Diogo Marques

Photo by: Rob Taylor

Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Setubal, Portugal

2019-20: Recorded a 16-3 singles mark, including 8-3 in dual matches…Finished the fall campaign with a perfect 8-0 singles mark, going 4-0 at both the Liberty Invitational and the UNCG Fall Invite…Was named the AAC Men’s Tennis Player of the Month for September after that perfect 8-0 start…Was nationally ranked by the ITA in the final poll of the fall season, checking in at No. 103…Became the first Pirate to earn a national ranking since 2014 and just the third ECU player to do so…Stretched his winning streak to 10 matches by winning his first two matches of the spring…After losing his first match of the season against Navy, bounced back with an epic three-set win against Winthrop’s A. Vannemready, a victory that included a pair of tiebreaker wins…Lost his only match of the season against a nationally ranked opponent, falling to St. John’s 40th-ranked Aditya Vashistha…Scored the clinching point in ECU victories against Winthrop and the New Jersey Institute of Technology…Went 14-4 in doubles play, including a dominant 11-1 in dual matches…Formed the most successful Pirate duo of the season with Federico Masetti, as the tandem went 11-1 together with an 8-1 mark on court three…Finished the season on an eight-match winning streak…Won consecutive matches in a tiebreaker, beating duos from VCU and Bryant...Named to the AAC All-Academic Team.

2018-19: Had one of the best freshman seasons in ECU history, going 19-11 overall and 9-6 in dual matches…Led ECU with a 10-5 mark in the fall…Spent the majority of his matches on court one where he went 7-5…Also had a 12-11 doubles mark, including 6-0 on court two…Went 9-3 when partnered with Austin Allen.

Career Totals

	Singles		Doubles
Year	Dual	Overall	Dual	Overall
2019-20	8-3	16-3	11-1	14-4
2018-19	9-6	19-11	8-5	12-11
Total	17-9	35-14	19-6	26-15