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Lucas Andrade da Silva

  • height 6-5
  • class Junior
  • Hometown Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • height 6-5
  • class Junior
  • Hometown Sao Paulo, Brazil

Lucas Andrade da Silva Bio

AWARDS

  • SEC Academic Honor Roll (2024)
  • All-SEC Second Team (2025)
  • ITA All-American Doubles (2025)

2024-25 (JUNIOR)

  • Held a 24-15 overall record in singles
  • Went 11-9 in dual matches from the No. 2 (9-7) and 3 (2-2) positions
  • Earned 6 ranked wins against nationally ranked opponents
  • Ended tournament season on a high note, qualifying for NCAA Individual Championships after making it to the finals of the ITA East Sectional Championship in singles
  • Clinched the SEC home opener against Alabama in a three set comeback over No. 59 Roan Jones, winning 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
  • Held a 22-13 overall record in doubles
  • Ranked as high as No. 3 in doubles alongside Connor Thomson, marking the second highest doubles ranking in program history. The two earned an 11-7 record going 5-6 against ranked opponents
  • Named ITA All-American in doubles after finishing the season ranked No. 7
  • Alongside Thomson defeated the No. 9 pair in the NCAA ,Billy Blaydes and Will Nolan of Auburn, 6-2 to help clinch the doubles point and take down then-No. 35 Auburn when the Gamecocks were unranked
  • Held a five match win streak with Thomson from Feb. 14 to March 6

2023-24 (SOPHOMORE)

  • Started his sophomore campaign off strong, going 4-0 in singles at the Gamecock Ranked +1
  • Went 11-6 in singles and 8-5 in doubles during the fall. Of his 11 singles wins, nine of them came in straight sets
  • Played dual singles at the Nos. 4, 5, and 6 positions, posting a winning record at each
  • Went 17-10 in dual singles matches with six wins over SEC opponents
  • During the dual season opener at then-No. 1 Virginia, Da Silva battled through three sets to defeat Edoardo Graziani, helping the Gamecocks upset the nation’s top-ranked team
  • Defeated Cyrus Mahjoob of Georgia in three sets in a last-match-on, must-win situation to give South Carolina their first win in Athens since 1989
  • Clinched South Carolina’s upset win at No. 14 NC State in three sets to send the team to the NCAA Round of 16
  • Won 23 doubles matches during his second season in the Garnet & Black with 15 of them in dual play and four of them over SEC opponents
  • Went 9-6 when partnered with Jelani Sarr, 3-0 when partnered with Casey Hoole, and 11-10 when partnered with James Story

2022-23 (FRESHMAN)

  • Began his career with a statement, defeating Mississippi’s Walker Stearns 6-1, 6-1 at the Commodore Invitational
  • Picked up eight singles wins in tournament play with five of them coming in straight sets
  • Worked his way into the singles lineup midway through the season at the No. 6 position where he claimed four wins – two of them over SEC opponents
  • Went a perfect 3-0 in doubles at the SEC-Big 12 Challenge with partner Jake Beasley
  • Earned two doubles win in dual play with one helping to clinch the doubles point versus No. 18 Auburn

PRE-COLLEGE

  • Joined the program with a career high ITF Juniors ranking of 462 (June 2022)
  • Earned back-to-back doubles title on the ITF World Tour Juniors, winning both the J3 Coral Gables (clay) and the J3 Cancun (hard)
  • Trained at the Weil Tennis Academy in Ojai, California
  • Joined the program with a UTR of 12.44 in singles and 11.96 in doubles
  • Ranked as the No. 31 Junior in the US

DA SILVA’S CAREER SINGLES

Year Overall Tourn. Dual (SEC) #1 (SEC) #2 (SEC) #3 (SEC) #4 (SEC) #5 (SEC) #6 (SEC)
2022-23 12-12 8-7 4-5 (2-3) –– –– –– –– –– 4-5 (2-3)
2023-24 28-16 11-6 17-10 (6-3) –– –– –– 4-3 (0-0) 9-6 (3-3) 4-1 (3-0)
2024-25 24-25 13-6 11-6 (6-6) –– 9-7 (5-6) 2-2 (1-0) –– –– ––
Career 64-53 32-19 32-21 (14-12) –– 9-7 (5-6) 2-2 (1-0) 4-3 (0-0) 9-6 (3-3) 8-6 (5-3)

 

DA SILVA’S CAREER DOUBLES

Year Overall Tourn. Dual (SEC) #1 (SEC) #2 (SEC) #3 (SEC)
2022-23 6-4 4-3 2-1 (1-1) –– 1-0 (1-0) 1-1 (0-1)
2023-24 23-19 8-5 15-14 (4-6) 2-3 (1-2) 12-9 (3-4) 1-2 (0-0)
2024-25 22-13 8-4 14-9 (9-5) 12-7 (9-4) 2-2 (0-1) ––
Career 29-23 20-12 31-24 (14-12) 14-10 (10-6) 15-11 (4-5) 2-3 (0-1)