Career
Singles Record: 60-16 // 51-11 Dual // 7-3 Big 12
Doubles Record: 25-13 // 25-13 Dual
Highest Singles Ranking: 9th (9/7/21)
Highest Doubles Ranking: 14th
Awards/Honors
• 2021 Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll selection (fall)
• 2021 ITA All-American (singles)
• 2021 All-Big 12 First Team (singles, unanimous)
• 2021 Big 12 Championship Most Outstanding Player
• 2021 Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team – No. 1 Singles
• 2021 Big 12 Individual Champion – No. 1 Singles
• Big 12 Player of the Week – March 23, 2021
• 2019 ITA Texas Regional Rookie of the Year
• 2019 Big 12 Freshman of the Year
• 2019 Big 12 Individual Champion (No. 3 singles)
• 2019 All-Big 12 Singles (second team)
• 2019 Big 12 Championship MOP
• 2019 Big 12 All-Tournament Team (singles)
2021-22 (Fourth-Year Junior):
Singles Record: 14-1 // 12-0 Dual
Doubles Record: 9-4 // 9-4 Dual
Highest Singles Ranking: 9th (9/7/21 - Preseason)
SPRING: Played in the No. 1 position for seven matches in singles, winning all of them ... Against Creighton he won both singles and doubles (1/19) ... Against Nebraska he and Gromley fell in doubles but he won in singles after a tiebreaker for William Gleason (1/20) ... He and Tadeas Paroulek won 6-0 in doubles against Boise State, then he won 6-3, 6-0 against Pedro Liborio (1/24) ... For ITA Kickoff Weekend, his doubles match with Paroulek against William & Mary went unfinished but defeated George Davis in singles (1/30) ... Against Miami for ITA KOW, he and Paroulek won 6-2 over Vasser/Martin, and his singles match went unfinished (1/31) ... Won in a tiebreaker over Idaho State in Singles (2/6) ... He and Paroulek played on court two for doubles against Incarnate Word, 6-2, over Smith/Reche, and bested Marwin Kraleman, 6-1, 6-0 in singles (2/6) ... Won 7-5 against Huang/Braswell of No. 9 Texas in doubles on three with Paroulek, then bested No. 20 Braswell 6-0, 6-3 in singles (2/7) ... Against Tulsa, he bested Pearson on court one 7-6(4), 6-3 for the win and won with Paroulek in doubles 6-2 (2/11) ... Went unfinished against No. 30 Inaki Montes in singles but won 6-4 in doubles against No. 7 Virginia (2/12) ... In the ITA Indoor Championships, he went unfinished with No. 18 Nikola Slavic of No. 15 Ole Miss (2/18) ... In the quarterfinals, he bested Millen Hurrion of No. 10 Kentucky, 6-4, 6-3 after he and Paroulek won 6-4 over Musitelli/Zemel on court three (2/19) ... In the semis, Boitan defeated No. 21 Adam Walton of No. 2 Tennessee, 6-3, 6-2 (2/20) ... Ranked No. 28 for singles by the ITA on 2/24 ... Played for Romania in the Davis Cup Quarterfinals in Spain against No. 17 Roberto Bautista Agut before flying to Arizona to join the team ... Moved to No. 42 on March 9 in the ITA Rankings ... Against Arizona State he defeated No. 28 Murphy Cassone 6-2, 6-4 and defeated Lerby/Hoffmann on court three with Paroulek (3/9) ... Defeated No. 80 Ziverts of Arizona 6-2, 6-2 after going unfinished with Paroulek in doubles (3/11) ... Went unfinished in singles against Styler and fell 6-4 to Maloney/Beaty on court three in the loss to Michigan (3/20) ... Ranked 15 in singles on 3/23 ...
FALL: Went 2-1 in the fall semester ... Was the No. 1 seed in singles at the ITA Texas Regionals, defeating his opponents handily in the round of 64 and 32 to advance to the round of 16 (10/13) ... Defeated Emir Sendogan of Rice 6-1, 6-1 in the round of 64 ... Defeated Dario Kmet of ACU 6-3, 6-1 in the round of 32 ... Fell to No. 16-seed Juan Carlos Aguilar (TCU) in the round of 16 (6-4, 6-4) ... Outside of the ITA, he played singles at the Davis Cup for his native Romania, defeating Jorge Brian Panta 6-4, 6-4 to secure the 4-0 win over Peru and have the team advance to the Davis Cup Qualifiers.
