Luca Keist

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Luca Keist gets ready to serve against Liberty

Luca Keist hits the ball during Duke's match with No. 6 Virginia

Duke Men’s Tennis Headshots at the Blue Devil Tower on October 6, 2020 at Durham, North Carolina.

Height:
5-9
Weight:
145
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Rothrist, Switzerland
High School:
Gymnasium Liestal
Prev School:
Charlotte

Honors:
ITA Scholar-Athlete (2019, 2020, 2021)
ACC Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021)
National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) All-American Strength and Conditioning Athlete of the Year (2021)
ACC Doubles Team of the Week (2020)
All-Conference USA Singles Team (2018 – 1st, 2019 – 1st)
All-Conference USA Doubles Team (2018 – 2nd, 2019 – 1st)
Conference USA All-Academic Team (2019)
Conference USA Freshman of the Year (2018)
Two-Time Conference USA Player of the Week (2018)

2020-21: Finished the year with an 8-4 overall record and an 7-4 mark in dual action during the shortened season due to COVID-19 … concluded the ACC season with a 4-3 record … split time between courts four and five mostly, holding 3-0 and 3-3 marks, respectively … finished 0-1 against nationally ranked opponents, dropping a 6-3, 6-2 decision to No. 53 Eduardo Nava of No. 11 Wake Forest … recorded a 2-2 mark in matches that went to three sets, including victories over Mac Kiger of No. 2 North Carolina and Matthew Che of Notre Dame … concluded the year with a 6-13 record in doubles action, including a 3-5 mark in ACC play … went 3-7 on court two and 3-3 on court three with four different partners … teamed up with Edu Güell to go 3-5 on the year … the pair won two-straight matches over Furman and Georgia Tech … dropped lone tiebreak decision to Clemson’s Ryuhei and Spencer Whitaker 7-6 (3) … battled with teammate Andrew Dale to defeat Kyle Tang and Alex Wesbrooks of No. 49 Louisville 6-3 during Duke’s ACC Championship First Round match.

2019-20: Posted a 5-5 singles record in his first spring as a Blue Devil, playing majority of matches one court two or three … went 10-1 in doubles, playing all matches with Furman ... picked up a three-set victory over Wake Forest’s Taha Baadi at No. 3 singles on March 4 … named the ACC Doubles Team of the Week with Spencer Furman on Jan. 21 ... appeared in his first match as a Blue Devil at Hawai’i on court one.

2018-19 at Charlotte: Named first team All-Conference in singles and doubles ... earned Conference USA All-Academic Team and ITA Scholar-Athlete honors ... part of a doubles team that was named an alternate to the 2019 NCAA Doubles Championships ... ranked in the ITA singles the majority of the season and finished 109th and 13th in the ITA Carolina Region ... won 18 singles matches, including 12 at No. 1 singles in dual action.

2017-18 at Charlotte: Finished his freshman season ranked 117 in the ITA singles rankings ... ranked 15th in singles in the final ITA Carolina Region rankings ... named the Conference USA Freshman of the Year and first team All-Conference USA in singles ... earned second team All-Conference for doubles ... had a 9-1 record at home and recorded two five-match winning streaks ... two-time Conference USA Player of the Week.

Personal: Born on April 21, 1998 ... son of Margot Keist.