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Raphael Lambling

  • height 6-4
  • class Freshman
  • Hometown Paris, France
  • High school Lycee Fustel de Coulanges
  • height 6-4
  • class Freshman
  • Hometown Paris, France
  • High school Lycee Fustel de Coulanges

Raphael Lambling Bio

AWARDS

  • SEC All-Freshman Team (2019)
  • 4x ITA Scholar-Athlete (2019, 2020, 2021, 2023)
  • 5x SEC Academic Honor Roll (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
  • CSC Academic All-District Team (2023)

2023 (GRADUATE)

  • Took the fall semester off and returned to the team in the spring
  • Began the spring semester by going a perfect 3-0 in both singles and doubles at the Miami Spring Invite including a singles win over the nation’s No. 21 player and a doubles win over the No. 55 ranked doubles pair
  • Ranked as high as No. 67 in the ITA Singles Rankings (Feb. 8, 2023)
  • Recorded ranked singles wins over No. 21 Blake Croyder of Georgia and over No. 117 Shunsuke Mitsui of Tennessee
  • Clinched the match versus South Carolina State to send the team to the second round of the NCAA Tournament
  • Went 20-4 in doubles during his senior campaign with a 17-4 mark in dual play and 5-2 record against SEC opponents
  • Began the spring on an eight-match doubles win streak
  • Clinched seven doubles points during the dual season alongside partner Casey Hoole
  • Ranked as high as No. 59 in the ITA Doubles Rankings with Hoole

2021-22 (JUNIOR)

  • Ranked No. 39 in the ITA Preseason Rankings
  • Clinched five matches on the season
  • Earned ranked singles wins over Nos. 59, 61, and 84
  • Went 11-1 in SEC singles play
  • Went 21-6 overall in doubles play with partner James Story

2020-21 (SOPHOMORE)

  • Ended the season ranked at No. 60 in singles and No. 86 in doubles (with Phillip Jordan)
  • Secured 28 combined victories on the season – 12 singles, 16 doubles
  • Three of his 12 wins came over ranked opponents, the highest coming in the fall against the No. 18 ranked player
  • Clinched the doubles point against #24 NC State (May 8) in the NCAA second round, turning a 4-4 set into a 6-4 victory by returning serve at deuce on match point
  • Won three straight matches at the Georgia Tech MLK Invitational Tournament, two of them over ranked opponents
  • Paired with Phillip Jordan to win the first seven doubles matches of the year, spanning across the Gamecock Fall SEC Scramble, Gamecock Fall SEC Shootout, and the Volunteer Showdown

2019-20 (SOPHOMORE)

  • Led the team with 24 singles wins
  • Advanced to the consolation final of the 2019 Oracle ITA Fall National Championships
  • Picked up six ranked singles wins on the year
  • Won 12 doubles matches, including six at the No. 1 pairing

2018-19 (FRESHMAN)

  • Posted 27 singles victories and finished the season on two nationally ranked doubles teams – No. 59 with Paul Jubb, No. 63 with Daniel Rodrigues
  • Settled into the No. 3 spot in the singles lineup in March, finishing with a 9-7 record in the spot, including a 6-5 mark in SEC action to earn a spot on the SEC All-Freshman Team
  • Closed the fall season with eight straight wins in singles and kept the momentum with wins in his first seven dual-match singles outings to tie the fifth-longest singles win streak in program history
  • Provided the decisive point in the team’s SEC Tournament quarterfinal victory over No. 11 Texas A&M (Apr 19), sending Gamecocks to the event’s semifinals for the first time since 1999
  • Paired with Rodrigues to take down a pair of top-10 doubles opponents in the quarterfinals and semifinals of the SEC Tournament
  • Earned SEC Freshman of the Week honors on Feb. 20 after stretching his singles win streak to 15 with the deciding point against Georgia Tech
  • Scored his first win over a nationally ranked opponent in a straight-set victory over No. 74 Yuval Solomon of Wake Forest en route to the A2 Singles title at the Wake Forest Fall Invitational (Nov. 9-11)

PRE-COLLEGE

  • Joined the program with an ITF Juniors ranking of 835

LAMBLING CAREER SINGLES

Year Overall Tourn. Dual (SEC) #1 (SEC) #2 (SEC) #3 (SEC) #4 (SEC) #5 (SEC) #6 (SEC)
2018-19 27-12 12-3 15-9 (6-6) –– 2-1 (0-0) 9-7 (6-5) 4-1 (0-1) –– ––
2019-20 24-9 15-5 9-4 (3-1) 1–0 (0-0) 4-2 (1-0) 4-2 (2-1) –– –– ––
2020-21 12-19 5-6 7-13 (4-7) 1–0 (0-0) 2-7 (1-4) 3-3 (3-2) 1-3 (0-1) –– ––
2021-22 27-11 6-3 20-7 (11-1) –– 2-1 (1-1) 1-0 (0-0) 17-6 (10-0) –– ––
2023 14-12 3-0 11-12 (5-5) –– 1-0 (0-0) 7-8 (4-4) 3-4 (1-1) –– ––
Career 104-63 41-17 62-45 (29-20) 2-0 (0-0) 11-11 (3-5) 24-20 (15-12) 25-14 (11-3) –– ––

LAMBLING CAREER DOUBLES

Year Overall Tourn. Dual (SEC) #1 (SEC) #2 (SEC) #3 (SEC)
2018-19 19-16 8-4 11-12 (4-7) 10-12 (4-7) 1-0 (0-0) ––
2019-20 12-12 4-7 7-5 (3-1) 6-5 (3-1) 1-0 (0-0) ––
2020-21 16-11 8-3 8-8 (1-6) –– 3-4 (1-3) 5-4 (0-3)
2021-22 23-10 5-2 18-7 (8-4) –– 7-4 (5-3) 11-3 (3-1)
2023 20-4 3-0 17-4 (5-2) –– 1-0 (0-0) 16-4 (5-2)
Career 90-53 28-16 61-36 (21-20) 16-17 (7-8) 13-8 (6-6) 32-11 (8-6)