MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The SSAC announced the 2026 SSAC Men’s and Women’s Tennis Players of the Week. Luis Guilherme Cupertino de Santana of UT Southern was named SSAC Men’s Tennis Player of the Week and Karolina Mrowiecova of Mobile was named SSAC Women’s Tennis Player of the Week. The awards are for the week of March 16-22.
Luis Guilherme Cupertino de Santana (UT Southern – SR – Salvador, Brazil)
- This is his fourth-career weekly honor
- Cupertino de Santana had a busy week, going 5-0 at No. 1 & 2 singles and 4-1 at No. 2 doubles
- He bested Mobile’s Callum Dickson 6-3, 7-5, who’s ranked No. 52 in the ITA and William Carey’s Islam Orynbassar 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, who was the 2025 SSAC Player of the Year
Karolina Mrowiecova (Mobile – SR – Havirov, Czech Republic)
- This is her third-career weekly honor
- Mrowiecova went 8-0 individually playing at the top of the lineup in singles and doubles as the Rams went 4-0, including 3-0 in SSAC action
- The senior dropped only five games across the four singles matches
Previous Winners (Men, Women)
Week 1: Luis Guilherme Cupertino de Santana (UT Southern), Lucia Rodriguez Garcia (BMCU)
Week 2: Cruz Yanez (ABAC), Victoria Vieten (WCU)
Week 3: Vinh Nguyen (WCU), Victoria Vieten (WCU)
Week 4: Gaspar Audisio (UT Southern), Karolina Mrowiecova (Mobile)
Week 5: Islam Orynbassar (WCU), Chloe Bray (ABAC)
Week 6: Hippolyte de Preville (Loyola), Adele Fereres (Loyola)