville Athletics

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Miguel Avendaño & Natan Rodrigues celebrate during the match against Eastern Kentucky on January 15.

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Photo by: Caleb Jones |University of Louisville Athletics

Natan Rodrigues returns the ball against North Carolina

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Natan Rodrigues during the game against UK at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center on February 10, 2023.

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Natan Rodrigues serves against Bellarmine

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Fabien Salle, Natan Rodrigues, David Mizrahi and Will Mayew with ITA Ohio Valley Regional Placques

Fabien Salle and Natan Rodrigues with ITA placques

Natan Rodrigues and Fabien Salle celebrated at the ITA Ohio Valley Regional Championships

Natan Rodrigues and Fabien Salle celebrated at the ITA All-American Championships

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Natan Rodrigues during the match against Wake Forest at Bass-Rudd Tennis Center on April 3, 2022.

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Natan Rodrigues returns a serve against Wake Forest

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Natan Rodrigues and Matthew Fung celebrate after a point

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Height:
5-11
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Salvador Bahia, Brazil
High School:
Marista Patamares

• Two-Time NCAA Doubles All-American (2023 Quarterfinalist; 2024 Top 8 Seed)
• Two-Time All-ACC Doubles Second Team (2023; 2024)

As a senior (2024-25):

Primarily played on the top court in singles competition for the Cards
Finished the spring with a 10-8 singles record and a 10-11 doubles record
Ranked as high as No. 77 in doubles alongside Hamza El Amine
Entered the singles poll on April 22 at No. 88
Upset the No. 3 duo of Luca Pow and Luciano Tacchi against No. 1 Wake Forest on March 23 with doubles partner El Amine
Earned the clinching point in Louisville’s upset over 11-seeded Georgia Tech with a 7-5, 6-4 win over No. 118 Nate Bonetto in the first round of the ACC Tournament
Took down No. 15 Corey Craig 6-4, 7-5 in the Cards’ narrow loss to No. 17 Florida State in the second round of the ACC Tournament
Clinched the match for Louisville against No. 44 Middle Tennessee with a 7-6 (7-4), 6-4 win on the top court
Won six out of his last seven singles matches, all in straight sets

As a junior (2023-24)

Advanced to 2024 NCAA Men's Doubles Championship semifinals, falling to Ohio State in a three-set heartbreaker
Named All-ACC Doubles Second Team with partner Etienne Donnet
Earned All-American status after claiming a top-eight seed in the NCAA Men’s Tennis Doubles Championship; his second honor of the kind
Ranked as high as #4 in the ITA Doubles Rankings; the best ranking ever by a Cardinal duo
Posted 12-4 doubles record in the spring with regular partner Etienne Donnet, with a 5-2 record against nationally ranked opponents
Was 20-10 in doubles overall, with a 15-7 record in spring and 5-3 record in fall tournaments
Notched an 11-8 dual singles record, with a 3-5 fall record
Played 18 singles matches from the No. 2 spot in UofL’s lineup
Upset #38 Filipo Moroni of Wake Forest on March 22 in singles
Ranked as high as 42 in the preseason ITA Singles Rankings and 109 in the regular season

As a sophomore (2022-23):

Teamed with Fabien Salle to reach the quarterfinals of the NCAA Doubles Championship, becoming the second pair in program history to earn All-America honors and the first since 2011.
Named to the All-ACC Doubles Second Team with Salle
The duo of Rodrigues and Salle clinched the doubles point at the No. 1 spot in Louisville's 4-3 NCAA tournament first round win over No. 31 Texas Tech (May 6).
Stands second on Louisville's list for single season doubles wins in a season with a 33-8 overall doubles record.
Posted a 19-13 record in singles and went 9-9 in dual matches playing primarily at No. 1.
Reached his highest national singles ranking at No. 25 on November 16. Appeared in the ITA singles rankings 12 times throughout the season.
Appeared in the ITA doubles rankings with Fabien Salle 12 times throughout the season reaching as high as No. 9 on Nov. 16 and then finishing the year at No. 9.
Rodrigues and Salle were named the ACC Co-Doubles Team of the Week on March 14.
ITA Ohio Valley Regional doubles champion with Salle and ITA Ohio Valley Regional singles runner-up
Named to the All-ACC Academic Team and Academic Honor Roll

As a freshman (2021-22):

Joined the team in January 2022
Tied with David Mizrahi for a team-high in dual match singles wins with 17.

Prep/Juniors:

Reached as high as No. 6 in the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Junior Rankings
Amassed six tournament titles in singles including the Bahia Juniors Cup and the 32nd Londrina Junior Cup in 2018
Collected 11 doubles tournament championships
Reached the doubles finals of the Roland Garros Junior Championship in 2020.

Personal:

Nickname is The Baiano
Has five siblings
His father played soccer professionally in Brazil
Post college ambition is to be a professional tennis player
His proudest moment was reaching the doubles finals of the Roland Garros Junior Championships
Hobbies include playing basketball and video games
His parents are the most influential people in his life
His greatest challenge has been coming back from appendix surgery
Major is sport administration with a minor in athletic coaching