2011-12 Men's Tennis Roster
Joey Burkhardt
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 176
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- St. Augustime's, Fla.
- High School:
- Menendez
2012 Preseason Highlights: Earned preseason ITA ranking of No. 75 in singles...along with Brennan Boyajian, Burkhardt lost in a heartbreaking tiebreaker to No. 1 seed Cunha/Mengel of Duke in the ITA Carolinas Regional final...defeated Robert Hall of Louisville (2-6, 6-0, 7-5) in Round of 16 at Duke Fab 4 Invite.
Junior Season (2010-2011) Recap: finished season with 14-14 singles record including 4-9 record in ACC dual competition...posted 21-9 record in doubles action including a 9-4 ACC mark...earned a 6-4 record against ranked doubles opponents...won at No. 4 singles over Daniel Whitehead (6-3, 6-4) and in doubles competition with Stefan Hardy over No. 23 Damico/Holiner (8-5) to help then No. 30 UNC knock off No. 3 Texas for the Tar Heels biggest road upset since 1994...secured Carolina's only two wins against No. 1 UVA, knocking off No. 44 Jamere Jenkins (6-3,6-1) in singles as well as Jenkins and Sanam Singh (8-5) in doubles...in 2010 preseason Burkhardt, along with partner Jose Hernandez, reached doubles final at the ITA Carolinas Regional...won the doubles championship at the UVA+1 Fall Invitational with Hernandez...lost to eventual champion Cunha in the quarterfinals of the Carolinas Regional in singles.
University of Florida (2008-10): In two seasons, Burkhardt managed a 40-24 singles record and went 36-28 in doubles...ranked in the top 20 in doubles his freshman year...played regularly at the No. 2 flight his sophomore year.
Prep Highlights: Ranked as high as No. 12 nationally by tennisrecruiting.net while at Menendez...when signed with Florida was No. 21 and No. 8 in the southeast...after reaching state finals in both doubles in singles as a sophomore, was state singles champion his junior year of high school...Reached the semifinals of the supernational clay courts.
General: Parents are Peter and Debbie Burkhardt...has three siblings, Justine (22), who was an All-American volleyball player at Flagler College; Molly (13); and Ryan (11)...Earned All-SEC Academic honors in his two years at Florida.
Off Court with Joey
The best thing about being a Tar Heel tennis player is: being on a close team
My favorite thing about competing for Coach Paul is: his competitiveness
Since last year the aspect of my training I've worked on the most is: on-court strategy
My best friend on another college tennis team is: Carlos Cueto
My greatest strength as a tennis player is: my competitiveness
Away from the tennis court and academic pursuits I like to spend time: playing/watching other sports
The best movie I've seen recently is: Sherlock Holmes
If I could compete in another sport at UNC it would be: football
The personal interest I have that might surprise my teammates is: snowboarding
My favorite post-match meal would consist of: sushi
My favorite beverage is: Coke
My favorite food made by a relative is: steak
My favorite place to eat in Chapel Hill is: Noodles
My favorite guilty pleasure food wise is: late night Coldstone
If I possessed the gift of time travel I'd like to go to: be a kid again
My most prized personal possession is: my car
If I could go to dinner with a famous person it would be: Rafael Nadal
My dream job is: NFL quarterback
The most interesting person I've met at UNC is: Roy Williams
Season Singles Doubles 2010-11 14-14 19-9 Career Totals 14-14 19-9
