Spring 2011: Earned First-Team All-A-Sun honors after posting a 15-6 mark in singles action while claiming 10 doubles victories... Won 15 of final 16 matches… Nine of Blanco’s singles victories came in league play, while eight of 10 doubles wins came in the A-Sun… Spent majority of season at singles No. 2, posting a 14-3 record overall and a 9-1 mark in conference action… Closed season with 11 straight victories after falling to ETSU’s Jesus Bandres 5-7, 6-2, 5-7 on Feb. 26… Five conference wins came in straight sets… Joined forces with Matias Di Pasquale at doubles No. 1 and posted a 10-5 record (8-2 A-Sun)… Duo won eight of final 10 doubles matches of the season… Currently ranks second in school-history with a .791 singles winning percentage… Has 53 career singles victories, placing him in a tie for sixth in program history.
Fall 2010: Advanced to quarterfinal round of Singles Flight ‘A’ at the USC Upstate Fall Invitational (Sept. 17-19, 2010)… Teamed with his brother, Gonzalo, and the duo advanced to the semifinal round of the Doubles Flight ‘A’ at the Upstate Fall Invitational.
Spring 2010: Earned All-A-Sun Second Team singles honors... Posted a 15-8 overall singles mark, going 9-1 in the A-Sun... Posted a 10-5 mark at No. 5 singles... Went 18-4 in doubles play with partner Edgar Rodriguez and notched a 9-1 A-Sun mark... Went 7-1 at No. 2 doubles and 11-3 at No. 3... Beat Abdullah Hashem, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, at No. 5 singles to lead team to a 4-3 upset of No. 45 San Diego (Mar. 11)... Posted a 6-1, 6-7, 6-4 win over Juan Ramirez to clinch Spartans'' upset win of No. 49 ETSU (Mar. 20)... Posted a perfect 2-0 mark in singles and doubles play as he helped the Spartans win two A-Sun matches on the road at regionally-ranked UNF and Jacksonville to earn second career A-Sun Player of the Week award (Mar. 31)... Posted a 9-8 (1) win over No. 43 Georgia Tech''s Dusan Miljevic and Ryan Smith at No. 3 doubles (Jan. 17)... Posted a 9-8 win at No. 3 doubles over No. 48 UC Irvine''s Nick Northcutt and Fabian Matthews (Mar. 14).
Spring 2009: Earned All-A-Sun Second Team singles and A-Sun All-Freshman Team honors... Finished the season ranked 119th in the ITA singles rankings, rising as high as 106th (Mar. 31)... Posted a perfect 23-0 mark in singles play, the first perfect season in school history, also establishing the longest winning streak in school history... Notched a 16-0 mark at No. 5 singles... Went 17-5 overall in doubles play, including a perfect 10-0 in A-Sun play and 13-0 at No. 3 doubles... 23 wins are tied for fourth in school history and set a freshman record... Dropped just four sets all spring... Beat No. 71 UNC Wilmington''s Alex Wetherell, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 (Mar. 19)... Posted a perfect 10-0 week, five singles wins and five doubles wins, at the Battle at the Beach and against A-Sun foes Campbell and Kennesaw State, to earn A-Sun Player of the Week Award (Mar. 25)... Beat No. 63 ETSU''s Robin Akser, 6-1, 5-7, 6-3 (Apr. 8)... After starting season 3-5 in doubles, won last 14 matches, with his last 11 wins coming with Edgar Rodriguez... A member of the A-Sun All-Academic Team.
Before USC Upstate: Graduated from the Instituto Corazon de Maria in Buenos Aires... Reached a ranking of 1,130 on the ITF Juniors Circuit in January of 2007... Competed in several futures tournaments in Argentina and reached the second round at the U-18 Argentina Cup in 2007.
Personal: Born on March 13, 1989 in Chascomus, Argentina... Son of Arturo Blanca and Sara Cambas .. Has two brothers, Joaquin and Gonzalo... Majoring in business marketing... Enjoys watching soccer and movies... Favorite food is barbeque... Favorite movie is "Titanic"... Favorite musical group is Los Pericos... Favorite season is spring... Favorite TV show is "Prison Break"... Admires his parents... Hero growing up was his grandfather.
