Northwestern State University Athletics

Recardo earned NCAA Divison I All American honors his senior season to cap an outstanding college tennis career and was active on the professional tennis circuit. Ricardo compiled a record of 97 wins and just 18 losses in four years of singles competition at Northwestern, reaching round 16 in the NCAA championships in his final season. NSU tennis team compiled a record of 76 wins and just 12 losses in dual meets during his career. While still attending college he won an American Express summer tournament and qualified for  the main draw of the U.S. Open championships . He holds the school record of 19 straight wins in singles competition and also teamed with Gregg Manning to set the record of 27 doubles wins in a single season.  He was named as overall NSU Athlete of the Year during his junior and senior seasons. After graduation he ranked as high as No. 62 in the world, reaching the third round of play at both the U.S. Open and the Wimbleton championships and competed for his native country of Chile in the Davis Cup matches.