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Alex Bulte
- Height:
- 6-2
- Year:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Melbourne, Australia
- High School:
- Australia’s National Academy
Bio
CAREER ACCOLADES:
- 2024 ACC Champion
- 2025 All-ACC Academic Team
- 2024 Fall ITA All-American
- 2024 Fall NCAA Doubles Championship Semifinalist
- 2024 ITA South Sectional Co-Champion
- 2025 All-ACC Doubles Second Team
- 2025 Southeast Arthur Ashe Leadership Award
- ACC Doubles Team of the Week (January 14, 2025)
- 2023 All-ACC Academic Team
- 2023 Academic Dean's List Honors (Spring)
- 2023 ITA Scholar Athlete
- 2022 ACC Academic Honor Roll
- 2022 ITA Scholar Athlete
- 2022 ITA Summer Championship Title
- 2022 Academic Dean’s List Honors (Fall)
- ACC Doubles Team Of The Week (April 12, 2022)
- 2021 Academic Dean’s List Honors (Fall)
SPRING 2025
Singles:
- Bulte defeated player Luis Llorens Saracho from the University of Notre Dame at home with scores of 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 on April 3 2025
- Bulte conquered player Andreja Petrovic from Duke University with a road victory with scores of 6-7, 6-1, 6-2 on March 28, 2025
- Defeated No. 1 Wake Forest's Luciano Tacchi 6-1, 6-3 on Court 3 (3/16).
- Secured his first win over a ranked school with a strong 6-2, 7-5 road victory over Damien Salvestre of #9 Texas A&M (2/23).
- Overcame a tough first set to secure a 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 win over San Diego's Iiro Vasa at the ITA Kickoff Weekend (1/25).
- Kicked off the 2025 season with a dominant 6-0, 6-2 road victory over Andy Hernandez of Hawaii (1/5).
Doubles: #15 Ranked Doubles Team in the Nation, #1 Ranked Doubles Team in the Southeast
- Bulte and Rihane defeated players Andre Steinbach and Kosunke Nakanishi from the University of Louisville in the ACC Mens Championship home game with a score of 6-1 on April 17, 2025
- Bulte and Rihane defeated players Noa Vukadin and Maxwell Smith from Clemson University with a score of 7-5 on March 21, 2025.
- Bulte and Rihane notched their first top-50 win of the spring over #37 Samir Banerjee and Alex Tazeghi at #9 Stanford (3/9).
- Bulte and Rihane began conference play with dominant performances over Boston College and #63 SMU, winning 12 of the 15 games (2/28, 3/2).
- Bulte and Rihane handled the first match of the ITA Kickoff Weekend over North Florida's Bruno Vietri and Gianluca Filoramo 6-1 (1/24).
- Bulte and Rihane won their opening outdoors match of the season over Georgia State's Hugo Nossler and Aryan Jit Singh 6-3 (1/16).
- Bulte and Rihane secured three wins in their home opening weekend as a pair, including a ranked win over Pol Del Castillo and Dimitris Paliouras of Georgia Southern (1/11-1/12).
FALL 2024
Singles:
- Bulte had a strong fall 2024 season, defeating Antonio Prat from the University of Miami and Danil Panarin from Vanderbilt University, showcasing his resilience and determination in key matchups.
- Bulte defeated Antonio Prat from the University of Miami on October 17, 2024, with a 6-3, 6-7, 6-2 victory, showcasing resilience after dropping the second set.
- Bulte triumphed over Danil Panarin from Vanderbilt University on November 7, 2024, winning 6-4, 5-7, 6-1 in a hard-fought match.
Doubles: #6 Ranked Doubles Team in the Nation (Final)
- Bulte and Rihane opened their fall 2024 season setting the tone for a strong season ahead.
- On September 23, 2024, Bulte and Youcef Rihane rallied from a 2-6 first-set loss to defeat Pedro Rodenas and Gerard Planelles Ripoll from Duke University 6-3 in the second set and 11-9 in a thrilling tiebreaker.
- September 24, 2024, they easily triumphed over Santiago Giamichelle and Mehdi Benchakroun from UCF in the Round of 16.
- Bulte and Youcef secured a narrow 8-7 victory against Juan Jose Rodriguez and Marc Suara from Stetson University in a hard-fought match on October 17, 2024,
- On November 7, 2024, they came back from a 3-6 first-set loss to defeat Miguel Perez Pena and Oscar Pinto Sansano from the University of Georgia 6-4 in the second set and 10-6 in a super tiebreaker.
- In the Quarterfinals on November 8, 2024, Bulte and Youcef dominated Nate Bonetto and Gianluca Carlini from Georgia Tech with a 6-1, 7-5 victory.
- On November 9, 2024, in the Semifinals, they overwhelmed Alejandro Moreno and Alex Kotzen from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, with a 6-0, 6-3 win.
- In the Quarterfinals on November 22, 2024, Bulte and Youcef fought back from a 5-7 first-set loss to defeat Luciano Tacchi and Luca Pow from Wake Forest University 6-4 in the second set and 1-0 in a tiebreaker.
SPRING 2024
Singles:
- Finished the spring with 15 singles wins and double-digit wins on Court 6.
- Earned his final win of the season at #7 Tennessee in the NCAA Third Round over James Newton on Court 6 (5/11).
