Axel Labrunie

  • Award
    Player of the Week
  • Week Of
    2/1/2023
  • Sport
    Men's Tennis
  • School
    Hawai'i
  • Year
    Junior
  • Position
  • Hometown
    Paris, France
  • High School
    Lycée International Édouard Branly
• Axel Labrunie of Hawai'i did not see a loss in singles or doubles, leading the Rainbow Warriors to four wins in three days to earn The Big West Men's Tennis Player of the Week. Labrunie is a first-time weekly honoree. 

•  The junior helped Hawai'i defeat UNLV 4-3 with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Milos Dabic in No. 2 singles and, with teammate Kilian Maitre, took down the Rebel pair of Anton Ornberg and Jackson Atherton 6-2 in No. 2 doubles. 

• Labrunie, with Maitre, defeated the UC Riverside pair of Daniel Velek and Ryan Huynh 6-0 in No. 2 doubles and then had an unfinished singles match as Hawai'i swept the Highlanders 4-0. 

• Labrunie and Maitre defeated the Weber State duo of Jordan Coutinho and William Zulch 6-2, and then had an unfinished singles match as the Rainbow Warriors took down Weber State 4-1. 

• In a 4-0 sweep over New Mexico State, the Paris, France native downed Jordy Visser 6-4, 6-2 and, with Maitre, triumphed over Corey Clarke  and Roko Stipetic in a tie-breaker 7-6(5).