Tennis

From Boulogne.
For the team.

Tennis has shaped where I study, how I organize my days and the way I respond to a difficult result.

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Loyola player profile
Augustin Patte playing a two-handed backhand on an indoor tennis court

An individual sport.
A university team.

I developed as a player at TCBB in Boulogne-Billancourt, then moved to the United States to combine university studies with tennis. I played my first collegiate year at Lawrence Technological University before joining Loyola University New Orleans in 2026.

Playing a college match means representing more than yourself. Practice, travel, doubles and team results give a different dimension to a sport I had known primarily through individual competition.

Lawrence Tech · 2025–26

The season, in full.

7–10Overall singles record
5–2Over the final seven results
No. 1 / 2Singles positions played

Season totals come from the Loyola player profile. The scorelines below are the individual results published by LTU or opposing programs; exhibition matches are identified. View profile

September 2025

Charger Summer Invitational

Won the B singles consolation final against Lukas Kohler, 6–1, 6–2. Finished runner-up in B doubles with Tyler Brunsell.

Match report
September 2025

ITA Midwest Regional

Beat IU East 8–2 in the singles consolation draw; with Carlos Patricio, won the opening doubles match against Taylor, 8–3.

Match report
October 2025

Cedarville · No. 2 singles

Lost to Logan DeHaven, 1–6, 2–6. In doubles with Carlos Patricio, lost a tiebreak 6–7 (6–8).

Match report
January 2026

Wayne State · exhibition

Lost to Benjamin Hill, 2–6, 5–7. In doubles with Gael Guthrie, lost 6–7 (10–12).

Match report
February 2026

Huntington · doubles

Won 6–4 with Cael Guthrie.

Match report
February 2026

Spring Arbor

Lost to Aziz Madatov, 4–6, 5–7; lost in doubles with Cael Guthrie, 2–6.

Match report
March 2026

Milligan · No. 1 singles

Lost to G. Lafarga, 2–6, 0–6.

Match report
March 2026

West Liberty · No. 1 singles

Beat Pablo Zubieta, 6–4, 6–2; with Cael Guthrie, beat Stanley Zgurski and Barney Cowan, 6–4.

Match report
April 2026

Missouri Baptist · doubles

With Cael Guthrie, lost a tiebreak 6–7 (3).

Match report
April 2026

Indiana Wesleyan · doubles

With Cael Guthrie, lost 3–6; the dual was decided before the remaining singles matches finished.

Match report
April 2026

Tiffin · No. 2 singles

Beat N. Ritz, 6–1, 7–6 (4), for LTU’s point in the dual.

Match report

Life as a student-athlete

The part between
the matches.

The experience is also the organization around the competition: showing up for practice, managing coursework, traveling with a team and making room for recovery. Those are recurring commitments, not isolated moments of motivation.

I am interested in the mental side of development: confidence when the level rises, expectations after a good result, and how to keep working after a difficult one. Those questions also appear in my writing.

Rafael Nadal is my favorite athlete. I am drawn to the effort and persistence associated with his approach to competition. Reading about athletes and their experiences is another way I stay connected to that side of sport.

Sport, in writing