Bora Sengul Season 2023-24

HONORS
All-Mountain West Singles Team (2024)

2023-24 SEASON (As a Senior)
Doubles – Played in 27 matches including all 23 dual matches… Mostly competed on the third court… Paired up with four different teammates… Posted 14 wins (14-7) including 11 dual wins (11-6), three tournament wins (3-1) and two Mountain West wins (2-1)… Competed with Eugenio Gonzalez Fitzmaurice on 13 occasions, going 8-3 while playing on the third court in dual matches… Began dual play with three straight wins, beating Brigham Young’s Wells/Goldammer 6-4 on Jan. 11, Sacramento State’s Chodur/Rand 6-2 on Jan. 19 and UC Irvine’s Sah/Luque Rico 7-5 on Jan. 27… Advanced to the Round of 16 in the Pacific Coast Doubles Championships in the beginning of March, taking down Asgharpour/Farres Oriol 6-0, 6-2, Boston College’s Bianchi/Vassel 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) and Pacific’s Rodeia/Czaplinski 6-4, 6-3… The pair earned a win in their next dual match against Gonzaga on March 11, winning 6-2 over Krauel/Dunlop… Played 12 times with Chikaya Sato… Earned three straight wins over Texas Tech’s Esquici/Gundacker (6-2 on March 17), Portland’s Skobelev/Brown (6-4 on March 22) and Nevada’s Destouet/Valente (6-4 on April 1)… Won consecutive decisions against New Mexico’s Matsushita/Tallakson (6-4 on April 8) and in the Mountain West Championships Quarterfinals against Destouet/Valente again (6-4)… Paired with Liam Spiers for a 7-5 win on the third court against Point Loma Nazarene’s Suver/Schuster on Feb. 21… Played with Alexander Mandma on the second court against Loyola Marymount on Feb. 29.
 
Singles – Played in all 23 dual matches, mostly on the second court… Went 7-7 with a 3-2 record in conference matches as he was named All-Mountain West in singles… Earned wins in consecutive decisions against Sacramento State’s Mate Voros (6-2, 6-4) on Jan. 19 and Idaho’s Yu-Shun Lai (6-3, 6-0) on Feb. 16… Picked up two more nonconference wins, taking down Gonzaga’s Matthew Hollingworth (7-5, 6-4) on March 11 and Portland’s Nicolas Ocana (6-3, 6-3) on March 22… Won three of his first four Mountain West matches, beating Boise State’s No. 98-ranked Jip van Assendelft (6-0, 7-6 (7-3)) on March 29, Air Force’s Phillip Deaton (6-2, 6-0) on April 4 and New Mexico’s Aram Noroozian (7-5, 3-6, 6-1) on April 8.
 
2022-23 SEASON (As a Junior)
Doubles – Competed in 27 matches including 17 of 18 dual matches with three partners… One of two Aztecs with winning records in all four categories: overall 14-8, dual 8-4, tournament 6-4 and conference 4-1… Tied with Alexander Mandma for the team lead with eight dual wins and four conference wins… Played 21 times with Alexander Mandma, playing on the second court… Won seven of their first eight matches including a 2-0 record at the Silverado Invitational (Chang/Kim, California, 8-2, Sept. 23; Garpered/Kuraica, San Francisco, 8-5, Sept. 24), wins over San Francisco (Garpered/Hoffmann, 7-5, Jan. 21), Loyola Marymount (Pantino/Ranaivo, 6-3, Feb. 17) and UC Santa Barbara (Brown/Masjuan, 6-4, Mar. 2), and two wins in the Pacific Coast Doubles Championships (Teh/Tinoco, UC San Diego, 5-3, 4-1, Mar. 3; Lippitt/Miller, independent, 4-1, 4-2, Mar. 3)... Opened Mountain West play with consecutive wins over Boise State’s Haddouch/Moortgat (7-6 (12-12), Apr. 2) and UNLV’s Bailey/Rsovac (6-2, Apr. 6)... Won their final three decisions against Nevada’s Coupu/Kadiri Hassani (7-5, Apr. 16), Air Force’s Waldman/Vroman (6-4, Apr. 22) and Boise State’s Moortgat/Van Herzeele (7-6 (6), Mountain West Championships Quarterfinal, Apr. 26)... Paired five times with Chikaya Sato, earning a win in both the Battle in the Bay Qualifying (Atherton/Ornberg, UNLV, 8-4, Sept. 16) and the ITA Southwest Regional Championships (Otico/Pantino, Loyola Marymount, 8-5, Oct. 20)… Also played once with Andre Saleh.

Singles – Competed in 27 matches including 16 of 18 dual matches, playing primarily on the third and fourth courts… Finished with a 7-4 record in dual play… One of just four Aztecs to reach double figures in victories (10)… Earned his first win with the Scarlet and Black by beating San Francisco’s Luka Kalenic 6-4, 6-4 in the Battle in the Bay Qualifying on Sept. 16… Went a perfect 3-0 in the Silverado Invitational with wins over San Francisco’s Nikola Kuraica (7-5, 7-6 (0), Sept. 23), UNLV’s Eduardo Cohen (7-5, 6-3, Sept. 24) and California’s John Kim (6-3, 6-4, Sept. 25)... Won three of four matches in the ITA Southwest Regional Championships against Grand Canyon’s William Alsterback (6-4, 6-3, Oct. 20), Hawai’i’s Andy Hernandez (3-6, 6-3, 10-5, Oct. 21) and Arizona State’s Spencer Brachman (6-2, 5-7, 12-10, Oct. 22)... Won three of his final four decisions in the spring, clinching a victory over UC San Diego by beating Diogo Tinoco (7-6 (5), 6-1, Apr. 15) in addition to wins over Air Force’s Justin Waldman (6-3, 6-3, Apr. 22) and Boise State’s Caden Moortgat (6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-2, Mountain West Championship Quarterfinal, Apr. 26).

2021-22 SEASON (As a Sophomore at Penn State)
Competed in 32 singles matches... Put together a four match win streak in the fall... Strung together three wins and two wins separately in the spring... Closed out the fall doubles season on a three match winning streak... Put together a 13-8 record in doubles during dual play... Had a four match win streak and back to back wins twice in spring doubles... Mostly played with fellow transfer Chikaya Sato.

2020-21 SEASON (As a Freshman at Penn State)
Won seven singles matches in 15 starts including consecutive wins against Michigan State and Nebraska to close out the season... Went 2-0 in doubles matches with Christian Lakoseljac as a partner.

PRIOR TO COLLEGE
Attended Okyanus Koleji (Ocean College) for high school in Turkey... Won world championships in 2017 and 2019... Ranked 65th in the ITF and 1563rd for doubles by ATP.

PERSONAL
Bora Sengul was born October 30, 2001, in Turkey... Son of Elif and Levent Sengul... Is majoring in economics.