General: 2011-12 tri-captain with Jose Hernandez and Brennan Boyajian.
Junior Season (2010-2011) Recap: Recorded 1-5 record in singles and 2-4 mark in doubles last season...teamed up with Cameon Ahari to take down Kreutzer/Davison (8-6) in win over Boston College...knocked off Akash Gujarti (NCSU) by score of 6-0, 6-3 in UVA + 1 Fall Invitational...placed 13th in Duke Fab Four Invite after pounding NC Central's Andres Perez (6-2, 6-0)...with Ahari as partner, put away Kubi/Levy of Winthrop at ITA Carolina Regional.
Sophomore Season ('09-'10) Recap: Won a match at No. 6 singles over Presbyterian's Ed Snead, 6-2, 6-0...paired in doubles with both Cameron Ahari (No. 3) and Andrew Crone (No. 2) on two different occasions and won both matches...notched three wins in the Duke Invitational...during the fall, reached the round of 64 of the ITA Carolinas Regional.
Freshman Season (`08-'09) Recap: Won nine singles matches and 13 doubles matches...had a winning percentage of .500 in singles...won the Flight 6 Singles division in the South Carolina Fall Invitational.
Prep Highlights: Ranked second in Alabama by tennisrecruiting.net, which touted him as a four-star recruit...won the state doubles title three times, and won the team championship in 2008...was selected to the All-Metro team six years in a row...was Randolph's team captain his sophomore through senior years under coach Eddie Jacques...played number one at Randolph starting his eighth grade year through his senior year.
General: Parents are Farid and Misuk Rafiee...has one brother, Jimmy...was a member of the Ethics Club at Randolph.
Off Court with Alex
The best thing about being a Tar Heel tennis player is: My teammates My favorite thing about competing for Coach Paul is: Knowing he would do anything to see each of us succeed as people and tennis players My greatest strength as a tennis player is: My lightning speed and cat-like reflexes Away from the tennis court and academic pursuits I like to spend time: Watching movies and ordering take-out The best movie I've seen recently is: Girl With the Draggon Tatoo If I could compete in another sport at UNC it would be: 100-meter dash in track The personal interest I have that might surprise my teammates is: I enjoy reading My favorite post-match meal would consist of: Anything with rice My favorite beverage is: Sprite My favorite food made by a relative is: Rice My favorite place to eat in Chapel Hill is: [B]Ski's My favorite guilty pleasure food wise is: [B]Ski's If I possessed the gift of time travel I'd like to go to: My freshman year so I could do it all over again My most prized personal possession is: My necklace If I could go to dinner with a famous person it would be: Scott Perelman My dream job is: football coach at the University of Alabama The most interesting person I've met at UNC is: Roy WIlliams
Season Singles Doubles
2010-11 1-5 2-4
2009-10 5-2 3-2
2008-09 9-9 13-18
Career Totals 15-16 18-24
