RICEOWLS.COM HOME
RICEOWLS.COM OWLS ON TWITTER


 
  Christian Saravia
Christian Saravia

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Guatemala City, Guatemala

High School:
University of Miami (Fla.) Online HS

Height:
5-9

Birthdate:
10/17/1989

Experience:
3L

Hits:
Right


02/11/2012

Owls Split Saturday Slate

UTSA downs Rice, 4-3

01/29/2012

Owls Gain Weekend Split

Host Miami and Tyler JC on Sunday, February 5

01/14/2012

Owls Open with Sweep

Texas and LSU up next

01/13/2012

Smarr Ready For Final Season to Start

Men's Tennis vs. Lamar and Prairie View

01/22/2012

Rice-LSU Men's Tennis

LSU defeted Rice, 5-2 at Jake Hess Tennis Stadium on January 22.

01/16/2012

Rice Lamar 2012

The Rice men's tennis team opened the 2012 season vs. Lamar on January 14


Saravia match-by-match
2012 / 2011 / 2010 / 2009

HONORS AT RICE
2011 All C-USA Singles (second team)
C-USA Player of the Week (April 15, 2009)
2009 , 2010 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll

2011 Fall (Senior)
Sat out the fall campaign.

2010-11 Season (Junior)
Finished second on the team with a 14-7 singles mark as a junior amd was a combined 14-10 in doubles... Finished the season with a three-match winning streak in singles... Posted a 6-4 fall singles record and a combined 4-5 mark in doubles... Captured the D draw singles title at the Rice Fall Invite by defeating Texas' Alex Hillard 7-5, 6-2... Partnered with Michael Nuesslein to reach the quarters in doubles at the regional before falling to Texas A&M's top-seeded duo of Austin Krajicek and Jeff Dadamo.

2009-10 Season (Sophomore)
Posted an 8-7 record in singles...Clinched the Owls' win in the Conference USA semifinals with a three-set win over Nino Hasandedic of UCF (-3, 5-7, 6-4 )... Teamed with Michael Nuesslein to go 6-10 at No. 1 doubles and advance as high as #45 in the rankings... Posted an 11-4 record in fall singles, including wins in his last four matches as he won the B Draw singles title at the Texas Invitational... Paired with Michael Nuesslein to reach the doubles finalst of the same event before losing to top-seeded Dimitar Kutrovsky and Josh Zavala of Texas... Teamed with Michael Nusslein to advance to the Round of 16 of doubles play at the ITA Texas Regional, but lost an 8-4 decision to Texas Tech's Garcia and Raony Carvalho.

2008-09 Season (Freshman)
Finished the year with a 9-2 record in singles, including an 8-2 record at No. 6. Earned C-USA Player of the Week honors after providing a pair of points in the Owls win at #12 Texas A&M... Teamed with Sam Garforth-Bles to battle back from a 6-2 deficit to win the doubles point (9-8). With the match tied 3-3, won a three-set battle at No.6 to give the Owls the win, 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-2.

High School/Juniors
Graduated from University of Miami (Fla.) Online High School ... member of the Guatemalan Davis Cup team ... captured ITF G4 and G5 singles tournament titles ... won six ITF (G4 and G5) doubles tournaments.

Personal
Son of Jean and the late Carlos Saravia ... born on October 17, 1989 ... sister, Karen, lettered at Arkansas State in 2005 ... chose Rice over Texas, Georgia Tech and Miami (Fla.)... Economics major... member of Martel College

Singles Dual #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
2008-09 9-2 - - - 1-0 - 8-2
2009-10 8-7 - - - - 3-2 5-5
2010-11 14-7 - 1-0 1-0 4-1 5-5 3-1
2011-12 4-0 - - - 2-0 1-0 1-0
TOTAL 35-16 - 1-0 1-0 7-1 9-7 17-8

Doubles Dual #1 #2 #3
2008-09 7-8 - - 7-8
2009-10 6-11 3-9 3-2 -
2010-11 14-10 3-4 4-5 7-1
2011-12 3-3 1-1 2-2 -
TOTAL 30-32 7-14 9-9 14-9

 Member of Martel College
Martel College

GAMEDAY CENTRAL
 
ASK THE AD