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Karlis Ozolins

  • Class Senior
  • Height 6-4
  • Hometown Salaspils, Latvia
  • High School Rigas Komercskola
  • Twitter karlisozolins11
  • Instagram karlisozolins1

Biography

USA Button 2024 Singles All-American
USA Button 2024 Doubles All-American
USA Button 2023 Doubles All-American
Big Ten Logo white Two-Time First-Team All-Big Ten (2023, 24) 
NCAA Badge NCAA Singles Championship Qualifier (2023, 24)
NCAA Badge NCAA Doubles Championship Qualifier (2023, 24) 
Singles Doubles
Season Overall Dual Record Big Ten Overall Dual Record Big Ten
2021-22 DNP -- -- -- -- --
2022-23 15-6 14-5 6-1 21-6 16-5 5-1
2023-24 19-10 10-6 1-2 28-7 13-3 1-1
2024-25 0-1 -- -- 1-0 -- --
Total 34-17 24-11 7-3 50-13 29-8 6-2

Career-High Rankings
Singles: No. 8 (Aug. 27, 2024) 
Doubles: No. 2 (Feb 20, 2024; with Hunter Heck) 

2024-25: Senior

  • Earned ITA preseason singles ranking of No. 8 (Aug. 27)
  • With William Mroz, secured ITA preseason doubles ranking of No. 36 (Aug. 27)

2023-24: Junior

  • Singles All-American
  • Doubles All-American
  • All-Big Ten First Team
  • Went 19-11 in singles play and 28-8 in doubles action
  • Finished the season ranked No. 25 in singles and No. 9 in doubles
  • Mostly played doubles with Hunter Heck, earning a 21-5 record
  • Played in 22 matches in the spring
  • Advanced to the Round of 16 in the NCAA Doubles Tournament with Hunter Heck after defeating Notre Dame's Jean-Marc Malkowski/Sebastian Dominko on May 21
  • Earned All-American status in singles after defeating Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, on May 21
  • Tallied a 6-2 doubles win over No. 4 Joshua Lapadat/JJ Mercer of No. 5 Kentucky on May 4
  • Defeated No. 25 Justin Boulais of No. 1 Ohio State, 6-4, 6-3, on March 24
  • Recorded a 6-3, 7-5 victory over No. 14 Baylor's No. 35-ranked Tadeas Paroulek on March 1
  • Won 10 consecutive doubles matches from Jan. 27 to March 14
  • Received career-best No. 2 ITA doubles ranking on Feb. 28
  • Secured a 6-3, 6-4 win over No. 7 Filippo Moroni of Wake Forest on Jan. 28
  • Played in eight matches in the fall, earning a 5-3 record 
  • Won the ITA Midwest Doubles Championship with Heck
  • Received a preseason doubles ranking of No. 4 with Heck 

2022-23: Sophomore

  • Did not compete in the fall
  • All-Big Ten First Team
  • Competed in 26 matches in the spring
  • Played doubles with Hunter Heck 
  • Back-to-back Big Ten Tennis Athlete of the Week (4/19, 4/26)
  • Reached career-high ITA doubles ranking of 23 with partner Heck
  • Had three top-100 doubles wins with Heck
    • 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
  • Had four top-100 singles wins
    • No. 4 Ethan Quinn, 6-4, 6-3
    • No. 25 Alafia Ayeni, 6-4, 6-4
    • No. 11 Andrew Fenty 6-7 (4), 6-3, 7-5
    • No. 41 Ozan Baris 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-2)
  • Went 7-3 in the No. 1 singles spot and 7-2 in the No. 2 singles spot
  • Finished the season 15-6
  • He and Heck went 8-3 in the No. 1 doubles spot

2021-22: Freshman

  • Did not play

High School/Club

  • 2020 Junior Australian Open singles semifinalist
  • 2020 Junior Australian Open doubles finalist
  • 2019 Grade 1 Tournament Champion
  • Career-high ITF junior ranking of six

Personal

  • Born June 15, 2002
  • Parents are Armands and Inese Ozolins
  • Has one sister, Sabine
  • Pursuing a degree in communications
  • Chose Illinois because “I felt like this the place where I want to be for next four years of my life, surrounded by hard working guys, where we can push each other every day and an amazing coaching staff.”

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

    6'4"
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    6'4"
  • 2023-24Junior

    6'4"
  • 2024-25Senior

    6'4"