Senior - 2014-15

• Midwest ITA Senior Player of the Year
• Midwest ITA/Arthur Ashe, Jr. Sportsmanship & Leadership Award winner
• First-Team All-Big Ten
• Finished the year ranked 59th nationally in singles
• Ranked as high as No. 2 nationally in doubles with Ross Guignon
• 2015 ITA National Indoor Championships doubles runner-up
• With Ross Guignon, won the JSM Challenger in Champaign, garnering his first professional title
• At-large selection to the NCAA Doubles Championships
• Finished 28-10 overall and 19-4 dual record in singles
• Went 8-0 in Big Ten play in singles, tying for most conference wins on the team
• Posted a 15-2 record at Illinois’ No. 3 position
• Reached the Round of 16 in the singles draw at the ITA All-American Championships
• Notable victories include No. 23 Andrew Watson of Memphis, No. 34 Nick Chappell of TCU, No. 41 Austin Powell of NC State and No. 64 Strong Kirchheimer of Northwestern
• Finished the season playing No. 1 doubles team with Jared Hiltzik, where they went 7-6 in the dual season and finished the year ranked 43rd nationally
• With partner Jared Hiltzik, defeated the No. 4 ranked doubles team of Kevin Metka and Ralf Steinbach of Ohio State in the Big Ten Tournament finals

Junior - 2013-14

• All-American
• First-Team All-Big Ten
• Big Ten Tennis Athlete of the Week (2/11)
• Big Ten Sportsmanship Honoree
• Won the team's Strength & Conditioning Award along with the Chris Martin Spirit Award
• Qualified for the NCAA Singles Tournament along with being a seeded doubles team along with teammate Ross Guignon, bowing out in the first round in both
• Finished the year ranked 6th Nationally in doubles
• Kopinski/Guignon went 27-12 on the year, which tied for the seventh most in a single season
• In doubles dual matches, Kopinski/Guignon went 16-5, 8-1 in the conference and 5-2 against top-30 ranked teams
• Notable doubles victories include No. 21 Greg Andrews/Alex Lawson of Notre Dame, No. 12 Andrew Harris/Dane Webb of Oklahoma and No. 21 Mihir Kumar/Raleigh Smith of Northwestern
• Posted the second most singles wins on the team with a 33-12 record
• Improved his dual match record by eight from a year ago, finishing 21-7
• Finished the year ranked 67th nationally in singles
• Went 8-1 in Big Ten play
• Got the Illini on the board in 'The Comeback' vs. Memphis in the NCAA Tournament
• Kopinski primarily played No. 3 singles and helped the top three positions post a combined 69-17 record, good for a .802 winning percentage
• Notable singles victories include No. 13 Jeremy Efferding of Texas A&M and No. 24 George Goldhoff of Texas
• Named the Most Outstanding Player at the OFCC Invitational
• Won the doubles consolation bracket at ITA Men's All-American Championships
• Made it to the semis in doubles at ITA National Indoor Championships
• Academic All-Big Ten

Sophomore - 2012-13

• Finished with the second most wins on the squad with a 22-18 overall record and a 13-11 dual match record
• Clinched the match against No. 7 Kentucky, including a doubles win over No. 35 Jomby/Lai
• Also helped upset No. 5 Duke by beating No. 14 Michael Redlicki in straight sets
• Played No. 1 doubles with Ross Guignon, where the duo went 10-4 in dual matches and earned four victories over Top-50 ranked doubles teams, such as No. 2 Jenkins/Styslinger, No. 12 King/Bernstein and No. 16 Kobelt/Smith
• Qualified for the NCAA Doubles Championships along with Guignon, where they fell to future champs Jenkins/Styslinger in a tough three-set battle
• Second-Team All-Big Ten selection
• Big Ten Tennis Athlete of the Week
• Strength and Conditioning Award Winner
• Academic All-Big Ten
• ITA Scholar Athlete

Freshman - 2011-12

• Named Player to Watch and Most Improved by his teammates
• Led the team with 22 doubles wins, including 16 alongside Ross Guignon
• Posted 25 singles wins, which tied for second most on the team
• Defeated No. 115 Ille Van Engelen of Ohio State to help the Illini to the Big Ten Tournament title and a 4-3 win over the third-ranked Buckeyes

Juniors/High School

• Rated a five-star recruit by TennisRecruiting.net
• Ranked as high as No. 38 nationally
• Won the Western Michigan Indoor Tournament and placed third at the Midwest Indoor Open in 2010

Personal

• Born Timothy Jan Kopinski on June 2, 1993
• Son of Jan and Zofia Kopinski
• Twin sister, Melissa, plays on the Illinois women's team, making the tandem the first set of twins to play on both Illini tennis teams in Illinois history
• Enjoys skiing, cycling and playing hockey
• Favorite athlete is Jens Voigt because he is a great cyclist, great teammate and never gives up

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