2023 (Senior): An All-MEAC First Team honoree … Named to the MEAC All-Tournament Team at No. 1 singles … NSU AD Honor Roll member both semesters … Went 8-10 overall in singles, all at the No. 1 position … Posted a 7-9 record in doubles, all at the No. 1 position … Crushed the competition at the MEAC Tennis Roundup, going 2-1 in singles and 2-0 in doubles … Took down Howard’s Justin Cadeau 6-2, 6-3 in the Spartans first meeting of the season with the Bison … Also defeated Luka Markovic 7-5, 6-1 at the Roundup … Beat North Carolina A&T’s Esteban Lopez 7-5, 7-6 (7-3) … Beat North Carolina Central’s Sebastian Pino 7-5, 6-2 … Defeated Lopez again in his final match at the NSU Tennis Complex, by a score of 6-2, 6-3 … Led Spartans to thrilling MEAC Quarterfinal win over Howard with 7-6 (9-7), 6-2 singles victory over Cadeau, before a come-from-behind 7-6 (7-4) doubles win alongside Adam Kaczmarek sending the Spartans into the next round … Ended his collegiate career with a 7-5, 6-0 singles win over South Carolina State’s Aissa Benchakroun.
2022 (Junior): An All-MEAC second-team honoree … NSU AD Honor Roll member both semesters … Went 7-7 overall in singles, all at the No. 1 position … Posted a 4-6 doubles record, all at the No. 1 position alongside Hugo Massoni Lena … Named MEAC Player of the Week on Apr. 13 … Opened the season with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Loyola Maryland’s Skyler Gates … Beat Longwood’s Rosen Naydenov 6-4, 7-5 at the top position just a few days later … Came from behind to defeat Hampton’s Kevin-Ange Koua 1-6, 6-1, 6-3 …. Finished the season on a three-match win streak in singles … Defeated Howard’s Justin Cadeau and Daniel Dunac at the top doubles position 6-4.
2021 (COVID): An All-MEAC first-team honoree … Named to the MEAC All-Tournament Team at No. 1 singles … Garnered the MEAC Player of the Week Award on March 3 and April 7 … The NSU Male Co-Scholar-Athlete of the Year for having the highest GPA in the department … Named to the Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) Academic All-State Team … Member of the AD Honor Roll both semesters … Also named an ITA Scholar-Athlete … Went 7-5 overall in singles, 3-0 in the MEAC … Posted a 4-5 mark at the No. 1 position and 3-0 at the No. 2 spot … At No. 2 singles, defeated Howard’s Justin Cadeau, 7-6(4), 6-1, and Coppin State’s Sergiu Medesan, 7-5, 6-4, in conference wins on April 2 and 3, respectively … On April 4, earned a top position win over Morgan State’s Serhii Kharchev, 6-4, 6-4, in a 4-3 victory … Downed North Carolina A&T’s Nicholas Arduh, 6-3, 6-1, at the No. 1 position on April 24, helping secure a 4-3 win in the MEAC Tournament semifinals … Also went 7-6 in doubles, 3-0 in the MEAC, all at the No. 1 position with Ignacio Guevel … Won three straight matches in conference play, 6-2 over Howard’s Roger Lyn and Gabe Knowles, 6-0 over Coppin State’s Dean Waterman and Green, and 6-4 over Morgan State’s Cem Erturk and Oguzhan Ceylan … Won 7-6(6) against Temple’s Eric Biscoveanu and Louis Gorregues on March 13 … Also won in doubles against A&T in the MEAC Tournament, 6-2 over Esteban Lopez and Vasil Ivanov.
At ODU (2020 – Sophomore): Earned five singles wins and seven doubles victories between the fall and spring before the season was shut down due to COVID-19 … In the spring, earned a singles victory in his only dual match, 6-1, 6-1 over Hampton’s Basil Post at the No. 5 spot on Jan. 18 … Won twice in singles flight H at the UVA Orange and Blue Classic from Sept. 27-29 … Earned two more wins at the ITA Atlantic Region Championship from Oct. 17-22 … In doubles, earned a 6-3 win at the No. 3 spot over HU’s Post and Davy Van Geerke … Also helped defeat the Morgan State duo of Nihit Rawal and Sebastian Lopez, 6-4, on Feb. 16 at No. 3 doubles … Was ahead 1-6, 6-3, 2-1 at No. 6 singles against MSU’s Mark Amaefule before the match was called … Earned a pair of doubles wins at the River City Tennis Open from Oct. 11-13 … Also picked up doubles wins at UVA, the ITA regional and the Tribe Invitational from Nov. 1-3.
At ODU (2019 – Freshman Year): Competed in six dual matches during the spring season … Went 1-4 in singles, earning a win at the No. 4 spot against Omer Berk Gorgun of South Carolina State on Jan. 20 … Also went 1-3 in doubles, earning a 7-5 victory at the No. 2 spot against the Bulldog duo of Gorgun and Marcelo Rodriguez.
High School: Ranked as high as No. 381 in the ITF (International Tennis Federation) junior rankings … Twice made the quarterfinals of the Italian Junior Championships … Ranked as high as No. 5 in his age group in Italy … Won a Grade 4 ITF doubles event … Held a UTR of 12.99 prior to his collegiate career.
Personal: Full name is Federico Rebecchini … Born on June 6, 1999 … Son of Tiziana Glucastro and Marco Rebecchini … Majoring in business entrepreneurship … Wants to go into the business side of sports … Enjoys listening to music.
Rebecchini's Career Record
| Singles |
Dual |
MEAC |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
| 2019* |
1-4 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1-0 |
0-4 |
-- |
| 2020* |
1-0 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1-0 |
-- |
| 2021 |
7-5 |
3-0 |
4-5 |
3-0 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 2022 |
7-7 |
2-3 |
7-7 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 2023 |
8-10 |
3-2 |
8-10 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Totals |
24-26 |
8-5 |
19-22 |
3-0 |
-- |
1-0 |
1-4 |
-- |
| Doubles |
Dual |
MEAC |
1 |
2 |
3 |
| 2019* |
1-3 |
-- |
0-1 |
1-0 |
0-2 |
| 2020* |
2-0 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
2-0 |
| 2021 |
7-6 |
3-0 |
7-6 |
-- |
-- |
| 2022 |
4-6 |
2-3 |
4-6 |
-- |
-- |
| 2023 |
7-9 |
3-0 |
7-9 |
-- |
-- |
| Totals |
21-24 |
8-3 |
18-22 |
1-0 |
2-2 |