2020-21 (Third-Year Sophomore):
Singles Record: 21-6 // 17-5 Dual // 4-1 Big 12
Doubles Record: 6-4 // 6-4 Dual
Highest Singles Ranking: 12th (6/2/21)
Posted an impressive 21-6 singles record and 6-4 doubles mark in third-year sophomore campaign … 2021 Big 12 Regular Season Champion, Big 12 Tournament Champion and member of 2021 NCAA Finalist Baylor team … Helped the Bears earn their first No. 1 overall ranking since 2005 … Named an ITA All-American in singles after reaching semifinals of NCAA Singles Championship … Ranked as high as No. 12 in ITA Singles Rankings (6/2) … Unanimously selected to All-Big 12 First Team in singles … Named the Big 12 Championship Most Outstanding Player and earned spot on the All-Tournament Team at No. 1 singles … Garnered Big 12 Individual Champion honors at No. 1 singles position … Named the Big 12 Player of the Week on March 23 after notching two victories at No. 1 singles spot … Played predominantly at the No. 1 singles position, going 16-4 on the season … Also recorded 1-1 tally at No. 2 singles spot … Blistered nationally ranked opponents for a 13-5 record on the season … Over his last 21 singles matches, he went 15-2 with 10 ranked wins and was unbeaten in postseason team play … Played at all three doubles positions early in the season … Went 2-0 at No. 1 doubles, 4-3 at No. 2 doubles and 0-1 at No. 3 doubles, playing alongside Ryan Dickerson and Nick Stachowiak.
2019-20 (Sophomore):
Singles Record: 9-5 // 6-2 Dual
Doubles Record: 4-2 // 4-2 Dual
Highest Singles Ranking: 49th
Highest Doubles Ranking: 14th
Compiled a 9-5 singles record and 4-2 doubles mark in shortened season…Sat out six matches during the season due to injury…Ranked as high as No. 49 in singles and No. 14 in doubles with Sven Lah...Went 2-1 against ranked foes, including a 6-4, 6-4 road win over No. 9 Alex Brown of Illinois…Finished season on a five-match win streak…Went 2-0 at the No. 1 spot, 3-1 at the No. 2 spot and 1-1 at the No. 3 spot…Clinched road win at Arizona State with a straight-set victory over Nathan Ponwith on court one…Paired with Ryan Dickerson in doubles, recording a 2-1 mark at the No. 2 spot…Also went 2-1 with Finn Bass at the No. 3 spot…Won final two doubles decisions...Posted a 3-3 singles record in two fall tournaments…Finished No. 70 in the final fall singles rankings…Went 1-1 against ranked opponents...Went 1-2 at the Ralston/Neufeld Coaches Challenge, posting a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Arkansas’ Jose Dominguez Alonso…Earned a wildcard berth to the ITA National Fall Championships and advanced to the Round of 16…Opened with a 6-3, 7-6(5) upset over No. 27 Kyle Seelig of Ohio State in the opening round…Defeated Oscar Gabriel Ortiz of Seward County Community College, 6-1, 6-2, in the round of 32…Fell 7-6(6), 6-3 to No. 4 Yuya Ito of Texas in final fall match...SACE Academic Champion.
2018-19 (Freshman):
Singles Record: 16-4 // 16-4 Dual
Doubles Record: 6-3 // 6-3 Dual
Highest Singles Ranking: 94th
Joined team in January, compiling 16-4 singles and 6-3 doubles marks in his first semester…Finished season ranked No. 89…Ranked as high as No. 94 during the regular season…Named the ITA Texas Regional Rookie of the Year and Big 12 Freshman of the Year after standout season and going a perfect 7-0 against ranked foes…Posted 3-2 record at No. 3 spot during doubles play, earning Big 12 Individual Champion and All-Big 12 Singles Second Team honors…Named the Big 12 Championship Most Outstanding Player after going 2-0 in the tournament and clinching the final point for the Bears’ ninth postseason title…Defeated No. 73 Leonardo Telles of Texas, 7-5, 6-4, in the finals…Also earned spot on the Big 12 All-Tournament Team…Won his last five singles matches, including going 3-0 in his first NCAA Tournament…Highest ranked win was against No. 57 Jake Van Emburgh of Oklahoma on April 5…In doubles action, played primarily with Matias Soto at the start of the season…Duo went 4-2 together and secured a win over Trevor Foshey and Gregor Ramskogler of No. 3 Mississippi State at the ITA National Team Indoor Championships…Played all but one match at the No. 3 doubles spot. Also played with Constantin Frantzen and Sven Lah…Won final doubles match, 6-3, against Arkansas…Did not play first collegiate match until Feb. 3 due to illness, which was six matches into the season…Rolled off a season-best seven-match winning streak in singles.
Prep/Juniors:
Romanian 18U national champion who joined the team in January...Two-time semifinalist and one-time quarterfinalist in the 15K Futures...Holds a personal-best ITF junior ranking of 158...Achieved a career-high ATP ranking of 830 in singles and 1479 in doubles while holding a career-best UTR of 14.06...Played club tennis at Tenis Club Idu in Constanta and Ilie Nastase Tennis Academy in Bucharest.
Personal:
Given name is Gabi Adrian Boitan but goes by Adrian ... Son of Mihai and Cristina Boitan ... Has one older brother, Costin ... Communications major.
