University of Illinois Athletics

TENNIS • 2001-03

Amer Delic is the only Fighting Illini tennis player to win an NCAA title in singles while posting a 36-5 singles record in helping Illinois to a perfect 32-0 mark during its 2003 NCAA Championship run. He earned All-America honors three times in 2001, 2002 and 2003, while being named All-Big Ten in 2002 and 2003. Delic twice reached the national semifinals in doubles. In 2003, Delic was named the Jesse Owens Big Ten Male Athlete of the Year and Dike Eddleman Illinois Male Athlete of the Year. Born in what is now Bosnia, he was also captain (2013) and a member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Davis Cup team after his collegiate career. Delic climbed as high as No. 60 in the world during his professional career, reaching the third round of the Australian Open three times in singles, and the third round of the U.S. Open three times in doubles. Delic works in private wealth management while living with his wife, Anna, in Austin, Texas.