- Battled down a set to defeat Virignia's Mans Dahlberg 6-7 (1), 6-3, 6-2 to tie the team match at 3-3 in the ACC Championship match (4/21).
- Dominated Wake Forest's Jamieson Nathan in the ACC Semifinals 6-1, 6-1 (4/20).
- Stepped up to Court 5 at Miami and pulled out a straight-set win over Yannik Rahman (4/13).
- Defeated #17 Duke's Jake Krug in three sets for his first ACC home win of 2024 (3/17).
- Earned a second Court 4 of the season over Illinois State's Tomas Valencia in Orlando (3/10).
- Defeated Notre Dame's Kyran Magimay in straight-sets 6-3, 6-2 on the road (3/3).
- Earned his first conference win of the season at Louisville over Kosuke Nakanishi 6-4, 7-5 (3/1).
- Defeated Georgia State's Maxwell Weir in straight-sets on Court 5 (2/23).
- Fought and emerged victorious in a three-set battle with Oklahoma's Mark Mandlik 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-1 (2/11).
- Defeated Florida's Kevin Edengren in straight sets 6-3, 6-3 to help propel FSU to a 4-0 sweep over its in-state rivals (2/3).
- Claimed his first road singles win of the season over #12 Mississippi State's Radomir Tomic 6-3, 6-4 during ITA Kickoff Weekend (1/28).
- Dominated his Court 6 matchup against Arizona State's Roi Ginat during ITA Kickoff Weekend 6-1, 6-0. (1/27).
- Kicked off 2024 with a dominant 6-1, 6-0 performance over Mercer's Lucas Dini on Court 4 (1/13).
Doubles:
- Earned 10 wins during the spring with nine wins coming with Jamie Connel.
- Won the tiebreaker over #7 Tennessee in the NCAA Third Round to help secure the doubles point (5/11).
- Defeated reigning ACC champion #2 Virginia 6-2 on Court 3 with Jamie Connel (4/21).
- Concluded the regular season with a 6-4 win at Miami (4/13).
- Improved to 3-0 on the road in conference play with a 6-4 win over Clemson (3/30).
- Defeated Virginia Tech's Court 3 pairing 6-2 with Jamie Connel (3/22).
- Blanked Marist on Court 3 6-0 with Jamie Connel (3/10).
- Opened ACC play with doubles wins on Court 3 at Louisville and Notre Dame with Jamie Connel (3/1, 3/3).
- Pulled through a tiebreaker 7-6 (3) at #12 Mississippi State with Azariah Rusher during the ITA Kickoff Weekend (1/28).
- Won his first doubles match of the season over Jacksonville State 6-1 with Jamie Connel (1/13).
FALL 2023
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Earned his first ranked victory of the fall after a 6-2, 6-2 win over Florida's No. 86 Nate Bonetto
SPRING 2023
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Opened his spring season on court No. 6 with a victory over Karl Collins of Hawaii (6-4, 6-1) to help Florida State sweep the singles decisions on all six courts in the Seminoles’ 7-0 victory over Hawaii
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Defeated Javier Montoya of South Alabama (3-6, 7-5, 6-3) on court No. 6 in singles play to helped lead the Seminoles to a 5-2 win over the Jaguars at the FSU Indoor Tennis Facility
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Clinched Florida State’s victory over Virginia Tech on court No. 6 with a win over the Hokies Alberto Orso
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Doubles victory on court No. 3 with teammate Loris Pourry over Melios Efstathiou and Matthew Thomson of Wake Forest (6-3) as Florida State defeated the No. 14 Demon Deacons
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Defeated Kareem Abdul Hakim of NC Central (6-1, 7-6) on court No. 3 in singles play as Florida State defeated the Eagles by a 7-0 margin in a non-conference match
SPRING 2022
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Named as the ACC Doubles Team of the Week with Youcef Rihane after back-to-back ACC wins over No. 8 Virginia and Virginia Tech
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Primarily a doubles specialist playing with Youcef Rihane
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Finished with a 8-5 overall record and 5-3 conference record with Rihane
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Claimed other ACC doubles wins against No. 47 Louisville, No. 58 Georgia Tech and Boston College
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Clinched the doubles point for FSU with Rihane in the NCAA First Round match against No. 59 Georgia State.
FALL 2021
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Finished 7-4 in singles
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Won three straight singles matches at the Samford Fall Invite
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Claimed a singles win at the ITA Southeast Regional Championship
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Played a perfect singles weekend at the UCF Invite Hidden Dual earning three victories.
YOUTH:
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The No. 1 ranked junior in Australia and the 144th ranked player by the ITF.
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Bulte has been ranked as high as 101 by the ITF and has won individual titles at the Canberra Junior Internationals, the Open Junior BNP PARIBAS de Nouvelle-Caledonie and the Victorian Junior Clay Court Championships
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Bulte is a member of Australia’s National Academy.
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Current professionals Thanasi Kokkinakis, Storm Sanders, Destanee Aiava and Jaimee Fourlis are among past pupils of the Tennis Australia program at the National Academy.
PERSONAL:
Born May 27, 2002.
Majoring in Sport Management.
Majoring in Sport Management.
WR Jayvan Boggs: "He works like a pro"
Wednesday, September 17
DL Mandrell Desir: "He's that guy"
Wednesday, September 17
HC Mike Norvell: "He is a remarkable person"
Wednesday, September 17
OL Richie Leonard IV: "Find ways to get better"
Tuesday, September 16
