2023-24 Men's Tennis Roster
Hunter Heck
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 5-8
- Hometown:
- New Brighton, Minn.
- High School:
- Florida Virtual School
 NCAA Championships Doubles Qualifier |
 2023 All-American |
 Three-time First Team All-Big Ten (2022, '23, '24) |
 University of Illinois Graduate |
| Singles | Doubles | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Overall | Big Ten | Overall | Big Ten |
| 2020-21 |
17-6 |
11-3 |
7-10 |
5-5 |
| 2021-22 |
24-9 |
8-0 |
15-16 |
2-5 |
| 2022-23 | 24-14 | 3-1 | 24-10 | 6-1 |
| 2023-24 | 20-13 | 4-2 | 27-9 | 3-3 |
| Total |
85-39 |
26-6 |
73-45 |
16-14 |
Rankings History
Career-High Singles Ranking: 22 (Feb. 7, 2024)
Career-High Doubles Ranking: 2 (Feb. 20, 2024; with Karlis Ozolins)
2023-24: Senior
- Academic All-Big Ten
- All-Big Ten First Team
- Compiled a 20-13 singles record and 27-9 doubles mark during his senior campaign
- Qualified for both the NCAA Singles and Doubles Tournament
- Earned All-American status in doubles play
- Advanced to NCAA Doubles Tournament Second Round with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Notre Dame's Jean-Marc Malkowski / Sebastian Dominko on May 21
- Mostly played doubles with Karlis Ozolins, earning a 22-6 record
- Registered a 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 victory over No. 50 Karl Poling in Illinois' 4-3 win over North Carolina on Jan. 27
- Tallied a 6-4, 7-5 win against Michigan State's No. 34 Ronald Hohmann III on March 30
- Defeated then-ranked No. 8 Colten Smith of Arizona, 6-2, 7-6 (3), in the No. 1 spot
- Won the ITA Midwest Doubles Championship with Ozolins
- Played in eight matches in the fall, earning a 5-3 record
- Climbed as high as No. 2 in ITA doubles rankings on Feb. 20
- Finished the season ranked No. 9 in doubles and No. 50 in singles
2022-23: Junior
- Academic All-Big Ten
- All-Big Ten First Team
- Played in three tournaments in the fall
- Competed in 28 matches in the spring
- Plays doubles primarily with Karlis Ozolins
- Reached career-high ITA doubles ranking 23 with Karlis Ozolins after Elite Eight run in the NCAA Doubles Championship
- Had three top-100 doubles wins with Ozolins
- No. 16 Tadeas Paroulek/Zsombor Velcz of Baylor 6-3
- No.26 Sebastian Dominko/Connor Fu of Notre Dame, 4-6, 6-1, 1-0 (8)
- No. 42 Edoardo Graziani/Kevin Zhu of Penn, 6-4, 6-2
- Went 5-3 in the No. 3 singles spot
- He and Ozolins went 14-4 overall, 8-3 in the No. 1 spot and 4-0 in the No. 2 spot
2021-22: Sophomore
- Voted unanimous First Team All-Big Ten
- Undefeated in Big Ten play (8-0) including 5-0 at No.1 singles
- Two-time Big Ten Athlete of the Week (4/5 and 4/19)
- Reached career-high ITA singles ranking 65 (4/20)
- Reached career-high ITA doubles ranking 35 with Lucas Horve (3/9)
- Had victories over four Top-100 players this season
- #86 Jake Fearnley (TCU), #61 Hilderbrand (UCF), #66 Andrew Fenty (Michigan), #39 Steven Forman (Northwestern)
- Upset No.19 Lah/Bass 7-6 (11-9) in match against No.4 Baylor
2020-21: Freshman
- Battled back to give JJ Tracy his first lost of the season in the Big Ten Championship match
- Clinched Illinois 4-3 win at Northwestern
- Went 3-0 at No. 4 Singles
- Ended the season on a nine-match win streak
High School/Club
- Blue Chip athlete
- No. 1 recruit in both Minnesota and the Plains Region according to the Tennis Recruiting Network
- Ranked No. 17 nationally, he has posted a 29-19 record, including 6-2 against five-star recruits and 5-1 against four-star prospects
- Helped lead Mounds View High School to the Minnesota state championship in 2015
Personal
- Born May 15, 2003
- Parents are Tim and Marni Heck
- Pursing his bachelor's in advertising
- Chose Illinois because "When I visited I really liked the campus and team. It’s a great school academically and for my tennis game."
Men's Tennis vs.Vanderbilt COURT 1
Saturday, May 02
Men's Tennis vs.Vanderbilt COURT 2
Saturday, May 02
Men's Tennis vs.Vanderbilt COURT 3
Saturday, May 02
Men's Tennis vs.Vanderbilt COURT 4
Saturday, May 02
