2017-18 Men's Tennis Roster
Biography
Career Statistics
|
Singles |
|
Doubles |
|
| Season |
Overall |
Big Ten |
Overall |
Big Ten |
| 2014-15 |
45-5 |
8-1 |
15-8 |
7-0 |
| 2015-16 |
25-5 |
8-0 |
18-12 |
6-4 |
| 2016-17 |
24-3 |
12-0 |
13-9 |
7-3 |
| 2017-18 |
14-6 |
6-2 |
9-11 |
3-4 |
| Total |
108-19 |
34-3 |
55-40 |
23-11 |
Rankings History
Career-High Singles Ranking: 3 (May 4, 2017)
Career-High Doubles Ranking: 23 (March 21, 2017; with Aron Hiltzik)
Collegiate Honors
- 2016 and 2018 ITA All-American (Singles)
- 2016-18 First-Team All-Big Ten (unanimous in 2017-18)
- 2016-18 MVP*
- 2016-18 Academic All-Big Ten
- 2017 ITA All-American (Singles)
- 2017 Big Ten Athlete of the Year
- Big Ten Athlete of the Week (3/31/15; 4/5/16; 2/12/16; 1/26/16; 4/25/17; 4/11/17; 3/28/17; 3/7/17; 2/14/17; 2/6/18; 4/24/18)
- 2017 Strength and Conditioning Award*
- 2016 Player to Watch*
- 2015 Second-Team All-Big Ten
*team award
Senior - 2017-18
- Completes his career at No. 9 on the Illinois Career Singles Wins list with 108 victories. The Sydney, Australia, native is now tied with Tim Kopinski and Jeff Laski
- Earned a program-best 11th B1G Weekly honor
- Earned his 100th singles win on March 2 against TCU
- Clinched the Illini's 4-0 win over Vanderbilt in his final match at the Atkins Tennis Center on Court 1
Junior - 2016-17
- Became the first player in program history to win 21-straight dual singles matches
- Compiled an unblemished 12-0 record against Big Ten singles opponents
- Defeated the No. 1 and No. 2 ranked players in the nation during the regular season
- Defeated 11 ITA-ranked singles opponents during his 21-match winning streak
- Went 4-0 in three-set matches and 6-1 in tiebreaks
- Clinched two Illinois victories against Texas Tech and a 4-3 contest at Wisconsin
- Won the Big Ten Tennis Athlete of the Week a program-best five times during the season
- Became Illinois' first Big Ten Athlete of the Year since Farris Gosea in the 2014
Sophomore - 2015-16
- Advanced to the 2016 NCAA Singles Quarterfinals in Tulsa, Okla.
- Compiled an overall singles record of 25-5 in 2016, including a 14-4 record against ITA-ranked opponents
- Finished the Big Ten season with a perfect 8-0 record in singles play
- Clinched a team-best five Illini victories, including an upset of the 2015 and 2016 NCAA Champion, Virginia Cavaliers on Feb. 27 with a three set 7-6(0), 3-6, 6-3 upset over then-No. 3-ranked Kwiatkowski
Freshman - 2014-15
- Went 45-5 overall in singles, which set the school record for most wins in season with a total 45 victories
- Helped No. 4 doubles go 25-0 by claiming 9 victories at that spot
- Made it to his first professional finals this summer at the Canada F6 Futures
Professional Tennis | ATP Bio
- Earned first professional singles title at the 2017 JSM Futures on July 29 Story | WCIA Feature
- Hit a career-high ATP World Tour Ranking of 445 on January 15, 2018
Personal
- Born April 6, 1996 to Ljiljana and Rad Vukic
- Has one brother, Vladimir
- Majoring in Business
- Ranked 5th in Australia for his age group, 50th overall
- Lists his hobbies as playing basketball, hanging out with friends and watching movies
- Alek's biggest thrill in sports was winning his first ATP point
- Favorite athlete is Lebron James because of his athleticism in the game
- Chose Illinois because he loved the guys on the team, the campus and the coaches
- Is most influenced by his dad because he loved sports and he taught him the benefits of becoming an athlete
Statistics
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