Height: | 6-0 |
Weight: | 155 |
Year: | Sr. |
Hometown: | Alpharetta, GA |
High School: | Johns Creek |
Previous College: | Georgia State Perimeter College |
Senior (2021-22):
ITA All-American in doubles...All-UAA Honorable Mention in doubles…ITA South Regional doubles champion…Reached semifinals in doubles at the ITA Cup with Andrew Esses…Finished the season with a 21-11 record in doubles including an impressive 10-1 mark in tournament matches…Added a 3-4 record in singles.
Junior (2020-21):
Paired with four different players and finished with a record of 8-2 in doubles ... Teamed with Andrew Esses to go 3-0 at third doubles with two of those wins coming against tandems from John Carroll and Babson in the second- and third-rounds of the NCAA Championships ... Raina and Nolan Shah earned an 8-6 decision at No. 3 doubles over Rajan Vohra and Dylan Waters of Brandeis in the quarterfinals of the Championships and followed that with an 8-3 outcome over Vishnu Joshi and Eric Yoo of Johns Hopkins, giving Emory a 2-0 match lead, in a 5-1 triumph in the semifinals ... Also played doubles with Ryan Glanville (2-1) and Alec Rabinowitz (1-0).
Sophomore (2019-20):
Teamed with Andrew Esses to form a 4-1 doubles record ... The Raina/Esses tandem captured the consolation title in doubles at the ITA South Region Championships.
Freshman (2018-19):
First season in the program saw him compile an overall singles record of 12-3 ... Posted an 8-2 single mark during the spring portion of the schedule, 5-2 at the No. 6 spot, 2-0 at No. 5 and 1-0 at No. 3 ... Captured his opening five singles matches during the spring including a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Georgia Gwinnett's Mika Kosonen at No. 6 ...Won two of his three singles endeavors at the ITA National Indoor Championships including a 6-0, 6-0 whitewash over Whitman's Raj Chikkalingaiah in Emory's 9-0 triumph ... Finished with a 7-1 overall effort in doubles action ... He and Connor Genschaw won the 'B' Draw Doubles title at the ITA South Region Championships, winning four matches which included an 8-3 verdict over Sewanee's Ryan Wax and Dale Hawthorne in the finals ... Playing at No. 5 singles, he helped the Eagles to an 8-1 decision over No. 17 Trinity by topping Jace Akagi-Okuma, 6-4, 6-3 ... Earned a 6-3, 6-0 victory at No. 6 singles over Kalamazoo College's Casey Johnson in Emory's 8-1 win ... In doubles, he and Pushkar Shinde won their opening three matches in advancing to the semifinals of the Grizzly Open.
Career Stats
SINGLES | TOTAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Tour |
2018-19 | 12-3 | --- | --- | 1-0 | --- | 2-0 | 5-2 | 4-1 |
2019-20 | 0-2 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 0-2 |
2020-21 | ---- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
2021-22 | 3-4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1-1 | 2-3 |
Total | 15-9 | --- | --- | 1-0 | --- | 2-0 | 6-3 | 6-6 |
DOUBLES | TOTAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | Tour | |||
2018-19 | 7-1 | --- | --- | --- | 7-1 | |||
2019-20 | 4-1 | --- | --- | --- | 4-1 | |||
2020-21 | 8-2 | --- | --- | 8-2 | --- | |||
2021-22 | 21-11 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 8-6 | 10-1 | |||
Total | 40-15 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 16-8 | 21-3 |
High School:
Four-year letterwinner in tennis while at Johns Creek High School ... Was coached by Vicki Kemper ... Team co-captain as a senior ... Played No. 2 singles his final campaign and posted a won-lost ledger of 10-3 ... Named his team's MVP his final campaign ... Helped Johns Creek to a berth in the 2016 Georgia Class AAAAAA state title match ... Tennis Recruiting Network listed him as the 11th-ranked player in Georgia and 51st in the Southeast Region.
Personal:
Son of Romica and Robin Raina ... Born October 10 ... Majors in business administration.
Quote:
"The outstanding academics and stellar tennis program were the two main reasons why I chose Emory."