Raul Dobai Season 2023-24

Raul Dobai Season 2023-24

Height6-3
ClassFifth Year
HometownVancouver, B.C.
Previous SchoolNew Mexico

2x NCAA Doubles Championship Selection (2023, 2024)
Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll (2023)


As a Senior
Spring 2024: 
Recorded a 17-15 overall singles record, 8-10 in dual matches and 3-3 in SEC matches … Recorded a 15-11 overall doubles record and 11-10 in dual matches, playing primarily at No. 1 doubles … Finished spring ranked No. 21 in doubles by the ITA alongside partner Finn Murgett … Earned four ranked doubles victories including No. 4 Angel Diaz and Johannus Monday of Tennessee and No. 10 Toby Samuel and Casey Hoole of South Carolina … Provided key singles win in the Tigers’ top-25 victories over rival No. 23 Alabama and No. 11 Texas A&M ... Received bid to the NCAA Doubles Championship with Finn Murgett and reached the round of 32

Fall 2023: Became part of the highest ranked Auburn doubles team in program history by being ranked 4th in the nation in doubles alongside Finn Murgett prior to the fall ... Finished fall season ranked a career high No. 77 in singles ... Led the team in singles victories with a 9-5 record and posted a 3-0 mark in doubles ... Earned three ranked singles victories including No. 52 Franco Capalbo of Wake Forest and No. 59 Casey Hoole of South Carolina ... Earned spot in singles main draw at the ITA All-American Championships after winning three matches in the qualifying rounds ... Qualified for singles finals in respective flight at the Wake Forest Invite

As a Junior
Spring 2023:
Finished the season ranked 17th in doubles by the ITA alongside partner Finn Murgett ... Went 19-10 in singles overall and 14-6 in dual matches, mostly playing at No. 5 ... Posted a 17-12 overall doubles record and 12-8 record in dual matches, all of which playing at the top of the Auburn doubles lineup with Finn Murgett ... Recorded nine doubles victories over ranked opponents (eight in dual matches) ... Earned highest ranked doubles victory of career over No. 4 Will Grant and Axel Nefve of Florida 6-2 during SEC Championship ... Received bid to the NCAA Doubles Championships and made it to the round of 16 with partner Finn Murgett

Fall 2022: Went 5-4 in singles including two wins over No. 89 Connor Thomson from South Carolina ... had a 3-3 doubles record during the spring

As a Sophomore
Spring 2022: Went 13-12 in the spring season playing in the middle of the lineup ... had a 6-7 record against SEC opponents ... ranked No. 20 in singles in the ITA Southern Region ... clinched the match against Ole Miss in the SEC tournament in three sets 6-2, 5-7, 7-6, taking the third-set tiebreaker 8-6 ... also clinched wins against Ole Miss during the regular season, Wisconsin, Old Dominion and North Alabama ... SEC singles wins over LSU, Alabama, Vanderbilt, Georgia and Ole Miss twice ... went 11-13 overall in doubles at No. 3 (6-4 with Max Giddens, 1-4 with Josh Raab, 2-3 with Jackson Ross) ... clinched the doubles point against Vanderbilt, Wisconsin, South Alabama, Ole Dominion and Texas Tech in the NCAA tournament (a 7-6 (5) tiebreak win) 

Fall 2021: Went 3-2 in singles in his first action at Auburn after transferring from New Mexico, including a victory over #123 Marcus Ferriera (Vanderbilt) … went 4-2 in fall doubles play, mostly with Finn Murgett; that duo advanced to the ITA Southern Region semifinals


As a Freshman At New Mexico
2020-21:
 Mountain West player of the year and newcomer of the year for 2020-21, leading the Lobos to the conference title with a 6-0 mark at No. 1 singles ... went 21-17 in singles and 20-15 in doubles during a season and a half with the Lobos

Before College: Played for Tennis Canada on the junior circuit, highlighted by a fourth-place finish in singles at the 2018 Canadian Nationals ... 2018 semifinalist at the Canadian Nationals in doubles ... won a pair of ITF G5 titles, taking the singles title at the Panorama Junior ITF in Canada and the doubles title at the Victoria ITF ... British Columbia Provincial Champion ... came to Auburn with a UTR of 12.84

Personal: Born in Romania and emigrated to Vancouver, British Columbia, when he was 14 years old ... studying in the College of Education
 

Dobai's Career Stats
SINGLES           DOUBLES
YearOverallDualSECNo. 1No. 2No. 3No. 4No. 5 No. 6OverallDualSECNo. 1No. 2No. 3
2021-2216-1413-125-7--1-02-110-1----13-139-111-8--2-07-11
2022-2319-1014-65-6 --  -- 1-01-19-53-017-1212-84-411-81-0 -- 
2023-2417-158-103-32-02-50-20-21-03-114-1011-106-311-10----
Career35-2427-1810-132-03-53-311-410-56-127-2419-195-1222-183-07-11