Career-High Rankings
Singles: N/A
Doubles: No. 52 (Dec. 3, 2024)

2024-25: Redshirt Freshman

• CSC Academic All-District
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• ITA Scholar-Athlete
• Finished the season with an 18-13 singles record, including a 9-9 mark in dual play
• Totaled 16 doubles victories, including nine in dual matches
• Notched a dominant 6-3, 6-1 win against No. 6 Ohio State's Chris Li at No. 4 singles in the Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinals (April 25)
• Secured the doubles point against Oregon with a 7-5 triumph with Jeremy Zhang on Court 3 against the Ducks' Vlad Breazu/Clement Lemire in the Big Ten Tournament First Round (April 24)
• Posted a 6-3, 6-4 triumph against Northwestern's Max Bengtsson at No. 4 singles in Illinois' road sweep of the Wildcats (March 29)
• With Will Mroz, registered a 6-2 victory against Northwestern's Saiprakash Goli / Greyson Casey at No. 2 doubles in the Illini's 4-0 win against the Wildcats (March 29)
• Cruised to a 6-2, 6-2 win over USC's Matteo Morazzi in his first-ever appearance at No. 4 singles (March 23)
• Teamed up with Will Mroz to seal the doubles point against USC with a 7-5 win over Volodymyr Iakubenko/Oscar Weightman (March 23)
• Tallied a dominant 6-2, 6-1 decision over Indiana's Karan Raghavendra at No. 5 singles (March 16)
• Went undefeated in doubles play against Purdue and Indiana while playing with William Mroz (March 14 and 16)
• Recorded 6-3, 6-4 wins against Nebraska's Colson Wells at No. 6 singles and Wisconsin's Edouard Aubert at No. 5 singles (March 7 and 9)
• Won back-to-back doubles matches against Nebraska and Wisconsin while playing with Will Mroz (March 7 and 9)
• With Tyler Bowers, logged a 6-2 victory over UTRGV's Santiago Serrano / Loic Young Kriegel at No. 1 doubles in the Illini's sweep of the Vaqueros (March 1)
• Rallied back to defeat No. 12 Michigan's Alex Cairo at No. 6 singles in three sets, 4-6, 6-1, 6-3, in the No. 20 Illini's 5-2 win over No. 12 Michigan (Feb. 22)
• Registered a dominant 6-2, 6-2 win over Notre Dame's Kyran Magimay at No. 5 singles in the Illini's 4-3 victory over the Fighting Irish (Feb. 15)
• Clinched the Illini's first dual victory of the season with a 6-4, 7-6(3) triumph against Auburn's Hamza Nasridinov at No. 5 singles (Jan. 26)
• Helped Illinois win the doubles point against No. 14 Tennessee with a 6-4 win at No. 1 with Tyler Bowers against Shunsuke Mitsui/Alex Kotzen (Jan. 25)
• Earned his second ranked singles win of the season with a 7-5, 6-3 victory against Boise State's No. 111 Jett Middleton on Day 3 of the Fighting Illini Invite (Jan. 19)
• Entered the ITA rankings for the first time, coming in at No. 52 in doubles with Tyler Bowers in the end-of-fall rankings (Dec. 3)
• Finished the fall season with an 7-3 singles record and a 6-4 doubles mark
• With Tyler Bowers, advanced to the doubles main draw final at the ITA Midwest Regional (Oct. 14)
• Recorded two ranked doubles wins at the ITA Midwest Regional (Oct. 11-14)
  • Defeated No. 22 Aristotelis Thanos/Ozan Baris (Michigan State), 8-6, in the Round of 16 on Oct. 12
  • Defeated No. 89 Will Cooksey/Patorn Hanchaikul (Michigan), 8-6, in the quarterfinals on Oct. 12
• Secured the singles title at the Harvard Chowderfest (Sept. 22)
• Picked up the first ranked win of his collegiate career with a 6-0, 1-6, 14-12 victory over Yale's No. 50 Vignesh Gogineni (Sept. 20)
• Won the singles consolation bracket at the Louisville Invitational (Sept. 15)
• Earned his first collegiate singles win with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Bellarmine's Vineet Ramesh (Sept. 14)

2024: Freshman

• ITA Scholar Athlete
• Joined the team in January 
• Did not play 

Prior to Illinois

• Career-high ITF junior rank of No. 154
• Career-high ATP rank is 1397
• Has won four singles and doubles titles
• His goal is "to play all the Grand Slams and to maximize my potential."

Personal 

• Parents are Charlie Viiala and Sharan Dogra
• Has an older sister, Maya, and a younger brother, Lucas
• Looking to major in business in the future
• Chose Illinois because "Illinois is a great tennis program with a very professional yet welcoming team and a strong academic school."