2022-23 Men's Tennis Roster
Biography
2020-21
- OVC Player of the Year
- Earned First Team All-OVC Honors
- Held a 13-5 record in singles play and 11-7 in doubles play with Taisei Miyamoto
- One of five players to post a perfect record in conference play in program history
- Belmont Men's Tennis career leader in conference winning percentage with a .937 mark
- Finished his career with 58 singles wins, the fourth-most in program history
- Completed career with 16 conference wins, tied for sixth in program history
- Ended fifth on the program's career singles winning percentage with a .682 mark
- Moved to 12th on the program's season doubles victories list with Miyamoto
- Finished 10th on the program's career doubles winning percentage with Miyamoto with a .611 mark
- Named OVC Player of the Week twice (Feb. 10 and March 10)
2019-20
- Finished with a 12-5 overall record with an 11-2 dual record
- Ranked No. 8 nationally with Hendrik Inno in the ITA men's doubles rankings
- Compted with Inno in the 2019 ITA All-American Championship
- Named to the OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll
2018-19
- Named First Team All-OVC
- Posted an outstanding doubles season with partner Hendrik Inno
- Reached the Round of 16 at the NCAA Doubles Championship
- Won the 2018 ITA Ohio Valley Regional Doubles title
- Participated in the ITA Fall National Doubles championship
- Ranked in the top-30 nationally by the ITA
- Went 17-9 in singles while playing at #2
- Went undefeated in OVC play
- Had a nine-match win streak during the fall and early spring
- Posted 24 doubles wins, including 20 with Inno
2017-18
- Named First Team All-OVC
- Earned OVC Player of the Week honors twice
- Tied for first on the team in singles victories with a total of 16
- Went 5-1 in OVC matches
- With partner Hendrik Inno went 16-5 at No. 1 doubles overall and undefeated in OVC play
- Spent the majority of the season at No. 2 in singles, winning eight of his last 10 matches
Prior to Belmont: Prepped at XV. Gimnazija in Zagreb Croatia ... Won national championship in doubles ... ITF career high 549 and two double titles ... Was tabbed No. 1 ranked player in Croatia U-16, U-18 and in senior category ... Was also in karate.
Personal: Son of Damir and Jadranka Ilic ... Has one brother, Juraj ... Hobbies include table tennis, listening to music and long walks ... Lists favorite athlete as Roger Federer ... Favorite movies are Borat, The Illusionist and The Best of Me ... Lists favorite TV shows as The Mentalist, Criminal Minds, The Big Bang Theory and How I Met Your Mother.
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2022-23Graduate Student
6'0"