Career Statistics

Rankings History  

• Career-High Singles Ranking: 6 (April 9, 2019) 
• Career-High Doubles Ranking: 25 (March 3, 2020; with Alex Brown) 

Collegiate Honors 

• 2021 ITA All-American (Singles)
• 2021 Unanimous First Team All-Big Ten
• 2020 ITA Midwest Senior Player of the Year
• 2020 First Team All-Big Ten
• 2019 ITA All-American (Singles)
• 2019 NCAA Singles Championship Qualifier
• 2019 First-Team All-Big Ten 
• 2019 Most Valuable Player (MVP)*
• 2019 Most Improved Player*
• Big Ten Tennis Athlete of the Week (1/22/19, 3/26/19, 3/3/20)
• 2018 ITA Midwest Regional Singles Champion
• 2017-19 Academic All-Big Ten 
• 2017 Player to Watch*

*team award 

2020-21 Senior

• Named to the 2021 USTA Summer Collegiate Team
• Earned All-American status and reached the quarterfinals of the NCAA Singles Tournament
• Became the 17th Illini to reach 100 career singles wins after defeating Tyler Stice from Auburn 6-3,6-2
• Named First Team All-Big Ten (Unanimous)
• Reached semifinals at the Cleveland Challenger
• Went 11-1 in No. 1 singles 

2019-20 Senior

• Defeated defending NCAA singles champion Paul Jubb at the MLK Invitational
• Led Team USA to the title at the Master'U BNP Paribas college tournament.
• Reached the quarterfinal of the Knoxville Challenger
• Reached the semifinal of the Legacy National Bank NWA Tennis Series

2018-19 Junior

• 34 wins - 12th overall in program history for the most singles wins in a season with former Illini All-American Brian Wilson.
• Matches the program's 6th best longest singles winning streak with 15 matches.
• Concluded the season as the third Illini in program history to reach the semifinals at the NCAA Singles Championships and first since Illinois Athletics Hall of Famer, Kevin Anderson, in 2007.
• Became the 20th Illini in program history to earn All-America honors
• Awarded the No. 7 seed at the 2019 NCAA Singles Championship from May 20-25 in Orlando, Fla.
• Clinched four Illini match victories this season - vs. Notre Dame's Richard Ciamarra (Feb. 6), vs. Indiana's Antonio Cembellin (March 10), vs. Nebraska's Toby Boyer (March 30), and Michigan State's Ivan Rakic (Apr. 6).
• As of May 24, has a 23-4 dual match singles record with 14 ranked wins in 2019 - Jan Zielinski (Georgia), Richard Ciamarra (Notre Dame), William Blumberg (North Carolina), Christian Sigsgaard (Texas), Florida’s Oliver Crawford (twice), Gabriel Decamps (UCF), Mattias Siimar (Michigan), Josip Krstanovic (Minnesota), Constant De La Bassetiere (Penn State), Guanarteme Nuez (UT-Arlington), Ewan Moore (Tulane), Bar Botzer (Wake Forest), and Sam Riffice (Florida).
• Clinched seven doubles points this season - vs. Duke (Feb. 1), at Notre Dame (Feb. 6), vs. Kentucky (Feb. 8), at Purdue (Feb. 24), vs. Nebraska (March 30), vs. Iowa (March 31), and at Michigan (Apr. 7).
• As of May 7, has a 14-9 dual match doubles record with three ranked wins in 2019 - Penn State's Constant De La Bassetiere / Gabriel Nemeth (twice), and Yuta Kikuchi / Jacob Brumm (California)
• Defeated All Pac-12 honoree, Maxime Cressy, 7-6 (5), 7-5 vs. UCLA on Feb. 13.
• Defeated No. 2 Jan Zielinski (Georgia) 6-2, 7-6(4) at the MLK Invitational on Jan. 20.

2017-18 Sophomore

• Clinched five Illini matches, including the Illini's 4-0 sweep of TCU in the NCAA Round of 16 
• Went on an 11-match singles winning streak and concluded season winning 11 of his final 12 singles matches 
• Clinched six doubles points 

2016-17 Freshman

• Clinched Illinois' 4-3 comeback thriller in NCAA Second Round against the No. 11 Oklahoma State Cowboys 
• Clinched the Illini's win over Purdue in the Big Ten Tournament 
• Clinched three doubles points with redshirt-senior Alex Jesse 
• Led the Illini freshmen with a 23-9 overall singles record, including an impressive 10-1 record against Big Ten singles opponents 

Junior Tennis | High School

• 2015 Atlanta ITF Semifinalist 
• 2015 National Chlay Courts Doubles Finalist 
• 2016 Florida State Tournament Finalist 
• 2016 Copa Badia ITA Doubles Champion 

Personal

• Born on August 29, 1998 
• Son of Milan Kovacevic and Milanka Kavrin 
• Has one sister: Lena 
• Majoring in finance
• Favorite professional athlete: Christiano Ronaldo 
• Biggest thrill in sports: winning a tight three-set match
• Hobbies outside of tennis: snowboarding and soccer 
• Person who influences his tennis career: Roger Federer 
• Why he chose Illinois: "This is a great tennis program and culture with a great school and a lot of opportunities on and off the court."