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Toby Samuel

  • height 6-3
  • class Senior
  • Hometown Bournemouth, England
  • height 6-3
  • class Senior
  • Hometown Bournemouth, England

Toby Samuel Bio

AWARDS

  • 3x SEC Academic Honor Roll (2021, 2022, 2023)
  • ITA Scholar-Athlete (2023)
  • ITA Carolina Region Rookie of the Year (2021)
  • SEC All-Freshman Team (2021)
  • All-SEC Second Team (2021)
  • 2x All-SEC First Team (2022, 2023)
  • ITA All-American Doubles Champion (2022)
  • NCAA Singles Qualifier (2023)
  • NCAA Doubles Qualifier (2023)
  • ITA Singles All-American (2023)
  • ITA Doubles All-American (2023)

2022-23 (JUNIOR)

  • Opened the fall season with five consecutive singles wins, including the highest ranked win of his career after upsetting the nation’s No. 8 player at the ITA All-American Championships. Later went on to upset No. 5 for the new highest ranked win of his career.
  • Went an impressive 24-5 (.828) in singles play on the season including a 19-4 record in dual play – all from the No. 1 position – and had an 8-3 mark against SEC opponents
  • Put up a 15-5 mark against ranked singles opponents, tallying three wins over top-10 opponents including Nos. 5, 7, and 8.
  • Spent the entire 2023 regular season ranked inside the ITA’s Singles Top-11, peaking at No. 3 in the nation. Ended the season with a final ranking of No. 10, earning himself a spot in the ITA/ATP Accelerator Program
  • Alongside partner Connor Thomson, became the program’s first ITA All-American Champions, claiming the title in doubles. The pair upset Nos. 15, 16, 26, and 29 en route to the title
  • Went 24-6 in doubles on the season with a 17-5 mark in dual play, all from the top spot in the lineup
  • Put up a 12-5 record against ranked opponents that included four wins over teams ranked in the top-10 and ten wins over top-30 foes
  • With partner Connor Thomson, became the first pair in program history to hold the No. 1 spot in the ITA Doubles Rankings. The duo was ranked No. 1 for all but one week of the regular season and finished at the top of the year-end rankings – another first for the program
  • Went a perfect 3-0 in both doubles and singles at the ITA Indoor National Championships with all six of his wins coming over ranked opponents
  • Was named SEC Player of the Week during back-to-back weeks (March 15 & 22) after helping the Gamecocks upset No. 4 Ohio State and tallying a pair of ranked SEC wins over No. 66 Alabama and No. 45 LSU
  • Earned a spot on the All-SEC First Team for the second consecutive year after going 8-3 in singles and 7-3 in doubles, all from the No. 1 spot in the lineups
  • Earned an automatic qualifying spot in the NCAA Singles Championships as a No. 9-16 seed. Had to withdraw from the event due to illness
  • Earned the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Doubles Championship alongside partner Connor Thomson
  • Was named an ITA All-American in both singles and doubles for his performances throughout the season

2021-22 (SOPHOMORE)

  • Named to the All-SEC First Team after going 8-2 in SEC singles from the No. 2 spot in the lineup
  • Ranked as high as No. 41 in singles and ended the season ranked No. 59 in the nation
  • Primarily played in the No. 2 singles position where he put up a 16-5 record
  • Led the team with seven match clinches on the year
  • Clinched the match against Duke in a comeback victory to send South Carolina to the ITA Indoor National Championships
  • Earned six wins over ranked opponents on the season with his highest coming over the nation’s No. 38 player in South Carolina’s upset of Stanford at the ITA Indoor National Championships
  • Closed the season with seven consecutive singles wins beginning midway through conference play and extending through the SEC Tournament
  • Was a staple of the doubles lineup where he primarily played at the No. 2 position with Jake Beasley. Went 16-8 in dual match doubles including an 8-2 mark in conference play.
  • Ranked as high as No. 55 in doubles with Beasley and earned upsets over Nos. 27 and 65.

2020-21 (FRESHMAN)

  • Named to the All-SEC Second Team and SEC All-Freshman Team
  • Ended his freshman season ranked No. 71 nationally
  • Became the fifth Gamecock to pick up ITA Carolina Region Rookie of the Year recognition
  • Ranks third in program history in SEC singles wins (9) and SEC singles winning percentage (.900, 9-1)
  • Teamed with Jake Beasley to tie school record for wins by a doubles team in a season (26)
  • Closed the year with a 5-1 singles record in postseason play (SEC and NCAA Championships) and a 4-1 doubles mark in that stretch
  • Launched a 14-match singles win streak at Wake Forest (Jan. 31) that ended in a tough loss to the No. 8 player in the nation (Apr. 9)
  • In the NCAA Round of 16 match against No. 4 Texas (May 17), teamed with Beasley to deliver the doubles point then made it a 3-0 Gamecock lead with his singles victory over the country’s No. 75 player
  • Provided the match-clinching doubles point in both the Gamecocks’ SEC Tournament wins, including a three-set win over the No. 18 player in the nation to send the team to the semifinals for the second time in as many SEC Tournaments

PRE-COLLEGE

  • Joined the program with an ITF Juniors ranking of 129 and UTR of 13.0
  • Reached the doubles semifinals of the Junior Wimbledon Championships in 2019
  • Was the runner up of the ITF Juniors J3 tournament in Istanbul

SAMUEL CAREER SINGLES

Year Overall Tourn. Dual (SEC) #1 (SEC) #2 (SEC) #3 (SEC) #4 (SEC) #5 (SEC) #6 (SEC)
2020-21 27-7 8-3 19-4 (9-1) –– –– 7-2 (1-1) 12-2 (8-0) –– ––
2021-22 26-9 9-4 17-5 (8-2) 1-0 (0-0) 16-5 (8-2) –– –– –– ––
2022-23 24-5 5-1 19-4 (8-3) 19-4 (8-3) –– –– –– –– ––
Career 77-21 22-8 39-9 (17-3) 20-4 (8-3) 16-5 (8-2) 7-2 (1-1) 12-2 (8-0) –– ––

SAMUEL CAREER DOUBLES

Year Overall Tourn. Dual (SEC) #1 (SEC) #2 (SEC) #3 (SEC)
2020-21 26-11 8-4 18-7 (7-5) –– 12-3 (4-2) 6-4 (3-3)
2021-22 19-10 3-2 16-8 (6-1) 1-0 (0-0) 10-7 (3-1) 5-1 (3-0)
2022-23 24-6 7-1 17-5 (7-3) 17-5 (7-3) –– ––
Career 69-27 18-7 51-20 (20-9) 18-5 (7-3) 22-10 (7-3) 11-5 (6-3)