Florida Gators

Career Dual Singles Record By Position

Career Dual Doubles Record By Position

Collegiate Honors

• 2018 All-American, Doubles
• 2018 SEC Community Service Award
• 2018 ITA Arthur Ashe Leadership and Sportsmanship Award, Southeast Region
• 2018 Rafael Osuna Award for Sportsmanship 
• 2018 SEC Academic Honor Roll
• 2017 SEC Community Service Award
• 2016 Coaches Award (Team Award)

• With his five singles wins at the Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex, he finished his career with an impressive 27-1 record in home dual singles matches.
• Posted a perfect 4-0 singles record in SEC play to accompany his 9-2 overall dual singles record
• Recorded 14 dual doubles wins (20 overall) and played primarily No. 1 doubles with Johannes Ingildsen or Duarte Vale
• Won two of his last three doubles matches with upsets of the No. 6 (Tennessee) and No. 1 (Baylor) ranked pairs with Ingildsen
• Earned second-straight bid to the NCAA Doubles Championships with Vale
• Ended his career ranked No. 33 (with Ingildsen) and No. 39 (with Vale) in the ITA Doubles Poll

• Won the UVA Orange Doubles Draw Championship with Duarte Vale
• Paired with Vale at the ITA Regional Championships and the duo advanced to the quarterfinals
• Advanced to the quarterfinals of the singles draw at the Dick Vitale Intercollegiate Clay Classic

• Team Captain
• Posted an overall singles record of 17-9 and a doubles record of 29-17
• Won nine of his last 10 singles matches in dual play including seven straight
• Advanced to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Individual Championships
• Clinched two matches for the Gators, both against Ole Miss with the second one sending the Gators to the Elite Eight
• At No. 6 singles he went 12-3
• He and Duarte Vale earned 23 doubles wins as a pair which is tied for the eighth most in a single season at Florida
• Ended the season ranked No. 22 in doubles with Duarte. Had a season-high ranking of No. 5 on Feb. 7

• Team with Duarte Vale at the ITA All-American Championship and upset the No. 1 seed from Wake Forest in the first round on their way to the semifinals where they lost to eventual champions, and teammates, Alfredo Perez and Johannes Ingildsen
• At the ITA Fall National Championships Kessler and Vale went 2-1
• Teamed with Andy Andrade at the Southeast Regional Championship where they went 3-1 and played there way into the Main Draw
• Teamed with Chase Perez-Blanco at the Gator Ranked +1 where the duo won their bracket in doubles
• Ended the fall season ranked No. 10 in the country in doubles with Vale and No. 35 with Andy Andrade

• Earned six straight wins to end the dual season and compiled a 3-1 SEC record. 
• Clinched the Gators' victory over No. 17 Mississippi State after the Gators came back from a 3-0 deficit. 
• Clinched the doubles point with Elliott Orkin for the Gators' victory over UNC Wilmington in the first round of the ITA Kick-Off Weekend.
• Clinched three matches for UF - against LSU, USC and Mississippi  State. 
• Highest ITA Singles Ranking: 67 (Jan. 4)

• Advanced to the semifinals of the SEC Coaches Fall Classic in both the singles competition and the doubles competition (alongside Joseph Guillin)

• Compiled a 28-11 singles record during his freshman campaign, including a 14-6 record in dual matches
• Earned his first SEC singles victory on March 4 defeating LSU’s Andrew Korinek in Baton Rouge, La.
• Clinched the Gators’ victory over No. 17 South Florida in the NCAA Second Round to punch Florida’s tickets to the NCAA Championship Round of 16 in Tulsa, Okla.
• Clinched the doubles point with sophomore Jordan Belga during UF’s season opening doubleheader against Stetson on January 17
• Highest ITA singles rankings: 97 (Jan. 5; Preseason)

• Advanced to the singles round of 16 at the USTA/ITA Regional Championships in Gainesville
• Reached the doubles final at the SEC Fall Tournament with Josh Wardell

• Blue Chip recruit
• No. 5 prospect in America by tennisrecruiting.net
• No. 2 prospect in the Southeast Region by tennisrecruiting.net
• No. 1 prospect in the state of Georgia by tennisrecruiting.net
• 60-20 overall singles record
• Stephen Diaz Tennis Academy
• Advanced to the finals round of the Atlanta ITF Juniors Tournament in November of 2014.
• Reached the finals round of the BB&T Atlanta Open Wildcard Challenge in June of 2015
• Five-star recruit by tennisrecruiting.net